Thursday, March 29, 2012

"On the Upswing" March 30, 2012

(Week 305)

This RADIOLA! feels and sounds better than last week, with new and unexpected shellac and other glad tidings. (I want here to thank Lloyd Smith again for his generous gift of records.)

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Additionally, the "1912 Revue" mentioned in this program is at 7 PM on April 20 at the Rome Capitol Theatre--scroll down this page for details.

The Radio Franks - I'm Sitting On Top of the World (1925) - Regal 9956 A
Kay Kyser and his Orch (Sully Mason v) - A Swan Song to a Dyin' Duck (1939) - Columbia 35563
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Fleetwood Orch (Reuben Greenberg) - Meadow Lark (1926) - Vocalion A 15466
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch - Raquel Meller Medley (1926) - Victor 20066 B
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Charles Harrison v) - High-High-High Up in the Hills (1926) - Victor 20436 A
Annette Hanshaw - If You See Sally (1927) - Perfect 12329 B
Jim Miller Charlie Farrell - It Was Only a Sun Shower (1927) - Victor 20906 B
National Cavaliers - I Told Them All About You (1927) - Victor 21112 A
Barney Rapp and his Orch (Frank Kamplain v) - When Dixie Stars Are Playing Peek-a-Boo (1924) - Victor 19341 A
Stillman's Orioles - Give Me (Your Heart) (1925) - Perfect 14488 B
Bert Lown and his Loungers - Here Comes My Ball and Chain (1929) - Velvet Tone 1892 V
Miss Lee Morse - Tonight You Belong To Me (1926) - Perfect 11631
Singing Troubadours - Me Too (1926) - Pathe Actuelle 32199
Barney Trimble and his Oklahomans (BHSO Selvin) (Irving Kaufman v) - If I Can't Have You (1929) - Velvet Tone 2035 V
West End Jazz Band (Mike Bezin v) - Dixie Dawn (1982) - Positively-Absolutely! (Blackbird C 4005)
West End Jazz Band (Tom Bartlett v) - Clementine (1984) - Chicago Breakdown (Stomp Off SOS1085)
Six Brown Brothers - Saxophone Sam (1917) - Victor 18309 A
That Girl Quartet - Down at Mammy Jinny's (1912) - Victor 17118 A
Original Pennsylvania Serenaders (Whitey Kaufman) - You Tell Her I Stutter (1923) - Victor 19049 A
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch - Broadway Baby Dolls (1929) - Victor 22019 A
King Nawahi's Hawaiians - Hawaiian Capers (1929) - 50 Years of Jazz Guitar (Columbia CG 33566)
Frank Auburn and his Orch (Reser) (Tom Stacks v) - Mysterious Mose (1930) - Velvet Tone 2146 V
National Cavaliers - The Song I Love (1928) - Victor 21794 B
Jim Miller Charlie Farrell - My Troubles Are Over (1929) - Victor 21887 A
Bessie Smith - New Orleans Hop Scop Blues (1930) - Any Woman's Blues (Columbia G 30126)
Monarch Orch (Charley Straight) (Frank Sylvano v) - Tell Me Tonight (1926) - Vocalion B 15507
Eddie Edinborough and his New Orleans Wildcats - Brown Baby (1930) - 50 Years of Jazz Guitar (Columbia CG 33566)
Lloyd Keating and his Orch (Spitalny) (Bill Coty v) - I'm In the Market For You (1930) - Velvet Tone 2146 V
John Kirby and his Orch - Blues Petite (1940) - Okeh 5805
Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys - White Heat (1937) - 50 Years of Jazz Guitar (Columbia CG 33566)
Golden Gate Orch (Ernest Hare v) - Show Me the Way to Go Home (1925) - Perfect 14488

Thursday, March 22, 2012

"Tough It Out" March 23, 2012

(Week 304)

This RADIOLA! suggests that the best home remedy is Business As Usual.

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Cooper Lawley - Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) - Victor 21390 A
John Kirby and his Orch - Andiology (1940) - Okeh 5805
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Bob Green's Dance Orch (Lanin) (Irving Kaufman v) - Blue Bonnet (1926) - Oriole 642 A
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Caprice Viennois (1925) - Victor 19862 B
Kensington Serenaders (Selvin) - My Regular Gal (1926) - Vocalion A 15535
National Cavaliers - Dear On a Night Like This (1927) - Victor 21112 B
Jack Smith - There Ain't No Maybe in My Baby's Eyes (1926) - Victor 20312 A
Jim Miller Charlie Farrell - Someday You'll Say “O.K.!” (1927) - Victor 20919 B
Victor Military Band - I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier--Medley One Step (1915) - Victor 35438 A
Oriole Orch - Serenade Blues (1922) - Brunswick 2300 A
Cotton Blossom Orch (CA Ramblers) (Arthur Hall v) - Doo Wacka Doo (1924) - Grey Gull 1245 A
Sam Ash - Floating Down the Old Green River (1915) - Columbia A1825
Aileen Stanley and Billy Murray - All Over Nothing at All (1922) - Victor 18943 A
Broadway Bell-Hops (Irving Kaufman v) - Tonight's My Night With Baby (1926) - Harmony 176 H
Dick Hyman - Anticipation (1983) - Kitten on the Keys (RCA XRL 1-4746 B)
Jean Goldkette and his Orch - Dinah (1959) - Dance Hits of the '20s in Hi Fi (RCA Camden)
Gary Lawrence and his Sizzling Syncopators (Frank Scafuri v) - Lazy (1980) - Columbia M 35824
Harry Lauder - Don't Let Us Sing Anymore About War, Just Let Us Sing of Love (1918) - Victor 70122
Coleman's Orch - My Cuban Dream (1920) - HMV (Canada) 216092 B
The Benson Orch of Chicago - Keep On Dancing (1924) - Victor 19470 B
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Frank Munn v) - Oh, How I Cried the Morning After (1930) - Victor 22553 A
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Under a Texas Moon (1929) - Columbia 2089 D
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Lew Sherwood) - Cheek to Cheek (1935) - Cheek to Cheek (RCA DVM 1-0448 A)
Bing Crosby - Can't We Be Friends (1929) - Original Sounds of the 20s II (Columbia CL 2229)
Jim Miller Charlie Farrell - Happy Humming Bird (1929) - Victor 21887 B
Bessie Smith - Keep It To Yourself (1930) - Any Woman's Blues (Columbia G 30126)
Palala's Hawaiians - Golden Showers (1926) - Vocalion B 15456
National Cavaliers - My Isle of Golden Dreams (1930) - Victor 22347 B
Music In The Russ Morgan Manner - Broadway's Gone Hawaii (1937) - Brunswick 8014
Teddy Wilson and his Orch (Billie Holiday v) - It's Too Hot For Words (1935) - Columbia CJ40646
John Kirby and his Orch - Little Brown Jug (1939) - Okeh 5570
Frank Crumit - Bye Bye Pretty Baby (1927) - Victor 20919 A

Thursday, March 15, 2012

"Spring Ahead" March 16, 2012

(Week 303)

This RADIOLA! is going greenish.

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Harry Jans and Harold Whalen - Well, the Irish and the Germans Got Together (1928) - Victor 21367 A
Gus Arnheim and his Cocoanut Grove Orch (Bing Crosby and Loyce Whiteman v) - Ho-Hum (1931) - Victor 22691 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Hymn to the Sun (1925) - Victor 19862 A
The Ambassadors (Katzman) (Franklyn Baur v) - Love and Kisses (1927) - Vocalion B 15603
Jan Garber and his Orch - Cross-Words Between My Sweetie and Me (1925) - Victor 19708 A
Gladys Rice (Frank Banta p) - Cherie, I Love You (1926) - Victor 20271 B
Jim Miller Charlie Farrell - What Do You Say? (1928) - Victor 21390 B
National Cavaliers - My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now (1928) - Victor 21794 A
Barney Rapp and his Orch - I Need Some Pettin' (1924) - Victor 19341 B
Broadway Broadcasters (Lanin) - Arkansas Blues (A Down Home Chant) (1924) - Cameo 619
Whitey Kaufman's Original PA Serenaders - Who Takes Care of the Caretaker's Daughter (1925) - Victor 19638 B
Cliff Edwards - Somebody Loves Me (1924) - Pathe Actuelle 032073
Sally Freeman (Dolly Kay) - I Love My Baby (1926) - Harmony 107 H
The Harmonians (BHSO Selvin) (Irving Kaufman v) - Sally of My Dreams (1928) - Diva 2768 G
Al Gallodoro - Rubenola (1946) - NBC Thesaurus 1290 (Music Hall Varieties)
Gary Lawrence and his Sizzling Syncopators - Copenhagen (1980) - Columbia M 35824
Guyon's Paradise Orch (Jules Herbuveaux) - Lost (A Wonderful Girl) (1922) - Okeh 4737 A
International Novelty Orch - Until Tomorrow (1924) - Victor 19485 A
Jack Shilkret's Orch (Arthur Hall v) - Isn't She the Sweetest Thing (1925) - Victor 19642 B
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Belle Mann v) - Wishing and Waiting For Love (1929) - Victor 22019 B
Varsity Eight (Irving Kaufman v) Glorianna (1928) - Cameo 9007
Gus Arnheim and his Cocoanut Grove Orch (Bing Crosby v) - I'm Gonna Get You (1931) - Victor 22691 B
Rev J. M. Gates - The Dying Gambler (1926) - Okeh 8387 B
Red and Miff's Stompers - Davenport Blues (1927) - Victor 20778 B
The Lumberjacks (Irving Mills) - Oh Boy! It's a Pleasure (1928) - Cameo 9007
David Brynley - Josephine (1934) - Regal Zonophone MR 1292
Sonny South and his Collegians (Dick Robertson v) - I Couldn't Tell Them What to Do (1933) - Bluebird 5152 B
Lionel Hampton and his Orch - On the Sunny Side of the Street (1937) - Victor D 18 B
Kay Kyser and his Orch (Ginny Simms v) - St Louis Blues (1939) - Columbia 35563
John Kirby and his Orch - Impromptu (1939) - Okeh 5570
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch - Wake Up, Chillun, Wake Up (1929) - Victor 21976 A

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

A Lovely Tribute to RADIOLA!



The RADIOLA! pillow, the Paul Whiteman "potatohead" pillow, and the music-themed blanket were made for me by listener Dennis Pereyra. Many thanks to Dennis for these lovely gifts!

Thursday, March 08, 2012

"Warming Trend" March 9, 2012

(Week 302)

This RADIOLA! is thawing and breaking up a bit.

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Additionally, I wanted to mention that we saw a wonderful show last week in Syracuse: Poor Baby Bree in I Am Going to Run Away. This is a wonderful cabaret of old songs (some of which you hear on this program), all woven into an engaging narrative. We met and talked to Bree Benton and her accompanist Franklin Bruno and I highly recommend you check out their website.

Last Sunday was the 55th anniversary performance of Dick Ames' Bear Cat Jass Band, also in Syracuse. This week I've included two selections from that show. Congratulations and many thanks to Dick and the Bear Cats!

Victor Mixed Chorus - Songs of the Past No. 10 (Harrigan-Hart Melodies) (1916) - Victor 35537 B
Al Gallodoro - Dizzy Fingers (1946) - NBC Thesaurus 1290 (Music Hall Varieties)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Fleetwood Orch (Reuben Greenberg) - Cover Me Up With Sunshine (1926) - Vocalion B 15466
Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orch (Joe Sanders v) - Flamin' Mamie (1925) - Victor 19922 B
Oriole Varsity Ten (Arthur Fields v) - Lena (1926) - Oriole 642 B
Lew White (organ) (Frank Munn v) - Just Like a Butterfly (1927) - Brunswick 3618 B
Blue Ribbon Quartet - Just a Bird's Eye View (1926) - Vocalion B 15473
Paul Crutchfield - Uncle Hiram's Trip to the City Part 1 (1928) - Okeh 45266
Club Royal Orch (Clyde Doerr) - The Sneak! (1922) - Victor 18921 A
Guyon's Paradise Orch (Jules Herbuveaux) - I'm Through (Shedding Tears Over You) (1922) - Okeh 4737 B
Herb Wiedoeft's Cinderella Roof Orch - Roamin' Around (1925) - Brunswick 2893 B
Arthur Collins (Vess Ossman banjo) - When Uncle Joe Plays a Rag on His Old Banjo (1912) - Victor 17118 B
Wellesley College Glee Club - 'Neath The Oaks (1914) - Columbia A1653
Marion Harris - A Good Man is Hard to Find (1919) - Victor 18535 A
Bear Cat Jass Band - Mabel's Dream (2012) - recorded Syracuse NY March 4, 2012
Bear Cat Jass Band - Gatemouth (2012) - recorded Syracuse NY March 4, 2012
Chris Chapman - Southern Girl Gavotte (1907) - Victor 5277
International Novelty Orch (Elliot Shaw v) - Clovita (1924) - Victor 19485 B
Oriole Orch (Mark Fisher v) - I'm So Ashamed (1925) - Brunswick 2875 A
George Olsen and his Music (Fran Frey v) - Breakaway (1929) - Victor 21961 A
Tiny Parham and his Musicians - Blue Island Blues (1929) - Victor V 38041 B
Lloyd Keating and his Music (Spitalny) (Bill Coty v) - You Can't Take My Mem'ries From Me (1930) - Velvet Tone 2181 V
Ford and Glenn - Old Virginia Moon (1929) - Columbia 2025 D
Lee Morse and her Blue Grass Boys - I Must Have That Man! (1928) - Columbia 1584 D
Rudy Vallee and his CT Yankees - I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan (1932) - Columbia 2700 D
J. O. LaMadeleine and Eugene Daignault - Ma Maitresse A Du Cragrin (1928) - Starr 15480 A
Victor Concert Orch - Shawnee Indian Hunting Dance (Charles S. Skilton) (1929) - Victor 22144 B
Pine Top Smith - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie (1928) - Brunswick 80008 A
George Olsen and his Music - Surprise! (1933) - Columbia 2857 D
Rudy Vallee and his CT Yankees - Maori (1932) - Columbia 2700 D
Lew White (organ) (Frank Munn v) - At Sundown (1927) - Brunswick 3599 A

Friday, March 02, 2012

I just wanted to say

I do not sell or repair antique radios.

Gala Alla Gallodoro - Saturday, March 31

A fitting tribute to our friend Al Gallodoro, featuring Chad Smith:

Thursday, March 01, 2012

"Radiola Revisited" March 2, 2012

(Week 301)

This RADIOLA! indulges in a bit of painless nostalgia, but with better transfers. Don't stop me if you've heard these!

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Note: Bryan Wright of Rivermont is looking for recordings by bandleader Julie Wintz for a CD project. Anyone with good copies of Wintz recordings on Perfect or Pathe Actuelle or any of the Columbia subsidiaries (Harmony, Diva, Velvet Tone) should contact him here. He particularly needs a copy of "Pretending" on Harmony 906-H, Velvet Tone 1906-V, or Diva 2906-G. (The flip side is "Deep Night" by the Golden Gate Orchestra.)

Charles W. Hamp - For Old Times' Sake (1928) - Okeh 41085
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - New Tiger Rag (1932) - Columbia 2631 D
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Howard Lanin and his Benjamin Franklin Hotel Orch - On a Night Like This (1925) - Victor 19711 B
Frivolity Club Orch (Jack Denny) (Bonnie Laddies v) - Someday (1926) - Vocalion B 15489
Jean Goldkette and his Orch (Hoagy Carmichael v) - My Ohio Home (1928) - Victor 21166 A
Jack Smith - If I Didn't Know Your Husband and You Didn't Know My Wife (1926) - Victor 20413 A
The Revelers - Oh, Miss Hannah (1925) - Victor 19796 B
Annette Hanshaw and her Sizzling Syncopators - I Can't Give You Anything But Love (1928) - Velvet Tone 1706 V
Ray Miller and his Orch - Canary Isle (1922) - Gennett 4859 A
Rudy Wiedoeft's Californians - Who Wants a Baby? (intro: I'm Waiting For Ships That Never Come In) (1920) - Pathe 22299
Jack Shilkret's Orch - No One (1925) - Victor 19642 A
The Radio Franks - I Never Knew (1925) - Regal 9956 B
Sally Freeman (Dolly Kay) - Poor Papa (1926) - Harmony 107 H
Frank Guarente and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - My Mother's Eyes (1928) - Harmony 788 H
Al Gallodoro - Valse Vanite (1946) - NBC Thesaurus 1290 (“Music Hall Varieties” program)
Gary Lawrence and his Sizzling Syncopators (Frank Scafuri v) - Hello, Aloha! How Are You (1980) - Columbia M 35824
Reiser Trio (Reser) - Kitten on the Keys (1922) - Gennett 4906 B
Harold Leonard and his Red Jackets - Fate (1922) - Gennett 5024 A
Bert Lown and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Tomorrow's Violets (1929) - Harmony 863 H
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - My Fate is in Your Hands (1929) - Columbia 2017 D
D
Swanson and Gustave - Grandpa's Courtship (1927) - Supertone 9098 A
Jan Garber and his Orch (Eddie Page v) - When a Woman Loves a Man (1930) - Columbia 2115 D
Annette Hanshaw and her Sizzling Syncopators - I Must Have That Man! (1928) - Velvet Tone 1706 V
Ruth Etting - I'll Get By (1928) - Columbia 1733 D
Julie Wintz and his Mayflower Orch (Dinty Curtis v) - The Man From the South (1930) - Harmony 1092 H
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orch (James Rushing v) - I Wanna Be Around My Baby All the Time (1931) - Victor 22680 A
Paul Tremaine and his Orch - Stormy Weather (1933) - Bluebird B 5049 A
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - Love, You Funny Thing (1932) - Columbia 2631 D
Kentucky Grasshoppers - Makin' Friends (1929) - Banner 6360 B
Jan Garber and his Orch (Maxwell Covert v) - Puttin' On The Ritz (1930) - Columbia 2115 D
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - A Little Kiss Each Morning (1929) - Columbia 2017 D