I like the album as a historical document, to hear how Skinner played, what he played, what speed he played at, and so on.
I have that old vinyl LP also. You can't actually tell at what speed Skinner played from the LP because, although it may have faithfully reproduced the cylinders are whatever, those didn't play at the right speed either. I mean, he just didn't play as fast as some of those cuts go. I am fairly sure of that because the key of the music is not correct in at least the one case I checked. I don't believe he would have been tuned so extra high or played the pieces in the wrong key PLUS played way too fast. The most sensible explanation is that the cylinder/record just went too fast at playback (or maybe even too slow when recording?). Also, I think they were purposefully trying to fit a lot on one cylinder/record.
- Kate
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