Arthur Collins – Encore 3 Comic Ragtime Minstrel Songs (1911-1920) (Listen) CD

Description: THIS CUSTOM CD WAS MADE FROM RARE ORIGINAL DISC RECORDS. ADVANCED FILTERING SYSTEM WAS USED FOR VERY CLEAN SOUND. THIS ENHANCED CD EDITION WAS RE-MASTERED USING THE LATEST DIGITAL TECHNIQUES. Bio Arthur Collins was born in Philadelphia, PA on February 7th 1864. Collins moved with his family to Barnegat, New Jersey around 1879 and as a teenager worked as a volunteer lifesaver on the Jersey shore, beginning an enthusiasm for sailing that became a lifelong pursuit. However, his fine baritone voice, heard in church and in local concert appearances, convinced Collins' family to send him back to Philadelphia for formal training. After concluding his studies, Collins spent some 15 years touring with various stock companies and appearing in summer opera in St. Louis. Taking occasional roles for extra money, Collins enjoyed a star turn in a production given by the DeWolf Hopper Opera Company in 1898, and talent scouts for Edison Records requested Collins audition which was held May 16, 1898. Within a few years, Collins proved one of the most productive and successful singers in the record business, and in his long career between 1898 and 1925 he worked for every record company active in the United States. He specialized in what were then called coon songs, popular African-American dialect numbers associated with vaudeville and minstrel shows. Collins also utilized an array of vocal effects and caricature voices which gave the impression that there were multiple persons at the horn on his recordings, though it was just Collins. In the early 1900's he partnered with Byron Harlan and recorded hundreds of comic duets through the mid 1920's as Collins and Harlan. During a personal appearance at the Princess Theater in Medina, Ohio on October 20, 1921, Collins was badly injured when he fell through an open trap door. While he recovered well enough to resume his singing and recording career, his health began to decline afterward and in 1926, Collins retired, relocating to Florida with his wife. He died at the age of 69 in Tice, Florida on August 3, 1933. This Encore 3 CD includes many of Arthur Collins comic recordings made during the Ragtime Era. The period covered by this CD is 1911 to 1920. ************************************************************************************ Presenting a great selection of comic songs from the Ragtime & 1920's Jazz Era. This CD is mastered by vintage-recordings.com. We have been producing quality CD and Cassette transfers for over 30 years. Each transfer is made from a master and you receive the best quality possible from these wonderful vintage recordings. The source material is from our archives of over 20,000 discs and cylinders. A combination of advanced filtering using graphic, parametric and digital filters are used to provide the cleanest most natural sounding transfer of the vintage records. After the recordings are mastered further editing is performed using advanced sound restoration software. Our time consuming transfer process has been adjusted, refined and perfected over the last 30 years. We now bring some of our best selling releases to the Ebay community. Enjoy. Several Items will have a symbol next to a song. You can listen to a sound clip with the windows media player. Arthur Collins – Encore 3 Comic Ragtime Minstrel Songs (Recorded 1911 – 1920) 1-Chicken Reel [Recorded 1911] Your browser does not support the audio element. 2-The Mississippi Stoker [Recorded 1911] 3-The Ghost Of The Banjo Coon [Recorded 1911] 4-When Uncle Joe Plays A Rag On The Old Banjo [Recorded 1911] 5-In Ragtime Land [Recorded 1912] 6-The Preacher And The Bear [Recorded 1912] 7-My Landlady [Recorded 1913] 8-Harmony Joe [Recorded 1913] 9-If You’ve Got A Little Bit , Hold On To It [Recorded 1916] Your browser does not support the audio element. 10-I’ve Got ‘Em [Recorded 1917] 11-Somebody’s Done Me Wrong [Recorded 1918] 12-O Death Where Is Thy Sting [Recorded 1919] 13-The Suicide Blues [Recorded 1919] 14-Climbing Up The Golden Stairs [Recorded 1920] 15-The Preacher And The Bear (Alternate Version) [Recorded 1920]

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