"Spare the Prod" August 28, 2015

(Week 437)

This RADIOLA! requires neither a carrot nor a stick.

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Sam Moore (octacorda) - Laughing Rag (1921) - Okeh 4412 B

Albert Ammons and his Rhythm Kings - Early Mornin' Blues (1936) - Decca 3521 B

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

Edwin J. McEnelly's Orch (Henry Burr v) - That Night in Araby (1926) - Victor 20259 B

Carl Fenton and his Orch (Frank Munn v) - Following The Sun Around (1927) - orig Brunswick 3472 (Healey)

Fess Williams and his Royal Flush Orch - Slide Mr. Jelly, Slide (1929) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8041

Irving Kaufman - Sick and Tired (1927) - Regal 8372 B

Nick Lucas (Sammy Stept p) - Let Me Live and Love You Just For To-night (1926) - Brunswick 3283 B

Ruth Etting - Say Yes Today (1928) - Columbia 1352 D

Jack Shilkret's Orch - No One Knows What's It's All About - orig Victor 19507 (Healey)

Five Birmingham Babies - Down And Out Blues (1925) - Heart Breakin' Baby (Frog DGF58)

Georgia Melodians - Hangin' Around (1926) - orig Edison test mx 10914 (Healey)

Singin' Sam - Cheyenne (1939) - Refreshment Time B 685 (World Tx)

Ambrose and his Orch (Sam Browne ann) - Ambrose's Jubilee Cavalcade Pt.1 (1935) - Decca K 750 A

Ambrose and his Orch (Sam Browne ann) - Ambrose's Jubilee Cavalcade Pt.2 (1935) - Decca K 750 B

Cell Block 7 - In a Persian Market (Ketèlbey arr Jim Maihack) (2014) - Guilty As Charged

Tom McDermott and Connie Jones - Creole Nocturne (Chopin Op. 9 No. 2 arr Tom McDermott) (2007) - Creole Nocturne (Arbors ARCD 19366)

Orkiestra Akc Tow Janus - Na szancach Manzurji (On the Hills of Manchuria) (Shatrov) (1910) - Janus Record 441

Arthur Fields with Peerless Quartet - When I Send You a Picture of Berlin (1918) - Victor 18474 A

Five Birmingham Babies - Deep Sea Blues (1924) - Heart Breakin' Baby (Frog DGF58)

Victor Arden Phil Ohman and their Orch (Frank Luther v) - Dancing the Devil Away (1929) - Victor 22383 A

Lloyd Keating and his Music (Spitalny) (Paul Small v) - Sing You Sinners (1930) - Diva 3118 G

Henry Busse and his Orch (Richard Barry v) - Got the Bench, Got the Park (1931) - Victor 22651 B

Ray Noble New Mayfair Orchestra (Dorothy Carless v) - Nasty Man (1934) - HMV B649

Vincent Rose and his Orch (Freddy Martin) (Russ Morgan v) - What About Me? (1934) - Melotone M 13144 A

Harry Richman - If I Should Lose You (1936) - Decca 702 B

Casa Loma Orch - Stompin' Around (1934) - orig Decca 286 (Healey)

Kitty Gray and her Wampus Cats - Baton Rouge Rag (1937) - Columbia CG 33566

Johnny Hodges and his Orch - Rent Party Blues (1939) - Vocalion 5100

Eddie Delange and his Orch (Elisse Cooper v) - What Are Little Girls Made Of? (1938) - orig Bluebird B 7855 (Healey)

Una Mae Carlisle - Oh! I'm Evil (1941) - Bluebird B 11159 B

Bob Crosby's Bob Cats - Slow Mood (1938) - Decca 2011 B

"Phoning From the Office" August 21, 2015

(Week 436)

This RADIOLA! puts you on hold, but with better music.

RADIOLA! streams continuously from my Live365 station. Busy signal-cast here. Each RADIOLA! program is sent to listeners on my mailing list (email here).

On this program I mention that I am writing for The American Rag, a monthly publication dedicated to ragtime and early jazz. (Subscribe here to read it--it's print-only.)

Jesse Crawford (Chicago Theatre) - All Alone (1924) - Autograph 4005 A
The Wanderers - Tiger Rag (1935) - HMV JF 26
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D
Gus C. Edwards and his Orch (Cliff Covert v) - Alabama Stomp (1926) - Victor 20230 B
Bob Haring and his Orch (Arthur Hall v)  From Monday On (1928) - orig Perfect 15004 (Healey)
Dallas String Band - Dallas Rag (1928) - New World NW 235
Nick Lucas - High High High Up In The Hills (1927) - Brunswick 3439 B
Ruth Etting - When You're With Somebody Else (1928) - Columbia 1288 D
Fred Sugar Hall and his Sugar Babies (Arthur Fields v) - I Lift Up My Finger And Say Tweet Tweet (1929) - orig Okeh 41310 (Healey)
Varsity Eight - No-One Knows What It's All About (1924) - orig Cameo 806 (Healey)
Herb Wiedoeft and his Cinderella Roof Orch - Roamin' Around (1925) - orig Brunswick 2893 (Healey)
The Dixie Stompers (Henderson) - I'm Feelin' Devilish (1928) - Harmony 974 H
American Quartet - Mocking Bird Rag (1912) - Victor 17204 B
Victor Light Opera Co - Gems from Oh Lady! Lady! (Bolton-Wodehouse-Kern) (1918) - Victor 35672 A
Esther Walker - Whatcha Gonna Do When There Ain't No Jazz? (1920) - Victor 18680 B
Butch Thompson (piano) Eli Newberger (tuba) Jimmy Mazzy (banjo v) - Sweet Music (1999) - The Men They Will Become (Stomp Off CD 1352)
Butch Thompson (piano) Eli Newberger (tuba) Jimmy Mazzy (banjo v) - Everybody Loves My Baby (1999) - The Men They Will Become (Stomp Off CD 1352)
Arthur Pryor's Band - That Flying Rag (1911) - Victor 17021 A
Earl Fuller's Rector Novelty Orch - Russian Rag (1918) - Columbia A2649
Handy's Orch of Memphis - Fuzzy Wuzzy Rag (1917) - Columbia A2421
Ben Bernie and his Orch (Pat Kennedy v) - It's A Lonesome Old Town (When You're Not Around) (1930) - orig Brunswick 4943 (Healey)
Seger Ellis - Shivery Stomp (1930) - Parlophone R 714
Louis Armstrong and his Savoy Ballroom Five - Mahogany Hall Stomp (1929) - Columbia 35879
The Revelers - Blue Shadows (1928) - Victor 21765 B
Bing Crosby with the Mills Bros - Dinah (1932) - Brunswick 1271 A
The Boswell Sisters - Hand Me Down My Walking Cane (1932) - Columbia 36520
Clyde McCoy and his Orch -  Roseland Stomp (1936) - Decca 833 B
Albert Ammons and his Rhythm Kings - Mile-Or-No Bird Rag (1936) - Decca 975 B
Henry Red Allen and his Orch - Algiers Stomp (1936) - Vocalion 3302
Muggsy Spanier and his Ragtime Band - Someday Sweetheart (1939) - Bluebird B 10384 B
Mark Warnow and his Orch (Hit Paraders v) - The Music Goes 'Round And Around (1942) - orig Victor 27868 (Healey)
California Ramblers - Dreaming Of A Castle In The Air (1925) - Columbia 527 D (Healey)

Sisyphus Takes a Holiday; Massive Boulder Destroys Village

No RADIOLA! today. I'll be back on the oblivious treadmill next week. In the meantime, there's this.

"Underthrow" August 7, 2015

(Week 435)

This RADIOLA! is hardly revolting at all.

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Willie Creager and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Revolutionary Rhythm (1929) - orig Harmony 1006-H (Healey)
Fats Waller and his Rhythm - There'll Be Some Changes Made (1935) - Bluebird B 10322 A
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D
Johnny Ringer and his Rosemont Ballroom Orch (Arthur Fields v) - Who's That Knockin' At My Door (1927) - Gennett 6264 A
Ross Gorman and his Earl Carroll Orch - Rhythm of the Day (1925) - Columbia 498 D
International Novelty Orch - Song of the Vagabonds (1925) - Victor 19901 A
Nick Lucas - Looking at the World Thru Rose Colored Glasses (1926) - Brunswick 3283 A
California Ramblers - Changes (1927) - 1925-1928 (Timeless CBC 1-053) (orig Columbia 1275 D)
Tampa Red's Hokum Jazz Band (Frankie Jaxon v) - My Daddy Rocks Me (1929) - British Rhythm Society 994 (orig Vocalion 1274)
Casino Dance Orch - Canadian Capers (1921) - Pathe 20619
Ray Miller and his Orch - Canary Isle (1922) - Gennett 4859 A
Georgia Melodians - Tea Pot Dome Blues (1924) - Edison 51347 R
Billy Murray - Indianola (1918) - Victor 18474 B
National Quartet - Jubilee Days (1925) - Harmony 40 H
Lewis James - The Ten Commandments of Love (1924) - Victor 19473 B
The Hot Jazz Alliance - After I Say I'm Sorry (2014) - Bandstand Diplomacy (HJA 2015)
The Hot Jazz Alliance - Crazy Rhythm (2014) - Bandstand Diplomacy (HJA 2015)
Violin Solo - The Prelude from The Deluge (Saint-Saëns) (1905) - American Record Co 031159
Five Birmingham Babies - Hard Hearted Hannah (1924) - Heart Breakin' Baby (Frog DGF58)
Don Voorhees and his Earl Carroll's Vanities Orch (Harold Yates v) - Muddy Water (1927) - Edison 51927 R
 Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang - Rhythm King (1928) - Brunswick 8242
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - I Wouldn't Change You For the World (1931) - Columbia 2547 D
Leo Reisman and his Orch (Lew Conrad v) - What Is This Thing Called Love (1930) - Victor 22282 A
University Orch (Lanin) (Irving Kaufman v) -  Miss Wonderful (1929) - Gennett 7011
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - I Got Rhythm (1931) - Parlophone R 1207
Washboard Rhythm Boys - Tiger Rag (1932) - HMV B 6289
Vernon Geyer - You Turned the Tables on Me (1936) - Bluebird 6652 A
Bunny Berigan and his Boys (Chick Bullock v) - Rhythm Saved The World (1936) - Vocalion 3225
Milt Herth Trio - Rockin' In Rhythm (1938) - Decca 2046 B
Milton Mezz Mezzrow and Orch - Revolutionary Blues (1938) - HMV B 9470
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - 2:19 Blues (1940) - Decca 18090 A
Joseph Robechaux and his New Orleans Rhythm Boys (Walter Williams v) - Sleep, Come On and Take Me (1933) - Vocalion 2881 B