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Bobby Lee Sysop From: Cloverdale, North California, USA |
posted 11 August 2006 10:28 PM
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Okay, no fair running to your record collection to do this. I want you to answer off the top of your head. And please don't post the answer after you've looked it up. I want to see how good our collective memory is. Here's the question: Do you remember the dog on the cover of "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band"? If so, describe it. ------------------ |
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Roger Rettig Member From: NAPLES, FL |
posted 11 August 2006 10:56 PM
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Wasn't it like that RCA dog? A white something-or-other - with a black patch on one eye? Or am I thinking of someone else's dog altogether? RR |
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Roger Rettig Member From: NAPLES, FL |
posted 11 August 2006 10:57 PM
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...and it's not in my collection anyway - I don't like the Beatles! |
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Dave Brophy Member From: Miami FL |
posted 11 August 2006 10:59 PM
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I seem to recall Nipper,the little fella from the RCA logo pictured staring at the phonograph horn. It could be false memory syndrome,however. |
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Ron Whitfield Member From: Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA |
posted 11 August 2006 11:55 PM
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But does anybody know what Nipper and the Victrola are sitting on, what the phrase is, and it's meaning? You'd probably have to remember the original decal to get it. [This message was edited by Ron Whitfield on 11 August 2006 at 11:56 PM.] |
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erik Member From: |
posted 12 August 2006 12:35 AM
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click here sorry for giving it away. ------------------ |
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Charlie McDonald Member From: Lubbock, Texas, USA |
posted 12 August 2006 03:42 AM
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"His master's voice." |
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Mike Winter Member From: Oregon City, Oregon, USA |
posted 12 August 2006 07:57 AM
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Seems like the RCA dog rings a bell...now I'm gonna go look. 
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Mark van Allen Member From: loganville, Ga. USA |
posted 12 August 2006 08:56 AM
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I have a copy of one of the earliest RCA Ads on my studio wall, and most musicians are fascinbated to find out Nipper is sitting on "his Master's coffin" as he's listening. It seems morbid today, (well, not to the goth-rockers), but that ad campaign was formulated toward the end of the death-cult mentality that flourished in the late 1800's, when people kept photos of dead relatives, locks of hair, graveside boquets, etc. on display for years. Nipper fit right in, like most good advertising. |
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Donna Dodd Moderator From: Kennesaw, Georgia, USA |
posted 12 August 2006 11:19 AM
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Erik - That dog is just tutu ugly!!  [This message was edited by Donna Dodd on 12 August 2006 at 11:21 AM.] |
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Bobby Lee Sysop From: Cloverdale, North California, USA |
posted 12 August 2006 11:26 AM
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They say that if you remember the 60's, you weren't there. |
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Mike Winter Member From: Oregon City, Oregon, USA |
posted 12 August 2006 03:15 PM
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I looked... ------------------ ZB Custom S-10 (#0509) |
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Lee Baucum Member From: McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) - The Final Frontier |
posted 12 August 2006 04:21 PM
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I remember lot's of people, but no dogs. |
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Mike Shefrin Member From: New York |
posted 12 August 2006 04:43 PM
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There is no dog. |
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Rick Garrett Member From: Tyler, Texas |
posted 13 August 2006 03:40 AM
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Was it Yoko?
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Mike Winter Member From: Oregon City, Oregon, USA |
posted 13 August 2006 06:03 AM
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 ------------------ ZB Custom S-10 (#0509) |
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Mike Perlowin Member From: Los Angeles CA |
posted 13 August 2006 06:18 AM
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It wasn't my dog. I swear. ------------------ |
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Rick McDuffie Member From: Smithfield, North Carolina, USA |
posted 13 August 2006 01:13 PM
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Mike, is that a PIT BULL? |
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Mike Perlowin Member From: Los Angeles CA |
posted 13 August 2006 03:12 PM
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It sure is Rick. And you'll never find a sweeter, more loving and affectionate dog anywhere. Pits are so strong that when you get a bad one, one that's been neglected or abused or trained to fight, you'e got a really dangerous animal. But Petey has nover known anything but love and affection and positive reinforcement, and his personality developed accordingly. He's a 78 pound love muffin. Be that as it may, it's not him on the Sgt Pepper cover. ------------------ |
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erik Member From: |
posted 13 August 2006 07:16 PM
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Going off-topic...... some of us have forgotten the dog bite incident...  ------------------ |
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David L. Donald Member From: Koh Samui Island, Thailand |
posted 14 August 2006 03:24 AM
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I didn't peek. Looked like Petey from Little Rascals. |
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Ray Minich Member From: Limestone, New York, USA |
posted 14 August 2006 05:40 AM
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In 1959 my dad & mom bought, for Christmas, for my brother and me, a small RCA-Victor record player. Inside the lid was the picture of Nipper looking into the cone of a Victrola, and the caption read "His Master's Voice". The very first record we ever had for that little record player was "El Paso". We played that record over & over... |
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Lee Baucum Member From: McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) - The Final Frontier |
posted 14 August 2006 10:25 AM
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Okay, b0b. Time to tell us about the dog. |
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Mike Shefrin Member From: New York |
posted 14 August 2006 10:37 AM
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yeah b0b. Is there a dog or not? |
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Bobby Lee Sysop From: Cloverdale, North California, USA |
posted 14 August 2006 10:25 PM
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Most people can remember the dog, but they get confused when you ask them to describe it. I think it was like the Little Rascals' dog with the ring around its eye, but it was posed like Nipper, the RCA dog. Hence the confusion. No fair peeking! What do YOU remember? ------------------ |
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Roger Rettig Member From: NAPLES, FL |
posted 15 August 2006 12:10 AM
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I don't know about the Little Rascals' dog - but I did think I could recall a patch on the eye of the dog on the sleeve; maybe it was the ring b0b talks about. RR RR |
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Mark Lind-Hanson Member From: San Francisco, California, USA |
posted 15 August 2006 08:32 AM
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Indeed, there IS a dog, I think he's down there with the Shirley Temple doll and the flowers. And he DOES look a little like the RCA mutt. |
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Mike Shefrin Member From: New York |
posted 15 August 2006 09:08 AM
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I don't see it. |
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Roger Rettig Member From: NAPLES, FL |
posted 15 August 2006 10:04 AM
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Maybe it's too small to see on a CD - You might need the 12" variety.... RR |
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Lee Baucum Member From: McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) - The Final Frontier |
posted 15 August 2006 10:09 AM
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Here is a fun site. If you've ever wondered who all those people are, then look at this. |
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Bobby Lee Sysop From: Cloverdale, North California, USA |
posted 15 August 2006 10:35 AM
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Okay, here's what I think. I think that there WAS a dog, but it's been removed. |
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Mike Shefrin Member From: New York |
posted 15 August 2006 11:26 AM
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That's what I was thinking.I think there was an RCA "His master's voice" dog, but maybe it's not on all of the album covers? |
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Roger Rettig Member From: NAPLES, FL |
posted 15 August 2006 11:34 AM
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Is it possible that RCA demanded its removal? RR |
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Roger Rettig Member From: NAPLES, FL |
posted 15 August 2006 11:36 AM
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Wow - Larry Bell's on there!!!!! RR |
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David L. Donald Member From: Koh Samui Island, Thailand |
posted 15 August 2006 11:43 AM
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I have seen a copy with the dog, but most later versions no dog. And even combining Petey and Nipper |
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Mark Lind-Hanson Member From: San Francisco, California, USA |
posted 15 August 2006 11:56 AM
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Well, that IS a posibility, that there WAS one & they took it out somewhere along the line due to "copyright infringement" or whatever. I don't think they'd have made quite the same effort over the rights to its likeness as they did over all the stars & celebs, though> but ja, I DO remember a dog! |
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Roger Rettig Member From: NAPLES, FL |
posted 15 August 2006 02:00 PM
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Well, there was certainly a dog on there at some point. Someone misguidedly bought me this album for a Christmas or Birthday present, and I remember the dog as well as the picture of Marlon... I gave it away shortly afterwards, 'though I've come to quite like the record in the intervening years. Does anyone agree that it sounds a bit 'tinny'? I heard the CD recently and that's what struck me. 'Abbey Road' sounds much warmer.... Back to the 'disappearing dog'! RR |
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Ron Whitfield Member From: Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA |
posted 15 August 2006 02:13 PM
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Muttley at least used to be in the lower left hand corner, but he died. |
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Petr Vitous Member From: Czech Republic |
posted 15 August 2006 02:23 PM
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Here is the dog. |
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Bobby Lee Sysop From: Cloverdale, North California, USA |
posted 15 August 2006 02:28 PM
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It may just be the only thing that we can all remember seeing in 1967. |
Bobby Lee (a.k.a. b0b) - email: 
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