I only see the Digest, so perhaps this has already been addressed, but Ken
Flaherty of Polk Miller CD fame is working on a reissue of the earliest
Fisk recordings that will include all of the Edison cylinders, beautifully
restored... including one (which I had previously not heard) featuring the
strong lead tenor of Roland Hayes. His earliest recording, age 24. The
experimental discs of course are lost, as is most unissued material from this era.
I believe the only missing (issued) recording by them from this era is one
of the rare Starrs from 1916. Starr 7554 has not turned up yet.
The cylinder made by a Fisk quartet at the ARSC Conference in Nashville in
1997 may be "lost" in a sense. I understand that the Fisk music director
forbid Peter Dilg from making any copies, for anyone. (Even me--and I did the
announcement, doing my best Ed Meeker imitation). Perhaps Mike Biel filmed
it.
The Fisk Singers made three LPs in the 1950s, one of which, on Folkways,
should still be available from the Smithsonian as a CDR. They made very few
commercial recordings after that, for which see Allmusic and Amazon.
Tim
>>Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:52:04 +0000
From: Rob DeLand <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Fisk Jubilee Singers discography?
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Tim Brooks included a photo of a 1997 Fisk cylinder recording session (ph=
oto on pg. 214, courtesy of Steve Ramm) =E2=80=93 was that the ARSC recor=
ding you mention?I wonder how many recordings there were between when Dix=
on & Godrich left off in 1940 and the present.I got through about half th=
e Fisk chapter on my commute home tonight.How beautifully written!Very in=
teresting, insightful commentary all the way through.I see the three Docu=
ment CD=E2=80=99s cover the entire output covered in D&G (through 1940) E=
XCEPT for the nine Edison cylinders from 1912.I don=E2=80=99t have a lot =
of Fisk 78s, but I do have 16453 (individual names listed on the label) a=
nd 16487 (individual names not listed).Which are more common, labels with=
individuals=E2=80=99 names or those without?Another question: Tim mentio=
ns the nine Edison cylinder recordings (pg. 200) plus two experimental, v=
ertically cut discs.D&G includes the nine cylinders, but doesn=E2=80=99t =
mention the discs. I don=E2=80=99t suppose anything remains of the disc m=
asters?Mr. Seubert=E2=80=99s UCSB site includes 5 of the Fisk cylinder ti=
tles, and it sounds like the originals must have been in relly good shape=
.Have the other 4 titles all been located in one collection or another?I =
meant to read the rest of the Lost Sounds chapter tonight but got sucked =
in by the Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett coverage.How sad to lose bot=
h of them!I always hoped Jackson would bounce back for one more great alb=
um, I bet he had it in him.What a waste =E2=80=A6 so sad.Thanks,Rob
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