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      • [Brown wax home recording of commentary at beginning of commercial recording of Captain Jinks, sung by J. W. Myers].

[Brown wax home recording of commentary at beginning of commercial recording of Captain Jinks, sung by J. W. Myers].

Cylinder13312

Place of Publication:
[United States],
Issued Date:
1898
Genres:
Personal recordings
Notes:

Performer not given.

The David Giovannoni Collection of home cylinder recordings (Father O'Brien - Concert Cylinder Collection, Set Number: 353-09, Originally acquired: Union Phonograph Show, 2013).

Brown wax concert cylinder.

Description:

Man introduces commercial recording: "Ladies and gentlemen, now, this is an old English ballad that I don't believe that Captain Jinks would have sung so happily if he had been obliged to fight with the Boers of South Africa." At end: "Hello, Helen. Hello, Margaret. How did you like the song? Wasn't that pretty good?"

Physical Description:
1 cylinder (ca. 2 min.) : 132.1 rpm ; 2 1/4 x 4 in.
Format:
Audio musical
Collection(s):
Cylinder Audio Archive
Library Location:
Department of Special Research Collections
ARK:
ark:/48907/f39z949b
Catalog System Number:
990041103150203776
Copyright Holder:
University of California (System). Regents
Restrictions:

MP3 files of the restored cylinders available for download are copyrighted by the Regents of the University of California. They are licensed for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License. Acknowledgments for reuse of the transfers should read "University of California, Santa Barbara Library." The original wav files (either unedited or restored) can be provided upon request for commercial or non-commercial use such as CD reissues, film/tv synchronization, use on websites or in exhibits. The University of California makes no claims or warranties as to the copyright status of the original recordings and charges a use fee for the use of the transfers. Please contact the University of California, Santa Barbara Library Department of Special Research Collections for information on licensing cylinder transfers.