U.S. Marine Band

The Recordings


Maple Leaf Rag
	Group:	U.S. Marine Band
	Label:	Victor	Matrix Number:	Victor (4911)
	Record Type:	Double sided 10 inch 78 RPM
	Date Recorded:	October 15, 1906
	Listen:	Click to play in popout player
	Notes:	This is the earliest surviving recording of Scott Joplin’s “Maple Leaf Rag.”
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Paula D Fry says:

September 6, 2018 at 2:04 am

My great grandfather was in the USMC Band from 1900-1906…James Selbicky.

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1. DownAndOut says:
  
  September 6, 2018 at 3:00 am
  
  Paula – Thanks for your note! Do you know what instrument he played? The Maple Leaf Rag recording we have here was recorded in 1906. Any chance he would have been part of that project?
  
  –Thomas
  
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