Roger Wilmut

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@jackstanton8212 5 күн бұрын

Splendid recording considering its date . Daughter in law elect always annoys me too !!

@stinkypants1 10 күн бұрын

Did these guys have music on Laurel & Hardy? It sounds very familiar.

@RogerWilmut 9 күн бұрын

I'm sure the L&H background music (which of course had no vocals) was recorded 'in-house' as it were: I have an idea that some of it was actually issued on a CD some time back. The style is similar to a lot of dance bands of the time.

@stinkypants1 9 күн бұрын

@@RogerWilmut You are right. I must be confused! I might be thinking of old cartoons...

@VictrolaIX 14 күн бұрын

I got this, along with Two Horses and a Debutante/Mrs Pettibone at a Salvation Army thrift store (charity shop for those in the UK). They came in an album, 90% of which consisted of soprano Rose Bampton performing Beethoven, Verdi, and Berlioz. I would like to think that this came from a sophisticated person who lived in NYC (or aspired to) and was either from Scranton, PA or left it to a relative who lived there.

@moschettiflavio3635 14 күн бұрын

Editing with a spot welder...

@RogerWilmut 13 күн бұрын

Literally - or a soldering iron. The tape head was a knife edge with a coil wrapped round it, and the blobs caused by the editing process frequenty bent it.

@mightyquinnproductions8672 14 күн бұрын

Brilliant routine from 3 comedy geniuses.

@michaelfidler8218 16 күн бұрын

It's a shame that Brian Davies is no longer active - the software was really good. We even worked together to add a 'constant noise output' option to make the edits between split classical recordings much less noticeable. Hopefully one day someone will pick up where it's been left off and improve it even further... There's still a lot that can be done with it, but it's a matter of time and experimentation.

@RogerWilmut 15 күн бұрын

Indeed. I'm concerned that it may not work when I eventually have to upgrade my computer (Mac) but as it runs on Java there is a fairly good chance.

@michaelfidler8218 15 күн бұрын

@@RogerWilmut the Java files are still working on all my machines, so that's a good way to preserve it. I've backed up all my files for this, as well as the original keys I bought in 2013, so it should be preserved for posterity. I've no idea who owns the copyright now, but maybe in the next 10 years there might be provision to make it open. Ideally it needs to be fully updated into a proper DAW plugin and expanded upon, perhaps with the help of some AI features...

@michaelfidler8218 16 күн бұрын

Remarkably good for a 50 year old transfer. Which 'beetle-crusher' did you use for this when you first made the transfer? The ubiquitous HMV?

@RogerWilmut 15 күн бұрын

It was played on our first gramophone - a heavy electrical steel needles pickup on a straight arm(!) which could be connected to the radio. I don't know the make - it was just a deck that my father put in a box made of old planking. By the time I copied this we had a more modern record player but the lighter pickup couldn't handle the cardboard record. Now the record is so warped nothing will play it.

@user-jp5ru8sl6t 19 күн бұрын

Oh this is classic

@beritbranch2436 21 күн бұрын

abide with me Harry🌈

@chocolateocelot9311 24 күн бұрын

She does a great Gracie Fields!

@Roger.Coleman1949 24 күн бұрын

Thanks for putting a date to this record which I have a copy-always thought it must be quite early !.I also have a later version nearly the same from the 1920s which was in my late father's collection and played as a child. Always brings a smile as recall the memorable lines - ' take that you stupid boy ' , probably gave inspiration to scripts for ' Dad's Army ' a few decades later !.

@RogerWilmut 24 күн бұрын

His later recording of the sketch, issued on Columbia DX-215, was recorded on 12 December 1930.

@Roger.Coleman1949 24 күн бұрын

@@RogerWilmut Thanks Roger for the exact date .I'd guessed it was somewhere around that time, the script is slightly more updated to the 1912 version .I know it off by heart !.

@cRusty-r5x 26 күн бұрын

😮

@RogerWilmut 24 күн бұрын

😀

@philipmanning7352 Ай бұрын

Brilliant comedy better than anything done today

@leighhathorn5985 Ай бұрын

The late great max wall

@roys8870 Ай бұрын

Unfortunately they haven't invented sunscreen yet at that time.

@chocsal Ай бұрын

Brilliant, how did they get away with it, eh?

@gayusschwulius8490 Ай бұрын

I thought this was one of those AI-generated weird fake old songs initially, hahaha

@user-pu6jk1ym1w Ай бұрын

Good old Gracie... not heard this one before... thank you.

@swanvictor887 Ай бұрын

just amazing...three top 'Pro's', masters of their craft.

@stinkypants1 Ай бұрын

Is this THE Roger Wilmut??

@RogerWilmut Ай бұрын

There is, as far as I know, only the one; so, yes, guilty as charged.

@MSYNGWIE12 Ай бұрын

I have SO enjoyed his "shaggy dog" stories on other channels and love their take on his beguiling voice. Thank you for posting the man himself. I can understand why he was so very popular in the 1920's- I feel like he is a sort of audio version of the late Edward Gorey. Befuddled? Edwardians? Did he like cats?!

@trufflesmell Ай бұрын

Thank you so much posting this!

@PhilMacVee Ай бұрын

Many thanks for the taster! I want more. Stinker and Arthur were before my time but the humour of that time was so good. Where's the rest?

@RogerWilmut Ай бұрын

There are only four recordings of the original Bandwaggon series: these excerpts; the complete edition of 18 January 1939 which I posted at kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3qopGl-iqegY5I ; the complete edition of 30 September 1939 posted by 'Vintage British Comedy' at kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJqnd3ltaduapJI ; and excerpts from the edition of 15 March 1939 issued by HMV on a set of 78s which I've posted at kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHqbm3qenZ6Yebs . I have one more recording of interest which I shall post in a few weeks. And of course my channel has a number of older radio comedy shows a single records, and there is a lot more posted by other people.

@PhilMacVee Ай бұрын

@@RogerWilmut Thanks for the reply and for uploading what you have Roger. Some of the pre-war radio shows were comedy gold. It is such a shame that recordings weren't kept. [same with early TV before reliable video-recording was economical enough to retain rather than re-use].

@leilanirocks Ай бұрын

That authoritarianism and fascism are now making a galloping comeback around the globe, is due in no small part to the conservatives emasculation of such vital services as the BBC World Service.

@leilanirocks Ай бұрын

Grew up across the pond in the US learning the Morse and gaining my amateur radio license by age 9. Spent many hours riveted to my shortwave, listening to the BBC World Service. 🎙️ 📻

@backyardcnc Ай бұрын

Excellent , I recall listening to the BBC WS many times per week in the 70s, 80s and 90s and always felt it offered a very balanced take on world affairs. Sadly catching an English broadcast of the BBC here in Canada is much more of a challenge these days.

@robertmunnerley4976 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely brilliant....the timing and everything.... Comedy is finished now.....let's rewind...

@Boylieboyle 2 ай бұрын

Peerless

@chicken-wuss 2 ай бұрын

Max wall's the name.

@chocsal 2 ай бұрын

This is great stuff, thank you for posting.

@christopherlawley1842 2 ай бұрын

Theoretically the British Library will have the words and sheet music BUT it won't come cheap (I have experience)

@RogerWilmut 2 ай бұрын

I did research there 45 years ago and it was free... times change. Part of the problem with the song is that I suspect some of it is 120 year old slang which is now incomprehensible (I did look some of the words up, but with little result).

@christopherlawley1842 2 ай бұрын

@@RogerWilmut I forgot, I was after copies that they had to recover from storage.

@christopherlawley1842 2 ай бұрын

@@RogerWilmut The old slang is very hard to get at.

@MrJeremyWeeks 2 ай бұрын

Bless you!! I’ve been looking for this for 50+ years. I mentioned it to people and I just get the thousand yards stare. I loved ISIRTA, funniest show since Round The Horn!

@user-zq1kx3lv1l 2 ай бұрын

Oh it was great to hear that programme again, I used to love that show, when I was in my mid teens, and listened to it, early on Sunday evenings.

@timbayliss4153 3 ай бұрын

I used to like his funny walk and funny faces routine the most. Another good comedian, through his pretend to play the piano wrongly, was Les Dawson. I am sure Max was briefly on a Lads Army episode, talking about something, along with Les and other celebrities.

@elainemagson213 3 ай бұрын

How lovely to hear the real A J Alan and his 1930's vowels!

@tacstyles762 3 ай бұрын

That's a knee slapper right there

@unclenogbad1509 3 ай бұрын

Well, they got the 1999 Americans about right.