Angus Black
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Location | Sweden |
| Links | Audio Clip |
| Introduction | "The crate was labeled 'Angus Black's Surfboard Wax', and each mini-box was labeled with his logo and a song title. His gimmick to sell his stick wax was to record a song on each cylinder as a free give-away. When you got tired of the song, you just melted it to wax your board. (Wax is also slang for a record, you know.)" "Amazing! Songs selected for surfers, recorded right on the stick wax. According to the original packing list for the box, this shipment is from 1902-3, which is possible, I suppose, since phonographs were launched in the late 1800's." I went surfing in Portugal, but wound up also getting involved in the enigma of Angus Black. Angus must have recorded thousands upon thousands of rolls of surfboard wax. Perhaps not unsurprisingly, like Shakespearean monkeys at the proverbial typewriter, he managed to beat a few known artists to the punch. |