Thursday, January 27, 2011

"Fairly Unbalanced" January 28, 2011

(Week 244)

This RADIOLA! seeks to find its center by veering off in all directions.

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Les Reis - Yes She Do No She Don't (1927) - Okeh 40804
The Okeh Melodians (Lanin) (Irving Kaufman v) - Rain or Shine (1928) - Okeh 41017
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Ted Lewis and his Band - Don't Wake Me Up Let Me Dream (1925) - Columbia 531 D
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Forevermore (1928) - Columbia 1364 D
Fred Rich and his Hotel Astor Orch (James Melton v) - You Took Advantage of Me (1928) - Columbia 1389 D
Ford and Glenn - I Get the Blues When it Rains (1928) - Columbia 1720 D
James Bolton (Irving Kaufman) - Contented (1928) - Romeo 956
Happiness Boys (Jones & Hare D Kaplan p) - I Love the College Girls (1927) - Okeh 40785 A
Erdody's Hotel PA Orch - Dolly (Vincent Youmans) (1921) - Okeh 4352 B
California Ramblers - You Know Me Alabam' (1924) - Columbia 153 D
The Lanin Orch - I Want To See My Tennessee (1924) - Okeh 40219 B
Wilmoth Houdini - The Cooks in Trinidad (1931) - Poor but Ambitious (Arhoolie CD 7010)
The Growler - Too Botheration (1938) - Calypsos From Trinidad (Arhoolie CD 7004)
Felix And His Krazy Kats - Bei Mir Du Schoen - Calypso Breakway 1927-1941 (Rounder CD 1054)
Bix Centennial All Stars (James Langton v) - From Monday On (2002) - Celebrating Bix! Arbors ARCD 19271
Anachronic Jazz Band - Yardbird Suite (1976) - JBM 34011
Harry Macdonough and Haydn Quartet - The Girl of My Dreams (1910) - Victor 5800
Bert Williams - Get Up (1920) - Columbia A 3305
California Ramblers - Linger Awhile (1923) - Columbia 49 D
Vincent Rose Jackie Taylor and their Hollywood Orch (IK v) - Lovely Little Silhouette (1927) - Columbia 1309 D
Ted Lewis and his Band - Moonlight Madness (1928) - Columbia 1485 D
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Austin Young v) - Felix the Cat (1928) - Columbia 1478 D
Jessica Dragonette - Giannina Mia (1929) - Brunswick 7444
Milton Charles organ (Ned Miller v) - I'm Sorry Sally (1928) - Columbia 1730 D
Nick Lucas (Sammy Stept p) - Let Me Live and Love You Just For To-night (1926) - Brunswick 3283 B
Albert Taylor and his Orch (Freddy Martin) (Russ Morgan v) - Throw Another Log on the Fire (1933) - Conqueror 8267 A
Tommy Ladnier and his Orch - When You and I Were Young Maggie (1938) - Bluebird B 10089 A
King Radio - Old Men Come Back Again - Calypso Breakway 1927-1941 (Rounder CD 1054)
Harmony Kings' Orchestra -Anything for Love (Tango Calypso) (1938) - Calypso Carnival 1936-1941 (Rounder CD 1077)
Nelson Eddy Jeanette McDonald - Will You Remember? (1937) - Victor 4329 A
The Okeh Melodians (Lanin) (Irving Kaufman v) - Forever and Ever (1928) - Okeh 41017

Thursday, January 20, 2011

"There'll Come a Time" January 21, 2011

(Week 243)

This RADIOLA! looks forward to good things (for a change).

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Happiness Boys (Jones & Hare D Kaplan p) - The Coat and Pants Do All The Work (1927) - Okeh 40785 B
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch - There'll Come a Time (1928) - Parlophone R 2097
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Fred Rich and his Hotel Astor Orch (James Melton v) - Do You Hear Me Saying “I Love You” (1928) - Columbia 1389 D
Wayne King and his Orch (Burke Bivens v) - Swamp Ghosts (1930) - Victor 22600 B
The Knickerbockers (Selvin) (Johnny Marvin v) - The Kinkajou (1927) - Columbia 893 D
Nick Lucas - Looking at the World Thru Rose Colored Glasses (1926) - Brunswick 3283 A
Lowe Stokes and his North Georgians - Wave That Frame (1928) - Columbia 15367 D
Ponce Sisters - Fit as a Fiddle (1932) - Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang (Mosaic MD8-213/7)
Varsity Eight - Easy Melody (1923) - Cameo 445
Georgia Melodians (Vernon Dalhart v) - Red Hot Henry Brown (1925) - Timeless CBC 1-031
Boyd Senter - Mobile Blues (1924) - Puritan 11341 B
Clara Smith - My John Blues (1925) - Columbia 14077 D
Shelton Brooks - It Takes Money to Cure the Blues (1923) - Okeh 4823 A
Vernon Dalhart - Go Long Mule (1924) - Puritan 11347 B
Moran and Mack (Luckey Roberts p) - Two Black Crows Part 3 (1927) - Columbia 1094 D
Rudy Wiedoeft (Oscar Levant p) - Sax O Phun (1926) - Columbia 761 D
Bert Williams - Everybody Wants a Key to My Cellar (1918) - Columbia A 2750
The Virginians - Farewell Blues (1923) - Victor 19032 A
Georgia Melodians - Ev'rybody's Charleston Crazy (1926) - Timeless CBC 1-031
The Whispering Pianist (Art Gillham) - Thinking (1926) - Columbia 710 D
Lillian Morton - Evening Star (1928) - Okeh 41072
Los Cuatro Huasos - Veinticinco Limones - Victor 80540 A (Argentina)
Harry Reser - Ukulele Lady (1925) - Columbia 409 D
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch (Bing Crosby v) - Mississippi Mud (1928) - Parlophone R 2097
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Let's Do It (1928) - Columbia 1701 D
The Palm Beach Boys - Under The Moon (1927) - Okeh 40878
Phil Spitalny and his Orch (Paul Specht) (Scrappy Lambert v) - If You Were The Only Girl In The World (1930) - Pathe X 6320 (France)
Vincent Rose Jackie Taylor and their H'wood Orch (IK v) - Blue River (1927) - Columbia 1177 D
Ben Selvin and his Orch (Eubie Blake or Frank Munn v) - Dancing in the Dark (1931) - Columbia 2473 D
Ted Lewis and his Band - Egyptian Ella (1931) - Columbia 2428 D
The Gotham Troubadours (Lou Gold) (Les Reis v) - Me and My Shadow (1927) - Okeh 40834

Friday, January 14, 2011

"I'm Always Smiling" January 14, 2011

(Week 242)

For the moment, at least. This upbeat RADIOLA! features lots of nice Columbia and Okeh transfers for your listening enjoyment.

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Dan Hornsby Novelty Quartet - Oh! By Jingo (1928) - Columbia 1637 D
Billy Hays and his Orch (Lanin) (Irving Kaufman v) - I'm Always Smiling (1928) - Okeh 40996
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Ted Lewis and his Band - That Certain Party (1925) - Columbia 531 D
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Under the Moon (1927) - Columbia 1048 D
Wayne King and his Orch - Goofus (1930) - Victor 22600 A
Lillian Morton - Just Like a Melody Out of the Sky (1928) - Okeh 41072
Les Reis - Positively Absolutely (1927) - Okeh 40804
The Palm Beach Boys - Magnolia (1927) - Okeh 40878
Guyon's Paradise Orch - You Didn't Want Me When I Wanted You (1923) - Okeh 40037 A
California Ramblers - Back Where the Daffodils Grow (1924) - Columbia 218 D
Ted Lewis and his Band - Popular Favorites (1923) - Columbia Sample Record 1 S
Vaughn De Leath - Can't Feel Jolly Blues (1922) - Okeh 4588 B
Clara Smith - Shipwrecked Blues (1925) - Columbia 14077 D
Ernest Hare - Oh Brother, What a Feelin'! (1921) - Okeh 4422 B
Rudy Wiedoeft (Oscar Levant p) - Valse Mazanetta (1926) - Columbia 761 D
Harry Reser - Heebe Jeebes (Reser) (1925) - Columbia 409 D
The Virginians - Apple Sauce (1923) - Victor 19032 B
Billy Jones - Of All My Wife's Relations I Love Myself the Best (1925) - Okeh 40299 A
Rega Dance Orch - Jokes (Okeh Laughing Dance Record) Pt 2 (1922) - Okeh 4731 B
Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards) -After My Laughter Came Tears (1927) - Columbia 1254 D
The Whispering Pianist (Art Gillham) - Tenderly (1926) - Columbia 710 D
Ted Wallace and his Campus Boys - Telling It To The Daisies (1930) - Columbia 2151 D
Mitchell Brothers - Give Me a Ukulele and a Ukulele Baby (1926) - Victor 20324 B
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Japansy (1928) - Columbia 1364 D
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Austin Young v) - Japanese Mammy (1928) - Columbia 1701 D
Little Jack Little - Ev'rybody Loves You (1928) - Columbia 1589 D
Johnny Marvin - Trudy (1926) - Okeh 40683 A
Lowe Stokes and his North Georgians - Take Me To The Land of Jazz (1928) - Columbia 15367 D
Ben Selvin and his Orch - High and Low (1931) - Columbia 2473 D
Ted Lewis and his Band (Fats Waller v) - I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby (1931) - Columbia 2428 D
The Knickerbockers (Selvin) (IK v) - Roam On My Little Gypsy Sweetheart (1927) - Columbia 1088 D

Friday, January 07, 2011

"Kings and Pretenders" January 7, 2011

(Week 241)

UPDATE (2/20/2014): Read this first. Short version: I was wrong!!

This RADIOLA! concerns monarchs of various realms and those who would pretend to be.

In particular, we focus in on Tempo King and his vocal resemblance to crooner Don Darcy, aka John Arcesi. Darcy/Arcesi worked with major bands from the mid-1930s through the 1940s and recorded an album of psychedelia in 1971.

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Dennis King - Song of the Vagabonds (1925) - Victor 19897 A
Frank Froeba and his Swing Band (Tempo King v) - It Ain't Nobody's Biz'ness What I Do (1936) - Bunny Berigan (Mosaic 219)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch (Johnny Marvin v) - We'll Have a Kingdom (1926) - Victor 20338 B
Wayne King and his Orch - Song of the Islands (1929) - Victor 22301 B
Louisiana Rhythm Kings - That's a Plenty (1929) - Jazz Oracle BSW 8024
Harry Richman - King For A Day (1928) - Brunswick 4035
Louis (King) Garcia and His Swing Band (Don Darcy v) - Love Is Like a Cigarette (1936) - New York Jazz Combos 1935-1937 - Hep CD 1077
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - Floating On A Bubble (1937) - Bluebird B 6780 B
Van Eps Trio - The Original Fox Trot (1915) - Victor 17677-A
Sophie Tucker and her Five Kings of Syncopation - Everybody Shimmies Now (1919) - Origins of the Red Hot Mama 1910-1922 (Archeophone 5010)
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Dippermouth Blues (1923) - Off The Record (Archeophone OTR-MM6-C2)
Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang - Rhythm King (1928) - Complete Bix Beiderbecke
Louisiana Rhythm Kings - Futuristic Rhythm (1929) - Jazz Oracle BSW 8024
Washboard Rhythm Kings - Hummin' to Myself (1932) - Volume 2--1932
Louis (King) Garcia and His Swing Band (Don Darcy v) - Christopher Columbus (1936) - New York Jazz Combos 1935-1937 - Hep CD 1077
Paul Monty Dance Band - Masquerade (1932) - Sterno 1040
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - Alligator Crawl (1937) - Vocalion 3653
Sophie Tucker and her Five Kings of Syncopation - Learning (1920) - Origins of the Red Hot Mama 1910-1922 (Archeophone 5010)
Al Bernard - The King Isn't King Any More (1925) - orig Edison 51577-L
King Oliver's Jazz Band - High Society Rag (1923) - Off The Record CD (Archeophone OTR-MM6-C2)
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Broken Hearted (1927) - Victor 20757 B
Louisiana Rhythm Kings - Tell Me (1930) - Jazz Oracle BSW 8024
Frank Froeba and his Swing Band (Tempo King v) - Just To Be In Caroline (1936) - Bunny Berigan (Mosaic 219)
Prince's Orch - Narcissus (Nevin) (1910) - Columbia A 912
Sophie Tucker and her Five Kings of Syncopation - It's All Over Now (1920) - Origins of the Red Hot Mama 1910-1922 (Archeophone 5010)
Van Eps Trio - Notoriety Rag (1914) - Victor 17601-B
Frank Luther and his Orch (Victor Young) - Spellbound (1934) - Melotone M 13050 A
Henry King and his Hotel Pierre Orch (Joe Sudy v) - You've Got Everything (1933) - Vocalion 2562-A
Chicago Rhythm Kings - Stompin' at the Savoy (1936) - Bluebird B-6412-A
Louis (King) Garcia and His Swing Band (Don Darcy v) - There Is No Greater Love (1936) - New York Jazz Combos 1935-1937 - Hep CD 1077
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - High, Wide and Handsome (1937) - Vocalion 3630
Meyer Davis' Hotel Astor Orch (Joe Moss dir) (SL v) - Farewell (1930) - Brunswick 4728

Rare 1952 footage concerning John Arcesi's "spellbinding" publicity stunt:

CBS Interview 1952

John RC Arcesia | Myspace Video