What are you listening to?

[LizzieMaine]

78s to steel myself for the *dreaded* holiday by ---

Starting off with Bill Carlsen and his Orchestra and that standard of instrumental hokum, "Oh!," a tune burned forever into my memory as the theme music for the 1960s local TV giveaway show "Dialing for Dollars." I'm still waiting for the phone to ring.

Next up, it's Bing in 1934 -- a year in which he made one classic record after another -- with "She Reminds Me Of You." Brace up there, Harry, no woman wants to hear that stuff.

 

[anon`]

Ensiferum - Sword Chant

 

[John in Covina]

I have been listening to the soundtrack of popular music for the movie "The Aviator" which has a great mix of decades 20's to 40's or so. One highlight for me is Artie Shaw's song 'Nightmare' which is one of the tunes that I have heard a ton of times but had no clue as to the name.

That is one of the benefits of the soundtracks of pop music, it may be the cd that helps you finally place the name of that tune.

On the "Sleepwalkers" (Steven King) cd I got Santos & Johnnie's 'Sleepwalk' and Enya's 'Boedicia.'

"The Jackal" CD has a great rockin song called 'Red Tape' by Agent Provacateur (sp) that I don't think appears anywheres else.

The "Tomb Raider" cd has a version of 'Galaxy Bounce' not found elsewhere as best I can tell.

As the film makers look for iconic music they often come up with some cool stuff. Public Enemies has two Otis Taylor songs that are really great (electric banjo music trance blues) called 'Ten Million Slaves' which is on you-tube and 'Nasty Letter' that are very musically enticing to me.

The soundtracks of the background music is often the best modern "classical" music out there such as the one for "Total Recall" which is stunning.

There is a soundtracks thread that re-emerges now and again.

 

[flat-top]

I guess this is ok now......?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiXmP-hT9Zw

 

[Antje]

A Connie Frances best of cd, superrrrrrrr

 

[Fletch]

You've Got me in the Palm of Your Hand! - Gus Arnheim and His Coconut Grove Orchestra in 1932, recording, for some reason, in Chicago and not their usual L.A.

 

[LizzieMaine]

78s to wish I hadn't eaten that cheese pazzo last night by --

Now playing, Will "I Never Heard of Rudy Vallee" Osborne and his Orchestra in 1932 with "Say It Isn't So." This is sort of an A. R. C. All Stars record, with successive vocal choruses offered by Morton Downey, Annette Hanshaw, Singin' Sam, and Will Osborne himself. Chick Bullock must've been out of town that day.

Next up, Benny Goodman and his Orchestra in 1935, with Helen Ward "Throwin' Stones at the Sun." Which reminds me, what ever *happened* to the sun, anyway?

 

[chanteuseCarey]

Any GERSHWIN fans out there?? You gotta see these... it doesn't get better than this!

These were just put up on YouTube yesterday--
Fantasy for Two pianos on Themes from " Porgy and Bess",
played at the recent WCRF.

This duet is beyond amazing... on the left piano as you are looking at it (the brunette gentleman) is Richard Dowling, on the right piano (the blonde gentleman) is Frederick Hodges. Its a total time of twenty minutes, so for YouTube its split into two parts.

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[Hamilton_Honey]

Wow, that was really amazing! Thanks for posting, Chanteuse Carey!

 

[chanteuseCarey]

You are most welcome HH! The light brunette head you just see the back of sitting dead center ahead of the camera is mine! I kept turning my head the entire time to look at one and then the other... I specifically sat where I did to be able to see their HANDS and faces as best I could while they were playing.

Wow, that was really amazing! Thanks for posting, Chanteuse Carey!

 

[HadleyH]

Bert Ambrose and the Mayfair Hotel Orchestra "Moaning for You" (1930)
I love this song and have several versions of it, even though this is not my favorite version, i still like it!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dlAueg3Sks

 

[CliffG]

Magic Slim and his tear drops....cross-eyed CAT!

 

[Wash In Lux]

Buster Hymen & the Penetrators! Yeah!

 

[Lady Day]

Hank Williams

LD

 

[Carlisle Blues]

KISS OF FIRE ~ ANNE SHELTON So hot, such conviction!!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mprNjHopG2c&feature=related

 

[Frankly Scarlet]

A spanish radio podcast on 20s, 30s and 40s music.

 

[Wash In Lux]

Big Audio Dynamite - Tighten Up Volume

 

[Fletch]

Little Jack Little on Royal Blue Columbia, 1935

I must own over a hundred of these blue-plastic-laminated discs made from late 1932 thru 1935, with just a few pressed by the MacGregor Co. in Oakland in '36. (They also used the blue laminate for their own "Musical Library" radio discs.) Royal Blues wear a little longer than the previous clear-laminated black Columbia surface, but can sound a bit muffled in the high range and sometimes whoosh in the midrange.

This one (No. 3006-D) isn't one of mine, but crooner-composer Little Jack Little made quite a few Royal Blue issues with his excellent and rather modern sweet band. If his accent sounds a bit nowhere, it may be because he was born in London but grew up in Iowa. (His name no longer means much here, however.)

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[byronic]

The Performance

I just bought Dame Shirley Bassey's new album (her first studio album in 20 years), 'The Performance'. Produced by David Arnold ( 007 composer in residence), it features collaborations with contemporary stars, but also a song, 'No Good About Goodbye', written by Arnold and Don Black that had been intended as the theme for the last Bond movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Liy0rR3fkQ0
Also another gem, 'Our Time Is Now', specially written for Dame Shirley by John Barry and Don Black, the melody and orchestration are reminiscent of 'We Have All The Time In The World':eusa_clap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRKVAQEXVEQ

 

[LizzieMaine]

78s to be thankful that the evil gnome has stopped working over the inside of my skull with his wee jackhammer by --

First up, the Six Jumping Jacks (Harry Reser's Orchestra in disguise) with a bouncy favorite from 1930, "Piccolo Pete." Features a great solo on the stopped-up nose -- if you've heard the record, you know what I mean. Get the boy some Va-Tro-Nol.

Next, following a commercial for Beeman's Pepsin Gum ("Hey neighbor, get yourself some flavor!"), another one of those more-for-your-money all-star records from 1932, with Bing, the Boswell Sisters, the Mills Brothers, Morton Downey, and Victor Young's Orchestra all joining to present "Gems From George White's Scandals." Featured tunes include "This Is The Missus," "The Thrill Is Gone," "My Song," "Mad Love," and "Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries." Definitely worth the six bits.