Ballin' The Jack - Kid Ory - Exner label 78 rpm Record

[Bradc944]

Nice example of Kid Ory :)

[KawhackitaRag]

I like this performance and this pianist, too! Buster Wilson... when was he born?

[niagaraorbust]

Such nice brite sound, but not tinty. nice. thanks.

[Featureman]

Good to see the old 78s still playing. Great Dixieland style.

[m2esectr]

Quite interesting that this record was designed to trip the automatic stop mechanism of a late-1920's Orthophonic Victrola as soon as the music ends and also be compatible with diameter trip turntables - the entire lead-out spiral is eccentric, rather than just the very last groove as usual!

[cdbpdx]

Interesting observation. Thanks!

[dbeatlefreak]

Very interesting. I didn't know that such things ever came on the Victrola's or record players of the day.

[m2esectr]

That's right: the very first automatic changer, the Victor 10-50 from 1927, used the return from the eccentric groove to trigger its mechanism. Victor designed and patented the eccentric groove in 1923, but other companies waited until 1931 before starting to put it on their records, at the same time Columbia's diameter trip would make its appearance on Victor players. Thus many players from the 30's and 40's had both trip systems, including the 1948 Seeburg M100A jukebox.

[dbeatlefreak]

Thanks for the info. I can remember noticing the difference in the run out grooves of my grandparents records when I was a kid in the 60's, but I never knew why that was until now, so thanks again.

[CharlestonDog6]

A hot little tune! Swing it!