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donnie wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 03, 2019 7:15 pm

Wow, that's catchy, isn't it? I have a bad feeling I'm going to have that going in my head all night. That's really good sound quality, too, for a recording of that vintage.

A lot of those recordings are from the 78s website. It's really so much fun to browse.

I have a friend who has quite a collection of Edison cylinders and several old phonographs to play them on. He's also got some blank cylinders but hasn't been able to get hold of a cylinder recorder in working condition.

dachshundonstilts wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 04, 2019 7:12 pm

I have a friend who has quite a collection of Edison cylinders and several old phonographs to play them on. He's also got some blank cylinders but hasn't been able to get hold of a cylinder recorder in working condition.

That is awesome!! I find early recording so fascinating.

I thought all the machines that played cylinders could record them as well - ?

I LOVE this song, too. It's called A-L-B-U-Q-U-E-R-Q-U-E by Johnnie Lee Wills. There are a lot of records by a Bob Wills, and in looking this song up to post here, I realized that Johnnie Lee is the younger brother of Bob. The more you know!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J11gmMZqHoI

I now have the entire main directory downloaded from this 78s website!!! I'm in the process of renaming all the songs.... They're in all caps and so forth. So, I will leave you with a song I don't think I've shared yet. The catchy Too Fast Past by Merle Travis.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1T-kUZZwHhw

I like the lyrics to that one.

Are you renaming them for your own use, or uploading the corrected titles?

donnie wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 10, 2019 1:41 pm

I like the lyrics to that one.

Are you renaming them for your own use, or uploading the corrected titles?

I'm renaming them for my own use. It's a lot of work, but I love listening to this music! I bet most of these haven't been heard in a million years.

Sounds like a good project.

Talk about old whiny country music! I love it. A Wedding Ring Ago by Kitty Wells. https://youtu.be/mKkAzlus0Rg