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[martha]

Most labels even had a "Standards" section in the catalogue.  All the stuff that's 
been blamed on Tom Edison's allegedly "old-fashioned" taste, and which sold 
prolifically.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bud Black" <banjobud at cfl.rr.com>
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>I would assume the "old standards" during the acoustic record era would have
> been found on piano rolls and sheet music.
>
> Bud
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr.
> Date: 04/03/09 15:55:02
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>
> Stephen Davies wrote:
>>         Writing in a philosophical mood, and knowing that there can be
>> only speculation, without an absolute answer....  Recorded immortality
>> hand in hand with mortality.
>>
>>         I was wondering about how TV kicked into high gear in the 1950's,
>> and the late nights were filled with old movies, even some silents.... How
>> the TV audience at some point in time (1958, 1959, 1960....?) would
>> realize that many of these early actors were now dead.  Any ghoulish
>> feeling might be mixed with an engrossing plotline and/or a blossoming
>> sense of camp based on the style and foibles of previous generations.  (I
>> don't think people were mislabelling it "Nostalgia" yet.)
>>
>>         So was there a similar watershed moment in the history of 78's,
>> when people realized that the majority of recorded sound belonged to
>> deceased personalities?  Or was the 78 rpm era based always on new songs,
>> new styles without any retrospective similar to the TV programming and no
>> sentimental prickings?
>>
>>         There seems to be a great sense of addressing posterity in the
>> earliest Edison recordings.  At some point, recorded sound became so
>> common that it was just a consumeable moment rather than a historic event.
>>  When did discs regain the status of  being a legacy?  I presume the
>> answer depends on what genre of recording is being considered:  classical,
>> popular, spoken word...
>>
> Interesting thought.
> I was just considering this myself in a way.
> When the acoustical era was in full swing, what were the "old standards"?
> What is lost to us and seems so corny-campy now!
> Steven Foster
> Old Vaudeville tunes
> Operettas and their stars long forgotten...
>
> No Carmichael
> No Miller
> No Rogers
> No Kiss Me Kate
>
> Is this music corny-campy to our kids? I suppose...
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