This Motorola brand acetate has a metal core, an outer edge start and spins at 78 rpm, (though it sounds pretty trippy at 33⅓.) It's 10" in diameter and is clearly dated to May 31st, 1941. Thank you for labeling it clearly mystery artist. The rest of the text is a big of a mush though. It has no clear delineation indicating if any of the names on the label are the recorded pianist, the covered artist or the name of a work. text is as follows in all caps "Country Dances - Beethoven, Betty Lou Crockett, Phyllis Davis, Earl Cole, James Angell." These names are unfamiliar, but they cannot be all playing the piano at once so I assume this work to be a medley of some kind.
COUNTRY DANCES
The recordings is straight forward, solo piano, no introduction or vocal. It is relatively clear and the surface noise is mostly limited to the first 30 seconds. I just edited out a dozen pops or so. Enjoy.
Actually it is quite well labeled, altho a home recording, not a radio transcription. It is not a piano solo, it is at least a duet, or 2 players on each of 2 pianos. This was common in the 19th century before people had phonographs in the home for music. They actually played it themselves. Since amateurs didn't have the skill to play difficult music, it was arranged for multiple players. Thanks for posting this. It is fun to hear.
ReplyDeleteEvery Tuesday night I digitize an acetate from my collection. Many are actual transcription discs so the series is called "MYSTERY TRANSCRIPTION DISC". I'm well aware that this is a home recording acetate. BUT I had no idea this was a duet because I an definitely not a pianist! And yes compared to many others in the ol' library this is labeled clearly.
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