Yes, those recordings go back to his New York days. I also have an old X 
Minus One radio show in which Jazzbeaux played himself. Note, by the way, 
that he actually spelled his name in the French manner. On the air in 
Pittsburgh, he'd often refer to himself in the third person as "Jazzbox."

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russ Kiehne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: Mel's Hole


Speaking of Jazbo, I have the following:
Al Jazzbo Collins - Goldilox and the Three Bears.mp3
Al Jazzbo Collins - Jack And The Beanstalk.mp3
Al Jazzbo Collins - Little Red Riding Hood.mp3
Al Jazzbo Collins - Three Little Pigs.mp3

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Walt Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: Mel's Hole


> There was a very famous d.j. in New York in the forties and fifties named=
> Al=20
> "Jazzbeaux" Collins. He played progressive jazz and was, in his day,=20
> extremely influential in jazz music circles. Jazz became pass=E9 on the r=
> adio=20
> and he drifted into pop music and wound up on a Pittsburgh AM station (WT=
> AE)=20
> when I lived there. He had a lot of goofy little shticks, but one of them=
> =20
> was what he always referred to as the world's biggest ball of
> string--he=20
> took it to personal appearances and was always having people add to it. I=
> =20
> never actually saw it; nor do I know how long it may have become; but I d=
> o=20
> know that it was hauled around in a trailer by one of the station's
> news=20
> vans.
>
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 9:02 PM
> Subject: Re: Mel's Hole
>
>
> Walt,
>
> Good point.  Maybe that is why signals coming over the north pole have th=
> at
> artic flutter.  It is passing through the earth to this side through Mel'=
> s
> hole.  I saw a ball of string in a Ripple's Believe It Or Not book when I
> could still see more than 40 years ago.  the ball was reported, as I reca=
> ll,
> to be many miles long.   It was 10 feet high and weighed too much to be
> picked up by a human.
>
>
> Phil.
> K0NX=20
>
>