File:MeekerBallGame.ogg
MeekerBallGame.ogg (Ogg Vorbis sound file, length 2 min 9 s, 161 kbps, file size: 2.48 MB)
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This file was selected as the media of the day for 14 January 2012. It was captioned as follows:
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Македонски: Песната Take Me Out to the Ball Game („Одведи ме на безбол“) во изведба на Едвард Микер (1908)
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Summary
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English: “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” is an early-20th century waltz song composed by Albert Von Tilzer, which became the unofficial anthem of baseball. This version was sung by Edward Meeker on an Edison Records phonograph cylinder in 1908, and was one of the earliest performances of the work. In 2011 this recording was preserved by the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry. |
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| Source | http://www.tinfoil.com/cm-9808.htm#e09926 Ripped from Edison Records phonograph cylinder #9926. |
| Author | Jack Norworth (lyricist), Albert Von Tilzer (composer), Edward Meeker (singer), Edison’s National Phonograph Company (publisher) |
Licensing
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This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 60 years or fewer. Under the Classics Protection and Access Act (17 U.S.C. § 1401), this sound recording is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1924.  Not all audio files are "sound recordings". Sounds accompanying a motion picture or other audiovisual work are not sound recordings under U.S. copyright law. Use this template's equivalent, {{PD-old-60-expired}}, for works that are not sound recordings.
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File history
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| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
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| current | 07:49, 20 February 2011 | 2 min 9 s (2.48 MB) | Haha169 | Reverted to version as of 04:04, 18 February 2011 | |
| 02:01, 19 February 2011 | 2 min 9 s (1.62 MB) | Haha169 | noise removal | ||
| 04:04, 18 February 2011 | 2 min 9 s (2.48 MB) | Haha169 | {{Information |Description ={{en|1="Take Me Out to the Ball Game" is an early-20th century song which became the unofficial anthem of baseball. This version was sung by Edward Meeker on a phonograph in 1908, and is the first ever recording of the song. |
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- Albert Von Tilzer
- Edward Meeker
- Jack Norworth
- Take Me Out to the Ball Game
- User talk:Haha169/FS Archive
- Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates/February 2011
- Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates/Take Me Out to the Ball Game
- Wikipedia:Featured sounds
- Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2011-02-28/Features and admins
- Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Single/2011-02-28
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