"Anything Goes" June 8, 2007

(Week 80)

The Summer Season is officially under way at WHCL--and tonight's playlist reflects an undercurrent of references to local (to the Utica, NY area) current events. Our mad old mayor, Ed Hanna, who left under a cloud in 2000, has decided to regain his post. That's all you need to know, unless you want to go off on a Google quest. Plenty of good music here, and my aircheck will be posted forthwith.

Oh, and it's the start of my third year on the air. If only the stream were working! Well, if you live in the area, tune us in at 88.7 FM. Otherwise, Live 365 will work as well as anything for the time being.

Cole Porter – Anything Goes (1934) – Prism Leisure PLATCD 938
Vincent Lopez and his Hotel Pennsylvania Orch. – Kinky Kids’ Parade (1925) – (78) Okeh 40471-A
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch. – Wake Up, Chill’un, Wake Up (1929) – JSP 926
Symphonic Trio (Andy Sannella) – My Ohio Home (1928) – (78) Radiex 1505a
Roy Collins’ Dance Orch. – Skies of Gray (1927) – (78) Oriole 1103b
Walter Page and his Blue Devils – There’s a Scufflin’ (1929) – ABM ABMMCD 1104
The Rounders – Ready for the River (1928) – (78) Victor 21382-B
Lillie Delk Christian – I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (1928) – JSP 926
The Mills Brothers – Tiger Rag (1931) – ABM ABMMCD 1030
Manhattan Entertainers – Sweethearts on Parade (1928) – (78) Broadway 1222
Bob Green’s Dance Orch – They Don’t Come Better Than Betty (1928) – (78) Oriole 1228b
The Western Wanderers – Four or Five Times (1927) – (78) Cameo 1154
Paul Robeson – Trees (1938) – (78) HMV B.8830
Judy Garland – Somewhere Over the Rainbow (1939) – History of Pop Radio, Volume 10
Jeanne Aubert with the Four Admirals – Blow, Gabriel, Blow (1938) – Prism Leisure PLATCD 938
The Happiness Boys – The Fire Brigade (1926) – (78) Cameo 1079
Wilmoth Houdini – Mama, Call the Fire Brigade (1941) – Rounder CD 1077
Andy Senior – Andy Senior’s Ed Hanna Song (1997) – Keeler Unwrapped
Charles Dickson (Irving Kaufman) –Wedding Bells (1929) – (78) Oriole 1498a
Joe Candullo and his Orch. – Song of the Wanderer (1927) – (78) Cameo 1105
Cameo Dance Orch. – Proud (1927) – (78) Cameo 1105
Fate Marable’s Society Syncopators – Frankie and Johnny (1924) – ABM AMBMCD 1104
Original Dixieland Jazz Band – At The Jazz Band Ball (1918) – (78) Victor 18457-A
Original Dixieland Jazz Band – Ostrich Walk (1918) – (78) – Victor 18457-B
Paul Robeson – Ol’ Man River (1936) – (78) HMV B.8497
Lillie Delk Christian – Too Busy! (1928) – JSP 926
Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys – Too Busy! (1936) – (78) Vocalion 03537
Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys – No Matter How She Done It (1936) – (78) Vocalion 03537
Putney Dandridge and his Orch. – Sweet Violets (1936) – (78) Vocalion 3109
Guy Lombardo and his Orch. – Boo Hoo! (1937) – (78) Victor 25522-B
Joseph Lhevinne – Arabesques on “The Beautiful Blue Danube” (1928) – VAIA/IPA 1019
Joe Daniels and his Hotshots in “Drumnastics” – Sweet Sue–Just You (1935) – (78) Decca 953 B

RIAA GHOULS AT IT AGAIN

As yet unsuccessful in their attempt to shake down internet broadcasters, the RIAA is now trying to pry nickels and dimes from the pockets of public radio in an unprecedented grab for royalties. You have to suppose that extends beyond corporate NPR outlets to college and community stations, like WHCL.

Since popular music is now creatively defunct, and cannibalizes an ever-diminishing few riffs and ideas, the RIAA ghouls return to suck the marrow of the bones of the brilliant dead.

RADIOLA! RETURNS FRIDAY JUNE 8 ON WHCL 88.7 FM

To the consternation of those who may have tried to stream or tune in at 8 PM EDT the past two Fridays, there has been a hiatus. The good news is that RADIOLA! will return to the WHCL-FM next Friday, June 8, at 8 PM EDT for a summer season of weekly two-hour programs. The (possibly) bad news is that direct streaming of WHCL may not be available owing to problems with the Shoutcast Computer. The (genuinely) good news is that each Friday's program will be uploaded to my Live365 station within a day or two of the live broadcast.

I'll keep you apprised of the Shoutcast situation. It's no more than a minor concern. If you're listening locally to 88.7 FM, it helps to have a GOOD radio and maybe an external antenna. For some reason, sets made before the mid-90s tend to get better reception of weak stations. So dig out that old relic from the attic, plug 'er in, and wait for the electrician. Happy listening!

GREETINGS TO MY CHINESE LISTENERS!

RADIOLA! is truly world wide. Yowzah!

"Bad English" May 18, 2007

(Week 79)

UPDATE: This program has now been uploaded to my Live365 station. Owing to interference on my home recording, I have inserted clean soundfiles but have retained my original broadcast commentary (during which there is some noise). Also, I omitted the Waring selection from my Live365 file because I did not realize how truly offensive the lyrics were until I played the recording on air. (The humor of that bygone day was not always gentle.) Also, if I'm going to offend somebody, I want it to be for a good reason. (“A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.” -- Oscar Wilde)

The songs you are about to hear are standards--only the language is substandard. (For those who are unduly offended by poor usage, I've included a fine classical piece near the end of the program--really! It's a bit of a misnomer, though, since the Danube is actually green.) The Queen's English gets it in the neck at 8 PM EDT on WHCL.

Claude Hulbert – Clap Yo’ Hands (1927) – PAST CD 7845
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch – Dese, Dem, and Dose (1935) – Circle CCD-20
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia (78) E-1177
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – My Papa Doesn’t Two Time No Time (1924) – Rivermont BSW1141
Louisiana Sugar Babes – Thou Swell (1928) – Bluebird 07863 61005-2
Goofus Five – Ain’t That a Grand and Glorious Feeling? (1927) – Timeless 1-017 JAZZ
Gene Austin – Ain’t Misbehavin’ (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5026
Gene Austin – Ain’t She Sweet (1927) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5342
Lee Morse – Ain’t He Sweet (1927) – Jasmine JASCD 646
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. (Bing Crosby, vo.) – Ol’ Man River (take 3) (1928) – Sunbeam BXCD-13
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – There Ain’t No Sweet Man (1928) – RCA 07863 22540-2
Fred Hall and his Sugar Babies – ‘Taint No Sin (1930) – The Old Masters mb106
Clayton Jackson and Durante – Can Broadway Do Without Me? (1929) – Pro Arte Digital CDD483
Boswell Sisters – Down on the Delta (1932) – Collectibles COL-CD-6462
Abe Lyman and his Orch. (Dick Robertson, vo.) – Riddle Me This (1932) – JASS J-CD-639
Al Gallodoro and JoAnn Chmielowski – It Ain’t Necessarily So (2007) – Daybreak: Lyrical Jazz
Benny Goodman and his Orch. – Yes! We Have No Bananas (1935) – Jasmine JASCD 409
Irving Kaufman (w/Bailey’s Lucky Seven) – Yes! We Have No Bananas (1923) – Archeophone 5504
Viola McCoy – I Ain’t Gonna Marry, Ain’t Gonna Settle Down (1924) – Memphis Archive MA7017
The Red Heads – ‘Taint Cold (1926) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8043
Bill Haid’s Cubs – ‘Taint So, Honey, ‘Taint So (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8039
The High Steppers – Is I In Love, I Is (1932) – The Old Masters mb115
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Where Do You Work-a John? (1926) – Collector’s Choice CCM-175-2
Sophie Tucker (w/Ted Lewis) – Some of These Days (1926) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5273
Emmett Miller – I Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody None O’ This Jelly Roll (9) (1929) – Columbia CK 66999
Charlie Palloy and his Orch. – It Don’t Mean a Thing (1932) – The Old Masters mb118
Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces – I Got The Stinger (1929) – Retrieval RTR 79013
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – I Ain’t Got Nobody (8) (1935) – Bluebird 07863 66618-2
Slim and Slam – Flat Foot Floogie (1938) – Classics 705
Moritz Rosenthal – The Beautiful Blue Danube (1928) – Camden (LP) CAL-377
Ben Bernie and his Orch. – Au Revoir, Pleasant Dreams (1941?) – Decca 4158 (?) from Reader’s Digest LP

"Insouciance" May 11, 2007

(Week 78)

This warm May weather tends to foster a feeling of indifference. (I could go on, but why bother?) Anyway, this playlist will be presented tonight at 8 PM EDT on WHCL.

The Revelers – Breezin’ Along With The Breeze (1926) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5216
Herb Wiedoeft and his Orch. – Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella (1928) – The Old Masters mb122
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia (78) E-1177
Clarence Williams’ Jazz Kings – Dreaming the Hours Away (1928) – Frog DGF 14
Henry “Red” Allen and his N.Y. Orch. – Feeling Drowsy (1929) – Classics 549
Joseph Robichaux and his N.O. Rhythm Boys – Lazy Bones (1933) – Document DOCD 1016
Lee Morse and her Bluegrass Boys – What Do I Care What Somebody Said (1927) – Jasmine JASCD646
Ruth Etting – Laughing At Life (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5008
Fred and Adele Astaire – I’d Rather Charleston (1926) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5342
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch. (Chick Bullock, vo.) – Easy Come, Easy Go (1934) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8051
Jimmy Bertrand’s Washboard Wizards – Easy Come, Easy Go Blues (1926) – Timeless CBC 1-015 JAZZ
Sunny Clapp and his Band O’ Sunshine – Come Easy, Go Easy Love (1931) – Retrieval RTR 79006
Al Jolson – Let Me Sing and I’m Happy (1929) – Sony Music Special Products A 23673
Leon Nash and his Orch. – What Have We Got to Lose? (1933) – The Old Masters mb118
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Livin’ in the Sunlight, Lovin’ in the Moonlight (1930) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120697
Louisiana Sugar Babes – Persian Rug (1928) – Classics 689
Louisiana Rhythm Kings – Lazy Daddy (1930) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8024
The Goofus Five – Lazy Weather (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-017 JAZZ
Ben Selvin and his Orch. (Eddie Walters, vo.) – It’s Easy to Fall in Love (1930) – The Old Masters mb116
Arden-Ohman and their Orch. – Who Cares? (1932) – RCA Victor 09026 63294-2
Cliff Edwards – Dreaming of a Castle in the Air (1925) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8043
Cliff Edwards – I’m a Night Owl (1933) – Columbia/Legacy C2K 52942
Bing Crosby – I’ve Got the World on a String (1933) – Charly CDCD 2020
Russ Carlson and his Orch. – You’re Blase (1932) – The Old Masters mb 115
Casa Loma Orch. – On the Sunny Side of the Street (1930) – Hep CD 1010
Frankie and Johnnie Orch. – I Don’t Care (1936) – IAJRC CD 1002
Annette Hanshaw – Ho Hum! (1931) – Take Two TT408CD
Ted Weems and his Orch. – Nothin’ On My Mind (1928) – Jasmine JASCD 2574
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Lazy River (1931) – JSP CD 3401
Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Orpheans – Let’s Face the Music and Dance (1936) – Pulse PBXCD 422/3
Bing Crosby – Dancing in the Dark (1931) – Master Classics MCS 8070-2
Isham Jones and his Orch. – Sweet Sue (1934) – Hep CD 1083

"It's a Gift" May 4, 2007

(Week 77)

Since I'm turning 45 this Monday (is that a record?) I thought I would celebrate by playing some really neat items. But it's a surprise--and the playlist won't be posted until after tonight show. Here it is, in retrospect:

Paul Whiteman and his Concert Orch. – Selections from “Show Boat” (1928) – Victor (78) 35912-B
Johnny Johnson’s Statler Pennsylvanians – We (My Honey and Me) (1927) – Victor (78) 21058-A
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia (78) E-1177
Ted Weems and his Orch. – The Day That I Met You (1926) – Victor (78) 19938-A
Pete Wendling – I Meet Her in the Moonlight (1926) – Romeo (78) 311-A
George Olsen and his Music – Where’d You Get Those Eyes? (1926) – Victor (78) 20112-B
George O’Connor – ****** Blues (1916) – Columbia (78) A-2064
Cliff Edwards – Little Somebody of Mine (1924) – Pathe/Actuelle (78) 032073B
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Learn to Do the Strut (1924) – Victor (78) 19252-B
The Troubadors – Someday You’ll Say “O.K.” (1927) – Lincoln (78) 2683
International Novelty Orch. – Pretty Little Baby (1926) – Victor (78) 19970-B
Harry Richman – I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (1928) – Brunswick (78) 4035
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Jubilee Medley (Cole Porter) (1935) – Victor (78) 36175
Cliff Edwards – Somebody Loves Me (1924) – Pathe/Actuelle (78) 032073
Mal Hallett and his Orch. (Frankie Carle, piano) – Ridin’ High (1937) – Decca (78) 1163 B
“The Entertainers” featuring Annette Hanshaw (1970s) – Canadian Broadcasting Corp. radio show
Paul Robeson (w/Paul Whiteman) – Ol’ Man River (1928) – Victor (78) 35912-A
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up, Chill’un, Wake Up (1929) – Avid AVC539

H.R. 2060--CONGRESS TO THE RESCUE?

Congress is introducing 11th-hour legislation to give relief to internet broadcasters, H.R. 2060. Here's the lowdown from savenetradio.org:

The future of Internet radio is in immediate danger. Royalty rates for webcasters have been drastically increased by a recent ruling and are due to go into effect on May 15 (retroactive to Jan 1, 2006!). If the increased rates remain unchanged, the majority of webcasters will go bankrupt and silent on this date. Internet radio needs your help! H.R. 2060, The Internet Radio Equality Act was introduced by Representatives Jay Inslee (D-WA) and Donald Manzullo (R-IL ) to save the Internet radio industry.

Please call your member of Congress and urge that he or she co-sponsor the above legislation. The survival of RADIOLA! and all your other favorite net streams depend upon it.

Check these guys out--The Wiyos!

One word: YOWZAH!

"Sing" April 27, 2007

(Week 76)

This has been a hectic week--and it ain't over. But I managed to put together this playlist for broadcast tonight at 8 PM ET on WHCL, with some nice new acquisitions of great 78s, a stab at fixing other peoples' mistakes, and a few recent recordings by worthy musicians. Enjoy!

National Cavaliers – Sing (1930) – Victor (78) 22559-A
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Hymn to the Sun (1925) – Victor (78) 19862-A
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia (78) E-1177
Harold Yates and Cooper Lawley – Back in Your Own Backyard (1928) – Victor (78) 21394-B
Correll and Gosden – No Wonder I’m Happy (1927) – Victor (78) 20908-A
The Four Rajahs – Waitin’ For Katie (1928) – Victor (78) 21550-B
Blue Steele and his Orch. – Because You Are My Dream Girl (1928) – VMP 0101 (re-eq by me)
Miss Annabelle Lee – Mike Speciale and his Orch. (1927) – Swing Time 9906 (re-eq by me)
Paul Whiteman and his Orch – I Wonder Where My Baby is Tonight (1925) – Victor (78) 19902-A
Cooper Lawley – Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) – Victor (78) 21390-A
The Okeh Laughing Record (1922) – Okeh (78) 4678
Rudy Vallee and his Conn. Yankees – Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1937) – Bluebird (78) B-7135-B
Frank Crumit – My Lady (1927) – Victor (78) 20486-A
Helen Clark and Franklyn Baur – A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich, and You (1925) – Victor (78) 19903-B
West End Jazz Band – Singin’ in the Bathtub (2007) – Legacy 2K 107
The Sweetback Sisters – Kansas City Star (2006) – Sweetback Sisters Bang! The EP
Tin Cup Serenade – Manitoba (2007) – Tin Cup Serenade
Jim Miller and Charlie Farrell – What Do You Say? (1928) – Victor (78) 21390-B
Jim Miller and Charlie Farrell – What Do We Do (On a Dew-Dew-Dewy Day)? (1927) – Victor (78) 20906-A
The Four Rajahs – Too Busy! (1928) – Victor (78) 21550-A
Orquesta Internacional – Teresita (Pasillo) (Lionel Belasco) (ca. 1923) – Victor (78) 73530-A
Carlisle St. Stephen’s Brass Band – Mephistopheles (March) (ca. 1927) – Regal (78) MR 18 (UK)
Band of H.M. Grenadiers – The Teddy Bears’ Picnic (ca. 1936) – Columbia M-394
Henry Burr – Don’t Steal Daddy’s Medal (1926) – Victor (78) 20025-B
Willard Robison and his Orch. – Tain’t So, Honey, Tain’t So (1928) – Victor (78)
Whispering Jack Smith (w/Carroll Gibbons) – Crazy Rhythm (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5342
Lane’s Dance Orch. (Bob Haring) – Sometimes I’m Happy (1928) – Lincoln (78) 2639
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – Baby (1928) – Columbia (78) 1721-D
Varsity Eight (California Ramblers) – Glorianna (1928) – Cameo (78) 9007
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch. (Robison, vo) – I’m Crazy Over You (1929) – Victor (78) 21976-B
Irving Aaronson and his Commanders – Waffles (1926) – Victor (78) 20094-B
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – Sweet Sue, Just You (1935) – JSP CD341

"And Now, Tin" April 20, 2007

(Week 75)

Every year I have to get clever. This year I decided to go cryptic as well. Tune in Friday at 8 PM ET on WHCL to hear what it's all about.

Cliff Edwards – It’s Only a Paper Moon (1933) – Columbia/Legacy C2K 52942
Victor Young and his Orch. (Boswell Sisters) – I Found a Million Dollar Baby (1932) – Sony A 23673
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia (78) E-1177
Joe Jordan’s Ten Sharps and Flats – Senegalese Stomp (1926) – Frog DGF 14
Red Nichols’ Stompers – Make My Cot (Where the Cot-Cot-Cotton Grows) (1927) – TOM mb107
Bennie Moten’s K. C. Orch. – Moten Stomp (1927) – Frog DGF 29
Bing Crosby – Try a Little Tenderness (1933) – Charly CDCD 2020
Louis Prima and his N. O. Gang – Put On an Old Pair of Shoes (1935) – JSP CD339
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch. – A Shine on Your Shoes (1932) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8013
Lud Gluskin et son Jazz – Ten Little Miles From Town (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8045
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Moonlight and Roses (1929) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120520
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Stealin’ Apples (1937) – Columbia/Legacy C3K 57586
Ruth Etting – Ten Cents a Dance (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5008
Boswell Sisters – Hand Me Down My Walking Cane (1932) – Collectibles COL-CD-6462
Frances Langford – Rap Tap on Wood (1936) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120627
Zack Whyte’s Chocolate Beau Brummels – West End Blues (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8008
West End Jazz Band – Tennessee Lazy (2007) – Legacy 2K 107
Connie Boswell – Under a Blanket of Blue (1933) – Columbia/Legacy C3K 52943
Charleston Chasers – Five Pennies (1927) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5316
Mills’ Ten Blackberries – Double Check Stomp (1930) – Columbia C2K 46177
Fats Waller – Smashing Thirds (1929) – Bluebird 2482-2-RB
Jean Goldkette and his Orch. – Here Comes the Show Boat (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-084 JAZZ
Charlie Palloy and his Orch. – Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1932) – The Old Masters mb118
Irving Kaufman – Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes (1921) – Archeophone ARCH 5504
Louisiana Sugar Babes – Willow Tree (1928) – Bluebird 07863-61005-2
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Let’s Have Another Cup of Coffee (1932) – BMG DCM12762
Ted Lewis and his Band – Tin Roof Blues (1925) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5273
Jan Garber and his Orch. – Tin Ear (1928) – The Old Masters mb119
Thelma Terry and her Playboys – When Sweet Susie Goes Steppin’ By (1928) – Timeless CBC 1-041
Pearl Trio – Roll Me Over (1946) – Pearl (78) 50-A
Bud Flanagan and Frances Day – But in the Morning, No (1941) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120627
Dicky Wells and his Orch. – Sweet Sue, Just You (1937) – Topaz TPZ 1023

Do Not Hesitate to Download

We're in for the long haul on this Copyright Royalty Board thing--and there is a possibility now more than ever I will have to pull the plug on my Live365 stream by this July. (The WHCL broadcast and webcast will continue as before.) Therefore, I would urge you to download all the RADIOLA! programs you can HERE. They're now up to date through last Friday's show.

(And though it's a free download, I encourage you to donate to the upkeep of their server--they gratefully accept one-off donations through PayPal.)

"Persons of Color" April 13, 2007

(Week 74)

Tonight at 8 PM on RADIOLA! we explore color--but in a nice way. (I expect various persons afflicted with Political Correctness will be offended that I even suggested such a topic. They probably won't even examine the playlist below and will certainly be too livid to listen. Fine. They can go bask in the exhalations of some dessicated folksinger after they write WHCL to say what I villain I am.)

Fred Astaire – I Used to Be Color Blind (1938) – Charly CDCD1075
George Olsen and his Music – Where’s That Rainbow (1927) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5388
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia (78) E-1177
Varsity Eight – Sweet Georgia Brown (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-062
Speckled Red – Wilkins Street Stomp (1929) – Javelin CWNCD 2008
Lou Weimer’s Gold and Black Aces – Merry Widow’s Got a Sweetie Now (1928) – Yazoo 2025
Annette Hanshaw – Am I Blue? (1929) – Take Two TT408CD
Ethel Waters – True Blue Lou (1929) – Classics 721
Lee Morse – Old Man Sunshine, Little Boy Bluebird (1928) – Jasmine JASCD 646
The Red Heads – Brown Sugar (1926) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8043
Russ Carlson and the High Steppers – Just a Blue-Eyed Blonde (1931) – The Old Masters mb115
Gene Kardos and his Orch. – Red-Headed Baby (1931) – The Old Masters mb121
Bing Crosby – When the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day (1931) – Master Classics 8070-2
Irving Kaufman – Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue (18) (1925) – Take Two TT502CD
Louis Prima – The Lady in Red (1935) – Columbia Legacy CK 57712
West End Jazz Band – Looking at the World Through Rose-Colored Glasses (2007) – Legacy 2K 107
West End Jazz Band – Rosy Cheeks (2007) – Legacy 2K 107
Bennie Goodman’s Boys – Blue (1928) – Sunbeam BX CD 13
Charleston Chasers – Cinderella Brown (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5316
Lonnie Johnson and Eddie Lang – Two Tone Stomp (1929) – Properbox 81
Jane Green – Hard to Get Gertie (3) (1926) – Take Two TT503CD
Annette Hanshaw – Little White Lies (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5195
Ruth Etting – I’ll Be Blue, Just Thinking of You (1930) – Take Two TT403CD
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Ukulele Lady (1925) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120628
Jean Goldkette and his Orch. – Dinah (1926) – Timeless CBC 1-084 JAZZ
The Goofus Five – Sadie Green (The Vamp of New Orleans) (1926) – Timeless CBC 1-017 JAZZ
Cab Calloway and his Orch. – Yaller (1930) – Media7 Masters of Jazz MJCD 105
Jimmy Johnson and Clarence Williams – How Could I Be Blue? (1930) – Frog CD DGF17
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Copper Colored Gal (1936) – RCA Victor 07863-66747-2
Phil Harris and his Cocoanut Grove Orch. – Pink Elephants (1933) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5191
Teddy Wilson and his Orch. (Billie Holiday) – Miss Brown to You (1935) – Columbia C3K47724
Louisiana Rhythm Kings – Sweet Sue, Just You (1930) – BDW 8024

NEW! "Singin' in the Bathtub" CD by the WEJB!

I just received this CD in the mail today from my friends Mike and Leah Bezin of the West End Jazz Band. It's an absolute delight. The music is stellar, and the re-creation of a Coon-Sanders' Nighthawks band remote is lots of fun. You can buy the CD HERE. (And, of course, I'll be playing a couple of tracks on RADIOLA! this week.)

"Shellac Attack" April 6, 2007

(Week 73)

Lots of crunchy goodness (and a few minty specimens) here for those who need their surface noise. 8 PM EDT on WHCL, of course.

Tracy-Brown’s Orch. – Chloe (1928) – Columbia 1344-D
Leo Reisman and his Orch. – Without that Gal (1931) – Victor 22746-A
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia E 1177
Vincent Lopez and his Orch. – Should I? (1929) – Romeo 1162-A
Smith Ballew and his Piping Rock Orch. – I Love Louisa (1931) – Columbia 2503-D
Gus Arnheim and his Cocoanut Grove Orch. – La Rosita (1931) – Victor 22618-B
Marion Harris – Take Me To That Land of Jazz (1919) – Victor 18593-B
Lucille Hegamin and Her Blue Flame Syncopators – State Street Blues (1922) – Regal 9318-A
Mamie Smith’s Jazz Hounds – Shim-Me-King’s Blues (1921) – Okeh 4254-A
Sam Lanin and his Orch (IK) – I’m Walking Around in Circles (1926) – Banner 1769-A
Irving Combs (Kaufman) – Bye Bye Blackbird (1926) – Silvertone 2818-A
Curt Philips (Ernie Hare) – My Dream of the Big Parade (1926) – Silvertone 2818-B
The Detroiters – Sally of My Dreams (1928) – Cameo 8373
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Lulu Belle (1926) – Victor 20019-A
Ted Lewis – New St. Louis Blues (1926) – Columbia 697-D
Irving Kaufman – Chinese Blues (1915) – Victor 17919-A
Jack Kaufman – The Pump Song (1926) – Silvertone 3836-B
Charles Dickson (IK) – Skies of Gray (1927) – Oriole 1047-B
Frank Westphal and his Orch. – Oh, Sister, Ain’t That Hot? (1923) – Columbia 22-D
Mamie Smith’s Jazz Hounds – Royal Garden Blues (1921) – Okeh 4254-A
Lucille Hegamin and Her Blue Flame Syncopators – I’ve Got The Wonder Where He Went and When He’s Coming Back Blues (1922) – Regal 9318-B
Gene Austin – How Am I to Know? (1929) – Victor 22128-A
Gene Austin – I’ve Got the Girl (1926) – Victor 20397-A
Johnny Marvin – Deed I Do (1926) – Victor 20397-B
Dale’s Dance Orch. – I’ve Got a Feeling for Ophelia (1924) – Lincoln 2216
Sam Lanin and his Orch. – Where’d You Get Those Eyes (1926) – Banner 1769-B
Ray Miller and his Orch. – In a Great Big Way (1929) – Brunswick 4223
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Lady of the Evening (1939) – Decca 2690 A
Ruby Newman and his Orch. – Rainbow in the Night (1937) – Decca 1848 B
Ruby Newman and his Orch. – Music, Maestro, Please (1937) – Decca 1848 A
Paul Smith and Band – Rhymes, Pts. 1 & 2 (1932) – Varsity 5024
Ray Noble and his Orch. (Bowlly) – Little Man, You’ve Had a Busy Day (1934) – HMV B 6491

AL GALLODORO AT THE LITTLE FALLS LIBRARY!!

Al Gallodoro, the legendary reedman whom Jimmy Dorsey called "the best saxophone player who ever lived," will be playing with his quartet at 7 PM this Thursday, April 5, at the Little Falls Public Library (10 Waverly Pl. Little Falls, NY 13365-1517; phone 315-823-1542).

Copies of Al's excellent new CD, "Daybreak: Lyrical Jazz" will be available for sale at the concert. Scroll down this page for more information on Al Gallodoro. Or, check out Al's new website.

"There's Something in the Air" March 30, 2007

(Week 72)

Indeed, there's something on the air tonight--RADIOLA! What's in the air could be Spring, music, or a bit of dread--or perhaps all three. I'll attempt to clear the air at 8 PM EDT on WHCL-FM.

Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm – There’s Somethiug in the Air (1936) – Bluebird 78 B-6683-A
Dixie Stars – My Sweetie Turned Me Down (1925) – Columbia 78 389-D
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 E 1177
Jean Goldkette and his Orch. HC – So Tired (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-084 JAZZ
Paul Mills and his Merry Makers – I’m Rollin’ In Love (1928) – Cameo 78 8373
Gotham Troubadors IK – Chloe (1928) – Okeh 78 40992
Marion Harris – Tea for Two (1924) – Past CD 7075
Harry Reser's Syncopators (Tom Stacks, vo.) – Crazy Rhythm (1928) – Past CD 7075
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. (Ramona) – Are You Makin’ Any Money? (1933) – Jass J-CD-639
Golden Gate Orch. – Farewell Blues (1927) – Timeless CD CBC 1-090
Tracy-Brown’s Orchestra – Beautiful (1928) – Columbia 78 1344-D
Ipana Troubadors – Glorianna (1928) – Rivermont BSW 1143
Arthur Fields – My Dream of the Big Parade (1926) – Perfect 78 12265
Dixie Stars – New York Ain’t New York Any More (1925) – Columbia 78 389-D
Ford and Glenn – There’s a Little White House (1926) – Columbia 78 869-D
Al Gallodoro and JoAnn Chmielowski – Flat Top (2007) – Daybreak (Golden Rooster Records)
West End Jazz Band – By Special Permission of the Copyright Owners (2002) – Lecacy 2K 102
The Carpal Tunnel Kid – Impending Doom is Getting Me Down (2007) – Home Recording
Gotham Troubadors – Sunshine (1928) – Okeh 78 40992
Russo and Fiorito’s Oriole Orch. – Let’s Talk About My Sweetie (1925) – Victor 78 19989-A
Lud Gluskin and his Orch. – I Wanna Go Places and Do Things (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8045
Sir Henry Lytton – If you give me your attention (1932) – Conifer CD 75605 52275 2B
Cole Porter – The Kling-Kling Bird on the Divi-Divi Tree (1935) – Koch C-7171-2H1
Noel Coward – The Stately Homes of England (1937) – Chestnut CN 1015
Totem Lodge Orch. – I Only Have Eyes For You (1934) – Montgomery Ward 78 M-4504-A
Jack Shilkret and his Orch CB – One Hamburger for Madame (1936) – Banner 78 6-06-03
Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees – The Glory of Love (1936) – Melotone 78 6-06-09
Dick Robertson and his Orch. – You’ve Got Me in the Palm of Your Hand (1932) – Varsity 78 8117
Eddie Duchin and his Orch. – What About Me? (1934) – Victor 78 24709-A
Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm – Never Gonna Dance (1936) – Bluebird 78 B-6505-B
Eddie Cantor & Phil Spitalny’s Music – Cheer Up! (1931) – Jass J-CD-639
Sam Lanin and his Troubadors – Sweet Sue–Just You (1928) – Rivermont BSW 1143

COPYRIGHT PERVERTED INTO CASH COW FOR GREEDHEADS

Here's the story of how Copyright went wrong (thanks to Rich Conaty).

AL GALLODORO at the WATERVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FRIDAY!

Al Gallodoro, the legendary reedman whom Jimmy Dorsey called "the best saxophone player who ever lived," will be playing with his quartet at 7 PM this Friday, March 23, at the Waterville Public Library (206 White Street, Waterville, NY 13480 Ph. 315 841-4651).
Performing will be Al Gallodoro, sax, bass clarinet, clarinet; JoAnn Chmielowski, piano; Harry Aceto, Bass; and Dave Perazone, Drums.

Al started playing professionally in 1926, and worked with such bandleaders as Isham Jones and Paul Whiteman through the 1930s. Today at 93, Al Gallodoro is still an incredible player. One of only 14 musicians and singers who recorded before 1940 and are still active (along with Svend Asmussen, Johnny Blowers, Lena Horne, Franz Jackson, Herb Jeffries, Lawrence Lucie, Buddy Morrow, Les Paul, George Shearing, Kay Starr, Gerald Wilson, Snooky Young and Zeke Zarchy), Gallodoro is still at 95% of his playing peak, playing phrases that sound completely impossible.

Don't pass up this rare opportunity to hear Al Gallodoro play!

THE "BIG BROADCAST" ARCHIVE IS DEAD

Thanks mostly to this Copyright crackdown, online archives of Rich Conaty's "Big Broadcast" dating back to December 2001 have been removed from the server. That's five years of great programs of salubrious, lovely 20s and 30s pop and jazz gone for--what? So the ravening RIAA/ASCAP ghouls at SoundExchange can throw their weight around? The whole purpose of this equine feces is to actively suppress our cultural heritage and prevent priceless music from being heard. (And there is no price that can be put on it.) It truly and utterly micturates me off.

By that token, I'd advise all readers of this blog to download all my RADIOLA! programs HERE before the jackals get around to killing that archive as well. Those old shows will be all you have after the Copyright Police chase me off Live365.

THE END OF RADIOLA!?

UPDATE: Congress is likely to sit on its hands. Why did we elect these dorks?

I don't normally like to use this page for polemical essays, but I think this matter is something that concerns anyone who listens to and relies on internet radio. The Copyright Royalty Board has announced its plan to raise internet royalty rates--charging internet broadcasters on a per-song, per-listener basis. And these charges will be retroactive through the beginning of last year. This will effectively shut down all programs like RADIOLA! that operate on a tiny (or nonexistent) budget.

What is astonishing--and to my mind unjust--is that 80-year-old recordings should be subject to copyright control at all. The even more appalling fact is that all sound recordings will be kept from the Public Domain until the year 2067. Certainly no artists who recorded in the 1910s and 1920s--and very few who recorded in the 1930s--are in any position to enjoy their royalty payments. The main result of this quirk of the law is to actively suppress the music that we love.

This music clearly belongs in the Public Domain. It is not only a major part of our cultural heritage, it should enrich and inform new music as it emerges. If it utterly disappears, music will wither and become even more banal than it is now. Imagine putting Beethoven or Schubert back under copyright. What would that serve? Similarly, what purpose does it serve (besides enriching the vampires in the moribund music industry) to suppress the music of 80 years ago--music that is vital to our national culture?

I have no problem with living performers and composers demanding some measure of compensation. Yet it has been my experience that many artists are happy just to have their music promoted so they can sell recordings and get people out to their concert venues. Such avenues of exposure would be closed to the less well known and new performers as the self-referential dreck offered on radios throughout the land would prevail.

I've loved the music of the 1920s and 1930s since I was a child, once I was lucky enough to discover its existence. Everyone thought I was weird for loving it, but I knew it was best for me. It wasn't a matter of nostalgia, or of longing for some other time. The music was simply excellent, and better than anything else available to me.

I have to assume that a certain percentage of people are similarly moved, or would be if they had access to these recordings. Rather than being sequestered in a vault somewhere, or on the dusty shelves of a few record collectors, they should be freely broadcast so that they find their audience. And I have a suspicion that their audience would be immense if they were widely available. They shimmer with wit and levity, brim with deep joy, and beat with the pulse of life. And charging admission to them enriches no one except those who would keep them quiet so they can push today's mediocre crud as the real deal.

This may be a lost cause, but those are always the ones worth fighting for. Write your representative in Congress to change this wretched state of affairs, and urge for the repeal of the horrid DMCA itself. There are now so many important matters before Congress (such as the war and civil liberties) that Internet Radio seems minor in comparison. Nonetheless, it is important, personally, to millions--and the death of independent online music stations would make our already bleak lives that much more dreary.

Yes, RADIOLA! will go on--as a radio program. Those who want to hear it will have to stream WHCL on Friday nights (Hamilton College can afford the absurdly high fees) or move to the Utica, NY area and try to pick up the 320 watt station on their FM radios. (That's assuming there's no sporting event and the station is even on the air, which it frequently isn't.) And I'll try to hang in there on Live365 as long as possible. But when the RIAA types start pounding on my door, I'm not going into hock over this--not that I have anything worth pawning.

"Last Ditch Effort" March 2, 2007

(Week 71)

Owing to some weather anomalies, I didn't even know if I was going to do a program tonight. This is one of those "The Dog Ate My Playlist" shows, but it features mostly CDs that I have recently acquired. RADIOLA! begins at 8 PM ET on WHCL, but I'll be in the studio from 7 to play some classic Jean Shepherd for those who might be interested.

Stanley Holloway – The Lion and Albert (1932) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120715
Groucho Marx and Company – Hooray for Captain Spaulding! (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5011
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 RPM
The Radiolans (with Willie Lewis) – Who Taught You That? (1932) – Classics 822
Willie Lewis and his Entertainers – Nagasaki (1935) – Classies 822
Isham Jones and his Orch. – The Blue Room (1934) – Hep CD 1083
Joan Crawford – How Long Will it Last? (1932) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5011
Bing Crosby – Can’t We Be Friends? (1929) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120697
Roane’s Pennsylvanians – Why Don’t You Get Lost (1932) – The Old Masters mb125
Arden-Ohman Orchestra – S’wonderful (1927) – RCA Victor 09026 63194-2
O Gee! O Joy! – Johnny Johnson and his Statler Pennsylvanians (1927) – RCA Victor 09026 63194-2
Jesse Stafford and his Orch. – Glorianna (1928) – The Old Masters mb122
Libby Holman – Love For Sale (1930) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120627
Maurice Chevalier – You’ve Got That Thing (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5011
George Olsen and his Music (Fran Frey, vo.) – Pink Elephants (1933) – Obscure Novelty Songs
Al Gallodoro Quartet – L’Argentina (2004) – Infinite Gallodoro
Russ Wilson and his Nouveau-Passe Orch. – China Boy (2006) – Wondertone WGC 20061
Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks – I’d Love It (1993) – Stomp Off CD 1260
Andy Iona and the Islanders – Na Pua (1934) – The Old Masters mb132
Andy Iona and the Islanders – What A Brownskin Maiden Taught Me (1936) – The Old Masters mb132
King Radio – It’s The Rhythm They Want (1939) – Rounder CD 1077
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. –A Picture of Me Without You (1935) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120627
Marion Harris – The Man I Love (1927) – RCA Victor 09026 63294-2
Marion Harris – Singin the Blues – (1934) – Sunbeam BXCD13
Night Club Kings – Allah’s Holiday (1930) – Sunbeam BXCD13
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Whiteman Stomp (1927) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120168
Herb Wiedoeft and his Orch. – Golden Gate (1928) – The Old Masters mb122
Ernest Hare and Billy Jones – In the Little Red Schoolhouse (1922) – Archeophone ARCH 9007
Fanny Brice – Second Hand Rose (1922) – Archeophone ARCH 9007
Irving Kaufman – Yes Sir, That’s My Baby (1925) – Archeophone ARCH 5504
Stanley Holloway – Albert Comes Back (1934) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120715
Gus Arnheim and his Orch. (Bing Crosby, vo.)– One More Time (1931) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120697
Isham Jones and his Orch. – Sweet Sue, Just You (1934) – Hep CD 1083
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Avid AVC539

STATE OF THE ART CYMBAL WORK, 1928

I love this video, even the karaoke-grade vocal from Miss Flynn. "Jazzmania," indeed. It's what I'm currently being treated for. Many more great clips at THIS SITE. (Thanks to Leah of the West End Jazz Band.)

Jazzmania 1928
Uploaded by sirarnold

AL GALLODORO in the Mohawk Valley!!

We made the trip to Oneonta last night to see Al Gallodoro at the Sego Cafe, and wound up staying to the end of his show. He killed me on "Sleepy Time Down South." Amazing.

Al started playing professionally in 1926, and worked with such bandleaders as Isham Jones and Paul Whiteman through the 1930s. Today at 93, Al Gallodoro is still an incredible player. One of only 14 musicians and singers who recorded before 1940 and are still active (along with Svend Asmussen, Johnny Blowers, Lena Horne, Franz Jackson, Herb Jeffries, Lawrence Lucie, Buddy Morrow, Les Paul, George Shearing, Kay Starr, Gerald Wilson, Snooky Young and Zeke Zarchy), Gallodoro is still at 95% of his playing peak, playing phrases that sound completely impossible.

I found out that Al is going to be playing in the Mohawk Valley for two dates (which turn out to have been arranged by WHCL colleague Monk Rowe) here pasted from the Al Gallodoro website:

FRIDAY MARCH 23, WATERVILLE, NY 7PM, GALLODORO QUARTET with JoAnn Chmielowski piano, Tom Wetmore bass. More details to follow! Just put it on your calendar! Thanks! [This will be at the Waterville Public Library.]

THURSDAY, APRIL 5th 7PM Little Falls NY, Al Gallodoro Quartet, Details to follow, but put it on your calendar NOW! Thanks! [This will be at the Little Falls Public Library.]

The Waterville date, unfortunately, is the night I do my show, but I decided to black out my show that night, with the proviso that I expect every Radiola listener within the scope of the FM signal to attend the concert. This man must be heard.

I'll definitely hit both those shows, and probably the March 24th gig at the Sego Cafe as well. It's a great way to deal with the cabin fever.

"A Radiola! Winter Carnival" MONDAY, February 19, 2007

(Week 70)

RADIOLA! sneaks into the studio tonight (in lieu of Jonathan Mead's excellent "Anywhere But Here") for two hours of great old music making some reference to our current picturesque natural disaster. The roads seem passable, so we'll chance it by car rather than by dogsled. (The pug is recalcitrant, at best.)

The tunes start at 8 PM EST on WHCL.

Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Sweet Sue, Just You (1928) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120520
Joseph Robichaux and his New Orleans Rhythm Boys – Stormy Weather (1933) – Document DOCD1016
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 RPM
Alex Bartha’s Traymore Hotel Orch. – Hot Biscuits (1932) – The Old Masters mb125
Roane’s Pennsylvanians – Sleep Come On and Take Me (1932) – The Old Masters mb125
Adrian Rollini and his Tap Room Gang – Weather Man (1935) – Hep CD 1077
Lee Morse – Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella (1928) – Jasmine JASCD 646
Boswell Sisters – Shuffle Off to Buffalo (1933) – Collectables CD Col-CD-6462
The Rhythm Boys – The Blackbirds and The Bluebirds Got Together (1929) – Collectables Col-CD-6805
Gilmore’s Band – The Thunderer March (ca. 1899-1900) – Archeophone 9004
Pathe Freres Orchestre – Tobbogan (1910) – Jazz In Europe box set
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – Goofy Dust (1924) – Classics 549
Atilla the Hun – Woman is Not the Weaker Sex (1941) – Rounder CD 1141
The Caresser – Exploiting (1938) – Rounder CD 1141
The Growler – In The Dew and The Rain (1939) – Rounder CD 1077
Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks – Stoppin’ the Traffic (1993) – Stomp Off 1260
West End Jazz Band – Persian Rug (2003) – Legacy 2K 103
West End Jazz Band – Vladivostok (2002) – Legacy 2K 102
Ross and Sargent – Nellie, The Nudist Queen (1933) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5030
Libby Holman – Am I Blue? (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5015
Irving Kaufman and Vaughn DeLeath – You Took Advantage of Me (1928) – Archeophone 5504
Dorsey Brothers’ Orchestra – Button Up Your Overcoat (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8005
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Hello Montreal! (1928) – Viper’s Nest VN-179
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. – Shivery Stomp (1929) – The Old Masters mb107
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Snowball (1933) (disc 1, tk.16) – RCA Victor 09026-68682-2
Lloyd Smith and his Gut-Bucketeers – Rub Me Some More (1930) – Biograph BCD 152 ADD
Jabbo Smith and his Orch. – How Can Cupid Be So Stupid (1938) – History 20.3015-HI
Al Bowlly (w/Ray Noble’s Orch.) – By the Fireside (1932) – Rathbone 0351
Boswell Sisters – We’ve Got to Put That Sun Back in the Sky (1932) – Collectables Col-CD-6461
Lee Morse – We (My Honey and Me) (1928) – Jasmine JASCD 646
Fred Rich and his Orch. – The Little Things in Life (1930) – The Old Masters mb101
Bing Crosby – Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (1931) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120697
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – When Day is Done (1927) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120505

VINCE GIORDANO SWINGS and COMFORT FOOD UPDATE

From the current New Yorker:

NEW YORK SWING DANCE SOCIETY
Feb. 25: Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks get folks moving at the society’s monthly dance party. Manning the most unwieldy of instruments (bass, tuba, bass saxophone), as well as a bulbous vintage Kellogg microphone, Giordano leads a tuxedo-clad band whose ease with early jazz and swing breathes life into a long-gone era. (St. Cyril and St. Methodius Croatian Church, 502 W. 41st St. For more information, visit www.nysds.org.)
Since we sadly won't be able to attend, we must console ourselves with yet more comfort food--such as this excellent mushroom stew (made by me):

WHAT MAKES WINTER TOLERABLE

The perfect steak, bacon, and cheese omelet (made by me)
makes it much easier to deal with this grim reality:
I'll be on the air Monday if the pug (pictured) is able to navigate College Hill with the sled (not pictured).

SPORTS FRIDAY, RADIOLA! MONDAY

Every so often, RADIOLA! pops up on WHCL like Brigadoon, or perhaps the recurrence of some mild skin irritation. Hypothetically, it airs Fridays from 8-10 PM US Eastern Time--but this has rarely been observed in the Hamilton College world where breaks proliferate and constant sporting events demand to be heard.

Nonetheless, a special edition of RADIOLA! will be broadcast Monday, February 19 from 8-10 PM ET. I've managed to book airtime using the ruse of pretending I'm a hockey game. Since very few people will be tuned in, I expect I can get away with playing a couple of hours of nice 1920s and 1930s jazz and pop before anyone catches on. I may stage a bout of high-sticking and put myself in the penalty box to add to the verisimilitude.

And then, there are always the fridge-fresh old programs on my Live365 station. They'll tide you over!

If You Download RADIOLA! Please Contribute

UPDATE: Five more shows have been uploaded today--Enjoy!
If you use the excellent free service The a-Infos Radio Project to download old RADIOLA! programs, you should really kick in some money to keep the site going. There are hundreds of great programs on the site, most far better than what you hear on the corporate AM-FM outlets. So, if you would, PLEASE CONTRIBUTE.

"In Love Again" February 9, 2007

(Week 69)

RADIOLA! comes back (again) this week with a multi-faceted exploration of the Number One Disease of the Heart. The Love Feast begins at 8 PM ET on WHCL-FM 88.7.

Lonnie Johnson – In Love Again (1941) – Bluebird 07863 66064-2
Bing Crosby – I’m Through With Love (1931) – Brunswick 78 RPM
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 RPM
Leo Reisman and his Orch. – What is This Thing Called Love? (1930) – Naxos 8.120627
Teddy Wilson and his Orch. (B. Holiday) – Life Begins When You’re In Love (1936) – Columbia/Legacy C3K 47724
Horace Heidt and his Brigadiers – It’s The Natural Thing To Do (1937) – Sony A 52079
Guy Lombardo and his R. Canadians – Begging For Love (1931) – Collectors’ Choice CCM-299-2
Barbecue Bob – Beggin’ for Love (1928) – Columbia/Legacy CK 52831
Jack Teagarden – Love Me (1933) – Columbia/Legacy C2K 52942
Isa Foster and her Ambassadors – It’s Great to Be in Love (1931) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8049
Louis (King) Garcia and his Swing Band – It’s Great to Be in Love Again (1936) – Hep CD 1077
Red McKenzie and his Rhythm Kings – Double Trouble (1935) – Timeless CBC 1-019 JAZZ
Sam Manning-Anna Freeman – Nothing But a Double-Barrel Shotgun’s Gonna Keep Me Away From You (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8029
The Caresser – King Edward VIII (1937) – Rounder CD 1142
The Lion and Atilla – I Will String Along With You (1937) – Rounder CD 1141
Russ Wilson and his Nouveau-Passe Orchestra – Business in F (2006) – Wondertone WMC 20061
West End Jazz Band – My Love Parade (2005) – Legacy 2K 106
The Sweetback Sisters – Everlovin’ (2006) – The Sweetback Sisters Bang!: The EP
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – It Made You Happy When You Made Me Cry (1926) – CCM-175-2
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. – Love Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues (1929) – The Old Masters mb108
Ruth Etting – Love is Like That–What Can You Do? (1931) – Take Two TT403 CD
Richard Tauber – Indian Love Call (1929) – Gala GL 314
Marlene Dietrich – Ich Bin Von Kopf Bis Fuss Auf Liebe Eingestellt – Double Take CRG 218015
Comedian Harmonists – Tag und Nacht – Membran 221463-205
Richard Himber and his Essex House Orch. – Love is the Sweetest Thing (1933) – Renovation 7002
Russ Carlson and his High Steppers – Everyone Says “I Love You” (1932) – The Old Masters mb121
Gene Kardos and his Orch – Now’s The Time to Fall In Love (1931)
Ethel Waters – When Your Lover Has Gone (1931) – Classics 721
Cab Calloway and his Orch. – I Learned About Love From Her (1933) – Jazz Tribune No.58
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Love, You Funny Thing (1932) – JSP CD3401
Dorsey Bros. Orch. (Chick Bullock) – Love Thy Neighbor (1934) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8051
Bing Crosby – Love in Bloom (1934) – Columbia/Legacy CK 57712
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Sweet Sue–Just You (1928) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120520
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Avid AVC539

SPORTS, NO RADIOLA!

No RADIOLA! tonight--sorry! Hamilton College sports--either Basketball or Hockey (I know one is played with a puck)--will be heard on WHCL-FM this evening during the RADIOLA! hours.

I'll be back next week with a playlist I'll somehow create between now and then.

Nineteen Thirty-Two (January 26, 2007)

(Week 68)

RADIOLA! returns to Hamilton College radio station WHCL 88.7 FM with a celebration of the music of 1932. Despite the economic misery endured by many, it was a stellar year for pop music. Tune in tonight at 8 PM ET--it's great to be back! (All selections recorded in 1932 unless otherwise noted.)

Mills Brothers – Sweet Sue – Legacy/Columbia CK 57713
Waring’s Pennsylvanians (Tom Waring, vo.) – Young and Healthy – Viper’s Nest VN-179
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 RPM
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – Street of Dreams – Collectors’ Choice CCM-299-2
Harlan Lattimore and his Connie’s Inn Orch. – Chant of the Weed – Columbia CK 45143
Claude Hopkins and his Orch. – I Would Do Anything For You – Timeless CBC 1-054 JAZZ
Boswell Sisters – We Just Couldn’t Say Goodbye – Collectables COL-CD-6462
Ethel Merman – I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues – Pro Arte Digital CDD-473
Duke Ellington and his Orch. (Ivie Anderson, vo.) – It Don’t Mean a Thing – SABAM 7207
Russ Carlson and the High Steppers – You’re Blase – The Old Masters mb115
Ben Selvin and his Orch – Hummin’ to Myself – Columbia 2669-D (78 RPM)
The Gerrardine Dance Orch. (Charlie Palloy, vo.) – Me Minus You – The Old Masters mb118
Bing Crosby – Love Me Tonight – Columbia CK 44305
Val Rosing (w/Jay Wilbur’s Orch.) – Please – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5026
Al Bowlly (w/Ray Noble’s Orch.) – It’s Great to Be in Love – Rathbone 0351
Rico’s Creole Band – Lamento Esclavo – Harlequin HQ CD 41
Antobal’s Cubans – Los Tres Golpes – Harlequin HQ CD 123
Colbaz Orchestra – Tico Tico No Fuba (2-tr.6) – Take Two TT507CD
Ted Lewis – Somebody Loves You – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5273
Ben Selvin and his Orch (Helen Rowland, vo.) – You’re My Everything – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5318
Leo Reisman and his Orch. (Milton Douglas. vo.) – Brother Can You Spare a Dime? – Bluebird 82876-50958-2
Annette Hanshaw – Say It Isn’t So – Take Two TT408CD
Ruth Etting – Penthouse Serenade (When We’re Alone) – Take Two TT403CD
Connie Boswell – Lullaby of the Leaves – Columbia/Legacy C2K 52943
Rudy Vallee Orch. (Himber) – Dancing on the Ceiling/Of Thee I Sing – Renovation 7002
Cab Calloway and his Orch. – Eadie Was a Lady – Columbia/Legacy CK 57712
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch. – Fit as a Fiddle – Jazz Oracle BDW 8013
Bing Crosby – How Long Will it Last? – Columbia/Legacy C2K 52942
Harlan Lattimore (w/Abe Lyman’s Orch.) – How Do You Do It? – Columbia/Legacy C2K 52942
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – All Of Me – JSP CD 3401
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Honeysuckle Rose – Columbia/Legacy C3K
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – Lafayette – Classics 591
Gene Kardos and his Orch. – Blue Danube Blues – The Old Masters mb121
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – AVID AVC539

RADIOLA! RETURNS TO WHCL FRIDAY 1/26/07 @ 8 PM ET

After what has seemed way too long a break from broadcasting, RADIOLA! will return to the airwaves (and the WHCL internet stream) this Friday at 8 PM. Owing to many interesting occurrences in my bailiwick, I haven't quite nailed down a playlist yet. But I shall--at least in time for Friday's show.

More Variety from the RADIOLA! Vault

WHCL still hasn't signed on for the new season, but I have sought to eliminate listener boredom by posting four shows from my archives on my RADIOLA! Live 365 station, replacing those that I felt had run out of shelf-life. I'll be posting those I replaced soon on a-infos radio project for those who absolutely have to hear them again.

RADIOLA! should be a bona-fide RADIO program again very soon. So help me!

"Sing a New Song" January 4, 2007

(Week 67)

WHCL is on break, but Live365 isn't. Thus I added a show in homage to the new year, with recent shellac acqusitions and recordings on a "new" theme. WHCL broadcasting should resume soon--but this should tide you over until then. Happy New Year!

Columbia Orchestra – Dancing on the Housetops (1901) – Columbia 78 RPM
Bennie Krueger and his Orch. – Sing a New Song (1932) – IAJRC CD 1013
Band of the Coldstream Guards – Entry of the Gladiators (1930s) – HMV 78 RPM
Varsity Eight – A New Kind of Man (1924) – Timeless CBC 1-062
The Black Pirates – My Old Girl’s My New Girl Now (1928) – Timeless CBC 1-076
Alfonso Trent and his Orch. – I Found a New Baby (1933) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8008
Georgie Price – California, Here I Come (1924) – Victor 78 RPM
Mal Hallett and his Orch. (Tess Gardella, vo.) – My Idea of Heaven (1927) – Columbia 78 RPM
Jimmy Joy’s Orch. – You’re the First Thing I Think of in the Morning (1928) – Brunswick 78 RPM
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – New Tulsa Blues (1927) – Bluebird 3139-2-RB
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – New Moten Stomp (1930) – Classics 591
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – New Tiger Rag (1932) – JSPCS 3401
Victor Light Opera Company – Gems from “The Mikado” (ca. 1920) – Victor 78 RPM
Tin Cup Serenade – Stackolee Blues (2006) – www.tincupserenade.com
West End Jazz Band (Mike Bezin, vo.) – Sing a New Song (2002) – Legacy 2K 102
Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks – Southbound (1993) – Stomp Off CD 1260
Columbia Band – Our Director March (1901) – Columbia 78
Banda Pabellon de las Rosas – Tan rico el Negro (ca. 1920) – Victor 78 RPM
Georgie Price (w/ The Virginians) – I’m Goin’ South (1924) – Victor 78 RPM
Ethel Waters – You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me (1930) – Classics 721
Connie Boswell – A New Moon is Over My Shoulder (1934) – Columbia/Legacy C2K 52943
Joan Crawford – It’s All So New to Me (1939) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 509
Arden-Ohman Orch. – Out of Breath and Scared to Death of You (1930) – Victor 78 RPM
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Me Too (1926) – Victor 78 RPM
Jimmy Joy’s Orch. – I Got Worry (1928) – Brunswick 78 RPM
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – New Vine Street Blues (1929) – Classics 578
Luis Russell and his Orch. – New Call of the Freaks (1929) – JSP CD 308
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – New King Porter Stomp (1932) – Columbia C3K 57596
Arden-Ohman Orch. – I Am Only Human After All (1930) – Victor 78 RPM
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch. – I’ve Got a New Deal in Love (1935) – Circle CCD-20
Hoosier Hot Shots – Sweet Sue-Just You (1936) – Perfect 78 RPM

RADIOLA! ON CLEANING HIATUS--INTERNET SHOW SOON!

Since WHCL shut down for Winter Break two weeks ago, I've been remiss in not adding any programming. I wanted to spend some time with my wife, and I also had to de-Collyer the downstairs for New Year's Eve guests. Here are some "after" pictures; the "before" shots have been banned by the Board of Health.


I will be putting together and uploading an internet-only show within the next few days to tide listeners over until WHCL resumes broadcasting.

Happy New Year!

"The Dog Ate My Playlist" December 15, 2006

(Week 66)

So much for writing it on lasagna. Seriously, I thought I would dispense with my "theme" conceit for the last show of the season, and just play a bunch of old favorites (plus one or two great new acquisitions). Just good music tonight at 8 PM EST on WHCL.

(And, before I unravel the playlist, let me remind you to tune in early and listen late--RETRO RADIO--featuring music of the 50s and 60s--at 6 PM and a FROM THE GRASSY KNOLL special on aspartame at 10. And, if you're really good, I may stick around and play one or two other hot jazz selections at 11 PM before shutting the transmitter down for break.)

Isham Jones and his Orch. – Blue Prelude (1934) – Victor 78 RPM
Jean Goldkette and his Orch. – Idolizing (1926) – Victor 78 RPM
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 RPM
Fred Elizalde and his Anglo-American Band – Under the Moon (1928) – Retrieval RTR 79011
Lou Raderman and his Pelham Heath Inn Orch. – Oh Gee, Oh Joy! (1928) – Columbia CK46175
Fred Gardner’s Texas U Troubadors – No Trumps (1930) – Timeless CBC 1-033 JAZZ
Henry “Red” Allen and his Orch. – Roamin’ (1930) – Classics 540
Bee Palmer – Don’t Leave Me Daddy (1929) – The Old Masters mb 107
Boswell Sisters – It’s The Girl (1931) – Collectables COL-CD-6461
Syd Valentine’s Patent Leather Kids – Patent Leather Stomp (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8009
Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five – No One Else But You (1928) – Columbia/Legacy C4K 57176
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces – Decatur Street Tutti (1929) – Retrieval RTR 79013
Bill Haid’s Cubs – Me and the Man in the Moon (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8039
Johnny Marvin – Little By Little (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5026
Charles King – Broadway Melody (1929) – Flapper PAST CD 7845
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Glorianna (1928) – Victor 78 RPM
Beaumont Rag – East Texas Serenaders (1937) – Decca 78 RPM
Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks – The Ramble (1993) – Stomp Off CD1260
Alex Hill and his Orch. – Southbound (1930) – Timeless CBC 1-050 JAZZ
Fats Waller – Handful of Keys (1929) – Bluebird 2482-2-RB
Fred Hamm and his Orch. – Stomp Off, Let’s Go! (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-072 JAZZ
Ben Selvin and his Orch. – Poor Papa (1926) – Timeless CBC 1-089
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – Waitin’ For Katie (1928) – Sensation 769748026-2
George Olsen and his Music – Horses (1926) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5388
Cliff Edwards – I Want Somebody to Cheer Me Up (1926) – Jazz Oracle BDW
Bing Crosby – My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms (1932) – Columbia CK 44306
Carmen Miranda – Mama Eu Quero (tr. 11) (1939) – Take Two TT 507 CD
Richard Himber and his Essex House Orch. – It Isn’t Fair (1933) – Renovation 7002
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Hocus Pocus (1934) – Quadromania 222440-444
Benny Goodman and his Orch. – Nitwit Serenade (1934) – Timeless CBC 1-065
Ted Lewis and his Band – Lonesome Road (1930) – Retrieval RTR 79014
Ethel Waters – Trav’lin’ All Alone (1929) – Classics 721
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch – Moten Swing (1932) – Bluebird 2192-2-RB
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – AvidAVC539

Nostalgia This Friday (December 15) on WHCL

Owing to the pre-break schedule Friday, December 15 of Hamilton College radio station WHCL broadcasting will start at 6 PM EST with THE BIG SOUND OF RETRO RADIO, hosted by Mark Fuller, which sounds EXACTLY like the local programming you heard growing up in the 50s and 60s. Listening to Mark is like entering a real time warp--since he has been a DJ since the 1960s (and makes use of all the pertinent jingles, commercials, and records) he has the tone JUST RIGHT.

RETRO RADIO is the ideal lead-in to RADIOLA! which will air at its usual time of 8 PM, and will turn back the clock even further, occasionally before the dawn of radio itself. (The playlist will be posted as soon as I determine what it is.)

At 10 PM a special public affairs broadcast featuring Vyzygoth and Cori Brackett on the dangers of aspartame will be aired. This is an excellent program, from Vyz's "FROM THE GRASSY KNOLL" series, and I commend it to your attention.

After that, WHCL is off the air for Winter Break. Merry Christmas!

"That Flaky Feeling" December 8, 2006

(Week 65)

It's that time of year again! Here's a preliminary tribute to all that lovely snow and the cabin fever that follows it. Tune in tonight at 8 PM EST on WHCL

East Texas Serenaders – Serenaders’ Waltz (Skaters’ Waltz) (1937) – Decca 78
Ray Noble and his Orch. (Howard Barrie, vo.) – I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (1937) –Victor 78
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78
Louis Armstrong – Dallas Blues (1929) – Columbia CK 46996
Mason/Dixon Orch. (Trumbauer) – Alabammy Snow (1929) – The Old Masters mb107
Duke Ellington and his Orch. – Freeze and Melt (1929) – Columbia C2K 46177
Billy Williams – Let’s All Go Mad (1909) – Columbia 78
Jack Kaufman – The Prune Song (1928) – Challenge 78
The Harmonians (Irving Kaufman, vo.) – I Just Roll Along (1928) – Diva 78
The Charleston Chasers (Eva Taylor, vo.)– Turn on the Heat (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5316
Fats Waller (piano) – Turn on the Heat (1929) – Bluebird 2482-2-RB
Ben Pollack and his Orch. (Scrappy, vo.) – Keep Your Undershirt On (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8026
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – You’re Driving Me Crazy (1930) – CCM-299-2
Fred Elizalde and his Anglo-American Band – Crazy Rhythm (1928) – Retrieval RTR 79011
Casa Loma Orch. – Maniac’s Ball (1931) – Hep 1051
James P. Johnson – Snowy Morning Blues (1928) – Classics 658
Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang – Goose Pimples (1927) – Columbia CK 46175
West End Jazz Band – Vladivostok (2002) – Legacy 2K 102
Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers – Wild Man Blues (1927) – JSP CD321
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orch. (W. Smith, vo.) – I’m Nuts About Screwy Music (1935) – Decca 78
Teddy Wilson and his Orch – Warmin’ Up (1936) – Columbia 501649-2
Annette Hanshaw – Button Up Your Overcoat (1929) – Sensation CD (Vol. 6)
Fred Hall and his Sugar Babies – I Got a “Code” in my “Doze” (1929) – The Old Masters mb106
Ben Bernie’s Hotel Roosevelt Orch. – Rosy Cheeks (1927) – Rivermont BSW 1141
Dick Powell – Roses in December (1937) – Great Movie Themes CD 60020
Joe Sanders and his Orch. – I Found a Rose in the Snow (1935) – Decca 78
Art Shaw and his Orch. (Peg LaCentra, vo.) – There’s Frost on the Moon (1936) – Brunswick 78
Gene Kardos and his Orch. – Sweet Violets (1931) – The Old Masters mb121
George Formby – Sittin’ on the Ice in the Ice Rink (1933) – Hallmark 300282
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Breakin’ the Ice (1934) – Four Star FS=40056
Triangle Harmony Boys – Canned Heat Blues (1927) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8009
Claude Hopkins – Canadian Capers (1935) – Hep CD 1049
Bing Crosby – June in January (1934) – Charly CDCD 1071
Ray Starita and his Ambassador’s Club Orch – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Avid AVC539

A Valley Potluck Compilation (Dec 2, 2006)

(Week 64)

Here is the playlist for tonight's show, after the fact. Lots of good crunchy shellac here, high in fiber. Enjoy!

Arthur Pryor’s Band – William Tell Overture (complete) (1926) – Victor 78s
The Revelers – Dinah (1925) – Victor 78
Jean Goldkette and his Orch. – Dinah (1926) – Victor 78
Isham Jones and his Orch. – Sweet Georgia Brown (1925) – Brunswick 78
Cliff Edwards – Heart Breakin’ Creole Rose (1925) – Perfect 78
Jack Kaufman – C-U-B-A (1920) – Columbia 78
Tenor Duet (Albert Campbell/Henry Burr) – 1915 San Francisco March – Oxford 78
Harry Salter and his Willys-Knighters – Bluebird Sing Me a Song (1928) – Lincoln 78
Challenge Dance Orch. – Who Do You Suppose (1927) – Challenge 78
Golden Gate Orch. – Wishing and Waiting for Love (1929) – Velvet Tone 78
King Edward’s Horse (Band) – Pilgrim’s March (1910?) – Velvet Face 78 (British)
Joe Samuels and Larry Briers – Turkey in the Straw (1925?) – Radiex 78
Lester McFarland & Robert Gardner – When Our Lord Shall Come Again (1927) – Brunswick 78
Mario Perry – Over the Waves (1924?) – Resona 78
Fred Van Eps – Lobsters’ Quadrille (1911) – Victor 78
Signor Hurdi-Gurdi (Street Piano) – Songs of Your Childhood Days (1918) – Columbia 78
Miss Lee Morse and her Blue Grass Boys – Want a Little Lovin’ (1925) – Perfect 78
The Revelers – Oh, Miss Hannah (1925) – Victor 78
Cliff Edwards – My Best Girl (1924) – Perfect 78
Fred Van Eps – Red Pepper (A Spicy Rag) (1911) – Victor 78
Boyd Senter – Shake Your Dogs (1925) – Perfect 78
Boyd Senter – Wake ‘Em Up (1925) – Perfect 78
Whitey Kaufman and his Original Penn. Serenaders – Henpecked Blues (1923) – Victor 78
Ted Lewis and his Band – Too Tired (1924) – Columbia 78
Jean Goldkette and his Orch. – After I Say I’m Sorry (1926) – Victor 78
Benny Goodman and his Orch. – Sometimes I’m Happy (1935) – Victor 78
Tommy Dorsey and his Orch. (Edythe Wright, vo.) – Good Morning (1937) – Victor 78
Ozzie Nelson and his Orch. – Say Si Si (1939) – Bluebird 78
Ruth Etting – Now That You’re Gone (1931) – Columbia 78
All Star Orch – Waiting at the End of the Road (1929) – Victor 78
Nat Shilkret and his Orch. – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Victor 78

RADIOLA! will air this Saturday (Dec. 2) at 6 PM EST

The cabin fever was getting to me, so when a slot opened up on Saturday at 6 PM EST on WHCL I had to offer to sub. I realize I'll be competing with Garrison Keillor for the attentions of the tote-bag brigade. Therefore, I'll try to make it wholesome, and wistful, and poignant-like. I'll attempt to weave a spell of nostalgic melancholy over last week's leftovers, one that will have you sobbing into your Kraft dinners and three-bean-salads.

BLAH!

It looks like there will be an absence of RADIOLA! on WHCL for the third consecutive week as Hamilton Hockey gets under way next Friday. Also, I must apologize for the lack of new programming on my Live365 station. I've been convalescing from a bit of a cold and have done plenty of reading (mostly Terry Pratchett--good funny stuff for the sickbed) but have given no thought to my show (or, I regret to say, my bored listeners) other than to spend way too much money on eBay 78s (ostensibly for the program).

I will endeavor to get something assembled this week for the Live365 stream, at any rate.

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Back to Hiatusville

Owing to this Friday's basketball game at Hamilton College (which justifiably takes priority) and the subsequent Thanksgiving Holiday (during which the station will be closed), RADIOLA! will not be heard on WHCL for the next two weeks.

HOWEVER, if you MUST have it, it WILL be heard, round the clock, on Live365 as always. As a gesture of mercy to those who are thrown upon the expedient of listening to my reruns I will attempt to post some choice web-only material to reward their attention. (Leftover turkey once a day is enough.)

Stray bits of nourishing RADIOLA! from the back of the fridge (still perfectly good) may also be found HERE.

In two weeks time, I will return, tanned and ready to regale you with my exploits in Hiatusville.

"No!" November 10, 2006

(Week 63)

We explore the Art of Zestful Negation in this RADIOLA! No foolin'!
Tune in Friday at 8 PM EST on WHCL.

Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five – No (Papa No) (1928) – Columbia/Legacy C4K 63527
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch – She’s No Trouble (1928) – Bluebird 3139-2-RB
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 787 RPM
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch – My Papa Doesn’t Two Time No Time (1924) – Rivermont BSW1141
Green Brothers Novelty Band – Yes! We Have No Bananas (1923) – UCSB Cylinder Collection
The Dixie Stompers – Feelin’ Good (1928) – Timeless CBC 1-069
Fred Hall and his Sugar Babies – Tain’t No Sin (1930) – The Old Masters mb106
Harry Archer Orchestra – There Ain’t No Maybe in My Baby’s Eyes (1926) – Take Two TT509CD
Castle Farms Serenaders (Bill Haid) – Tain’t So, Honey, Tain’t So (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8039
Miff Mole and his Molers – Feelin’ No Pain (1927) – Gold Sound DCD-772
Savoy Orpheans (Carroll Gibbons, dir.)– She Don’t Wanna (1927) – Conifer CDHD 160
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers – Stop Kidding (1928) – Giants of Jazz CD 53220
Tram, Bix, and Eddie – For No Reason At All in C (1927) – Columbia CK 45450
Emmett Miller – I Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody None o’ This Jelly Roll (1928) (tr.9)– Columbia CD
The Cotton Pickers – No Parking (1929) – Timeless CBC 1-049 JAZZ
Columbia Photo Players (Selvin) – Happy Days are Here Again (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5318
Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Orpheans – A Little Bit Independent (1936) – Pulse PBXCD 442/3
Casa Loma Orch. – Dance of the Lame Duck (1932) – Hep CD 1051
Bert Williams – Nobody (1913) (tr. 9) – Archeophone 5003
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – I Ain’t Got Nobody (1929) – Columbia CK 46996
Wingy Manone and his Orch. – Never Had No Lovin’ (1934) – Classics 774
Antobal’s Cubans – The Night the Lady Said “No” (1937) – Harlequin HQ 123
Ben Selvin and his Orch. – She Didn’t Say “Yes” (1931) – The Old Masters mb102
Lonnie Johnson – Somebody’s Got to Go (1941) – Bluebird 07863 66064-2
Jan Garber and his Orch. – You Don’t Like It–Not Much (1926) – The Old Masters mb119
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Ain’t Misbehavin’ (1929) – Columbia CK 46148
Henry “Red” Allen and his Orch. – I’ll Never Say “Never Agaiu” Again (1935) – Topaz TPZ1023
Mildred Bailey and her Orch. – Never in a Million Years (1937) – Properbox 57
Fred Astaire – Isn’t This a Lovely Day (1936) – Charly CDCD 1075
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Don’t Let it Bother You (1936) – Bluebird 07863-66618-2
Eddie South and his Orch. – No More Blues (1933) – Frog DGF36
Duke Ellington and his Orch. – It Don’t Mean a Thing (1932) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 482
George Formby – It’s Turned Out Nice Again (1939) – Hallmark 300282
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up, Chill’un, Wake Up (1929) – Avid AVC539

"Political Science" November 3, 2006

(Week 62)


A pre-election RADIOLA! that is fraught with skepticism--and (Groucho) Marxism. Tune in tonight at 8 PM ET on WHCL.

Groucho Marx, Margaret Dumont – Opening Number from “Duck Soup” (1933) – MCA Home Video
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 RPM
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Looking at the World Through Rose Colored Glasses (1926) – CCM-175-2
Gus Arnheim and his Orch. – You Don’t Know What You’re Doing (1931) – Take Two TT410CD
Ed Lloyd and his Orch. – I May Be Wrong, But I Think You’re Wonderful (1929) – TOM mb110
Ruth Etting – Let Me Sing and I’m Happy (1930) – Take Two TT403CD
Red McKenzie and his Rhythm Kings – I’m Building Up to an Awful Let-Down (1936) – Timeless 019
Vaughn DeLeath – Crazy Words, Crazy Tune (1927) – Take Two TT503CD
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – Elephant Wobble (1923) – Classics 549
Philip Spitalny and his Orch. – Jackass Blues (1926) – Timeless CBC 1-072 JAZZ
Bill Haid’s Cubs – You Took Advantage of Me (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8039
Bing Crosby – Stay on the Right Side of the Road (1933) – Columbia CK 44306
Richard Himber and his Orch. (Joey Nash, vo.) – Love Thy Neighbor (1934) – Renovation 7002
Dick Powell – All’s Fair in Love and War (1936) – Great Movie Themes CD 60020
Una Mae Carlisle – Blitzkrieg Baby (1941) – Swing RCA Victor LP
King Radio – Sedition Law (1939) – Arhoolic Folklyric CD 7004
Marx Brothers and Company – Chico’s Trial; Fredonia’s Going to War (1933) – Duck Soup (MCA Home Video)
Annette Hanshaw – You Wouldn’t Fool Me, Would You? (1929) – Take Two TT408CD
The Boswell Sisters – Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (1932) – Collectables COL-CD-6461
Bertha Idaho – Down on Pennsylvania Avenue (1929) – Frog DGF17
Tom Dorsey and his Novelty Orch. – You Can’t Cheat a Cheater (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8005
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Changes (1927) – ABC 838 215-2
Frank Trumbauer – I’m Wonderin’ Who (1927) – Columbia CK45450
Isham Jones – What’s the Use (1930) – Memphis Archives MA7014
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Little White Lies (1930) – Collectors’ Choice CCM-175-2
Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Orpheans – I’ve Got a Feelin’ You’re Foolin’ (1936) – Pulse PBXCD422/3
Fats Waller – Don’t Try Your Jive On Me (1939) – QED015
Mildred Bailey – Peace, Brother! (1939) – Properbox 57
George Formby – Bless ‘Em All (1940) – Hallmark 300282
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Avid AVC539

"Facing Our Fears" October 27, 2006

(Week 61)



A special Hallowe'en edition of RADIOLA! that explores what we have to fear (including Fear itself). Source documents include 78s (both recent acquisitions and from the media midden) and cylinders from the UCSB collection. Don't be scared--it's only radio.

The fun begins tonight at 8 PM ET on WHCL.

Bert Williams – You Can’t Do Nothing Till Martin Gets Here (1913) – Archeophone 5003
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch. – Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me (1928) – KingJazz KJ152FS
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 RPM
Ben Bernie and his Hotel Roosevelt Orch. – Afraid (1926) – Brunswick 78 RPM
William F. Wirges and his Orch. – Afraid of You (1929) – Brunswick 78 RPM
Irving Aaronson and his Commanders – Wimmin, Aaah! (1926) – Victor 78 RPM
Billy Murray – I’m Afraid to Come Home in the Dark (1908) – UCSB Cylinder Collection
Billy Murray – I Used to Be Afraid to Come Home in the Dark (1909) – UCSB Cylinder Collection
Collins and Harlan – Ragtime Goblin Man (1912) – UCSB Cylinder Collection
New Orleans Owls – The Nightmare (1926) – Frog DGF 2
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies – Haunting Blues (1931) – Venuti-Lang Mosaic Box Set
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies – Boneyard Shuffle (1926) – JSP 918A
Sodero’s Band – The Vampire (1918) – UCSB Cylinder Collection
American Symphony Orch. – Hallowe’en Dance (1909) – UCSB Cylinder Collection
George Wilton Ballard – Witches (1919) – UCSB Cylinder Collection
Los Jardineros – Endemonaio (Possessed by the Devil) (1931) – Yazoo 7018
Martyn Green – The Nightmare Song (from “Iolanthe”) (1953) – Columbia LP
Original Memphis Five – The Grass is Always Greener (1924) – Columbia 78 RPM
All Star Orch. – Chloe (1928) – Victor 78 RPM
Spike Jones and his City Slickers – Chloe (1945) – Victor 78 RPM
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) – Collectors’ Choice Music CCM-175-2
Emmett Miller – The Ghost of the St. Louis Blues (1929) – Minstrel Man from Georgia (Col CD)
Cyril Smith (w/Rudy Vallee’s Conn. Yankees) – With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm (1937) – Bluebird 78 RPM
Clarence William’s Jazz Kings – Nervous Breakdown (1929) – “You Rascal You” Quadromania Box Set
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch – Shivery Stomp (1929) – Bix-Tram-Teagarden Mosaic Box Set
Fletcher Henderson – Jangled Nerves (1936) – “Wrappin’ It Up” Quadromania Box Set
Bing Crosby – I’ve Got to Pass Your House to Get to My House (1933) – Columbia CK 44229
Ethel Waters – Shoo Shoo Boogie Boo (1929) – Classics 721
The Boswell Sisters – Shout, Sister, Shout (1931) – Collectables COL-CD-6461
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four – Satan’s Holiday (1934) – Venuti-Lang Mosaic Box Set
Art Shaw and his Orch. – Skeletons in the Closet (1936) – Brunswick 78 RPM
Freddy Martin’s Orch. (As “Richard Himber”) – Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf (1933) – Renovation 7002

"Eddie's Twister" October 20, 2006

(Week 60)


In observance of his birthday anniversary (October 25, 1902), here is a show that's all Eddie Lang.

Tune in tonight at 8 PM ET on WHCL.

Eddie Lang – Eddie’s Twister (1927) – Mosaic Box Set (Disc 1, Tr. 18)
Irwin Abrams and his Orch. – Magnolia (1927) – Mosaic Box Set(Disc 1, Tr. 26)
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 RPM
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch. – Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8013
Napoleon’s Emperors – Gettin’ Hot (1929) – Timeless CBC 1-049 JAZZ
Fred Rich and his Orch. – Cheerful Little Earful (1930) – The Old Masters mb101
Emmett Miller – Big Bad Bill is Sweet William Now (tr. 16) (1929) – Columbia CD
Sophie Tucker – I Ain’t Got Nobody (1927) – Take Two TT404CD
Cliff Edwards – Good Little, Bad Little You (1928) – Timeless CBC 1-043 JAZZ
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. – I’m Coming Virginia (1927) – Mosaic Box Set (Disc 1, Tr. 22)
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies – Original Dixieland One Step (1927) – Quadromania
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four – Penn Beach Blues (1927) – Mosaic Box Set (Disc 2, Tr. 17)
Ruth Etting – Just a Little Closer (1930) – TT403CD
Red McKenzie and his Music Box – From Monday On (1928) – Mosaic Box Set (Disc 3, Tr. 2)
Bing Crosby – Some of These Days (1932) – Columbia CK 44305
Eddie Lang – April Kisses (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-043 JAZZ
Lonnie Johnson and Blind Willie Dunn – Two Tone Stomp (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5061
Dorsey Bros Orch. – The Spell of the Blues (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8005
Hoagy Carmichael and his Orch. – Rockin’ Chair (1930) – JSP 918B
Fred Rich and his Orch. – I Got Rhythm (1930) – The Old Masters mb101
Texas Alexander – The Risin’ Sun (1929) – Mosaic Box Set (Disc 4, Tr. 6)
Irene Gibbons (w/ Clarence Williams) – I’m Busy and You Can’t Come In (1928) – (Disc 3, Tr. 12)
Bessie Smith – I’m Wild About That Thing (1929) – Excelsior EXL-2-5317
Joe Venuti’s Four – Apple Blossoms (1929) – JSPCD 3402
Joe Venuti and his New Yorkers – Tain’t So, Honey, Tain’t So (1928) – Mosaic Box Set (Disc 2, Tr.24)
Joe Venuti-Eddie Lang – The Wild Cat (1928) – JSPCD 3402
Bing Crosby – How Long Will it Last? (1932) – Columbia/Legacy C2K 52942
The Ponce Sisters – So At Last It’s Come to This (1932) – Mosaic Box Set (Disc 7, Tr. 11)
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – I Like to Do Things For You (1930) – Mosaic Box Set (Disc 5, Tr. 22)
Joe Venuti-Eddie Lang Blue Five – Pink Elephants (1933) – Mosaic Box Set (Disc 7, Tr. 17)
Eddie Lang – A Little Love, A Little Kiss (1927) – Retrieval RTR 79015

"Radiola at Sea" October 13, 2006

(Week 59)

A distinctly nautical flavor permeates this edition of RADIOLA! with plenty of vintage hardtack biscuits that spin at precisely 78 RPM.

Tune in tonight at 8 PM on WHCL and bring your own grog.

Victor Male Chorus – Sea Songs (1927) – Victor 78 RPM
Dick Powell – Don’t Give Up the Ship (1935) – Great Movie Themes CD 60020
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 RPM
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Navy Blues (1929) – Viper’s Nest VN-179
Six Jumping Jacks – She Was Just a Sailor’s Sweetheart (1926) – The Old Masters mb120
Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers – Steamboat Stomp (1926) – JSP CD321
Frank C. Stanley – When the Bell in the Lighthouse Rings Ding Dong (1905) – Columbia 78 RPM
J. W. Myers – Come Take a Trip in My Airship (1904) – Columbia 78 RPM
Helen Louise and Frank Ferera – Waikiki Mermaid Medley (1916) – Victor 78 RPM
U.S. Naval Academy Ten – Navy Girl (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-048 JAZZ
U.S. Naval Academy Ten – My Dream Ship (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-048 JAZZ
The Little Ramblers – Deep Blue Sea Blues (1924) – Timeless CBC 1-032 JAZZ
Lonnie Johnson – Deep Sea Blues (1930) – Properbox 81
Sam Manning – Sinking of the Kate Esau (1930) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8029
The Growler – An Excursion to Grenada (1930s) – Rounder CD 1054
Prince’s Orchestra – Sari One Step (1913) – Columbia 78 RPM
West End Jazz Band – A Sailboat in the Moonlight (2004) – Legacy 2K 105
Ethel Merman – How Deep is the Ocean (1932) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 473
Lee Wiley – Like a Ship Without a Sail (1940) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5417
The Boswell Sisters – Rock and Roll (1935) – Biograph LP
Royal Serbian Tambouritza Orch. – Waves of the Sea (1919 ?) – Columbia 78 RPM
Kane's Hawaiians - Song of the Islands (1929) - Victor 78 RPM
Green Brothers Marimba Orch. – Maori (1930) – 09026 63206-2
Frank Crumit – Gum Tree Canoe (1929) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 3407
Charlie Palloy – On a Steamer Coming Over – The Old Masters mb118
Fred Astaire – We Saw the Sea (1936) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120718
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Christopher Columbus (1936) – Columbia C3K 57596
Ozzie Nelson and his Orch. – Queen Isabella (1937) – Bluebird 78 RPM
Joseph Robichaux and his New Orleans Rhythm Boys – Every Tub (1933) – Document DOCD1016
Adelaide Hall – Transatlantic Lullaby (1939) – History of Pop Radio Vol. 10
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (1932) – JSP CD3401
Shirley Temple – On the Good Ship Lollypop (1933) – History of Pop Radio Vol. 5
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Avid AVC539

"The Royal Treatment" October 6, 2006

(Week 58)

This playlist is dedicated to the Royal typewriter I repaired this week--finding the "Radium King" march on an old 12" Victor 78 was additional inspiration. We also acknowledge Dukes, Counts, and Earls at 8 PM EDT on WHCL.

Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five – King of the Zulus (tr. 15) (1926) – Columbia C4K 63527
Victor Dance Orch. – King Radium (ca. 1908) – Victor 78 RPM
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 RPM
Lanin’s Red Heads – King Porter Stomp (1925) – Jazz Oracle 8043
Tennessee Tooters – Prince of Wails (1924) – Hep CD1081
Little Ramblers – Prince of Wails (1924) – Timeless CBC 1-037 JAZZ
Ruth Etting – Penthouse Serenade (1932) – Take Two TT403CD
Zarah Leander – En juvel i malardrottningens krona (1930) – ZYX 11116-2
Bessie Smith – Do Your Duty (1933) – Excelsior EXL-2-5317
Arthur Pryor’s Band – The King of Rags (1907) – Archeophone 1001
Gene Greene – King of the Bungaloos (1917) – 09026-63206-2
Europe’s Society Orch. – Castle House Rag (1914) – Archeophone ARCH 1003
King Carter and his Royal Orch. – Blues in My Heart (1931) – Frog DGF38
King Oliver and his Orch. – Want You Just Myself (1929) – JSPCD 3404
Joseph Robichaux and his N.O. Rhythm Boys – King Kong Stomp (1933) – Document DOCD 1016
Herbert L. Clarke – Caprice Brilliante (1908) – Victor 78 RPM
Henry Burr – Stay Down Here Where You Belong (1915) – Victor 78 RPM
Orq. Francesca Reveron – El Kaiser corcovea (1919) – Harlequin HQ CD 131
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. (Bing Crosby, vo.) – Tain’t So, Honey, Tain’t So (1928) – HOLD ON CD
Bing Crosby – Street of Dreams (1932) – Columbia C3K 44229
Charlie Palloy – It Don’t Mean a Thing (1932) –The Old Masters mb118
Duke Ellington and his Orch. – Ring Dem Bells (1930) – Charly CDCD 1156
Bennie Moten’s K.C. Orch. – The Count (1930) – Classics 591
Earl Hines and his Orch. – Cavernism (1933) – Portrait Masters RK 44119
The Tiger – Money is King (1935) – Arhoolie Folklyric CD 7004
The Caresser – Edward the VIII (1937) – Rounder CD 1142
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Christopher Columbus (1936) – RCA Victor 07863 66747-2
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies – The Sheik of Araby (1930) – Decca GRD-609
Blind Willie Dunn’s Gin Bottle Four – Blue Blood Blues (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5061
The Charleston Chasers – Cinderella Brown (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5316
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – The New King Porter Stomp (1932) – Membran 222440-444
Bennie Moten’s K.C. Orch. – Prince of Wales (1932) – Classics 591
Toots Paka Hawaiian Company – Aloha Oe (1914) – Columbia 78 RPM
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Avid AVC539