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Orchorsol wrote:A couple of great ones that come to mind are "Tain't No Sin (to dance around in your bones)" and "Mysterious Mose" - there are multiple versions of both tunes - you might be lucky to find one between now and the spooky date!

Here's one on this side of the pond, but it's much too expensive: https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINCENT-LOPEZ- ... SwrPZcwyuq

donniej wrote:Ragtime Goblin Man would be the more common. What are some other titles you've come across?

Inigo wrote:Argh! Danse Macabre is one of my favourite records. I own the two Stoky/Philadelphia versions, plus a Brunswick one by Cleveland Orch conducted by Solokov, abridged to fit one 12" side. In later times I acquired an acoustic version on Odeon by the Paris Opera orch, squeezed in one 11" side, matrix XP-5039, reported to have been recorded in 1910, as per marvelous matrix compilation made by Christian Zwarg, from GHT.
The first electric Victor recording by Stoky, mx CVE-27929/30, issued takes nos. 2, was recorded on April 29th, 1925, and is said to have used the very same arrangement and instrumentation of the first acoustic recording of March 19th, 1923, same mx in first takes, tuba and double bassoon included. Something about very first electrical recordings made the same way as acoustics, for engineers were yet not confident enough about the possible results...?
Certainly, it is a curious sound, because of the instrumentation, and the thick staccato passages by the bassoon are amazing! A real test for any soundbox! The third version made eleven years later used a standard symphonic instrumentation.