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Soundies Of The 1940s
The First Music Videos
Volume 1
For a small taste of this great DVD,
watch the preview below.
Step aside MTVers listen, learn and watch who really started music
videos. Who you ask, why the soundies of the 1940s.
This DVD of soundies is sure to bring back a lot of memories. Enjoy the
talents of Harry Day and Della and the June Taylor Girls, Euterpe Jones,
Captain Beefheart; Reg Kehoe and His Marimba Queens, Rosalie Allen, The
Mel-Tones, Thelma White and Her All-Girl Orchestra, Del Casino and his
orchestra, Three Canadian Capers, Maya's Pan-American Orchestra and Carlos
and Zedra, Ginger Harmon and the Mercer Brothers.
Harry Day and Della and the June Taylor Girls, The Singing Powers Models
which features Jimmie Dodd, Lamp of Memory which is directed by Reginald
LeBorg and stars Yvonne DeCarlo.
Believe me you will be enthralled by not only the era, but the songs and the
abundant amount of talent, back in the day. So sit back in your chair and,
for over an hour of great times, let the
soundies of the 30s and 40s take you away.
Euterpe Jones Captain Beefheart Rocks The Marimba Queens 2:38 (This
version is black and white)
"Ten Pretty Girls" and "I'll Make You Mine" (1930s) 3:05
Chime Bells (1943) 2:37
Lullaby of Broadway 2:41
Reg Kehoe and his Marimba Queens (ca. early 1940s) 2:24
Hollywood Boogie (1946) 2:26
One Look At You (ca. 1940s) 2:29
Mexican Hat Dance 2:01
A Little Robin Told Me So 1:57
Havana-Madrid Show (1941) 5:36
Tica Ti Tica Ta 2:56
Jiveroo 2:36
In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town (ca 1940s) 2:25
Who's Yehudi? (ca. 1942) 2:49
What This Country Needs (1941) 2:34
Same Old Story 2:21
Lamp Of Memory (1944) 2:47
We start this fascinating DVD with a Command Performance (1942) 18:58.
The 1942 movie Command Performance, offers a wonderful view of the legendary
RCA Victor vault and the pressing plant in Camden. The movie takes us on a
journey of how shellac records were produced and manufactured.
While others were taking their allowance buying comic books, toys and the
like, I would faithfully take my 25 cents and buy 1 or if there was a sale
two 45 records and as I got older and got a dollar for allowance (I know I
just dated myself) I sometimes got to buy five or six 45s or if I saved I
went and bought an album. I still have many of those today.
For those who love vinyl and history, the movie is a must see, as we get to
see how things used to be made and Command Performance does an excellent job
of showing us, from the opening moments of talking about the greats, and
hearing the great Johann Strauss, Blue Danube Waltz.
We see the master discs from which records were pressed, the complete record
making process in fantastic detail, how recordings are made, the equipment
used, cutting an original wax disc, electroplating it into a metal master
disc, making a stronger mother disc from the master, and making stamping
discs from those. Mixing the shellac, stamping the records, all the
ingredients that go into the record making process, along with the people
and the various jobs they do, to get the music out to us.
You will be enthralled for close to 19 minutes as you watch how all those
records you have listened to and played over the years are made. As an added
bonus the movie ends with a family putting an album onto one of the “Magic
Eye" units of the time, that plays both sides of the record, having two tone
arms, one above the other. Ah, “Those Were The Days”!
After seeing this process, you can really appreciate the ease of which we
can record music today. One of the programs we use to make our own DVDs
allows direct recording of over 20 individual live tracks. It’s amazing how
great the old records sounded when you see what they had to go through to
get those sounds to you.
For a small taste of this great DVD, watch the preview
below. This is reduced both in size and quality to make it easier to view on line. Enjoy!
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