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Enrico Caruso - La Donna e Mobile Posted by: merrihew
Video duration: 138 seconds Caruso singing La Donna e Mobile from Verdi's Rigoletto for Victor in 1907. The correct playing speed is 75 rpm which I did not know when I uploaded this record. I played it at 78.26 rpm. Some of Caruso's earlier records played at much slower speeds and I have adjusted those postings accordingly. Related: caruso, orthophonic, victor |
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Carl Orff - Music for 1936 Olympics Posted by: merrihew
Video duration: 534 seconds This is a strange record. Its music that Carl Orff wrote for the 1936 German Olympics. A youth orchestra is conducted by Gunild Keetman. Although famous for Carmina Burana, Orff mostly wrote music for children to play, often collaborating with Keetman. Certainly not the bombast you would except from the Nazi's Olympics. Related: 1936, nazis, olympics, orff, orthophonic |
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Glenn Miller Orch. - String of Pearls Posted by: merrihew
Video duration: 208 seconds The Glenn Miller Orch. performing String of Pearls for Victor in 1941. Related: 1940s, miller, orthophonic, swing, victor |
![Mills Bros. - Hold That Tiger & I Ain\](http://img.youtube.com/vi/aTyKPP2-B5k/2.jpg "Mills Bros. - Hold That Tiger & I Ain\") |
Mills Bros. - Hold That Tiger & I Ain't Got Nobody Posted by: merrihew
Video duration: 300 seconds The Mills Brothers performing Hold That Tiger and I Ain't Got Nobody in 1932. The 2nd song has been posted before but the video and sound quality of the earlier posting is not so good. I hope the Youtuber is not offended. Related: brothers, mills |
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Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven - Potato Head Blues Posted by: merrihew
Video duration: 197 seconds Another request. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven playing Potato Head Blues for Okeh in 1927. This is a 1939 repressing of the original. Related: 1920s, armstron, jazz, orthophonic, victor |
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Gigli - Pearlfishers - Nadir's aria Posted by: merrihew
Video duration: 237 seconds Another specific Gigli request. Beniamino Gigli singing Mi Par D'Udir Ancora from Act 1 of Bizet's Pearlfishers, recorded for HMV in 1931. Interesting to compare with the Tino Rossi version I posted previously. Totally different. I'm not going to offer an opinion other than to say that it is beautiful singing Related: gigli, orthophonic, pearlfishers, victor |
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Oscar Levant - Rhapsody In Blue Posted by: merrihew
Video duration: 563 seconds The Frank Black Orch. featuring Oscar Levant on the piano performing Gershwin's Rhapsody In Blue for Brunswick in late 1927, a few months after the Whiteman electric version. Similar arrangement to Whiteman's but Levant's piano playing is quite different. Related: black, brunswick, gershwin, levant, orthophonic, rhapsody |
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Washboard Serenaders - Dark Eyes/St. Louis Blues Posted by: merrihew
Video duration: 246 seconds The Washboard Serenaders performing Dark Eyes and the St. Louis Blues in 1936. Does anybody know who the great piano player is? Related: 1930s, jazz, serenaders, washboard |
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Vita Sackville-West reads from her poem The Land Posted by: merrihew
Video duration: 517 seconds Now something completely different. Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962) reading from her most famous poem The Land. Recorded by Columbia in 1931 for the International Education Society. Wonderful voice and especially good sound for 1931. Check the Wikipedia entry for her. She lead an extraordinary life. Related: columbia, sackville-west |
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Larry Adler - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Posted by: merrihew
Video duration: 191 seconds Larry Adler (1914-2001) performing Smoke Gets In Your Eyes for English Columbia in 1934. He was only 20 and could not even read music. Related: 1930s, adler, harmonica, orthophonic, victor |
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Gigli - Una Furtiva Lagrima Posted by: merrihew
Video duration: 265 seconds My last Gigli post for today. Beniamino Gigli singing Una Furtiva Lagrima from Donizetti's L'Elisir D'Amore for Victor in 1930. Now I feel guilty for criticizing him in my Tosca post. However, the run at the very end of this record is really sloppy - but the beauty of his voice compensates. Related: gigli, orthophonic, victor |
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Tino Rossi - Pearlfishers - Romance de Nadir Posted by: merrihew
Video duration: 173 seconds Tino Rossi (1907-1983) singing an aria from Bizet's Pearlfishers in 1936. A small but extraordinarily beautiful voice. He was immensely popular as a pop singer from the early 30's until his death. Related: bizet, orthophonic, pearlfishers, rossi, tino, victor |
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Jimmie Lunceford Orch. - Nagasaki Posted by: merrihew
Video duration: 175 seconds The Jimmie Lunceford Orch. playing Nagasaki. My guess is that this was probably filmed around 1934. The middle trumpeter is Sy Oliver, one of the greatest jazz arrangers of all time. The talent here is extraordinary, Where can you find players today who can match those in this band? Related: 1930s, jazz, lunceford, oliver |
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Coleman Hawkins Swing Four - The Man I Love Posted by: merrihew
Video duration: 326 seconds The Coleman Hawkins Swing Four performing The Man I Love for Signature in the mid 1940's. Hawkins on tenor sax, Eddie Heywood on piano, Shelly Manne on drums and Oscar Pettiford on bass. Related: 1940s, hawkins, heywood, jazz, manne, pettiford |
