Uploaded by mlaprarie on Aug 27, 2008
From the motion picture "Check and Double Check" here is Duke Ellington's original composition "Old Man Blues," recorded for Victor on Aug. 26, 1930. Arthur Wetsel (tpt), Joe Nanton (tbn), Harry Carney (bsx), and Barney Bigard (clt) are the soloists.
The record player is an Orthophonic Victrola model VE4-4X, or "Granada". The "E" in the model number indicates that the Victrola is fitted with a synchronous A/C motor instead of a wind-up motor. The machine has a full "orthophonic" playback system (for electrically-recorded records) including the special orthophonic sound box with a duralumin diaphragm and a folded exponential horn inside of the cabinet. Although the gigantic Credenza Victrola produced deeper bass, the Granada had the most accurate overall frequency response of all the acoustic Orthophonic Victrolas. The serial number indicates that this machine was probably manufactured in 1926.
I shoot my video with a Sony Digital 8 format camera. For audio, I use a Shure SM-57 microphone on a stand placed about 4 feet in front of the Victrola horn. I use "soft tone" needles to keep from overloading the microphone. The mic is plugged directly into the video camera. The videos are edited with Windows Movie Maker. I use Sound Forge 9 to clean up the audio, but don't worry -- you're hearing the record exactly as the Victrola plays it!
For more great music, videos, and trivia from this era, please visit my website, http://www.virtualvictrola.com.
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Thanks for posting this video. I posted a screen shot on my Ellington record labels pages, ht tp://ellingtonweb.ca/Hostedpages/DoojiCollection/.
My discographies give conflicting dates for the Bluebird release. Some say it's take 3 (Aug 20) and others don't say which take it is, but just say Aug 26, which produced takes 4 and 6. Is the matrix number visible in the wax runoff?
(sorry if this is a duplicate - I'm getting an error, try again message)
davidpalmquist 1 year ago
Great stuff, and awesome Victrola!
JeffN727 1 year ago
precious
arjhendrix 1 year ago
Orighinally issued on Victor 23022 (b/w "Jungle Nights In Harlem"); this is a 1936 Bluebird reissue.
fromthesidelines 2 years ago
I have to say that the soloists are
Freddy Jenkins on trumpet and Johnny Hodges on soprano sax,not at all Whetsol and Bigard.
Check on the tube, a felow named margaretgloria posted the original videoclip
annanoli 2 years ago
heaven
newsy99 2 years ago
More than 70 years ago, people enjoyed listening to music with these awesome tunes.
See my playlist.
74LOU
74lou 3 years ago