COLUMBIA GRAFONOLA "NIGGER LOVE A WATERMELON, HA HA HA " HARRY C BROWNE
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UP FOR AUCTION IS AN UNIQUE GRAPHOPHONE RECORDING BY COLUMBIA RECORDS GRAFONOLA. MY MOTHER-IN-LAW DIED SEVERAL YEARS BACK, AND IN HER ESTATE WAS A GRAPHOPHONE, WHICH WE STORED AWAY SINCE THERE WASN'T ALOT OF INTEREST AT THE TIME. WE DECIDED TO GO THROUGH ALL THE ITEMS AND CAME ACROSS A TON OF OLD ALBUMS. IN THIS BUNCH, WAS A STAND OUT, NOT TO SAY SHOCKING, ALBUM THAT I AM LISTING. THE ALBUM IS A WELL KNOWN SINGER AT THE TIME, HARRY C. BROWNE. THIS ALBLUM , I BELIEVE IS A SOUTHERN RACIST ALBUM INCLUDING TWO SONGS, "NIGGER LOVE A WATERMELON HA ! HA ! HA !" AND "OLD DAN TUCKER". THE FIRST DATE LISTED ON THE ALBUM IS 1901 AND THE LAST IS 1909. I LISTENING TO THE ALBUM AT THE SPEED OF 78RPM AND IT WAS WITHOUT ANY SKIPS, IT DID HAVE THAT DISTINCTIVE BACKGROUND SOUND LIKE ALL THE OLD RECORDINGS. WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT ON THE JACKET IT METIONED THAT THIS WAS A 80 RPM'S RECORDING, AND TO GET GET THE BEST SOUND, IT MUST BE PLAYED AT THAT SPEED. THE ALBUM ITSELF IS IN GREAT ONDITION, JUST TAKE A LOOK OF MY PHOTOS, CONSIDERING IT IS OVER 100 YEARS OLD. THE JACKET IN NOT IN SUCH GREAT SHAPE, BUT COSIDERING IT WAS PAPER, I THINK IT HELD UP QUITE GOOD. FREE SHIPPING!
