"Shandy Gaffe" August 2, 2013

(Week 361)

This RADIOLA! considers that while life may give us lemons, it's a mistake to add lemonade to our perfectly good beer.

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Charles Penrose - Laughter and Lemons (1926) - Columbia 4014

Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Announcer's Blues (1935) - Victor 25404 B

Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D

Ace Brigode and his 14 Virginians - I'm Tired of Everything But You (1925) - Columbia 426 D

Normand Walton (Edmund Cromwell) organ (Arthur Fields v) - I'm Looking for a Girl Named Mary (1927) - Oriole 891 A

Irving Aaronson and his Commanders - What Good is Good Morning? (1926) - Let's Misbehave (Rivermont BSW 1155)

Sophie Tucker - Moanin' Low (1929) - Victor 22049 A

Ernest Hare and Billy Jones - Bridget O'Flynn (1927) - Regal 8250 A

Johnny Marvin - Marvelous (1927) - Victor 20893 A

Rega Dance Orch - Bring Back My Blushing Rose (1921) - Okeh 4396 A

Mound City Blue Blowers - San (1924) - Brunswick 2602 A

The Knickerbockers - All Aboard For Heaven (1925) - Columbia 355 D

Nora Bayes - You Can't Get Lovin' Where There Ain't Any Love (1919) - Columbia A 2771

Cliff Edwards - Hard Hearted Hannah (1924) - Perfect 11552 A

Frank Crumit (Phil Ohman p) - Roll Them Roly Boly Eyes (1924) - Victor 19365 B

Annie and the Hedonists - Just a Closer Walk with Thee (2012) - Women Be Wise
Andy Senior - Rockin' Chair - recorded at Hotel Utica  June 7, 2013

Ian Whitcomb, Adam Swanson, and Danny Coots - Under Hawaiian Skies (2011) - I Love a Piano (Rivermont BSW 2218)

Marion Harris - I Ain't Got Nobody (1920) - Columbia A 3371

The Lanin Orch - I Want To See My Tennessee (1924) - Okeh 40219 B

The Harmonians (Arthur Fields v) - That's My Weakness Now (1928) - Velvet Tone 1667 V

Bennie Moten and his Kansas City Orch - Band Box Shuffle (1929) - Band Box Shuffle 1929-1932 (Hep CD 1071-1)

Loring “Red” Nichols and his Orch (Harold Arlen v) - Things I Never Knew Till Now (1931) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8064

Enrique Madriguera and his Rhumba Orch (Smith Ballew v) - Siboney (1931) - Columbia 2434 D

Red McKenzie - Time On My Hands (1931) - Columbia 3556 D

Lee Morse and her Blue Grass Boys - Mood Indigo (1931) - Columbia 2530 D

Mills Brothers - My Gal Sal (1934) - Decca 165 B

Isham Jones and his Orch - To-morrow (My Honey's Comin' Home) (1933) - Shadows on the Swanee (Rivermont BSW 1159)

Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - I Won't Dance (1935) - Decca 404 A

Harlem Hot Shots (Manone) - Dust Off That Old Piano (1935) - Melotone M 13353 A

Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy (Pha Terrell v) - What Will I Tell My Heart (1936) - Decca 1085 A

Bob Crosby and his Orch (Zurke p) - Yancey Special (1938) - Decca 1747 A

New Mayfair Orch - The Hour of Parting (1931) - HMV B 3884 A

"Woolgathering" July 26, 2013

(Week 360)

This RADIOLA! is spinning yarns but no sweater is forthcoming.

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Vess L. Ossman - Persian Lamb Rag (1908) - Victor 16127 A

Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy (Pha Terrell v) - Dedicated to You (1936) - Decca 1146 A

Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D

Essex Club Orch (Katzman) (Al Bernard v) - My Cutey's Due At Two To Two Today (1926) - Vocalion A 15424

Eddie Jordan and his Old Fashioned Boys - Medley of Old Timers (School Days, My Gal Sal, After the Ball) (1928) - Brunswick 4150

Oscar Papa Celestin and his Original Tuxedo Orch - Papa's Got The Jim-Jams (1927) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8002

Peggy English - Lazy Weather (1927) - Vocalion A 15561

Charles W. Hamp - Rosette (1928) - Columbia 1487 D

Ruth Etting - When You're With Somebody Else (1928) - Columbia 1288 D

The Cotton Pickers - Duck's Quack (1923) - Brunswick 2461 B

The Virginians - Mindin' My Business (1924) - Victor 19269 A

The Gilt-Edged Four - Best Black (1925) - orig Columbia 3704 (courtesy Ray Mitchell)

Marie Cahill - An Idle Woman's Busy Day (1916) - Victor 55081 A

Aileen Stanley - Singin' the Blues (1920) - Victor 18760 B

Isabella Patricola - Mystery (1920) - Pathe 22332

Molly Ryan and Maude Maggart - Medley Save Your Sorrow/Look For the Silver Lining (2012) - Swing For Your Supper!

Paul Asaro and The Fat Babies - Baby Brown (2012) - What a Heavenly Dream (Rivermont BSW 2222)

Van Eps Trio - The Original Fox Trot (1915) - Victor 17677 A

The Virginians (Vernon Dalhart v) - Stavin' Change (1923) - Victor 19189 B

The Cotton Pickers - Milenberg Joys (1925) - Brunswick 2937 A

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orch - You Made Me Happy (1930) - Band Box Shuffle 1929-1932 (Hep CD1071-1)

Red Nichols and his Five Pennies (Dick Robertson v) - Twenty One Years (1931) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8064

Eddie Lang's Orch - Bugle Call Rag (1929) - Parlophone R 510

Gus Elen - 'Arf a Pint of Ale (1931) - Decca F 2721 B

Bing Crosby (Helen Crawford, organ) - Can't We Talk It Over (1932) - Brunswick 1271 B

Elsie Carlisle - Algernon Whifflesnoop John (1935) - Decca F 5524 A

Don Bestor and his Orch (Neil Buckley v) - My Darling (1933) - Victor 24142 B

Bob Crosby and his Orch - Thru the Courtesy of Love (1936) - Decca 903 B

Harlem Hot Shots (Manone) - Love is Just Around the Corner (1935) - Melotone M 13333 B

Jimmie Grier and his Orch (Julie Gibson v) - If It's the Last Thing I Do (1937) - Decca 1475 B

Phil Regan (w Cy Feuer Orch) - Last Night I Dreamed of You (1937) - Brunswick 7864

Eddie Jackson and his Orch (Freddy Martin) (Elmer Feldkamp v) - Sleepy Head (1934) - Vocalion 2734 A

"Blues Without Tears" July 19, 2013

(Week 359)

This RADIOLA! isn't crying on the outside.

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Vaughn De Leath - I've Got The Blues But I'm Just Too Mean To Cry (1921) - Okeh 4577 B

Bob Crosby and his Orch - At the Jazz Band Ball (1938) - Decca 1747 B

Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D

Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Biltmore Orch - I Never Knew (1925) - Victor 19845 B

Ferd 'Jelly Roll' Morton - King Porter Stomp (1926) - Ferd "Jelly Roll" Morton (Retrieval RTR 79002)

Southampton Society Orch (Lanin) (Irving Kaufman v) - Meet Me in the Moonlight (1927) - Pathe Actuelle 36657 B

Chick Endor - Let's Call It A Day (1926) - Vocalion A 15382

Sophie Tucker (Ted Shapiro p) - ('Cause I Feel) Low Down (1928) - Okeh 41058

Sam Lanin and his Troubadours (Scrappy Lambert v) - My Ohio Home (1927) - Cameo 8109

Ted Lewis and his Band - Beale Street Mamma (1923) - Columbia A 3892

Pickard's Chinese Syncopators - China Lily (1926) - Gennett 3316 A

Vincent Lopez and his Casa Lopez Orch - A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich and You (1926) - Okeh 40542 A

Marion Harris - Grieving For You (1920) - Columbia A3353

Billy Murray - He Went in Like a Lion and Came Out Like a Lamb (1919) - Victor 18657 B

Bessie Smith (Clarence Williams p) - Baby Won't You Please Come Home Blues (1923) - Columbia A3888

Tom Lehrer - The Masochism Tango (1959) - Songs & More Songs By Tom Lehrer (Rhino R2 72776)

Blind Boy Paxton - Dirtiest Little Darling (2009) - Evangelist 101

The Fat Babies - Tight Like This (2012) - Chicago Hot (Delmark DE 253)

The Krulee Novelty Orch - Cherie (1921) - Jewel L 829 A

Marion Harris - The Blues Have Got Me (1924) - Brunswick 2747 B

Ross Gorman and his Virginians - Phantom Blues (1927) - Diva 2427 G

Ted Black and his Orch (Chick Bullock v) - An Evening in Caroline (1931) - Victor 22872 B

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orch - New Vine Street Blues (1929) - Band Box Shuffle (Hep CD 1071-1)

Red Nichols and his Five Pennies (Johnny “Scat” Davis v) - Waitin' For The Evenin' Mail (1931) - Jazz Oracle 8064

Bing Crosby - Just One More Chance (1931) - Brunswick 6120

Elsie Carlisle - Whisper Sweet (1935) - Decca F 5436 A

Mills Brothers - The Love Bug Will Bite You (1937) - Decca 1227 A

Will Osborne and his Orch (Freddy Martin) (WO v) - I Cover the Waterfront (1933) - Oriole 2702 A

Isham Jones and his Orch (Eddie Stone v) - Sittin' on a Log Pettin' My Dog (1933) - Shadows on the Swanee (Rivermont BSW 1159)

Albert Ammons and his Rhythm Kings - Early Morning Blues (1936) - Decca 975 A

Jack Hylton and his Orch - Poeme (Zdenek Fibich) (1933) - Decca G 25713 A

Paul Robeson - Trees (1938) - Victor 26168 A

Dick Robertson and his Orch - Dear Mom (1942) - Decca 4167 A

"Wandering in Place" July 12, 2013

(Week 358)

This RADIOLA! is drifting within certain boundaries.

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Jack Warner - Somebody's Asked Me (1939) - Parlophone F 1605

Freddie Fisher and his Orch - Listen to the Mocking Bird (1937) - Decca 1537 B

Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D

Waring's Pennsylvanians - Let's Wander Away (1925) - Victor 19814 A

The Charleston Chasers - Five Pennies (1927) - Columbia 1229 D

Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Billy Murray v) - The Farmer Took Another Load Away! Hay! Hay! (1925) - Victor 19769 A

Seger Ellis - Where in the World (1927) - Columbia 1290 D

Harry Richman - It All Depends on You (1927) - Brunswick 3501 A

Lizzie Miles - I Hate a Man Like You (1929) - Jelly Roll Morton Rarities (Jazz Oracle BDW 8065)

Bennie Krueger's Orch - Everybody Step (1921) - Brunswick 2151 A

Vincent Lopez and his Hotel Pennsylvania Orch - What Do You Do Sunday, Mary? (1923) - Okeh 4959 A

Bob Haring and his Orch - Sweet California (1924) - Cameo 619

Cal Stewart - Uncle Josh in a Barber Shop (1915) - Victor 17820 B

Al Bernard - You Know What I Mean (1919) - Victor 18644 A

Lee Morse - Mail Man Blues (1924) - Perfect 12165 B

Lee Morse and her Bluegrass Boys - If You Only Knew (1950) - Coral 65589

The Sweetback Sisters - Boozefighters (2012) - Bulldog

The Sweetback Sisters - Glory Hallelujah (2012) - Bulldog

Noel Coward w Leo Reisman and his Orch - Noel Coward Medley Pt 1 (1933) - Victor 36239 A

(Tokay/World Weary/Caballera/Green Carnations/I'll See You Again)

Noel Coward w Leo Reisman and his Orch - Noel Coward Medley Pt 2 (1933) - Victor 36239 B

(Poor Little Rich Girl/Zigeuner/Dear Little Cafe/The Call of Life/Ladies of the Town)

Gus Arnheim and his Cocoanut Grove Orch (Loyce Whiteman Bing Crosby v) - Ho Hum! (1931) - Victor 22691 A

Xavier Cugat and his Waldorf Astoria Orch - My Shawl (1933) - Victor 24508 B

Eddie Lang Joe Venuti and their All Star Orch - Farewell Blues (1931) - Commodore Music Shop 106 A

Elsie Carlisle - Gosh! I Must Be Falling In Love (1934) - Decca F 3887 A

Bob Crosby and his Orch - My Kingdom For a Kiss (1936) - Decca 903 A

Dick Powell (Victor Young Orch) - All's Fair In Love And War (from "Gold Diggers of 1937") (1936) - The Singing Troubadour (Great Movie Themes CD 60020)

Eddie Elkins and his Orch (Chick Bullock v) - I Ain't Lazy I'm Just Dreamin' (1934) - Melotone M 13015

Hal Davis and his Orch (Dick Robertson v) - Because of Once Upon a Time (1935) - Bluebird B 5793 B

Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy (Harry Mills v) - The Lady Who Swings the Band (1936) - Decca 1085 B

Fats Waller - I Ain't Got Nobody (1937) - Victor 27766 B

Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Jimmy Brierly v) - Afterglow (1936) - Victor 25356 B

Will Osborne and his Orch (Freddy Martin) (WO v) - Isn't It Heavenly? (1933) - Oriole 2702 B

"Go Away!" July 5, 2013

(Week 357)

This RADIOLA! ponders the futility of reasoning with meteorological phenomena.

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Frank Crumit - Oh Didn't It Rain (1924) - Victor 19469 B

Frank Trumbauer and his Orch - Troubled (1934) - Victor 24834 A

Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D

Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders - Cecilia (1925) - Victor 19756 B

Harry Bidgood and his Broadcasters (Bobby Sanders v) - When The Love-Bird Leaves The Nest (1927) - Broadcast 126

Elgar's Creole Orch - Cafe Capers (1926) - Vocalion A 15477

Charles Dickson (Irving Kaufman) - Skies of Gray (1927) - Jewel 5135 B

Al Jolson - Little Pal (1929) - Brunswick 4400

Harry Richman - Exactly Like You (1930) - Brunswick 4747

Jos. B. Franklin's Orch (Samuels) - Somebody Else Took You Out Of My Arms (1923) - Cameo 444

Fry's Million Dollar Pier Orch - Gone But Still in My Heart (1923) - Pathe Actuelle 020938 (Jack Theakston collection)

Jelly Roll Morton and his Jazz Trio - My Gal (1924) - Jelly Roll Morton Rarities (Jazz Oracle BDW 8065)

Edgar Guest - The Boy and the Flag and At the Door (1921) - Victor 45341 B

Morton Harvey - I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier (1915) - Victor 17716 A

Marion Harris - Where Is My Daddy Now Blues (1920) - Columbia A 3371

Bryan Wright - Ragtime Nightingale (Joseph Lamb) (2004) - Syncopated Musings (Rivermont BSW 2204)

Molly Ryan - My Dreams Are Gone With the Wind (2012) - Swing For Your Supper!

Macy and Smalle (Radio Aces) - I'd Love to Meet That Old Sweetheart of Mine (1926) - Pathe Actuelle 32199 B

Josie Miles - Mad Mama's Blues (1924) - Hill and Dale Rarities IAJRC 49 (LP)

Rega Dance Orch - Learn To Smile (1921) - Okeh 4396 B

Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians (Carmen Lombardo v) - Stay Out of My Dreams (1933) - Brunswick 6550

Casa Loma Orch - White Jazz (1931) - Brunswick 6092 B

Xavier Cugat and his Waldorf Astoria Orch (Carmen Castillo v) - Silencio (1933) - Victor 24508 A

Seger Ellis - Nobody But You (1929) - Okeh 41289

Ruth Etting - Nevertheless (1931) - Imperial 2579

Billy Banks Rhythmakers - Bald Headed Mama (1932) - UHCA 112

Eddie Elkins and his Orch (Chick Bullock v) - Easy Come, Easy Go (1934) - Melotone M 13015

Jack Hylton and his Orch - Rose Room (1936) - Victor 25555 A

Bob Crosby and his Orch - Grand Terrace Rhythm (1938) - Decca 1725 A

Phil Regan (w Cy Feuer Orch) - Was It Rain? (1937) - Brunswick 7864

Jimmie Grier and his Orch (Dick Webster v) - Everything That You Said Came True (1937) - Decca 1475 A

Ambrose and his Orch (Sam Browne v) - We'll All Go Riding on a Rainbow (1933) - Brunswick 6773