Paul Whiteman Radio Broadcast Tiger Rag

Paul Whiteman Radio Broadcast-Tiger Rag

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Music

Tags:

• 1920's
• jazz
• Paul
• Whiteman
• radio
• broadcast

[RatPfink66]

Sorry to keep popping up like this...but I shared this link with a lady who's tracking down *every* known off the air recording up till 1930. She's pretty sure it was made on a Victor home recording phonograph - introduced in 1931.

She shared with me that Whiteman had a radio series that year called "The Allied Painters" - and had air checks made of it. But someone stole the discs before they could ever be heard! Hmmm....

[jazzgirl1920s]

Yes, this broadcast seems to be from 1931 Allied Painters show. I recently got a book on Frank Trumbauer and a Tiger Rag aircheck from 1931 Allied Painters is listed. This would be the first time a recording of one of these airchecks surfaced though. I have talked with other collectors and they said they never heard any of the Allied Painters airchecks even though they read they existed. I got this on a cassette tape from another collector years ago.

[margaretkar]

fantastic

: )

[jazzgirl1920s]

Glad you like this. I wish the sound was better and the recording didn't have that break in the middle where the home recordist had to turn the disc over to continue recording but this has to be the earliest known broadcast of the Paul Whiteman Orchestra. This is probably an excerpt from one of the Old Gold radio shows from 1929 or 1930. This would be the only existing aircheck discovered of a Paul Whiteman Old Gold radio show. Great Tram on this one and either Bix or Andy Secrest.

[harryoakley]

With a decent equalizer it's very easy to make this sound a lot better. I don't hear Bix; besides, he wasn't in the band anymore around this time.

[jazzgirl1920s]

Yes Bix was no longer in the band if this aircheck dates from 1930 as it probably does because it is almost the same arrangement as the New Tiger Rag recording for Columbia by the Whiteman band recorded in 1930. But dating from 1930 it is most probably an excerpt from an Old Gold radio broadcast as the final Whiteman Old Gold show was May 6, 1930. Interesting that Secrest plays muted cornet with the chase chorus with Tram on the Columbia 78 and Secrest plays open horn on this radio broadcast.

[patthecatman]

@jazzgirl1920s tis a pity no aircheck exists of whiteman radio shows featuring the rythym boys. bing referred to those shows as his having appeared on radio in the twenties, before he hit it big on that medium in 1931 solo.

[shaunsstuff79]

i know quite a bit about big bands from the late 30s til about the 60s but i didnt know any recordings existed of airchecks this old!! u say this dates from 1931?? damn thats old

[staticbear76]

ooooooooo this is awesome i loves this truly staticool and has a lil radio static in it too, thats how i like the radio to be nice n staticy cause thats how radio was meant to be heard and thats how i like it a lot gigathankies.

[RatPfink66]

Fascinating that the speed is a bit slow (cutting machine going a bit fast...till the needle is pulled up.

Then on side 2, the speed is just right...then gradually slows down to where it was on side 1!