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Seek "Marigold" by Billy Mayerl
By Julian Dyer

British Aeolian issued quite a lot of Mayerl titles on 88-note roll
in the 1920s and 1930s.  Their issue of "Marigold" (on Themodist,
Meloto and the various other labels they used) is not too rare in the
UK, but is a bit strange.  After years of wondering I found out that
it's taken from the orchestral version rather than the piano version
we all know, so differs in quite a number of details both rhythmic and
melodic.  Exactly why Aeolian made a piano reduction of the orchestral
version of a piano piece remains a mystery to me.

I have a scan of "Marigold", and quite a number of other Mayerl titles,
so they can be recut if anybody wants to take a custom batch of 4 rolls.
I offer the Duo-Art of "Eskimo Shivers" in my recut catalogue.

Julian Dyer
http://pianorolls.co.uk/ 


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