When musical recordings were still a novelty, the average person still thought of music largely as an event you’d go out to see, in music halls, vaudeville shows or operas. As a result, the earliest recorded music often has a real ‘Let’s put on a show!’ quality, made by polished stage entertainers who just want to dazzle you. This collection features warbling ballads, weird comedy routines, and a Sol Ho’opi’i steel guitar solo pulled off with true showman’s flair.