Annotation:Operator's Reel

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OPERATOR'S REEL. Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Canadian radio and T.V. fiddler Don Messer, and one of the first sides he and his group the New Brunswick Lumberjacks waxed for Apex Records, in 1937.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Messer (Original Old Tyme Music by Don Messer and His Islanders), 1942. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 70, p. 45.

Recorded sources: Apex 26300-B (78 RPM), Don Messer & His New Brunswick Lumberjacks (1937).

See also listing at:
Hear Don Messer's 1937 recording on youtube.com [1]