i actually had a question about that since it seems like it was done pretty inconsistently. was that just an edison thing? there's an early columbia recording with the title announced so i figure ossman recorded for a couple different companies but aside from that one edison records seems to be the only one announcing the titles. i guess it could also be the recordings being edited to remove the slate - i don't know if that happens or not
The main split was between cylinders (which had very little room for writing) and records (which had the label of course) - cylinders stop having introductions very suddenly in 1910, records have been phasing them out for quite a while by then. And yes, they tend to get cut off by compilers, luckily I sourced most of these from the UCSB cylinder archive, which is generally very professional and standardised.
Think banjo has less room for swerve/slurred notes than the guitar or cornet (which as far as I know was pretty much killed off by Louis Armstrong?) - but Vess seems determined to demonstrate otherwise in several of these recordings.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 18 February 2019 15:06 (five years ago) link
OK I have taken my time and am going with “The Old Folks At Home.” The sixteeenth-triplets are o_O.
― Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 11:45 (five years ago) link
won't pretend I know what sixteenth-triplets are, but yeah, that performance is wild.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 14:01 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Saturday, 16 March 2019 00:01 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 17 March 2019 00:01 (five years ago) link