A range of dates given for this in the comments. According to the UCSB Historical Recordings Database, this version (released on Decca 18110) was recorded on 21 November 1935.
Dear Lester, I almost weep with joy and gratitude at what you've done. I used to buy up 78 RPM records. What to others is just old throwaway junk, are actually historical artifacts! Lester, there are two things you did right: 1)you saw value in these records, and 2) you digitzed and preserved what was on them for posterity by putting it on youtube. These old records were put out on a primitive form of plastic that break and fall apart very easily today. They have to be digitized. Thanks!
my dad had this one on a decca 78 with a blue label-bob crosby & the bobcats with bob zurke on piano-it was a salute to meade 'lux' lewis - the old 78's are gone except for one album of 12" v-discs & 'black & whites' & 'bg's original 'sing-sing-sing' i managed to salvage but this brings 'em back....THANKS
I'm reading "Rage to Survive" - The Etta James story. She writes, her musical nature was noticed when she was an infant. She loved jukeboxes and this particular song by Meade Lux Lewis. She would holler until someone put a nickel in the box, so she could dance & sing along with "baby sounds" The second it was through, she'd start crying ntil someone played "the damn thing again. And again. And again". Great song and a great book, well worth reading.
Picked up this same 78 from an antique shop in 1974 with a crack from the lead-in to the run-out. The lady said I could have it for free because any cracked records were trash. I was 16 then, and I still have and love this record, even with the scratches, hiss and 'tic-tic-tic' that I hear. The antique shop has gone out of business MANY years ago, but I'm searching eBay for a GOOD copy. :))
Hi- Am VERY excited & happy to say that I FINALLY found an upgraded (E-) condition copy of the fantastic 78 rpm record from eBay!!! No more 'tick- tick- tick' as the needle hits the crack, no grey grooves means NO 'hissssssss' either. :-)))
Everytime my son sits down to practice the piano (he plays by ear), I beg him to practice boogie woogie or rag time- what a beautiful expression of energy on a piano! I love all these old greats and always feel like getting up and dancing when I listen to them.
It's interesting that this was American recorded but issued on Parlophone at first in 1936 in the UK and not in the US. It didn't get released on the American Decca until a few years later as a part of that album set. I always liked Meade's style. It was rougher - raw and not quite as commercial as Johnson and Ammons although I love them too. Back when I still played I tended to lean more toward Meade's style.
"This is a country band...we don't play no Boogie...Woogie!" That was a line from the biopic Ray with Jamie Foxx...I always thought it was so funny...but I've taken an interest in Boogie-Woogie, Jazz, Swing, Jump Blues and Blues thanks to a good friend of mine and WW2 veteran Mr. Willie Miner...RIP
This may sound strange, but the first thing I thought of was Jimi Hendrix and his The Star Spangled Banner. Jimi made his guitar bring out the sounds of war. Meade made his piano bring out the sounds of the trains that rumbled past his boyhood home.
As John Lewis stated in a Downbeat interview many years ago, boogie woogie of this era is the most purely African form in the jazz piano archive. Notice Lewis superimposing triple over duple time right through. That is 3 and 6 beats over 2 or 4...
@vinylman4533: Lewis first recorded this tune in 1927. It's rediscovery helped touch off the revival in Boogie Woogie a decade later. This version was recorded in 1938.
The very base piano in the background is the basis for the piano in Bad Bad Leroy Brown by Jim Croce except for Croce slowed it down a bit. Just noticed this
Hi, Ian- My copy plays exactly the same speed & even has the 'tic' at 2:01-2:02 as this posting. You may have a different version that was pressed earlier or later.
What memories! I remember having a 78 of this all of 70 years ago. Part of my jazz education.
He dead
I am a DJ and I just found a 78 record of this... wow, nearly 100 years old... this is the Rosetta stone of all we know in music...
Thought you said you were a 78 year-old DJ; I was impressed, then disappointed.
@@MrGencyExit64 sorry to here that.... but one day I will be 78
What a coinicidence. I am just right now in Cat's cradle where he mentions him. I guess I dont have to say that it made me come here ;)
One of the piano blues masters🎹👌
It's hard to imagine this was in 1926 !
Brilliant ....
Soon be a century old, sounds brand new.
A range of dates given for this in the comments. According to the UCSB Historical Recordings Database, this version (released on Decca 18110) was recorded on 21 November 1935.
So I'm reading "Cat's Cradle" by Kurt Vonnegut, and had know if this was true.
Meade Lux Lewis,Pete Johnson,Albert Ammons,Cleo Brown....best Cats ever!!!!
Nice boogie woogie classic, great!
Hearing Mr. Lewis on a blue note record back in 1951 changed my life.
and the groove never stops....
Kurt Vonnegut brought me here, too. Dang - wampeter waxing or waning?
Dear Lester,
I almost weep with joy and gratitude at what you've done. I used to buy up 78 RPM records. What to others is just old throwaway junk, are actually historical artifacts! Lester, there are two things you did right: 1)you saw value in these records, and 2) you digitzed and preserved what was on them for posterity by putting it on youtube.
These old records were put out on a primitive form of plastic that break and fall apart very easily today. They have to be digitized. Thanks!
my dad had this one on a decca 78 with a blue label-bob crosby & the bobcats with bob zurke on piano-it was a salute to meade 'lux' lewis - the old 78's are gone except for one album of 12" v-discs & 'black & whites' & 'bg's original 'sing-sing-sing' i managed to salvage but this brings 'em back....THANKS
I'm reading "Rage to Survive" - The Etta James story. She writes, her musical nature was noticed when she was an infant. She loved jukeboxes and this particular song by Meade Lux Lewis. She would holler until someone put a nickel in the box, so she could dance & sing along with "baby sounds" The second it was through, she'd start crying ntil someone played "the damn thing again. And again. And again". Great song and a great book, well worth reading.
Picked up this same 78 from an antique shop in 1974 with a crack from the lead-in to the run-out. The lady said I could have it for free because any cracked records were trash. I was 16 then, and I still have and love this record, even with the scratches, hiss and 'tic-tic-tic' that I hear. The antique shop has gone out of business MANY years ago, but I'm searching eBay for a GOOD copy. :))
Hi- Am VERY excited & happy to say that I FINALLY found an upgraded (E-) condition copy of the fantastic 78 rpm record from eBay!!! No more 'tick- tick- tick' as the needle hits the crack, no grey grooves means NO 'hissssssss' either. :-)))
Finally found another copy in E+ condition- still won't throw out the cracked copy!! :-)
Marvellous. A classic.
meade lux lewis, génial
Wow! Thank you Cerys Matthews for including in your Radio 6 Music program this morning. Truly uplifting!!
Best piano blues since Pinetop Smith!
Everytime my son sits down to practice the piano (he plays by ear), I beg him to practice boogie woogie or rag time- what a beautiful expression of energy on a piano! I love all these old greats and always feel like getting up and dancing when I listen to them.
Good music is timeless.
1 of my favourites by far!
It's interesting that this was American recorded but issued on Parlophone at first in 1936 in the UK and not in the US. It didn't get released on the American Decca until a few years later as a part of that album set. I always liked Meade's style. It was rougher - raw and not quite as commercial as Johnson and Ammons although I love them too. Back when I still played I tended to lean more toward Meade's style.
"This is a country band...we don't play no Boogie...Woogie!" That was a line from the biopic Ray with Jamie Foxx...I always thought it was so funny...but I've taken an interest in Boogie-Woogie, Jazz, Swing, Jump Blues and Blues thanks to a good friend of mine and WW2 veteran Mr. Willie Miner...RIP
This may sound strange, but the first thing I thought of was Jimi Hendrix and his The Star Spangled Banner. Jimi made his guitar bring out the sounds of war. Meade made his piano bring out the sounds of the trains that rumbled past his boyhood home.
I bought this 78 in high school for a dime on the other side is a track called slow boogie
I love Keith Emerson's version but had never checked out the Lewis original. Love it! Thanks!
Mead was the reason I ever started to play the piano! Biil Goody
excellent song...A classic
A true classic!
As John Lewis stated in a Downbeat interview many years ago, boogie woogie of this era is the most purely African form in the jazz piano archive. Notice Lewis superimposing triple over duple time right through. That is 3 and 6 beats over 2 or 4...
@vinylman4533: Lewis first recorded this tune in 1927. It's rediscovery helped touch off the revival in Boogie Woogie a decade later. This version was recorded in 1938.
muy bien, gracias por subir la cancion desde cuando la he estado buscando!, pero no recordaba el nombre!
🎹 Boogie Woogie 👍
Nice classic. 1926, wow.
@Shangas Another Jeeves and Wooster fan! *Internet High Five!*
The best
Dizzying to ears and eyes - 21st Nov 1935
Brendan Kavanagh (Dr. K) brought me here
You can hear the wheels and the conrods!
its from 1935 to be exact
emerson. Oscar Peterson approved
The very base piano in the background is the basis for the piano in Bad Bad Leroy Brown by Jim Croce except for Croce slowed it down a bit. Just noticed this
thanks to Kurt Vonnegut, now I know about MLL..
my grandmother has at least 100 78s.
Oh, yeah....
classic garrard TT
I want a record player
+Alley Oop They are readily available. There's a million old farts ready to give theirs away even, and some beautiful new ones for $100-200.
Donna Kay oh cool okay
thanks for the old farts, I am one of them and I am not giving anything away!
Blandings theme song
Texas & Pacific rule on left hand.
it was made in 1927 LOL
its turning too slow, I think. My version is faster, and its sounds closer to classic blues keys. Idk for sure though.
Hi, Ian-
My copy plays exactly the same speed & even has the 'tic' at 2:01-2:02 as this posting. You may have a different version that was pressed earlier or later.
Kurt Vonnegut brought me here xD
The book is also pretty nice.
Jeeves and Wooster brought me here.
Same here