Nineteen Thirty-Two (January 26, 2007)

(Week 68)

RADIOLA! returns to Hamilton College radio station WHCL 88.7 FM with a celebration of the music of 1932. Despite the economic misery endured by many, it was a stellar year for pop music. Tune in tonight at 8 PM ET--it's great to be back! (All selections recorded in 1932 unless otherwise noted.)

Mills Brothers – Sweet Sue – Legacy/Columbia CK 57713
Waring’s Pennsylvanians (Tom Waring, vo.) – Young and Healthy – Viper’s Nest VN-179
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 RPM
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – Street of Dreams – Collectors’ Choice CCM-299-2
Harlan Lattimore and his Connie’s Inn Orch. – Chant of the Weed – Columbia CK 45143
Claude Hopkins and his Orch. – I Would Do Anything For You – Timeless CBC 1-054 JAZZ
Boswell Sisters – We Just Couldn’t Say Goodbye – Collectables COL-CD-6462
Ethel Merman – I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues – Pro Arte Digital CDD-473
Duke Ellington and his Orch. (Ivie Anderson, vo.) – It Don’t Mean a Thing – SABAM 7207
Russ Carlson and the High Steppers – You’re Blase – The Old Masters mb115
Ben Selvin and his Orch – Hummin’ to Myself – Columbia 2669-D (78 RPM)
The Gerrardine Dance Orch. (Charlie Palloy, vo.) – Me Minus You – The Old Masters mb118
Bing Crosby – Love Me Tonight – Columbia CK 44305
Val Rosing (w/Jay Wilbur’s Orch.) – Please – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5026
Al Bowlly (w/Ray Noble’s Orch.) – It’s Great to Be in Love – Rathbone 0351
Rico’s Creole Band – Lamento Esclavo – Harlequin HQ CD 41
Antobal’s Cubans – Los Tres Golpes – Harlequin HQ CD 123
Colbaz Orchestra – Tico Tico No Fuba (2-tr.6) – Take Two TT507CD
Ted Lewis – Somebody Loves You – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5273
Ben Selvin and his Orch (Helen Rowland, vo.) – You’re My Everything – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5318
Leo Reisman and his Orch. (Milton Douglas. vo.) – Brother Can You Spare a Dime? – Bluebird 82876-50958-2
Annette Hanshaw – Say It Isn’t So – Take Two TT408CD
Ruth Etting – Penthouse Serenade (When We’re Alone) – Take Two TT403CD
Connie Boswell – Lullaby of the Leaves – Columbia/Legacy C2K 52943
Rudy Vallee Orch. (Himber) – Dancing on the Ceiling/Of Thee I Sing – Renovation 7002
Cab Calloway and his Orch. – Eadie Was a Lady – Columbia/Legacy CK 57712
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch. – Fit as a Fiddle – Jazz Oracle BDW 8013
Bing Crosby – How Long Will it Last? – Columbia/Legacy C2K 52942
Harlan Lattimore (w/Abe Lyman’s Orch.) – How Do You Do It? – Columbia/Legacy C2K 52942
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – All Of Me – JSP CD 3401
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Honeysuckle Rose – Columbia/Legacy C3K
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – Lafayette – Classics 591
Gene Kardos and his Orch. – Blue Danube Blues – The Old Masters mb121
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – AVID AVC539

RADIOLA! RETURNS TO WHCL FRIDAY 1/26/07 @ 8 PM ET

After what has seemed way too long a break from broadcasting, RADIOLA! will return to the airwaves (and the WHCL internet stream) this Friday at 8 PM. Owing to many interesting occurrences in my bailiwick, I haven't quite nailed down a playlist yet. But I shall--at least in time for Friday's show.

More Variety from the RADIOLA! Vault

WHCL still hasn't signed on for the new season, but I have sought to eliminate listener boredom by posting four shows from my archives on my RADIOLA! Live 365 station, replacing those that I felt had run out of shelf-life. I'll be posting those I replaced soon on a-infos radio project for those who absolutely have to hear them again.

RADIOLA! should be a bona-fide RADIO program again very soon. So help me!

"Sing a New Song" January 4, 2007

(Week 67)

WHCL is on break, but Live365 isn't. Thus I added a show in homage to the new year, with recent shellac acqusitions and recordings on a "new" theme. WHCL broadcasting should resume soon--but this should tide you over until then. Happy New Year!

Columbia Orchestra – Dancing on the Housetops (1901) – Columbia 78 RPM
Bennie Krueger and his Orch. – Sing a New Song (1932) – IAJRC CD 1013
Band of the Coldstream Guards – Entry of the Gladiators (1930s) – HMV 78 RPM
Varsity Eight – A New Kind of Man (1924) – Timeless CBC 1-062
The Black Pirates – My Old Girl’s My New Girl Now (1928) – Timeless CBC 1-076
Alfonso Trent and his Orch. – I Found a New Baby (1933) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8008
Georgie Price – California, Here I Come (1924) – Victor 78 RPM
Mal Hallett and his Orch. (Tess Gardella, vo.) – My Idea of Heaven (1927) – Columbia 78 RPM
Jimmy Joy’s Orch. – You’re the First Thing I Think of in the Morning (1928) – Brunswick 78 RPM
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – New Tulsa Blues (1927) – Bluebird 3139-2-RB
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – New Moten Stomp (1930) – Classics 591
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – New Tiger Rag (1932) – JSPCS 3401
Victor Light Opera Company – Gems from “The Mikado” (ca. 1920) – Victor 78 RPM
Tin Cup Serenade – Stackolee Blues (2006) – www.tincupserenade.com
West End Jazz Band (Mike Bezin, vo.) – Sing a New Song (2002) – Legacy 2K 102
Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks – Southbound (1993) – Stomp Off CD 1260
Columbia Band – Our Director March (1901) – Columbia 78
Banda Pabellon de las Rosas – Tan rico el Negro (ca. 1920) – Victor 78 RPM
Georgie Price (w/ The Virginians) – I’m Goin’ South (1924) – Victor 78 RPM
Ethel Waters – You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me (1930) – Classics 721
Connie Boswell – A New Moon is Over My Shoulder (1934) – Columbia/Legacy C2K 52943
Joan Crawford – It’s All So New to Me (1939) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 509
Arden-Ohman Orch. – Out of Breath and Scared to Death of You (1930) – Victor 78 RPM
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Me Too (1926) – Victor 78 RPM
Jimmy Joy’s Orch. – I Got Worry (1928) – Brunswick 78 RPM
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – New Vine Street Blues (1929) – Classics 578
Luis Russell and his Orch. – New Call of the Freaks (1929) – JSP CD 308
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – New King Porter Stomp (1932) – Columbia C3K 57596
Arden-Ohman Orch. – I Am Only Human After All (1930) – Victor 78 RPM
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch. – I’ve Got a New Deal in Love (1935) – Circle CCD-20
Hoosier Hot Shots – Sweet Sue-Just You (1936) – Perfect 78 RPM

RADIOLA! ON CLEANING HIATUS--INTERNET SHOW SOON!

Since WHCL shut down for Winter Break two weeks ago, I've been remiss in not adding any programming. I wanted to spend some time with my wife, and I also had to de-Collyer the downstairs for New Year's Eve guests. Here are some "after" pictures; the "before" shots have been banned by the Board of Health.


I will be putting together and uploading an internet-only show within the next few days to tide listeners over until WHCL resumes broadcasting.

Happy New Year!

"The Dog Ate My Playlist" December 15, 2006

(Week 66)

So much for writing it on lasagna. Seriously, I thought I would dispense with my "theme" conceit for the last show of the season, and just play a bunch of old favorites (plus one or two great new acquisitions). Just good music tonight at 8 PM EST on WHCL.

(And, before I unravel the playlist, let me remind you to tune in early and listen late--RETRO RADIO--featuring music of the 50s and 60s--at 6 PM and a FROM THE GRASSY KNOLL special on aspartame at 10. And, if you're really good, I may stick around and play one or two other hot jazz selections at 11 PM before shutting the transmitter down for break.)

Isham Jones and his Orch. – Blue Prelude (1934) – Victor 78 RPM
Jean Goldkette and his Orch. – Idolizing (1926) – Victor 78 RPM
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 RPM
Fred Elizalde and his Anglo-American Band – Under the Moon (1928) – Retrieval RTR 79011
Lou Raderman and his Pelham Heath Inn Orch. – Oh Gee, Oh Joy! (1928) – Columbia CK46175
Fred Gardner’s Texas U Troubadors – No Trumps (1930) – Timeless CBC 1-033 JAZZ
Henry “Red” Allen and his Orch. – Roamin’ (1930) – Classics 540
Bee Palmer – Don’t Leave Me Daddy (1929) – The Old Masters mb 107
Boswell Sisters – It’s The Girl (1931) – Collectables COL-CD-6461
Syd Valentine’s Patent Leather Kids – Patent Leather Stomp (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8009
Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five – No One Else But You (1928) – Columbia/Legacy C4K 57176
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces – Decatur Street Tutti (1929) – Retrieval RTR 79013
Bill Haid’s Cubs – Me and the Man in the Moon (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8039
Johnny Marvin – Little By Little (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5026
Charles King – Broadway Melody (1929) – Flapper PAST CD 7845
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Glorianna (1928) – Victor 78 RPM
Beaumont Rag – East Texas Serenaders (1937) – Decca 78 RPM
Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks – The Ramble (1993) – Stomp Off CD1260
Alex Hill and his Orch. – Southbound (1930) – Timeless CBC 1-050 JAZZ
Fats Waller – Handful of Keys (1929) – Bluebird 2482-2-RB
Fred Hamm and his Orch. – Stomp Off, Let’s Go! (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-072 JAZZ
Ben Selvin and his Orch. – Poor Papa (1926) – Timeless CBC 1-089
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – Waitin’ For Katie (1928) – Sensation 769748026-2
George Olsen and his Music – Horses (1926) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5388
Cliff Edwards – I Want Somebody to Cheer Me Up (1926) – Jazz Oracle BDW
Bing Crosby – My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms (1932) – Columbia CK 44306
Carmen Miranda – Mama Eu Quero (tr. 11) (1939) – Take Two TT 507 CD
Richard Himber and his Essex House Orch. – It Isn’t Fair (1933) – Renovation 7002
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Hocus Pocus (1934) – Quadromania 222440-444
Benny Goodman and his Orch. – Nitwit Serenade (1934) – Timeless CBC 1-065
Ted Lewis and his Band – Lonesome Road (1930) – Retrieval RTR 79014
Ethel Waters – Trav’lin’ All Alone (1929) – Classics 721
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch – Moten Swing (1932) – Bluebird 2192-2-RB
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – AvidAVC539

Nostalgia This Friday (December 15) on WHCL

Owing to the pre-break schedule Friday, December 15 of Hamilton College radio station WHCL broadcasting will start at 6 PM EST with THE BIG SOUND OF RETRO RADIO, hosted by Mark Fuller, which sounds EXACTLY like the local programming you heard growing up in the 50s and 60s. Listening to Mark is like entering a real time warp--since he has been a DJ since the 1960s (and makes use of all the pertinent jingles, commercials, and records) he has the tone JUST RIGHT.

RETRO RADIO is the ideal lead-in to RADIOLA! which will air at its usual time of 8 PM, and will turn back the clock even further, occasionally before the dawn of radio itself. (The playlist will be posted as soon as I determine what it is.)

At 10 PM a special public affairs broadcast featuring Vyzygoth and Cori Brackett on the dangers of aspartame will be aired. This is an excellent program, from Vyz's "FROM THE GRASSY KNOLL" series, and I commend it to your attention.

After that, WHCL is off the air for Winter Break. Merry Christmas!

"That Flaky Feeling" December 8, 2006

(Week 65)

It's that time of year again! Here's a preliminary tribute to all that lovely snow and the cabin fever that follows it. Tune in tonight at 8 PM EST on WHCL

East Texas Serenaders – Serenaders’ Waltz (Skaters’ Waltz) (1937) – Decca 78
Ray Noble and his Orch. (Howard Barrie, vo.) – I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (1937) –Victor 78
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78
Louis Armstrong – Dallas Blues (1929) – Columbia CK 46996
Mason/Dixon Orch. (Trumbauer) – Alabammy Snow (1929) – The Old Masters mb107
Duke Ellington and his Orch. – Freeze and Melt (1929) – Columbia C2K 46177
Billy Williams – Let’s All Go Mad (1909) – Columbia 78
Jack Kaufman – The Prune Song (1928) – Challenge 78
The Harmonians (Irving Kaufman, vo.) – I Just Roll Along (1928) – Diva 78
The Charleston Chasers (Eva Taylor, vo.)– Turn on the Heat (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5316
Fats Waller (piano) – Turn on the Heat (1929) – Bluebird 2482-2-RB
Ben Pollack and his Orch. (Scrappy, vo.) – Keep Your Undershirt On (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8026
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – You’re Driving Me Crazy (1930) – CCM-299-2
Fred Elizalde and his Anglo-American Band – Crazy Rhythm (1928) – Retrieval RTR 79011
Casa Loma Orch. – Maniac’s Ball (1931) – Hep 1051
James P. Johnson – Snowy Morning Blues (1928) – Classics 658
Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang – Goose Pimples (1927) – Columbia CK 46175
West End Jazz Band – Vladivostok (2002) – Legacy 2K 102
Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers – Wild Man Blues (1927) – JSP CD321
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orch. (W. Smith, vo.) – I’m Nuts About Screwy Music (1935) – Decca 78
Teddy Wilson and his Orch – Warmin’ Up (1936) – Columbia 501649-2
Annette Hanshaw – Button Up Your Overcoat (1929) – Sensation CD (Vol. 6)
Fred Hall and his Sugar Babies – I Got a “Code” in my “Doze” (1929) – The Old Masters mb106
Ben Bernie’s Hotel Roosevelt Orch. – Rosy Cheeks (1927) – Rivermont BSW 1141
Dick Powell – Roses in December (1937) – Great Movie Themes CD 60020
Joe Sanders and his Orch. – I Found a Rose in the Snow (1935) – Decca 78
Art Shaw and his Orch. (Peg LaCentra, vo.) – There’s Frost on the Moon (1936) – Brunswick 78
Gene Kardos and his Orch. – Sweet Violets (1931) – The Old Masters mb121
George Formby – Sittin’ on the Ice in the Ice Rink (1933) – Hallmark 300282
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Breakin’ the Ice (1934) – Four Star FS=40056
Triangle Harmony Boys – Canned Heat Blues (1927) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8009
Claude Hopkins – Canadian Capers (1935) – Hep CD 1049
Bing Crosby – June in January (1934) – Charly CDCD 1071
Ray Starita and his Ambassador’s Club Orch – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Avid AVC539

A Valley Potluck Compilation (Dec 2, 2006)

(Week 64)

Here is the playlist for tonight's show, after the fact. Lots of good crunchy shellac here, high in fiber. Enjoy!

Arthur Pryor’s Band – William Tell Overture (complete) (1926) – Victor 78s
The Revelers – Dinah (1925) – Victor 78
Jean Goldkette and his Orch. – Dinah (1926) – Victor 78
Isham Jones and his Orch. – Sweet Georgia Brown (1925) – Brunswick 78
Cliff Edwards – Heart Breakin’ Creole Rose (1925) – Perfect 78
Jack Kaufman – C-U-B-A (1920) – Columbia 78
Tenor Duet (Albert Campbell/Henry Burr) – 1915 San Francisco March – Oxford 78
Harry Salter and his Willys-Knighters – Bluebird Sing Me a Song (1928) – Lincoln 78
Challenge Dance Orch. – Who Do You Suppose (1927) – Challenge 78
Golden Gate Orch. – Wishing and Waiting for Love (1929) – Velvet Tone 78
King Edward’s Horse (Band) – Pilgrim’s March (1910?) – Velvet Face 78 (British)
Joe Samuels and Larry Briers – Turkey in the Straw (1925?) – Radiex 78
Lester McFarland & Robert Gardner – When Our Lord Shall Come Again (1927) – Brunswick 78
Mario Perry – Over the Waves (1924?) – Resona 78
Fred Van Eps – Lobsters’ Quadrille (1911) – Victor 78
Signor Hurdi-Gurdi (Street Piano) – Songs of Your Childhood Days (1918) – Columbia 78
Miss Lee Morse and her Blue Grass Boys – Want a Little Lovin’ (1925) – Perfect 78
The Revelers – Oh, Miss Hannah (1925) – Victor 78
Cliff Edwards – My Best Girl (1924) – Perfect 78
Fred Van Eps – Red Pepper (A Spicy Rag) (1911) – Victor 78
Boyd Senter – Shake Your Dogs (1925) – Perfect 78
Boyd Senter – Wake ‘Em Up (1925) – Perfect 78
Whitey Kaufman and his Original Penn. Serenaders – Henpecked Blues (1923) – Victor 78
Ted Lewis and his Band – Too Tired (1924) – Columbia 78
Jean Goldkette and his Orch. – After I Say I’m Sorry (1926) – Victor 78
Benny Goodman and his Orch. – Sometimes I’m Happy (1935) – Victor 78
Tommy Dorsey and his Orch. (Edythe Wright, vo.) – Good Morning (1937) – Victor 78
Ozzie Nelson and his Orch. – Say Si Si (1939) – Bluebird 78
Ruth Etting – Now That You’re Gone (1931) – Columbia 78
All Star Orch – Waiting at the End of the Road (1929) – Victor 78
Nat Shilkret and his Orch. – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Victor 78

RADIOLA! will air this Saturday (Dec. 2) at 6 PM EST

The cabin fever was getting to me, so when a slot opened up on Saturday at 6 PM EST on WHCL I had to offer to sub. I realize I'll be competing with Garrison Keillor for the attentions of the tote-bag brigade. Therefore, I'll try to make it wholesome, and wistful, and poignant-like. I'll attempt to weave a spell of nostalgic melancholy over last week's leftovers, one that will have you sobbing into your Kraft dinners and three-bean-salads.

BLAH!

It looks like there will be an absence of RADIOLA! on WHCL for the third consecutive week as Hamilton Hockey gets under way next Friday. Also, I must apologize for the lack of new programming on my Live365 station. I've been convalescing from a bit of a cold and have done plenty of reading (mostly Terry Pratchett--good funny stuff for the sickbed) but have given no thought to my show (or, I regret to say, my bored listeners) other than to spend way too much money on eBay 78s (ostensibly for the program).

I will endeavor to get something assembled this week for the Live365 stream, at any rate.

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Back to Hiatusville

Owing to this Friday's basketball game at Hamilton College (which justifiably takes priority) and the subsequent Thanksgiving Holiday (during which the station will be closed), RADIOLA! will not be heard on WHCL for the next two weeks.

HOWEVER, if you MUST have it, it WILL be heard, round the clock, on Live365 as always. As a gesture of mercy to those who are thrown upon the expedient of listening to my reruns I will attempt to post some choice web-only material to reward their attention. (Leftover turkey once a day is enough.)

Stray bits of nourishing RADIOLA! from the back of the fridge (still perfectly good) may also be found HERE.

In two weeks time, I will return, tanned and ready to regale you with my exploits in Hiatusville.

"No!" November 10, 2006

(Week 63)

We explore the Art of Zestful Negation in this RADIOLA! No foolin'!
Tune in Friday at 8 PM EST on WHCL.

Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five – No (Papa No) (1928) – Columbia/Legacy C4K 63527
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch – She’s No Trouble (1928) – Bluebird 3139-2-RB
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 787 RPM
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch – My Papa Doesn’t Two Time No Time (1924) – Rivermont BSW1141
Green Brothers Novelty Band – Yes! We Have No Bananas (1923) – UCSB Cylinder Collection
The Dixie Stompers – Feelin’ Good (1928) – Timeless CBC 1-069
Fred Hall and his Sugar Babies – Tain’t No Sin (1930) – The Old Masters mb106
Harry Archer Orchestra – There Ain’t No Maybe in My Baby’s Eyes (1926) – Take Two TT509CD
Castle Farms Serenaders (Bill Haid) – Tain’t So, Honey, Tain’t So (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8039
Miff Mole and his Molers – Feelin’ No Pain (1927) – Gold Sound DCD-772
Savoy Orpheans (Carroll Gibbons, dir.)– She Don’t Wanna (1927) – Conifer CDHD 160
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers – Stop Kidding (1928) – Giants of Jazz CD 53220
Tram, Bix, and Eddie – For No Reason At All in C (1927) – Columbia CK 45450
Emmett Miller – I Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody None o’ This Jelly Roll (1928) (tr.9)– Columbia CD
The Cotton Pickers – No Parking (1929) – Timeless CBC 1-049 JAZZ
Columbia Photo Players (Selvin) – Happy Days are Here Again (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5318
Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Orpheans – A Little Bit Independent (1936) – Pulse PBXCD 442/3
Casa Loma Orch. – Dance of the Lame Duck (1932) – Hep CD 1051
Bert Williams – Nobody (1913) (tr. 9) – Archeophone 5003
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – I Ain’t Got Nobody (1929) – Columbia CK 46996
Wingy Manone and his Orch. – Never Had No Lovin’ (1934) – Classics 774
Antobal’s Cubans – The Night the Lady Said “No” (1937) – Harlequin HQ 123
Ben Selvin and his Orch. – She Didn’t Say “Yes” (1931) – The Old Masters mb102
Lonnie Johnson – Somebody’s Got to Go (1941) – Bluebird 07863 66064-2
Jan Garber and his Orch. – You Don’t Like It–Not Much (1926) – The Old Masters mb119
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Ain’t Misbehavin’ (1929) – Columbia CK 46148
Henry “Red” Allen and his Orch. – I’ll Never Say “Never Agaiu” Again (1935) – Topaz TPZ1023
Mildred Bailey and her Orch. – Never in a Million Years (1937) – Properbox 57
Fred Astaire – Isn’t This a Lovely Day (1936) – Charly CDCD 1075
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Don’t Let it Bother You (1936) – Bluebird 07863-66618-2
Eddie South and his Orch. – No More Blues (1933) – Frog DGF36
Duke Ellington and his Orch. – It Don’t Mean a Thing (1932) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 482
George Formby – It’s Turned Out Nice Again (1939) – Hallmark 300282
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up, Chill’un, Wake Up (1929) – Avid AVC539

"Political Science" November 3, 2006

(Week 62)


A pre-election RADIOLA! that is fraught with skepticism--and (Groucho) Marxism. Tune in tonight at 8 PM ET on WHCL.

Groucho Marx, Margaret Dumont – Opening Number from “Duck Soup” (1933) – MCA Home Video
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 RPM
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Looking at the World Through Rose Colored Glasses (1926) – CCM-175-2
Gus Arnheim and his Orch. – You Don’t Know What You’re Doing (1931) – Take Two TT410CD
Ed Lloyd and his Orch. – I May Be Wrong, But I Think You’re Wonderful (1929) – TOM mb110
Ruth Etting – Let Me Sing and I’m Happy (1930) – Take Two TT403CD
Red McKenzie and his Rhythm Kings – I’m Building Up to an Awful Let-Down (1936) – Timeless 019
Vaughn DeLeath – Crazy Words, Crazy Tune (1927) – Take Two TT503CD
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – Elephant Wobble (1923) – Classics 549
Philip Spitalny and his Orch. – Jackass Blues (1926) – Timeless CBC 1-072 JAZZ
Bill Haid’s Cubs – You Took Advantage of Me (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8039
Bing Crosby – Stay on the Right Side of the Road (1933) – Columbia CK 44306
Richard Himber and his Orch. (Joey Nash, vo.) – Love Thy Neighbor (1934) – Renovation 7002
Dick Powell – All’s Fair in Love and War (1936) – Great Movie Themes CD 60020
Una Mae Carlisle – Blitzkrieg Baby (1941) – Swing RCA Victor LP
King Radio – Sedition Law (1939) – Arhoolic Folklyric CD 7004
Marx Brothers and Company – Chico’s Trial; Fredonia’s Going to War (1933) – Duck Soup (MCA Home Video)
Annette Hanshaw – You Wouldn’t Fool Me, Would You? (1929) – Take Two TT408CD
The Boswell Sisters – Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (1932) – Collectables COL-CD-6461
Bertha Idaho – Down on Pennsylvania Avenue (1929) – Frog DGF17
Tom Dorsey and his Novelty Orch. – You Can’t Cheat a Cheater (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8005
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Changes (1927) – ABC 838 215-2
Frank Trumbauer – I’m Wonderin’ Who (1927) – Columbia CK45450
Isham Jones – What’s the Use (1930) – Memphis Archives MA7014
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Little White Lies (1930) – Collectors’ Choice CCM-175-2
Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Orpheans – I’ve Got a Feelin’ You’re Foolin’ (1936) – Pulse PBXCD422/3
Fats Waller – Don’t Try Your Jive On Me (1939) – QED015
Mildred Bailey – Peace, Brother! (1939) – Properbox 57
George Formby – Bless ‘Em All (1940) – Hallmark 300282
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Avid AVC539

"Facing Our Fears" October 27, 2006

(Week 61)



A special Hallowe'en edition of RADIOLA! that explores what we have to fear (including Fear itself). Source documents include 78s (both recent acquisitions and from the media midden) and cylinders from the UCSB collection. Don't be scared--it's only radio.

The fun begins tonight at 8 PM ET on WHCL.

Bert Williams – You Can’t Do Nothing Till Martin Gets Here (1913) – Archeophone 5003
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch. – Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me (1928) – KingJazz KJ152FS
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 RPM
Ben Bernie and his Hotel Roosevelt Orch. – Afraid (1926) – Brunswick 78 RPM
William F. Wirges and his Orch. – Afraid of You (1929) – Brunswick 78 RPM
Irving Aaronson and his Commanders – Wimmin, Aaah! (1926) – Victor 78 RPM
Billy Murray – I’m Afraid to Come Home in the Dark (1908) – UCSB Cylinder Collection
Billy Murray – I Used to Be Afraid to Come Home in the Dark (1909) – UCSB Cylinder Collection
Collins and Harlan – Ragtime Goblin Man (1912) – UCSB Cylinder Collection
New Orleans Owls – The Nightmare (1926) – Frog DGF 2
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies – Haunting Blues (1931) – Venuti-Lang Mosaic Box Set
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies – Boneyard Shuffle (1926) – JSP 918A
Sodero’s Band – The Vampire (1918) – UCSB Cylinder Collection
American Symphony Orch. – Hallowe’en Dance (1909) – UCSB Cylinder Collection
George Wilton Ballard – Witches (1919) – UCSB Cylinder Collection
Los Jardineros – Endemonaio (Possessed by the Devil) (1931) – Yazoo 7018
Martyn Green – The Nightmare Song (from “Iolanthe”) (1953) – Columbia LP
Original Memphis Five – The Grass is Always Greener (1924) – Columbia 78 RPM
All Star Orch. – Chloe (1928) – Victor 78 RPM
Spike Jones and his City Slickers – Chloe (1945) – Victor 78 RPM
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) – Collectors’ Choice Music CCM-175-2
Emmett Miller – The Ghost of the St. Louis Blues (1929) – Minstrel Man from Georgia (Col CD)
Cyril Smith (w/Rudy Vallee’s Conn. Yankees) – With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm (1937) – Bluebird 78 RPM
Clarence William’s Jazz Kings – Nervous Breakdown (1929) – “You Rascal You” Quadromania Box Set
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch – Shivery Stomp (1929) – Bix-Tram-Teagarden Mosaic Box Set
Fletcher Henderson – Jangled Nerves (1936) – “Wrappin’ It Up” Quadromania Box Set
Bing Crosby – I’ve Got to Pass Your House to Get to My House (1933) – Columbia CK 44229
Ethel Waters – Shoo Shoo Boogie Boo (1929) – Classics 721
The Boswell Sisters – Shout, Sister, Shout (1931) – Collectables COL-CD-6461
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four – Satan’s Holiday (1934) – Venuti-Lang Mosaic Box Set
Art Shaw and his Orch. – Skeletons in the Closet (1936) – Brunswick 78 RPM
Freddy Martin’s Orch. (As “Richard Himber”) – Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf (1933) – Renovation 7002

"Eddie's Twister" October 20, 2006

(Week 60)


In observance of his birthday anniversary (October 25, 1902), here is a show that's all Eddie Lang.

Tune in tonight at 8 PM ET on WHCL.

Eddie Lang – Eddie’s Twister (1927) – Mosaic Box Set (Disc 1, Tr. 18)
Irwin Abrams and his Orch. – Magnolia (1927) – Mosaic Box Set(Disc 1, Tr. 26)
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 RPM
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch. – Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8013
Napoleon’s Emperors – Gettin’ Hot (1929) – Timeless CBC 1-049 JAZZ
Fred Rich and his Orch. – Cheerful Little Earful (1930) – The Old Masters mb101
Emmett Miller – Big Bad Bill is Sweet William Now (tr. 16) (1929) – Columbia CD
Sophie Tucker – I Ain’t Got Nobody (1927) – Take Two TT404CD
Cliff Edwards – Good Little, Bad Little You (1928) – Timeless CBC 1-043 JAZZ
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. – I’m Coming Virginia (1927) – Mosaic Box Set (Disc 1, Tr. 22)
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies – Original Dixieland One Step (1927) – Quadromania
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four – Penn Beach Blues (1927) – Mosaic Box Set (Disc 2, Tr. 17)
Ruth Etting – Just a Little Closer (1930) – TT403CD
Red McKenzie and his Music Box – From Monday On (1928) – Mosaic Box Set (Disc 3, Tr. 2)
Bing Crosby – Some of These Days (1932) – Columbia CK 44305
Eddie Lang – April Kisses (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-043 JAZZ
Lonnie Johnson and Blind Willie Dunn – Two Tone Stomp (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5061
Dorsey Bros Orch. – The Spell of the Blues (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8005
Hoagy Carmichael and his Orch. – Rockin’ Chair (1930) – JSP 918B
Fred Rich and his Orch. – I Got Rhythm (1930) – The Old Masters mb101
Texas Alexander – The Risin’ Sun (1929) – Mosaic Box Set (Disc 4, Tr. 6)
Irene Gibbons (w/ Clarence Williams) – I’m Busy and You Can’t Come In (1928) – (Disc 3, Tr. 12)
Bessie Smith – I’m Wild About That Thing (1929) – Excelsior EXL-2-5317
Joe Venuti’s Four – Apple Blossoms (1929) – JSPCD 3402
Joe Venuti and his New Yorkers – Tain’t So, Honey, Tain’t So (1928) – Mosaic Box Set (Disc 2, Tr.24)
Joe Venuti-Eddie Lang – The Wild Cat (1928) – JSPCD 3402
Bing Crosby – How Long Will it Last? (1932) – Columbia/Legacy C2K 52942
The Ponce Sisters – So At Last It’s Come to This (1932) – Mosaic Box Set (Disc 7, Tr. 11)
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – I Like to Do Things For You (1930) – Mosaic Box Set (Disc 5, Tr. 22)
Joe Venuti-Eddie Lang Blue Five – Pink Elephants (1933) – Mosaic Box Set (Disc 7, Tr. 17)
Eddie Lang – A Little Love, A Little Kiss (1927) – Retrieval RTR 79015

"Radiola at Sea" October 13, 2006

(Week 59)

A distinctly nautical flavor permeates this edition of RADIOLA! with plenty of vintage hardtack biscuits that spin at precisely 78 RPM.

Tune in tonight at 8 PM on WHCL and bring your own grog.

Victor Male Chorus – Sea Songs (1927) – Victor 78 RPM
Dick Powell – Don’t Give Up the Ship (1935) – Great Movie Themes CD 60020
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 RPM
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Navy Blues (1929) – Viper’s Nest VN-179
Six Jumping Jacks – She Was Just a Sailor’s Sweetheart (1926) – The Old Masters mb120
Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers – Steamboat Stomp (1926) – JSP CD321
Frank C. Stanley – When the Bell in the Lighthouse Rings Ding Dong (1905) – Columbia 78 RPM
J. W. Myers – Come Take a Trip in My Airship (1904) – Columbia 78 RPM
Helen Louise and Frank Ferera – Waikiki Mermaid Medley (1916) – Victor 78 RPM
U.S. Naval Academy Ten – Navy Girl (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-048 JAZZ
U.S. Naval Academy Ten – My Dream Ship (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-048 JAZZ
The Little Ramblers – Deep Blue Sea Blues (1924) – Timeless CBC 1-032 JAZZ
Lonnie Johnson – Deep Sea Blues (1930) – Properbox 81
Sam Manning – Sinking of the Kate Esau (1930) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8029
The Growler – An Excursion to Grenada (1930s) – Rounder CD 1054
Prince’s Orchestra – Sari One Step (1913) – Columbia 78 RPM
West End Jazz Band – A Sailboat in the Moonlight (2004) – Legacy 2K 105
Ethel Merman – How Deep is the Ocean (1932) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 473
Lee Wiley – Like a Ship Without a Sail (1940) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5417
The Boswell Sisters – Rock and Roll (1935) – Biograph LP
Royal Serbian Tambouritza Orch. – Waves of the Sea (1919 ?) – Columbia 78 RPM
Kane's Hawaiians - Song of the Islands (1929) - Victor 78 RPM
Green Brothers Marimba Orch. – Maori (1930) – 09026 63206-2
Frank Crumit – Gum Tree Canoe (1929) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 3407
Charlie Palloy – On a Steamer Coming Over – The Old Masters mb118
Fred Astaire – We Saw the Sea (1936) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120718
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Christopher Columbus (1936) – Columbia C3K 57596
Ozzie Nelson and his Orch. – Queen Isabella (1937) – Bluebird 78 RPM
Joseph Robichaux and his New Orleans Rhythm Boys – Every Tub (1933) – Document DOCD1016
Adelaide Hall – Transatlantic Lullaby (1939) – History of Pop Radio Vol. 10
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (1932) – JSP CD3401
Shirley Temple – On the Good Ship Lollypop (1933) – History of Pop Radio Vol. 5
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Avid AVC539

"The Royal Treatment" October 6, 2006

(Week 58)

This playlist is dedicated to the Royal typewriter I repaired this week--finding the "Radium King" march on an old 12" Victor 78 was additional inspiration. We also acknowledge Dukes, Counts, and Earls at 8 PM EDT on WHCL.

Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five – King of the Zulus (tr. 15) (1926) – Columbia C4K 63527
Victor Dance Orch. – King Radium (ca. 1908) – Victor 78 RPM
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 RPM
Lanin’s Red Heads – King Porter Stomp (1925) – Jazz Oracle 8043
Tennessee Tooters – Prince of Wails (1924) – Hep CD1081
Little Ramblers – Prince of Wails (1924) – Timeless CBC 1-037 JAZZ
Ruth Etting – Penthouse Serenade (1932) – Take Two TT403CD
Zarah Leander – En juvel i malardrottningens krona (1930) – ZYX 11116-2
Bessie Smith – Do Your Duty (1933) – Excelsior EXL-2-5317
Arthur Pryor’s Band – The King of Rags (1907) – Archeophone 1001
Gene Greene – King of the Bungaloos (1917) – 09026-63206-2
Europe’s Society Orch. – Castle House Rag (1914) – Archeophone ARCH 1003
King Carter and his Royal Orch. – Blues in My Heart (1931) – Frog DGF38
King Oliver and his Orch. – Want You Just Myself (1929) – JSPCD 3404
Joseph Robichaux and his N.O. Rhythm Boys – King Kong Stomp (1933) – Document DOCD 1016
Herbert L. Clarke – Caprice Brilliante (1908) – Victor 78 RPM
Henry Burr – Stay Down Here Where You Belong (1915) – Victor 78 RPM
Orq. Francesca Reveron – El Kaiser corcovea (1919) – Harlequin HQ CD 131
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. (Bing Crosby, vo.) – Tain’t So, Honey, Tain’t So (1928) – HOLD ON CD
Bing Crosby – Street of Dreams (1932) – Columbia C3K 44229
Charlie Palloy – It Don’t Mean a Thing (1932) –The Old Masters mb118
Duke Ellington and his Orch. – Ring Dem Bells (1930) – Charly CDCD 1156
Bennie Moten’s K.C. Orch. – The Count (1930) – Classics 591
Earl Hines and his Orch. – Cavernism (1933) – Portrait Masters RK 44119
The Tiger – Money is King (1935) – Arhoolie Folklyric CD 7004
The Caresser – Edward the VIII (1937) – Rounder CD 1142
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Christopher Columbus (1936) – RCA Victor 07863 66747-2
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies – The Sheik of Araby (1930) – Decca GRD-609
Blind Willie Dunn’s Gin Bottle Four – Blue Blood Blues (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5061
The Charleston Chasers – Cinderella Brown (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5316
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – The New King Porter Stomp (1932) – Membran 222440-444
Bennie Moten’s K.C. Orch. – Prince of Wales (1932) – Classics 591
Toots Paka Hawaiian Company – Aloha Oe (1914) – Columbia 78 RPM
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Avid AVC539

"Radiola Salad" September 29, 2006 @ 7:30 PM

(Week 57)

Tonight's RADIOLA! is a zesty salad consisting of soundfiles from the back of the fridge, LP cuts, 78 transfers (some by Lee Hartsfeld), cylinder downloads from the UCSB Cylinder Collection, and CD tracks featuring the amazing Al Gallodoro (who is still a saxophone virtuoso at 93)!

The show starts at 7:30 PM EDT on WHCL--bring your own croutons.

Eddie Duchin and his Orch. (Patricia Norman, vo.) – Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (1938) – Brunswick 78
Rudy Vallee and his Conn. Yankees – Heigh Ho! Ev’rybody, Heigh Ho! – RCA Victor LP
The Happiness Boys –Why Aren’t Yas Eatin’ More Oranges (1926) – Victor 78 RPM
Debroy Somers Band – You’re an Old Smoothie (1933) – Best of the British Dance Bands
Ada Jones and Billy Murray – Come Josephine in My Flying Machine (1911) – UCSB Cylinder
Joseph A. Phillips – My Lady of the Telephone (1915) – UCSB Cylinder Collection
Lillie Delk Christian – Last Night I Dreamed You Kissed Me (tr.22) (1928) – Columbia C4K 63527
Oriole Orchestra – Eccentric Rag (1924) – Lee Hartsfeld 78 transfer
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 RPM
Miss Emmett – I Don’t Want to Play in Your Yard (ca. 1895) – First Successful Recordings LP
Edison Symphony Orch. – Selections from “The Mikado” (1897) – mp3 download
Mose Tapiero – Carnival at Venice (1909) – Bizarre Soloists of the Acoustic Era
Syd Valentine and his Patent Leather Kids – Patent Leather Stomp (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8009
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – Moten Swing (1932) – Classics 591
Browning and Starr – Let’s Go Ballyhoo (1935) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8003
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Hymn to the Sun (1925) – Lee Hartsfeld 78 transfer
Lyn Murray Chorus – Dawn of a New Day (1938) – Tribute to George Gershwin LP
Mary Campbell and Margaret Treat – Government Camp Song (1930s) – Voices from the Dust Bowl
Enric Madriguera and his Orch. – It Was So Beautiful (1932) – Columbia 78 RPM (long-player)
Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm – Rippling Rhythm (1936) – RCA Victor LP
Ted Weems and his Orch. – Nola (1938) – Decca LP
Los Jardineros – Emma (1930) – Yazoo 7018
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – Dinah (1934) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5138
Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks – Southbound (1993) – Stomp Off CD 1260
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch. – By Heck (1933) – Best of Dorsey Brothers
Al Gallodoro – Beebe (1942) – Infinite Gallodoro CD
Al Gallodoro – Sophisticated Lady (2004) – Infinite Gallodoro CD
Sophie Tucker – That Lovin’ Rag (1910)– UCSB Cylinder Collection
Billy Murray – Texas Tommy Swing (1912)– UCSB Cylinder Collection
Vincent Lopez and his Orch. – Learn to Do the Strut (1923) – Parlophone 78 RPM
Ben Pollack and his Orch. – Sally of My Dreams (1928) – Canadian Victor 78 RPM
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Stack O’Lee Blues (1928) – Victor 78 RPM
Six Jumping Jacks – Send for Our Free Booklet (1930) – Roaring Twenties (Intersound)
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Rhapsody in Blue (1938) – Tribute to George Gershwin LP
American Symphony Orch. – Songe d’automne (1918) – UCSB Cylinder Collection
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – No More Worryin’ (1926) – Victor 78 RPM
Bert Williams – I Want to Know Where Tosti Went (1920) – Archeophone ARCH 5002