Performance by Howard Hayes, one of a set of four reels in my collection of recordings made in the late 1940's in Liberia by Arthur Alberts. I believe these 7-1/2 IPS mono copies I have were made in the early 1960's by Roberts himself from his own original master tapes. No copyright implied. Enjoy!
Join Team FranLab!!!! Become a patron and help support my YouTube Channel on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/frantone
- Music by Fran Blanche -
Frantone on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/frantone/
Fran on Twitter - https://twitter.com/contourcorsets
Fran's Science Blog - http://www.frantone.com/designwritings/design_writings.html
FranArt Website - http://www.contourcorsets.com

By Fran

18 thoughts on “Fran’s public domain: 1949 recording – bush cow milk”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ricardo Sales says:

    yeaahh !!! Fran, I loved it! I loved the reel recorder, and I loved hearing you sing! it was beautiful!! I liked to see

    I love your videos, and I hope to be your fan, I say this because I love music from that time! and i loved it ๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ’–โš˜

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ricardo Sales says:

    yeah !!!! I loved it! Fran, I loved the beautiful reel recorder and I loved the song !! how cool, I also have a reel recorder Fran, thanks my angel! I liked hearing you sing

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Kenneth deGruchy says:

    Is that a Roberts 770X? Did you refurbish it so it works acceptably? I so longed for one of these back when I was in High School in the early 70's.

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Tree Climber says:

    "I'll milk a bush cow for you"!
    What a heartwarming song, even though it sounds like he's actually saying he won't go milk the bush cow for her, haha. Clean, quality music. Thank you Fran! I'd milk a bush cow for you any day ๐Ÿ˜‰

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Galakyllz says:

    I chuckled at the cat too.

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Duck Landes says:

    I'm surprised you can "get away" with playing Public Domain music on youtube without getting copyright strikes. I was using 80 and 90 year old PD music and would get 2 or 3 copyright strikes on every single video I uploaded. I had never monetized my videos, but once the scam companies put a copyright claim on my video they would put ads on my videos. They were making money from my videos. It's a huge scam that youtube allows. I was getting Copyright claims from companies in places like India or Asia that had maybe produced a CD compilation of Public Domain music, and apparently thought that gave them a Copyright on that music. I got copyright claims on music I had paid for the right to use, and even got copyright claims on music I wrote, performed, and recorded myself. Claiming copyright on Public Domain music is against the law, yet youtube allows these scams to go on. I eventually got tired of fighting it and just deleted all my videos about the middle of 2017.

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Hammy Technoid says:

    Vintage…. Absolutely!

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Hobo Ogre says:

    Haha…. they could use a little practice, but that was fun. Thanks for sharing.

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars RODALCO2007 says:

    Great! you have the Akai M9 reel to reel.

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars ghl says:

    That was great!

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Tripledonkey says:

    Brilliant.

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Sarah Wilson says:

    Now this is how music should be done! With folks who are genuinely having fun, and performing for the love of it. I especially liked the female harmony, she's not exactly on time, but it's ideal for this recording. Heads (no pun intended) above and lively. Certainly not the modern overprocessed auto-tuned sterilized mess done by 6 writers, 8 producers, and says the same line 27 times.

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars El Kabong says:

    Are those tapes the originals? I am surprised if they are, as I would think they would lose the magnetic coating as the tape ran through the mechanism.

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars jim hatch says:

    did you optimize tape head azimuth? dont do it if there are any wear marks on the head.

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars jim hatch says:

    You didn't loop the tape through the left flutter filter arm.

  16. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars John Robinson says:

    Fran, i have been told by most whom know me i have an exceedingly wide ranging eclectic taste in music. i think you exceed me in that regard…. perhaps. I like that tune. I very much like the honesty of it. Feel free to dig into the collection and put one out once and a while….i would look forward to that. Thank You for sharing Fran.

  17. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars brochan11 says:

    It sounds like they had a good time recording that. It's lovely to hear such amazing music from Liberia. It's such a shame that this country has suffered so much in recent years.

  18. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars John Thimakis says:

    OMG ๐Ÿคฃ
    ๐ŸŽค๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽ™๐ŸŽถ
    That deserves a Grammy. ๐Ÿ†

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.