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Fave radio crooner?
Bing CD reccomendations? Anyone have Bing CD reccomendations? Already have his very early stuff (20s through around 32-33) and 1940's stuff; looking for CD reccomendations for stuff in between where he whistles & sings with swing bands. One time I heard a 78 "Bob White" that was cool...- Cousin Hepcat
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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Share your favourite Jazz
If you're going down that road, must check out the "with strings" albums done by many great jazz artists. Can't explain, you have to hear it to get it - link below with clips. Unfortunately many greats were made in the 50s vinyl era but few ever issued on CD - here's one: (just talking the...- Cousin Hepcat
- Post #66
- Forum: Radio
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Share your favourite Jazz
One of the coolest mellowest albums ever... cover says it all- Cousin Hepcat
- Post #61
- Forum: Radio
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Round Midnight movie phono's
Cool, wasn't sure if folks here knew about that stuff. What a great jazz movie, set in 1950s France, if anyone likes bop jazz they should really check it out... makes you want to "sell it all", pick up a horn and move to NYC :) (only for a second though) WISH I could've worked on the film...- Cousin Hepcat
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- Forum: The Display Case
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Round Midnight movie phono's
These, from 'Round Midnight, if anyone here's seen that movie...- Cousin Hepcat
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- Forum: The Display Case
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How-to: 1930s-40s party?
Looking for any kind of suggestions on sources of 1930s-40s ideas for throwing house parties. Large or small, fancy or plain. Like suggestions for vintage books from the era on entertaining that are not just about the food served, or personal suggestions any you folks may have...- Cousin Hepcat
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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Question: Lost meaning of "Rika Jika Jack"
Thanks, here's what I got from that: Like you mentioned, the capitol of Iceland is Reykjavik, pronounced "Rika-Vik", possibly jived to "Rika-Jika". Greenland is right next to Iceland. The Inuit (Eskimos) live in several far-north regions including Greenland. The region is often called...- Cousin Hepcat
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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Question: Lost meaning of "Rika Jika Jack"
We all know how the uninitiated who watch 30s-40s movies / listen to song lyrics for the first time / etc may completely "miss the meaning" because the culture, language & slang of the era gets lost over time. Washing / digitizing another batch of 78s, ran across a probably mid-40s Stan...- Cousin Hepcat
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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Cooking in the Golden Era
That was my grandmother's Cook Book! In the last few years I've been trying more & more out of it. It's all great! Thing so great about 1940s recipies, it's so traditional, so all the recipies are "safe" unlike newer books, you don't end up with something really freaky/yuppy/wierd with...- Cousin Hepcat
- Post #19
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Books on Hat History, Styles?
For an absolute hat-know-nothing (like myself) who wants at least for starters to get as complete a list as possible of different types of hats, as well as the most basic "anatomy of a hat", there's Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hat Kaleponi Craig, if you find new resources not...- Cousin Hepcat
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- Forum: Hats
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Share your favourite Jazz
Definitely, especially if you like the depression era sound - That was the soundtrack to my first trip to Charleston, South Carolina - fell in love with that city by those late 20s-early 30s Ellington tracks, the music fits the elegance & sophistication of the historic district so well, could...- Cousin Hepcat
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- Forum: Radio
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If I had to pick one girl from the golden era
singer June Christy (w/ MP3) Ohh Man, Root, don't get started on the singers! :) Martha was Great! Voice and looks. Ever heard of June Christy, sang with Stan Kenton? Sent you a couple from 78, Soothe Me & How High the Moon... she even did a a soundie with his band... but the...- Cousin Hepcat
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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If I had to pick one girl from the golden era
Exactly Watch her with James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy, thats what a couple the pics are from (If you can survive through really hammy movies- it's a bio about patriotic songwriter James M. Cohan- Hey, where else can you see Cagney sing and dance in a gruff Prohibition Gangster kinda way...- Cousin Hepcat
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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Listen- 1940s MP3 of Dream Band / unplayed 1930s grammophone
Any native Aussie swing bands ?? International swing is Great!!- Cousin Hepcat
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- Forum: Radio
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Question: 1930s/40s caps: ID this style?
Question: 1940s caps: can you Id this style? I saw ones similar to this at the local mall Hecht's & am wondering what this type of cap is called, and what types of people wore them, on what occasions: (strictly golfers? street urchins? snotty Yale brats? :-) and were there lots of style...- Cousin Hepcat
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If I had to pick one girl from the golden era
Just to be different... Joan Leslie http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504125/- Cousin Hepcat
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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Listen- 1940s MP3 of Dream Band / unplayed 1930s grammophone
That is one great looking record player (glad you enjoyed the Duke & T.D.) How hard to wind it is unique for every machine. Still when I get a new one it takes a long time to get the "feel". You're doing right by starting gingerly. If the phono is in reasonably decent condition (which it...- Cousin Hepcat
- Post #16
- Forum: Radio
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King Kong:reviews
Thought it was a great movie all around. tho the natives Were a bit too much Nightmare Fuel. sort of like you're watching an authentic style 30s film, then Bam, for a couple minutes you get dropped into the middle of the movie "The Ring"...- Cousin Hepcat
- Post #19
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Something for you Chandler fans
yup, its on the wishlist...- Cousin Hepcat
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Help: Popular swing dance styles?
What are the currently most popular variations of swing dance styles (both west coast and east coast), which are danced to big band swing music? If you went to any "Retro-30s-40s swing dance", what styles would any guy there be expected to know in order to "hold his own"? East Coast &...- Cousin Hepcat
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