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Wilfred Glenn , the bass , is my grandfather. Imagine actually hearing your grandfather's voice on a recording more than 100 years old! It's thrilling!

Absolutely incredible that this exists - what an incredible and fascinating time capsule so close to the end of the life of one of the greatest recorded vocal legends of all time! I just wish the whole record were here!

Given the unknown number of generations these air checks passed through, the sound quality is remarkable-as is Billy Murray’s voice at this last stage of his long career. In the Cohan medley, especially in “Mary,” he seems to adopt Cohan’s stylistic manner of partly singing and partly talking the lyrics. How grateful we are to you for posting this truly rare radio performance.

Had Kaufman even sung like this in the 20's, he wouldn't have destroyed so many otherwise great jazz records. He did tone down the brass in the late 20's, but I've never found one of those more listenable records, though there are some on various sites. With Irving, bel canto became, as it's been joked, 'cat belto'. 🐸

This song is so good somebody should make it the theme song for a children's TV show. Maybe somebody like Big Brother Bob Emory of Boston TV station WBZ channel 4 from 1948 to the 1960s.

I used to speak to Mary in Santa Monica!. I recovered much of the property that was stolen from her.

"My dear friends! I have often wanted to talk to you, and now that I have the opportunity I am so excited that I have [?], and really don't know what to say. However, I do know that I want to thank you for the generous support you have given my pictures. I realize that my success, such as it is, is due to the tiny way you have [?] my work. I enjoy my work, as strenuous as it is, and I always enter into the character I am playing just as much fun as a character is to be having. I know that I owe you a debt of gratitude, more than I can repay, but all I can say is that I will try harder and harder than ever to please and entertain you. I thank you again and again. Mary Miles Minter." I love this :)

Charles W. Harrison was one of the greatest American lyric tenors of all time. Few singers not only sung so beautifully for such a long career, but his diction was always crystalline. Name any other tenor in history who had a clarion high B-flat at age 76! And he was already over 30 when he made his first records for Columbia and Edison!

Love this... thanks for the post

Thank you 😊

Great

Great to listen to this.since she never made any talking pictures.she definitely was a southern Belle from louisiana.her southern drawl is so thick you can spread it on a sheet cake.she was one of the most beautiful looking women of silent movies.back in 1994 I saw one of her movies the eyes of Julia deep.she was so pretty in it.too bad Anne of green gables no longer exists.

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Did she shoot william desmond taylor?

She has a very heavy Southern/Midwestern accent. She sounds like a Southern Belle, almost... Interesting. It's weird hearing her voice considering this was over 100 years ago

Wow, she has a VERY strong Southern accent. I guess that makes sense considering the fact that she's from Louisiana.

I have the Mildred Harris Chaplin one. What are they worth?

You can feel so much passion he puts in his singing, that's what made music better back then.

Wouldn't it be great to find someone who reads lips and put some sound to this?

I wonder why this was recorded. Was it an acetate?

The voice at 0:49 almost sounds like Byron G. Harlan

Always nice to see these. Ever talk to Dick Carty?

What a beautiful rare treasure. Thank you for posting.

Oh billy Murray did children records?

I have this song on a 78 rpm record that belonged to a friends father who had a swing band.

100 years ago. Fascinating.

Cool sound tracks here

Nice, Ryan - I have a copy as well. One of the earliest recorded examples of what would eventually become the "industrial musical" or "corporate anthem."

Watching this made me so happy! Nice job, Ryan! and, of course, Dr. D. was great! Who wrote the transcript? Funny stuff!

Sounds like the girl from LA that she was....Louisiana, that is!

A grand wonderful man...I loved that office...Great you did this

It's a shame we don't know the names of the musicians. The saxophone playing on this and, in particular, the flip side, is quite beautiful. The lead alto sound and intonation are consistent throughout the range of the horn, and the vibrato is beautiful and singing; the tenor matches all matches and blends with him perfectly. At a time when the instrument still was in relative infancy, and something of a novelty, this is sophisticated playing.

Keep in mind that MMM was a teenager when this was recorded...and compare that to how, uh, articulate (?) most teenagers are today. Also, is there a recording like this of Olive Thomas?

Easy to hear why the electrical process was far superior to the old acoustic method. It's amazingly clear and even frequency wise., Damn good for 1925!!!

76 years old and still pretty amazing

Idk if the recorder was set up very well cos the volume of his voice isn’t the best and could send better. Oh well. Still nice.

He has the perfect voice for this haha.

She sounds lovely, even if the recording is 99 years old. Really fascinating listening to very old records.

Love hearing her voice.

Wonderful

I will ALWAYS be a Dr. Demento fan!!

I have no idea how this doesn't have more views

I've listened to his recordings, but this is a treat. Love hearing Mr. Arthur Fields talk.

Beautifully haunting as all good theremin music is. Suits this R-K piece well I think. And what an artistic novelty to record it on cylinder! Thank you for posting.

Amazing transfer. Thanks for posting this!

Thanks for this, Ryan. Mr. Ash was also a native of Cincinnati, and this is one of his more topical tunes.

"Flapperette" is the title of the xylophone number....

Are there more of these?

These are incredible pieces of film footage of some of the most important singers and musicians of the early days in the recording industry. Thanks for uploading this!

Charles Harrison was one of the greatest pop music tenors of the early 1900's, and it's wonderful to hear him in the electric recording age. I had only heard acoustic recordings previously. His voice is still very strong here.