'Second hand love'--Art Gillham (The Whispering Pianist).

[Viva-Tonal]

Here is something of a part of audio engineering history: a recording from the very first recording session to use the Western Electric recording equipment, which took place in New York 25 February 1925.

Two takes of 'You may be lonesome' were recorded first. These were assigned the matrix numbers W.140125-7 and W.140125-8. The take count had been carried over from a 6 November 1924 New York acoustic session producing takes 1 through 3, and a 20 January 1925 Chicago acoustic session producing takes 4 through 6. None of them were deemed satisfactory. W.140125-7 was issued on Columbia 328-D. (Original pressings of this have the 'flag' label; this is one of the very few electric releases on the flag label.) Hear it here, from an article by Mindspring Press:

The next recording attempted was a remake of 'Second hand love'. Two takes had been attempted at the 21 January acoustic session and given matrix numbers 140274-1 and -2. The two takes recorded at this session were assigned W.140274-3 and W.140274-4. Take 3 was released on Columbia 343-D.

This is it, transferred at 78.26 rpm from my copy: http://www.box.net/shared/cusvp9l3fd



For more information about Art Gillham and the rest of the recording session (and a complete Gillham discography), see http://lwhisper.home.mindspring.com/ArtGillham.html