T’Ain’t No Sin – George Olsen and His Music. 3.9 MB mp3 file.
Can’t You Understand? – The High Hatters. 5.4 MB mp3 file.
Victor 22279 sides A and B from 1929. The “A” side is what earned this record the special update for today. It’s a damn fine tune, just slightly creepy and eminently danceable. If I had a band of my own, I’d totally do an updated cover of this.
You Only Want Me When You’re Lonesome – Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra, 6.4 MB mp3 file.
Waters of the Perkiomen – The Troubadours, 6.6 MB mp3 file.
The Same as His Faither Was Before Him – Harry Lauder, 4.6 MB mp3 file.
Another Harry Lauder tune. This is the purple-labeled, single-sided 1913 release. Sound quality is pretty good, with a few blips on the high notes.
Beautiful Isle of Somewhere – Evan Williams, 6.2 MB mp3 file.
The Ninety and Nine – Evan Williams, 6.3 MB mp3 file.
A pair of 1914 recordings by the famous tenor singer. According to the wikpedia article I found, prior to his death in 1918, he was the third highest selling artist on the Victrola label.
Bam Bam Bamy Shore – Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Hotel Biltmore Orchestra, 6.2 MB mp3 file.
Look Who’s Here – Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Hotel Biltmore Orchestra, 6.1 MB mp3 file.
Two highly danceable tunes from 1925.
Second Connecticut March – American Band of Providence, 5.4 MB mp3 file.
Another single-sided record, this one from 1902. There’s quite a bit of static, but the sound is pretty good, all things considered.
Angry – Johnny Hamp’s Kentucky Serenaders, 5.6 MB mp3 file.
Oh Say! Can I See You To-night – Johnny Hamp’s Kentucky Serenaders, 6.3 MB mp3 file.
These two tracks cleaned up pretty nicely, with a minor problem: there’s a kind of bizarre stereo effect that sort of ‘wobbles’ from ear to ear on the first one.
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine Medley – Victor Military Band, 6.2 MB mp3 file.
I’m Going Back to Memphis Tennessee – Victor Military Band, 6.3 MB mp3 file.
A couple of fast marches by the Victor Military Band. There’s a bit of static & cleanup artifact on the second track, but it’s still quite bouncy.
Only You and Lonely Me – Phillip Spitalny and His Orchestra, 6.7 MB mp3 file.
Hello Baby – Phillip Spitalny and His Orchestra, 6.3 MB mp3 file.
Answer (Robyn) – No Cleanup – Evan Williams, 3.4 MB mp3 file.
Yes, this is the same tune I posted last week. I figured it’d be kind of interesting to post the uncorrected file, scratches and all, so that you’d have a baseline file to compare to the quality of the tunes I’ve been posting. I did take the step of converting it from 45 RPM to 78, but otherwise it’s untouched.