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Politically Incorrect Piano Rolls
By Douglas Henderson

Hello MMD readers,  We have been producing some of these "Politically
Incorrect" rolls, for many years, including "Amer-i-can, That Means
the Klan," an 88-Note Ku Klux Klan word roll:
http://www.wiscasset.net/artcraft/ltdrolls.htm

(Note: since the Play-Rite fire of early 1997, we have been unable to
have our song rolls duplicated, since Play-Rite lost their stencil
equipment in the blaze.  Once we are sold out, this title will be gone,
for that reason.)

Other rolls in our regular catalogue include "The Preacher and the Bear"
(with the dialogue adapted from the Arthur Collins Edison cylinder
recording), "Cinderella Soot Cakewalk" (1899), complete with words and
an outrageous drawing from the sheet music cover (placed at the end of
the roll, for obvious reasons!), plus the 'Hot' Ragtime Song Medley.

The latter roll features 12 augmented/connected tunes, re-mastered
for our modern striking standards, from the Vocalstyle Minstrel Series.
You can see here what the 12 songs are:
http://www.wiscasset.net/artcraft/rolls3.htm (Scroll down to the 'Hot'
Ragtime Song Medley.

We elected to eliminate the words from these Vocalstyle arrangements,
since the snappy syncopated music can stand on its own merits, without
the jingoist lyrics.

Our rolls, listed above, all feature a disclaimer stamp, to the effect
that we don't endorse the views in the pieces, but wish to present
them, as they were, for historical accuracy.

Happy listening!

Regards,
Douglas Henderson - Artcraft Music Rolls
Wiscasset, Maine
http://www.wiscasset.net/artcraft/


(Message sent Mon 28 Jul 2003, 14:04:45 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

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