 Mandolin Instruction Old Time, Country & Fiddle Tunes by Mike Holmes. First released on Folkways, it has been re-released, as a book and CD set, by Smithsonian-Folkways. Click for tune list.
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| Mandolin Instruction Old Time, Country & Fiddle Tunes by Mike Holmes. First released on Folkways, it has been re-released, as a book and CD set, by Smithsonian-Folkways. Click for tune list.
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1923 Vega Banjo Catalog New old stock copy of this excellent reprint with 5 string, banjo mandolin, banjo guitar, tenor, and plectrum models. 32 pages showing Senator, Regent, Imperial Electric, Whyte Laydie #2 and #7, Tubaphone #3 and #9, and Tubaphone Deluxe, several models of 4 and 8 string banjo mandolins, all models of tenors, plus several models of orchestra (plectrum) banjos and banjo guitars. Complete descriptions and testimonials make this a valuable and sorely needed document for identifying and verifying vintage Vegas of the 20s. Long unavailable, don't miss this one. $35.
1927 Gibson "The Banjo" catalog. Full color reprint with lots of period photos of banjo players and drawings of banjos. Color photos of Bella Voce and Florentine models with 4 different color schemes for each! Also covers the banjo's possibilities in "Radio and Recording, The School Orchestra, Dance and Concert, The Soloist, The Home." Fun stuff, with detailed descriptions of the banjos, 24 pages, $35.
1896 SS Stewart Banjo c+atalog. Excellent, accurate, used reprint with pictures of all the models offered at the time, including some of his Presentation model plus period cuts of banjo players and drawings of accessories. With detailed descriptions of each of the banjos, letters of testimonial, words of wisdom from SS Stewart himself, and the original, authoritative instructions for putting on a new, skin, banjo head -- complete with pictures. 56 pages, $100.
1920s Paramount Banjo Catalog Excellent, acurate reprint of the 80 page catalog published by Mugwumps in 1974. A new, unread copy of this long out-of-print volume is offered for sale here, last one! Minor damage to front cover, otherwise fine. Filled with hundreds of photographs of musicians and their instruments, plus large format (9x12) pictures of every model Rettberg & Lange offered at that time. Not a Xerox, but a lovingly produced, professionally printed reproduction of the original on heavy, glossy stock which retains the detail in the original photos. Out of print.
Mandolin Instruction, Old Time, Country & Fiddle Tunes by Mike Holmes. First released on Folkways, it has been re-released by Smithsonian-Folkways. All tunes played slowly and up-to-speed solo, plus all tunes played in a stringband setting (Reed Martin plays banjo, Mike Rivers on guitar) with mandolin on separate track so you can play along with just the accompaniment. 44 page book contains tablature to each tune, plus dozens of vintage photographs and ads. Click for tune list, $35.
Add $5.00 s/h/i, and make check to Michael Holmes, 25 Crescent Street, #243, Waltham, MA 02453. Combine purchases to save shipping charges.
Add $3 s/h/i for the first 3 issues, and $.75 for each additional magazine, and make check to Michael Holmes, 35 Crescent Street, #213, Waltham, MA 02453.