Friday, May 26, 2006

Hiatusville!

Owing to the year-end break at WHCL, RADIOLA! will be taking the week off. Your host will be spending a few days up around Lake Lacuna, and will return June 2, at 7 PM EST with the usual fish stories to tell. The Live365 feed should continue uninterrupted, as always.

Monday, May 22, 2006

OCARINA MYSTERY SOLVED!!


The quaint, scratchy acoustic recording of the William Tell Overture I've used as the RADIOLA! theme is no longer anonymous. I discovered that that amazing ocarina solo is by none other than Mose Tapiero, possibly the greatest ocarina player of all time. I compared the matrix number of my "anonymous" recording with the list on the Mose Tapiero discography, and it matches up. The recording I use was first issued in 1912. And nobody seems to know a thing about Maestro Tapiero, other than that he could blow one mean sweet potato.

Friday, May 19, 2006

"Collegiate" -- May 19, 2006

(Week 40)

My salute to the Graduates at 7 PM EDT on WHCL--CONGRATULATIONS!!

Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Collegiate (1925) – Victor 78 RPM
Jones and Hare – We Ain’t Never Been to College (1928) – Victor 78 RPM
Anonymous Ocarina Player – William Tell Overture (ca. 1910) – Columbia 78 RPM
Jan Garber and his Orch. – Washington and Lee Swing (1928) – The Old Masters mb119
Jan Garber and his Orch. – VMI Spirit (1928) – The Old Masters mb119
Kay Kyser and his Orch. – Hark! The Sound of Tar Heel Voices (1929) – Broadway Intermission LP
Libby Holman – Am I Blue? (1928) – Take Two TT509CD
Charleston Chasers (Eva Taylor, vo.) – Ain’t Misbehavin’ (1929) – Take Two TT502CD
Lyda Roberti – College Rhythm (1934) – Columbia/Legacy CK 57711
Johnny Hamp’s Kentucky Serenaders – CONSTANTINOPLE (1928) – PAST CD 7845
George Olsen and his Music – Doin’ the Raccoon (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5388
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – I Love the College Girls (1926) – Take Two TT503CD
Wisconsin U Skyrockets – Postage Stomp (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8049
Maynard Baird and his Orch. – Postage Stomp (1930) – Timeless CBC 1-048 JAZZ
West End Jazz Band – Postage Stomp (2003) – Legacy 2K 103
Jack Pettis and his Pets – Freshman Hop (1928) – Broadway Intermission LP
Ten Freshmen – Freshman Hop (1929) – Biograph LP
Andy Kirk and his 12 Clouds of Joy – Sophomore (1930) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 3408
George Olsen and his Music - Varsity Drag (1927) - ASV Living Era CD AJA 5388
Frank Crumit – Abdul Abulbul Amir (1930) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 3407
Billy Merson – The Spaniard Who Blighted My Life (1911) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5363
Al Jolson – The Spaniard Who Blighted My Life (1928) – Rhino R2 72544
Kay Kyser and his Orch. (Sully Mason, vo.) – Collegiate Fanny (1929) – Broadway Intermission LP
Phil Spitalny’s Music – Betty Co-Ed (1930) – Archeophone 3002
Bob Hartman and his Orch. – Charley Cadet (1931) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8049
Fred Hall and his Sugar Babies (A. Fields, vo.)– Sophomore Prom (1929) – The Old Masters mb106
Irving Mills and his Modernists – At the Prom (1929) – Broadway Intermission LP
Ten Freshmen – Bag o’ Blues (1929) – Biograph LP
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Collegiana (1928) – PAST CD 7845
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Collegiana (alt. take) (1928) – Victor 78 RPM
Sam Lanin and his Famous Players – Varsity Drag (1927) – ABC 838 215-2
Coon-Sanders’ Nighthawks – I Ain’t Got Nobody (1927) – The Old Masters mb112
Coon-Sanders’ Nighthawks – Roodles (1927) – The Old Masters mb112
West End Jazz Band – Roodles (2003) – Legacy 2K 103
Tom Lehrer – Fight Fiercely Harvard (1953) – Rhino R2 72776
Count Basie and his Orch. (Jimmy Rushing, vo.) – Harvard Blues (1941) – Topaz TPZ 1023
The Lion – Vitalogy (1938) – Rounder CD 1077
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch. – The Yale Blues (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8004
US Naval Academy Ten – My Navy Girl (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-048 JAZZ
Hotel Pennsylvania Music (Sid Garry, vo.) – Stein Song (1930) – Velvet Tone 78 RPM
Gene Austin – My Sorority Sweetheart (1928) – Victor 78 RPM
Gene Austin – Dream Girl of Pi K A (1928) – Victor 78 RPM
Celestin’s Original Tuxedo Jazz Orch. – The Sweetheart of T K O (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8002
Sam Lanin’s Orch. – Princeton Cannon Song and Down the Field (1931) – Hit of the Week 78 RPM
Freddie Rich’s Radio Orch. – As the Backs Go Tearing By (1931) – Hit of the Week 78 RPM
Phil Spitalny’s Orch. – Fight for California (1931) – Hit of the Week 78 RPM
Phil Spitalny’s Orch. – Notre Dame Victory March (1931) – Hit of the Week 78 RPM
Sam Lanin’s Orch. – Illinois Loyalty and Michigan Victory (1931) – Hit of the Week 78 RPM
Souvenir from Phil Spitalny to The Northwestern University (1930) – Archeophone 3002
Frank Crumit – Bohunkus (1927) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 3407
Eddie Walters – Collegiate Sam (1929) – Take Two TT503CD
Jan Garber and his Orch. – Positively - Absolutely (1927) – The Old Masters mb119
Bert Lown and his Orch. – Bye Bye Blues (1930) – Archeophone 3002
Hotel Pennsylvania Music – Once Again Before We Part (1930) – Velvet Tone 78 RPM
Eddie South and his Orch. – Gotta Go! (1933) – Classics 707
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Sweet Sue, Just You (1939) – Olympic LP

Friday, May 12, 2006

"Hot and Heavy" -- May 12, 2006 @ 7 PM EDT

(Week 39)

This Very Special RADIOLA! is dedicated to those among us who (owing to the unfashionable manifestation of our metabolical imbalance) are subject to the slings, arrows, brickbats, and divers blunt instruments of even those who proclaim themselves Politically Correct. (Actually, especially them. They have to take their nastiness out on somebody.) This RADIOLA! is comfort food for the large person's soul--three hours of music including stellar performances by some of the biggest (and heaviest) stars of early pop and jazz. There is also an abundance of suitable topical material, some requests, and a few incongruities. This show is packed with music for your enjoyment--and to keep me from editorializing more than is absolutely necessary. The fun starts at 7 PM, as it will for the remainder of the summer, on WHCL-FM 88.7, in Clinton, NY, at beautiful Hamilton College.

Ben Tobier and his California Cyclones – Hot and Heavy (1930) – Yazoo 2024
Ted Lewis and his Band – Egyptian Ella (1931) – Retrieval RTR 79014
Anonymous Ocarina Player – William Tell Overture (ca. 1910) – Columbia 78 RPM
Cliff Edwards – A Great Big Bunch of You (1933) – Columbia/Legacy C2K 52942
Hollywood Shufflers – Bigger and Better Than Ever (1929) – Timeless CBC 1-039 JAZZ
Sophie Tucker – I Don’t Want to Get Thin (1929) – TT404CD
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Whispering (1920) – History of Pop Radio 205598-202
Louisiana Sugar Babes – Thou Swell (1928) – Bluebird 07863 61006-2
Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five – Struttin’ With Some Barbecue (1927) – Columbia CK 44422
Jelly Roll Morton – Fat Frances (1929) – JSPCD 322
Red Onion Jazz Babies – Santa Claus Blues (1924) – Heritage Jazz 513282W
The Hottentots – Lots O’ Mama (1926) – Yazoo 2024
Kate Smith – Clementine (From New Orleans) (1927) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 483
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – All of Me (1931) – Sony A 23672
Benny Goodman and his Orch. – Your Mother’s Son-In-Law (1933) – Columbia/Legacy C3K 47724
Helen Kane – Button Up Your Overcoat (1929) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 483
Annette Hanshaw – He’s So Unusual (1929) – Sensation Annette Hanshaw Vol. 7
Mae Questel – Sweet Betty/Don’t Take My Boop-Boop-A-Doop Away/The Girl In the Little Green Hat (1933) – Pro Arte CDD 440
Zarah Leander – Ingenting att bjuda frammande pa (ca. 1930) – ZYX 11116-2
Billy Murray and Walter Scanlon – My Wife is On a Diet (1929) – Take Two TT503CD
Jimmie Grier and his Orch. – Bend Down Sister (1932) – Take Two 421CD
Joseph Robichaux and his New Orleans Rhythm Boys – Saturday Night Fish Fry Drag (1933) – Document DOCD 1016
Mills Blue Rhythm Band – Sugar Blues (1931) – Hep CD 1008
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces – Got Butter on It (1929) – Retrieval RTR 79013 JAZZ
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch. – Trav’lin’ All Alone (1931) – The Old Masters mb103
Casa Loma Orchestra – Heat Wave (1933) – ABC 836 190-2
Dorsey Brothers’ Orchestra – I Can’t Make a Man (1933) – Columbia/Legacy CK48908
Dixieland Jug Blowers – Don’t Give All the Lard Away (1926) – Frog DGF6
Junie C. Cobb and his Grains of Corn – Shake that Jelly Roll (1929) – Timeless CBC 1-050 JAZZ
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – All That Meat and No Potatoes (1941) – Bluebird 2192-2-RB
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. (Jimmy Rushing, vo.) – Ya Got Love (1931) – Classics 591
Tiny Parham and his Musicians – Tiny’s Stomp (1929) – Classics 661
Tiny Parham and his Musicians – Fat Man Blues (1929) – Classics 691
Zelma O’Neal – Do Something (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5015
West End Jazz Band (Leah LaBrea, vo.) – Do Something (2005) – Legacy 2K 106
West End Jazz Band – Please Don’t Cut Out My Sauerkraut (2002) – Legacy 2K 102
Fats Waller – St. Louis Blues (1926) – Classics 674
Louis Armstrong’s Hot Seven – Potato Head Blues (1927) – Columbia/Legacy C4K 57176
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. (Jimmy Rushing, vo.) – Now That I Need You – Classics 591
Al Lentz and his Orch. – Every Night I Bring Her Frankfurter Sandwiches (1927)– Take Two TT503CD
Eddie Cantor – Hungry Women (1928) – Take Two TT503CD
Duke of Iron – Fifty Cents (1959) – RCA Victor LP
Red McKenzie and his Rhythm Kings – I Can’t Get Started (1936) – Timeless CBC 1-019 JAZZ
Bunny Berigan and his Boys – I Can’t Get Started (1936) – Giants of Jazz Time/Life LP Set
Bunny Berigan and his Orch. – I Can’t Get Started (1937) – Giants of Jazz Time/Life LP Set
Sophie Tucker – Oh! You Have No Idea! (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5017
Bessie Smith – My Kitchen Man (1929) – Excelsior EXL-2-5317
Billie Holliday – What a Little Moonlight Can Do (1935) – Columbia/Legacy C3K 47724
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Then I’ll Be Tired of You (1934) – Bluebird 07863 66618-2
Mildred Bailey and her Orch. – More Than You Know (1936) – Vocalion 78 RPM
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Sweet Sue, Just You (1928) – Joker LP Box Set
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up, Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Avid AVC539

Sunday, May 07, 2006

RADIOLA! is now a THREE-HOUR PROGRAM

As of May 12, RADIOLA! will air from 7 until 10 PM ET Fridays on WHCL-FM (88.7). Immediately afterward, at 10 PM, my friend Alex Jager will be hosting his aural fantasmagoria TRIPPING WITH DOLPHINS. Alex's show is totally unlike RADIOLA! but his poetic monologues, in-depth interviews, and psychedelic playlist make for one of the most intriguing programs you are likely to hear on American radio. It will remind you of underground radio circa 1968.

Thursday, May 04, 2006

"Savage Serenade" (May 5, 2006)

(Week 38)

This Friday's RADIOLA! (8 PM ET on WHCL) contains as much necessary roughness as the FCC allows. "Kinder, gentler" times (and tunes)? I think not. How'd you like an audio knuckle sandwich? All right, then--you asked for it!

“Jos. Elliot” (Arthur Fields) – Hard Hearted Hannah (1925) – National Music Lovers 78 RPM
Adrian Rollini’s Orch. – Savage Serenade (1933) – Historical LP ASC 5829-19
Anonymous Ocarina Player – William Tell Overture (ca. 1910) – Columbia 78 RPM
Hoagy Carmichael and his Orch. – Barnacle Bill the Sailor (1930) – RCA LP
Slatz Randall and his Orch. – I’m a Ding Dong Daddy (1930) – ABC 836 190-2
Gene Kardos and his Orch. – Mean Music (1931) – The Old Masters mb121
Lizzie Miles – You’re Such a Cruel Papa to Me (1928)– Frog DGF 14
Helen Kane – Dangerous Nan McGrew (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5015
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch. (Kay Weber, vo.) – Nasty Man (1934) – Columbia/Legacy CK 48908
Wilmoth Houdini – Sweet Papa Willie (1931) – Arhoolie Folklyric CD 7010
Wilmoth Houdini – Don’t Do That to Me (1940) – Camden LP CAL-360
Talbot Brothers – Atomic Nightmare (ca. 1958) – ABC-Paramount LP 156
Bubbling Over Five – Don’t Mistreat Your Good Boy-Friend (1929) – Timeless CBC 1-048
New Orleans Owls – Throwin’ the Horns (1927) – Frog DGF 2
Joseph Robichaux and his New Orleans Rhythm Boys – King Kong Stomp (1933) – Document DOCD 1016
Tiny Parham and his Musicians – Head Hunter’s Dream (1928) – Classics 661
Lecuona Cuban Boys – Tabou (1936) – Lecuona Cuban Boys, Vol. 4 (1932-1936)
Tom Lehrer – Masochism Tango (1959) – Rhino R2 72776
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – I’se A-Muggin’ (1936) – Charly CDCD 2015
Stuff Smith and his Onyx Club Boys – Onyx Club Spree (1937) – Giants of Jazz CD 53173
Benny Goodman Sextet – Breakfast Feud (1940) – Columbia CK 45144
Sam Manning-Anna Freeman – Nothing But a Double-Barrel Shotgun (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8029
The Lion and Attila (w/Gerald Clark) – Louis -Schmeling Fight (1937) – Rounder 82161-1106-2
The Tiger – Marabella Wedding (1935) – Rounder CD 1077
Jimmie Grier and his Orch. (Margaret Lawrence, vo.) – The More You Hurt Me (1932) – Take Two TT421CD
Elsie Carlisle – Pu-leeze! Mister Hemingway! (1932) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5030
Ethel Merman – I Get a Kick Out of You (1934) – Columbia/Legacy CK 57111
Louis Armstrong’s Hot Seven – I’m Not Rough (1927) – Columbia CK 44422
Mills Blue Rhythm Band – Savage Rhythm (1931) – Hep CD 1008
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces – Jazz Battle (1929) – Retrieval RTR 79013
Charlie Palloy – Try a Little Tenderness (1932) – The Old Masters mb 118
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie (1936) – RCA Victor 07863-66747-2
Bill Dodge and his Orch. – Sweet Sue, Just You (1934) – Circle LP
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up Chill’un Wake Up (1929) – Avid AVC539