It looks like all the mysteries here have been solved. You've got two medleys of songs from two 1934 musicals: the film EVERGREEN, based on Rodgers & Hart's earlier 1930 London stage show called EVER GREEN, and Cole Porter's Broadway musical ANYTHING GOES. Others did a better job identifying the selections on the EVERGREEN side than I could have, so I will simply add that on the ANYTHING GOES side, after a brief musical introduction that contains snatches of the show's title song and "All Through the Night," the three songs that are sung are "I Get a Kick Out of You," "You're the Top," and "All Through the Night."
Presto was usually, I think, homemade recordings company. I have a couple of those that play from the inside to the rim. Mine sound like a church choir rehearsal. Pretty cool stuff. one of mine has part of the lacquor off exposing the silver. I don't know if its really aluminum or something else. For this one, I'm pretty sure it's a bootleg, kind of how we copied cassettes back in the '80s.
Also, @78s_TheArtists_AndTheHistory is correct: the first side is also a medley by the New Mayfair Orchestra, which is "Evergreen Selection", also from 1934! I found a video on RU-vid of this exact medley and description! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SJ-074JTQtE.htmlsi=a_wLniWfZ32CGYxo
Paul Whiteman is pretty old fogey. I met some guy in Petaluma who had built a hand-scuplted Delahaye Racer using very questionable materials... anyway I stopped to talk to him just coz he was CRAZY and I had to talk to him. He was into jazz and asked me what I listened to. Knowing I could get a rise I said y'know... Stan Kenton, Paul Whiteman.... PAUL WHITEMAN he said! Oh NO! Haha. Yeah I got my rise outta him. I had a dixieland band after high school I did takedowns of Paul Whiteman tunes from my Grandfather's collection and we performed them. Was fun. BTW it's 1930s stuff. That's why all the Swing-music guys hate(d) it and thought it was "old-fogey" music. Coz it didn't swing. That being said, Paul Whiteman was instrumental in pushing jazz toward the public. It just wasn't the kind of music the next generation ws into. ok byeeeeeeeeeeee
Great fidelity for a forties recording, particularly the high end. Listen to the sparkle of the strings and the brass. Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" sounds ancient by comparison, particularly the mic that was used for his vocal.
This does NOT sound like Paul Whitemen. Although Whiteman was called the “King of Jazz”, most of his recordings sound like anything BUT jazz. However, he often let his singers have a little fun with a song while they sang it… like how a very young Bing Crosby would croon through a song. To me, this sounds like Ray Noble; straight and narrow, with the singing on “I Get a Kick Out of You” right on the beat. No improvising around the beat. In other words…. “Very British” from the English bands of the era. Regardless of who it is, it’s a great record!
Recommendation: If you hear lyrics, search them. As others have mentioned, both sides are fairly well-known. "I Get A Kick Out of You" is probably best known as part of "De Camptown Races?" gag at the beginning of Blazing Saddles.
The “Evergreen” side is a medley of songs from the 1934 British film of the same name which starred Jessie Mathews. It was popular in the US as well. It had Rodgers and Hart songs and some by other composers. The medley from Cole Porter’s “Anything Goes” , a show that also opened in 1934 on Broadway. My guess is that the record is from 1934 or 1935.
The side named "Anything Goes" has a needley of two very famous Cole Poeter songs: I Get a Kick Out of You / You're the Top. The third song I do not know, unfortunately. Hope it helped.
@@qwerty_studios normally when they cut these letters they cut them one at a time but I’ve seen methods in the 30s and 40s where they cut 4 discs simultaneously using a pedal lever that lowers all four cutting heads at the same time
How did you record from the Crosley?. I have some 78's I need to record, But the only players I can find that play this speed are pretty expensive. But I could pick up Crosley for Pennies.
my grandmother loved Paul Whiteman . Didn’t they use his music in that Jack Nicholson movie with the skinny lady that played olive Oil . That looks like an acetate disc . I still have my parents old records from the 39s and 49s
Is there any way this couldve been used as a soundtrack for a cartoon or silent movie? (Or even a home film if they were loaded) The approximate 30s dating for this kinda blows up that theory, but it seems like there wouldve been something accompanying this...
You played this on a Crossley? Couldn’t you share a video of you putting that piece of sxxx deck in the bin before playing the preserved record on a real deck
(From Wiki) "Anything Goes" is a song written by Cole Porter for his 1934 musical of the same name. Many of the lyrics include humorous references to figures of scandal and gossip from Depression-era high society. A recording by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra (vocal by Ramona Davies) was very popular in 1934.
Very nice, and sounds pretty good. From about 4:48 it is playing 'Dancing on the Ceiling', from Evergreen. I have a different version on shellac which I have used in several videos. Thanks 👍 😀
What they said. I only listened to the beginning, which is "Over My Shoulder" from the Rogers & Hart musical Ever Green. I don't know who made the recording.
FYI Shazam is a great tool, but I wouldn't use it as anything more than a starting point for researching music. If a song isn't recognized, it only means it's not in their database.
I would use a different player with a lighter weighted and properly balance tone arm...the 'crosley" type they make now will wear this type out quickly. This material does break down and fall apart with age.
I had a 78rpm acetate recording of A couple of swells when I was a child. This was on an EMIDISC acetate. I don't know what happened to it. When I was in my early 20s, I was asked by the manager of my local record shop if I knew of anyone that could transfer 78rpm records to cassette. I said that I can, and she gave me the address of the person . When I picked them up ,they turned out to be 12" 78rpm acetates of the 1952 nativity play recorded in the local parish church. The person's daughter was in the choir on that recording. The sound quality was amazing. I used a DUAL CS750 turntable with a STANTON 881CARTRIDGE with a 78rpm stylus.
Musically this is likely a live performance medily. Some of this things can dound like a tap colleges. Example: Billy Murrays 1919 Victor recoding of PROHIBITION BLUES,laden with snatches of popular songs and sonds like Indian War Woops, after line saying Indians could have country back after it went dry. Today, sound effects etc would be edited in, but done in one take, as was on the flip side song How Are You Going To Keed Them Down 0n The Farm?
