Thursday, March 31, 2011

"Don't Ask!" April 1, 2011

(Week 253)

This RADIOLA! is about something--if anything. (There seems to be a hint of rain.)

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Gene Austin (Billy Carpenter uke) - Everything Is Hotsy Totsy Now (1925) - Victor 19656 A
Ernie Golden and his Hotel McAlpin Orch - The Varsity Drag (1927) - Edison 52109 L
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch - Down and Out Blues (1925) - Victor 19866 A
Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orch - Misty Mornin' (1929) - Victor V 38058 A
Johnny Johnson and his Statler Pennsylvanians - My One and Only (1928) - Victor 21113 B
Al Bernard - Beale Street Blues (1927) - Here Come The Boys (Retrieval RTR 79062)
Sophie Tucker - Moanin' Low (1929) - Victor 22049 A
Ray Miller and his Orch - Angry (1928) - Timeless CBC 1-066
Palace Trio (Wiedoeft) - Unlucky Blues (1920) - Aeolian Vocalion A14053
Vincent Lopez and his Hotel PA Otch - Remember (1925) - Okeh 40471 B
The Astorites (Rich) (Paul Hagan v) - Gone Again Gal (1926) - Harmony 266 H
Bert Williams - Somebody (1919) - Columbia A 2849
Harold Williams - There Lived a King (from The Gondoliers) (1923) - Columbia 3335 (UK)
Butterbeans and Susie (Eddie Heywood p) - Deacon Bite 'Em In The Back (1926) - Okeh 8323 B
Bear Cat Jass Band - Too Busy (2010) - Recorded at Canastota Library March 21, 2010
Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks (John Leifert v) - Isn't This a Lovely Day? (c. 1983) - Cheek to Cheek
Waikiki Hawaiian Orch - Golden Showers (1927) - Edison 51950 R
Bert Williams - The Moon Shines on the Moonshine (1919) - Columbia A 2849
Synco Jazz Band (Samuels) - The Alcoholic Blues (1919) - Pathe 22117
Arthur Fields - Just Like a Butterfly (1927) - Bell 529 A
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - I'm Tired Of Everything But You (1925) - Victor 19773 A
Seven Little Polar Bears (Tom Stacks v) - Got No Time To Feel Lonesome (1927) - Cameo 1098
Ipana Troubadours (Paul Small v) - Blue Again (1930) - Columbia 2340 D
Don Redman and his Orch - Two Time Man (1932) - Brunswick B 1400 (UK)
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - I've Got My Fingers Crossed (1935) - Decca 623 B
Borrah Minnevitch and his Harmonica Rascals - The Ghost Walk (1933) - Brunswick 7980
Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm Orch (Dick Robertson v) - Me and the Moon (1936) - Bluebird B 6548 B
Bunny Berigan and his Boys (Chick Bullock v) - Rhythm Saved The World (1936) - Vocalion 3225
Frances Langford (w/Jimmy Dorsey Orch) - I've Got You Under My Skin (1936) - Decca 939 A
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - The Folks Who Live On The Hill (1937) - Vocalion 3630
Joe Daniels and his Hotshots in “Drumnasticks” - China Boy (1937) - Decca 2036 A

Thursday, March 24, 2011

"Rumble of Spring" March 25, 2011

(Week 252)

This RADIOLA! celebrates the equinox with rumbly Edisons, Pathes, and Perfects among other delights.

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Victor Concert Orch - Spring Song (Mendelssohn) (1928) - Victor 21449 B
Hoosier Hot Shots - Take Me Out To The Ball Game (1936) - Melotone 6-10-51
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Don Voorhees and his Orch (Lewis James v) - My Blue Heaven (1927) - Columbia 1129 D
Donald Lindley and his Boys - Slidin' Around (1928) - Columbia 1443 D
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Charles Harrison v) – High, High, High Up In The Hills (1927) - Victor 20436 A
Annette Hanshaw - A Precious Little Thing Called Love (1929) - Diva 2859 G
Clarence Williams' Blue Five Orch (Eva Taylor v) - Baltimore (1927) - Brunswick 3664 B
Varsity Eight (Irving Kaufman v) - He Ain't Never Been To College (1928) - Cameo 9003
Synco Jazz Band (Samuels) - Chicago (1922) - Perfect 14043 B
The Jazz-O-Harmonists - I'm Goin' South (1924) - Edison 51302 R
Georgia Melodians - Tea Pot Dome Blues (1924) - Edison 51347 R
Cliff Edwards - Behind The Clouds (1926) - Pathe Actuelle 25177 A
The Radio Franks - I'm Sitting On Top Of The World (1925) - Regal 9956 A
Southampton Society Orch (CA Ramblers) (AF v) - Oh Say Can I See You To-night (1925) - Perfect 14457 B
The Airport Boys - Bad Girl (1940) - Bluebird B 10939 B
The Spirits of Rhythm - She Ain't No Saint (1945) - Black & White 23 A
Theodore Morse and Abe Frankel - Jazzin' Around (1917) - Pathe 20430 B
Rialto Dance Orch - Sweet Indiana Home (1921) - Federal 5193 B
Georgia Melodians - San (1924) - 51412 R
Golden Gate Orch (Ed Kirkeby v) - Clementine (From New Orleans) (1927) - Edison 52109 R
Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang - Sorry (1927) - Vocalion 3148
B. F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orch (SMT v) - So Will I (1927) - 20436 B
Bob Exton - Fuddle Your Duddle (1939) - Camp Tioga Home Recording
New Dixie Demons - Ace In The Hole (1936) - Decca 5257 B
Midge Williams and her Jazz Jesters - Fortune Tellin' Man (1937) - Vocalion 3865
Bunny Berigan and his Boys - I Can't Get Started (1936) - Vocalion 3225
Carl “Deacon” Moore and his Orch - A Woman Gets Tired (1938) - Decca 2183 A
Bob Causer and his Cornellians (Kardos) (Chick Bullock v) - You Little So-and-So (1932) - Melotone 91452 B
Sarah Gorby - Russian Song (Feb 1940) - Home Recording
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - Slumming On Park Avenue (1937) - Bluebird B 6758 A
Hoosier Hot Shots - Bye Bye Blues (1936) - Melotone 6-10-51

Thursday, March 17, 2011

"What Can You Do?" March 18, 2011

(Week 251)

Not much, apparently. At least there's this great music to console us.

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Moran and Mack (Luckey Roberts p) - Two Black Crows Part 4 (1927) - Columbia 1094 D
Donald Lindley and his Boys - Nothin' Doin' (1928) - Columbia 1443 D
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Jack Shilkret and his Orch (Billy Murray v) - Roll 'Em Girls (1925) - Victor 19922 A
George Olsen and his Music - Sugar Plum (1925) - Victor 19859 B
Jack Pettis and his Pets - A Bag of Blues (1928) - Victor 21793 B
Ukulele Ike - The Moon Is Low (1930) - Columbia 2169 D
Libby Holman - I May Be Wrong (1929) - Brunswick 4506
Cab Calloway and his Orch, Roy Smeck, Chick Bullock - Git Along (1932) - Perfect 12843 B
Six Black Diamonds (Glantz) - Struttin' Jim (1923) - Banner 1236 B
The Lanin Orch - Some Other Day (1924) - Okeh 40219 A
Mal Hallett and his Orch (John Ryan v) - She's A Corn-fed Indiana Girl (1926) - Perfect 14618 B
Palmetto Jazz Quartette - Base Ball Blues (1921) - Okeh 8023 B
Fred Hillebrand - Oh, Min! (1923) - Okeh 4941 B
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five - Don't Forget to Mess Around (1926) - Okeh 8343 A
Dan Levinson and his Canary Cottage Dance Orchestra - Just Like A Butterfly (That's Caught in the Rain) (2005) - Crinoline Days (Stomp Off CD 1400)
Baby Soda Jazz Band - Hindustan (2009) - Jazz Roots Elixir
Enrico Caruso - O sole mio (1916) - Victrola 501 A
Six Black Diamonds (Samuels) (Arthur Hall v) - Hot Roasted Peanuts (1923) - Banner 1236 A
Lou Gold and his Orch (IK v) - Bye Bye Blackbird (1926) - Perfect 14618
Leo Reisman and his Orch - Birth of the Blues (1926) - Columbia 701 D
Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang - Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down (1927) - Vocalion 3148
Johnny Johnson and his Statler Pennsylvanians - Thou Swell (1928) - Victor 21113 A
Libby Holman - Can't We Be Friends? (1929) - Brunswick 4506
Morton Downey, Annette Hanshaw, Singin’ Sam, Will Osborne - Say It Isn't So (1932) - Perfect 12843 A
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - I'm Shooting High (1935) - Decca 623 A
Bob Causer and his Cornellians (Kardos) (Harry Goldfield v) - Pu-leeze Mister Hemingway! (1932) - Melotone 91452 A
New Dixie Demons - Was I Drunk? (1936) - Decca 5257 A
Carl “Deacon” Moore and his Orch - Nobody Knows Where She's Gone (1938) - Decca 2183 B
Nick Lucas - Moon Glow (1934) - Perfect 13025 B
Billie Holiday - Night and Day (1939) - Vocalion 5377
Joe Daniels and his Hotshots in “Drumnasticks” - Farewell Blues (1937) - Decca 2036 B

Thursday, March 10, 2011

"Iniquity" March 11, 2011

(Week 250)

This RADIOLA! spins the moral compass hoping for a happier direction.

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Joan Edwards - In Our Little Den of Iniquity (1940) - Liberty Music Shop L-322
Jelly Roll Morton and his Orch - Pretty Lil (1929) - Complete Recorded Sides (JSP CD 322)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Irving Aaronson and his Commanders - Ya Gotta Know How To Love (1926) - Victor 20059 B
Berlyn Baylor Orchestra - Riverboat Shuffle (1928) - Frog Spawn - The White Hot Batch (DGF 76)
Ray Miller and his Hotel Gibson Orch - Weary Blues (1927) - Timeless CBC 1-066
Banjo Buddy - Let's Misbehave (1928) - Here Come The Boys 1925-1932 (Retrieval RTR 79062)
Irene Gibbons (Eva Taylor) - I'm Busy And You Can't Come In (1928) - Dreaming The Hours Away (Frog DGF 14)
Six Jumping Jacks - The Prune Song (1928) - 1926-1930 (Retrieval RTR 79048)
Gene Rodemich's Orch - Flowers of Araby (1922) - Brunswick 2381 A
Frank Westphal and his Orch - That Lullaby Strain (1924) - Columbia 108 D
Georgia Melodians - I'm Satisfied (Beside That Sweetie o' Mine) (1924) - 1924-1926
Steve Porter - Clancy's Wooden Wedding (1928) - Radiex 2381 (from John Leifert collection)
Louis Armstrong's Hot Five - Irish Black Bottom (1926) - Hot Fives & Sevens, Volume 1 (JSP CD 312
Dan Hornsby Novelty Quartet - Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly? (1928) - Columbia 1637 D
Baby Soda Jazz Band - Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down (2007) - Cures Everything but the Blues
Vince Giordano's Nighthawks - As Long As I Live (1990) - Cotton Club Revisited - Nighthawks
Bert Williams - When I Return (1918) - Columbia A 2652
California Ramblers - On Such a Night (1924) - Columbia 91 D
Lee Sims - I'd Climb The Highest Mountain If I Knew I'd Find You (1926) - Brunswick 3266 B
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Johnny Marvin v) - Baby's Blue (1927) - Victor 20882 B
Henny Hendrickson & his Louisville Serenaders - Buffalo Rhythm (1931) - Four-Four Rhythm (TOM mb130)
The New Yorkers - Fireworks (1930) - Frog Spawn - The White Hot Batch (DGF 76)
Lucille Hegamin - Nobody But My Baby Is Getting My Love (1926) - Dreaming the Hours Away (DGF 14)
Barry Oliver - Let's Amalgamate (1929) - Here Come The Boys 1925-1932 (Retrieval RTR 79062)
Bubber Miley & His Mileage Makers (Edith Wilson v) - The Penalty Of Love (1930) - ''Ain't Gonna Settle Down'' (Archeophone ARCH 6006)
Chicago Hottentots - Put Me In The Alley Blues (1926) - Jazz Classics 509 B (orig Vocalion 1008)
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces - Take Me To The River (1929) - Retrieval RTR 79013
Jelly Roll Morton and his Orch - Tank Town Bump (1929) - Complete Recorded Sides (JSP CD 322)
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - My Last Affair (1937) - Bluebird B 6770 A
Joan Edwards - Bewitched (1940) - Liberty Music Shop L-322
Endor And Farrell - Happy Times (1932) - Here Come The Boys 1925-1932 (Retrieval RTR 79062)

Thursday, March 03, 2011

RADIOLA! "Mardi Gras!" March 4, 2011

(Week 249)

This RADIOLA! revels in Mardi Gras--or indeed in any reason at all to celebrate.

RADIOLA! streams continuously from my Live365 station.

Louis Armstrong and his Orch - High Society (1933) - Complete RCA Victor (BMG 09026-68682-2)
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces - Jazz Battle (1929) - Retrieval RTR 79013
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Ray Miller and his Hotel Gibson Orch - That's A Plenty (1929) - Timeless CBC 1-066
California Ramblers - Stockholm Stomp (1927) - Timeless CBC 1-053
Tiny Parham and His Musicians - Skag-A-Lag (1929) - Timeless CBC 1-022
Lucille Hegamin - Senorita Mine (1926) - Dreaming the Hours Away (Frog DGF 14)
Ted Lewis and his Band - King For a Day (1928) - Columbia 1485 D
Sophie Tucker and Miff Mole's Molers - I Ain't Got Nobody (1927) - Slippin' Around (Frog DGF 19)
Harry Raderman's Jazz Orch - Tin Roof Blues (1923) - Okeh 4885 A
Bennie Krueger's Orch - Doo Dah Blues (1922) - Brunswick 2194 A
Warner's Seven Aces - Go Get 'Em, Caroline (1925) - Jazz from Atlanta 1923-1929 (Timeless CBC 1-038)
Bert Williams - Ten Little Bottles (1920) - Columbia A 2941
Vaughn De Leath - Alabammy Mammy (1922) - Okeh 4588 A
Lee Morse - Yes, Sir, That's My Baby (1925) - Echoes of a Songbird (Jasmine JASCD 646)
The Beau Hunks - Mississippi Suite: Mardi Gras (1997) - Music Of Ferde Grofé (Basta 30-9083-2)
Baby Soda Band - Struttin' With Some Barbecue (2009) - Jazz Roots Elixir
Creatore's Band - Electric March (1925) - Victor 19844 B
Monk Hazel and his Bienville Roof Orch - Sizzling The Blues (1928) - Sharkey Bonano Timeless CBC 1-001
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers - Doctor Jazz (1926) - JSP CD 321
Ethel Waters - West End Blues (1928) - Dreaming the Hours Away (Frog DGF 14)
Edith Wilson - I'll Get Even With You (1930) - ''Ain't Gonna Settle Down'' (Archephone ARCH 6006)
Louis Armstrong - You'll Wish You'd Never Been Born (1932) - Complete RCA Victor (BMG 09026-68682-2)
Tiny Parham & His Musicians - That Kind Of Love (1929) - Timeless CBC 1-022
California Ramblers - Sweet Georgia Brown (1925) - Timeless CBC 1-053
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces - Boston Skuffle (1929) - Retrieval RTR 79013
Chicago Hottentots - All Night Shags (1926) - Jazz Classics 509 A (orig Vocalion 1008)
Frank Melrose - Jelly Roll Stomp (1929) - Brunswick 80031 B
Monk Hazel and his Bienville Roof Orch - Ideas (1928) - Sharkey Bonano Timeless CBC 1-001
Ray Miller and his Orch - My Honey's Lovin' Arms (1928) - Timeless CBC 1-066
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces - Decatur Street Tutti (1929) - Retrieval RTR 79013
Sophie Tucker and Miff Mole's Molers - After You've Gone (1927) - Slippin' Around (Frog DGF 19)