George W. Johnson - The Laughing Song from an original 1897 Columbia cylinder

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  • @kingpeedorah
    @kingpeedorah ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Only a true 1890's kids remember this

  • @martinterhaar3287
    @martinterhaar3287 4 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    Thank you for sharing something i never saw before in the 44 years of my life. This 120 year old song made me laugh and smile, great that it's played on that beautiful original machine.

  • @davidbethel3805
    @davidbethel3805 7 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Wonderful brown wax cylinder. Very clear.

    • @RakiLegacyWorld
      @RakiLegacyWorld  7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I was lucky. That was just $38!

    • @davidbethel3805
      @davidbethel3805 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Great buy!.

    • @hasannaomir.3037
      @hasannaomir.3037 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      !!!!!!!!!!!wHAT????????????????? I'm SO GLAD for you. Thank you so very much for sharing. You are wonderful.

  • @laurav3798
    @laurav3798 6 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Incredible, thank you for sharing this treasure of time with us!

    • @ericthompson9970
      @ericthompson9970 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ABSOLUTELY! To hear music from a different Century is astonishingly important for prosperity. Regardless if it is not in the history books.

    • @ericthompson9970
      @ericthompson9970 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If you want to learn more, listen to Maegan.
      On the Black History Month on G.W.Johnson.

  • @nikgio3221
    @nikgio3221 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    wow im surprised how lilttle static and how good it sounds

  • @thenorthamericanphonograph1039
    @thenorthamericanphonograph1039 6 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    We have the same cylinder, not in the best of shape, however it still has the original record ticket, and box. Fred Hylands Piano for Columbia. The look of the blank is before 1899, early mid 1898, 1899 and 1900 Columbia's are actually 4 1/4" long, and Higher cooking temperature used. 1896-1897 Columbia blanks are a bit shorter than 4 1/4 " long, and in the 2.140-2.150" thick, and 1899 ones 2.160-2.170" thick. It is interesting to note that Columbia did not make its own blanks on a regular basis until late 1896-1897. They had small scale production as early as 1895, however mostly used Edison blanks, until some technical problems were resolved in 1897, and then regular production of blanks began.

  • @carolblake7356
    @carolblake7356 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love, Love!❤️❤️ And laugh, laugh, laugh😄😄😄 Thank you so much!!❤️🌹

  • @crocoland6330
    @crocoland6330 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I love this old-style sound!

  • @vio3366
    @vio3366 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This is amazing! Wish I had one of these.

  • @jamestheredenginefan5268
    @jamestheredenginefan5268 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    125 Years Later Still Good

    • @jacobwiles8911
      @jacobwiles8911 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Unlike todays music especially songs by Taylor what’s her name again

  • @michaelkozak4608
    @michaelkozak4608 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    A BIG THANK YOU for THIS ! AMAZING clear sound here !

  • @nielsbnnelkke6010
    @nielsbnnelkke6010 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I guess it´s the same song Charles Penrose made sometimes in the 1940´s. called " The laughing Policeman " . I´v got it on a 78´Rpm record and the backside of the record is " Laughter and Lemons " .Didn´t know it was that old. ! Nice one...

  • @overpricedhealthcare
    @overpricedhealthcare 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    i've never heard gwj's voice so clear

  • @nikos8247
    @nikos8247 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow! Never seen anything like this! A real piece of history!

  • @rrl1rrl1rrl146
    @rrl1rrl1rrl146 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Rest in peace mr johnson, god bless you in some universe site

    • @myschool2796
      @myschool2796 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The fact that he died more than 110 years ago 🥲

  • @garyfrancis6193
    @garyfrancis6193 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of my favourites.

  • @pradeepparwana8556
    @pradeepparwana8556 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing & Amorous antique achievement of our golden past...😊❤❤

  • @trixzitailz4151
    @trixzitailz4151 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One of the best sounding recordings of Johnson I ever heard. But the date is probably 1898 not 97. But I could be wrong in 1897 their announced newyork city. But for now long I don't know.

  • @JackHY2K
    @JackHY2K 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great quality!
    Still a funny song to this day.

  • @jperez9528
    @jperez9528 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks for posting this. 😊👍

  • @larryaldrich4351
    @larryaldrich4351 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    2 minute brown wax. Rare and fragile.

  • @3d-marabu
    @3d-marabu ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A surprisingly good sound quality for a 125 year old wax cylinder. And what I would be interested in...how did they duplicate the wax rollers as mass-produced goods back then?

    • @DatDarnSpaceCat
      @DatDarnSpaceCat ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They recorded multiple at a time, what you just heard was a unique performance on a cylinder that was recorded in the singer's physical presence.

    • @Lucius1958
      @Lucius1958 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DatDarnSpaceCat They were also beginning to copy records using a pantograph system: this sounds a bit too good to be a copy, though.

  • @ahmosis5280
    @ahmosis5280 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    What a wonderful treasure. I wonder where did you get it?

    • @skylerisbesty5712
      @skylerisbesty5712 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I saw a reply and he said he bought it for 38$ which is a really good deal in his half

  • @pablotpc
    @pablotpc หลายเดือนก่อน

    what a nice song

  • @olegoks6259
    @olegoks6259 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This feels edited due to how good condition this is.

  • @CharlieJudkins69
    @CharlieJudkins69 8 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Thanks for uploading! The piano accompaniment is very interesting, I wonder who the pianist could be? His sense of rhythm is pretty good but he doesn't seem to have much experience playing ragtime, and his solo at the end is pretty crude!

    • @RakiLegacyWorld
      @RakiLegacyWorld  7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      My acquaintance assumes that the piano accompanist will be Frank Banta Sr.

    • @CharlieJudkins69
      @CharlieJudkins69 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Banta is the pianist you hear most often on Edison cylinders c. 1897- 1903. His playing style is very different: he would've played this tune with more syncopation and less of those typical victorian style treble runs. This may be Fred Hylands (who became Columbia's house pianist around 1897), or the unknown Columbia pianist who predated him and can be heard on many of the earliest Columbias made in NYC (such as Len Spencer's great take of "Climb de Golden Fence")

    • @RakiLegacyWorld
      @RakiLegacyWorld  7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thanks a lot. I recently got a record which includes Banta's playing, but there's a lot of difference.

  • @museuman100
    @museuman100 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Actually 1898. Sounds great.

  • @JohnDoe-zh4li
    @JohnDoe-zh4li 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Is it just me, or does it sound a little fast? Basing it on the 1891 recording, this sounds quite a bit higher in pitch.

    • @RakiLegacyWorld
      @RakiLegacyWorld  7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I set this to around 120rpm. And considering the Johnson's other recordings on Edison black wax cylinder which runs at 160rpm, I think it's fine.

    • @darrenjones1436
      @darrenjones1436 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hello. What reproducer are you using?

  • @YipJumpMusic
    @YipJumpMusic 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Bro was faded on that pharmaceutical cannabis extract

  • @bevisfaversham2669
    @bevisfaversham2669 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    this is probably a new york and paris cylinder of 1898 or 1899 not 1897

  • @Jazz-hk7ok
    @Jazz-hk7ok 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    En 1927 ? Jelly Roll Morton grabó el tema HYENA STOMP en el que un músico se ríe mucho también.

  • @gustavoceballos5327
    @gustavoceballos5327 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The best song to laugh along with

  • @10Vernonplace
    @10Vernonplace 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is amazing! Kind of sad the lyrics are degrading, but he was a great entertainer.

    • @10Vernonplace
      @10Vernonplace 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Bob So how is that NOT sad? To have to degrade yourself to make a living. All the black entertainers had to do the mistrel show bit.

    • @Duckcalculator
      @Duckcalculator ปีที่แล้ว

      @@10VernonplaceIt’s not sad, just what you have to do sometimes. White men, black men, we all have our roles.

  • @raymondny123
    @raymondny123 ปีที่แล้ว

    that’s really good condition !😊

  • @muffs55mercury61
    @muffs55mercury61 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    OMG this is awesome. Need to find a 78 rpm issue since I don't have a cylinder player---well not yet anyways.

  • @dannydevito9056
    @dannydevito9056 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Now I know I've heard this tune before, but not the laughing song.

    • @GMLZ
      @GMLZ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Two years too late but the laughing policeman is a somewhat popular rendition of this song. It is used in youtuber gradeaundera’s outro.

  • @BrucesPhonograph
    @BrucesPhonograph 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is from 1898 not 1897 as the announcement New York and Paris is 1898, 1897 would be "New York City" as Columbia moved there in late 1896. Earlier Columbia records are announced " Washington D. C. .

  • @ibrahimmoustafa5659
    @ibrahimmoustafa5659 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nice where do you find this stuff

  • @Musicradio77Network
    @Musicradio77Network 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wish Pinkie Pie is listening to this 100+ year old song where she got the inspiration for the song “The Laughter Song (aka ‘Giggle At The Ghostly’)”.

  • @emperor-zelch1850
    @emperor-zelch1850 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tell me where to get a free one!!!!!!

  • @RC-wm7cw
    @RC-wm7cw 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What reproducer are you using there?

    • @RakiLegacyWorld
      @RakiLegacyWorld  6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Model C. I know that its doorknob shaped stylus is not suitable for a brown wax cylinder, but I played it only two times. It will be OK.

  • @michaelsandford1015
    @michaelsandford1015 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's where they got from

  • @alternateunreleasedshellac505
    @alternateunreleasedshellac505 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    what about the 1896 version?

  • @neowavemusic
    @neowavemusic 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    funny and very old )

  • @CesarJuarezVargas
    @CesarJuarezVargas 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Are the artifacts part of your private collection or from a museum?

    • @RakiLegacyWorld
      @RakiLegacyWorld  6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's from my collection.

    • @CesarJuarezVargas
      @CesarJuarezVargas 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@RakiLegacyWorld Nice! I wonder how many masters made it through these days. Have you digitized this song with audio software?

    • @Kennephone
      @Kennephone ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@CesarJuarezVargas probably less than 1%. They made hundreds of thousands, if not millions of records in the 1890s, and they are very rare today, and when you do find them they're usually either moldy or in horrible condition. This may be the last of this record to be in such good condition, so it should be treasured. Most of the records from the early 1890s are tremendously rare, and likely the last surviving copy, and a lot of them were always one of a kind, being originals and not copies.

  • @michaelholm4646
    @michaelholm4646 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    IMPRESIONANTE, YA SE DE QUIEN SE COPIO PALITO ORTEGA PARA COMPONER "LA FELICIDAD"

  • @olegoks6259
    @olegoks6259 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    0:34

  • @parkourqueenileto
    @parkourqueenileto 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Lol nice one

  • @edgarallanpoestheblackcat6613
    @edgarallanpoestheblackcat6613 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    How old are you?

  • @thekurdishgirl6538
    @thekurdishgirl6538 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    No bad😂😂

  • @jamesmckean3221
    @jamesmckean3221 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ayn Rand liked this song, I think

  • @sarahh_danielle_
    @sarahh_danielle_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    this sounds like itd be in a horror movie

  • @EwicoCylinder
    @EwicoCylinder 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This reproducer will destroy the brown wax cylinder if you keep playing it more often with it.

  • @marcobechere4452
    @marcobechere4452 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Maybe it could be played a bit more slow

  • @maxiegil8226
    @maxiegil8226 ปีที่แล้ว

    first time hearing this song. im trying to get myself known with the earliest of days of popular music. you have great equipment and the quality is amazing! it's sad that these songs are as racist as they get lol

  • @Dewey122
    @Dewey122 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sewnkin 6

  • @user_gumi1615
    @user_gumi1615 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    갑자기 한글 나와서 깜짝 놀랐네;;

    • @thekurdishgirl6538
      @thekurdishgirl6538 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hello man can you translate this song for me?😁

    • @DZWTChannel12
      @DZWTChannel12 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@thekurdishgirl6538hehehehehehahahahahahehehehehehahahehehehehahahehehehehaha

    • @thekurdishgirl6538
      @thekurdishgirl6538 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DZWTChannel12 Hhahaha mr chinese can't get understand me 😂

  • @michaelsandford1015
    @michaelsandford1015 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sounds like the laughing policeman

  • @michaelsandford1015
    @michaelsandford1015 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Don't break the record

  • @babybloc
    @babybloc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Traditions of nonsense vocals are all over, the laughing ones on early records seem related, in a funny way 😀

  • @martin7464
    @martin7464 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    lol

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    (Google) Wu World Radio

  • @harjindersinghchandar2712
    @harjindersinghchandar2712 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    bah

  • @edgarallanpoestheblackcat6613
    @edgarallanpoestheblackcat6613 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    How old are you?

  • @harjindersinghchandar2712
    @harjindersinghchandar2712 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    bah