Cantonese Opera?

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Cantonese Opera?

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I found this record in a box a while back.

It seems once to have been part of a larger set. The label and matrix numbers, 2M23 C and 2M23 D, would seem to suggest that there might have been a 2M23 A and 2M23 B at the very least.

The record is fairly thin vinyl which would suggest a late date of manufacture, late 50s or very early 60s?

I showed the record to a well educated native Cantonese speaking friend and played one side for her. For some reason, she was evasive about translating. And being a trained (western) classical pianist and guitarist, she was not much impressed with the traditional Chinese music on the record, finding it a bit cacophonous. And I, myself, must confess that it is pretty wild.

Is there anyone here with any knowledge of Chinese recordings who might offer some information?

Labels and Matrix Numbers:
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Did your friend translate the labels? (Written Mandarin and Cantonese are (nearly) identical in written form.)

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Google can translate it, and also finds part two of the same thing for sale on eBay:
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52089 wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2024 9:43 pm Did your friend translate the labels? (Written Mandarin and Cantonese are (nearly) identical in written form.)
No. She was quite evasive about translating. Most curious.

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Inigo wrote: Sun Jun 02, 2024 12:48 am Google can translate it...
Cool. I did not know that this feature existed in Google Translate. Thank you.
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EBay has sets of the two records along with text enclosures.
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Google Translate says:

Galaxy Club
Dōtamahaku
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The Chinese Valentine's Day is a good time, beg for clever models, look at the twin stars quickly, Xuanzong will not come
The Chinese Valentine's Day of the seventh lunar month is a good time, beg for cleverness on the roof of the building, look at the twin
stars quickly, Xuanzong is not here, Lushan is coming from far away, with the surging mood of the imperial concubine, it does not
constitute a promiscuous person. There is chaos in the palace and city, and the golden basin washes the children early. Opening the
door, and especially granting permission to enter and leave the palace, gave the two people more opportunities to get closer. This was just
inviting disaster upon themselves, and Xuanzong was also fine.
Bai Yu,
composed by Bai Yutang and sung by Zhang Wuliu
(First paragraph) (Dan, knurling) Tonight, the Chinese Valentine's Day, adds to my infinite sadness. The emperor of Han's kindness is unpredictable and repeated, which really makes me feel embarrassed. Helpless, I beg for luck
alone at the top of the building, chatting and complaining about the wind. (生秋水伊人) Who feels pity for being alone, my crazy love has hit marks, my feelings are forever imprinted, my secret love for five people, my
heart cannot shake the chaotic frequency, I am sleepy with thoughts and thoughts, I am just empty and thinking in my dream soul. (Knurled flower) ) After spending my flowers, you will dry them on the palace wall tonight.
I know that you will be destroyed by others in the future. You will inevitably fall off the branches. How can you get a hundred thousand golden bells? I am willing to build a protector. The beauty of the flower god is afraid that
even if she keeps it, she will taste yellow and be worthless, so she will have the same fate as the flower
1
(
Duan 2) (Dan, Kougu) or Brother Yawang, it turns out that you are as subjective as I am, I am really very lucky. (生,口古) Listen to your mother, you wear it, after all, people
are emotional animals, and it is inevitable for people to have this kind of heart. Why is it that my mother is begging for help at the top of the building that night? I forgot to ask you
good night. (Dan, Kou Gu) Lu'er, please don't call Ai's family "mother" from now on. It makes me feel so embarrassed. (生,口古) Oh Chong Dian Jie also called me Zao Luer. Do
we have the affection between mother and son? (Dan, Kou Gu Ban Sentence) But they are both the same age, (生, Kou Gu Ban Sentence) but there is a difference in seniority.
You also said that we should separate 〇 (Dan, Kou Gu Ban Sentence). Silly, there is no point behind the scenes. In this way, it doesn't matter if you shout in public. (生,
白) Yeah, cough. I want to call you the right way. (Dan, Bai) You want to scare me. (生,口古) A cough is not worthy of a brother or sister. Sister Yahuan, can you accept my kindness?
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Ying Pei Huang
Fortune,
children,
grandchildren (Duan) (Earth) (たりcauliflower), if successful, can learn Western food, the father will be born soon, the time will be limited, each person will be counted as a husband, and the woman will take care of it.
The king said, "Brothers and grandsons have their own children and
grandchildren, just like brothers and oxen." There are more than ten people in the
hall who are old and tall. ”, leave it to my brother Chun Kefu. However,
neither too much nor less than is appropriate, but I hope to have a filial son
They are all subordinates. If you want to withdraw money, if there is a certain sentence that is bad, it is okay.
Music by Hu Wensen Li Yan
Initiation, fortunately, I kissed you day and night, and you went to spend salty duck eggs. When the building is full of luck, it will be like a ten-year-old. Well, wait until I check it, and
learn how to use it as a mouse. (laughing lovesickly) Oh, wait! I don’t know the date of your death. (Dan) (Er Wang Rice) can be very compatible and sterile. I will die, and I will worship the
new mountain. Thinking of the future, I can't help but smile (earth) (white) as seasoning, (both ways) people can't be resurrected after death. However, there is a smell of oil. After
shouting, the first thing to do is to tie up the legacy. I am walking alone, eager to communicate with the Lord. You have to figure out what you have accumulated, and
don’t turn against (double) (dan) (white) Taijiao, (double (Taiwan) Taijiao, (double sentence)) Lao Dou just opened his mouth to talk about the inheritance. Everything is cartoonish
and impatient. (Double Sentences) (Earth) (Heaven and Earth) There are many good things to shoulder, and there are hundreds of thousands of words in the calculation.
It is a good world, and I choose to work every day. In the unknown, (life) (connecting to heaven and earth) is also true. , Gan Yuli’s family wealth is six million, and now
If you need it urgently, you can clear
your debt. (Second paragraph) (Dan) The two kings have a meal) There is nothing to be done today, so I have to hand over the list. Responsibility statement, I will
hand over the property. (Gu Gu), there are fields, house deeds, businesses, sales items, land titles, and estimated to be millions. For each legacy item, I preached a text that was
called out early in the morning by 〇(土)(口古), "Hao
Lai, I deserve my family property and should not be passed down
through the temple text, because you can sing it well." (Dan) (口古) The beauty is unparalleled and unparalleled. It is straightforward. (生) (口古) I have a share
in the previous generation’s patience. (White) A quick lecture. (Dan) () cursed field, that day I will sort things out for people, bamboos
Work, don't drink. Buy four or five shorts, do it yourself, drive day and night, very many pairs (Two Kings Edition)

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:D :D :D Between the Chinese way of talking legends and stories, and the twirlities of the Google translator... It results something very strange...
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Lah Ca wrote: Sun Jun 02, 2024 11:27 am
Inigo wrote: Sun Jun 02, 2024 12:48 am Google can translate it...
Cool. I did not know that this feature existed in Google Translate. Thank you.

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Well, those sound as if they'd be some cheery tunes! :roll:

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They make more sense untranslated...
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Curt A wrote: Sun Jun 02, 2024 6:09 pm They make more sense untranslated...
Ha ha ! Very good ! :)

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