Bill Thailing was a long time fan, trader, collector and dealer of comics, newspapers, radio programs, magazines, pulp magazines, books and ephemera in Cleveland, OH. He published his own catalog for decades and it in turn became a collected piece of ephemera. Purportedly his day job was as A railroad worker. His wife was Zylpha Thailing. More here.
There is no complete bibliography of his works. But we do know that he also wrote for other zines. But he numbered and dated his quasi-annual catalogs so we do know about how many there were, and about how long the catalog was in publication. Issue # 217 is dated for the years 1982-1983, Number 218 is the last issue I'm aware of but it's cover is undated. His want lists are also numbered. Issue # 215 for example is dated (1977 - 1978) but notes at the bottom of the cover "Combined with want list #30) so the numbering is not 1-to-1.
Especially earlier in his career he included radio programs on his want list. Recently Bill Thailing's Wantlist #23 popped up eBay. It's dated 1963-1964. So this would correspond to some fairly early catalogs. So I thought it' be interesting to record and make that list searchable. He notes below the list "The above recordings can be either on discs, or tapes, of all speeds and sizes. They must be from the period prior to 1943 except for the starred (*) dramas which can be of later vintage. Trades arranged."
I've added a date column for context and completed the program titles in brackets for easier searching.. Some of these are very common, well archived programs like Tarzan. Others are totally obscure like Holly Lobby. From the mix of soap operas and suspense dramas I'm guessing this list is not driven by his personal taste alone. See below:
| Title |
Dates |
|---|---|
| [New] Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (B. Rathbone) |
1939 - 1946 |
| Against the Storm |
1939 - 1952 |
| American Album of Familiar Music |
1931 - 1954 |
| American Radio Warblers |
1937 - 1952 |
| Believe it or Not |
1930 - 1932 |
| Campbell Playhouse |
1938 - 1940 |
| David Harum |
1936 - 1951 |
| Eno Crime Clues |
1933 - 1936 |
| Grand Central Station |
1937 - 1954 |
| [The Romance of] Helen Trent |
1933 - 1960 |
| Hobby Lobby |
1937 - 1949? |
| Jack Armstrong, [the All-American Boy] |
1933 - 1951 |
| Let's Pretend |
1934 - 1954. |
| Lights Out |
1933 - 1943 |
| [The Story of] Mary Marlin |
1934 - 1945 |
| Murder by Experts* |
1949 - 1951? |
| One Man's Family |
1932 - 1959 |
| Professor Quiz |
1936 - 1948 |
| Road of Life |
1937 - 1955? |
| Sammy Kaye's Sunday Serenade |
1940 - 1950? |
| Stella Dallas |
1937 - 1955 |
| Suspense* | 1940 -1962 |
| Tarzan of the Apes |
1932 - 1936 |
| Tom Mix [Ralston Straight Shooters Club] |
1933 - 1943 |
| Vic and Sade |
1932 - 1944 |
| Young Widder Brown |
1938 - 1956 |
| Aldrich Family |
1939 - 1953 |
| Backstage Wife |
1935 - 1940? |
| Betty and Bob |
1932 - 1940 |
| Columbia Workshop |
1936 - 1947 |
| Death Valley Days |
1930 - 1940 |
| First Nighter |
1930 - 1943 |
| Guiding Light |
1937 - 1956 |
| Hilltop House |
1937 - 1957 |
| I Love a Mystery |
1939 - 1944 |
| [Yours Truly] Johnny Presents |
1949 - 1962 |
| Life Can be Beautiful |
1938 - 1954 |
| Lorenzo Jones |
1937 - 1955 |
| Mercury Threatre [on the air] |
1938 - 1939 |
| Mysterious Traveler* |
1943 - 1952? |
| Orson Welles (almanac, show, commentaries) |
1941 - 1945 |
| Right to Happiness |
1939 - 1960 |
| Rudy Vallee (Fleischmann's Yeast Hour, Royal Gelatin) | 1929 - 1939 |
| [Jackson] Southernaires | 1940 - ? |
| Take it or Leave it |
1940 - 1947 |
| This Amazing America |
1940 |
| Valiant Lady |
1938 - 1946 |
| The Whistler* |
1942 - 1955 |
| Others |
X |
Please note that the final inclusion on his list is "others"as it is on everyone's list whether they type it out or not. I think that's just because he's open for trades.
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