Links: obits, obsolete audio

[infrogmation]

Two short musical obits I posted elsewhere on LiveJournal:

John Arpin, amazing ragtime pianist

Doc Paulin, trumpeter bandleader; over 100 years old (he may never have been sure when he was born himself).

Speaking of things musical and dating back more than a century:

Via keeper1st: Recording and playing back a ragtime piano performance on pre-1903 style phonograph cylinder YouTube video

And for more video of old audio technology, check out a way nifty film clip of Duke Ellington making a record in 1937

Comments

[wrayb.livejournal.com]

darn. missed that cylinder vid, he took it down.

I missed out on John Arpin too. Will keep eye out for recording. Any particular you recommend?

That 1923 Blake/Sissle vid clip keeper1st linked to just about warped my mind. Hot.