"Toward the Light" March 27, 2015

(Week 423)

This RADIOLA! is brightening its inner contrast.

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Singin' Sam - Ukulele Lady (1939) - Refreshment Time B 704 (World Tx)

Artie Shaw and his Orch - Back Bay Shuffle (1938) - Victor 27547 B

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

Waring's Pennsylvanians - Does My Sweetie Do—And How (1925) - Victor 19655 A

Ted Weems and his Orch (Parker Gibbs v) - Everybody Loves My Girl (1927) - Victor 21173 B

Duke Ellington and his Orch - The Mooche (1928) - Brunswick 80002 B (orig 4122)

Miss Annette Hanshaw - Falling In Love With You (1926) - Perfect 12290 B

Frank Crumit (Frank Banta p) - Get Away Old Man, Get Away (1926) - Victor 20137 B

Harper and Turner - Why Not Tonight? (1928) - Supertone 9391 A

Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Say It With Music (1921) - Victor 18803 B

Bennie Krueger's Orch - Susquehanna Home (1924) - Brunswick 2682 B

Ray Miller and his Orch - Two Blue Eyes (1924) - Brunswick 2573 A

Kaufman Bros - Henry and Hank in Vaudeville (intro My Hawaiian Sunshine) (1917) - Edison 50996 R

Toots Paka Hawaiian Troupe - Halona (Beautiful Mountain) (1914) - Victor 67418 B

Lambert Murphy - Rose-Marie (1924) - Victor 45456 B

Molly Ryan - Where the Morning Glories Grow (2012) - Swing For Your Supper! (LG 1005)

West End Jazz Band - Rocky Mountain Blues (2008) - Sunny Side Up (Rivermont BSW-2208)

Charles Kellogg (The Nature Singer) - Humoresque (Dvorak) (1915) - Victor 45061 A

Billy Murray - How Are You Goin' to Wet Your Whistle? (1919) - Victor 18537 B

The Collegians - I Cried For You (1923) - Victor 19093 B

Coon-Sanders Orch (JLS v) - Here Comes My Ball and Chain (1928) - Victor 21812 B

Frank Auburn and his Orch (Arthur Schutt) (Irving Kaufman v) - Lo-Lo (1930) - Velvet Tone 2182 V

Duke Ellington and his Orch - Wall Street Wail (1929) - Brunswick 80003 B (orig 4887)

Sam Lanin and his Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - Walkin' My Baby Back Home (1931) - Regal 10272 (Healey col)

Bee Sharp and Orch (Dick Robertson v) - Easter Parade (1933) - Bluebird B 5219 A

Roy Fox and his Band (Sam Browne v) - My Hat's on the Side of My Head (1933) - Brunswick 6955

Riley Puckett - In a Little Gypsy Tea Room (1936) - Montgomery Ward M 4760 B

Gene Austin (w Victor Young's Orch) - If I Had My Way (1936) - Decca 926 A

Lionel Hampton and his Orch - I Surrender, Dear (1937) - Victor 25666 A

Pancho and his Orch - Tango Delle Rose (1938) - Decca 1982 B

Benny Goodman and his Orch (p arr Fletcher Henderson) (Louise Tobin v) - I Didn't Know What Time It Was (1939) - Columbia 35230

Singin' Sam - Stairway to the Stars (1939) - Refreshment Time B 704 (World Tx)

"Patches of Green" March 20, 2015

(Week 422)

This RADIOLA! notes occasional glimpses of the lawn.

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Columbia Light Opera Company - Robin Hood Vocal Gems (De Koven) (1912) - Columbia A5402

Singin' Sam - It's De-Lovely (1939) - Refreshment Time B709 (World Transcription)

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

Phil Ohman and Victor Arden and their Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Hallelujah (1927) - Brunswick 3527 A

Coon-Sanders Orch (JLS v) - Who Wouldn't Be Jealous of You? (1928) - Victor 21812 A

Duke Ellington and his Orch - East St Louis Toodle-oo (1927) - Brunswick 80000 A (orig Voc 1064)

Arthur Fields - Plucky Lindbergh (1927) - Radiex 2337 A

George Holden (John McGhee) - The Sinking of the Submarine S-4 (1927) - Challenge 389 A

Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (chorus v) - We'll Have a New Home (1927) - Victor 21170 B

Art Hickman's Orch - Whispering (1920) - Columbia A3301

Paul Whiteman and his Orch (American Quartet v) - Last Night on the Back Porch (1923) - Victor 19139 A

Arthur Gibbs and his Gang - Old Fashioned Love (1923) - Victor 19165 A

Ada Jones and Walter Van Brunt - All Alone (1911) - Standard A1010

Arthur Fields - How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm (1919) - Victor 18537A

Lou Gold and his Orch (Benny Davis v) - Roses Remind Me of You (1926) - Harmony 188 H

Dalton Ridenhour - Topliner Rag (Joseph Lamb) (2012) - Eccentricity (Rivermont BSW 2220)

Jeff Healey, Trumpet; Colin Bray, Bass; Reide Kaiser, Piano; Dan Levinson, Clarinet - I Never Knew What A Gal Could Do (2004) - Adventures In Jazzland (Stony Plain CD1313) (purchase here)

Mr.Guido Gialdini - Alexander's Ragtime Band (Irving Berlin) (1912) - Polyphon Record 5576

The Great White Way Orch (Billy Murray v) - Barney Google (1923) - Victor 19093 A

Ted Bartell and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - This Is Heaven (1929) - Harmony 941 H

Majestic Dance Orch (Haring) (Smith Ballew v) - By My Side (1931) - Banner 32148 A

Ted Black and his Orch (Tom Brown v) - If I Didn't Have You (1931) - Victor 22807 B

Duke Ellington and his Orch - Twelfth Street Rag (1931) - Brunswick 80001 B (orig 6038)

Ted Lewis and his Band - She's Funny That Way (1928) - Columbia 1656 D

Weary Willie - In the Big Rock Candy Mountain (1929) - Supertone 9342 A

Don Voorhees and his Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - I'm Thru With Love (1931) - Hit of the Week 1154

Joe Haymes and his Orch (Clifford Wetterau v) - I'm on a See-Saw (1935) - Melotone 35-10-25 A

Gene Austin (w Victor Young's Orch) - I Cried For You (1936) - Decca 926 B

Roy Smeck and his Serenaders (Donald King v) - Is That the Way to Treat a Sweetheart? (1938) - Decca 2100 B

Singin' Sam - Trav'lin' All Alone (1939) - Refreshment Time B 721 (World Transcription)

Hall Brothers (Roy and Jay) - Way Out There (1937) - Montgomery Ward M 7237 A

Russ Morgan and his Orch (RM v) - I'm Home Again (1940) - Decca 3290 B

"Shine, Already!" March 13, 2015

(Week 421)

This RADIOLA! requests a boost in solar power.

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Maggie Teyte - An Open Secret (Woodman) (1913) - Columbia A1471

Bert Williams - You Can't Trust Nobody (1920) - Columbia A3589

Lionel Hampton and his Orch - Piano Stomp (Shine) (1937) - Victor 25666 B

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

Meyer Davis' Le Paradis Band (W. Spencer Tupman dir) (Billy Murray v) - Bye and Bye (The Sun Will Shine) (1925) - Victor 19655 B

Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Franklyn Baur v) - Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man (1927) - Victor 25250 A

Duke Ellington and his Orch - Birmingham Breakdown (1927) - Brunswick 80000 B (orig Voc 1064)

Bob Thomas (Arthur Fields) - The Pickwick Club Tragedy (1927) - Grey Gull 4086

Peerless Quartet - Sweet Adeline (1926) - Victor 20055 A

Johnny Marvin - There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (1928) - Victor 21780 A

Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Lonesome Hours (1922) - Victor 18865 B

Bennie Krueger's Orch - I Wonder What's Become of Sally (1924) - Brunswick 2682 A

Lou Gold and his Orch - When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob-Bob-Bobbin' Along (1926) - Harmony 188 H

Arthur Collins - In the Land of Harmony (1911) - Standard A1010

Olive Kline - Indian Love Call (1924) - Victor 45456 A

Frank Farrell and his Greenwich Village Inn Orch (Arthur Fields v) - Charmaine! (1927) - Velvet Tone 1445 V

West End Jazz Band - St. Louis Shuffle (2008) - Sunny Side Up (Rivermont BSW-2208)

Ilka Chase - Inventory (from Enough Rope) (Dorothy Parker) (1944) - Victor 11-8605 A

Professor Peter and Doctor Dick - Doctor Jazz (2015) - Undecided! (Contact for ordering information here)

Philadelphia Symphony Orch (Leopold Stokowski) - Hungarian Dance No 5 (Brahms) (1917) - Victrola 64752

George Olsen and his Music - Put Away a Little Ray of Golden Sunshine For a Rainy Day (1924) - Victor 19518 B

The Benson Orch of Chicago (Bestor) - Keep on Dancing (1924) - Victor 19470 B

Hotel Pennsylvania Music (Spitalny) (Bill Coty v) - If I Could Be With You (1930) - Velvet Tone 2201 V

Frank Auburn and his Orch (Selvin) (Irving Kaufman v) - Swingin' in a Hammock (1930) - Velvet Tone 2182 V

Duke Ellington and his Orch - Rockin' in Rhythm (1931) - Brunswick 80001 A (orig 6038)

Ford and Glenn - Where the Sweet Forget-Me-Nots Remember (1929) - Columbia 1928 D

William Robyn - Something to Remember You By (1931) - Conqueror 7696 A

Hit of the Week Orch (Hirsch) (Dick Robertson v) - You'll Be Mine in Apple Blossom Time (1931) - Hit of the Week 1143

Harold White and his Orch (ARC studio) (Paul Small v) - Moon Song (1933) - Conqueror 8084 A

Todd Rollins and his Orch (Chick Bullock v) - Moonlight Parade (1934) - Banner 33091 B

Tommy Dorsey and his Orch - Little White Lies (1937) - Victor 27521 B

Wayne King and his Orch - Trust In Me (1936) - Victor 25495 A

Pancho and his Orch - Adios Muchachos (1938) - Decca 1982 A

Montana Slim - You Are My Sunshine (1940) - Bluebird B 8491 B

"Stuck Home Syndrome" March 6, 2015

(Week 420)

This RADIOLA! can't quite get out the door.

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Mr. Guido Gialdini - Grizzly Bear (Geo. Botsford) (c1912) - Polyphon Record 5576
Raymond Scott and his New Orch - Mexican Jumping Bean (1939) - Columbia 36211
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Honey I'm In Love With You (1925) - Victor 19671 A
Fred Hamm and his Orch (FH v) - Want a Little Lovin' (1925) - Victor 19915 B
George Olsen and his Music - I Feel At Home With You (1927) - Victor 21034 B
Mario Chamlee - Here in My Arms (1925) - Brunswick 10214 B
Ed Smalle - Waffles (1926) - Brunswick 3219 B
Frank Crumit (Frank Banta p) - Pretty Little Dear (1926) - Victor 20137 A
Pietro (Deiro) - And He'd Say Oo La La! Wee Wee (intro: Take Your Girlie to the Movies, Who Played Poker With Pocahontas) (1919) - Victor 18625 B
Arthur Gibbs and his Gang - Charleston (intro Open Your Heart) (1923) - Victor 19165 B
The Benson Orch of Chicago (Bestor) - Copenhagen (1924) - Victor 19470 A
Toots Paka Hawaiian Troupe - Lanihuli (My Home in Lanihuli) (1914) - Victor 67418 A
Aileen Stanley - I'm a Lonesome Cry Baby (1923) - Victor 19144 B
Billy Murray Ed Smalle - Oh! How She Lied to Me (1923) - Victor 19188 B
Jeff Healey (w Jesse Barksdale rh g, Tom Pletcher c, Dan Levinson cl, Drew Jurecka vn, Reide Kaiser p, Colin Bray sb) - Someday Sweetheart (2004) - Adventures In Jazzland (Stony Plain SP 1313) (purchase here)
West End Jazz Band - Stockholm Stomp (2008) - Sunny Side Up (Rivermont BSW-2208)
Corinne Morgan and Frank C. Stanley - 'Deed I Do (c1903) - United A270
I Quattro Siciliani Columbia - Tra Veglia E Sonno Mazurka (1922) - Columbia E4721
The Harmonians (BHSO) (IKv) - Then We Canoe-Dle-Oodle Along (1929) - Harmony 941 H
Frank Auburn and his Orch (Spitalny) (Bill Coty v) - Gee But I'd Like to Make You Happy (1930) - Velvet Tone 2195 V
The Troubadours (Scrappy Lambert v) - My Song of the Nile (1929) - Victor 22073 B
Ted Black and his Orch (Dick Robertson v) - Banking on the Weather (1932) - Victor 24046 B
Chick Bullock - You're the One I Care For (1931) - Conqueror 7694 B
Leo Reisman and his Orch (Vivien Ruth v) - Me For You Forever (1933) - Victor 24398 A
Hal Kemp and his Orch (Skinny Ennis v) - If You Lived in the Mountains (1933) - Brunswick 6656
Smith Ballew and his Orch - Life is a Song (1935) - Conqueror 8531 A
Red McKenzie and his Rhythm Kings - Every Now and Then (1935) - Brunswick 02105 B
Milton Brown and his Brownies (v) - An Old Water Mill By a Waterfall (1936) - Decca 5233 B
Russ Morgan and his Orch (Carol Kay v) - Blueberry Hill (1940) - Decca 3290 A
Raymond Scott and his New Orch - In a Subway Far From Ireland (1939) - Columbia 36211
Riley Puckett - When I Grow Too Old to Dream (1936) - Montgomery Ward M 4760 A