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red hot shellac

@redhotshellac

(mostly) pre1930s recordings and records and related stuff.

772 posts

Dec 9, 2016

She Ain't No Good

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“She Ain't No Good” by Mississippi Sheiks

Walter Vinson, vocal and guitar - Lonnie Chatman, violin

Recorded December 19, 1930 at King Edward Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi

#blues #string band #1930s #race record #78rpm #78 #shellac #record

Dec 8, 2016

Melancholy

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“Melancholy” by The California Ramblers

(Recorded October 8, 1923 in New York City)

#jazz #1920s #78rpm #78 #shellac #record

Dec 8, 2016

You Darling You

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“You Darling You” by The California Ramblers

(Recorded October 8 ,1923 in New York City)

#jazz #1920s #78 #78rpm #record #shellac

Dec 7, 2016

Frog Tongue Stomp

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“Frog Tongue Stomp” by Lovie Austin’s Serenaders

Lovie Austin, piano - W.E. Burton, drums - Johnny Dodds, clarinet - Natty Dominique, cornet - Kid Ory, trombone

Recorded circa April 1926 in Chicago, Illinois

Originally released on Paramount 12361 and Broadway 1018 in 1926

Rereleased on Century 3007 in 1946

#jazz #1920s #78rpm #78 #shellac #record #paramount records

Dec 7, 2016

Jackass Blues

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“Jackass Blues” by Lovie Austin's Serenaders

Lovie Austin, piano - W.E. Burton, drums - Johnny Dodds, clarinet - Natty Dominique, cornet - Kid Ory, trombone

Recorded circa April 1926 in Chicago, Illinois

Originally released on Paramount 12361 and Broadway 1018 in 1926

Rereleased on Century 3007 in 1946

#jazz #1920s #78rpm #78 #record #shellac #paramount records

Dec 6, 2016

Kansas City Blues - Part 1 & 2

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“Kansas City Blues - Part 1 & 2“ by Lonnie Johnson

Lonnie Johnson, guitar - De Loise Searcy, piano

(Recorded December 17, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois)

#blues #1920s #78rpm #78 #shellac #record

Dec 5, 2016

Been On The Job Too Long

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“Been On The Job Too Long” by Wilmer Watts and the Lonely Eagles

Wilmer Watts, banjo and vocals - Palmer Rhyne, guitar

Recorded October 29, 1929 in New York City

Recorded by Gennett Records, but released on Paramount 3210 and Broadway 8248

This transfer taken from 1977 LP “Oh My Little Darling - Folk Song Types”

#country #string band #old time #1920s #paramount records

Dec 4, 2016

The Gal That Wrecked My Life

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“The Gal That Wrecked My Life” by Rodney Sturgis

Rodney Sturgis, vocal - instrumentation unknown (possibly the Andy Kirk band)

(Recorded September 9, 1938 in New York City)

#blues #1930s #78 #78rpm #shellac #record

Dec 4, 2016

Willie the Weeper

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“Willie the Weeper“ by Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon

Frankie “Half Pint” Jaxon, vocal - Blanche Smith Walton, piano

Recorded July 22, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois - Released on Black Patti 8048

This transfer from 1984 LP “Can't You Wait Till You Get Home”

#blues #1920s #black patti #78rpm #20s

Dec 3, 2016

Ugly Woman Blues

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“Ugly Woman Blues“ by Smokey Joe Whitfield

Teddy Bunn, Guitar - McClure Morris, Trumpet - Ramon La Rue, Piano - Leon Wesley, Sax - Julius Gilmore, Bass

(Recorded September 1945 in Los Angeles, California)

#blues #jazz #1940s #78rpm #78 #shellac #record

Dec 3, 2016

Cavalleria Rusticana

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“Cavalleria Rusticana” by Charles D'Almaine (with unknown piano player)

(Unknown recording date and location, c.1901-1910)

#violin #opera #record #shellac #1906 #78rpm #78

Dec 2, 2016

Mollie Rinktum

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“Mollie Rinktum“ by Bill Cox and Cliff Hobbs

Recorded October 19, 1937 New York City

#country #1930s #78 #78rpm #shellac

Dec 1, 2016

1918 Little Wonder Records logo

Dec 1, 2016

Kentucky Home

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Kentucky Home by unknown “Orchestra”

Little Wonder Record No.156 (Recording date unknown - Released in 1915)

#78rpm #78 #1910s #shellac #record

Dec 1, 2016

Excelsior Phonograph, c. 1905

#phonograph #vintage #antique #gramophone #records

Nov 30, 2016

Wow!

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“Wow!” by The Benson Orchestra Of Chicago

Recorded November 4, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois - Take 4

Released February 8, 1924 on Victor 19239 - Discontinued 1926

#jazz #dance band #orchestra #1920s #hot dance #78rpm #78 #shellac

Nov 30, 2016

The Farmer's Curst Wife

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“The Farmer's Curst Wife” sung by Horton barker

Recorded by Herbert Halpert, Near Chilhowie, Virginia, April (?), 1939

Issued in 1941 by Library of Congress on 78 album Folk Songs of The United States Album 1: Anglo-American Ballads (AFS L1)

#folk song #library of congress #field recording #1930s #78rpm #record

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