Two mp3 files of Return of The Regiment

[Jody Stecher]

I've posted two sound files of Ernest Jones playing Return of The Regiment on zither-banjo. The first is at the pitch and speed heard when I play the cassette which is about a half step high. It's easy to tell that banjo is being played in C fingering; if nothing else, the open fifth string makes that plain. The second file has been slowed down so that the pitch is close to C (assuming A 440). I've never heard it that way before this evening. The banjo tone sounds convincing lowered to concert pitch but the piano sounds a bit woofy and the speed of the music seems slow but I'm so used to hearing it the other way I can't be objective. I used a variable speed Nakamichi cassette player as source.