Victor Young And His Orchestra - I've Got To Pass Your House To Get To My House Brunswick Record 1933

I am back with another "recent" song for this Valentine Season.  This record is from 1933.  It features Victor Young And His Orchestra with "I've Got To Pass Your House To Get To My House".  It was pressed on the Brunswick label (Catalog number: 6589) and I am playing it on a Brunswick Panatrope Exponential Type 106 Gramophone/Phonograph.  It was produced in the late 1920s.  The record and the player - both made by the Brunswick Company and both made in the USA!  As for the song, its content is that of either unrequited love or another guy simply getting the girl first.


The url for the above video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUmeVj9ZWLM

Here are some photos of Brunswick and Brunswick!

Hal Goodman And His Orchestra - People Will Say We're In Love The Hit Record 1943

Here is another romantic song for you this Valentine Season and this is no doubt a recent one for me.  It dates to the year 1943 ... Hal Goodman And His Orchestra with "People Will Say We're In Love".  This track was pressed on the label known as The Hit Record by "Elite Record Mfgers" (Catalog number: 7059).  The record was released in the United States on September 11, 1943, and eventually peaked at #17 on the charts (Source: http://www.musicvf.com/song.php?id=18609).

I am spinning the record on the His Master's Voice Model 102E Portable Gramophone.  The Gramophone was made in England in 1952.  I even added a picture of Love Frog for the occasion.





The url for the above video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_PNlLQVvVM

Hearts And Flowers By Fred W. Hager Zon-o-phone Record Circa 1900

It is the very early morning of February 7, 2015.  Next week is Valentines Day and in honor of the upcoming holiday, I have for you "Hearts And Flowers" in the form of an instrumental (violin and piano).    This record was pressed on the Zon-o-phone (Zonophone) label (Catalog number: G9466).  It dates somewhere between 1899 and 1903.  The song is "Hearts And Flowers" credited to Fred W. Hager.  The song will be played on a Victor Victrola Model #4 (VV-IV) from 1915.

I thought I would add some hearts and flowers to the video:
 


The url for the above video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUHjJcfYlQ8

Here are some close-up photographs of the record (front and back) ...

Daughter Of Love Waltz By National Promenade Band Edison Diamond Disc 1922

I am continuing the Valentine theme here with an instrumental number titled "Daughter Of Love Waltz".  The song was performed by the National Promenade Band in 1922, and was pressed on the Thomas Edison Diamond Disc label (Catalog number: 51009-L).  It plays at a speed of 80 rpm.  This is a really great tune.  I am playing the record on an Edison Disc Phonograph Model C-150.  The Disc machine was made between 1915 and 1919.


The url for the above video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNJXd5i6u4o

Love's Golden Dream By Helen Clark And Emory Randolph Edison Diamond Disc 1914

Keeping with the Valentine's Holiday of this month, tonight I have for you "Love's Golden Dream" - a duet by Helen Clark and Emory Randolph.  Lindsay Lennox wrote the lyrics and Gordon Nevin was responsible for the musical arrangement.  The song was recorded in 1914, and was pressed on the Thomas Edison Diamond Disc label (catalog number: 80167-R/matrix number: 3104).  It plays at a speed of 80 rpm.  I am playing the record on an Edison Disc Phonograph Model C-150.  The Disc machine was made between 1915 and 1919.


The url for the above video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXfmlUtOyuY

A Bowery Flirtation By Ada Jones And Len Spencer Edison Records 1909

Hi Friends.  In honor of the upcoming Valentines Day Holiday, I have for you a very flirty record and it is an old one.  It dates to the year 1909, and is titled "A Bowery Flirtation".  The Thomas Edison black wax cylinder record will be played on an Edison Standard Phonograph: Model B from 1905/1906.  The record was recorded by Ada Jones and Len Spencer (Catalog number: 10082).  It is a Vaudeville sketch that leads into a song with Ada singing and an orchestra accompanying her.  I brought some old Valentine cards out, and set them near the machine ... very special for this time of the year.


The url for the above video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0eKaGrNncE








Here are the lyrics (I transcribed them myself ... I did my best):

Len: Hello kid, what's the rush?
Ada: It's 6:00, the rush hour.
Len: Come ere, I want to ask u something.
Ada: What?
Len: Have you noticed anybody follerin' ya lately?
Ada: Nobody particular.
Len: Why Maggie, I'm yer shada, I follows you everywhere an' all it does is run away from me.
Ada: Sure I do.  Run away from a shada and it always follows you, but chase it, Timmy, haha, and it's gone fer good.
Len: Well, you can't lose me kid.  Tell me, did you ever love anybody?
Ada: Sure I have.
Len: I mean anybody but yourself?
Ada: Oh, like that?  So I'm stuck on meself, huh?  Well, there's one thing about you, Timmy, that I have to admire.
Len: And that is?
Ada: Yer good taste.
Len: Ho haw, gettin wise to yourserlf, ay?  Why Maggie, that swell little mug o' yours is tintyped right on me heart.
Ada: Hahaha, I bet there's a whole gallery of tintypes on that heart of yours.
Len: You got me wrong, kid.  Why, I never knew what love was 'til I fell in love with you.
Ada: Ahh, haha.  Don't make me laugh, me lips are chapped.
Ada: Why Timmy, so many guys give me that speel that I set it to music.
Len: Is that so?
Ada: Yes, and it goes like this ...
Ada: I never knew what love was 'til I fell in love with you.
Len: Oh kid, nix.
Ada: You won me heart completely with those dreamy eyes of blue.  I jollied Maude and Maime ...
Len: No no.
Ada: ... and made eyes at Lil an' Lou ...
Len: I don't know the party.
Ada: ... but I never knew what love was 'til I fell in love with you.
Len: Ah, kid, you's is the only one.
Ada: I don't believe it.
Len: See, ain't that a hit?
Ada: What's a hit?
Len: Ha, that's what they all say, hahahaha.
Ada: Timmy ...
Len: Aww, I didn't mean it kid, hahahahaha.
Ada: Aw, hahahahaha.

Additional information about the record can be found at this link: http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/search.php?queryType=@attr+1=1020&num=1&start=1&query=cylinder3530

I Turn My Back To Bill De Bozo In Solidarity With The NYPD

Here I am turning my back to a picture of Bill De Bozo in Solidarity with The NYPD. This photo was taken on January 31, 2015 during the Online Protest against the New York City mayor.

 

Very dark video ... may as well be since it is a very dark topic.  I filmed this last night (1-31-2015):

The url for the video in case it does not embed properly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuuAW6AmfJM