New Year's Record Party 2019: Taking a Mulligan on 2013

(Week 344)

I apologize for not posting any new shows for a while. I guarantee you that I've had lovely records stacking up (vertically) over the past few years--and I've even had time to play a few of them. With the best of intentions, I've promised myself (and others) that I would dig in and restore a slew of them for everyone's enjoyment via my RADIOLA! program. What has intervened in that plan is The Syncopated Times, which has monopolized my time and energy for the past three years. It turns out to be my life's work. But RADIOLA! is fun, and I miss doing it terribly.

For New Year's this year, I offer the show produced for the start of 2013. That was such an awful year in almost every way that I thought it deserved a do-over. The fun began on New Year's Eve, when I got a severe chest cold that lasted two months. Coming out of the Valley of the Lung Bunnies, the year only got worse. I won't elaborate. But I wanted to hear and enjoy this program again with the knowledge that we saw the light at the end of the tunnel, got run over by the express train, got up, dusted ourselves off, and came out of the experience not much worse for the wear.

I hope to play some new (old) records again for you again soon. Podcast here. Browse through some old shows here. You should definitely check out The Syncopated Times.

Happy New Year!

Gertrude Lawrence and Noel Coward - Scene from Shadow Play Pt. 1 (1936) - Victor 36191 A

Ed Loyd and his Orch (Freddy Martin) (Russ Morgan v) - Music Makes Me (1934) - Perfect 15875 B

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

Ross Gorman and his Earl Carroll Orch - Rhythm of the Day (1925) - Columbia 498 D

The Rangers (Lanin) (Scrappy Lambert v) - Someday Sweetheart (1927) - Lincoln 2677

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

Little Jack Little - One More Night (1928) - Columbia 1324 D

Radio Jacks - Gid-ap Garibaldi (1927) - Perfect 12363 B

Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees - Baby, Oh! Where Can You Be? (1929) - Victor 22034 A

Duke Ellington and his Orch - The Mooche (1928) - Victor 24486 B

Earl Hines - Fifty Seven Varieties (1928) - Parlophone R 510

Jean Goldkette and his Orch - Gimme a Little Kiss, Will Ya Huh (1926) - Victor 20031 A

Don Roberts - Revenge (1928) - Columbia 1535 D

Thelma Tuson - By the Waters of Minnetonka (1928) - Brunswick 152 A (UK)

Ted Lewis and his Band - Lewisada Blues (1929) - Columbia 1916 D

Ian Whitcomb - Montpellier (A Tango of Southern France) (1982) - Songs Without Words (Rivermont BSW 3136)

Paul Asaro and the Fat Babies - Abdullah (2012) - What a Heavenly Dream (Rivermont BSW 2222)

Charles Bourne & Phil Ellis - If You Knew Susie (1925) - Two Grands Four Hands (Rivermont BSW 1152)

Fletcher Henderson and his Orch - Sugar Foot Stomp (1925) - Columbia 395 D

Coon Sanders Original Nighthawk Orch - I'm Gonna Charleston Back to Charleston (1925) - Victor 19727 B

Joe Howard - Hello My Baby and Goodbye My Lady Love (1936) - Vocalion 3357

Frances Day - Excuse Me (1933) - HMV B 8096

Eddie Pola - I Want to Be a Nudist (1934) - Regal Zonophone MR 1279

Jan Garber and his Orch (Lee Bennett v) - I Can't Go On Like This (1934) - Victor 24560 B

Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans (Harry Bentley v) - So Help Me (1934) - Columbia CD 773

Ted Fio Rito and his Orch (Bill Carey v) - Look What I've Got (1933) - Brunswick 6556

Cleo Brown - My Gal Mezzanine (1936) - Decca 846 B

Fats Waller and his Rhythm - Georgia Rockin' Chair (1935) - Bluebird B 10288 A

Dorothy Lamour (Cy Feuer Orch) - Swing High, Swing Low (1937) - Brunswick 7838

George Hall and his Hotel Taft Orch (Barry Wells v) - The Moonlight Waltz (1934) - Bluebird B 5398 B

Lou Preager and his Band (Gerry Fitzgerald v) - La Cucuracha (1935) - Champion 40031 B

Benny Goodman and his Orch - One O'Clock Jump (1938) - Victor 25792 B

Billy Kyle - Between Sets (1939) - Decca 2740 B

Lew Davis Trombone Trio - Three's Company (1935) - Decca 1298 A

Sam Lanin and his Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - I Must Have That Man (1928) - Perfect 15000 B

Billy Mayerl piano (Rudy Starita xyl) - The Match Parade (1931) - Columbia DB 639

Guy Lombardo - Goofus (1932) - Guy Lombardo 16 Most Requested Songs

Leo Reisman and his Orch (Sally Singer v) - Talkin' to Myself (1934) - Brunswick 6980

Clyde McCoy and his Orch - The Goona Goo (1937) - Decca 1109 A

Bert Shefter and his Rhythm Octet - Chopin's Ghost (1937) - Victor 25622 B

Joe Howard - I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now and Honeymoon (1936) - Vocalion 3357

Frances Langford (Victor Young Orch) - Is It True What They Say About Dixie? (1936) - Decca 775 B

Fats Waller and his Rhythm - Ain't Misbehavin' (1938) - Bluebird B 10288 B

Dick McDonough and his Orch (Chick Bullock v) - On the Beach at Bali-Bali (1936) - Perfect 6 08 08

Stew Pletcher and his Orch (Norvo) (SP v) - You Never Looked So Beautiful Before (1936) - Bluebird B 6343 B

Vincent Lopez and his Orch (Johnny Morris v) - Knock Knock Who's There? (1936) - Melotone 6 10 05

Johnny Johnson and his Orch (Lee Johnson v) - September in the Rain (1937) - Conqueror 8798

Cleo Brown - Love in the First Degree (1936) - Decca 846 A

The Fat Babies - Please (2012) - Chicago Hot (Delmark DE253)

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

Bunny Berigan and his Orch - Trees (1937) - RCA 20 1601 A

Joe Haymes and his Orch (Barry McKinley v) - No Regrets (1936) - Melotone 6 08 06

Benny Goodman Quartet - Whispering (1936) - Victor 25481 A

Leo Reisman and his Orch (Sally Singer v) - Lost in a Fog (1934) - Brunswick 6980

Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans (Harry Bentley v) - Easy Come, Easy Go (1934) - Columbia CD 773

Ted Fio Rito and his Orch (Muzzy Marcelino v) - In the Park in Paree (1933) - Brunswick 6556

Red McKenzie - I Found You (1931) - Columbia 2587 D

Frances Langford (Victor Young Orch) - A Melody From the Sky (1936) - Decca 775 A

Ozzie Nelson and his Orch - Yes Suh! (1938) - Bluebird B 7726 B

Fats Waller - Keepin' Out of Mischief Now (1937) - Victor 27767 B

Lou Preager and his Band (Gerry Fitzgerald v) - The Continental (1935) - Champion 40031 A

Ed Loyd and his Orch (Freddy Martin) (Russ Morgan v) - The Carioca (1934) - Perfect 15875 A

Jack Smith - The Song is Ended (1927) - Victor 21028 A

George Hall and his Hotel Taft Orch (Barry Wells v) - The Champagne Waltz (1934) - Bluebird B 5398 A

Gertrude Lawrence and Noel Coward - Scene from Shadow Play Pt. 2 (1936) - Victor 36191 B