Music Box: Authentic Music of the Gay '90s

Music Box: Authentic Music of the Gay 90's

Sorry, I've been gone for awhile. Posting will still be sparse during the next few days. This blog's visitors seemed to enjoy the Wound-Up Opera post from about a week ago. This is another LP with recordings of music boxes. This is the only other music box LP I have, so this will be the last music box post for probably a long time. The title, by the way, refers to music in the 1890s and the gay part in this context means "having or showing a merry, lively mood" according to dictionary.com. I thought I would point that out before some troll decides to write dumb ignorant comments.

The reportoire of songs are popular tunes that may or may not have endured. As the liner notes explain: 26 Nostalgic, familiar songs of the Gay 90's and Stephen Foster era as heard and loved on these rare old music boxes. The clear lighter tones are from a 15 1/2" diam. disc Regina music box and the deeper rich tones from a 20 3/4" diam. disc Regina, made in Rahway, N.J. The full higher tones are from a 21 1/2" diam. disc Olympia music box made in New York. The deepest organ-like tones are from an 18 1/2" diam. disc Mira of magnificent quality made by the Mermod Freres Company of Ste. Croix, Switzerland.

The Bornand music box collection, containing many rare one of a kind instruments from all parts of the world, has long been recognized as one of the foremost in existence. To share this beauty and give the world this music which will probably never be produced in its original form again, the Bornands have recorded it for the modern record players. Thus the phonograph, which ended the music box business so long ago, is now the means of bringing this music into thousands of homes, which would otherwise not know of its existence or enjoy its nostalgic beauty.

Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. Home Sweet Home {1:05}

2. Love's Old Sweet Song {1:26}

3. In the Gloaming {1:01}

4. My Wild Irish Rose {1:05}

5. Listen to the Mocking Bird {1:24}

6. Hearts and Flowers {1:18}

7. Robin Adair {1:00}

8. Narcissus {1:16}

9. Juanita {1:55}

10. Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms {1:02}

11. Blue Bells of Scotland {0:59}

12. In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree {1:21}

13. Old Oaken Bucket {1:19}

Side 2

1. Last Rose of Summer {1:18}

2. Old Folks at Home {1:22}

3. Annie Laurie {1:21}

4. Lorely {1:05}

5. My Old Kentucky Home {1:06}

6. Silver Threads Among the Gold {1:08}

7. Santa Lucia {1:25}

8. Glow Worm {1:19}

9. The Heart That Once Thru Tarra's Hall {1:15}

10. Sweetest Story Ever Told {1:41}

11. Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep {1:41}

12. Ben Bolt {1:00}

13. Comin' Thru the Rye {1:51}

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