[78-L] Newly-pressed Bix Beiderbecke 78

Cary Ginell soundthink at live.com
Sat Sep 18 14:32:56 PDT 2010


Although not for comic effect, "Merle's Boogie Woogie" utilized an early magnetic tape recording to speed up Merle Travis' guitar (1947 - Capitol).
 
Cary Ginell
 
> Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 11:54:37 -0400
> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Newly-pressed Bix Beiderbecke 78
> 
> Meanwhile, I can think of a few records where the speed is deliberately changed 
> at one point, for comic effect. Danny Kaye's "The Babbit And The Bromide" and 
> Paul Nero's "Hot Canary" play normally up to a point, and then the remainder of 
> the track is a 33 played at 78. This will probably lead to an entirely 
> different thread (Mel Blanc's "Woody Woodpecker", Gene Carroll's Animal 
> Records, The Chipmunks etc).
> 
> dl
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