Jimmie Rodgers first recording - The Soldier's Sweetheart - August 4th 1927

[mantolaman]

Cool record player. Thanks for the vid.

[foryourhead]

Thank you.

[CowboyOld]

Remindes me of years gone by when as a child in the early '40s my dad would sing Jimmie Rodgers songs. I always wanted to hear him sing "Waitin For a Train". He lived that song during the depression. He and my uncle would ride the fraight trains to work in the oil fields in Kansas and Texas. Thats the way they keep their families togather.

[Mickeyodel]

@CowboyOld

Thank you very much for your most interesting comment! I really appreciate it. I have a band and we play a lot of Jimmie Rodgers songs (and Hank Williams) over here in Sweden -- The Long gone Smiles Band. You find many of our videos here on YouTube - including a tribute song I made for Jimmie - The Brakemen on the Memphis Train. Best regards from Michael in Stockholm, Sweden!

[Nature89]

Great video, really nice to hear, especially on the period gramophone. Does the crank provide juice, or help keep the tempo?

Thanks for the vid.

Erick

[dtadpole]

Good looking gramaphone ya got there!

[stammlager5]

What a beautiful song. I love Jimmie Rodgers, thank you for posting this!

Hello from Oklahoma!

[Lulzisback33]

i know its really amazing i wonder what a cd sounds like on it probely just a cd beinge ruind it uses new tech but still they had magnetic speakers back then? there smart it must have taken along time to etch the little small lines in the record though it would be nice to have the old gramophones i want one now.

[MrMajros]

Hej ! Det var väldigt trevligt att få lyssna på denna låt ! Tack ska du ha för det.

[ezridgemu]

Recorded on my birthday...just 12 years before I got here. I didn't know that!

[Rich8951]

I am absolutely amazed at the sound quality of this recording that is damn-near 100 years old. Sure, it isn't Hi-Fi, but considering the technology, it is almost unbelievable!

Fantastic recording.

[lilmisscarriage]

my daddy sang this to me when i wasn`t feeling well ; in those days that was pretty often ; Dad`s singing and yodeling allways made me feel better ! I was probably 2 to 14 years old ! My Dad sounded and Looked a lot like Jimmie !

[StaceyLynne9763]

Love this recording with the old record! Jimmie was so amazing as a vocalist and artist in his time. The young artists today

would do well to study his work :-)

[Mickeyodel]

@StaceyLynne9763

Thank you for your comment! Yes, they should take time to listen and they will understand.

All the best from Michael in Stockholm

The Long gone Smiles Band

[vaughnrock]

@StaceyLynne9763 Yes he was the very best. My mother really loved him. Now they both are gone.

[VishalSrinivas]

it really cracks me up...

[TheBorderCovenant]

A great recording. Glad to have found it here, thank you so much.

[Obergefreiter352]

Cheers from North Carolina.  Thanks for posting this.

[Mickeyodel]

Thank you! Good to hear from North Carolina!

Michael in Stockholm, Sweden

[IGOROZKARSKY]

HE´S STILL GREAT AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.

STILL GOING STRONG, & STILL ONE OF MY

FAVORITES !

[charlesdespres]

What a gem! Thank you so very much!

[Mickeyodel]

@charlesdespres

Thank you! It sure is a gem!

Michael

[BJORT]

I love this song a lot

[94757598494309438]

Yes, thanks for the post. I am fortunate to live in Kingsport, TN, about 25 min from Bristol. I consider Jimmie Rodgers along with the Carter Family to be among my personal Heroes. As well, I am fortunate count as a friend, Dale Jett, son of Janette Carter(founder of the Carter Family Fold in Hiltons VA), and daughter of A. P. Carter.

[CarolineCoelhaMeluca]

What are great record player!

[transformingArt]

A HMV 102 machine in a splendid condition! Thanks for posting!