I though I knew about all the basses past and present but I had never heard of Wilfred Glenn. This then was quite a treat. He has a legitimate deep timbre. I have the sheet music on order. I was going to post my own version but Glenn has me intimidated.
Hi Zefrenm: Thank you for showing to the Internet and history, the talent of Maestro Wilfred Glenn, nowdays forgotten, who madea great effort not only to sing lower notes, but also to pronounce clearly the lyrics in a time when there was only acoustic-mechanics technology.
@MrStrangeSensation: Believe it or not, when I was on vacation in Disney World a couple weeks ago, I heard this song. It was an instrumental version being played in a music loop in the Columbia Harbour House, a maritime-themed restaraunt. When I heard it, I couldn't help but think of "The Navigator".
Trivia: The 78 rpm record of this, with the same label as shown in your video, was featured in the classic Buster Keaton film "The Navigator" (1924). The rocking of the ship causes the record to start playing, scaring Buster and his girl friend out of their wits. Since this was a silent film, the lyrics to the song are printed on screen almost in comic strip fashion, coming out of the phonograph speaker.
@teengene someone whose doesn't know how to sell 78 RPM record will always assume they are all rare and try to sell 78 RPM as high as $20. I bought his one for $3 beacause it was the owners favorite. I generally try to to buy only at 50 cents to a dollar a record and always buy in bluk. I bought a 1st pressing of the 1st jazz record recorded in 1917 for 20 dollars. it will alway depend on the buyer seller and the record.
wow i thought something that is almost 100 yeas old would cost a lot more then that if i had a record player i think it would be sick to have a 100 year old record, maybe someday i will buy a record player and a record.
outstanding version and outstanding reproduction. layering worked!
jwahlgren 2 weeks ago
i want to be like him one day :) it is my destiney :)
Lennonhinds 1 month ago
Powerful stuff. So deep both in voice and meaning.
MrVideoRater1 2 months ago
This was the soundtrack played by an orchestra during the performances of the Water Torture Cell Escape of Houdini
TheDave78 7 months ago
I though I knew about all the basses past and present but I had never heard of Wilfred Glenn. This then was quite a treat. He has a legitimate deep timbre. I have the sheet music on order. I was going to post my own version but Glenn has me intimidated.
Agorante 10 months ago
Hi Zefrenm: Thank you for showing to the Internet and history, the talent of Maestro Wilfred Glenn, nowdays forgotten, who madea great effort not only to sing lower notes, but also to pronounce clearly the lyrics in a time when there was only acoustic-mechanics technology.
limon276 11 months ago
@MrStrangeSensation: Believe it or not, when I was on vacation in Disney World a couple weeks ago, I heard this song. It was an instrumental version being played in a music loop in the Columbia Harbour House, a maritime-themed restaraunt. When I heard it, I couldn't help but think of "The Navigator".
MissGoldenDreams13 1 year ago
Trivia: The 78 rpm record of this, with the same label as shown in your video, was featured in the classic Buster Keaton film "The Navigator" (1924). The rocking of the ship causes the record to start playing, scaring Buster and his girl friend out of their wits. Since this was a silent film, the lyrics to the song are printed on screen almost in comic strip fashion, coming out of the phonograph speaker.
UncleWaldemar 1 year ago
@UncleWaldemar
I'm a HUGE Keaton fan, and that is in fact how I ended up on this page! :D Gotta love the internet. From one classic to another.
MrStrangeSensation 1 year ago
Fabulous voice and great sensitivity in singing this.
Jpmadore1 1 year ago
Recorded February 11, 1913. With all records it is supply and demand how bad do you want it versus how bad do I want to sell it.
Huggy1959 1 year ago
wow how much would a record like this cost?
teengene 2 years ago
@teengene someone whose doesn't know how to sell 78 RPM record will always assume they are all rare and try to sell 78 RPM as high as $20. I bought his one for $3 beacause it was the owners favorite. I generally try to to buy only at 50 cents to a dollar a record and always buy in bluk. I bought a 1st pressing of the 1st jazz record recorded in 1917 for 20 dollars. it will alway depend on the buyer seller and the record.
Zefrenm 2 years ago
wow i thought something that is almost 100 yeas old would cost a lot more then that if i had a record player i think it would be sick to have a 100 year old record, maybe someday i will buy a record player and a record.
teengene 2 years ago
@Zefrenm
Oh man I'm a huge fan of old-school jazz. Please tell me, what was that 1917 jazz record you bought? Just curious.
And this sounds fantastic by the way.
MrStrangeSensation 1 year ago
@teengene go to the local thrift store i found one from 1923 for 50 cents
427monkeyman 2 months ago
Marvelous voice and one of the most fun ragtime basso ditties!
jonnya22 2 years ago