Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates/John Brown's a-Hanging on a Sour Apple Tree

John Brown's a-Hanging on a Sour Apple Tree

An example of Appalachian Fiddle Music. The tune is also known by the name The Battle Hymn of the Republic.

A high quality version of American folk music on a traditional instrument. Found on the LOC website with no know copyright restrictions. The last few seconds were cut off via Audacity because it was an interview between the musician and the ethnographer.

Nominate and support. Guerillero | My Talk 02:23, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The fiddle is out of tune and most notes are screechy, while some are accidentally played (see 0:14). —Ancient Apparition • Champagne? • 7:09pm • 08:09, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose—per AA. And the opening ... has the recording been cut from the middle of a track? Rather closely miked, and more reverb might have helped (as though in a barn with a stone or cement floor). There are surely better recordings around. Also, if it had been a really early recording, it might be a different matter, but it's 1967. Tony (talk) 11:10, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This was certainly higher quality then most of the recordings that the WPA did during the height of the depression. I will go back to looking through the Library of Congress's database --In actu (talk) 18:55, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think this is a good example of how folk music was played in practice, and thus valid for consideration on ethnographic grounds. There are two problems, however. 1. This doesn't actually appear in Appalachian Folk Music, or any other article, making it ineligible. 2. It's cut off far too abruptly at the end. Make it a bit longer, and use a quick fadeout if you must end sooner than ideal. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 23:11, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Alt 1

This is the full uncut version

John Brown's a-Hanging on a Sour Apple Tree

This should show why I cut it so close. --Guerillero | My Talk 02:48, 29 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose for the same reason I opposed the cut version, the fiddle is horribly played, screechy and out of tune. Also at 0:24 the performer slows down (slows down TOO much) and then at 0:29 it speeds up... —Ancient Apparition • Champagne? • 8:00pm • 09:00, 29 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

John Brown's a-Hanging on a Sour Apple Tree.ogg was withdrawn by the nominator. This looks like a snow sort of thing and it will be better to free up some space on the main nomations page. I thought the ethnographic qualities of this recording would have made up for the imperfections at first. Thanks for weighing in --Guerillero | My Talk 02:48, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]