[Dixielandjazz] Harry Raderman/Yellow Dog

[Anton Crouch]

Hello all

Some belated comments on Harry Raderman, and Bob Romans' "wax cylinder":

Raderman recorded extensively between 1919 and 1926 and Rust lists 12
titles in "Jazz records".

I have three titles on an English Saydisc LP of 1982 and another is
available at the Edison site - http://www.nps.gov/edis/edisonia/jazz.htm

Ron L'Herault's reference to the "Yellow Dog on an acoustic Victor" is
probably to the notorious October 1919 record issued under Joseph C Smith's
name (Victor 18618) - notorious because of the "laughing" vocal by Smith.
I've not heard it and I'd be intrigued by Ron's comment on it - Rust
descibes it as "nightmarish".

Bob's cylinder is probably the January 1920 recording (Amberol 3991, a dub
from Diamond Disc matrix 7103).

The historical value of these recordings is that they predate "the first
blues record" - Mamie Smith's "Crazy blues" (August 1920).

All the best
Anton