[Dixielandjazz] Correct pitch in recordings. + funny consequence in the Chris Barber band history.

[Harry Callaghan]

I'm reminded of the series of LPs years ago that had radio flubs (some real,
some fabricated for the sake of filling up the records)  They were produced
for Jubilee Records by Kermit Shaefer.

There was the announcer who referred to Ira Gershwin as George's lovely
wife, and one who allegedly said "Now, Eddie Playbody will pee for you"

HC

On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Scott Anthony <santh at comcast.net> wrote:

> When I was first learning banjo 50 years ago, I naturally listened to all
> of the LPs I could get my hands on of Eddie Peabody. I learned virtually
> every tune a whole step higher than normal because it was rumored that his
> albums were recorded at a slower speed to make his playing sound crisper and
> slightly faster on playback. What a shock for me to play with others and
> find out that "California Here I Come" was not in D!
>
> Scott Anthony
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Ingle" <cornet at 1010internet.com>
> To: <santh at comcast.net>
> Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2010 8:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Correct pitch in recordings. + funny
> consequence in the Chris Barber band history.
>
>
>
> On 12/26/2010 1:00 AM, Robert Ringwald wrote:
>>
>>> Bert Brandsma wrote in part:
>>>
>>> In the 1950's Bechet's composition : Petite Fleur became famous, so every
>>>> band had to learn it.So did the Chris Barber band. Their clarinettist, the
>>>> shortly ago deceased Monty Sunshine (RIP) had a copy> or a machine that
>>>> played it too high, so he learned it in Ab minor, instead of the original
>>>> key of G minor.Concequence is that the players in that band up till today
>>>> have to learn it in Monty Sunshine's key, which is much harder on clarinet!
>>>>
>>>
>>> Over here in the Colonies, we all play it in Gm.
>>>
>>> And then there is the story of the Japanese band many years ago that
>>> learned a song from a recording off of an old 78.  At one point in the
>>> recording the needle jumps so there is only 3-beats in that measure.  The
>>> band learned it that way and played it with the missing beat.
>>>
>>>
>>> --Bob Ringwald
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>>> In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird.
>>> Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.
>>>
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>>> I'll add to Bob's last remark. When dad (Red Ingle) was with the
>> Goldkette Band n Detroit inthe 20's, hw worked in anumber of the bands
>> inthat stable, including one with Jimy Dorset.On a ride over to Bob Lo
>> islaand on the Canadian side of the Detroit River a young college band group
>> saw Jimmy and scrambled to call up an arrangment they had made up of their
>> three saxes playing harmony to one of Jimmy's solos on a recording. Jimmy
>> listened then told Red, "nice arrangement, but they even wrote three-part
>> harmony on a big fluff I made on the recording. But don't tell them...they
>> meant so well!"
>> Happy Hogmanay to all. (look it up!)
>> Don Ingle
>>
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