Billy Murray 16" soundtrack for "Rube Minstrels" 1928

Courtesy of Dick Carty. 16" soundtrack disc to "Rube Minstrels," a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Movietone act, starring Starring the Eight Popular Victor Artists: Frank Banta, piano; Stanley Baughman, bass; Henry Burr, tenor; Sammy Herman, xylophone; Carl Mathieu, tenor; Billy Murray, tenor/comedian; Monroe Silver, comedian; and James Stanley, baritone. Probably filmed (and recorded) at 2478 Second Avenue in Harlem, around November 21, 1928. Released on Saturday, March 9, 1929. This was the first commercial sound film featuring Billy Murray and Henry Burr.

Unfortunately, a copy of the film has not been located. Anyone know of a copy? Anyway, here's the soundtrack, and you can only try and picture on your mind how Murray, Burr, and the others are acting on the screen. Selections: "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here" by the ensemble, "Where Do Mosquitoes Go in the Wintertime?" by Murray, "The Farmer Took Another Load Away" by the Peerless Quartet (Burr, Mathieu, Stanley, and Baughman), xylophone solo by Sammy Herman, "I'll Open the Door and Close the Door" by Monroe Silver) (announced as "A Bow-Legged Girl May Be Healthy, but She's in Terrible Shape"), and "Good-bye Friends" by the ensemble. www.denvernightingale.com