[78-L] Who was the first . . .

[Malcolm Rockwell]

Oh, okay. When doing research at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu a few 
years ago I was introduced to the Helen Roberts collection of cylinders. 
Ms. Roberts was an ethnomusicologist, and beginning in 1928, traveled 
the Hawaiian islands with an Edison machine recording the old chants and 
mele of Hawaii. The oldest person to record was 92 years old and would 
have been born in 1836. I have a copy around here somewhere.
Mal

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RAY KILCOYNE wrote:
> I'm not sure, but I think Kristjan meant "Who is the earliest born you've a 
> record of?"
> RayK
>
> From: "Malcolm Rockwell"
>   
>> I've never recorded with anyone who made 78s.
>> By the time I went pro 78s were a thing of the past.
>> But... I cut 2 45rpm piano solos, "Livery Stable Blues" b/w "Maple Leaf
>> Rag", and a couple of Buchanan & Goodman like cut-outs "Dinner With
>> Drac" and another cut, at Sanders Recording studio in NYC c. 1961. I
>> still have both records.
>> Mal
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>>
>> Kristjan Saag wrote:
>>     
>>> Here's another one: who's the earliest born you've record with?
>>>
>>> In 1963 our family made a home recording (on 45 rpm) with birthday 
>>> greetings
>>> to my sister (who, at that time, lived abroad). My grandmother (born in
>>> 1875) sings an Estonian folk song and we all sing a birthday song. Beat
>>> that!
>>> Kristjan
>>>
>>>
>>>       
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