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Non-commercial discs of Eubie Blake and others

Title
Non-commercial discs of Eubie Blake and others [sound recording] / Eubie Blake.
Author
Blake, Eubie, 1887-1983.

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Additional Authors
  • Sissle, Noble, 1889-1975.
  • Easton, Sidney, 1885-1971.
  • Arno, Victor
  • Howell, Bert
  • Long, Avon
  • Carpenter, Thelma (Vocalist)
  • Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976.
  • Smith, Merritt
  • Lafayette, Leonora
  • Blake, Marion
  • Buddy Cole Quartet. prf
Found In
Carl Seltzer collection of Eubie Blake recordings.
Description
1 sound disc (ca. 57 min.) : digital, mono.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
All recordings are of poor audio quality and some have very poor sound. A few artists are unidentified or are identified only by their first name.
Alternative Title
Carl Seltzer collection of Eubie Blake recordings.
Subject
  • Popular music
  • Ragtime music
  • Piano music (Ragtime)
Note
  • Title provided by cataloger.
  • Compact disc.
Access (note)
  • Access to original items restricted.
Event (note)
  • Tracks 1-3 recorded Feb. 8, 1927 ; Track 4 recorded April 17, 1969 ; Track 5 recorded May 7, 1949 ; Track 6 recorded April 17, 1969 ; Tracks 12-23 recorded at home and have dates Oct. 21 and Dec 12, 1948, and May 15, 1949 or no dates. All others are undated.
Source (note)
  • Elaine Shipman (Seltzer);
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: Carl Seltzer collection of Eubie Blake recordings, *L(Special) 05-06.
Contents
World War I song (6:29) ; Talk (0:24) ; All God's chillin' got shoes (1:43) ( perf. by Sissle and Blake) -- Broken levee blues ( perf. by Easton) (3:12) -- I'll put music to my story / Easton (Bert Howell) (2:55) -- Dreams continue / Easton (Easton and Blake) (3:07) -- Bandana days (Long) (2:00) ; Gypsy blues (Long & Carpenter) (3:18) / Blake -- Ciss & Bobb (perf. by Johnson & Roker) (3:15) -- Memories of you / Blake (2:51) ; Mood to reminisce / Shear, Blake (perf. by Buddy Cole Quartet ; Victor Arno, conductor) (3:01) -- Thoughtlessness: Take 1 (1:45) ; Take 2 (1:54) / Edgar A. Ganz (Marion Blake) -- Jam session / Blake and Jimmy Tone (2:04 & 1:51) -- Old Man river & It ain't necessarily so (from a radio broadcast, incomplete) ( P. Robeson) (2:00) -- Unidentified song and singer (1:53) -- Love will find a way: Take 1 (2:00) ; Take 2 (1:44) / Blake (Lafayette) -- Love will find a way (1:02) ; I'm just wild about Harry (1:48) / Blake (Marion Blake) -- I can't give you anything but love, baby (perf. by Barney (?), Eleonor (?), Dorothy (?), Marion [Blake], Harold [Browning], Eubie [Blake]) (1:58) -- Red River blues (1:58).
Call Number
*LDC 50442
OCLC
745454523
Author
Blake, Eubie, 1887-1983.
Title
Non-commercial discs of Eubie Blake and others [sound recording] / Eubie Blake.
Performer
Eubie Blake, piano, commentary ; Noble Sissle, vocals, commentary ; Bert Howell, Sidney Easton, Avon Long, Thelma Carpenter, Merritt Smith, Paul Robeson, Leonora Lafayette, vocals ; Marion Blake, recitation and vocals ; The Buddy Cole Quartet ; Victor Arno, conductor.
Event
Tracks 1-3 recorded Feb. 8, 1927 ; Track 4 recorded April 17, 1969 ; Track 5 recorded May 7, 1949 ; Track 6 recorded April 17, 1969 ; Tracks 12-23 recorded at home and have dates Oct. 21 and Dec 12, 1948, and May 15, 1949 or no dates. All others are undated.
Access
Access to original items restricted.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: Carl Seltzer collection of Eubie Blake recordings, *L(Special) 05-06.
Local Note
Archive original: (12 sound discs ; 7, 10 or 16 in.) in *LJ-10 1861-1865, *LJ-7 55-60, *LK-16 1354.
Preservation master file (21 sound files): phlk161354, phlj101861, phlj101862p1, phlj101862p2, phlj101863p1, phlj101863p2, phlj101864, phlj101865p1, phlj101865p2, phlj755p1, phlj755p2, phlj756p1, phlj756p2, phlj757p1, phlj757p2, phlj758p1, phlj758p2, phlj759p1, phlj759p2, phlj760p1, phlj760p2.
Service CD (1 sound disc : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archive originals, 2010.
Source
Gift; Elaine Shipman (Seltzer); 2003-2006.
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Added Author
Blake, Eubie, 1887-1983. Works. Selections.
Sissle, Noble, 1889-1975. Performer
Easton, Sidney, 1885-1971. Works. Selections.
Easton, Sidney, 1885-1971. Performer
Arno, Victor. Conductor
Howell, Bert. Performer
Long, Avon. Performer
Carpenter, Thelma (Vocalist)
Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976. Performer
Smith, Merritt. Performer
Lafayette, Leonora. Performer
Blake, Marion. Performer
Buddy Cole Quartet. Performer
Shipman, Elaine. Donor
Added Title
Carl Seltzer collection of Eubie Blake recordings.
Found In:
Carl Seltzer collection of Eubie Blake recordings.
Research Call Number
*LDC 50442
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