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Memphis Blues[edit]

Memphis Blues
"Memphis Blues", composed by W. C. Handy in 1912. First known recording performed by Victor Military Band, July 15, 1914. Length 2:58.
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Appears in W. C. Handy. The first important work by one of the most influential United States songwriters of the twentieth century. Credited as the inspiration for the fox trot dance and helped transform blues from a little-known regional musical style into a dominant musical idiom. Since both jazz and rock music have their roots in blues, the first popular blues composition and recording is a significant piece of music. See this summary for more information. DurovaCharge! 17:34, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • Conominate and support. - DurovaCharge! 17:34, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Conominate and support - Thanks Durova. Mitch32contribs 17:36, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. It fulfills all of the criteria for featured sound candidates; interesting sample and significant. The archive.org listing offers this .ogg alongside a number of other formats including a .flac file. Is there any precedent for preferred formats on Featured sound candidates? The .flac was also transferred directly from the disk and represents a lossless reproduction. It appears to have better sound quality, too. --Oldak Quill 00:58, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • The only format for video and sound accepted at Wikipedia and Commons is .ogg. It's an open source issue. Wouldn't mind having other formats if it were up to me, but the system isn't configured to accept them. DurovaCharge! 04:51, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Seems to meet the criteria. Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 20:20, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support—Good performance, although you'd love a bit more swing and verve to it, that's hard to get out of a military band. Reasonable technical quality for the time. Pity the percussive instrument sounds like something flapping in the wind! Info page seems OK. TONY (talk) 02:27, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support as long as you add the duration of the recording to the caption (Criterion 4). « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) @ 05:12, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • File time is 2:58. It's easy to miss in the sound file description. :) DurovaCharge! 06:50, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      • I may be reading the criteria wrong, but it seems to me Criterion 4 states "Caption. The file is displayed with an informative, well-written caption, including the duration of the file." When I see "caption" I think of the sentence that goes below the player in an article (i.e. the "'Memphis Blues, composed by W. C. Handy in 1912. First known recording performed by Victor Military Band, July 15, 1914." sentence), thus something to the effect of "(Duration: 2:58)" would satisfy this. Either way, its no big deal. Nice work on the FS! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) @ 07:12, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
        • Right you are. Serves me right for answering as I went to bed. Changed as requested. :) DurovaCharge! 15:48, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
          • Heh, it was almost 1am where I was when I wrote that, so I kind of had a feeling that it just may have been me! Thanks for fixing it, good work! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) @ 19:49, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support: Good quality file that deserves to be featured a lot more than many FAs...... Dendodge .. TalkContribs 22:00, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign 15:46, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Lets add another FS. Zginder 2008-07-08T22:45Z (UTC)
  • Support — E ↗TCB 23:22, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Promoted Victor Military Band-The Memphis Blues.ogg --Zginder 2008-07-10T15:11Z (UTC)

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