[78-L] Cartoon music from commercial releases...

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Track 1 is Fascinatin' Vamp - Nat Shilkret & Victor O ,  Victor 21431


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Subject: [78-L] Cartoon music from commercial releases...


>
> Can anyone identify the remainder of these tunes?
>
> A few years ago (2003 to be exact!), a question was asked about music 
> heard on
> a variety of cartoons that were seen frequently on early TV and have been
> issued in "collections" of early cartoons.  I posted mp3s of them on my 
> website
> and four out of nine were identified back then by some very knowledgeable
> collectors including Vincent Fitzpatrick, John Wilby, Piet Schreuders
> (Beauhunks), David Lennick, and Vince Giordano (Nighthawks).
>
> Apparently vocals were cut out for the cartoon use, which added to the
> confusion, and were definitely a surprise, although it makes ultimate 
> sense.
>
> So far these have been ID'd:-
>
> http://67.210.127.4/TRACK3.mp3
> George Olsen, "Where'd You Get Those Eyes."  Victor, 1926.
> The vocal has been cut out.  It would have started at 1:32.
> CONFIRMED
>
> http://67.210.127.4/TRACK5.mp3
> George Olsen.  Victor.  "Just a Little Thing Called Rhythm."
> The vocal is cut out at 1:30.
> CONFIRMED
>
> http://67.210.127.4/TRACK7.mp3
> "Meadowlark."  George Olsen, on Victor, 1926
> CONFIRMED
>
> http://67.210.127.4/TRACK8.mp3
> "Dancing Shadows", band is Paul Whiteman.  The sax solo
> is by Frank Trumbauer.
> CONFIRMED
>
> I still think they could turn out to be ALL from Victor.  I believe for a 
> while
> they were licensing their commercially released recording material to 
> anyone
> who wanted to pay to use it, which is how some of it appeared in cartoons
> that otherwise wouldn't have had a sound track.  Much cheaper than hiring 
> a
> composer and an orchestra to write music to fit the picture!
>
> These were copied from tracks of cartoons, probably originally silent, 
> that
> had a sound track added later to extend their marketability as sound 
> became
> the standard.
>
> The following tunes are as yet still unidentified... please listen to them
> and see if anything sounds familiar:-
>
> http://67.210.127.4/TRACK1.mp3
>
> http://67.210.127.4/TRACK2.mp3
>
> http://67.210.127.4/TRACK4.mp3
>
> http://67.210.127.4/TRACK6.mp3
>
> http://67.210.127.4/TRACK9.mp3
>
> You should be able to just click on the above links to listen to them.
>
>
>
> ... Graham Newton
>
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