1911? That means this recording pre dates the sinking of the titanic by one year. Let that sink in. We are listening voices that are 108 years old and are long dead. And to mess with your head more, this recording was made when many veterans of the civil war were still alive.
@nostromosolo79575 жыл бұрын
Charlie Theanteater To mess with your head, there are a couple of Revolutionary War veterans photographed
@charlietheanteater39185 жыл бұрын
Overland’s Modern Informative Bulletin I know, I’ve seen them. Some of the last revolutionary war vets died after the civil war.
@ltrain44795 жыл бұрын
There is a recording of this song from 1904 on here.
@charlietheanteater39185 жыл бұрын
Gordon Adams I know, that recording is a lot more eerie to listen to. Knowing that these singers probably met several civil war vets is crazy to think about
@ltrain44795 жыл бұрын
@@charlietheanteater3918 Get this, there are people still alive who met Civil War vets. The last one died in the 1950's and in the 1930's there were still a bunch in their 90's. There is footage from the 50th and 75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg you can watch on KZbin. There is also a couple interviews with civil war vets you can listen too.
@drumpfbad52584 жыл бұрын
It's more interesting to hear the actual voices, to hear an American accent from over a century ago.
@kingofbears69993 жыл бұрын
Very isolated areas of ohio sound like this
@SituationNormalAint2 жыл бұрын
It's crazy to think that they're all dead now
@lhtyeehaw13192 жыл бұрын
I didn't notice an accent originally, but now I do notice a little bit
@felixjefferson3332 жыл бұрын
@@lhtyeehaw1319 the lead singer says flag, shouting, cry, and true with much older vowels. They have features that have completely died out in American English since then. It's not really noticeable at first, but if you're trained to listen to the vowel differences then it becomes a lot more obvious.
@lhtyeehaw13192 жыл бұрын
@@felixjefferson333 thanks for pointing those out, but I still don't hear it
@animalking9432 Жыл бұрын
When I was a kid, an old woman and man named Greg and Terry used to come to our school and sing us civil war and slave songs we could sing along to. It was to educate us about history at a young age, rest their souls. They made me gain my curiosity for history and its preservation. They played this song every time they came, it was the first one 4 years. Hard to believe that was 10 years ago.
@lachezarminev17285 жыл бұрын
It sounds very beautifully and with a strange note of nostalgia in it, even though I am not an American. Great machine!
@JakeVanderbeck11 ай бұрын
Great song. Love the union version and the confederate version equally well
@leowood586022 күн бұрын
@@JakeVanderbeck do not feel obliged to sympathize with traitors, slave-holders, and racists.
@NothingParticularVid7 жыл бұрын
Starts at 2:17
@flufflepuffle62296 жыл бұрын
@ultimatebros9235 жыл бұрын
Stanley Reading thanks
@jonathanfreedom1st4 жыл бұрын
In no other form can the voices be heard from such a long time ago. This alone is amazing. Other than that we would not even truly know what people sounded like pre record and tape recording.
@gregh67199 ай бұрын
Its good to think possibly a G.A.R.veteran originally owned this cylinder. Thanks for posting.
@mestillme20174 жыл бұрын
And to think about it, this was probably heard by actual civil war veterans. The american accent was very different back then. Or maybe it was an FDR accent.
@AcousticallyYours Жыл бұрын
So very evocative of the feeling of those times. This, along with “Tenting tonight on the old campground”, and so many songs of Stephen Foster leave a strong impression of what life was like during the Civil War. Walking, or driving through some areas of Virginia and Washington, D.C. you still feel it.
@rctommy32003 жыл бұрын
There are almost as many years between the recording of this song and the entirety of the Beatles' discography than there are between the last Beatles album and today. Let that sink in for a second.
@deltoid77-nick2 жыл бұрын
That's really interesting because the voices from the records of The Beatles are so clear and concise compared to this cylinder the audio Fidelity is barely tolerable imagine 20,000 years from now if anything survives it won't be that distinguishable from the recorded media of the future does anyone here think that 64-bit audio depth is too little? To them it may just seem like a compressed file without the date metadata they wouldn't know.
@HistoryBoy3 жыл бұрын
Incredible. Thanks so much for sharing. The accents were particularly fascinating.
@sp00k482 ай бұрын
Aha! I’ve come across another one of your comments again.
@darklord74792 жыл бұрын
Thank you this is now preserved forever
@Brookside9755 жыл бұрын
Both the song and the Edison player is a real piece of history! Thanks.
@johnbertolino61883 жыл бұрын
Thanks for that. This version's lyrics have been significantly altered from the original1862 version to be acceptable to listeners in the South.
@awildtannerwasfound50452 жыл бұрын
“South land true and brave”
@mariocanfora91177 ай бұрын
@@awildtannerwasfound5045They removed all the anti-slavery verses
@gmmix6 жыл бұрын
Fine-playing machine. Great, even sound.
@Troupee-Lennon2 жыл бұрын
A beautiful Edison Opera I just love this Cylinder plays superbly your presentation as always for each video is outstanding great knowledge. 👍🎷🎷
@Michael-qi9tw3 жыл бұрын
It should be “a million freemen more” but I think this was recorded during jim-crow
@Tactical_Nuke03 жыл бұрын
it was
@luigimrlgaming94842 жыл бұрын
No they just changed the lyrics a bit
@dertery8724 Жыл бұрын
No mention of the fact ‘although he may be poor he will never be a slave’ either. This version was clearly heavily sanitised to make it more acceptable in the southern states.
@SirDominickVDB3 жыл бұрын
That its preserved so well is mind boggling to me like wow
@hrunchtayt15873 жыл бұрын
Think about this: 109 years ago, Theodore Roosevelt was alive, and the civil war generation was still kicking about in veterans homes, and the last veteran of the USS Monitor was still alive. *And yet this video gets a COPYRIGHT STRIKE for playing a song from a time when the men who originally sang it had the chance to hear it on recording.* Utterly disgusting. Edit: there is a lot of lost causers around this video, might as well poke the hornets nest of Neo’s and boomers by bluntly stating the south fought for slavery and only slavery, convince me that in all 11 ordinances of secession that they left over states rights or taxes.
@gunnarthefeisty3 жыл бұрын
Wait, oh, seven months. This recording, and all made before 1923, will fall into public domain.
@lolobotius3 жыл бұрын
well actually it's seems the creator of this video who copyrighted its recording on this phonograph. You can see it in the description if you read carefully what is actually copyrighted and by whom.
@gunnarthefeisty3 жыл бұрын
@@lolobotius no, some generic company is doing it
@zacstuart38612 жыл бұрын
Despite being among the Neo-Confederate and “Lost Causer” crowd, we’re in agreement that this video should not receive a copyright strike.
@highplains77777 жыл бұрын
This is cool. Thanks for posting.
@magic_powers4 жыл бұрын
That's definitely a catchy tune
@jaylambert5995 жыл бұрын
What an amazing piece of history.
@snapletgames40867 жыл бұрын
this IS the original version
@Albukhshi6 жыл бұрын
Actually, it's a postwar version. The last stanza for example, originally had a threat, directed at the confederates: "So we’re springing to the call from the East and from the West, Shouting the battle cry of freedom! And we’ll hurl the rebel crew from the land we love best, Shouting the battle cry of freedom!" You check it out here (along with a southern version--also written during the war): www.civilwarheritagetrails.org/civil-war-music/battle-cry-of-freedom.html
@charlietheanteater39185 жыл бұрын
snaplet games I believe there was one recorded in 1904.
@slopedouche54604 жыл бұрын
WOW I love this stuff, thank you!! Great presentation!
@behsstlc9 жыл бұрын
The melody reminds me of "Waltzing Matilda". - Larry
@kenclayton5088 Жыл бұрын
First heard this in the movie Virginia city with Miriam Hopkins...great tune
@texasscifi34316 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting. i'm learning this on piano
@الفوائد-س2ق5 жыл бұрын
thank u sir. Greetings from Morocco
@jonathanfreedom1st4 жыл бұрын
This song speaks of us once again. As our freedom is yet under another attack.
@charles_sumner30883 жыл бұрын
Yes, from the Republicans.
@quagmiredavis41173 жыл бұрын
@@charles_sumner3088 democrats
@charles_sumner30883 жыл бұрын
@@quagmiredavis4117 because voter suppression and littaraly storming the capitol is saving democracy
@josephcarter62943 жыл бұрын
🍿 don’t mind me I’m waiting for this to blowup
@charles_sumner30883 жыл бұрын
@@quagmiredavis4117 tell me why democrats
@hughprendergast41722 жыл бұрын
Great to hear this version . Aubrey Shines uses it but only get to hear bits of it .
@demef7584 жыл бұрын
Born in 1947, Thomas Edison was well aware of the Civil War. He probably took an interest in recording something like this. Given the rather primitive technology of the time, this cylinder recording is remarkably good!
@unclejosh49354 жыл бұрын
Actually - Edison was born in 1847 and was 14 when the Civil War began. The youngest Civil War recruits/volunteers were the drummer boys who enlisted in early 1865 - born ca. 1850. The last Union soldier died in 1956 - he lived into the television age. Color film exists for this 109 year-old former soldier - viewable on KZbin.
@SStupendous2 жыл бұрын
1847 mate
@SStupendous2 жыл бұрын
@@unclejosh4935 Youngest civil war vets were born in 1856, as there were 9-year-old boy-soldiers in 1865.
@SituationNormalAint2 жыл бұрын
you mean 1847?
@SStupendous2 жыл бұрын
He'd more than be aware of a war he could legally be conscripted into.
@AirsoftinInTheHeazy4 жыл бұрын
VERY cool indeed! I may be wrong, but it sounds like the main singer may have been from New York perhaps? The way he says Flag sounds New Yorkish. He is saying "Flayeg" Or at least it sounds it, maybe im wrong?
@felixjefferson3332 жыл бұрын
[fɫɛɡ] It's a Northern/Midwest American pronunciation and some Canadians have it too. They pronounce words like flag, bag, rag, and lag with a kind of "eh" vowel
@philipjames7514 жыл бұрын
I didn’t know voices harmonized back then. Splendid!
@gunnarthefeisty3 жыл бұрын
what?
@SStupendous2 жыл бұрын
They've been doing that millenia before the war...
@nightsonbroadway47929 жыл бұрын
I wonder if some northern communities still pronounce the word "flag" as it's heard in this recording.
@Worldofourown20245 жыл бұрын
Familiarly classic European in nature for it was very traditional.
@Mayonezboi5 жыл бұрын
Homo Erectus I can confirm this fact, though my family is from NYC
@CaptainBeetheart5 жыл бұрын
Nights on Broadway you hear it in upstate New York a bit, and much milder versions in various parts of New England
@CaptainLetlev5 жыл бұрын
You can hear it words such as leg pronounced “layg”
@fendersrage4 жыл бұрын
Yes! I can confirm this. Sounded natural to me, from Detroit
@retrogaminggenesis61026 жыл бұрын
You should rip this to a PC or something
@danielarick58729 жыл бұрын
On faded wax or celluliod cylinders use white crayon white shoe polish to highlight the title end.
@amiedetherese9 жыл бұрын
What is the info pertaining to this recording? What quartet was singing? Thanks
@MusicBoxBoy9 жыл бұрын
amiedetherese US Everlasting and Lakeside cylinder records often do not indicate the actual artist(s) performing the selection on the rim of the cylinder. This one is no exception as it indicates only "DUET" for the artists. This can be seen early on in the video when I hold the cylinder title end in focus. In any case, I believe the lead singer is Frank Stanley and in spite of the designation "DUET" I'm reasonably confident that there are more than two people singing. US Everlasting cylinders were introduced in about May 1910 and Frank Stanley passed away in December 1910 so it is possible that this was one his last recordings if this was indeed him singing on this cylinder record.
@SeanGeo33 жыл бұрын
@@MusicBoxBoy As other commenters have mentioned, the lead singer pronounces a long "A" in the word flag, as is typical in the Upper Midwest even today. However, Frank Stanley, according to Wikipedia was from New Jersey. The Library of Congress has a recording of Stanley singing the Star-Spangled Banner in which he pronounces flag with a short "A". adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200003270/B-1907-The_star_spangled_banner This seems to suggest that this recording was not likely to have been made by Stanley, does it not?
@MusicBoxBoy3 жыл бұрын
@@SeanGeo3 According to one of the many early recordings reference books here in my library this recording was sung by Byron G. Harlan and Joe Parsons. I'm 100% confident that the lead singer in this recording is not Harlan as I have hundreds of his recordings and know his voice well. However, Joe Parsons is a question mark. Very little is know about this artist and I'm wondering whether this was a stage name for Frank C. Stanley or some other early recording artist. The artist attributed as Joe Parsons apparently did not record for Edison or Columbia that I can find - only U-S Everlasting. Anyway, it's a bit of a mystery.
@SeanGeo33 жыл бұрын
@@MusicBoxBoy Thanks for the information!
@snappyllamas6 жыл бұрын
God I want one
@edgarallanpoestheblackcat66139 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@SnooperSquirrelFilms6 жыл бұрын
Great demonstration.....thanks for posting it ....
@Worldofourown20245 жыл бұрын
What a classic civil war union propaganda. It's historic and shouldn't be forgotten. Thanks for producing it.
@Worldofourown20244 жыл бұрын
@@solinus7131 Ah yes, it's a civil war song, but recorded in the late 1890's or early 10's for something like civil war veteran reunions and reenactment events. I don't guess there was recording technology yet in the 1860s?
@jeff618134 жыл бұрын
Actually you can hear where the lyrics were changed to appease the south in 1911 they replaced the lyric freedmen with brave man and they added a lyric about the Southland Brave. No one in 1862 would say the Southland was Brave.
@alyssachantaychampagne27734 жыл бұрын
@@Worldofourown2024 Recording technology was just being created in 1860's, nothing they would've recorded a song on
@Wh40kFinatic3 жыл бұрын
@@alyssachantaychampagne2773 The oldest audio recording was actually in 1860. Not sure there are any recordings of audio from the american civil war though.
@SStupendous2 жыл бұрын
@@Worldofourown2024 Look up phonautograph. Recording of audio began in the 1850s.
@gregh67199 ай бұрын
Much 19th century sheet music ..one sees the name G.F. Root.
@glennzornig49786 жыл бұрын
Levi Dowling was the Army chaplin for the Union army in 1864-1865. You can find his transcription of the Life Of Jesus in PDF on the internet. He received it through the Holy Spirit. It corresponds with The Bible in every respect.
@elpresidente20664 жыл бұрын
2:19 is when the song really starts
@elmerlarimer90266 жыл бұрын
love it
@행호할캥홍3 жыл бұрын
Freedom costs fairness and responsibility to others
@DragonCorpOG5 ай бұрын
Very cool
@nickh82003 жыл бұрын
Song starts at 2:17
@dougs7367Ай бұрын
And here we are 150+ years later singing this song once again as our union, freedom and constitution are once more under threat by right wing conservatives on the wrong side of history
@fourpointsfilmgroup6 күн бұрын
What a disgusting thing to post on this very nice video. I’d say you ought to be ashamed of yourself, but you Shitmerican political monsters never really shut up, do you?
@fourpointsfilmgroup2 ай бұрын
Have you ever had these digitized?
@kenq79482 жыл бұрын
music starts at 2:18
@snapletgames40867 жыл бұрын
when was this recording made?
@dennisdean73666 жыл бұрын
snaplet games Around the turn of the last century.
@gunnarthefeisty3 жыл бұрын
1911
@gottalivehappy Жыл бұрын
@@SituationNormalAint Recordings didnt even exist in the 1860s.
@bethbabson74214 жыл бұрын
Babson Bros in Chicago helped Edison. Trivia!
@foxlandism3 ай бұрын
2:16 This is when the song starts just in case
@l.o44568 жыл бұрын
Wundervoll
@themaw0012 жыл бұрын
wow that's the sound from 1862😆
@solinus7131 Жыл бұрын
the song was written in 1862, the cylinder came out in the 1910s (for civil war veterans)
@jeffbecker87163 жыл бұрын
Sounds a lot like The Rose of Alabamy. So who ripped odd whom?
@lifeispain71296 ай бұрын
when was this originally recorded?
@imperialguard283 жыл бұрын
1,000th like!🎩
@Michael-qi9tw3 жыл бұрын
23 rebels disliked this
@titanusghidorah79642 жыл бұрын
But you can't see dislikes...
@nintendofan1749 Жыл бұрын
@@titanusghidorah7964 Unfortunately not anymore Screw KZbin and it’s corporatist attitude
@Coreyrob268 ай бұрын
What year was that cylinder made??
@Alex-yy5wo2 жыл бұрын
Here if you wanna just skip to the song 2:15
@nightwatcher1146 ай бұрын
Anyone here after A24’s Civil War movie?
@WilliamCreator574 жыл бұрын
who sings this song?
@MNorbert894 жыл бұрын
@Scott History A loled at this comment
@gunnarthefeisty3 жыл бұрын
it's unknown- just says "duet"
@JohnScargall12 жыл бұрын
Ah back in the days before auto-tune. :p
@suzvalentino1901Ай бұрын
''Our Dixie forever she's never at a loss down with eagle and up with the cross we will rally round the Bonnie Flag we will rally once again Shout Shout the Battle Cry of Freedom''.
@asafoetidajones818125 күн бұрын
Literally lost the only fight picked though and lasted less time than crystal pepsi
@LanNguyen-x2z4g10 ай бұрын
2:17
@행호할캥홍3 жыл бұрын
Why America Invent first sound recorder Why Why Egyptians first made pyramid with limestone?
@SituationNormalAint2 жыл бұрын
because we just happened to? the ancient Egyptians have nothing to do with this
@blakebergersen2965 жыл бұрын
Don’t touch the threads!!!!
@행호할캥홍3 жыл бұрын
Roman soldiers can sing
@anonymousperson84873 жыл бұрын
I've got the Southern version on CD
@fusionshortmemes1433 жыл бұрын
WT…
@zes38133 жыл бұрын
wrr, any s k, doens mtatter, nos cuh tihng as popux or reacx or rallyx not
@mossyourlocalbleachbottle20985 жыл бұрын
Our Dixie forever She's never had a loss Down with the eagle and up with the cross
@ijsmikasa7035 жыл бұрын
THE UNION FOREVER, HURRAH! BOY HURRAH! DOWN WITH THE TRAITOR, UP WITH THE STARS!!!! WHILE WE RALLY ROUND THE PLACE, BOYS, WE RALLY ONCE AGAIN SHOUTING CRY THE BATTLE OF FREEDOM!!!!!
@ijsmikasa7035 жыл бұрын
go home you Neo Confed
@eoipso42824 жыл бұрын
"she's never at a loss": you can't fault the Rebels for failure to try, despite their lack of war materiel. Lee's men didn't even have shoes at the end.
@andrewthornton34534 жыл бұрын
@@eoipso4282 I say let's try it again. Bet the South wins. Liberalism has driven manufacturing out of the north. I'm ready!
@trogo34024 жыл бұрын
Never had a loss. Hmm yes the south never lost anything