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A series of great early Records on rare and early labels, from etched label Zonophone to Climax, Pre Dog Victors to rare early Imperial Leeds and American Record Co.

issued first in 1901 Record No 21 on rare 10" COLUMBIA SILVER RING Record probably still recorded in the CLIMAX era


SECOND TAKE 1901 NO ANNOUNCEMENT

ANNOUNCED by Arthur Collins himself


Markings in dead wax are handwritten 21-2 at 6 o clock

Has the small  hollow circle on the backside to play with a Zonophone turntable with stud.
No "Patd applied for" stamp on back

The Arkansaw traveller (Primary title) Disc label
Personnel NotesHide Additional Titles
Harry Spencer (speaker) 
George Schweinfest (instrumentalist : violin) 
Description: Descriptive scene, with violin
Category: Spoken
Language: English

Brooks/Rust: "this famous routine, in which a rube cracks jokes at the expense of a passerby while playing snatches of 'The Arkansas Traveler' on the fiddle, was a best seller in the early 1900s. Len Spencer recorded it for Victor and Edison, and many researchers assume that the Columbia versions, which were generally uncredited (or credited to 'Spencer and Schweinfest,' without specifying first names), were by him as well. However a 1907 Marconi catalog confirms that the most common take (10" take 12) was by Len's younger brother Harry, who made many spoken word recordings for Columbia; lists compiled by Helene Chmura from now-lost Columbia files also give the artist as Harry Spencer. Based on the forgoing, as well as aural evidence, the compiler believes that most if not all Columbia versions were by Harry Spencer. George Schweinfest, a multi-talented instrumentalist, presumably played the violin, while Harry Spencer mimicked both the rube and the passerby."


ca. 1901-1904 New York, New York 2 Master Columbia 21 10-in. Not announced.

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