The ROARING 20's

What I never understood is why on EARTH did they only start making sound motion picture releases in 1927 (The Jazz Singer, you posted above) when they already had Dr. Lee DeForests SOUND ON FILM MOTION PICTURES already for almost 10 year!

Vitaphone was an audio shellac disc that had to be meticulously synchronized to what the projector was projecting on screen. It made no sense to use that archaic process when THEY ALREADY HAD SOUND MOVIE FILM!!!

This documentary explains it. Plus there are dozens of examples all over youtube of pre-Jazz Singer 1927 sound movies (yet The Jazz Singer gets all the credit, and for only 1 or 2 snippets of sound during that film!)



What's even more amazing is the fact that in 1929, only a few films were done with sound. Silent pictures WERE STILL BEING PRODUCED! Why on earth would they do that with the amazing technology of sound motion pictures readily available?

because Al Jolson was jyewish

summer is coming

1923 - Sound film of Eddie Cantor
Just short of 100 years ago

So was Eddie Cantor, in 1923. Explain that one, nazi

Sometimes I feel like my past life was in the Roaring 20's.



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1920 recording on paper - the piano rolls!
Amazing 100+ year old technology!

Instructions for generation alphas on how to use a dial phone.

worst.start.to.a.decade.ever.

The 2020's suck!
Makes the 2010's seem great. And that is bad.

The more things change, etc.

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I love where someone's playin' the jug, towards the end, around 2:10

Great song! Great Recording! Thanks!

Hey, you like this version better, TOOTS?

2 STOCK MARKET RELATED SONGS, 1920'S!

I'm In The Market For You


CLIMBING UP THE LADDER OF LOVE

great thread - re " Re-release of a 1962 FANTASTIC Lp album of original Charleston "All-Stars" from the 1920's, including Louis Armstrong in the orchestra, made up of all 1920's and 30's ORIGINAL MUSICIANS! IN GLORIOUS STEREO!!"

Tuba bass ruled ! that with whatever harmonic distortion in the system on the early electrics, gave a powerful propulsion to music.

I’m going to watch that thanks. The great gatsby is my favorite. I’ve read it like 5 times. Usually every summer. I live on Long Island. Maybe why I love it so much

Definitely not the same.

1920s - people were fearless, independent, pioneering in thought and action - fierce and wild like wolves.

2020s - people are impotent with fear, dependent on their government to save them, lack individuality and individual thought - people have turned into fearful sheep.



Amazing how much the spirit of people has shriveled up into cowardice, scared little sheep - easily corralled into fear and inaction.

Hek, even in the 60s people were not afraid and partied at Woodstock in the middle of a pandemic:

Woodstock Occurred in the Middle of a Pandemic
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Playlist for:

"Novelty Tunes of the 1920's - Edison Diamond Disc Electricsls" Diamond Cut Productions, Inc.

(do these have subharmonic enhanced bass as Diamond Cut did with acoustics ?"

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"Pops Foster" slapping the bass !

omg, did he have an affair with her in a car?