At the Minstrel Show (Various Artists)
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| Tracklist: CD 1 | ||||
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| Victor's "An Evening with the Minstrels" Series | ||||
| 1. | No. 1: Ethiopian Carnival of Melody | Victor Minstrels (Entire Company) | 1905 | |
| 2. | No. 2: Minstrel Ballad: My Creole Sue | Victor Minstrels (feat. S. H. Dudley, Len Spencer & Harry Macdonough) | 1905 | |
| 3. | No. 3: End Song: Chimes of the Golden Bells | Victor Minstrels (feat. S. H. Dudley, Len Spencer & Quartette) | 1905 | |
| 4. | No. 4: Musical Act: Ebony Emperors of Melody | Victor Minstrels (feat. S. H. Dudley & Len Spencer) | 1903 | |
| 5. | No. 5: Having Fun with the Orchestra | Victor Minstrels (feat. Len Spencer & Steve Porter) | 1904 | |
| 6. | No. 6: The Cake Walk in Coontown | Victor Minstrels (feat. Len Spencer) | 1905 | |
| 7. | No. 7: Sidewalk Conversation: Funny Things You See in the Papers | Victor Minstrels (feat. S. H. Dudley & Len Spencer) | 1902 | |
| 8. | No. 8: Grand Afterpiece: Scenes on the Levee | Victor Minstrels (Entire Company) | 1904 | |
| Columbia's "An Evening with the Minstrels” Series | ||||
| 9. | Introductory Overture | Columbia Minstrels (Entire Company) | 1903 | |
| 10. | Our Land of Dreams | Columbia Minstrels (feat. J. W. Myers) | 1903 | |
| 11. | End Man's Stories | Columbia Minstrels (feat. Len and Harry Spencer) | 1903 | |
| 12. | End Man Song: I'm a N- That's Living High | Columbia Minstrels (feat. Arthur Collins) | 1903 | |
| 13. | Jokes Between Interlocutor and End Men | Columbia Minstrels (feat. Len and Harry Spencer & Arthur Collins) | 1903 | |
| 14. | I'm Wearing My Heart Away for You | Columbia Minstrels (feat. George J. Gaskin) | 1903 | |
| 15. | Jokes Between Interlocutor and End Man | Columbia Minstrels (feat. Harry Spencer & Arthur Collins) | 1903 | |
| 16. | End Man's Song: My Friend from Home | Columbia Minstrels (feat. Len Spencer) | 1903 | |
| 17. | Finale: Black Hussars March | Columbia Minstrels (feat. J. W. Myers) | 1903 | |
| 18. | Musical Specialty: Trumpet Solo | Columbia Minstrels (feat. Albert Bode) | 1903 | |
| 19. | Monologue | Columbia Minstrels (feat. George Graham [presumed]) | 1903 | |
| 20. | Yankee Doodle: Banjo Solo | Columbia Minstrels (feat. Vess L. Ossman) | 1903 | |
| Edison's "At the Minstrel Show" Series | ||||
| 21. | At the Minstrel Show No. 1 | Edison Minstrels (Entire Company) | 1906 | |
| 22. | At the Minstrel Show No. 2 | Edison Minstrels (feat. Arthur Collins & Byron G. Harlan) | 1906 | |
| 23. | At the Minstrel Show No. 3 | Edison Minstrels (feat. Len Spencer & Billy Murray) | 1906 | |
| 24. | At the Minstrel Show No. 4 | Edison Minstrels (feat. Will F. Denny) | 1906 | |
| 25. | At the Minstrel Show No. 5 | Edison Minstrels (feat. Len Spencer & Billy Murray) | 1906 | |
| 26. | At the Minstrel Show No. 6 | Edison Minstrels (Entire Company) | 1906 | |
| Tracklist: CD 2 | ||||
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| 1. | The Minstrel Parade | Arthur Collins & Byron G. Harlan | 1915 | |
| 2. | Minstrel 1st Part, “A High Old Time” | Spencer, Williams & Quinn's Imperial Minstrels | ca. 1894-1895 | |
| 3. | Minstrel 1st Part, “Dese Bones Shall Rise Again” | The Imperial Minstrels | ca. 1899 | |
| 4. | Minstrel 1st Part, “The Laughing Song” | Billy Heins & the Ancient City Quartette | ca. 1898 | |
| 5. | Minstrel 1st Part, “A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight” | Excelsior Minstrel Company | ca. 1898 | |
| 6. | It's Got to Be a Minstrel Show Tonight | Dan W. Quinn | 1902 | |
| 7. | Minstrel 1st Part, “Echoes of Minstrelsy” | Arthur Collins, S. H. Dudley & the Ancient City Quartette | 1899 | |
| 8. | Minstrel 1st Part, “All I Want Is My Chicken Back” | Alabama Troubadours | ca. 1900 | |
| 9. | Minstrel 1st Part, “Three Minutes with the Minstrels” | Arthur Collins, S. H. Dudley & the Ancient City Quartette | 1899 | |
| 10. | That Minstrel Man of Mine | Len Spencer and Vess L. Ossman | 1901 | |
| 11. | Minstrel 1st Part, “My Wild Irish Rose” | Climax Minstrels | ca. 1902 | |
| 12. | Minstrel 1st Part, “Goo Goo Eyes” | Zonophone Minstrels | ca. 1901 | |
| 13. | Monarch Minstrels 1st Part, No. 5 | The Georgia Minstrels | 1902 | |
| 14. | An Amateur Minstrel Rehearsal | Edison Vaudeville Company | 1907 | |
| 15. | I Got to See the Minstrel Show | Arthur Collins | 1906 | |
| 16. | Minstrel Record “D” | Rambler Minstrels | 1906 | |
| 17. | The Peerless Minstrels | Peerless Quartette and Company | 1910 | |
| 18. | The Elks Minstrels | Elks Minstrel Company | 1908 | |
| 19. | The Stranded Minstrel Man | Murry K. Hill | 1908 | |
| 20. | Me an' de Minstrel Ban' | Billy Murray | 1905 | |
| 21. | Military Minstrels (No. 26) | Victor Minstrel Company | 1912 | |
| 22. | Rex Minstrel No. 2 | Peerless Quartette | 1914 | |
| 23. | Minstrels Part VI: I Want to Go Back to the Land of Cotton | Little Wonder Minstrels | 1916 | |
| 24. | The Land of Minstrelsy | Premier Quartet Minstrels | 1919 | |
| 25. | Bring Back Those Minstrel Days | Al Campbell and Jack Kaufman | 1926 | |
The Vinyl District
Minstrelsy was, on a musical level, often quite contemporary, as the performances gathered here tap into songs that were concurrent hits of the day. That makes them far more of interest to musicologists (both professional and listening-room armchair) than a novice might think...The overall appeal relates to the scholarship and how it sheds light on issues of the present day. A- Read the full review →Black Grooves at the Indiana University Archives of African American Music & Culture
"At the Minstrel Show reveals the complex history of American popular music at the turn of the 20th century and serves as a valuable audio companion to books on the topic." Read full review →GRAMMY Awards
- GRAMMY Nominee, Best Album Notes, 2020