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Various Artists - Early Ragtime Piano / Various [New CD] Artist: Various Artists Title: Early Ragtime Piano / Various Condition: Format: CD Release Date: 2012 Label: Folkways Records UPC: 093070603325 Genre: Jazz Album Tracks 1. 1915 Rag 2. The Tramp Rag 3. Delirious Rag 4. Breakin' the Piano 5. Monkey Blues 6. Fine Feathers 7. Spring Feelin' 8. You've Got to Be Modernistic 9. Frog-I-More Rag 10. King Porter Stomp 11. Dusting the Keys 12. Try It and Play It 13. Pianola 14. Chimes 15. Doing the Dominoes 16. Dancing Shadows 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. Copyright DirectToU LLC. All Rights Reserved.