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Nobody ever lies about being lonely. From Here to Eternity |
Dominic Vautier
updated Jan 2013
I came into ownership of a number of old 78 records produced around 1928 or earlier. These records were owned by my parents and were left in my sister's estate. Most of the material was not in very good shape and just recently I have been able to do some digitizing on them.
As a kid I listened to every song in this collection many times over, especially the two black crows, the frog song and the two dog songs.
The mechanical aspects of this project are on my technical page. I also have a page that talks about what I have learned when digitizing old records and using phono cartridges. Another page describes how you can get your old 78s digitized without having to deal with a clunky old 78 turntable that probably doesn't work.
Along with this I have also collected a whole bunch of sheet music so if you are at all into this particular period in our musical development have a look.
Victor 5156 May Irwin
(one sided)
This just goes to show what can happen when you have too much time on your hands.
Victor 22423-A (Kahn-Kassel) Frank Crumit (1930).
A good place to hang out for sure but be careful who you meet.
Victor 22423-B (Crumit Curtis) Frank Crumit (1930).
This song was on the B side of Around the Corner and it turned out to be almost as popular as the A side song. Annabell and her lover had to arrange some other plans for dating. Cumit did both songs.
Columbia A1580 (Walker) sung by Billy Watkins released 1914
Contrary to the belief that all dogs go to heaven, we have an instance here where this little dog was not so good and not so lucky.
Victor 19427-A Vernon Dalhart
When this record was released, it was said to have been the first million-selling country record in the United States.
Columbia A1580 (L. Bennett) sung by Arthur Collins and Byran Harlan
The old horse just won't go any faster.
Victor 19427-B (Massey) Vernon Dalhart
Great blues song. Vernon does it again.
Columbia 1705-D 147028 (Green and Stept) Ukulele Ike.
Columbia 1705-D 147158 (Monaco and Leslie) Ukulele Ike.
Brunswick 2911-B (Massey-Warren) Vernon Dalhart.
Columbia 437-D 140796 (Lover) Vernon Dalhart
Skits, Monologues, Dialogues, Spoken word
Two Black Crows in Hades
Columbia 1652-D 147458 Moran and Mack
Considered
the greatest hit by the blackface pair. On this occasion Amos meets
the devil and tries to get out of paying for all his evil deeds while he
was on earth. Can he do it?
Columbia 935-D 143602 (Mack)
Moran and Mack. Amos discusses his job prospects.
After all the early bird catches the worm, or does he?
Part One
Goofer feathers, olives and the business of selling pigs
Columbia 1194-D 143603 (Mack)
Moran and Mack
. The man in the moon
came down too soon
part Three
Columbia 1194-D 144467 (Mack) Moran and Mack Part Four Dodging Billiard Balls and other job prospects.
Columbia 1198-D 144975 (Mack)
Moran and MackAmos has some strange animals like the rhinosaharous.
Columbia 1198-D 144976 (Mack)
Moran and Mack
Part
SixMoney talks
Victor 5612 Nat M. Wills (single sided)
So what happens when you go on vacation and come back and find...Oh God!!
Columbia A1797 43733 Cal Stewart.
Columbia A1797 43737 Cal Stewart
Popular MusicColumbia A2616 77971 (Roberts) sung by Campbell and Burr
Taken from the successful sheet music edition. I'm not sure how big a hit this was but the team of Albert Campbell and Henry Burr had many big record releases around this time.
Waters of Venice (Floating down the Sleepy Lagoon)
Columbia A2616 77925
(A. Von Tilzer) sung
by Campbell and Burr
A nice slow moving ballad.
Oxford Disk Record 3754 Stanley and Burr
single sided probably early 1909
Silvertone 46716 unknown tenor
Single side before 1910
Oxford Disk Record 19360 Mrs. A. Stewart Holt.
Single side before 1911
Victor 17969-A (Joe McCarthy, Percy Wenrich) Peerless Quartette.
A quick little number done by a premier quartet of the time
Victor 17969-B (James White) Billy
Murray-Irving Kaufman.
Kaufman does a great job here
Columbia A2909 78940 (Caddigan and Story) sung by Henry Burr.
Stop and smell the...
Columbia A2909 78983 (McDonald and Levenson) sung by Campbell and Burr.
Another snappy little number
Victor 19857-A (B.G. De Silva-Al. Sherman) Gene Austin.
A good torch song. The record is also in fair shape---hmmm. Must not have been very popular.
Victor 19857-B (Piantadosi-McKoy-Williams) Henry Burr. Another torch song.
Columbia A3371 79134 (Warfield) sung by Marian Harris
"Did you hear about the head floating down the river and it was singing..." Ahhhummm. Anyway here is one great blues song done by one great female artist.
Brunswick 2911-A (Massey) Vernon Dalhart.
This is a remarkable example of early blues. Vernon does it well.
Girl of My Dreams
Victor 21334-B 42585 (Clapp) Gene Austin.
Victor 21334-B 42584 (Gilbert- Wayne) Gene Austin.
Columbia A3371 79451 (Metsan and Olman) sung by Marian Harris.
Where be my daddy...blues.
Victor 18606-B (W.C. Polla-Willard Goldsmith) John Steel.
Victor 18606-A (Leslie-Kilmer-Wendling) Henry Burr.
Columbia 437-D 140795 (Lawlor and Blake) Vernon Dalhart.
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
Victor 26329-A (Hough-Adams-Howard) Wayne King.
Victor 26329-B (Harbach-Kern) Wayne King.
Columbia A2273 77044 (Wells) Henry Burr.
For Your Country and Mine
Columbia A2273 77053 (Berlin) Peerless Quartette.
Victrola 64623 (Ross and Silesu) John McCormack.
Victor 17984-A (Stover) Henry Burr.
Victor 17984-B (Brennan-Ball) Henry Burr.
Classical
Victrola 64974 (Franz Drdla) Fritz Kreisler
My mom had two copies of this piece. She must have liked it or something.
Victrola 87070 (O'Reilly-Geehl) Enrico Caruso (one sided)
Victrola 87054 (Franchetti) Enrico Caruso
Columbia 1828-D 148396 (Palmer) Ford and Glen
Columbia 1828-D 148396 (Palmer) Ford and Glen.
RCA Victor 20-1888-B (Nettles Boyd) Bill Boyd and the Cowboy ramblers.
RCA Victor 20-1888-A (Spriggens) Bill Boyd and the Cowboy ramblers