Re: Dave Tarras rarities CD

[Bill Barabash <billb...>]

Hi Farfl,

Thanks for your reply.  For now I'll just order the Tarras
CD.  Tell me whom to make the check out to, and where
to send it; my address is below.

Kurt Bjorling's casette is one of eight tapes he sells to
his fellow klezmorim as educational resources.  The sound
quality is generally poor -- recorded from 78s with little
or no de-clicking.

Most of the Dave Tarras tracks are anthologized on either
the Yazoo CD or on the second Global Village collection.
"A Rumenisher Nigun" is on the "Yikhes" anthology.

The Beckerman material is harder to get commercially;
"Tants-a-Freilach" is on the Rounder "Klezmer Pioneers"
anthology.  Parts of "Ot Azoy" and "A Galitsianer Tents'l"
are on the recording that accompanies "The Compleat
Klezmer" book but, frustratingly, they each get cut off
at the first dacapo.

Here's the contents of the Early Dave Tarras / Shloimke
Beckerman tape:

Side A: DAVE TARRAS

September, 1925:
  1. Dem Trisker Rebns Khosid
  2. Sha, Sha, Di Shviger Kumt
  3. Bulgar
  4. Dem Monastrishtcher Rebns Khosid'l
January, 1926:
  5. Dovid'l Bazetst Di Kale
  6. Mayn Tayere Odessa
  7. Nisht Gezorgt
  8. Nor Gelebt, Nor Gelakht
April, 1927:
  9. A Rumenisher Nigun
 10. Rumenishe Doina
January, 1928:
 11. Unzer Toirele
 12. Dem Tsadiks Zemer'l

Side B: SHLOIMKE BECKERMAN

December, 1923:
  1. Ot Azoi
  2. Yismekhu
  3. A Galitsianer Tents'l
  4. T'kias Shofar
October, 1923:
  5. Trinkt Briderlakh Lekhayim
  6. Tants-a-Freilakh
Date unknown:
  7. Ukranian Potpourri - Part I
  8. Ukranian Potpourri - Part II
  9. Russian Dances - Part I
 10. Russian Dances - Part II
April 1924:(Rederman's & Beckermans Orchestra
            featuring Alex Fiedel, cornet)
 11. Europaishe Kolomyka
 12. Europaishe Kamariska

-----Original Message-----
From: farfl's house <farfl (at) idirect(dot)ca>
To: Bill Barabash <billb (at) harlequin(dot)com>; jewish-music (at) 
shamash(dot)org <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Wednesday, December 23, 1998 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: Dave Tarras rarities CD


>Hi, Bill:
>Please send me the track listing of Kurt's cassette as I'm not familiar
>with it. This CD has alot of the Tarras Jewish Instrumental Trio on it,
>and the rest of the Savoy sides, etc. There are a couple of repeats from
>the Global Village CDs, but these transfers sound better. I have about
>five different Klezmer CDs available right now; Vol. One is a mixture of
>different recordings of tunes that are transcribed in Martin van de
>Ven's Klezmer books, Vol. Two is different types of International reed
>styles, and that one includes Middle Eastern and Greek as well as two
>previously-unissued tunes by Naftule Brandwine, playing under a Russian
>guise. Vol. Three is Tarras, Vol. Four is all Pesachke Burstein, and
>Vol. Five is another assorted disc, with two Beckerman tunes (maybe on
>Kurt's cassette?) and some great Yiddish Theatre Orchestra tunes
>(various Theatre Orchestras, like Satz', etc.) They are $18.00 US each
>including postage to the U.S., more if to Europe. If you order more than
>one,  the first disc is $18.00, and the next discs are all $16.00 each.
>Let me know if any of this holds your interest.
>Regards,
>Steven
>
>Bill Barabash wrote:
>
>> Hi Farfl,
>>
>> How do I get a copy of the Dave Tarras rarities CD you
>> mentioned on the jewish-music mailing list?  What other
>> CDs do you produce/sell?
>>
>> My Tarras collection includes the Yazoo CD, both Global Village
>> CDs, the Tarras/Abe Ellstein CD from Banner Records, Frailachs in
>> Hi-Fi vols. 1 & 2 on Laserlight CD, Music for the Traditional Jewish
>> Wedding (Ethnic Folk Arts Center casette), and Kurt Bjorling's
>> Early Dave Tarras / Shloimke Beckerman casette.  (So, to me,
>> the rest is rarity...)
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -- Bill Barabash  (billb (at) harlequin(dot)com)
>>    c/o Harlequin, Inc.
>>    One Cambridge Center
>>    Cambridge, MA 02142 USA