Thursday, February 23, 2012

"The Joy of Round Numbers" February 24, 2012

(Week 300)

This RADIOLA! celebrates another full revolution of the odometer.

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Helen Clark and Lewis James - I Want to Be Happy (1924) - Victor 19463 B
Edgar Hayes and his Orch - In The Mood (1938) - Decca 1882 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Tuxedo Orch (Reser) (Tom Stacks v) - I'm Tellin' the Birds, Tellin' the Bees, How I Love You (1926) - Vocalion B 15481
William F. Wirges and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Laugh Clown, Laugh (1928) - Brunswick 3910 A
Bob Haring and his Orch (Eddy Thomas v) - Huggable Kissable You (1929) - Brunswick 4359
Gene Austin (Abel Baer p) - Someday Sweetheart (1927) - Victor 20561 B
Annette Hanshaw - I Get the Blues When it Rains (1929) - Velvet Tone 1910 V
Chick Endor - Sunny Side Up (1929) - Victor 22274 A
Ted Weems and his Orch - Traveling Blues (1924) - Victor 19496 A
International Novelty Orch (Gene Austin v) - The Flapper Wife (1925) - Victor 19638 A
Broadway Bell-Hops (Irving Kaufman v) - There's a Cradle in Caroline (1927) - Diva 2504 G
Edna Brown (Elsie Baker) and James F Harrison (Frederick Wheeler) - The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1913) - Victor 17338 A
Sam Ash - Old Fashioned Garden (1920) - Okeh 4083 A
Harry Blake and Robert Judson (Jones and Hare) - Barney Google (1923) - Perfect 12049 A
Dan Levinson's Trans-Atlantic Saxtette - The Ghost of the Saxophone (2008) - Ghosts of the Saxophone (Stomp Off CD 1430)
How To Sell Victor Home Recording Part 1 (1930) - Victor Special (BVE 62695)
Andy Schumm and his Flatland Gang - The Swing (2011) - Rivermont 592 B
Victor Military Band - Everybody Two Step (1913) - Victor 17271 A
Reiser Trio (Reser) - Georgette (1922) - Gennett 4906 A
Jan Garber and his Orch - If You Don't Want Me Stop Doggin' Me Around (1924) - Victor 19496 B
William F. Wirges and his Orch (Frank Munn v) - Afraid of You (1928) - Brunswick 3910 B
Lloyd Keating and his Music (Selvin) (Irving Kaufman v) - I Love You So Much (1930) - Velvet Tone 2182 V
George Olsen and his Music (Fran Frey v) - Sing a Little Theme Song (1930) - Victor 22349 B
Rube Bloom - Silhouette (1927) - Columbia 1195 D
Annette Hanshaw - My Sin (1929) - Velvet Tone 1910 V
Paul Tremaine and his Orch - Hand Me Down My Walking Cane (1933) - Bluebird B 5049 B
McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Milenberg Joys (1928) - Victor 21611 A
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orch (James Rushing v) - Ya Got Love (1931) - Victor 22680 B
Henry Allen and his Orch - Pardon My Southern Accent (1934) - Melotone 13096 A
Milt Herth Quartet (O'Neil Spencer v) - La De Doody Do (1938) - Decca 1966 A
Ozzie Nelson and his Orch (Rose Ann Stevens v) - The Man Who Comes Around (1940) - Bluebird B 10626 A
Helen Clark and Lewis James - Tea For Two (1924) - Victor 19463 A

Thursday, February 16, 2012

"Look Back in Amber" February 17, 2012

(Week 299)

This RADIOLA! isn't quite sure what it's blowing its top on.

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National Comedy Four (Jack Kaufman) - Tuning in on the Radio (1924) - NML 1109 A
Johnny Long and his Orch (Helen Young v) - Swing Me Bach (1940) - Decca 3409 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Vanderbilt Orch (Harry Archer) (Irving Kaufman v) - Way Back When (1927) - Vocalion A 15631
Palmer House Victorians (Jules Herbuveaux) (Frank Sylvano v) - Desert Eyes (1926) - Vocalion A 15455
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Franklyn Baur v) - Ain't She Sweet (1927) - Victor 20508 B
Jack Smith - So Will I (1926) - Victor 20413 B
Jack Gordon (Frank Sylvano) - A Night In June (1927) - Vocalion A 15619
The Yacht Club Boys - The Vulgar Boatman (1926) - Brunswick 3269 B
The Collegians - I Cried for You (1923) - Victor 19093 B
Haring's Happy Harmonists - Mobile Blues (1924) - Cameo 516
Vincent Rose and his Montmartre Orch (Buddy Burns v) - Sadie (1924) - Victor 19511 B
Isabella Patricola - All the Boys Love Mary (1920) - Pathe 22332 B
Addy Britt (Arthur Fields) - Where's My Sweetie Hiding? (1924) - Cameo 607
Honey Duke and his Uke (Johnny Marvin) - Just The Same (1927) - Diva 2409 G
Catherine Russell - Crazy Blues (2011) - Boardwalk Empire (Volume 1 Music From The HBO Original Series) (Elektra 528266-2)
Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks (Leon Redbone v) - The Sheik Of Araby (2011) - Boardwalk Empire (Volume 1 Music From The HBO Original Series) (Elektra 528266-2)
Mike Bernard - Blaze Away (1918) - Columbia A2577 (Note: This selection is erroneously announced on this program as "They Were All Out of Step But Jim.")
Yerkes Blue Bird Orch - Kismet (1920) - HMV (Canada) 216195 B
Lou Gold and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Buy, Buy for Baby (1928) - Velvet Tone 1814 V
Louisiana Collegians (Spitalny) (Bill Coty v) - Egypt (1930) - Clarion 5112 C
The High Hatters (Frank Luther v) - Takes You (1929) - Victor 22046 A
Paul Specht and his Orch (Johnny Morris v) - I Found a Million Dollar Baby (1931) - Columbia 2482 D
Lill's Hot Shots (Louis Armstrong v) - Georgia Bo Bo (1926) - Brunswick 80060 A
McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble (1928) - Victor 21611 B
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch - Fidgety Feet (1927) - UHCA 22
Rube Bloom - Sapphire (1927) - Columbia 1195 D
Lee Sims - Stardust (1931) - Brunswick 6132
Milt Herth Trio - Copenhagen (1938) - Decca 1966 B
Maxine Sullivan and her Orch - I'm Coming Virginia (1937) - Vocalion 3654
Johnny Long and his Orch - In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town (1940) - Decca 3409 A
Capitol Salon Ensemble (Theodore Conrad v) - A Lullaby (1933) - Brunswick 20121

Thursday, February 09, 2012

"Seeing Red" February 10, 2012

(Week 298)

This RADIOLA! looks at Valentine's Day (and everything else) through bloodshot eyes.

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Honey Duke and his Uke (Johnny Marvin) - Red Lips Kiss My Blues Away (1927) - Diva 2409 G
Jelly Roll Morton Seven - Good Old New York (1940) - General 1704 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Frank Black and his Orch (Franklyn Baur v) - Under the Moon (1927) - Brunswick 3600 A
International Novelty Orch (Franklyn Baur v) - Valentine (1926) - Victor 20066 A
Vanderbilt Orch (Harry Archer) (Irving Kaufman v) - Gorgeous (1927) - Vocalion A 15579
Rev J. M. Gates - Ain't Gonna Lay My Religion Down (1926) - Okeh 8387 A
Vernon Dalhart - The John T. Scopes Trial (1925) - Columbia 15037 D
The Yacht Club Boys - Oogel, Oogel, Oo (The Monkey Song) (1926) - Brunswick 3269 A
Six Black Diamonds (Samuels) - Bang! (On Your Tambourine) (1923) - Banner 1206 B
Waring's Pennsylvanians - Blackin' Blues (1924) - Victor 19369 A
Broadway Bell-Hops (Irving Kaufman v) - There Ain't No Land Like Dixieland To Me (1927) - Diva 2504 G
Irving Kaufman - My Wild Days Are Over (1918) - Columbia A2637
Aileen Stanley and Billy Murray - I'll Stand Beneath Your Window To-night and Whistle (1922) - Victor 18943 B
Jane Gray (Peggy English) (Rube Bloom p) - I'm Tellin' The Birds Tellin' The Bees How I Love You (1926) - Harmony 300 H
The Carpal Tunnel Kid - I Found the Girl of My Dreams in a Personal Ad (1996) – Nonplugged
Vince Giordano's Nighthawks (John Leifert v) - I've Got The World On A String - Cotton Club Revisited
Sousa's Band - “Zamona” An Arabian Intermezzo (1901) - Victor Monarch 3261
Vess L. Ossman - Motor March (1906) - Columbia A227
Billy Murray - The Little Ford Rambled Right Along (1915) - Victor 17755 A
Sam Lanin and his Troubadours (Irving Kaufman v) - I Can't Give You Anything But Love (1928) - Cameo 8234
Teddy Raph and his Orch (Selvin) (Orlando Roberson v) - Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (1931) - Columbia 2482 D
Henry Allen and his Orch - How's About Tomorrow Night (1934) - Melotone 13096 B
Boyd Senter - New St. Louis Blues (1927) - Clarion 5112 C
Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orch - Four or Five Times (1928) - Brunswick 80025 A
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch - Sensation (1927) - UHCA 21
Chick Endor - You Do Something To Me (1930) - Victor 22274 B
Red McKenzie - Lovable (1932) - Columbia 2654 D
Will Osborne and his Orch - When Your Hair Has Turned To Silver (1931) - Melotone M 12078
Maxine Sullivan and her Orch - Loch Lomond (1937) - Vocalion 3654
Jelly Roll Morton Seven - Big Lip Blues (1940) - General 1704 B
Red McKenzie - Dream Sweetheart (1932) - Columbia 2654 D

Thursday, February 02, 2012

"Tickled to Distraction" February 3, 2012

(Week 297)

This RADIOLA! feels funny--or maybe just vaguely perplexed.

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Cal Stewart - Ticklish Reuben (1902) - Columbia A294
Vernon Geyer - My Marie (1937) - Montgomery Ward 7390 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Frivolity Club Orch (Jack Denny) - I've Got The Girl (1926) - Vocalion A 15465
Jelly Roll Morton - Freakish (1929) - Victor 27565 B
Vanderbilt Orch (Harry Archer) (Irving Kaufman v) - Sunday (1926) - Vocalion A 15494
Billy Jones - My Girl Has Eye Trouble (1926) - Regal 8163 A
Harry Lee (Eddie Peabody) - Halleleujah (1927) - Oriole 944 A
The Revelers - Dinah (1925) - Victor 19796 A
Whitey Kaufman's Original Pennsylvania Serenaders - Henpecked Blues (1923) - Victor 19127 A
International Novelty Orch (May Singhi Breen uke) - Ukulele Blues (1924) - Victor 19369 B
Earl Oliver's Jazz Babies (Reser) (Tom Stacks v) - Fire! (An Alarming Novelty) (!926) - Edison 51877 R
Billy Murray - At The Moving Picture Ball (1920) - Aeolian Vocalion A 14049
Isabella Patricola - Me No Speak-a Good English (1924) - Vocalion A 14755
Robert Black (Eubie Blake) (Irving Kaufman v) - Sweet Lady (1921) - Regal 9130
Dan Levinson's Trans-Atlantic Saxtette - Saxophone Sobs (2008) - Ghosts of the Saxophone (Stomp Off CD 1430)
Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks - Livery Stable Blues (2011) - Boardwalk Empire (Volume 1 Music From The HBO Original Series) (Elektra 528266-2)
Arthur Collins - Any Rags? (1913) - Edison 50100 (mx 2162-10)
Arthur Pryor's Band - King of Rags (A Two-Step Oddity) (Swisher) (1907) - Victor 5301
Van Eps Banjo Orch - Sans Souci (Maxixe Brasilienne) (1914) - Columbia A1594
The Lumberjacks (Haring) (Scrappy Lambert v) - Makin' Whoopee! (1929) - Cameo 9063
Ben Pollack and his Park Central Orch (Smith Ballew v) - You're Made Me Happy To-Day! (1929) - Victor 22158 A
Coon Sanders Orch (Joe Sanders v) - Let That Be a Lesson To You (1932) - Victor 22950 B
The Melody Man (Joe Davis) - Just Another Day Wasted Away (1928) - Velvet Tone 1500 V
Jane Gray (Peggy English) (Rube Bloom p) - I'd Love to Call You My Sweetheart (1926) - Harmony 300 H
The Night Club Orch (Reser) (Tom Stacks v) - Hum Your Troubles Away (1926) - Velvet Tone 1256 V
Six Brown Brothers - Ghost of the Saxophone (1917) - Victor 18309 B
Columbia Saxophone Sextette (Albert Campbell and Henry Burr v) - I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles (intro Lamp of Love) (1919) - Columbia A2784
Davis Saxophone Octette - I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1926) - Cameo 923
Waring's Pennsylvanians - I Found a Million Dollar Baby (1931) - Victor 22707 A
Jesse Crawford - Serenade (Toselli) (1934) - Decca 178 A
Lee Sims - Rockin' Chair (1931) - Brunswick 6132

Wednesday, February 01, 2012