Unexpected 'Surprise' On Uncle Josh 2 Minute Wax Cylinder
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 4:46 pm
I recently made a fairly long drive to purchase and pick up a collection of approximately 350 to 400 mostly 2 minute wax cylinders. Most are in very nicely preserved condition. I have slowly been going through the collection and playing some of them as time permits.
Yesterday I decided to record a few of the cylinders playing on various phonographs in my collection. I posted the videos on my YouTube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/user/MusicBoxBoy
One of the cylinders I found was Uncle Josh And The Bunco Steerers which is not one of the easier to find 2 minute black wax Uncle Josh cylinder titles on Edison. I quickly examined the condition of the cylinder and decided to play it. I was startled shortly after the cylinder began playing and wanted to share it with those of you who care to listen.
For any of you who care to watch, here is the video that I posted a little while ago:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpHCUjF4uTU[/youtube]
Spoiler Alert Follows: Over the years I have found quite a few well preserved and interesting home recordings but very few were made by owners shaving an original Edison Studio black wax cylinder recording like this. It’s too bad that they shaved Uncle Josh And The Bunco Steerers. Why couldn’t they have picked a boring title to shave and record on? Oh well…
If anyone recognizes the tune that is being played please share it with us. I know that I've heard it in the past. The announcement indicates it but I can't understand it.
Doug
Yesterday I decided to record a few of the cylinders playing on various phonographs in my collection. I posted the videos on my YouTube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/user/MusicBoxBoy
One of the cylinders I found was Uncle Josh And The Bunco Steerers which is not one of the easier to find 2 minute black wax Uncle Josh cylinder titles on Edison. I quickly examined the condition of the cylinder and decided to play it. I was startled shortly after the cylinder began playing and wanted to share it with those of you who care to listen.
For any of you who care to watch, here is the video that I posted a little while ago:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpHCUjF4uTU[/youtube]
Spoiler Alert Follows: Over the years I have found quite a few well preserved and interesting home recordings but very few were made by owners shaving an original Edison Studio black wax cylinder recording like this. It’s too bad that they shaved Uncle Josh And The Bunco Steerers. Why couldn’t they have picked a boring title to shave and record on? Oh well…
If anyone recognizes the tune that is being played please share it with us. I know that I've heard it in the past. The announcement indicates it but I can't understand it.
Doug
Advance to 6:12 to hear the beginning of the record...
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