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The Circus is Coming

1912 National Calliope, Various Artists - Miscellaneous

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Audio CD (January 1, 1990)
Original Release Date: 1990
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Koch International
ASIN: B00000IOTC

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #351,002 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Dixie, Yankee Doodle, O'Susanna, Old South Cake Walk, Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
2. Ragtime Cowboy Joe
3. The Prisoner's Song
4. Nola
5. Under the Double Eagle-March
6. The Twelfth Street Rag
7. Smiles
8. My Blue Heaven
9. Oh Dem Golden Slippers
10. Hinky, Dinky Parly Voo
11. In the Good Old Summer Time
12. Spirit of St. Louis-March
13. The Eagle-March
14. Hello Lindy
15. We Did it Again
16. Lucky Lindy
17. You Flew Over
18. Barnum & Bailey Favorit March
19. The Billborad March
20. Bombas to March
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Old Fashioned Calliope Music

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5.0 out of 5 stars Calliope Music. Niiiice., October 4, 2001

By	"aclboston" (Roslindale, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This is the happiest album of all time. Many have complained that it drives them nuts, but it puts me, instantly, into a gleeful happy state. It's like riding a carousel for an hour.

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5.0 out of 5 stars delightful, August 23, 2008

By	Jack L. Tofari (Baoding, Hebei, China) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I found this to be a delightful collection of typical circus/carnival music. The instrument seems to be run on air, common with calliopes. For this reason you will not hear the ocassional off key screech, burrble or hoot caused by water carried over from a steam boiler. This calliope, while obviously a calliope, has a tonal quality that I find simply delightful.

For one, the instrument has several octaves and each octave seems to have qualities within qualities. The lower notes, for instance, are sometimes used to give a steamboat whistle or a somber mornful effect. The upper notes are sometimes played with a short, quick timing that gives a sound resembling bells. The timing I find to be also unique. This is an automatic calliope which means that it's probably controlled by a paper piano roll. Most of the "automatic" instruments I've listened played with no feeling. Not this instrument. It makes me wonder what the paper roll looked like to produce the notes you hear. The Field Artillery March, for instance, produces a whaa-whaa sound indicating that the valves are being opened slowly. This is a great contrast to the short, clipped notes of Dixie.

The arrangements are also interesting. The tunes are not simply different tunes played the same old way each time. Each tune is individualized.

Although my favorite music is classical this CD immediately became one of my favorites. It is, plain and simple, happy music.

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