My wall unit was pretty much installed today--something that took more than two hours. But I didn't send the two book cases on their way, so they're still there in the living room, and boxes of the books that were on them (no room for the book cases now) are still in the dining room. That means I should be dealing with all that. Instead I decided to finish something I'd just started: Listing all the songs I have in a binder labeled Chansons en francais.
I came across words to French songs as printed up by Monitor records and got to thinking about how grateful I was for them back in the days with no Internet! I looked up Monitor Recordings on the Internet and found this:
Monitor Records (2)
Profile:
American label, Monitor Records is mostly known for its "Music Of The World" series of releases, but has more than 250 folk and classical music recordings in its catalogue.
In 1956, Michael Stillman and his business partner Rose Rubin started Monitor Records in New York City, to fill a gap they perceived in the music available to the American public—music from the then-Soviet Union, the Eastern Bloc, and other parts of the world.More
In 1956, Michael Stillman and his business partner Rose Rubin started Monitor Records in New York City, to fill a gap they perceived in the music available to the American public—music from the then-Soviet Union, the Eastern Bloc, and other parts of the world.More
Contact Info:
Monitor Records
156 Fifth Avenue
New York
N.Y. 10010
156 Fifth Avenue
New York
N.Y. 10010