is this the original?, anyway appropriate tune for this time of the am...like it's 3:36 & i'm doing facebook right now. tjere was a time when even coffee shops were closed at this hour, even in manhattan. now of coarse you can go shopping, day or night 24/7. thx4 posting
@Ezdduf4kuZ 78discography says that this record was done on January 27, 1922. I am using a better microphone now, and one of these days I will repost this one so it doesn't sound so 'tinny.'
The Whiteman version of this tune, also recorded for Victor, was the bigger hit. I like this version better. Suggestion though, try not to process out the surface noise so much - more 'presence' will come out and the music won't sound like it's being strangled underwater. Try it out on the flip side of this record, Lola Lo.
"Her glance left me and sought the lighted top of the steps where 'Three O'Clock in the Morning,' a neat sad little waltz of that year, was drifting out the open door." --The Great Gatsby,_ Chapter VI
Song dates from 1919--was a hit when words were added to it (1921.) _The Great Gatsby_ occurs in 1922.
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Cf. "In the real dark night of the soul, it is always three o'clock in the morning..." --"The Crack Up" (1936)
Wondedrful. I'm the RA for an instructor that asked me to find this song for her lectures on F.S. F because she remembered her mother singing it years ago. How much will it will make her day to learn of the connections you provide.
I'm glad to be of use. I think I've provided similar references for other songs both in _Gatsby_ ("Beale Street Blues," "Ain't We Got Fun," e. ., and _Tender._ I don't seem to be able to find an easy list of all my comments via the You Tube records (doubtless it can be done but I don't know how to do it.) However, there are two places in _Tender_ that mention numerous songs--(Book II, Chapter 5, and some later on). My books are not to hand, but on You Tube you can hear much vintage (cont'd)
cont'd from above) music that gives a vivid sense of many 1920's novels and other American literature. I myself lecture from time to time on _Gatsby_ and use these and other materials. Thanks much. Roger Lathbury
is this the original?, anyway appropriate tune for this time of the am...like it's 3:36 & i'm doing facebook right now. tjere was a time when even coffee shops were closed at this hour, even in manhattan. now of coarse you can go shopping, day or night 24/7. thx4 posting
Ezdduf4kuZ 2 years ago
@Ezdduf4kuZ 78discography says that this record was done on January 27, 1922. I am using a better microphone now, and one of these days I will repost this one so it doesn't sound so 'tinny.'
DavidN23Skidoo 2 years ago
Pity I didn'l learn to type better since then.
;(
unclemeat2u 2 years ago
I had to sind this song and play in on a banjo for the play "The Front Page" my sophmore year in college. :)
unclemeat2u 2 years ago
Wonderful post thanks for sharing - Zef
Zefrenm 2 years ago
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rlathbury 3 years ago
Another good Smith side, a fox trot, from 1922, is "While Miami Dreams" - Check it out if you can find it.
JCJasion 3 years ago
The Whiteman version of this tune, also recorded for Victor, was the bigger hit. I like this version better. Suggestion though, try not to process out the surface noise so much - more 'presence' will come out and the music won't sound like it's being strangled underwater. Try it out on the flip side of this record, Lola Lo.
JCJasion 3 years ago
"Her glance left me and sought the lighted top of the steps where 'Three O'Clock in the Morning,' a neat sad little waltz of that year, was drifting out the open door." --The Great Gatsby,_ Chapter VI
Song dates from 1919--was a hit when words were added to it (1921.) _The Great Gatsby_ occurs in 1922.
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Cf. "In the real dark night of the soul, it is always three o'clock in the morning..." --"The Crack Up" (1936)
rlathbury 3 years ago 6
Thank You! I had not looked up the information on this record. It has been over thirty years since I read The Great Gatsby.
I usually post a 'new' record on Friday night, so check in once in a while. David N
DavidN23Skidoo 3 years ago
Wondedrful. I'm the RA for an instructor that asked me to find this song for her lectures on F.S. F because she remembered her mother singing it years ago. How much will it will make her day to learn of the connections you provide.
Thanks so much.
stanleyzimmerman 3 years ago
I'm glad to be of use. I think I've provided similar references for other songs both in _Gatsby_ ("Beale Street Blues," "Ain't We Got Fun," e. ., and _Tender._ I don't seem to be able to find an easy list of all my comments via the You Tube records (doubtless it can be done but I don't know how to do it.) However, there are two places in _Tender_ that mention numerous songs--(Book II, Chapter 5, and some later on). My books are not to hand, but on You Tube you can hear much vintage (cont'd)
rlathbury 3 years ago
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cont'd from above) music that gives a vivid sense of many 1920's novels and other American literature. I myself lecture from time to time on _Gatsby_ and use these and other materials. Thanks much. Roger Lathbury
rlathbury 3 years ago