Friday, October 27, 2006

"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

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