Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0006661, Mon, 8 Jul 2002 15:37:04 -0700

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Re: Nabokov Spoken Arts Recording
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NABOKV-L thanks Alice Birney of the Library of COngress for this information

Alice Lotvin Birney wrote:

>In reply to Mr. Tapscott's query, here is a related, non-commercial,
>1988, Library of Congress listing. Inquiries about copies could be
>made directly to the Recorded Sound Section (Fax.: 202- 707-8464),
>but a copy costs far more than $15 and would be subject to copyright
>clearance. Also, he might inquire at Harvard.
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>LC Control Number: 99578740
>Type of Material: Nonmusic Sound Recording
>Personal Name: Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977.
>Main Title: Vladimir Nabokov at Harvard [sound recording]
>/ selected and
> edited by Stratis Haviaras and Michael
>Milburn]
>Uniform Title: [Selections]
>Published/Created: [Cambridge, Mass.] : Poetry Room, Harvard
>College Library,
> p1988.
>Related names: Haviaras, Stratis, 1935-
> Milburn, Michael, 1957-
>Description: 2 sound cassettes : analog.
>Summary: Excerpts from Pale Fire, Lolita, and Nabokov's
>own poems and
> translations of Russian poets.
>Cast: Read by Vladimir Nabokov.
>LC Classification: RZA 3801
>Language Code: engrus
>Other System No.: (OCoLC)ocm20370066
>Quality Code: lcderive
>CALL NUMBER: RZA 3801
>-- Request in: Recorded Sound Reference Center (Madison,
>LM113)
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>DATABASE NAME: Library of Congress Online Catalog
>
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>LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ONLINE CATALOG
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>Washington, DC 20540
>
>
>ken tapscott wrote:
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>>To the members of the list:
>>
>> I have a request - for about the past 20 years I've attempted to
>>
>find a
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>>copy of the Nabokov Spoken Arts LP which was made back in the '60's,
>>
>Nabokov
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>>reading parts of _Lolita_ and some of his poems. Recently a copy was
>>
>for
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>>sale on Ebay and it renewed my interest. The price got up to over 50
>>dollars, which never made the seller's reserve price, and which was
>>
>way more
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>>than I was willing to pay for it anyway. I learned that the recording
>>
>was
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>>reissued in '84 on cassette, which I had never realized, but it is
>>
>long gone
>
>>today. I live in Atlanta and have not found it in any of the nearby
>>university library collections. If anyone has this recording, would
>>
>it be
>
>>possible for me to pay for either a cassette copy of it, or _even
>>
>better_ a
>
>>copy burned onto a CD? I assume that this is a legal request, since
>>
>the item
>
>>is not "in print". I'm willing to pay something in the neighborhood
>>
>of 15
>
>>dollars for this, and appreciate any responses. If someone has spare
>>
>copies
>
>>of the cassette issued in '84, I'm willing to purchase one for a
>>
>reasonable
>
>>price. Thanks.
>>
>> - Ken Tapscott
>> kentapscott@hotmail.com
>>
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