Post #720698 by TikiTacky on Sat, Jun 21, 2014 7:08 PM

In a case of complete coincidence, I was looking at a high-res photo of Don's Encino plantation and noticed something of interest:

Here's the photo (smaller):

On the shelf to the right of the chair there are stacks of records and some bound music. Note this particular title (enhanced and highlighted):

It looks like a bound collection of records from the DTB bar. It's known that DTB preferred to use recordings instead of live musicians at their original locations (because they thought an orchestra was too distracting). I wonder if they ever published a set of the music for sale? It sure looks like it.

Records were often bound together and sold in sets before LPs really gained traction in the early to mid-50s. The Harry Owens Hawaii on the left side of the picture is likely this set here, so you know what they looked like: http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-Old-Hawaiian-Records-Harry-Owens-His-Royal-Hawaiians-Capitol-Records-/400721875912?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d4ce293c8

Edit: Found it! http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/7845696

"You can't eat real Polynesian food. It's the most horrible junk I've ever tasted." —Trader Vic Bergeron

[ Edited by: TikiTacky 2014-06-21 19:13 ]