Three Tune Tuesday - January 24
It's time again for Three Tune Tuesday, that day of the week where members of the Hive community shares three songs of their liking with the rest of the community.
I take a slow, relaxing approach to Three Tune Tuesday: I like to share pre-1924 78rpm songs from my collection, and record them while playing on an appropriate time-period windup phonograph. I encourage you to take a few moments and slow down with me. Settle down, close your eyes, and take yourself back.. way back.. in time, to a distant uncle's parlour in the early 1920's. There are comfortable seats, pleasant conversation, and old music.
First up this week is a song by Fritz Arndt. Fritz was a pianist and musician in the 1910s and 1920, and was very prolific at that. He authored over 3,000 piano rolls (a piano roll is the device that configures an automatic piano player) as well as a number of songs for others; in particular, he wrote a number of songs for Nora Bayes, one of which, at least, I've played on a previous TTT.
His most famous song is Nola, which he wrote for his fiancee-then-wife, Nola, in 1916. It is one of the earlier recorded ragtime tunes.
Following that I've got a fun little tune featuring a cornet and trombone: Cornet and Trombone Utility Polka. This particular record is interesting in that it is printed on the Standard Phonograph label and plays on a Standard Phonograph Machine phonograph. The Standard's were built from Columbia Records parts, and the Standard records were made from Columbia masters (indeed, there is a Columbia Record recording of this very same song, which I do not have). The difference is that the Standard Phonograph spindle was much larger than the others of the time and so would be difficult to play on a non-Standard phonograph. Essentially it was the difference between the spindle for a 33 1/3 rpm record and a 45 rpm record.
I do not have an exact date for this record, but it is almost guaranteed to have been made before 1910.
The last song of the week is all accordion based. John J. Kimmel was a German-American musician who played Irish, Scottish, and American music. He billed himself as "the Irish Dutchman." This record, recorded in 1920 is an medley of two Irish jigs and is called, appropriately, Medley Jigs.
Special thanks to @thekittygirl for the awesome BSR graphic!
Want to listen to the livestream of these three songs? Not only do I play the songs live, I discuss them and the phonographs they are played on. Check out the podcast at https://blindskeleton.one/blind-skeleton-podcasts.
Three Tune Tuesday (TTT) is initiated by @ablaze.
I run a live stream of my TTT songs every Tuesday at 12:00pm EDT, then take that stream and share the songs from it here, on Hive, on Wednesday (or occasionally Thursday). These songs are all old pre-1923 78rpm records from my collection, played on my antique phonographs and recorded with a well placed microphone. Like what you hear? Come listen live!
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Excellent.. my fav would be the 1st.. the piano is cool. 😀 Awesome.
I think that was my favourite of the three as well. That man could play!
I'm digging the new Blind Skeleton backgrounds for the Youtube videos. Great tunes as always, that last one by the "Irish Dutchman" sounds like a night out in one of our local pubs here in Galway, which reminds who important music is and in Ireland the songs and traditions from long ago are kept alive through music which is quite amazing given how many times Gaelic life was tried to be quashed and squashed.. Great #ttt trio as always my friend.