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A nostalgic compilation celebrating the light-hearted popular songs of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In The Good Old Summertime brings together performances by The Gaslight Singers, Fuller’s Novelty Orchestra, and The Buffalo Bills, recreating the sound of ragtime-era parlour music and early American popular song. The album features cheerful banjo, brass, and vocal arrangements that evoke the atmosphere of Edwardian summer picnics, vaudeville stages, and early gramophone recordings.
Titles such as “Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis,” “Bill Bailey, Won’t You Please Come Home,” “Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie,” and “Sweet Adeline” capture the charm and melodic simplicity of the period. The sepia-toned sleeve artwork reinforces the album’s nostalgic theme, depicting a Victorian-era couple enjoying music beside a gramophone in a park setting.
Albums like this were popular during the mid-20th-century revival of ragtime and turn-of-the-century American song. They remain appealing to collectors interested in historical popular music, barbershop-style vocals, and novelty orchestral arrangements.
Genre:
Traditional Pop / Ragtime Revival / Early American Songbook
Track Listing
Side A
- Bill Bailey, Won’t You Please Come Home
- Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis
- At Dawning
- Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland
- In the Good Old Summertime
- Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet
- Take Me Out to the Ballgame
- The Glow Worm
- Honeymoon
- Shine On, Harvest Moon
- Waitin’ at the Church
- I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now
Side B
- Sweet Adeline
- Dear Old Girl
- Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
- Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?
- A Bird in a Gilded Cage
- My Gal Sal
- The Whistler and His Dog
- Bedelia
- Cuddle Up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine
- Under the Bamboo Tree
