What are you listening to?

[Fletch]

Another hit over at Internet Archive reveals another 1928 Edison program for WAAM, a vocal duo with organ. This - and probably the band program too - was intended as a "pre-recorded broadcast," ie: an early attempt at an ET!

(Edison chose 30 rpm as the recording speed, perhaps to start a proprietary system, but they never did - in any case, they left the record business entirely by '29.)

 

[Shangas]

A song that's as applicable today as it was 70+ years ago...

Abe Lyman and His Californians - "Keep Young and Beautiful" (Rec. 1934).

 

[J.L. Picard]

A surprising Lily Marlene...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tZJnFGs3tE

And then the original.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO0lUXnAs-U

P.

 

[J.L. Picard]

You said Piaf? A little cliche, but still what a Lady...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YGXsw3XK9I



P.

 

[Shangas]

Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - "Blue Skies" (Rec. 1935)

 

[BinkieBaumont]

Gustav Temple

"Gustav Temple, from "The Chap" Magazine being interviewed on ABC Radio Perth, about the recent Chap Olympiad in London"

 

[Widebrim]

"Gustav Temple, from "The Chap" Magazine being interviewed on ABC Radio Perth, about the recent Chap Olympiad in London"

Where are these photos from, Binkie?

 

[Fletch]

Generic 80s bar rock mix. Why? I'm negotiating a truce between a bruised tooth nerve and some good dry rub and collard greens at Brother Jimmy's (the Southern Embassy) on 2d Ave, NYC.

 

[repeatclicks]

Johnny Smith box set. My favorite jazz guitarist ever. Id challenge anyone to tell me a better version of Stranger In Paradise than his. Him and Getz were IT like Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker. Sometimes the planets just align......

 

[Wally_Hood]

Just finished Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, "The Indestructable Mike Matter."

One episode of Rocky Jordan, sort of a bargain basement Casablanca.

Interview with author Megan Abbott on the Behind the Black Mask podcast over at Out of the Past.

 

[BinkieBaumont]

Where are these photos from, Binkie?

"Oh an event in London, the Chap Olympiad, just use yer Google!"

 

[LizzieMaine]

78s to wring the washing by --

Now playing, Louis Armstrong and the Mills Brothers in 1939 with a delightful Depression tune, "The W. P. A.". "Don't mind the boss if he's cross when you're gay, He'll get a pink slip next month anyway. Three little letters that make life OK -- the W. P. A.!"

Up next, back to 1927 with the Ipana Troubadours, S. C. Lanin Director, and a jaunty performance of "My Strongest Weakness Is You." Smith Ballew with a smooth job on the vocal.

 

[Fletch]

SHUFFLE PLAY!

Learning (1934), by the Benny Goodman band with Tony Sacco, one of my favorites, on pipes. The combo of BG's band and the Brunswick studio creates an intimate, lights-out ambience, as if it's past midnight and only the music stands are lit.

Moonlight Saving Time (1930), Leonard Joy & the High Hatters. Frank Luther sings, he of the impeccable diction but slightly ragged breath control. The Hatters deliver with their customary Broadway pep.

Pieces of Eight (1940), Alec Wilder Octet. After their first couple sessions, Wilder let me down. He wrote a few haunting semi-impressionist pieces for them - then they got classically cutesy. Blame Mitch Miller, I suppose.

Zoom Zoom Zoom (1936), by the Ben Pollack group The Dean & His Kids. One of those "slap the bass" novelties where they'd rather sing about it than actually do it. Brother Teague gets about 4 bars, plucked, not slapped.

Monday in Manhattan (1935), Art Tatum. I doubt a less virtuosic pianist could have made anything of a lightweight Richard Himber ballad - he strides it in medium-up tempo, and quite respectably.

 

[Lady Day]

John Lee Hooker

LD

 

[AmateisGal]

Otto's Classical Music channel on my Windows Media Player. I've been in a classical mood lately.

 

[BinkieBaumont]

"Lady Marmalade" by Max Raabe & The Palast Orchestra

 

[djhatman]

Enjoying the lovey yet a little offhanded Lilly Allen. A guilty pleasure of mine.

 

[Fletch]

SON OF SHUFFLE PLAY!

Easy To Find, Hard To Lose (1938), Bunny Berigan & Orch. This flopperoo was reworked with new bridge and lyrics a year later, and was a modest hit as Speaking of Heaven.

The Sheik of Araby (1930), Red Nichols & His Pennies. Jack Teagarden owns this one, vocally and trombonically.

Now's the Time to Fall in Love (1931), Phil Spitalny's Music. Brassy pep with male quartet and "Mr. Bones" style xylophone, from your Hit of the Week dealer.

The Fire Brigade (1956), Albert White & Gaslight Orch. An 1890s galop played in what passed for period style.

Move That Thing (1930), Memphis Jug Band. If ya wanna sleep here tonight, ya gotta.

 

[Elaina]

I just put in Rockabilly Gold vol 4. I'll probably make the boy dance with me here in a while.

 

[pretty faythe]

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