Mercury Records Collection: MG-20116: Authentic Ragtime Music

MG-20116: Authentic Ragtime Music / Sammy Spear and his Orchestra

Label Type :	black Mercury type A
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MG 20116A MF1 MSI A2 I
	SIDE-B	MG 20116B MF2 MS A2 Y I

Comments

Front cover in heavy discolouration.

Inside The Groove

A good easy-listeningable ensemble with Ragtime flavours.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Authentic Ragtime Music? Anyway, we can enjoy on this album a very happy, good-old flavoured ensemble. Few musical stimulation, but a nice easy-listening type music.

Above of all, its recording is rather Hi-Fi around its time. A very good monaural recording.

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

6 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	9807	Bees Knees	-
A-2	9801	King Of The Rags	-
A-3	9809	Knockout Drops	-
A-4	9808	Tickle The Ivories	-
A-5	10299	That Moaning Trombone	-
A-6	10300	Chicken Reel	-
SIDE-B
B-1	10301	Spaghetti Rag	-
B-2	10122	All The Boys Love Mary	-
B-3	10296	Melon Time In Dixieland (Vocal)	-
B-4	10296	Melon Time In Dixieland	-
B-5	10297	Black And White	-
B-6	10298	Smokey Mokes	-

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4:
Sammy Spear (tp, cond) and his Orchestra.
Recorded in New York City in 1953.

B-2:
Sammy Spear (tp, cond) and his Orchestra.
Recorded in 1953 (recorded place unknown).

A-5, A-6, B-1, B-3, B-4, B-5, B-6:
Sammy Spear (tp, cond) and his Orchestra.
Recorded at Fine Sound Studios, NYC in 1954.

Jackets

Front	Back

Labels

Side A	Side B