The Story of the Music Box

by George & Madeleine Brown

The Story of the Music Box cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1952
  • Label: Caedmon
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 54:42
  • Community rating: 3.3/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A highly unique, audio-documentary release, 'The Story of the Music Box' features pristine recordings of antique, 19th-century mechanical instruments playing delicate holiday carols and parlor melodies. Accompanied by informative spoken narration detailing the history of the devices, the album serves as both an educational novelty and a charmingly nostalgic listening experience. It is a fascinatingly quaint artifact of early high-fidelity studio engineering.

Genres

Tracklist

  1. Love Your Spell Is Everywhere '93 (7:05)
  2. Sis (4:21)
  3. Blues-Ette '93 (4:35)
  4. Is It All A Game? (5:43)
  5. Capt' Kid (4:47)
  6. Five Spot After Dark '93 (4:53)
  7. How Am I To Know (5:24)
  8. Along Came Betty (6:46)
  9. Autumn In New York (4:41)
  10. Manhattan Serenade (6:27)

Credits

  • Benny Golson - primary artist, tenor saxophone, composed by
  • Tommy Flanagan - primary artist, piano
  • Ray Drummond - primary artist, bass
  • Al Harewood - primary artist, drums
  • Naoshi Koyama - graphics [cover graphics (c.g.): columbia creative]
  • Curtis Fuller - trombone, composed by
  • Edmund Goulding - composed by

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