tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13248979.post1355891470040392532..comments2024-03-26T22:40:26.729-04:00Comments on Music You (Possibly) Won't Hear Anyplace Else: Shellac-athon for a rain-soaked spring. Or, vintage polka time! (1915-1931)Lee Hartsfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15378950382643333359noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13248979.post-47230950527448980782021-05-19T17:34:46.776-04:002021-05-19T17:34:46.776-04:00Jeff,
Thanks!Jeff,<br /><br />Thanks!Lee Hartsfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15378950382643333359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13248979.post-73403460958186684002021-05-19T12:47:58.194-04:002021-05-19T12:47:58.194-04:00This was great fun, Lee; thanks for sharing. Polka...This was great fun, Lee; thanks for sharing. Polkas in any form are a pleasure. Which is a good thing since there were SO damn many of them recorded!<br /><br />Jeff MUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05905912601181679775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13248979.post-68154706367968472612021-05-11T16:42:24.397-04:002021-05-11T16:42:24.397-04:001915-1927 vintage, I mean. 1915-1927 vintage, I mean. Lee Hartsfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15378950382643333359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13248979.post-86491049675100264862021-05-11T16:41:39.271-04:002021-05-11T16:41:39.271-04:00Ernie,
Just think of these as historical polkas. ...Ernie,<br /><br />Just think of these as historical polkas. And just try to imagine our founding fathers possibly dancing to such music. Er, then again...<br /><br />No, I fully understand not being able to get into polkas. I had early indoctrination, myself--my great grandmother had a tall, old-fashioned radio (the ones shaped like jukeboxes), and there was a polka show we danced to--I was three or four. And, in high school, I'd get drunk to "Who Stole the Keeshka," so rev.b is right--beer helps!<br /><br />reb.b--In this case, it would have to be to be carefully preserved Polish sausages! 1915-1927 style!Lee Hartsfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15378950382643333359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13248979.post-30389463545051125012021-05-11T04:18:22.993-04:002021-05-11T04:18:22.993-04:00@Erine, re polkas; Beer, I'm told lots of bee...@Erine, re polkas; Beer, I'm told lots of beer helps my friend! If you don't imbibe, there's a wide variety of sausages...rev.bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13248979.post-26762060030397420472021-05-10T09:01:49.933-04:002021-05-10T09:01:49.933-04:00I try to get into the polkas, but it's tough.....I try to get into the polkas, but it's tough... :(Erniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02589056878160272070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13248979.post-35697148009948657552021-05-09T21:41:11.927-04:002021-05-09T21:41:11.927-04:00Oops--I meant the Associated Glee Clubs of America...Oops--I meant the Associated Glee Clubs of America. I almost added their version of "Viking Song" to the list, but didn't. That's the once-standard art/glee club song which is likely the source for the Monty Python "Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam" routine.Lee Hartsfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15378950382643333359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13248979.post-40333348637822509462021-05-09T21:39:05.070-04:002021-05-09T21:39:05.070-04:00Steve,
I figure there had to be such tech. The p...Steve,<br /><br />I figure there had to be such tech. The proof is in a 1926 recording by the Associate Glee Clubs of America (I think that was their title) which featured hundreds of singers and was sent via telephone wire to either a radio station or recording studio. Anyway, there's at least one volume peak in which the volume is suddenly cut down, and so I figure a fader was used. There's probably info on the internet about early mixing boards and such--I need to look that up. And none of these are from Scotland--at one point, I downsized my 78 collection considerably, and so most of my HMV Paul Whitemans and such are gone. I don't remember why, but years back I decided to part ways with shellac. But it must be in my blood, because my collection is larger now than it ever was. And the early polkas are amazing--especially the "village" (folk) stuff, some of which sounds beautifully odd. There was an area of East Poland which where the polkas used strange Bartok-style modes--think the major scale with a tritone. The unpolished stuff is great, as are the march-style polkas, and of course some early polka recordings are little removed in style from what we'd hear today. At one time, I associated polkas with Poland, but it seems to have been the Czech/Slovenian/German types that first made a splash in American pop music. Thanks for the nice words!Lee Hartsfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15378950382643333359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13248979.post-63975047290632277002021-05-09T20:49:01.061-04:002021-05-09T20:49:01.061-04:00Thanks Lee! This great stuff. Nice to see you taki...Thanks Lee! This great stuff. Nice to see you taking a dive into your collection - Were any of these the records you shipped from Scotland? Also, interesting observation on the early sound mixing. Never a bad time for polka!<br />-Steve in PAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com