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Artist: Southern Negro Quartette Label:   Columbia Country: USA Catalogue: A3444 Date: Sep 1921 Format: 10" Genre: Pop, Vocal Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:  1 Owns Price Guide: Valuation Page » Search on eBay This is an affiliate link for which we may be compensated.

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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Southern Negro Quartette	Anticipatin' Blues	James	Rate
B	Southern Negro Quartette	I'm Wild About Moonshine	Creamer, Layton	Rate

Notes

Negro Artists - Male Quartette

Writers:
A: Billy James (composer, 1895-1965), Jean Harmon (lyricist, uncredited)
B: Henry Creamer (lyricist), Turner Layton (composer)

A side (mx. 79920, take 4) recorded New York, NY, June 30, 1921.
B side (mx. 79889, take 2) recorded New York, NY, June 15, 1921.
B side (mx. 79889, take 10) recorded New York, NY, July 6, 1921.
(DAHR)

Both B side takes may have been released simultaneously. Both show BP label printing date code (= late 1921)

A side stamped under label & into runout: 4-B-59 79920
B side stamped under label & into runout: 10-₂ -21 79889

Listed in The Talking Machine World, September 1921, page 166, see also articles at page 74 and page 110 (with photo).

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xiphophilos 23rd Feb 2025		According to the Talking Machine World, the quartet was discovered by a Columbia salesman who heard them singing in an alley in Norfolk, Virginia. Members were Johnny Johnson, Albert Johnson, George Perry, and Walter Harris. They don't really sing blues, even though the title "Anticipatin' Blues" seems to imply that, but sound more like a barbershop quartet to me. Still, they seem to be some of the earliest African-American performers on record, and Columbia promoted them mightily.
xiphophilos 22nd Feb 2025		Lyrics of "I am Wild about Moonshine" (sheet music) Bo-bo-bo-booo Nack-nack-nack-naaa :|| [Verse] Today I met a fancy colored gal named Susan Anna, Susan Anna Gray She seemed as bright an' cheerful as flowers in May She said "I love the birds, the skies and the raindrops that fall But child, you never could surmise what I love best of all. [Chorus 1] "I've gone wild I'm wild about moonshine Just crazy 'bout moonshine I mean it makes you spoony, it sets you loony I've gone wild from yearning night and day And I feel like pining when the moon is shining far, far away You get a fellar who is willing and a bench in the park Drag the fellar and thе bench to a spot in the dark Let him hug and let him kiss until his heart is satisfied But if your conscience hurts then let your conscience be your guide I've gone wild I'm wild about moonshine Moonshine has made a wild, wild woman of me" [Chorus 2] "I've gone wild I'm wild about moonshine Just crazy 'bout moonshine [...] I mean a little liquor, that has a kicker I've gone wild from yearning night and day And I feel that quiver of the Old Green River fading away You get a cellar and a kettle, some yeast and some corn A little sugar and some raisins, and you boil 'em till morn Let it stand about a week and you'll discover with joy 'Twill kick you like a jackass (Wow!), oh boy I've gone wild I'm wild about moonshine Moonshine has made a wild, wild woman of me"
xiphophilos 22nd Feb 2025		A side: I've been raging ever so long, watching and waiting for you, for you. Did you know that my love is sound, What are you going to do, to do?
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