David Francis wrote: > ...Jimmy Shand was renowned for his ability to hit the right tempo > and keep it ticking along...Beware the early Shand recordings though. > They go at an unbelievable lick. One theory is that this was to > accommodate the limited recording space available on the old shellac > records. Or maybe it was the wildness of youth....
I think the latter, Dave. I remember reading that it was at a particular point in his career, after the Beltona recordings I think, that Jimmy decided to study tempi and made a big effort to get it right from then on. Or you could blame earlier recording artists such as the Wyper Brothers; it's fairly obvious that Shand listened to their 78s a great deal. -- Nigel Gatherer, Crieff, Scotland [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/gatherer/ Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
