Category Archives: Phonograph records

The aural time traveler

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Huenemann

Some years back my musicologist friend introduced me to the charming world of gramophones. (A brief history may be in order: before there were iPods and YouTube, there were CDs; before that, there were vinyl records, still very much in … Continue reading →

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“Free, single, disengaged”

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Huenemann

The Logan Gramophone Society met recently and uncovered this neglected gem from Mamie Smith and her Jazz Band (Okeh Records):

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Sabre Dance Boogie

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Huenemann

By Freddy Martin and his orchestra.

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Gramophone heaven

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Huenemann

Probably only 80% of the 10,000 vintage phonograph records at the Vintage Music Company in Minneapolis have been meticulously organized by genre, group, condition, year, etc. The rest are in stacks in the floor. Still, we were able to find … Continue reading →

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Trying to impress the dog

Posted on July 31, 2010 by Huenemann

Jelly Roll Morton and His Red Chili Peppers, “Ponchatrain Blues Fox Trot,” 1930.

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Caruso, “A Granada” (1908)

Posted on June 26, 2010 by Huenemann
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And a recent arrival from Israel …

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Huenemann

Edith Piaf, “La Vie en Rose,” 1946.

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Newly arrived from Argentina…

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Huenemann

… is my new 78 rpm phonograph record, a 1937 recording of The Hot Club of Paris (including Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelly) performing “Miss Annabelle Lee,” a foxtrot. Enjoy!

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