Golden Mystics of Old Time Music

For the Love of 78 rpm Records

Ghosts in the Grooves

Shellac mysteries!  There are ghosts in the shellac of many 78 records: lost tales; vanished musicians; and long-buried sounds.  Below are stories I’ve posted on Facebook about some of these Ghosts in the Grooves. (If a Facebook box appears, click the ‘x’ in the upper right corner to exit.).  Enjoy!

Richard E. Bowman

Frankie Silvers

Columbia 15536-D

Florence Cole-Talbert

Paramount 12187

“PUSSY!”

(British) Oriole P-104

Oh, Hello Central,

Give Me Doctor Jazz

Searching For

Paul Davis

The Days of

Forty-Nine

The Rare “Fetherflex”

78 Record

Low-life Shoots

“Blind” Willie Walker

Mystery

Solved!

The “Memphis Jug Band”

Is On The Air!

“Blind” Willie Walker

Immortalizes Betty & Dupree

Frank Edwards

“Terraplane Blues” 

Eddie Edinboro

“Do You Call That a Buddy”

The Elusive

Jap McGee

Robichaux Orchestra

in 1916

Frank Stokes

at Paramount Records

 

Zack Whyte &

His Chocolate Beau Brummels

Brunswick

Chinese Record

Rare Argentinian

Victor Record

Louis Armstrong at

Sebastian’s Cotton Club

Bill Gallaty Band

in 1915

Japanese Children’s Records

“Butterfly Label”

Emmett Miller

Minus the Greasepaint

King Oliver

on Harmograph