CB Recordings?

[Adam]

Trying to add to my collection of classic banjo recordings ... If folks have LPs, CDs, etc, that they care to recommend, please add a post! Thanks,

Derek Lillywhite - Banjo Reminiscences
Douglas Back - The Banjo Goes Highbrow
The Old 78s - Old Time Fiddle Rags, Classic & Minstrel Banjo
Wm. Ball - Banjo Galaxy
Curly Miller & Carole Anne Rose - Camp Meeting
Vintage Banjo Mania - A collection (Track Listing)

This is all the springs to mind ... !

I'd love to know other recordings that people on this site would recommend listening to ...

Thanks for any recommendations.
Best,
Adam

[David Wade]

Sorry for the delay folks, busy week. I can add a few to this list:
Jean-Marc Andres has a couple of CD available through CD bady, steel strung Paragon "Lucettina" is the latest one I think.
Acoustic Recordings of the Banjo 1898-1924 Phonozoic 201/202
The Highlights Chris Sands and Patrick Sykes - there are a few cassette tapes that they did together which turn up.
If we can ever track down Fred Determman there are four CD's of Bill's playing:
Pompadour
Humoresque
Just William (the 1991 US recordings)
More Willian (the 1994 US recordings)
there are tapes as well which turn up from time to time.
Steve Walker's Neophone collection - I'll check the web link but No19 is the one, The Tarrant Bailey Collection.
More later....

[David Wade]

Update as promised:
Jean-Marc Andres: Zarana was the first one recorded in 1997 and Havona Shores is the newest one the group name is The Belle Epoque Ensemble.
Steve Walker's Neophone site is "currently unavailable" but in addition to No19
No3 "Twilight Echoes" has the only Cammeyer/Sheaff duet as well as Oakley and rare Morley
No7 "The Rooster's Revenge" has Sydney Turner, Oakley both solo and three sides with Morley
No9 "Out of the Dawn" has Ossman, Charlie Rogers and Oakley
A couple of years ago a CD appeared on ebay called "Old Time Banjo Greats" lots of Oakley some Pidoux and some plectrum.
"Ring Ring de Banjo" Living Era CD AJA 5560 - pretty good mixture of tracks but rubbish sleeve notes.
There is always Elias Sibley's cd.....
Two more worthy of mention:
Ex Incredible String Band Clive Palmer was taught by a pupil of Morley and usually includes a classic solo or two:
"Banjoland" on Sunbeam records includes Banjoland, Winter's Tale, Danse Arlequin, Sea Breeze...
Ray Chandler (no relation Russ?) recorded for Andy Kershaw's BBC Radio 1 programme a few years ago "Ridin' Solo" http://www.chandler.ukf.net/ nothing strictly "classic" but nearly.

[Sam]

Does anybody know where I can find some recordings of Harry C Browne?

[David Wade]

Try: http://www.venerablemusic.com/catalog/TitleDetails.asp?TitleID=7665

[Trapdoor2]

That "venerable" site has one compilation of classic banjo that I recently obtained...great stuff!

http://www.venerablemusic.com/catalog/TitleDetails.asp?TitleID=13907

Also get "Acoustic Recordings of the banjo", a two-cd set from Phonozoic:

http://www.phonozoic.net/catalog.html

And, don't forget Hal Allert's CD "A Banjo Oddity"

http://www.ncbo.net/cdpage.htm

or any of Clarke Buehlings CDs

http://www.playprettyproductions.com/skirtlifters.htm

or any of Geoff Freed's CDs

http://www.blacktiebanjo.net/recordings.html

[Adam]

Thanks, guys! Great stuff ... Can't wait to get my ears on 'em! :)

All the best,
Adam

[Adam]

Does anyone know anything about this site/label?

http://www.mtrecords.co.uk/

I stumbled across the site (specifically this page) while trying to find the dots for Frank Lawes' Syncopatin' Shuffle (which I didn't find so if anyone has 'em and would like to share... :).

Thanks!
Adam

[Jody Stecher]

I don't have the dots for this piece. I suggest joining the ABF! for 1o dollars a year and a few pennies per page you can get the dots to pretty much any banjo solo you want.

J. Adam Latham said:

Does anyone know anything about this site/label?

http://www.mtrecords.co.uk/

I stumbled across the site (specifically this page) while trying to find the dots for Frank Lawes' Syncopatin' Shuffle (which I didn't find so if anyone has 'em and would like to share... :).

Thanks!
Adam

[Adam]

Hi Jody - I'm embarrassed to say that I AM a member of ABF! Unfortunately I'm so used to looking for things online that I forgot about their library. Thanks for the reminder! :)

Best,
A.

Jody Stecher said:

I don't have the dots for this piece. I suggest joining the ABF! for 1o dollars a year and a few pennies per page you can get the dots to pretty much any banjo solo you want.