YouTube thread of people's mom's singing Patsy Cline songs on reel-to-reel circa 1963

Mommalou Sings :: The Lost Edmundson Recordings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_8P0nCvGC4

A rare clip of my Grandma singing, recorded sometime in the mid 1950's.

"Forty Year Ago" by Coral H. (Mattingly) Farabee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-MYNs9DSLQ

This is a Wilcox-Gay audio recording of Coral H. (Mattingly) Farabee singing "Forty Years Ago" circa 1949. This song began as a poem in McGuffy's Fifth Eclectic Reader, I believe. Poem #44. I don't know who put it to music. I could only find 2 other recordings of it.

I think I might have one of these in my family. my grandparents are in the process of moving into senior living :( so they've been letting me go through their record collection, and I found this today:

http://i.imgur.com/S5zY0c0.jpg?1

I'm pretty sure that's a misspelling of my grandfather's name (it's spelled properly on the sleeve). I'll have to ask him what it is. unfortunately these lacquer discs are very fragile and I don't have the equipment or know-how to make a digital transfer.

(it looks pristine in the photo, but parts of the playing surface are coated in a greyish dust/residue, which is a sign of deterioration)

this Audiodisc is pretty kooky. the sound quality is decent aside from the points where it skips.

Audiodisc Day the Whole World Died UNKNOWN! Help identify??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qISj691nnoM

Audiodisc Unknown Artist, tag line in song is The Day the Whole World Died. Can you identify the Artist?

not so much for the music but the milieu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eAsUjqB55A

^feel bad for saying that; of course it's for the music too

btw that "day the whole world died" thing is amazing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDy5LUwKJWg

Kyle Athy Mid 1960's Saxophone Reel To Reel St Louis Music Band Name Opus 4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLhZVmwMigA

My grandpa's band from the mid 1960's on a reel. My grandpa plays saxophone on this recording. He also played clarinet, valve trombone and flute. The name of the band is Opus 4.

an empty bliss beyond the world

My music teacher singing the Prayer of St. Francis at age 18 in 1958. Pretty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wavWhlZ41Zs

Dubbed from a reel to reel that was dubbed to and 8 track that was dubbed to an Mp3.... Senior High School Recital. June 1958. Age 18. Redwood Falls High School graduate. Save your footage!