Friday, August 29, 2008

"The Thrill Is Gone" August 29, 2008

(Week 136)

This RADIOLA! has had it up to here with digital technology. Let's call it "The Carpal Tunnel Kid's Manifesto." Computers are designed and sold by hucksters, chew up way too much of our time (and data), and actually make people stupid. Phooey.

Tune in tonight at 8 PM Eastern to WHCL (or, ironically enough, stream here). This program will be on my Live365 site this weekend, Gates willing.

Rudy Vallee and his CT Yankees – The Thrill Is Gone (1931) – Vocalion CDEA 6132
Carpal Tunnel Kid – An Analog Guy In a Digital World (1996) – “Non-Plugged”
Ipana Troubadors – Wake Up, Chill’un, Wake Up (1929) – Columbia 1779-D
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orch – Jazznocracy (1934) – Proper P1597
Ray Noble and his Orch (Al Bowlly, v) – There’s a Cabin in the Pines (1933) – Vocalion 6043
Benny Goodman and his Orch (Mildred Bailey, v) – Junk Man (1934) – Timeless CBC 1-065
Gene Austin – Crying Myself to Sleep (1930) – Take Two TT414CD
Annette Hanshaw – The Way I Feel Today (1930) – Columbia C2K 52943
Don Redman and his Orch (Lois Deppe, v) – Trouble Why Pick On Me (1931) – Hep CD 1001
Red Perkins and his Dixie Ramblers – Minor Blues (1931) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8008
Louis Armstrong and his Orch – Sittin’ In The Dark (1933) – RCA Victor 09026-68682-2
Guy Lombardo and his RC’ns (Carmen L., v) – Lost (1936) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5406
Atilla the Hun – I Don’t Want No Bungalow (1938) – Rounder CD 1077
Atilla the Hun – Dynamite (1934) – Rounder CD 1054
Carpal Tunnel Kid – Unabomber, Bomb My Baby Back to Me (2008) – Aug. 28. 2008 home recording
Jill Corey (w/Glenn Osser Orch, feat. Al Gallodoro, sax) – Bye Bye Blues (1957) – Columbia CL 1095
West End Jazz Band – Persian Rug (2003) – Legacy 2K 103
Bert Williams – Nobody (1913) – Columbia CK 57111
Harry Champion – Any Old Iron (1911) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5363
Harold Leonard and his Red Jackets – Unfortunate Blues (1924) – Retrieval RTR 79050
Al Steele and his Orch – Singin’ the Blues (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8047
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch – Crying All Day (1927) – Gold Sound DCD-772/2
Erskine Tate’s Vendome Orch – Static Strut (1926) – Frog DGF39
Bing Crosby – You’ve Got Me Crying Again (1933) – Columbia CK 44306
Fred Astaire – I’m Putting All My Eggs In One Basket (1936) – Naxos 8.120718
Mills Brothers – Old Fashioned Love (1934) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5032
Bessie Smith – You’ve Been a Good Ole Wagon (1925) – Charly CDCD 1030
Alberta Hunter – I’ll Forgive You ‘Cause I Love You, But . . . (1927) – Bluebird 07863-66065-2
Clara Smith – Oh, Mr. Mitchell! (1929) – Columbia C3L 33
Paul Whiteman and his Orch – Just a Memory (1928) – Naxos 8.120628
Red Perkins and his Dixie Ramblers – Hard Times Stomp (1931) – Jazz Oracle BDW8008
Henry Hall and his Orch (Kitty Masters, v.) – Little Man, You’ve Had a Busy Day (1934) – PGN CD 851

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

NO RADIOLA! THIS FRIDAY

Owing to circumstances beyond my control, RADIOLA! will not be broadcast on WHCL this Friday, August 22. I've uploaded a classic program to the Live365 stream to ease any inconvenience.

Friday, August 15, 2008

"A Jazz Holiday" August 15, 2008

(Week 135)

This RADIOLA! is vaguely celebratory of something--certainly not Windows Vista. Nonetheless, I am determined to enjoy my good mood while it lasts.

Tune in tonight at 8 PM Eastern to WHCL (with streaming HERE). The show will be uploaded to my Live365 station shortly thereafter.

Benny Goodman’s Boys – A Jazz Holiday (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5263
The Mills Brothers – Sweet Georgia Brown (1934) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5032
Ipana Troubadors – Wake Up, Chill’un, Wake Up (1929) – Columbia 1779-D
Arden-Ohman Orch – S’wonderful (1927) – BMG Classics (RCA Victor) 09026 63294-2
Busse’s Buzzards – Milenberg Joys (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-072
Mike Markel’s Orch – Deep Henderson (1926) – Retrieval RTR 79050/2
Rudy Vallee and his CT Yankees – My Song (1931) – Vocalion CDEA 6132
The Revelers – Sing You Sinners (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5278
Ethel Waters – I Got Rhythm (1930) – Classic 721
Halfway House Orch – Squeeze Me (1925) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8001
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers – Jersey Joe (1929) – JSP CD 322
Five Harmaniacs – What Did Rome-o Juliet (1926) – Timeless CBC 1-046
Sam Manning’s Orch – B.G. Blues (1930) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8029
Keskidee Trio – Don’t Le’ Me Mother Know (1935) – Rounder CD 1054
Codallo’s Top Hatters Orch – I Want to Build a Bungalow (1938) – Rounder CD 1077
West End Jazz Band – Roodles (2003) – "Louder and Funnier" Legacy 2K 103
Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks – Cotton Club Stomp (2005) – “Cotton Club Revisted”
Gertrude Lawrence – Poor Little Rich Girl (1925) – Columbia CK 57111
Annette Hanshaw – Loveable and Sweet (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5017
Paul Whiteman’s Rhythm Boys – Sweet Lil/Ain’t She Sweet (1927) – Naxos 8.120696
Paul Whiteman and his Orch – Bell Hoppin’ Blues (1926) – Naxos 8.120628
Eddie South and his Alabamians – La Rosita (1927) – Frog DGF36
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – I Love My Baby, My Baby Loves Me (1925) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5342
Johnny Marvin – Ain’t That a Grand and Glorious Feeling (1927) – Living Era CD AJA 5453
Ted Weems and his Orch – Play That Hot Guitar (1931) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5029
Jack Payne and his BBC Dance Orch – Do Something (1929) – AVID AVC539
Syd Valentine and his Patent Leather Kids – Patent Leather Stomp (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8009
Willie “The Lion” Smith and his Cubs – Harlem Joys (1935) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5272
Joe Robichaux and his N.O. Rhythm Boys – Ring Dem Bells (1933) – Jazz Oracle BDW 5057
Ray Noble and his Orch (Al Bowlly, v) – Experiment (1933) – Vocalion CDEA 6043
Leo Reisman Orch (Harold Arlen, v) – Happy As The Day is Long (1933) – Living Era CD AJA 5603
Greta Keller – Lights Out (1936) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5193

Friday, August 08, 2008

"Announcer's Blues" August 8, 2008

(Week 134)

This RADIOLA! is a potluck supper of great leftovers, occasioned by the turmoil that accompanies installing a new computer in the house (and vainly trying to network it with the old one)--and the selections are somewhat influenced by that strife. Technology is not for sissies.

Tune in tonight at 8 PM Eastern on WHCL (with streaming HERE). The program will be uploaded to Live365 soon thereafter, assuming I can get the damn thing to work.

Frank Burbeck – Hamlet’s Soliloquy (1911) – Victor 16912-A
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch – Announcer’s Blues (1936) – Mosaic Box Set
Dixie Daisies – Wake Up, Chillun, Wake Up (1929) – Cameo 9160
Goodrich Broadcasters – Chloe (1928) – Cameo 8149
Joe Venuti and his Orch – Cheese and Crackers (1933) – Melotone —12831
Paul Specht and his Orch – Dreamy Amazon (1927) – Columbia 1064-D
Dixie Stars – My Sweetie Turned Me Down (1925) – Columbia 389-D
Nick Lucas – I Can’t Do Without You (1928) – Brunswick 3925
National Cavaliers – Sing (1930) – Victor 22559-A
Virginians – Farewell Blues (1923) – Victor 19032-A
Golden Gate Orch – Ramblin’ Blues (1924) – Perfect 14309-A
Broadway Bell Hops – That’s My Hap-Hap-Happiness (1927) – Diva 2365-G
Ambrose and his Orch (Sam Browne, v.) – Too Many Tears (1932) – Youtube Audio
Ray Starita and his Orch – Why is the Bacon So Tough (1928) – Youtube Audio
Gus Arnheim and his Orch – La Rosita (1931) – Victor 22618-B
Carpal Tunnel Kid – Cavorting With Kevorkian (1996) – “Non-Plugged”
The Old Codger – Money (2004) – “Hotcakes and Hot Mamas”
Byron G. Harlan – They Gotta Quit Kickin’ My Dog Around (1912) – UCSB Cylinder
Ernest Hare – Satan, I’m Here (1919) – UCSB Cylinder
Vincent Lopez and his Orch – Pack Up Your Sins (1922) – Okeh 4762
Roy Smeck – 12th Street Rag (1931) – Yazoo LP
The Four Rajahs – Waitin’ For Katie (1928) – Victor 21550-B
Six Jumping Jacks – Send for Our Free Booklet (1930) – Brunswick 4759
Bob Haring and his Orch (Eddy Thomas, v) – Huggable, Kissable You (1929) – Brunswick 4359
Blue Water Yacht Club Orch – Maid of Old Bombay (1928) – Cameo 8160
Jimmy Joy’s Orch – I Got Worry (1928) – Brunswick 3959
Majestic Dance Orch (IK, v) – Four or Five Times (1929) – Sunbeam LP
Frankie “Half-Pint” Jaxon – Wet It (1929) – Herwin LP
Slim Green – Cocktails For Two (1935) – Decca 7104-A
The Modernists – Solitude (1934) – Perfect 16002-A
Johnny Johnson and his Orch. (Walter Botsford, v) – Put On an Old Pair of Shoes (1935) – Perfect 16096-B
Radio Rhythm Rascals (Val Rosing, v) – Sweet Sue-Just You (1935) – Columbia (UK) FB-1107

Friday, August 01, 2008

"It's Bad For Me" August 1, 2008

(Week 133)

Alexander Woollcott (whose ashes are buried a very short distance from WHCL on the Hamilton College campus) famously said, "All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening." This RADIOLA! celebrates all that which does us absolutely no good--with a nod to Louis Armstrong along the way.

Tune in tonight to WHCL-FM (with streaming HERE)--and if you listen closely, you may actually hear Woollcott turning in his grave. Live365 gets the show soon thereafter.

Ray Noble and his Orch (Al Bowlly, v) – It’s Bad For Me (1933) – Vocalion CDEA 6043
Johnny Dodds’ Black Bottom Stompers – Weary Blues (1927) – Frog DGF39
Ipana Troubadors – Wake Up, Chill’un, Wake Up (1929) – Columbia 1779-D
Fred Elizalde and his Anglo-American Band – Sugar (1928) – Retrieval RTR 79011
California Ramblers – Changes (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-053
Luis Russell and his Orch – Doctor Blues (1929) – Living Era CD AJA 5658
Marion Harris – Tea For Two (1924) – PAST CD 7075
Nick Lucas – A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich, and You (1926) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5329
Fowler’s Favorites – Percolatin’ Blues (1927) – Yazoo 2024
Russ Papalia and his Orch – Crossword Mama, You’re Puzzling Me (1925) – Acrobat ACRCD135
New Orleans Wanderers – Too Tight (1926) – Giants of Jazz CD 53077
New Orleans Owls – Blowin’ Off Steam (1926) – Frog DGF2
Art Tatum – Cocktails For Two (1934) – Decca GRD-607
Guy Lombardo and his RC’ns (Bing Crosby) – You’re Getting to Be a Habit With Me (1933) – Col CK44407
West End Jazz Band – I’ve Made a Habit of You (2004) – “Movie Palace Style” Legacy 2K 105
Byron Walls – Louis (2002) – “Calm, Cool, and Collected”
Louis Armstrong and his Orch – Dallas Blues (1929) – Columbia CK 46996
Marie Lloyd – A Little of What You Fancy Does You Good (1915) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5363
Billy Murray and Walter Scanlon – My Wife is On a Diet (1929) – Take Two TT503CD/2(20)
Fred Hall and his Sugar Babies – Plenty of Sunshine (1927) – ABC 838 215-2
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces – Got Butter on It (1929) – Retrieval RTR 79013
Joe Robichaux and his NO Rhythm Boys – Saturday Night Fish Fry (1933) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8057
Eddie Condon and his Orch – Home Cooking (1933) – Timeless CBC 1-050
Cliff Edwards – Night Owl (1933) – Columbia CK 52942
Sam Browne (w/Ambrose Orch) – Stay as Sweet as You Are (1934) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5184
Vince Giordano – Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (2005) – “Cotton Club Revisted”
Jimmie Grier and his Orch – Bend Down Sister (1932) – Take Two TT421CD
Annette Hanshaw – Would You Like to Take a Walk? (1931) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5220
Gracie Fields – Look to the Left and Look to the Right (1935) – Naxos 8.120503
King Oliver and his Orch – St. James Infirmary (1930) – JSPCD3404
King Oliver and his Dixie Syncopators – Doctor Jazz (1927) – Frog DGF34
Harold Arlen – As Long As I Live (1934) – Living Era CD AJA 5603