[Answered] Well Git It, Tommy Dosey

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[Answered] Well Git It, Tommy Dosey

#1 Post by muldae76 » Mon Dec 19, 2005 2:20 am

http://www.joshuastory.com/data/mov/danvers2002.avi

This CRAZY FAST MUSIC... :shock:
What is this song??

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#2 Post by Bob the Builder » Mon Dec 19, 2005 3:27 am

The song is:
"Well, Git It!" Composed by Sy Oliver.
I'm not entirely sure which exact recording it is.
Tommy Dorsey is the Artist who first recorded it, but the standard recording is only around the 200 BPMs.
I know some one here will know.
I'm a little suspicious that the version used it speed up.

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#3 Post by Eyeball » Mon Dec 19, 2005 3:39 am

There is a slightly later Dorsey transcription from 1944 (A studio recording) where he plays it at a much faster tempo than the 1942 Victor recording. The 2nd one is too fast and it loses it punch and sounds like 'cartoon music'.

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#4 Post by Toon Town Dave » Mon Dec 19, 2005 8:29 am

The version from the Mad Dog performance has been edited to extend it but I believe there is an example of the original recording on this CD.

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#5 Post by Mr Awesomer » Mon Dec 19, 2005 11:36 am

It's Raymond Scott's version of "Springtime At The Asylum" off the album "Circus Music For Freaks"
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#6 Post by falty411 » Fri Dec 23, 2005 3:32 pm

The song came from my collection and Toon Town Dave is exactly right.

The Dorsey CD is part of a 4 disc set that also has Glen Miller, Benny Goodman and Harry James

It was one of the first swing cds i think i ever bought, i got it at Target
-mikey faltesek

"Dancing is the union of the body with the rhythm and the sound of the music." Al Minns in 1984

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#7 Post by Eyeball » Fri Dec 23, 2005 9:02 pm

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... les#disc_3

fwiw - the version of "WGI" on the 4-CD box set is not the original 1942 recording by Dorsey. It is a faster version that he did crica 1944 for a transcription service. Those transcriptions have been bootlegged many times on many labels.

The original 1942 recording is at a slower tempo and hangs together better imho.

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