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Volume 2 of Guido Deiro's Complete Recorded Works continues the story of the man who popularized the piano-accordion and made himself a vaudeville superstar in the meantime. Once again, in collaboration with accordionist and free-reed scholar Henry Doktorski and Deiro's son, Count Guido Roberto Deiro, Archeophone presents 25 tracks by the Italian-born virtuoso who altered the way the world heard and understood the accordion. The CD includes a 24-page full-color booklet with extensive notes, meticulous restorations of the music, and one-of-a-kind illustrations from Count Deiro's family collection. The tracks were recorded between 1911 and 1917 and include the only two accordion duets waxed by Guido and his brother, Pietro.
Additonally, Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 will be of interest to historians of vaudeville and films, as it features new revelations about the marriage of Guido Deiro and Mae West. In his detailed notes, Guido's son recalls his meeting with Mae West in 1959 when she told him the facts of her relationship with Deiro--the mysterious "Mr. D" mentioned in her autobiography, Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It. These are the things she never told any interviewer, and now the historical record is set straight.