1919 Blue Amberol Cylinder Race Record NI**ER BLUES Al Bernard
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Feb 4, 2012 Sold Date
Jan 28, 2012 Start Date
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ALL WEEK I WILL BE LISTING MANY EARLY 1900S RACE RECORDS, EXTREMELY RARE AND HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE. CHECK MY LISTINGS PAGE DAILY FOR NEW ADDITIONS. THESE WERE CULLED FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTOR WHO'S RECORD COLLECTION IS ONE OF THE BEST I'VE EVER SEEN. IF YOU WANT TO BID ON MORE THAN ONE I WILL COMBINE YOUR PURCHASES TO SAVE YOU SHIPPING MONEY. HERE'S THIS FEATURED AUCTION:

Title:

Nigger blues

Performer(s):

Al Bernard.

Issue Number/Label:

3766: Edison Blue Amberol

Issue Number/Label:

6638: Edison Record

Year of Release:

[1919]

 

 


 



Note:

Dubbed from Edison Diamond Disc matrix 6638.

Note:

Edison Blue Amberol 3766.

Note:

Year of release from "Edison Blue Amberol Recordings" by R. Dethlefson, v.2 (1981).

Note:

Vocal with orchestra accompaniment.

Author's Name:

White, Leroy (Lasses).

Singer's Name:

Bernard, Al, 1888-1949.

Subject:

Popular music--1911-1920.

 

Nigger Blues", written by Lee Roy "Lasses" White (1888-1949), was one of the first blues songs published. Copyrighted by White in 1912, it was first titled "Negro Blues", but for some reason when White published it in 1913, he retitled it.

In addition to the importance of the "Nigger Blues" for being one of the first published blues songs and written by one of the first composers of twelve-bar blues,  it was the first whose lyrics were in what would become the standard blues form used by the 1920s vaudeville performers and found in the folk blues songs collected and recorded in the 1930s. e.g.:

Oh! the blues aint nothing, Oh! the blues aint nothing, Oh! the blues aint nothing, But a good man feeling bad, Oh! the blues aint nothing, But a good man feeling bad, Oh! that's a feeling That I've often had.

and:

Oh! yonder comes, Oh! yonder comes, Oh! yonder comes the train coming down the track, Oh! yonder comes the train coming down the track, To take me away, But it aint going to bring me back.

This cylinder record is in excellent condition. The case matches the record but is in fair condition, the top of the lid starting to separate from the rest of the lid. Buyer will include $5 for shipping.




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