Ain't Misbehavin' - Played by Thomas Fats Waller - 1929 Victor Orthophonic Record

Here is the 1929 version of Ain't Misbehavin' composed by Razaf, Waller & Brooks, and played by Thomas Waller on a Victor Orthophonic Record. The Victrola is an original 1925 two door Victor Orthophonic Credenza.

[@Eulasdad]

The remarkable thing about this video is the startling freshness and absurd humor of the music. Waller's was an absolutely brilliant musical perception.

[@ustwoalberts]

i'm so grateful that such great 78s have survived. Thankyou so much Bruce ! What a wonderful musician mr.Waller was - and so witty .

[@frankolen4137]

Still listening thanks

[@B_dale]

I have this vinyl album it's cald fats and his rithum ain't misbehavin

[@MrXavierRose]

This song makes me so happy

[@Celluloidwatcher]

Thank you for presenting Thomas "Fats" Waller at the piano, playing his signature tune, Ain't Misbehaving, from 1929. A classic if there ever was one.

[@timothyodell5133]

Ever fresh, never slavishly referential. A performance by the artist of his work, tossed almost carelessly to posterity, but lucky for us, caught in the act. This is how we come to have ghosts, laughing at us, to chase.

[@lowellthomasjr.468]

OLD TECH, NEW TECH..what a pianist/composer/singer/comedian/great cat Mr. Thomas Waller WAS!

[@fromthesidelines]

Recorded on August 2, 1929.

[@fromthesidelines]

Recorded on August 2, 1929. He wasn't billed as "Fats" until a few years later....

[@mrmjb1960]

I used to have this on an 1955 RCA Victor Lp of the same name! Love it still..RIP,"Fats".

[@gerard228]

Michael Boyce I still do.

[@victrolaman]

@maggot666beast666 This record was played using a new medium tone Bagshaw steel needle. These needles are changed fresh for each new play. Thanks for watching. Victrolaman

[@AlexaWierzbicki]

Good video!

[@sideshowtink]

Gorgeous, just gorgeous!

[@RaymondTVinyl]

Just Wonderful!!! Stunning copy!

[@Westtoledoguy]

Great Classic by Waller

[@gerard228]

It's one of the very few recordings in which the verse is played.

[@michaelwatkins1702]

This record has a very bright, full sound being an electrical recording. The Victrola reproduces the sound very well and may have been designed with electricals in mind.

[@MichaelFearnleyBass]

These were designed specifically to reproduce the then new electrical recordings with the full bass and treble with a relatively flat frequency. They practically made every machine made before obsolete when they came out.

[@dhelton40]

This machine was ment to be played with the lid closed. The hissy surface noise is greatly reduced in all acoustic machines, when the lid is closed. I know people like to watch the disc turn, these videos can be greatly improved by using a seperate microphone in front of the horn openning, which will reduce the noise. This comment was ment to be constructive and not critical.

[@lowellthomasjr.468]

Lovely..my, oh MY ! lol

[@lesliethomas6257]

to bruce VV: I misstated. I saw 1929 on the caption/ info below the playing KZbin video screen, under the phrase "Uploaded on Aug 3 2010" Also: this IS a 78 rpm disc I presume ?

[@james-flynn1938]

I have this song on a Australian his masters voice record check it out

[@joemae416]

What model is this and what finish?..... Its beautiful!

[@victrolaman]

The Victrola is an original 1925 two door Victor Orthophonic Credenza.

[@joemae416]

Bruce Victrolaman Young and is the finish Walnut?

[@joemae416]

Bruce Victrolaman Young What finish is it? Walnut?

[@charlottewhyte9804]

how do ya buy the needles for this 78 mavhine.Do they still make them,must be changed every 2 or 3 sides I been told.

[@andyfeng3511]

How?!!!!

[@lesliethomas6257]

to bruce VV: they CHANGED EVERY NEEDLE per disc played???? I believe you however I am nearly shocked to hear such a level of $$. As it was, a victrola wasn't even OWNED in every home at that point; almost a furniture purchase/ full wood etc. However I'm thinking too this was still a good 4 yrs prior to the Wall Street financial market crash or perhaps even longer depending on whether it was purchased early in 25 and the Wall Street market crash was basically nearer to first week of November.....wow

[@victrolaman]

The Orthophonic victrola is from late 1925, the Victor Orthophonic Record by Waller is from 1929. The First Victrola was produced by E.R. Johnson's Victor Talking Machine Co. beginning in 1906 and by the the mid 1920;s there were Vitrola's available to fit just about every financial situation complete with Time payments. Suitcase Victrola's, table top Victrola's, upright Victrolas, Console Victrola and even expensive Art Model Victrolas.

[@The1920sDandy]

Steel needles have a round point that gets sharp wilst playing because of the pressure. If you re-use it will damage the grooves. Have a look at the bottom of this page, it is an extract from a period magazine that will explain better than I can how wear can happen. www.hmv-gramophones.eu/technical/needle/ . I guess that if you had money enough to buy a gramophones, needles were a fairly cheap investment in comparison. And if you didn't buy any new it would have been even more expensive to buy your records again because you ruined you first copies. This remained a routine until record players got lighter cartridges that didn't need their needle to be changed after every play.

[@TheModernMillennial]

The1920sDandy, we also must remember that steel needles came in packs of 100 for literally just cents (after inflation, that's less than about $2/pack.) Of course, nowadays packs of 100 needles are usually a minimum of $4, but that's also because they're specialty products now - they weren't a century ago.

[@lesliethomas6257]

ooooooooooooh okay that's a relief. I thought we were talking about styli that cost us like $35 or so in the 1970s great news

[@johntorvik9728]

Pity, we have no gramaphones, with Waller's lyrics?

[@lesliethomas6257]

ooops correcting myself. the disc DOES state 1929. sorry

[@victrolaman]

Where does it say that on the disc ?