Wei Zhongle - Vinyl LP: Lyrichord LL 772

Wei Zhongle - Lyrichord LL 772

Artist/Performers: Wei Zhongle (Wèi Zhōnglè 卫中乐, as "Wei Chung Loh" on LP)
Album: Chinese Classical Music, played on ancient instruments by Professor Wei Chung Loh
Year:
Company: Lyrichord LL 772

LP track list (as on LP):
A1. Dance Prelude (pipa solo)
A2. Flying Flowers Falling Upon Emerald-Green Grass (pipa solo)
A3. Parting at Yang Kwan (qin solo)
A4. Soliloguy of a Convalescent (erhu solo)
B1. Temple Meditation (xiao solo)
B2. March (erhu solo)
B3. The Drunken Fisherman (qin solo)
B4. The Flight of the Partridge (dizi solo)

With titles in Chinese:
A1. gē wǔ yǐn 歌舞引 Dance Prelude (pipa solo)
A2. Flying Flowers Falling Upon Emerald-Green Grass (pipa solo)
A3. yángguān sān dié 阳关三叠 Parting at Yang Kwan (qin solo)
A4. bìng zhōng yín 病中吟 Soliloguy of a Convalescent (erhu solo)
B1. Temple Meditation (xiao solo)
B2. guāng míng xíng 光明行 March (erhu solo)
B3. zuì yú chàng wǎn 醉渔唱晚 The Drunken Fisherman (qin solo)
B4. zhègū fēi 鹧鸪飞 The Flight of the Partridge (dizi solo)

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I don't know when this record was recorded. There is considerable background noise on the recordings which suggest it could be the 1950s or older. All the tracks are not more than about 3 1/2 minutes long, which might be a clue that it was recorded in the 78rpm era. The sleeve notes mention that Wei Zhongle made a tour of the USA in 1937, so assuming it is writing about something which happened not too long ago (from the time of the original release of the LP), I would guess the 1940s for the recording date and maybe the 1950s for the LP.


Update:

Track B1. Temple Meditation (xiao solo) is zhuāng tái qiū sī 妆台秋思 (autumn thoughts at dressing table)