Friday, June 26, 2009

"I Hate Music!" June 26, 2009

(Week 167)

Well, not really. This RADIOLA! is an animadversion on too much of what our neighbors think is a good thing.

Tune in at 8 PM Eastern Friday to WHCL (with direct streaming here). This show will by uploaded to my Live365 station if I can get five minutes of quiet to hear myself think.

Irving Kaufman - Vo-Do-Do-De-O Blues (1927) - Harmony 424-H (Toast of New York)
King Radio - Neighbor (1936) - Calypso Carnival 1936-1941 (Rounder CD 1077)
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) - Columbia 1779-D
Lew Stone and his Band (AB v) - Mama, I Want To Make Rhythm (1938) - Living Era CD AJA 5435
Henry Allen and his NY Orch - Patrol Wagon Blues (1930) - Classics 540
Noble Sissle and his Swingsters - Jungle Drums (1938) - Mosaic Select 22
Six Brown Brothers - Bull Frog Blues (1916) - Those Moaning Saxophones (Archeophone ARCH 6002)
Lonnie Johnson-Eddie Lang - Bull Frog Moan (1929) - Mosaic MD8-213/5
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - That Rhythm Man (1929) - Hot Fives and Sevens (JSP 315/4)
Revelers - Strike Up The Band (1930) - Victor 22401
Tommy Dorsey and his Clambake 7 (Edythe Wright v) - Rhythm Saved the World (1936) - Victor 25314
The Tune Twisters - I’m Against Rhythm (1938) - Decca 78 (Toast of New York)
James P Johnson - You've Got To Be Modernistic (1930) - Snowy Morning Blues (Decca CD)
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch - Futuristic Rhythm (1929) - Bix-Tram-Tea Mosaic Box Set CD 3
Mills Blue Rhythm Band - Futuristic Jungleism (1931) - Hep CD 1008
D'oyly Carte Opera Co - So Please You Sir (1936) - Gilbert & Sullivan Historic Recordings (BOMC LP)
Eric Roberts - As Some Day It May Happen (1990) - The Mikado (CD 1) Sony Classical S2K 58880
Allan Sherman - Headaches (1963) - My Son The Nut (Warner Brothers LP)
Belle Baker w/The Virginians - I've Got The “Yes! We Have No Bananas” Blues (1923) - Victor 19135 A
Frank Crumit - What Kind of Noise Annoys an Oyster? (1930) - Pro Arte Digital CDD 3407
Henry Allen and his Orch. - He Ain't Got Rhythm (1936) - Vocalion 3432
Irving Mills and his Hotsy-Totsy Gang - Barbaric (1929) - Irving Mills Vol 2 (Sensation)
George Olsen and his Orch (Bob Rice, Jack Gifford, Bob Borger v) - Savage Serenade (1933) - Col. 2810-D
Cab Calloway and his Orch - Savage Rhythm (1937) - Vocalion 3796
Phil Spitalny and his Orch (Chick Bullock, v) - My Song (1931) - Banner 32282 (Toast of New York)
Arden-Ohman Orch (Frank Luther v) - The Cop on the Beat (1932) - Victor 24171 (Toast of New York)
Geraldo and his Orch (Al Bowlly v) - You’re a Sweet Little Headache (1939) - Al Bowlly Story Vol 3
Bing Crosby - Love Thy Neigbor (1934) - Chronological Bing Crosby Vol 14 (Jonzo JZCD-14)
The Lion - Love Thy Neighbor - Calypso Breakway 1927-1941 (Rounder CD 1054)
Slim and Slam - African Jive (1941) - Groove Juice Special (Columbia/Legacy CK 64898)
Henry King and his Orch (Joseph Sudy v) - Just a Quiet Evening (1937) - Decca 1178 (Toast of NY)
Mildred Bailey - It’s So Peaceful in the Country (1941) - The Rockin’ Chair Lady (Decca CD)
Washboard Rhythm Kings - My Silent Love (1932) - Washboard Rhythm Kings, Vol 2

Thursday, June 18, 2009

"The Joy of Sax" June 19, 2009

(Week 166)



This RADIOLA! is in tribute to Al Gallodoro's 96th birthday anniversary. Al, who died last October at 95, was one of our favorite people. We'll celebrate with some rare radio recordings and other Gallodoro gems, plus performances by Rudy Wiedoeft, Jimmy Dorsey, Benny Carter, and Freddy Gardner.

Tune in at 8 PM Eastern Friday to WHCL (with direct stream link here). I'll upload the show to my Live365 station as soon as possible.

Rudy Wiedoeft with Jack Shilkret - Saxema (1927) - Victor 21152 B (Toast of New York)
Al Gallodoro - Rubenola (1946) - NBC Thesaurus 1290 (“Music Hall Varieties” program)
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) - Columbia 1779-D
Louisiana Rhythm Kings - Karavan (1930) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8024
Freddy Gardner - Baby Won't You Please Come Home (1936) - Harlequin HQ CD 118
Paul Whiteman’s Sax Soctette - I Kiss Your Hand Madame (1939) - Hep CD 1082
Rudy Wiedoeft's Californians - Song of India (1922) - Brunswick 2191 A (Toast of New York)
Rudy Wiedoeft with George Olsen and His Orchestra - Sax-O-Phun (1924) - RCA LPV-549 (ToNY)
Al Gallodoro - Sax-O-Phun (1946) - NBC Thesaurus 1290 (“Music Hall Varieties” program)
Cliff Edwards and his Hot Combination - I Know That You Know (1926) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8043
Buck and Bubbles - I Ain't Got Nobody (1936) - Freddy Gardner and his Swing Orchestra 1937-1939
Al Gallodoro with The Beau Hunks - Chicago (1999) - “Out of Nowhere” Basta 30-9092-2
McKinney's Cotton Pickers - I'd Love It (1929) - Frog DGF 25
Jimmy Dorsey - Beebe (1929) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8005
Al Gallodoro - Bye Bye Blues (1969) - “A Moment In Time” Golden Rooster Records
Al Gallodoro with The Beau Hunks - Out of Nowhere (1999) - “Out of Nowhere” Basta 30-9092-2
Dan Levinson's Trans-Atlantic Saxtette - Peter Gink (2009) - “Ghosts of the Saxophone”
Bert Firman's Quintuplets of Swing - Blue Strings (1936) - Harlequin HQ CD 118
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch - By Heck (1935) - Circle CCD-20
Al Gallodoro - Dizzy Fingers (1946)- NBC Thesaurus 1290 (“Music Hall Varieties” program)
Spike Hughes and his Negro Orchestra - Lonesome Nights (1933) - Retrieval RTR 79005
Freddy Gardner - Someday Sweetheart (1939) - Harlequin HQ CD 118
Paul Whiteman’s Sax Soctette - After You've Gone (1939) - Hep CD 1082
McKinney's Cotton Pickers (Don Redman, v) - Gee, Ain't I Good to You? (1929) - Frog DGF 25
Jimmy Dorsey - Oodles of Noodles (take B) (1932) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8006
Al Gallodoro - Gigue (1958) - “Saxophone Contrasts” Golden Rooster Records
Al Gallodoro - Valse Vanite (1946) - NBC Thesaurus 1290 (“Music Hall Varieties” program)
Al Gallodoro (Lincoln Mayorga, p) - Gallodoro's Serenade (Grofe) (2004) - Bridge 9212
Bert Ambrose and his Orch (Sam Browne v) -Masquerade (1932) - 1932 HMV sessions (ToNY)
Al Gallodoro - Harlem Nocturne (1958) - “Saxophone Contrasts” Golden Rooster Records
Victor Young Brunswick Orch (Dick Robertson v) - The Hour of Parting (1931) - Brusnwick 6116

Friday, June 12, 2009

"Rare Bits" June 12, 2009

(Week 165)


This RADIOLA! goes back to shellac--and what shellac! Here are 30 rare and strange delights from recent record auctions, eBay coups, and serendipitous stumblings. Most of this stuff has never been on CD--and never will be on CD. Nonetheless, it has the fresh tanginess of music you've probably never heard before.

Tune in Friday at 8 PM Eastern to WHCL (with direct streaming here). This program will be uploaded to my Live365 station shortly.

UPDATE: Thanks to Jane and Jacques for separately revealing the significance of the title of the first selection, "Dream of the Rarebit Fiend." It turns out to have been an early comic strip by the brilliant Winsor McCay, with further details here and an archive of strips linked below. I don't know how I lived on this planet for so long without knowing of McCay's wonderful creation.

Guido Deiro - Dream of the Rarebit Fiend (1912) - Columbia A 1281
Ken Drake and his Orch - Musical Moments (1937) - Bluebird B 7035 B
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) - Columbia 1779-D
Snooks' Memphis Stompers - One More Time (1931) - Romeo 1647 A
Arnold Frank and his Roger's Cafe Orch (Stan Thompson v) - Rain (1927) - Okeh 40896
Golden Gate Orch (Irving Kaufman, v) - Glorianna (1928) - Perfect 15084
Gloria Swanson - Love (Your Spell is Everywhere) (1929) - Victor 22079 A
George Dewey Washington - The Spell of the Blues (1929) - Columbia 1700 D
Jim Miller-Charlie Farrell - There's a Wah-Wah Gal in Agua Caliente (1930) - Victor 22442 B
Eddie Davis Orch - Hot Lips (1922) - Grey Gull 1120
Harry Denny and his Notre Dame Orch - Dearest (1924) - Autograph mx 267
Mound City Blue Blowers - Blue Blues (1924) - Brunswick 2581 B
Four Hawaiians - Was It a Dream? (1928) - Oriole 1270 A
Johnny Noble and his Hawaiians (Claude Malani feat. v) - Sassy (1929) - Brunswick 80052
Alfredo Brito and his Siboney Orch - Maria, My Own (1931) - Victor 22685 B
Al Bowlly - The Very Thought of You (1934) - “Romantic Voice” (Sunflower SUN 2178)
Charlie Barnet and his Glen Island Casino Orch - Long Ago and Far Away (1936) - Bluebird B 6432 B
Ukulele Hughes - Oh! Boy, What a Girl! (1925) - Vocalion A 15095
Bob Haring and his Orch (Arthur Fields, v) - My Sweetie Turned Me Down (1925) - Cameo 795
Harry Denny and his Notre Dame Orch (Lacava Deeter Koch Raub v) - Fight Song and Hike Song (1924) - Autograph mx 268
Ernest Rogers - Willie, The Chimney Sweeper (1927) - Victor 20502 A
Ed Smalle - Horses (1926) - Brunswick 3147 B
Lyall Bowen and his Philadelphians (Billy Welsh v) - Nothin' on My Mind (1928) - Perfect 14965
Bob and Alf Pearson - Lazy Day (1932) - Broadcast Twelve 3072 B (UK)
Sid Phillips and his Rhythm (Jack Cooper v) - Woe is Me (1936) Rex 8742 B (UK)
Clyde McCoy and his Orch - Roseland Stomp (1936) - Decca 833 B
Gloria Swanson - Serenade (Toselli) (1929) - Victor 22079 A
Frank Mater and his Collegians (Rudy Vallee) - The Song I Love (1928) - Harmony 811 H
Harold “Scrappy” Lambert - Revenge (1928) - Brunswick 4043
Lee Sims - Meditation (1927) - Brunswick 3764 B
BBC Dance Orch (Henry Hall) (Les Allen v) - Experiment (1933) - Columbia CB 663 (UK)
Willie Bryant and his Orch (TW p) - It's Over Because We're Through (1935) - Victor 24858 A

Saturday, June 06, 2009

"Hold Everything!"

Our friend Rich Conaty (host of WFUV's "The Big Broadcast") vocalizes with our friends The West End Jazz Band in this video recorded at Hudson Lake, Indiana May 31, 2009:

Friday, June 05, 2009

"Radiola Calling!" June 5, 2009

(Week 164)

RADIOLA! begins its fifth year on WHCL-FM, and this RADIOLA! is just like all the other ones, only different.

Many thanks again to George in Oregon, Mark Fuller, Ray Mitchell of the UK, Toast of New York, Randy, Rich, and The Codger.

And an especially heartfelt thanks to Jonathan Mead for letting me have my own show in June 2005. For all he knew I was some crazy person wishing to commandeer the airwaves to play totally incongruous music punctuated with inappropriate commentary. (And he let me keep doing the show when that proved to be precisely the case.)

Tune in to WHCL-FM this Friday at 8 PM Eastern (with direct streaming here). The show will be uploaded to my Live365 station presently.

Eddie Pola and Company (w/Al Bowlly, Les Allen, Carlisle Cousins) - America Calling, parts 1 & 2 (1933) - Toast of NY
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) - Columbia 1779-D
Abe Lyman & his California Orchestra - A Jazz Holiday (1928) - Timeless CBC 1-059
Ben Bernie and his Hotel Roosevelt Orch - Carefree (1927) - Brunswick 3716 (Toast of NY)
Leo Reisman and his Orch - Cheer Up (Good Times Are Coming) (1930) - Victor 22453
Emmett Miller - Big Bad Bill Is Sweet William Now (1925) - Okeh 40465 (Ray Mitchell)
Lee Morse - My Sweetie Turned Me Down (1925) - Perfect 11596 A (Ray Mitchell)
Cotton Pickers - State Street Blues (1922) - Brunswick 2292 (George V.)
Jean Goldkette and his Orch (C Mathieu-J Stanley, v) - Lonesome and Sorry (1926) - Victor 20031 B
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers (George Thomas, v) - If I Could Be With You (1929) - Victor V-38118-A
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five - S.O.L. Blues (1927) - The Complete Hot Fives and Sevens
Sophie Tucker - Conversational Man (1928) - The Great Sophie Tucker (Jasmine)
Al Bowlly - Night and Day (1933) - Sunflower SUN 2178
Gus Arnheim and his Orch (Bing Crosby-Loyce Whiteman v) - Ho Hum (1931) - Jasmine JASBOX 3-4
Rudy Wiedoeft - Valse Vanite (1926?) - "Kreisler of the Saxophone" Clarinet Classics CC0018
Rudy Wiedoeft (Oscar Levant, piano) - Sax-O-Phun (1926) - "Kreisler of the Saxophone"
Mamie Smith and her Jazz Band - Mama Whip! Mama Spank! (1921) - Okeh 4427
Int’l Novelty Orch (Billy Murray-Ed Smalle) It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' (1924) Victor 19421-A
Carolina Club Orch (Arthur Fields, v) - Dream Train (1929) - Diva 2844-G
Ray Miller and his Hotel Gibson Orch (Ray Miller, v) - I Ain't Got Nobody (1927) - Timeless CBC 1-066
Leo Reisman and his Orch (LC) - What is This Thing Called Love? (1930) - Jasmine JASBOX 3-4
Harry Hudson and his Melody Men (Leslie Sarony v) - My Wife Is On A Diet (1929) - “The Charleston”
Chick Bullock - Anytime, Any Day, Anywhere (1933) - Art Deco- The Crooners (disc 2) (Columbia)
Nye Mayhew and his Westchester Biltmore Orch (Douglas Newman, v) - Cocktails For Two (1935) - Jasmine JASBOX 3-4
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers (George Thomas, v) - Zonky (1929) - Victor V-38118-B
Allen Brothers - Fruit Jar Blues (1932) - Victor 23756 (ToNY)
Ozzie Nelson and his Orch - The Tinkle Song (1939) - Bluebird 10271
Jim Davidson and his ABC Dance Orch - We're Off to See The Wizard (1940) - (Toast of NY)
Al Bowlly - It Was So Beautiful (1932) - Sunflower SUN 2178
Harry James and his Orch w/Frank Sinatra - Melancholy Mood (1939) -Art Deco- The Crooners (disc 2)
Ray Miller and his Hotel Gibson Orch - Weary Blues (1927) - Timeless CBC 1-066