[78-L] Twistin' the Dials Insert ID
David Lennick
dlennick at sympatico.ca
Wed Dec 1 14:56:24 PST 2010
Found 'em.
High School Cadets sped up..Sousa's Band (Victor 19871, October 22, 1925)
Ukulele bit with Jones singing Chinese gibberish over top..uncertain as to
whether a record or played in the studio
Unidentified piano piece..probably Dave Kaplan, in studio
Midnight on the Stormy Deep..Ernest V. Stoneman, Miss I. Frost & Eck Dunford
(Victor unissued, July 25, 1927)
Sextette from Lucia..unknown (not Gigli & company on Victor 10012)
Haido..Amalia Bakas (Victor V-58006)
Offenbach's Can Can sped up (probably from Orpheus Overture, Victor Symphony
Orchestra, Victor 35881)
Goose Creek (Stomp) sped up..Mart Britt & His Orchestra
(Victor 21670, Memphis, September 14, 1928)
dl
On 12/1/2010 5:34 PM, David Lennick wrote:
> If I could find the Living Era Happiness Boys CD I could give you the list as
> we had it in 2005. They're in the liner notes, not the track list.
>
> dl
>
> On 12/1/2010 4:02 PM, Michael Biel wrote:
>> I don't have the list here, but a year or two ago we discussed here the
>> listing of the drop-in recordings on the Jones and Hare 12-inch Victor
>> "Twistin' the Dials". Several decades ago there had been an article in
>> Record Research which disclosed almost all of them, and this was
>> discussed and an addition or two was given. I don't remember if anybody
>> had ever identified the weird foreign record -- but I have found a
>> sample of it on Chris Strachwitz's Arhoolie site!! It is track 7 on this
>> album.
>>
>> http://www.arhoolie.com/world/amalia-in-foreign-lands-since-my-childhood.html
>>
>> I've ordered the CD as part of the $5 overstock offer (along with nine
>> others!) and I'll give the discographical info when I get the disc,
>> although I suppose it might be findable in Spottswood from just the
>> title and artist info on the web lisiting. Amalia [artist] Haydo Syrdo
>> or E. Haido (Girl's Name) [title]
>>
>> And check out this article about Chris that was in the NY Times a few
>> days ago.
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/arts/music/28arhoolie.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
>>
>>
>> Mike (it's all greek to me) Biel mbiel at mbiel.com
>>
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