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	Police Dog Blues - Blind Blake MP3 of "Police Dog Blues" by Blind Blake Keywords: Blues Downloads: 17,407 Average rating: (10 reviews)
	The Wreck of the Southern Old 97 - Ernest Thompson Here's the flip side of Columbia 130-D, The Wreck of the Old Southern 97, sung and played by Ernest Thompson. Recorded in 1924. From the original 78rpm disk. Keywords: Music; Country; Folk; 78rpm; Oldtime Downloads: 18,875 Average rating: (10 reviews)
	Geeshie Wiley-Last Kind Words - Geeshie Wiley Recorded circa March 1930 in Grafton, Wisconsin. Don Kent has described "Last Kind Words" as "one of the most imginatively constructed guitar arrangments of its era...." Keywords: Music; Acoustic; Blues; Acoustic Country Blues; Delta Blues; 78rpm Downloads: 12,567 Average rating: (8 reviews)
	Bascom Lamar Lunsford-I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground - Bascom Lamar Lunsford Recorded in April 1928 in Ashland, Kentucky. Another banjo tune with lyrics that could be from any one of a number of tunes, and which have no apparent logical relationship with each other. This particular tune, which became a folkie staple during the Great Folk Scare, is related to tunes known as "Tempie," "Darling Where Have You Been So Long," "Sammie, Where Have You Been So Long," and "I Don't Like No Railroad Man." In "When We Were Good: The Folk Revival" Robert Cantwell says: "Listen to 'I ... Keywords: Music; Acoustic; Ballad; Country; Old-Time Appalachian; Banjo Tune; 78rpm Downloads: 6,562 Average rating: (6 reviews)
	Hobo Bill's Last Ride - Jimmie Rodgers Downloads: 16,131 Average rating: (6 reviews)
	The Carter Family-Wildwood Flower - The Carter Family Recorded on May 10, 1928 in Camden, New Jersey. The Carter Family, with A. P., wife Sara and Sara's cousin Maybelle, are one of the most influential performing acts in American music. This tune sold around one million copies between 1928 and 1929. Keywords: Music; Acoustic; Country; Old-Time Appalachian; 78rpm Downloads: 29,333 Average rating: (5 reviews)
	Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers-Shootin' Creek - Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers Reorded on July 23, 1928. This tune is clearly related, if not the same tune, to the old-timey and bluegrass standard "Cripple Creek." Alan Jabbour has speculated that the "Cripple Creek" title may be related to certain labor disputes in the Cripple Creek area of Colorado during 1903 and 1904. On the other hand, a Cripple Creek flows through Grayson and Carroll Counties in Southwest Virginia. As for the title "Shootin' Creek," there exists a Shooting Creek region in Franklin County also in South... Keywords: Music; Acoustic; Country; Old-Time Appalachian; Fiddle Tune; 78rpm Average rating: (4 reviews)
	Ain't We Got Fun - Benson Orchestra of Chicago Downloads: 10,820 Average rating: (4 reviews)
	Frank Hutchison-K. C. Blues - Frank Hutchison Recorded on July 9, 1929 in New York City. Charles K. Wolfe describes Hutchison as "[t]he first real white bluesman to record." Frank Hutchison learned his craft from black miners in the Logan County, West Virginia area. Keywords: Music; Acoustic; Blues; Country; Acoustic Country Blues; 78rpm Downloads: 6,230 Average rating: (4 reviews)
	Mississippi John Hurt-Louis Collins - Mississippi John Hurt Recorded on December 21, 1928 in New York City. Hurt said, when asked about this sweet murder ballad, that he "made it up from hearing people talk. He was a great man, I know that, and he was killed by two men named Bob and Louis. I got enough of the story to write me a song." Keywords: Music; Acoustic; Ballad; Blues; Acoustic Country Blues; 78rpm Downloads: 16,391 Average rating: (4 reviews)
	Michael Tokarick - Play Or Give Me My Money Back - Michael Tokarick Michael Tokarick (sometimes spelled "Tokarik") "a jeho Slovenska Muzika" perform traditional Slovak folk music as part of a "sketch" entitled "Hraj Abo Zadatok Daj" ("Play Or Give Me My Money Back"), recorded circa 1927. There is some opening dialogue, then a quick tuneup and some nice, old-style playing. From the original 78rpm disk. Keywords: Music; Ethnic; 78rpm; Slovak Downloads: 3,363 Average rating: (4 reviews)
	Bertha Lee w. Charley Patton-Mind Reader Blues - Bertha Lee w. Charley Patton Recorded on January 31, 1934 in New York City. This tune, along with "Yellow Bee," was recorded at Patton's last recording session. He died two months later. Bertha Lee was Patton's common-law wife at the time. Lee appears to be lecturing Patton, who was an inveterate womanizer, with her sultry voice. In the fourth verse Lee sings: "I remember a day when I were livin' at Lula town, I remember a day when I were livin' at Lula town, my man did so many wrong things 'til I had to leave the town." Le... Keywords: Music; Acoustic; Blues; Acoustic Country Blues; Delta Blues; 78rpm Downloads: 11,715 Average rating: (4 reviews)
	Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra-Ain't Misbehavin' - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra Recorded on July 22, 1929 in New York City. This recording was composed by Fats Waller and Andy Razaf for an all-Black revue titled "Hot Chocolates." The band includes Louis Armstrong on trumpet and vocals, Homer Hobson on trumpet, Fred Robinson on trombone, Bert Curry and Crawford Wethington on alto saxes, Jimmy Strong on tenor sax, Gene Anderson on piano, Mancy Cara on banjo, Peter Briggs on tuba and Zutty Singleton on drums... Keywords: 78rpm; Jazz; Music Downloads: 41,639 Average rating: (4 reviews)
	My Dream of the Big Parade (World War I Song) - Peerless Quartet with Henry Burr & Billy Murray Downloads: 3,227 Average rating: (4 reviews)
	Rhapsody In Blue Part 2 - Paul Whiteman and George Gershwin This is the closest we can get to the original performance, it was fresh in the minds of all the performers and was not like any other record ever made afterwards, enjoy this most unique recording and historic audio document. 2 parts Downloads: 15,877 Average rating: (4 reviews)
	Collected Works of Sousa's Band - Sousa's Band Downloads: 55,137 Average rating: (4 reviews)
	Vera Lynn-21-30 - Vera Lynn London popular singer. there are some wonderful songs on this batch. Keywords: 1930s; 1940s; popular; some with Big Band; 78rpm records; WW2 Downloads: 1,108 Average rating: (4 reviews)
	Vera Lynn w. The Casini Club Orchestra-I'm In The Mood For Love - Vera Lynn w. the Casini Club Orchestra Recorded in October, 1935, most likely somewhere in England. This was Vera Lynn's first commercial recording. Lynn was much loved by the British because of her selfless efforts entertaining the troops during WWII. Indeed she was so popular that, according to myth, a commedian once cracked that the war was was started by her agent. Today, I think she is best known for her stirring performance of "We'll Meet Again" during the final scene of Dr... Keywords: Music; BritPop; Cabaret; Dance Hall; Easy Listening; Jazz; Oldies; 78rpm; Lounge Downloads: 4,968 Average rating: (3 reviews)
	Collected Works of Sophie Tucker - Sophie Tucker Downloads: 8,090 Average rating: (3 reviews)
	Collected Works of Ada Jones part 1 - Ada Jones Downloads: 91,946 Average rating: (3 reviews)
	Collected Works of Art Hickman's Orchestra - Art Hickman's Orchestra Downloads: 3,571 Average rating: (3 reviews)
	Collected Works of Billy Murray part 2 - Billy Murray Downloads: 22,641 Average rating: (3 reviews)
	My Wild Irish Rose - Brunswick Quartet Downloads: 4,604 Average rating: (3 reviews)
	Because - Caruso - D'Hardelot Downloads: 7,073 Average rating: (3 reviews)
	Frank Hutchison-The Chevrolet Six - Frank Hutchison Recorded on July 9, 1929 in New York City. An ode to the Chevy 6...as the escape vehicle of choice for moonshiners escaping from revenue agents. Keywords: Music; Acoustic; Country; Old-Time Appalachian; 78rpm Downloads: 2,997 Average rating: (3 reviews)
	Mississippi John Hunt-01-05 - Mississippi John Hunt country music. 1928 Keywords: Country or Western; 78rpm; 1920s Downloads: 787 Average rating: (3 reviews)
	Collected Works of Moran & Mack - Moran & Mack Downloads: 2,971 Average rating: (3 reviews)
	Dock Boggs-Pretty Polly - Dock Boggs Recorded in 1927 in New York City. Compare this arrangement to B. F. Shelton's version. Keywords: Music; Acoustic; Ballad; Blues; Old-Time Appalachian; Acoustic Country Blues; Banjo Tune; 78rpm Downloads: 9,812 Average rating: (3 reviews)
	Bessie Mae Smith-He Treats Me Like A Dog - Bessie Mae Smith Recorded circa November 6, 1930. Bob Hall posits that Bessie Mae may have also recorded under the names St. Louis Bessie, Blue Belle, Streamline Mae, and/or Mae Belle Miller. It is possible she may have also been the common-law spouse of bluesman Big Joe Williams. Hall also believes that the piano accompaniment on this track might be Roosevelt "The Honeydripper" Sykes. The lyrics of this tune leave little to the imagination regarding the singer's current relationship. Keywords: Music; Acoustic; Blues; 78rpm Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Collected Works of Harry Lauder - Harry Lauder Downloads: 10,802 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Blind Willie Johnson-Mother's Children Have A Hard Time - Blind Willie Johnson Recorded on December 3, 1927 in Dallas, Texas. The title of this tune was a garbled translation of someone trying to decipher Johnson's singing, the title should have been "Motherless Children Have A Hard Time." Indeed, it is reputed that Johnson was blinded as a child by his stepmother in a fit of anger after she was discovered in bed with another man by Johnson's father, who then beat her. Keywords: Music; Acoustic; Blues; Gospel; Acoustic Country Blues; Christian; 78rpm Downloads: 14,572 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Unter the Moon - Aileen Stanley & Johnny Marvin Downloads: 6,724 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Parkway Stomp - Albert Wynns Gut Bucket Five w/ Punch Miller Parkway Stomp by Albert Wynns Gut Bucket Five with Punch Miller - Brunswick 80041 (C2424) 1928 recorded directly from 78 vpm vinyl Keywords: Albert Wynns Gut Bucket Five with Punch Miller Downloads: 3,183 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	The Whistler and His Dog - Arthur Pryor's Band with whistling by Billy Murray & Margaret McKee Downloads: 4,977 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Collected Works of Billy Mitchell - Billy Mitchell Downloads: 3,717 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Collected Works of Billy Murray part 3 - Billy Murray Downloads: 215,695 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Tommy Johnson-Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson Recorded on August 31, 1928 in Memphis, Tennessee. Tommy Johnson was a contemporary of Charlie Patton and it is believed that he, along with other blues musicians from the Mississippi Delta area, exchanged ideas and tunes with Patton. "Canned Heat" referred to any one of a number of concoctions based on alcohol found in shoe polish, cooking fuel, etc., which it is believed Johnson had a liking for. Keywords: Music; Acoustic; Blues; Acoustic Country Blues; Delta Blues; 78rpm Downloads: 15,495 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Vesti La Giubba - Caruso (Leoncavallo) Downloads: 4,455 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Che Mi Frena (w Tetrazzini, Jacoby, Bada, Amato, Journet) - Caruso - Lucia Di Lammermoor Downloads: 4,947 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Bird Imitations - Charles crawford Gorst Bird Imitations - Charles crawford Gorst Edison 4M Blue Amberol Cylinder 2674 Whistling Keywords: Oldtime; Whistling Downloads: 939 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Clarence Ashley-Coo Coo Bird - Clarence Ashley Recorded on October 23, 1929 in Johnson City, Tennessee. Greil Marcus describes this tunes as a "folk-lyric" tune "made up of verbal fragments that had no direct or logical relationship to each other." Ashley's banjo is tuned to G-modal, also referred to as Sawmill tuning. Some folklorists note that the cuckoo is an ancient symbol for the coming of summer. Keywords: Music; Acoustic; Country; Old-Time Appalachian; Banjo Tune; 78rpm Downloads: 7,822 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Garfield Akers & Joe Calicott-Cottonfield Blues Part Two - Garfield Akers & Joe Calicott See entry for "Cottonfield Blues Part One." Because of the limited capacity of the discs which were used for recording in this era, tunes that exceeded a little over three minutes often were continued on the flip side of a 78rpm record. Keywords: Music; Acoustic; Blues; Acoustic Country Blues; Delta Blues; 78rpm Downloads: 5,423 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Garfield Akers & Joe Calicott-Cottonfield Blues Part One - Garfield Akers & Joe Calicott Recorded circa September 23, 1929. Garfield Akers on vocals and lead guitar, Joe Calicott on second guitar. Don Kent claims that "[o]nly a handful of guitar duets in all blues match the incredible drive, intricate rhythms and ferocious intensity" of this recording. See also "Cottonfield Blues Part Two." Keywords: Music; Acoustic; Blues; Acoustic Country Blues; Delta Blues; 78rpm Downloads: 6,559 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers-Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Blues - Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers Recorded on July 25, 1925 in New York City. The Ramblers on this recording includes Poole on vocals and banjo, Posey Rorer on fiddle and Norman Woodlief on guitar. This a gambling tune, with many floating lines that have appeared in older tunes. It is thought that the phrase "let your deal go down" refers to a popular card game among gamblers during the early part of the 20th Century called the Georgia Skin Game. Keywords: Music; Acoustic; Blues; Country; Old-Time Appalachian; 78rpm Downloads: 6,867 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Buell Kazee-The Dying Soldier - Buell Kazee Recorded on January 18, 1928 in New York City. Keywords: Music; Acoustic; Ballad; Country; Old-Time Appalachian; Banjo Tune; 78rpm Downloads: 7,653 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Ragtime echoes - Samuel Siegel, Marie Caveny Ragtime echoes Performed by: Samuel Siegel - mandolin ; Marie Caveny - ukulele Composed by: Samuel Siegel Record format: Edison Diamond Disc test pressing Matrix number: 6599-B-1-1 Recording date: 1918 NPS object catalog number: EDIS 76220 Keywords: Oldtime Downloads: 3,678 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Edith Day - One Alone - Edith Day excellent song by a fine duet. Keywords: Popular; 1920s; 78rpm Downloads: 439 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	George O Connor - Gasoline Gus and his Jitney Bus 1915 - George O Connor GRINDING NOISES are removed however low original fidelity (250 to 2,500 cycles per second for acoustic) remains. Dates given, usually correct, are often just a guess. 6,500 of the original album covers for the sheet music of the 9,000 songs of this era is part of the file tag and your player should display it. Keywords: Cylinder; popular; acoustic; 1910s Downloads: 192 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	George Price - STATION B.U.N.K. 1929 (Columbia) - George Price about radio Keywords: Popular; 1920s; 78rpm Downloads: 352 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Harry Champion - I'm Getting Ready for My Mother in Law comedy Keywords: 1914; popular music; acustic; edison cylinder; jazz Downloads: 410 Average rating: (2 reviews)