Diamond Disc Extravaganza (August 26, 2005)

I've just uploaded a Live 365-only edition of Radiola, featuring a selection of Edison Diamond Disc recordings from my childhood stash. I recorded them on cassette tape in the late 1980s, and they are presented with no audio adjustments other than Dolby B noise reduction. It's a short program (65 minutes) but it's all-new, previously unheard material. (Except of course for the Anonymous Ocarina Man, but he's earned a place in our hearts.) All these are Edison records, except where noted:

Duke Yellman and his Orchestra -- Oh! If I Only Had You
Ocarina Man -- William Tell Overture (Columbia 78)
Green Bros Novelty Band -- Whispering
Green Bros Novelty Band -- Yes! We Have No Bananas
Gladys Rice and Betsy Lane Shepherd -- Cry Baby (From "Helen of Troy, New York")
Al Bernard -- Who's That Knockin' At My Door?
Ernest Stevens' Trio -- Why?
All Star Trio -- Shimmee Town
Criterion Quartet -- Honey Babe
Vernon Dalhart and Frank M. Kamplain -- Ukulele Lou
Broadway Dance Orchestra -- Ka-Lu-A
Harry Raderman's Jazz Orchestra -- Shuffle Along Medley
Vernon Dalhart -- Way Out West in Kansas
Jack Kaufman -- You Can't Walk Back From an Aeroplane
Polla's Clover Garden Orchestra (Will Provost, vocal) -- Travelling Blues (An Indigo Wail)

Playlist for RADIOLA SPECIAL No.2

Here is the playlist for the second Monday program of RADIOLA! (as a substitute for Jonathan Mead's "Anywhere But Here"):

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California Ramblers – Magnolia (1927) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5017
Savoy Bearcats – Hot Notes (1926) – Frog DGF8
West End Jazz Band – Vladivostok (2002) – Legacy 2K 102
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – I’ve Had My Moments (1935) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5138
Leroy Smith and his Orch. – St. Louis Blues (1928) – Frog DGF8
Jean Sablon – Par Correspondance (1934) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5167
Zavaidoc Teodorescu – Dragostea e ca si o raie (1928?) – Columbia 78
Zarah Leander – En juvel i malardrottingens krona (Swedish, 1930?) – ZYX 11116-2
Lotte Lenya – Pirate Jenny (1954) – MGM LP
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Sensation (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-069
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers – Four or Five Times – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5017
West End Jazz Band – Please Don’t Cut Out My Sauerkraut (2002) – Legacy 2K 102
Little Ramblers – Swamp Blues (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-037 JAZZ
Goofus Five – Wang Wang Blues (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-017 JAZZ
Dixieland Jug Blowers – Memphis Shake (1926) – Frog DGF6
Guy Lombardo – Where the Shy Little Violets Grow (1928) – Sony A-59749
West End Jazz Band – Where the Shy Little Violets Grow (2004) – Legacy 2K 104
West End Jazz Band – Forty-Second Street (2004) – Legacy 2K 105
Joseph Robichaux and his New Orleans Rhythm Boys – Stormy Weather (1933) – Document CD 1016

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The Lion – I am Going to Buy a Bungalo (1938) – Rounder CD 1077
Attila the Hun – I Don’t Want No Bungalo (1938) – Rounder CD 1077
Bill Rogers – West Indian Weed Woman (1934) – Rounder CD 1039
George Robey – Archibald, Certainly Not! (1914?) – Empress RAJCD 834
George Formby – The Lancashire Toreador (1937) – Hallmark 300282
Nellie Wallace – Three Times a Day (1920?) – Empress RAJCD 834
Savoy Orpheans – Vo-Do-Do-De-O Blues (1927) – Avid AVC 539
Percival Mackey & Band – Time on My Hands (1931) – Music & Memories MMD 1007
Oscar Rabin & Band – Could Be (1939) – Music & Memories MMD 1007
Zarah Leander – Falling in Love Again (Swedish, 1930) – ZYX 11116-2
Marlene Dietrich – Falling in Love Again (German 1930) – Cocktail Hour Double Take CRG 218015
Jean Trenchant – Mademoiselle Adelaine (1936) – Disques Swing CDSW 8419
Ben Selvin and his Orch. – I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (1928) – ASV CD AJA 5318
Ben Pollack and his Orch. – Singapore Sorrows (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8015
West End Jazz Band – Tin Ear (2002) – Legacy 2K 102
Leroy Smith and his Orch. – Rhapsody in Blue (1928) – Frog DGF8
Ben Selvin and his Orch. – I Found a Million Dollar Baby (1931) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5318
Louis Armstrong – Mahogany Hall Stomp (1929) – Columbia CK 46148
Ray Miller and his Orch. – My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms (1928) – Timeless CBC 1-041 JAZZ
Ben Pollack and his Orch. – Sweet Sue (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8015

Playlist for RADIOLA SPECIAL No.1

Here is the playlist for the first Radiola Special, recorded as I was subbing for Jonathan Mead last July:

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Jean Sablon – Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf (1933) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5167
Ocarina Soloist – William Tell Overture (pre-1920?) – Columbia 78
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – Dinah (1934) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5138
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – My Sweet (1938) – Jazz Archives 45
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – Mystery Pacific (1937) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 549
Sam Manning – Sly Mongoose (1925) – Rounder CD 1039
Wilmoth Houdini – No Mo’ Bench and Board (1931) – Arhoolie Folklyric CD 7010
The Tiger – The Rats (1936) – Arhoolie Folklyric CD 7004
Slim and Slam – African Jive (1941) – Columbia/Legacy CK 64898
Oscar Aleman – You Made Me Love You (1944) – Acoustic Disc ACD-29
Slim and Slam – Matzoh Balls (1939) – Columbia/Legacy CK 64898
Richard Tauber – Indian Love Call (1929) – Gala GL 314
Josephine Baker – J’ai Deux Amours (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5364
Leon Monosson – Night and Day (1935) – Disques Swing CDSW 8419
Ray Noble and his Orch., Al Bowlly vocal – Time on My Hands (1931) – Classic Popular CDCD 1136
George Formby – It’s Turned Out Nice Again (1939) – Hallmark 300282
Zarah Leander – For det will han sa garna (Swedish, 1930?) – ZYX 11116-2
Germain Sablon – Chanson du Large (1934) – Disques Swing CDSW 8419

RADIOLA SPECIAL 1b
Harry Roy and his Orch. – Bugle Call Rag (1933) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5225
Nat Gonella and his Georgians – Chicago (1935) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5300
Eddie South and his International Orch. – Hejre Kati (1931) – Classics 707
Lotte Lenya – Alabama Song (1955) – Sony Classical MHK 63222
Marlene Dietrich – Blonde Women (1930?) – Cocktail Hour Double Take CRG 218015
Zarah Leander – My Wife is On a Diet (Swedish, 1930?) – ZYX 11116-2
Oscar Aleman – Limehouse Blues (1938) – Acoustic Disc ACD-29
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – Ultrafox (1935) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5138
Slim and Slam – Lady Be Good (1938) – Columbia/Legacy CK 64898
Lucienne Boyer – Parlez-Moi D’Amour – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5364
Jean Sablon – Cette Chanson Est Pour Vous (Life is a Song, 1935) – Disques Swing CDSW 8419
Charles Trenet – Boum! (1938) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5364
Petit Mirisha – Vieni, Vieni (1935) – Disques Swing CDSW 8419
Jean Sablon – The Continental (1935) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5167
Edith Piaf – La Vie en Rose (1946) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5364
Savoy Orpheans – The Blue Room (1927) – Conifer CDHD 160
Noel Coward – Dance, Little Lady (1928) – Flapper PAST CD 7845
Savoy Orpheans – Charleston (1925) – Conifer CDHD 160

Radiola Specials on Live 365!

Both Monday programs are on line at my Live 365 Radiola site. Lots of good stuff to be heard there! Still no word on the WHCL live broadcast--check back for further developments.

Hiatus! (The Musical)

There will be no broadcast of Radiola on WHCL-FM this week (August 5). WHCL is on summer hiatus until further notice. HOWEVER, archived shows are still available on Live 365 --and the site WILL BE UPDATED with new material each week. (I recorded both Monday programs I did while subbing for the World Music host, and will be adding them to the rotation. These "Radiola Extras" have a distinctly international flair.) If the hiatus lasts longer than two weeks, I will create programs on my computer to add to my Live 365 station at weekly intervals. No worries!

My deepest thanks to Jonathan Mead, Danny Klag, Alan Clark, and everyone else at WHCL for letting me get started on this broadcasting adventure. The initial eight weeks just FLEW by.

Keep watching this site for further developments.