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Thread #135431 Message #3227458
Posted By: Gibb Sahib
22-Sep-11 - 08:18 PM
Thread Name: Earliest Commercial Shanty Recordings
Subject: RE: Earliest Commercial Shanty Recordings
Jumping off the track her, but an interesting "early" recording of the French chanty, "Et Nous Irons à Valparaiso" (cross between Goodbye, Fare Ye Well and Blow the Man Down).
From 1932, it's Lys Gauty singing "Valparaiso"
Capt. Hayet had this in his 1927 collection of French chanties, which I understand popularized the song.