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Liner Note Author: Tim Brooks.
Recording information: Camden, NJ (06/01/1891-01/??/1922); Chicago, IL (06/01/1891-01/??/1922); London, England (06/01/1891-01/??/1922); New Orleans, LA (06/01/1891-01/??/1922); New York, NY (06/01/1891-01/??/1922); Philadelphia, PA (06/01/1891-01/??/1922); Richmond, VA (06/01/1891-01/??/1922); Washington DC (06/01/1891-01/??/1922); West Orange, NJ (06/01/1891-01/??/1922).
Introduction by: Tim Brooks.
Archeophone's two-disc set Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry 1891-1922 has its genesis in a book by author Tim Brooks. Conventional wisdom used to dictate that African-American artists just simply didn't make records until the advent of Mamie Smith's 1920 "Crazy Blues," a view one still may encounter in half-researched puff pieces and on less-informed websites. Brooks' weighty tome takes the date back to 1891, when the commercial recording industry itself was only one year old, and uncovers the existence of more than 800 recordings featuring the talents of African-American performers made before Mamie Smith's debut turn. Not all of these records are necessarily easy ones to love by current day standards; many are minstrel songs and comedy records of the kind those of a politically correct bent would love to see disappear into the mists of history forever. Archeophone, however, has thankfully decided to throw caution to the wind, and to let the truth be known. Lost Sounds reflects a cross section of the material that Brooks covers in his book. Here one can find opera singers, vaudeville stars, early jazz and ragtime bands, and gospel vocal groups in addition to the expected "darkey" sketches and plantation songs. Lost Sounds takes listeners further back with the black experience than any collection, on CD or LP, that has preceded it.
Some may take exception to the ancient audio quality of these 100-year-old recordings, though others more used to the sound of audio as captured in these technically primitive formats will be surprised at how outstandingly well some of these selections come across. "Brother Michael Won't You Hand Down That Rope," as sung by the Oriole Quartette from the impossibly distant era of 1895, reproduces with astonishing clarity for a brown wax cylinder, and many of the other, more recent selections taken from discs are heard as clear as day. In the minority are some tracks that are both ultra-rare and significant, but only dimly audible, such as the cylinder of 1895 by minstrel comic Louis Vasnier. Made by the Louisiana Phonograph Company, it may be as close as listeners ever come to hearing the lost Buddy Bolden cylinder, the only record made by the artist credited as the father of New Orleans jazz. Even more startling are two 1898 recordings made by minstrel singers Cousins & DeMoss that bear an uncanny resemblance to the country string band music of the century to come.
Recording pioneer George W. Johnson, believed to be the earliest African-American to make records, is heard in several selections, as is a speech given by Booker T. Washington in 1908. The more formal side of black American music-making is experienced in the early singing of operatic baritone Roland Hayes and in pieces composed and performed by classical composers R. Nathaniel Dett and Harry T. Burleigh. The set closes with some of the earliest examples of black jazz artists, including Eubie Blake, Wilbur Sweatman, and W.C. Handy. This brief description barely scratches the surface of the 54 treasures included within this excellent set.
A generous and well-researched booklet within Lost Sounds includes discographical details and many photographs; the booklet itself is almost worth the cost of the set. Taken together, all of the elements making up Lost Sounds serve to elaborate history, not as some pompous historian with an agenda might have, or want it, but as the phonograph left it to listeners. For those with a genuine interest in the history of African America, it
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Category Rock/Pop Albums, Classical CDs, Folk, World, Oldies Collections
Label Archeophone
Orig Year 2006
All Time Sales Rank   7670  
CD Universe Part number 7030943
Catalog number 1005
Discs 2
Release Date Feb 28, 2006
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo


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Lost Sounds: Black & The Birth The Recording Industry CD DISC 1:
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample1.Mamma's Black Baby Boy
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample2.Keep Movin'
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample3.Who Broke the Lock
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample4.Brother Michael, Won't You Hand That Rope
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample5.Poor Mourner
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample6.Who Broke the Lock
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample7.Down on the Old Camp Ground
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample8.Jerusalem Mornin'
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample9.Little David, Play on Yo' Harp
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample10.Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample11.Shout All Over God's Heaven
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample12.Good News
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample13.Rain Song, The
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample14.Goodnight Angeline
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample15.Experiences in the Show Business
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample16.Whistling Coon, The
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample17.Adam and Eve and de Winter Apple
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample18.Laughing Song, The
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample19.Minstrel First Part
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample20.Listen to the Mocking Bird
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample21.Laughing Coon, The
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample22.Whistling Girl, The
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample23.My Little Zulu Babe
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample24.Carving the Duck
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample25.Merryl Mail Man, The
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample26.Nobody
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample27.My Own Story of the Big Fight (Part 1)
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample28.Beans, Beans, Beans
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample29.Great Camp Meetin' Day
Lost Sounds: Black & The Birth The Recording Industry Songs DISC 2:
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample1.Atlantic Exposition Speech
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample2.Old Black Joe
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample3.Old Dog Tray
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample4.I Surrender All
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample5.Swing Along
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample6.Rain Song, The
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample7.Exhortation
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample8.Arioso From Pagliacci
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample9.Go Down Moses
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample10.Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample11.Villanelle
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample12.Barcarolle
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample13.Lament
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample14.When de Co'n Pone's Hot
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample15.Down Home Rag
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample16.Bregeiro
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample17.On the Shore at le-Lei-Wei
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample18.Down Home Rag
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample19.Some Jazz Blues
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample20.Sarah From Sahara, The
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample21.Jazz Dance, The
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample22.Ev'rybody's Crazy
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample23.Darktown Strutter's Band
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample24.Camp Meeting Blues
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample25.St. Louis Blues


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