Clarinet Marmalade Blues - 1918

This record at least 91 years old

Another original Dixieland Jazzband Record with Tony Scarbaros Bass drum unfortunately the disc suffers from overplayed dull needle syndrome. This is Henry ragas last recording, the sickness that hit a small fort in Kasas was spreading and rumor and ignorance would not prepare anyone for the horrors to come. By October, the 1918 Influenza would take Henry and 675,000 Americans to their deaths, est. 30 million worldwide. Cities shut down people were afraid of contact and many though the end of the world was at the worlds door. The only people left after it circled the world were those naturally immune. Lets hope we never see that in our life time. I worked at a hospital in which we performed a 1918 Flu pandemic drill. The state Health official told us

lets first be real about this, 40% of you will die in less then a week, 20% there after. Can your hospital function with a 60% staff shortage and a 300% increase in volume with fatal patient discharge at 95%?

The prepective was this, We were a 90 Bed Facility, we would have to handle 270 patients with 2 doctors, and 12 nurses an no support staff with 40 patrient dying a day. Yikes! Our moruge had only two spaces.

Title:Clarinet Marmalade Blues
Label:Victor Batwing
Composer:Larry Shields & Henry Ragas
Recorded:07.17.1918 Victor New York City
Artist:Original Dixieland Jazzband
Nick LaRocca, cornet, directing: Eddie Edwards, trombone / Larry Shields, clarinet / Henry
Ragas, piano / Tony Scarbaro, drums
Record Number: 18513 - B
Format: Acoustically Recorded 78 RPM Record
Technical issues: No Equalization curve, Turntable Speed 68, Pits, heavy wear


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Recorded in Shiprock New Mexico Saturday, June 18, 2009 on a TTUSB ION turntable.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• original
• Dixieland
• Jazzband
• Clarinet
• Marmalade
• Blues
• 1918
• Influenza
• bird
• flu
• swine

[StevenDFenrich]

I am more than familiar with this law, but it does not apply to works already lapsing into the public domain, and once a work enters the public domain, it cannot be removed from it, as that would constitute an ex post facto law. All recordings dated 1922 or before are free to use, even profit from.

[Zefrenm]

@StevenDFenrich I'm sorry but you weren't sent a cease and desist order from orchard music(holding company for the composers), Sony Music Group (RCA Victor's modern incarnation) and Warner music group (the solo holding company for american Sheet music publishers). The law gave all these companies blanket coverage to extend copyright on a case by case basis as it's discovered like a 1902 ragtime recording all my Original dixieland Jazz-band records and Paul Whitman.

[Zefrenm]

@StevenDFenrich what sad is that Sony destroyed 75% of the metal masters from victor and only saved choice recordings that are in a vault in Germany under questionable storage conditions.

[Zefrenm]

@StevenDFenrich Congress can change any law if they see fit. that is what has happened and SOPA & PIPA HR3261 & S968 will make even this channel illegal now.

[StevenDFenrich]

There is no copyright disclaimer necessisary; all recording produced in 1922 and before have lapsed into the Public Domain.

[Zefrenm]

@StevenDFenrich the disclaimer was the compromise i made with them after my first you tube channel was removed. I argued fair use ad education over monetary benefits to myself.

[Zefrenm]

@StevenDFenrich sorry not true, in 1997 sonny Bono in his infinite wisdom and the backing of the record company namely Warner music/Sony music entertainment passes the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act which in sense made any song written printed or recorded and copyrighted in american protected until 2067. Those recordings and music that weren't protected by trusts of the original composers and artists was awarded to the surviving cooperation to act on the materials behalf.

[willgonow]

tip top tune

[patoman881]

When I saw the pianist had died in 1919 on a previous post of yours, I assumed that he died from the Influenza Epidemic of 1918-and lo and behold-you just confirmed my guess-:-)

[alexanderetter]

hello zefrenm. your musical taste is cool and all your material about the odjb. but as musician i have to say that the discs are defenitly played too slow. and i say why: i know in wich keys the odjb played theese pieces. if you are able to play with the piano at the same time with the record, it is the right tempo.