Vernon, Dai: Vintage Vernon Magic Castle Lectures 1963 & 1964 ©1987 Cervon Enterprises Production Audio (cassettes, CDs)

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Comments: Magic Castle lectures originally recorded on four cassette tapes, then transferred to audio CDs. Produced by Bruce Cervon in 1987 and originally released by Bruce on audio cassette tapes. Then made available on CDs thanks to the Bruce Cervon Estate.

"On April 9, 1963, a very select group assembled at the newly-formed Magic Castle to hear Dai Vernon lecture. This was a historic moment because it was on the strength of this presentation that Vernon was asked to become the Castle's resident magician - and now, through the magic of audio recording, you can be there, too, almost 50 years later. Volumes 3 & 4 record another lecture on December 6, 1964. Vernon was performing regularly at the time; his methods were brilliant and his timing perfect."

Contents (no page numbers as this is audio, not pages):

Volume 1: The First Magic Castle Lecture, April 9, 1963.

1 Introduction
2 Five Coins And A Glass: found in The Lost Inner Secrets Vol 1
3 The Cups And Balls: The Dai Vernon Book of Magic
4 The Daivergent Silk: Color Changing Silk, covered in Tee Lost Inner Secrets Vol 2
5 John Ramsey's Cylinder And Coins: found in The Art of Close Up Magic Vol 1

Volume 2:

1 McDonald's One Hundred Dollar Ace Trick: found in More Inner Secrets of Card Magic
2 The Penetration of Thought: The Dai Vernon Book of Magic
3 Top Change: Further Inner Secrets of Card Magic
4 Bottom Change: Further Inner Secrets of Card Magic
5 Ambitious Card
6 Conus Aces
7 Mental Card Miracle
8 The Travelers: Stars of Magic
9 Palming: Further Inner Secrets of Card Magic

Volume 3: The Second Magic Castle Lecture, December 6, 1964.

1 Introduction
2 Tricks of Dai's Father
3 How Magic Should Be Done
4 Double Lift
5 Shuttle-Cut Control To Top: Lost Inner Secrets Vol 1, similar
6 Herrmann Pass
7 Poker Hand Trick
8 Del Ray's Ace Finder
9 Colour Changing Deck: Inner Secrets of Card Magic

Volume 4:

1 Colour Changing Deck, continued
2 Mac "One Arm" McDonald's Coin In Glass: found in Malini and His Magic
3 IOU To Bill: Hugard's Magic Montly Vol 1, #12 as Flash Paper Pellet Switch
4 Ultra Mental With Ordinary Cards: similar to Mental Five in Richard's Almanac V3, #25, 26, and 27
5 Henry Christ's Four Pile Trick
6 Matched Spellout: Ultimate Card Secrets
7 Easy Mental Poker
8 Silk From Bill: More Lost Inner Secrets, Vol II