Enrico Caruso - Over There

[venhellsing777]

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[claynpendleton]

Love your phonograph, what is it?? I have a humble 1919 Silvertone oak table-top model (sold for about $30 in the Sears Roebuck catalog at the time). My research puts this recording about 10-15 yrs after the original recording (Was this a copy of Caruso's original 1918 recording?). [The main clue was the label " And do you know of any other original 1918 Cohan recordings out there?

[merrihew]

@claynpendleton Actually, this is one of a series of a couple of hundred records that HMV (the British equivalent of Victor) issued in the early 1950's. Some were pressed from the original masters; others were dubbed. The machine is a Victor Orthophonic Electrola Radiola Borgia II from 1926. Quite a mouthful.

[claynpendleton]

Love your phonograph, what is it?? I have a humble 1919 Silvertone oak table-top model (sold for about $30 in the Sears Roebuck catalog at the time). My research puts this recording about 10-15 yrs after the Great War, do you know of any original 1918 Cohan recordings out there?

[klokheten]

Possibly Caruso´s most amusing recording and as usual he delivers with rhytm and power. This is really to enjoy!

[hswatnik]

what a treasure!

[TehProgresses]

GO COMPARE

[drperky8]

Chorus) Par la-bas, par la-bas,

Qu'on le dise, sans meprise, par la-bas.

Nous emboitons le pas, emboitons le pas,

Le ram-plan-plan du tambour bat..

On s'apprete, pour la fete,

Bataillons, escadrons, et fanfares,

Se preparent, nul ne reviendrait,

Sans avoir vu, sous ses coups, les boches defaits

(although he pronounces the last sentence: sans avoir - vu - sous - ses - coups bla bla bla)

[Duriuskhorga]

Does anyone know the lyrics to the second part of the song? I tried my best at finding even the slightest hint, but I failed.

Thanks in advance, and, concerning the topic: I don't know too much about musiv or even singing techniques; and yet the only reasonable option for me is to admire Caruso's voice.

[gramophoneshane]

Do you mean the French chorus?

[drperky8]

His french seems worse than his english so it's quite hard to pick out at times:

1) Johnnie, sac au dos, sac au dos, sac au dos,

Pars au grand gallop, grand gallop, grand gallop,

Entends-tu? Le clairon sonne,

Pour qu'il ne manque personne

2) Allons mele-toi, au convoi, sans effroi,

Pour flatter ton pere, par en guerre, l'ame fiere,

A ta payse, tout bas et murmure "ne t'en fais pas"..

[rupepill]

Precisely four months before the Armistice of 1918, Caruso recorded this stirring song, written and composed by George M. Cohan. Reportedly, Caruso admired Cohan and he certainly sings the song with a huge zest and brio (the latter is a word I've been wanting to use - I am relieved to have found a suitable opportunity).

[spike2318]

the drums roum tumming every where

[hnksnw]

Caruso's voice is very robust and powerful in this recording. It is also interesting to him sing in a different language. I think listening to Caruso sing in english gives someone a totally different look at his voice.

[jfs78]

Caruso spoke English much better than we usually think. However in music he would make notes to make it easier to sing the English and using his native Italian as the basis of his translation. But English was what Caruso spoke quite often to his friends, wife, and of course the press. He translated many songs to make sure he did make a major mistake with the English. He recorded about 10 songs in English as well as this one. From "For you alone" in 1910 to "Love me or not" in 1920.

[noblescaa]

Once read the it was all phonetic and he did't understand a word he was singing. He sang it dressd in red, white and blue shirt, tie and jacket to a 125,000 NYC police reservists!!!

[merrihew]

great comment

[noblescaa]

His wife Dorothy Spelled it out for him to sing. Her dad was opposed to her marrying him. After all he was a foreigner and ITALIAN for pete's sake!!!

[fedtrooper]

makes you want to go right downtown and join the AEF.

[VinylToVideo]

Yes it does. Had I been alive when it was recorded I probably would have.

[chicho1950]

Excellent singer. Çthe very best uncomparable tenor. No one has dare challenged him.

[paulostroff99]

A classic-to be sure! A real gem!

[bartenational]

can I get an mp3 of this somehow?

[haitch76]

video, turntable, technology and Caruso --the best!

[zigvog]

Apparently, brass instruments and some of the plucked stringed ones like guitars and ukeleles, recorded fairly well in the acoustic system. Thank goodness that some of the great voices - Caruso's certainly - also were caught, however limited the frequency range may have been, yet with fidelity enough still to give so much pleasure to listeners. There is a remarkably good sound here.

[HandwhistlerBen]

Caruso's breath control, phrasing and expressive voice were beyond belief. That is is why other tenors are compared to him. Lanza and Pavarotti came the closest. As someone else said, he was singing into a horn. As a youngster, I played the old 78's of Caruso. Do you have a song called "For You Alone". I believe that he holds out a High C at the end dropping down to a B flat. But the key probably was not accurate on the recording.

[AUDlOPHILE]

Caruso sounds just as good on my 40 year old Dual turntable. It seems for acoustic recordings, the old technologies make them sound good and new new ones do the complete opposite. God help the one person who didn't give this 5 stars.

[guetary]

What is extraordinary about this recording is the phrasing. Caruso sings the first chorus in one astonishing breath each time. And this was in the days before electrical recordings with microphones, so that the singer had to sing at full volume down the acoustice horn. Amazing!

[jacobsimon]

Though primitive, the recording captures Caruso's incredible ringing tone. His alone.

[merrihew]

Thank the orthophonic and Laubscher needles.

[transformingArt]

Well, he recorded many English and french songs, right? But I never had enjoyed them(although he sings well) because I can't understand his words for his strange accent. Anyway, I have this record, too.(in dubbed version). But this Original recording is more enjoyable. Thank you for posting!

[merrihew]

I know, his English and French aren't that great.

[berliita]

Italian is such a beautiful language.