Early Ragtime Piano

This compilation traces the genre's early days in the recording studio. It includes a reissue of the Victor Talking Machine Company's first piano ragtime disc in 1916, as well as several performances of English ragtime. These sides portray the piano in an era when recording technology struggled to capture the instrument's full range.

Track Listing

101	1915 Rag	Harry Austin Tierney	02:36
102	The Tramp Rag	Joe Batten	02:56
103	Delirious Rag	Harry Thomas	02:55
104	Breakin' the Piano	Billy James	02:56
105	Monkey Blues	Max Darewski	02:26
106	Fine Feathers	Willie Eckstein	03:02
107	Spring Feelin'	Donald Thorne	02:33
108	You've Got to Be Modernistic	James P. Johnson	03:14
201	Frog-I-More Rag	Jelly Roll Morton	02:46
202	King Porter Stomp	Jelly Roll Morton	02:58
203	Dusting the Keys	Harry Snodgrass	03:00
204	Try it and Play It	Willy White	02:36
205	Pianola	Frank Westphal	03:22
206	Chimes	Willie Eckstein	03:02
207	Doing the Dominoes	Ronald Gourlay	02:46
208	Dancing Shadows	Raie Da Costa	02:55