this is a masterful arrangement and it rivals if not exceeds the great Arden/Carroll Ampico version. It never ceases to amaze me how smaller piano roll companies often produced more superb renditions than the major brands.
Sadly, so many young people today are hauling "Grandma's old PIANA" to the local landfill and tossing them in like household garbage! So ignorant and clueless, but this is the society that we now live in!
I love this snappy tune and it is what reminded my dad of the repeal of Prohibitiion. Those dry days did not stop my step grandpa who got the good stuff from out of the country from the boats docking in Tacoma and sold to the local hotel Maitre D's It was a bustling business but got him busted by the dry squad just like nearly every other bootlegger, but continued his hobby!!
I firmly believe that the shadowy artist/arranger figures at Atlas (which was basically a continuation of the old Standard Music Roll Co.) including Annabelle Taylor, Phil Lynch, Joseph Fecher, Finisher Johnson etc. found the MAGIC formula towards making a great piano roll arrangement! I have yet to hear a bad roll from their company!!! They were obviously trying really hard to compete with the tasty stuff that Rudy Erlebach was doing on the Paramount label - and I think they were SUCCEEDING!
that is all interesting. I have read on the 'Net that other pianists actually recorded under Wendling's name but I don't know if that is true. Back in the 1960s one of my Dad's old friends, long since deceased, said that "Ohman and Arden" was one of the few music roll artists that stuck in his mind, going back in his memory through the decades that had passed since the 1920s. I've got some of their 78s. Victor Arden was not his real name, that was a stage name.
Thanks again. It appears that a lot of people like this roll besides you and me. I have another Phil Lynch roll on UA-cam of "Bashful Baby" that you might enjoy. My own taste in pop piano rolls is for people like Pete Wendling, Phil Ohman and Frank Milne. Adam Carroll is one of my least favorites, along with Victor Arden (except when he was playing with Ohman)
I just found out that Phil Lynch was a real person... a piece of sheet music with his photo on the cover just sold on eBay about a month ago. It turns out he was a dance bandleader as well as a pianist, and I believe he was based in New Jersey, which makes sense for Atlas (also based in New Jersey). I haven't yet found any reference to any recordings by him or his band, what a shame!!!
Some ATLAS rolls WERE made with square punches. Certain arrangements demanded it for a more natural sound. If the difference is not obvious, check the Duo-Art reroll perfs at the end of the roll. There will either be a chain of rectangular holes (as on this roll) or a chain of square ones (as on relatively few other rolls). BTW, as great as this arrangement sounds, there is one note that hesitates. This is not a malfunction of the player, but rather the perforator that made this particular roll.
Although credited to New Jersey dance band leader and pianist Phil Lynch, I hear a TON of (Standard and Atlas house artist) Joe Fecher's style in this, so although Mr. Lynch could have done a lot of this, I think the final version here is likely a joint Lynch / Fecher effort in terms of musical ideas, much like how practically every Columbia / Capitol roll arrangement was a collaboration between house arranger Roy Rodocker and the credited artist. This becomes more apparent when a number of Atlas rolls by various artists are auditioned in a row, then compared with audio recordings of those same artists, if/when possible. Stupendous arrangement though, it gets syncopated as hell by the end.
This is by far best version I've ever heard. The growling in the beginning and the taking you up (around 2:06) and the transitioning down is just fantastic. Thanks for posting. Do you have anymore from Phil Lynch?
@@Marcel_Audubon You're wrong in everything you said. I'm a guy, not a woman (you know... one of those people you can't describe what they are) and we're not still all butt hurt and continually talk about Jan 6 like you people do. You all fail to realize and admit that the atrocities (trespassing, ignoring fences, gates, attacks and lawlessness) of January 6 goes on along the southern border every day and you don't care. If you lefties protested the illegals as you do 1/6, we would be the safest country on earth.
The "MAGIC" formula was a financial one."Time is money." By using rectangular punches and 1:1 masters they could punch out rolls in half the time it took running the industry standard 2:1 mastering system, and without the characteristic poor performance of other rolls made from 1:1 masters using square or round punches. Unfortunately this meant only half as many positions available for holes in any given length of paper. Arrangers innovated clever, catchy ways of getting around this limitation!
Lucille Esmeralda McGillicutty Ricardo to Ethel Louise Roberta Mae Potter Mertz: "What would you do if Fred ever left you?" Ethel Louise Roberta Mae Potter Mertz to Lucille Esmeralda McGillicutty Ricardo: "I'd be singing 'Happy Days are Here Again."
Playing this...someone asks Why I say "Now you know, Now you know what its like to live inside my skull" they look at me and say "Your the most sane person in the room right now"
I have a midi scan if anyone wants it. I can't post links in the comments (UA-cam removes them and it's dumb) but you can look at my channel for videos with the scans. I have direct download links.
Thanks for the second comment. I have an interesting story about Lewis J. Fuiks you might like. My email is AeolianPiano@gmail.com and we can communicate easier that way.
this is a masterful arrangement and it rivals if not exceeds the great Arden/Carroll Ampico version. It never ceases to amaze me how smaller piano roll companies often produced more superb renditions than the major brands.
Sounds beautifully ❤️🏵️💐😍🤗🌄🌅🌇 and I love 💕😘 that piano roll 🥐 too.
Thanks for sharing ❤️
I used to have one of these in my living room. I gave it away...darn! (It worked well too.)
Sadly, so many young people today are hauling "Grandma's old PIANA" to the local landfill and tossing them in like household garbage! So ignorant and clueless, but this is the society that we now live in!
I adore this song, and it really makes my day.
Wonderful arrangement.
Gosh, he totally TEARS IT UP! Fantastic!
love that transition at 0:40 - 0:44
Wonderful, outstanding arrangement, fantastic!
Dance fingers, dance!
Merry making song.I do like it,too.
Just reviving this old favorite video of mine. This is a fantastic four hand arrangement of this song, I love to heart.
I love this snappy tune and it is what reminded my dad of the repeal of Prohibitiion. Those dry days did not stop my step grandpa who got the good stuff from out of the country from the boats docking in Tacoma and sold to the local hotel Maitre D's
It was a bustling business but got him busted by the dry squad just like nearly every other bootlegger, but continued his hobby!!
Love it, a very good roll and a nice sounding piano, Thanks!
Just what we need for these rainy, bluesy days to perk us up; thanks!
I firmly believe that the shadowy artist/arranger figures at Atlas (which was basically a continuation of the old Standard Music Roll Co.) including Annabelle Taylor, Phil Lynch, Joseph Fecher, Finisher Johnson etc. found the MAGIC formula towards making a great piano roll arrangement! I have yet to hear a bad roll from their company!!!
They were obviously trying really hard to compete with the tasty stuff that Rudy Erlebach was doing on the Paramount label - and I think they were SUCCEEDING!
This time as I played the song, thanks to your good photography, I could read and sing the words right alone with the roll
I can't play this video enough. By the end of the song, I am ready to take on almost anything ! :)
I used to consider myself a great piano player until I started hearing pianists from the 1920's. Then I said, wait a minute. ;)
Perhaps you should listen to Frederick Chopin !
Absolutely lovely,thanks
Great, one of my favorite tunes!
TERIFF! WHAT A GREAT ARRANGEMENT... THANK YOU FOR SHARING. MAY THOSE HAPPY DAYS RETURN...HA.
What a fun arrangement
Crazy! It's got so many notes it's a wonder that a push up player could play it!
The best qualiry UA-cam piano recording I've heard and a fantastic player. Thank you so much for putting this up. Keep em coming please.
that is all interesting. I have read on the 'Net that other pianists actually recorded under Wendling's name but I don't know if that is true.
Back in the 1960s one of my Dad's old friends, long since deceased, said that "Ohman and Arden" was one of the few music roll artists that stuck in his mind, going back in his memory through the decades that had passed since the 1920s. I've got some of their 78s. Victor Arden was not his real name, that was a stage name.
I so enjoyed this post. Your piano sounds GREAT ! Now I am going to have to track down a copy of this roll. . . .
I have a midi scan if you'd want something to take for a recut (it might miss a couple notes but it's generally complete).
Very well played by the piano and you!
Thanks again. It appears that a lot of people like this roll besides you and me. I have another Phil Lynch roll on UA-cam of "Bashful Baby" that you might enjoy. My own taste in pop piano rolls is for people like Pete Wendling, Phil Ohman and Frank Milne. Adam Carroll is one of my least favorites, along with Victor Arden (except when he was playing with Ohman)
The main theme sounds like the song from the Tom and Jerry episode with the haunted house!
I just found out that Phil Lynch was a real person... a piece of sheet music with his photo on the cover just sold on eBay about a month ago. It turns out he was a dance bandleader as well as a pianist, and I believe he was based in New Jersey, which makes sense for Atlas (also based in New Jersey). I haven't yet found any reference to any recordings by him or his band, what a shame!!!
Wish I could play this well. Nuff said !
GOD this looks like it would be SO FUN to play!!! (by hand, I mean)
Yes I do, and I plan to put them on UA-cam soon. The next one will be "Bashful Baby" a song from the late 1920's.
Love this one, I have a copy never played...
Do you still have that roll?.... Would you consider parting with it for an acceptable price?
Great Arrangement! It would sound good on an A roll piano.
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Some ATLAS rolls WERE made with square punches. Certain arrangements demanded it for a more natural sound. If the difference is not obvious, check the Duo-Art reroll perfs at the end of the roll. There will either be a chain of rectangular holes (as on this roll) or a chain of square ones (as on relatively few other rolls). BTW, as great as this arrangement sounds, there is one note that hesitates. This is not a malfunction of the player, but rather the perforator that made this particular roll.
Since FDR was nominated as a presidential candidate in 1932 this has been the anthem of the Democratic Party.
that is a kick-ass performance!
I feel like I'm sitting in a Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor.
Oh yeah!
Although credited to New Jersey dance band leader and pianist Phil Lynch, I hear a TON of (Standard and Atlas house artist) Joe Fecher's style in this, so although Mr. Lynch could have done a lot of this, I think the final version here is likely a joint Lynch / Fecher effort in terms of musical ideas, much like how practically every Columbia / Capitol roll arrangement was a collaboration between house arranger Roy Rodocker and the credited artist. This becomes more apparent when a number of Atlas rolls by various artists are auditioned in a row, then compared with audio recordings of those same artists, if/when possible. Stupendous arrangement though, it gets syncopated as hell by the end.
What other Joe Fecher titles would you say resemble this?
@KawhackitaRag Yes, it is an Atlas Roll, # 3975
A great piece [] :{)
This is by far best version I've ever heard. The growling in the beginning and the taking you up (around 2:06) and the transitioning down is just fantastic. Thanks for posting. Do you have anymore from Phil Lynch?
🎶 November 3, 2020 the whole world will be singing this song!! 🎶
But since then, we've been singing the R.E.M song "Everybody Hurts"
@@SevenPlus65 because you all got hurt attacking the Capitol? you're way too old for that nonsense, granny
@@Marcel_Audubon You're wrong in everything you said. I'm a guy, not a woman (you know... one of those people you can't describe what they are) and we're not still all butt hurt and continually talk about Jan 6 like you people do. You all fail to realize and admit that the atrocities (trespassing, ignoring fences, gates, attacks and lawlessness) of January 6 goes on along the southern border every day and you don't care. If you lefties protested the illegals as you do 1/6, we would be the safest country on earth.
The "MAGIC" formula was a financial one."Time is money." By using rectangular punches and 1:1 masters they could punch out rolls in half the time it took running the industry standard 2:1 mastering system, and without the characteristic poor performance of other rolls made from 1:1 masters using square or round punches. Unfortunately this meant only half as many positions available for holes in any given length of paper. Arrangers innovated clever, catchy ways of getting around this limitation!
Lucille Esmeralda McGillicutty Ricardo to Ethel Louise Roberta Mae Potter Mertz: "What would you do if Fred ever left you?"
Ethel Louise Roberta Mae Potter Mertz to Lucille Esmeralda McGillicutty Ricardo: "I'd be singing 'Happy Days are Here Again."
I was taken to this by Google
Playing this...someone asks Why
I say "Now you know, Now you know what its like to live inside my skull"
they look at me and say "Your the most sane person in the room right now"
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I like it ! I like it ! :{)
This is Like 1876 Music' so 😁
SUPER ROLL!! PLEASE: Roll company, artist and what piano!!!??!
has some way to sing _this?_
Is this an Atlas roll? What's the roll number?
Can you give me the company name and roll number? This is such a catchy tune that I need a copy for myself
Possibly Aeolian - but not a duo-arts roll
It's Atlas 3975 roll
nice for ivory tinklers..
Who the hell was Phil Lynch??
I have a midi scan if anyone wants it. I can't post links in the comments (UA-cam removes them and it's dumb) but you can look at my channel for videos with the scans. I have direct download links.
Thanks for the second comment. I have an interesting story about Lewis J. Fuiks you might like. My email is AeolianPiano@gmail.com and we can communicate easier that way.
This will be heard after undoubtedly Harris will win the 2024 U.S. election. Bigly.😂
Actually, I'm posting it in a few days to celebrate Trump winning. News flash: Harris lost 😅😅😅