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Topic: `The Steel Guitar Story.` |
Archie Nicol R.I.P.
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Ayrshire, Scotland
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Posted 7 Apr 2008 4:25 pm |
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I received this from Amazon today. I don't know too much about what is available about lap steel history, but this looks interesting to me. You might already know about this.
Greetings from Amazon.co.uk,
We've noticed that customers who have purchased or rated Steel Guitar by Buddy Emmons have also purchased Steelin' It : The Steel Guitar Story. For this reason, you might like to know that Steelin' It : The Steel Guitar Story will be released on 14 April 2008. You can pre-order yours for just £12.99 by following the link below.
Steelin' It : The Steel Guitar Story
Various Artists
Price: £12.99
Release Date: 14 April 2008
CD Description
Steel guitar refers to a method of playing on a guitar held horizontally, with the strings uppermost and the bass strings towards the player, and using a type of slide called a steel above the fingerboard rather than fretting the strings with the fingers. This may be done with any guitar, but is most common on instruments designed and produced for this style of playing. The technique was invented and popularised in Hawaii, where this set opens with 25 examples of that island’s foremost exponents of the instrument, famous and obscure, recorded from 1925 to 1952. The other three discs of the 100 track set chronicle the use and development of lap steel guitar, resonator guitar, console/table steel guitar and pedal steel guitar in American western swing, mainstream country and rockabilly music from the mid 1930s to 1957, along the way showcasing all the main acts who made the instruments such an integral part of their sound. Expertly compiled and annotated by Adam Komorowski.
Track Listings
Disc 1
1. Andy Sanella-Slidin' On The Frets
2. Sol Hoopii & His Novelty Four-Iniki Malie
3. Kalama's Quartet-Wai O Minnehaha
4. Four Hawaiian Guitars-Black Boy Blues
5. Sam Ku West-Farewell Blues
6. Sam Ku West-The Memphis Blues
7. Sam Ku West-St Louis Blues
8. H.M.Barnes And His Blue Ridge Ramblers-Honolulu Stomp
9. King Nawahi's Hawaiians-Hawaiian Capers
10. Waikiki Hawaiian Trio-My Best Girl
11. Segis Luvaun-Wela-Ka-Hao
12. Kanui & Lula-Ua Like No A like
13. Andy Sanella-Blues Of The Guitar
14. Palakiko & Paaluhi-Honolulu March
15. Hawaiian Beachcombers-Breezy Hawaiian Melody
16. Roy Smeck Hawaiian Orch-Kalima Waltz
17. Jim & Bob û The Genial Hawaiians-Saint Louis Blues
18. Jim & Bob û The Genial Hawaiians-By The Waters Of Minnietonka
19. Sol Hoopii & His Novelty Quartet-An Orange Grove In California
20. Sol Hoopii & His Novelty Quartet-Oh Lady Be Good
21. Roy Smeck's Serenaders-Guitarese
22. Roy Smeck's Serenaders-Slippery Fingers
23. Roy Smeck's Serenaders-Limehouse Blues
24. Tau Moe & The Original Hawaiians-Hula Blues
25. Tau Moe & The Original Hawaiians-Rhythm Of The Islands
Disc 2
1. Milton Brown & Brownies-Takin' Off
2. Bill Mounce-I Found A New Baby
3. Modern Mountaineers-Taking Off
4. Bob Dunn's Vagabonds-Stompin' At The Honky Tonk
5. Cliff Bruner & His Boys-Kelly Swing
6. Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers-Jitterbug Jive
7. Sons Of Dixie-Don't Ever Go Wrong
8. Roy Newman-Dust Off That Old Piano
9. Bob Wills & Texas Playboys-Stay A Little Longer
10. Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys-Texas Playboy Rag
11. Spade Cooley-Boggs Boogie
12. Johnny Bond-The Daughter Of Jole Blon
13. Spade Cooley-Spadella
14. Hank Penny-Steel Guitar Stomp
15. Bob Wills-Steel Guitar Stomp
16. Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys-Steel Guitar Rag
17. Leon McAuliffe-Steel Guitar Rag
18. Leon McAuliffe-Twin Guitar Boogie
19. Leon Mcauliffe-Take It Away Leon
20. Shelly Lee Alley-Train Whistle Blues
21. Shelly Lee Alley-I've Got the Blues #2
22. Al Dexter-Down At The Roadside Inn
23. Ted Daffan's Texans-Blue Steel Blues
24. Ted Daffan-Weary Steel Blues
25. Ted Daffan-Car Hop's Blues
Disc 3
1. Charles Mitchell-Mean Mama Blues
2. Sons Of The West-Panhandle Rag
3. Sons Of The West-Sally's Got A Wooden Leg
4. Hi-Flyers-Juke Box Jump
5. Leodie Jackson-Steeling The Blues
6. Leodie Jackson-Double Crossin' Mama
7. Spade Cooley-Steel Guitar Rag
8. Spade Cooley-Texas Steel Guitar
9. Johnny Bond-John's Other Wife
10. Johnny Bond-I Won't Stand In Your Way
11. Ernest Tubb-So Round So Firm So Fully Packed
12. Ernest Tubb-Don't Look Now (But Your Broken Heart Is Showing)
13. Jimmy Heap & The Melody Masters-Dessau Waltz
14. Billy Briggs-Down In New Orleans
15. Billy Briggs-Pretty Baby Boogie
16. Lone Star Cowboys-Steel Guitar Bounce
17. Cecil Campbell & The Tennessee Ramblers-Steel Guitar Hop
18. Cecil Campbell & The Tennessee Ramblers-Campbell's Steel Guitar Special
19. Les Anderson-This Is Southland
20. Les Anderson-And I Shook
21. Tommy Sargent-Steel Guitar Boogie
22. Merl Lindsay & His Oklahoma Nite Riders-Safety Pin Rag
23. Merl Lindsay & His Oklahoma Nite Riders-Slidin' Steel
24. Tiny Murphy & His Bar 69 Boys-Hot Steel
25. Little Jimmy Dickens-I've Just Got To See You Once More
Disc 4
1. Buster Martin-Herbie's Steel Guitar Polka
2. Hank Penny-Remington Ride
3. Webb Pierce-I Need You Like A Hole In The Head
4. Shot Jackson-Steeling The Mood
5. Floyd Tillman-I Don't Care Anymore
6. George Morgan-Be Sure You Know
7. Billy Walker-Mexican Joe
8. Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant-Speedin' West
9. Speedy West-Stratosphere Boogie
10. Hank Williams & The Drifting Cowboys-Settin' The Woods On Fire
11. Joe Maphis-Fire On The Strings
12. Charlie Feathers-Peepin' Eyes
13. Charlie Feathers-I've Been Deceived
14. Marvin Rainwater-Where Do We Go From Here
15. Slim Rhodes-Uncertain Love
16. Slim Rhodes-Gonna Romp And Stomp Tonight
17. Onie Wheeler-A Booger Gonna Getcha
18. Onie Wheeler-A Beggar For Your Love
19. Faron Young-Shame On You
20. Faron Young-I'm Gonna Live Some Before I Die
21. Rose Maddox-Looky There Over There
22. Terry Fell-That's The Way The Big Ball Bounces
23. Terry Fell-Wham Bam Hot Ziggity Zam
24. Melvin Endsley-I Ain't Getting' Nowhere With You
25. Bill Haley & The Comets-Is It True What They Say About
Arch.
Whatever they say about me? DON'T BELIEVE IT!
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Brad Bechtel
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Posted 8 Apr 2008 9:17 am
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I didn't know about it before, Archie. Thanks for letting us know. This has a very good selection of some essential steel guitar songs. If it's anything like the other Proper box sets, it should be very enjoyable.
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Brad’s Page of Steel
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Michael Stover
From:
Kansas City
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Posted 23 May 2008 12:32 pm
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I received this box set this week. (It took some wrangling to track it down--I ordered from Amazon, who listed it in stock & then informed me that they were out; I then bought a copy from another Amazon seller, who took their sweet time shipping it to me...)
This is a very odd collection. Many tracks have no significant steel parts (although there's a steel player listed on all tracks in the sessionography section of the booklet). There have been a few new discoveries (Tiny Murphy's "Hot Steel"--  ), but so far, I'm kinda disappointed. It's a good set for the newbs I suppose, but if you already have Flamin' Guitars or Doughboys Playboys & Cowboys or any of the Wills or Cooley sets, you'll find alot of repeats. Definitely the least-satisfying Proper box set I've bought. I'm going to spend some more time with it this weekend. |
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Bill Creller
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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 23 May 2008 5:16 pm
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I didn't see Dick McIntire in that list. Mostly all that country stuff. That was disappointing 
Oh well,that's the breaks  |
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Todd Clinesmith
From:
Lone Rock Free State Oregon
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Posted 24 May 2008 6:41 am Hey Buddy...
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Maybe I need glasses but the photo of Buddy Emmons sure looks like Bud Issacs .
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 24 May 2008 8:16 am
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Nice call, Todd!
Definitely Bud Isaacs.
It must be that luthier's attention-to-detail that you have...
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Bobbe Seymour
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Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 27 May 2008 7:50 pm
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| Yep, Bud Iaasacs! |
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Wally Pfeifer
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 28 May 2008 6:53 am No Hawaiian steel guitarists
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What ? No Hawaiian steel guitarists or Hawaiian music. I don't think I'll be buying this set. I already have hundreds of country steel players on LPs that I bought between the 50s and the 80s. I consider those years to be the best for country steel,- with maybe a few exceptions.
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 28 May 2008 6:56 am
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Wally, looks like Disc 1 is almost all Hawaiian.
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Wally Pfeifer
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Illinois, USA
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Posted 28 May 2008 7:34 am Disc 1 all Hawaiian
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You're absolutely right, Mike. I guess I was just looking at the Hawaiian artists and titles and decided that I already had a lot of them so why buy them again. And I also have hundreds of Hawaiian and steel guitar LPs from all parts of the world with hardly anymore space to store everything.
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 28 May 2008 8:29 am
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Wally, maybe you put your own "box set" together! 
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 28 May 2008 8:42 am I'll second that!
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| There is SO much killer music, lot's of it totally unique, sitting in closets and attics/basements that needs to be preserved and heard by us and future generations. Stuff you wouldn't believe exists. But it all needs to be preserved before the ravages of time get's to it and ends up lost forever. We've already lost so much. |
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 28 May 2008 11:57 am
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Really? My impression is that there's more good music out there in every genre than ever before.
What specific music do you feel isn't being preserved? (Being heard is a different issue.)
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 28 May 2008 7:52 pm
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To a large extent you're correct, but as I said, there's lot's of private material that sits in the various dark corners of many peoples homes, etc. Many folks here on the forum and other steel sites, etc. and plenty who don't get out much any more have stuff that they may not realize is important. Much resides in the vaults of various corporations as well. And, getting to preserve and hear any of that is just as difficult a problem as anything could be. As an example, see Rick's posting of the great JB footage he again has posted. To see a quite drunk JB play like it's nothing is beyond words.
I've been lucky to amass a small goldmine in the last decade + to prove my points, as have many of us, and there's lot's more to unearth.
Let's get digging! |
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Bobbe Seymour
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Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 29 May 2008 7:11 am
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Ron W., I do so agree! I've seen big record companies in Nashville dispose of great old classic masters, just throwing them in the dumpsters. No telling how many folks at home do do the same.
However as tastes change over the years, some music loses its value. Rudy Vally was once better loved by the masses than Elvis is now, (I personally don't miss Elvis that much).
I do miss Ernest Tubb, Webb Pierce and so on, but mostly for the back up band.
And so it goes Ron, Wish you were closer to Nashville, I don't swim that well.
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John Billings
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Ohio, USA
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Posted 29 May 2008 7:47 am
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| I have a large collection of Hawaiian 78 rpm records. I used to haunt all the antique and second-hand stores lookin' for Hawaiian and Piano Boogie Woogie records. I've been meaning to get a special 78 cartridge, already have the "cleanup" software. Need to put these things to disc! |
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Mike Neer
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NJ
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Posted 29 May 2008 7:56 am
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I just bought a Grado 78 cartridge for my Dual turntable and have about 350 78s to record. Don't hold your breath, though....
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 29 May 2008 8:01 am
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| Mike, have you tried it out yet? I wonder if that one will fit on my old Panasonic ttable???? |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 29 May 2008 8:07 am
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| Mike, did you shop around? The best price I see is about $90 for the C cartridge. |
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 29 May 2008 9:07 am
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| Bobbe, I don't fly any better than you can swim to Hawaii, but cross our fingers and maybe the twains shall meet someday! |
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Steve Norman
From:
Seattle Washington, USA
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Posted 29 May 2008 9:14 am
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Proper makes a good effort at their sets,for the price they are really good,Im gonna pick that up as soon as I find it. Even though through copyright laws you old folks ;-)cant legally make compilations of essential steel songs for us wipper snappers, you could legally post a song list for us to accumulate ourselves! I would love to hear some of the rare stuff that doesnt make it to the "best of" albums available to us now.
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 29 May 2008 9:41 am
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| I was just thinkin' of cleanin' those old records up some, convertin' them to digi, and postin' them here as some sort of sound file. |
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John Bushouse
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Posted 29 May 2008 12:15 pm
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Have Basil make the compilations; Proper gets around any copyright issues because the UK copyright laws are looser than in the US- only 50 year protection. You'll notice that all of the Proper compilations that came out in 2003 (a lot) all end at 1953. That's why Proper can put out the sets it does at an affordable price - US companies have to worry about copyrights.
I have the "Rhythm of the Waves" and "Waikiki Is Good Enough For Me" compilations made by Beer Records, before copyright issues reared their ugly heads and they stopped selling the CDs. I do notice that Beer Records is selling "Sol Ho`opi`i in Hollywood: First Recordings 1925." Looks very interesting.
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Chris LeDrew
From:
Canada
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Posted 15 Jun 2008 3:43 pm
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I just got this box set. It's a hoot! It has made a Spade Cooley fan out of me. I also love Shot Jackson's tunes. Great stuff. The Floyd Tillman songs have some very fine steel playing. I have to look up who it was again.
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Edward Meisse
From:
Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 15 Jun 2008 6:43 pm
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The only Loyd Tillman song I saw was on disc four. The steeler was listed as Herb Remington. Mr. Remington is represented on several of the later cuts as is Jerry Byrd. I heard Don Helms twice. Didn't bother to look him up to be sure. But....
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