[78-L] Max Morath - early recordings

Sat Apr 2 14:40:30 PDT 2016

Lord lists nothing before 1957, beginning with this. 
Music For Moochers, Gold Diggers, And Cattle Rustlers : Introducing Max Morath at the Mighty Gold Bar Piano : Max Morath (p) solos c. 1957Gold bear ragBarbary Coast BLP33004, Talking Maching TM-4Spaghetti rag             -                         -Bird in gilded cage             -                         -Take back your gold             -                         -Memories             -                         -How ya gonna keep em down on the farm             -                         -Lies             -                         -The curse of an aching heart             -                         -12th Street rag [Tiger rag]             -                         -Daughter of Rosie O'Grady             -                         -Sittin' on the top of the world             -                         -Wang Wang blues             -                         -Movie [Silent movie]             -                         -(Medley :)             -                         -East side, west side [Sidewalks of New York]             -                         -The band played on             -                         -unknown title             -                         -unknown title             -                         -Note:Talking Machine TM-4 titled "Music For Moochers, Gold Diggers, And Cattle Rustlers"; the 2 unknown titles are not ID'ed anywhere on the album.
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> Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2016 16:51:16 -0400
> From: sternth at attglobal.net.invalid
> Subject: [78-L] Max Morath - early recordings
> 
> 
> additions/corrections please!  [listing is at end of post]
> 
> The first 10-inch GOLD CAMP Lp has a 5/51 date in the wax - Max Morath
> has given a 1954 date. Can anyone resolve this ???  (perhaps I'm reading it
> wrong,
> 
> it was inscribed wrong ???  The 1954 date seems right.)
> 
> Does anyone have the compilation "Moochers, Gold Diggers and Cattle
> Rustlers" on the SAN FRANCISCO label ???
> 
> In the liner notes to the first album, Sprague states that Max Morath was
> making records in Texas - can anyone shed light on this ??? 
> 
> After these early recordings, Max Morath went on to record for
> EPIC, VANGUARD (many albums), and lots of other labels. 
> 
> Max Morath did a number of memorably superb series on WWI songs and
> Ragtime for NET/PBS - can someone
> provide documentation of those programs ???
> 
> and for his early work on TV ???
> 
> THANKS!
> Best wishes, Thomas.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> GOLD CAMP RECORDINGS RMM-1001/1002          10" LP 5/51 RED jacket, green
> translucent vinyl
> [Box 592, Manitou Springs, Colorado]            45rpm EP ???
> 
> MAX MORATH plays and sings at the Gold Bar Boom Piano
> IMPERIAL HOTEL CRIPPLE CEEK, COLORADO
> Geo.Marvin, traps
> 
> liner notes: Marshall Sprague
> cover design by Herman Raymond
> 
> RMM-1001                                 
> Imperial Rag (Morath)
> I Love Girls (Dodd)
> The Sunshine of Paradise Alley (Bratton-Ford)
> Row, Row, Row (Jerome-Monaco)
> Original Rag (Joplin)
> RMM-1002
> Bird in a Gilded Cage (Von Tilzer-Lamb)
> Why Do They Always Say "No" (Nelson-Pease-Davis)
> Maple Leaf Rag (Joplin)
> He'd Have To Get Under (Leslie-Clarke-Abrahams)
> Comrades (McGlennon)
> 
> 
> 
> GOLD CAMP RECORDINGS KCMS-1091/1092       10" LP 4/56 YELLOW jacket, yellow
> translucent vinyl
>                                      *       45rpm extended play 
> Volume II, summer 1956                   
> KCMS-1091
> Gold Bar Rag (Morath) *
> Take Back Your Gold (Pritxkow-Rosenfeld)
> Come After Breakfast (Smith-Burris)
> Sweet Georgia Brown (Casey-Bernie-Pinkard) *
> KCMS-1092
> Hard-Hearted Hannah *
> Gay Nineties Medley
>    The Sidewalks of New York
>    The Band Played On
>    Sweet Rosie O'Grady
> Take Your Girlie To The Movies (Wendling-Leslie-Kalmar)
> I Love Girls (Dodd) *
> 
> 
> 
> 
> GOLD CAMP RECORDINGS KCMS 1129/1130 [FPA 5/57]            LP 1957 yellow
> vinyl 
> * Available also on 45 rpm extended play
>        
> MAX MORATH plays and sings at the mighty gold bar piano
> Imperial Hotel, Cripple Creek, Colorado, 1957
> liner: Marshall Sprague
> recording info C.M."Bud" Edmonds
> Cover Design by Don Willis
> 
> Side I
> Lies (Harry Barris)
> Ace in the Hole (Dempsey, Mitchell)                         *
> Row Row Row (Jerome, Monaco)
> How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm? (Donaldson, Lewis, Young) 
> Gold Bar Rag (Morath)
> Tearjerker" Medley:
>    She May Have Seen Better Days 
>    When the Garden of Roses Has Turned into Thorns
>    She is More to be Pitied Than Censured
> A Bird in a Gilded Cage (H.Von Tilzer, Lamb)
> 
> SIDE II
> Wang Wang Blues (Mueller. Johnson, Busse)
> Bedelia (I Wanna Steal Ya) Jerome, Schwartz)                *
> Take Back Your Gold (Rosenfeld, Pritzkow)                   *
> Spaghetti Rag (Lyons, Yosco)
> Take Me Out to the Ball Game (Norworth, A. Von Tilzer)       *
> The Curse of an Aching Heart (Fink, Piantadosi)
> Music for the Melodrama (Morath).
> 
> 
> 
> 
> DOES ANYONE HAVE THE FOLLOWING RECORDING on the "San Francisco Records"
> label ???????????????????
> 
> TALKING MACHINE TM4                LP 1957
> BARBARY COAST   BC/SLP-33004       LP 1959, 1960
> Moochers, Gold Diggers and Cattle Rustlers    
> Max Morath, mighty Gold Bar pianola, Imperial Hotel, Colorado Springs.
> liner: Marshall Sprague & Al Levitt
> cover design Don Willis
> recorded by Bud Edmonds, owner operator KCMS-FM Manitou Springs, Colorado
> 
> A1 Gold Bar Rag
> A2 Take Back Your Gold
> A3 Spaghetti Rag
> A4 Memories
> A5 How You Gonna Keep 'em Down On The Farm
> A6 Lies
> A7 Medley
> B1 Curse of An Aching Heart
> B2 Twelfth Street Rag LABEL: Tiger Rag
> B3 Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
> B4 Bird in a Gilded Cage
> B5 Sitting On Top of the World
> B6 Wang Wang Blues
> B7 Silent Movie
> 
> 
> 
> GOLD CAMP RECORDINGS KCMS-1147/1148             LP 1958
>                                   * available on 45 rpm extended play
> HONKY-TONK IN HI-FI      ""Max's 4th ragtime record""
> Imperial Hotel Cripple Creek, Colorado
> MAX MORATH at the Gold Bar Room piano.
> 
> liner notes: Marshall Sprague
> 
> KCMS 1147
> I Want a Doll *
> The Vindicator Rag *
> Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway
> Joe Howard Medley
>     I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now?
>     Goodbye, My Lady Love
>     Honeymoon
>     Hello, Ma Baby
> Raw Gin
> When the Saints Go Marching In
> KCMS 1148
> Dill Pickles Rag *
> Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home? *
> Waltzes You May Have Forgotten
>     Mother Was a Lady
>     Little Annie Rooney
>     Sunbonnet Sue
> Cheyenne (Shy Ann)
> Maple Leaf Rag
> Peoria
> 
> 
> 
> GOLD CAMP KCMS 1168/1169                         LP 1959
> For the 1959 Imperial Hotel Melodrama Season Gold Camp Recordings proudly
> present
> MORE MAX MORATH
> KCMS 1168
> St.Louis BLues
> Much Obliged To You
> Saloon
> The Anatomy of the Tearjerker
> Crazy Bone Rag
> Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl
> KCMS 1169
> Oceana Roll
> Come after breakfast, bring your own lunch
> Grace and Beauty Rag
> Alexander's Ragtime Band
> Waltzes that Willy undoubtedly waltzed to
> Car-Barlick Acid 
> 
>  
> 
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