78 rpm music

[Kitty]

Bill Darnell and the Pinetoppers - And Whose Little Girl Are You?

https://youtu.be/Y8TYUgKCxSU

[Kitty]

https://youtu.be/3M3GuNEOVBY

It's Shirley Temple singing Japanese nursery rhymes!!

[donnie]

That's very pretty, isn't it? I'll bet she had to work hard on that text.

I curious about the label. It says it's manufactured in Japan, but says so in English. And below Shirley Temple is the abbreviation of German and "mit Orchester." ??

[Kitty]

"mit Orchester." ??

I think it means "with orchestra".

[donnie]

"mit Orchester." ??

I think it means "with orchestra".

Right, but I'm wondering why it's in German if it's a Japanese record?

[Kitty]

"mit Orchester." ??

I think it means "with orchestra".

Right, but I'm wondering why it's in German if it's a Japanese record?

Oh, sorry! I already forgot that it was Japanese not German. It's been a long month.

[BettyLouSpence]

Here's a version of the Black Bottom tune by Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders, 1926:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gzS9NZ1Mibw

[donnie]

That’s a good one—so catchy, and everything ’20s seems to be distilled in it. I’ll bet that sold a lot of copies.

Edit: I just listened to this again through AirPods. It’s amazing the sound quality that some of those late ‘20s recordings have.

Re the label, I wonder what “Orthophonic” and “VE” mean.

[BettyLouSpence]

Harry Reser's Syncopaters, Kansas City Kitty (1929):

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_px3e6X5ZUk

[BettyLouSpence]

Re the label, I wonder what “Orthophonic” and “VE” mean.

Must mean it's for the Victor Orthophonic Victrola. I'm not sure what VE stands for.