Vulcan Live Acoustic Recordings
These recordings are a selection of standard 2-minute records, recorded using traditional methods of acoustic recording, either in our own recording studio or on location.
*CLPGS - The City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society. Recordings designated CLPGS were recorded live at the Society’s Annual General Meeting of the named year, with various artistes as they were available.
302 Five Foot Two - 2-minute
The New Society Syncopators, jazz band.
Composed by Ray Henderson with lyrics by Sam M Lewis & Joseph Widow Young.
Recorded in Sheffield 2004.
A popular 1920's song, originally known as "Has Anybody Seen My Gal?"
312 Mandy Make Up Your Mind - 2-minute
CLPGS Jazz Band, instrumental.
Composed by Geo. W. Meyer and Arthur Johnston, lyrics by Grant Clarke and Roy Turk, 1924.
Recorded at the Lord Leicester Hotel, Warwick, UK, 2008.
314 Tin Roof Blues - 2-minute
CLPGS Jazz Band, instrumental.
Written by band members of the New Orleans Rhythm Kings: Paul Mares, Ben Pollack, Mel Stitzel, George Brunies and Leon Roppolo.
Recorded at the Lord Leicester Hotel, Warwick, UK, 2008.
This tune has become a jazz standard and is one of the most often played early New Orleans jazz pieces.
315 Sweet Mama - 2-minute
CLPGS Jazz Band, instrumental.
Recorded at the Lord Leicester Hotel, Warwick, UK, 2007.
319 Sensation Rag - 2-minute
CLPGS Jazz Band, 2008.
Composed by Joseph F. Lamb, 1908, arranged by Scott Joplin.
Recorded at the Lord Leicester Hotel, Warwick, UK.
Joseph F. Lamb (1887-1960) was one of the "Big Three" classic ragtime composers along with Scott Joplin (1867-1917) and James Scott (1885-1938). Lamb was a self-taught composer and amateur pianist whose early works were endorsed and highly rated by Scott Joplin (who was 20 years older than Lamb). Only 12 rags were published during Lamb's lifetime (by John Stark) and eventually several more were were posthumously published after 1960. Lamb's style is generally more "individualistic" and "harmonically daring" than Joplin's style.
321 Pickets - 2-minute
Spats Langham, banjo solo.
Recorded at the Lord Leicester Hotel, Warwick, UK, 2008.
Thomas "Spats" Langham is one of the finest exponents of classic jazz guitar/banjo playing around today. Born in 1971, Spats was playing ukulele at a very early age. He took up the tenor banjo at the age of 13 with a local band in his native Buxton, Derbyshire, later studying music for two years at college in Manchester. Afterwards he embarked on a career in classic jazz, touring Europe with The Pasadena Roof Orchestra, Sammy Rimington and The Charleston Chasers. He subsequently worked with Bob Kerr’s Whoopee Band and performs frequently with the world-renowned master of vintage jazz, Keith Nichols.
