GE10020 GE10021 Punggok Merindu Bulan Part 1 to 4 Miss Julia with Lincoln's Orchestra c.1937

This is the longest song I have in my collection so far. Punggok Merindu Bulan spans 2 records and is played in 4 parts. One of the records was in better condition than the other so parts 3 and 4 are a little cleaner.

Ini adalah lagu terpanjang yang saya ada dalam koleksi saya setakat ini. Punggok Merindu Bulan merangkumi 2 rekod dan dimainkan dalam 4 bahagian. Satu daripada rekod berada dalam keadaan yang lebih baik daripada yang lain jadi bahagian 3 dan 4 lebih bersih sedikit.

Lincoln's Orchestra, led by David Lincoln was a Singapore / Malayan based Keronchong band that accompanied several notable Malayan singers of the time. They had several records under the Columbia label and often played at Happy World Cabaret in Singapore. A recount of Lincoln's Orchestra by Tony Danker can be found on page 136 of this article written by Assoc Prof Eugene Darianathan and Phan Ming Yen of the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University.

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Miss Julia or her real name Julia Binti Abu Bakar, born in Singapore and was adopted by a Caucasian couple. She started singing at a very young age and was often seen singing at social functions and weddings. In her early 20's, she had married a violinist named David Lincoln who had helped in shaping her singing career professionally.(Azlan, (2013) Musika: Malaya's Early Music Scene. (1st ed). Azlan)

Orkestra Lincoln, diketuai oleh David Lincoln ialah sebuah kumpulan Keronchong yang berpangkalan di Singapura / Malaya yang mengiringi beberapa penyanyi Malaya yang terkenal pada masa itu. Mereka mempunyai beberapa rekod di bawah label Columbia dan sering bermain di Happy World Cabaret di Singapura. Pengiraan semula Orkestra Lincoln oleh Tony Danker boleh didapati di halaman 136 artikel ini yang ditulis oleh Prof Madya Eugene Darianathan dan Phan Ming Yen dari Institut Pendidikan Kebangsaan, Universiti Teknologi Nanyang.

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Cik Julia atau nama sebenarnya Julia Binti Abu Bakar, lahir di Singapura dan dianak angkat oleh pasangan Kaukasia. Dia mula menyanyi pada usia yang sangat muda dan sering dilihat menyanyi di majlis sosial dan perkahwinan. Pada awal 20-an, dia telah berkahwin dengan pemain biola bernama David Lincoln yang telah membantu dalam membentuk kerjaya nyanyiannya secara profesional.(Azlan, (2013) Musika: Malaya's Early Music Scene. (1st ed). Azlan)
This recording was digitised with a Audio Technica AT-LP120XBT-USB with an attached AT-VMN95SP stylus for 78rpm shellac phonographs. Digitisation was done through the turntables internal A/D converter and transferred to Adobe Audition on a PC computer via USB. Recording quality was set at 48000hz 32bit Mono. Hiss and noise removal was carried out. Some quality was lost during cleanup as phonograph was in poor playing condition

Kroncong (pronounced "kronchong"; Indonesian: Keroncong, Dutch: Krontjong) is the name of a ukulele-like instrument and an Indonesian musical style that typically makes use of the kroncong (the sound chrong-chrong-chrong comes from this instrument, so the music is called kroncong). A kroncong orchestra or ensemble traditionally consists of a flute, a violin, at least one, but usually a pair of kroncongs, a cello in pizzicato style, string bass in pizzicato style, and a vocalist. Kroncong originated as an adaptation of a Portuguese musical tradition, brought by sailors to Indonesian port cities in the 16th century. (Wikipedia)