Percy Grainger - Grainger Plays Grainger (LP, Comp) (Very Good Plus (VG+))

Media Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)

Notes:

Despite its similar title, this is not the same album as the 1960s release "Percy Grainger Plays Grainger". 

It's a new recording of a selection of Grainger's vintage piano rolls (ranging from 1915-1928) as played by a Steinway Duo-Art ("Vorsetzer") pianola, recorded live at ABC Studios, Sydney in May 1982.

The liner notes by producer [a4096939 (1933-2012) contain a song-by-song essay and introduction to the "Vorsetzer" which was constructed by himself (with Peter Phillips and Harold Ball) for the purpose of capturing these new recordings.

Roll numbers & performance dates of the Duo-Art rolls used for this project are not noted on this release but appear above for refererence sourced from "Appendix E: Duo-Art Piano Rolls made by Grainger" in John Bird's definitive biographical study "Percy Grainger" (Elek Books Ltd, London, 1976. ISBN 0 236 40004 5).

This release also features a red sticker on the back from The World Record Club with the printed number 'R 11896'. There's no permanent mention of this being a Club Edition elsewhere on the cover or label artwork. 

Recorded in the studios of the ABC Sydney, May 1982

A1. Country Gardens (British Folk Music Settings No.22. Source: roll no.6149 - performed 1919)
A2. Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol (British Folk Music Settings No.2. Source: roll no.5712 - performed 1915)
A3. Spoon River (American Folk Music Settings No.1. Source: roll no.6617 - performed 1923)
A4. One More Day, My John (Sea Chanty Settings No.1. Source: roll no.6030 - performed 1919)
A5. Molly On The Shore - Irish Reel (British Folk Music Settings No.19. Source: roll no.6284 - performed 1920)
A6. Zanzibar Boat Song (Source: roll no.6824 - performed 1925)
A7. Children's March: Over the Hills and Far Away (Room Music Tit-Bits No.4 - for 4 hands, 2 pianos. Source: roll no.6368 - performed 1920)
A8 (a). Hermund the Evil ("Two Musical Relics of My Mother" - for 4 hands, 2 pianos. Source: roll no.6760 - performed 1924)
A8 (b). As Sally Sat A' Weeping ("Two Musical Relics of My Mother" - for 4 hands, 2 pianos. Source: roll no.6760 - performed 1924)
A9. Walking Tune (Room Music Tit-Bits No.3. Source: roll no.5735 - performed 1916)
A10. Lullaby (from "A Tribute to Foster". Source: roll no.5821 - performed 1917)
B1. Mock Morris (Room Music Tit-Bits No.1. Source: roll no.5688 - performed 1915)
B2. Gay But Wistful (from "In A Nutshell" Suite - No.2. Source: roll no.6072 - performed 1919)
B3. Gumsuckers March (from "In A Nutshell" Suite - No.4 - for 4 hands, 2 pianos. Source: roll no.6059 - performed 1919)
B4. Colonial Song (Sentimentals No.1. Source: roll no.5666 - performed 1915)
B5. Eastern Intermezzo ("Youthful Suite" No.4. Source: roll no.6997 - performed 1926)
B6. Jutish Medley (Danish Folk Music Settings No.8. Source: roll no.7274 - performed 1928)
B7. Shepherd's Hey (British Folk Music Settings No.4. Source: roll no.5661 - performed 1915)
B8. A Reivers Neck Verse (Source: roll no.1142 - piano performed 1925, voice 1982)

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Label Code MX206827
Matrix / Runout MX206827 6514 294-A DB
Matrix / Runout MX206827 6514 294-B DB

Copyright (c) Denis Condon
Phonographic Copyright (p) PolyGram Records Pty. Limited
Marketed By PolyGram Records
Recorded At ABC Studios, Sydney

Location : GRVRW32