"Tight Connections" November 22, 2013

(Week 377)

This RADIOLA! feels the need to loosen some ties--and its belt.

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RADIOLA! is taking a break for a few weeks until New Year's Eve, when I will celebrate with my usual four-hour show. If you must have your RADIOLA! before then, hundreds of old shows are archived here. Some of them are pretty good. Alternatively, please check out the many great shows I've linked to on my RADIOLA! blog under "Radio Programs We Like."

Tampa Red and Georgia Tom - It's Tight Like That No. 2 - (1929) Vocalion 1244

Louis Armstrong and his Orch - Lyin' To Myself (1936) - The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (Mosaic 243-2)

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

Windsor Hotel Orch (Harold Leonard) - You Need Someone To Love (1926) - Vocalion A 15386

Van and his Hotel Half Moon Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - Without You Sweetheart (1927) - Perfect 14918

The Charleston Chasers - Feelin' No Pain (1927) - Columbia 1229 D

Arthur Fields - Me and My Shadow (1927) - Grey Gull 2344a

Happiness Boys (Jones & Hare w/Dave Kaplan p) - I Love the College Girls (1927) - Okeh 40785 A

Jane Green - You Went Away Too Far (and Stayed Away Too Long) (1927) - Victor 20509 A

Palace Trio (Wiedoeft) - Unlucky Blues (1920) - Aeolian Vocalion A14053

Harry Raderman's Jazz Orch - Oh Joy (1921) - Okeh 4404 A

Joe Candullo and his Orch - Fashionette (1929) Harmony 888-H

Vaughn De Leath - I Wonder Who (1921) - Okeh 4455 B

Tampa Blue Jazz Band (Samuels) (Billy Jones v) - Atta Baby (1921) - Okeh 4522 A

Emmett Miller (Walt Rothrock p) - Anytime (1924) - Okeh 40239 B

Vanessa Tagliabue Yorke (Dalton Ridenhour p) - Loveless Love (2012) - Racine Connection (Rivermont BSW-2225)

Dymitr Markiewicz and his Jazz Band - I Must Have That Man (2010) - Polish-Swedish Connection (Live Augustow - Ilawa - Poland)

Willie Eckstein - Broken Hearted Melody (1923) - Okeh 40041 B

Martha Pryor - Lovey Came Back (1923) - Cameo 448

The Jazz Pilots (Reser) (Tom Stacks v) - She Knows Her Onions (1926) - Okeh 40688 B

Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces - Till Times Get Better (1929) - Retrieval RTR 79013

Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers - Low Gravy (1930) - JSP CD 323

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orch (Jimmy Rushing v) - Now That I Need You (1930) - Band Box Shuffle (Hep CD 1070)

Ruth Etting - I'm Falling In Love (1931) - Columbia 2505 D

Jim Miller and Charlie Farrell - I'm Needin' You (1930) - Victor 22509 B

Donald Peers - Don't Blame Me (1932) - HMV B 8047

Dick Himber and his Essex House Orch (Joey Nash v) - Smoke Rings (1933) - Renovation 7002

Will Osborne and his Orch - Inka Dinka Doo (1933) - Perfect 15867 A

Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Lew Sherwood v) - Moonburn (1935) - Victor 25231 A

Shelton Bros (Bob and Joe) - If You Don't Like My Peaches (1939) - Decca 5787A

Danny Polo and his Swing Stars - China Boy (1939) - The Old Masters TOM 41 (LP)

Louis Armstrong and his Savoy Ballroom Five - Tight Like This (1928) - JSP CD 314

"Greasy Spooning" November 15, 2013

(Week 376)

This RADIOLA! considers that one might do better to eat at home.

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Coot Grant and Kid Wesley Wilson - Find Me At The Greasy Spoon (tk 2) (1925) - orig Paramount 12337

Fats Waller and his Rhythm and Orch - Fat and Greasy (1935) - mx 98196 unissued

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

Charley Straight and his Orch (Williams Sisters v) - Hi-Diddle-Diddle (1926) - That's What I Call Keen (Rivermont BSW 1153)

Art Landry and his Orch - Slippery Elm (1926) - Timeless CBC 1-078

Donald Lindley and his Boys - Slidin' Around (1928) - Columbia 1443 D

Nick Lucas - A Cup Of Coffee, A Sandwich, And You (1926) - Brusnwick 3052 A

Dixieland Jug Blowers (Lockwood Lewis v) - Don't Give All the Lard Away (1926) - Louisville Stomp (Frog DGF 6)

Lou Gold and his Orch (Jerry Macy Ed Smalle v) - You're the Cream in My Coffee (1928) - It's Tight Like That (Rivermont BSW 1147)

Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band - Slide, Kelly, Slide (1919) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8046

Arthur Lange And His Orchestra - Sweet Butter (1923) - orig Lincoln 2119 (Healey col)

Edwin J. McEnelly's Orch (Billy Murray v) - I Like Pie, I Like Cake (1925) - Rivermont BSW1140

Ada Jones - I'm In Love With the Slide Trombone (1907) - Zon-O-Phone 829

Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five (LA and May Alix v) - Big Butter and Egg Man from the West (1926) - JSPCD 312

The Harmonians (BHSO) (Selvin) (Irving Kaufman v) - What A Night For Spooning (1928) - orig Harmony 716 H (Healey col)

Al Duvall - Slippery Elm (2013) - Insomnibus

Eddie South - Snowfall (1944) - The Dark Angel of the Fiddle (Soundies SCD 4120)

Brass Quartet - Sweet and Low (c 1901) - Zon-O-Phone 9724

West End Jazz Band (Leah Bezin v) - Coffee In the Morning and Kisses in the Night (2003) - Louder and Funnier (Legacy 2K 103)

Zon-O-Phone Concert Band - Slippery Day (1907) - Zon-O-Phone 655

Bailey’s Lucky Seven (Lanin) (Ernest Hare v) - Everything Is K.O. In K.Y. (1923) - orig Gennett 5078 (Healey col)

Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five - Skid-Dat-De-Dat (1926) - JSPCD 312

Ikey Robinson and his Band (Jabbo Smith v) - Got Butter On It (1929) - Retrieval RTR 79013

Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers - Oil Well (1930) - JSPCD 323

Fess Williams and his Royal Flush Orch - All For Grits and Gravy (1930) - Jazz Oracle BDW8041

Bing Crosby with the Mills Bros - Dinah (1932) - Brunswick 1271 A

Dinah - You Can't Stop Me From Lovin' You (1931) - Decca F2593 A

Mills Brothers - Miss Otis Regrets (1934) - Decca 166 B

Ray Nichols and his Four Towers Orch (Billie Hibberd v) - Black Coffee (1935) - orig Bluebird B-6013 (Healey col)

Adrian Rollini and his Orch (Joey Nash v) - Butterfingers (1934) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8050

Mike Riley-Eddie Farley and their Onyx Club Boys - Dinner For One Please, James (1936) - orig Champion 40089 (Healey col)

Original Yellow Jackets - Swinging At The Chat And Chew (1937) - Columbia CK 64855

Horace Heidt and his Musical Knights (Donna and her Don Juans v) - A Knife, A Fork, And A Spoon (1941) - orig Columbia 36053 (Healey col)

Fats Waller and his Rhythm (w Deep River Boys) - By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1942) - orig Bluebird B 11569

"The Newest Math" November 8, 2013

(Week 375)

This RADIOLA! suspects there's a reason it doesn't quite add up.

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Billy Murray - I Can't Do That Sum (1904) - Columbia cylinder (UCSB collection)

Jelly Roll Morton Seven - Good Old New York (1940) - General 1704 A

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

Howard Lanin and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Lucky Day (1926) - Columbia 689 D

Frank Trumbauer and his Orch - Riverboat Shuffle (1927) - UHCA 30

All Star Orch - Add a Little Wiggle (1928) - Victor 21423 B

Fess Williams' Royal Flush Orch - Gambler's Blues (1927) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8041

Varsity Eight (Irving Kaufman v) - He Ain't Never Been To College (1928) - Cameo 9003

Chick Endor - Lady Luck (1929) - Victor 22245 B

Yerkes Blue Bird Orch - Kismet (1920) - HMV (Canada) 216195 B

Nathan Glantz and his Orch (Arthur Hall v) - Love Is Just A Gamble (1924) - orig Edison 51355 (Healey col)

Isham Jones' Orch - Get Lucky (1924) - Brunswick 2678 B

Arthur Moss and Ed Frye - How High Is Up? Pt. 2 (1923) - Victor 19081 B

Bert Williams - Unlucky Blues (1920) - Columbia A 2941

Thomas and West (Jones and Hare) - In the Little Red Schoolhouse (1922) - Regal 9327 A

Eddie South - Daybreak (1944) - The Dark Angel of the Fiddle (Soundies SCD 4120)

Dick Hyman and Stan Kurtis - Satan's Holiday (1985) - Runnin' Ragged (Fanfare CDJ 652)

Avon Comedy Four - The New School Teacher (1924) - Victor 35750 (Library of Congress)

Sophie Tucker (w/Milo Rega's Orch) - Seven Or Eleven - My Dixie Pair O' Dice (1923) - Jazz Age Hot Mamma (Take Two TT404)

Palace Trio (Wiedoeft) - I'll See You in C-U-B-A (1920) - Victor 18663 A

The Charleston Chasers (Eva Taylor v) - Turn on the Heat (1929) - Timeless CBC 1-040

Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers - Gambling Jack (1930) - JSP CD323

Isham Jones and his Orch (Rita Smith v) - It Isn't Fair (1933) - Shadows on the Swanee (Rivermont BSW 1159)

Frank Crumit - I'm Bettin' the Roll on Roamer (1930) - Victor 22482 A

Buddy Morgan and his Veterans - Don't Get Collegiate (1929) - Columbia 2011 D

New Dixie Demons - Ace In The Hole (1936) - Decca 5257 B

Casani Club Orch (Charlie Kunz) (Harry Bentley v) - Learning (1934) - Sterno 1528

Jimmy Dorsey and his Orch (Bob Eberle v) - I'm A Gambler (1935) - orig Decca 607 (Healey col)

Archie Bleyer and his Orch (Russ Morgan v) - You Are My Lucky Star (1935) - Melotone 35 10 23 A

Fred Astaire - Pick Yourself Up (1937) - Brunswick 7717

Ted Weems and his Orch - Gambler's Blues (1939) - orig Decca 2408 (Healey col)

Chick Bullock and his Levee Loungers - The Old Apple Tree (1938) - Vocalion 4070