zaterdag 26 december 2009

Oldtime songs go classic

Time to dust of that tuxedo and your tophat, adjust your monocle and get semi-sophisticated with this selection of wellknown classical tunes in either swinging or somewhat oddly performed versions.



This program includes the following compositions:

Alec Templeton – A trip through a music conservatory
Ted Heath and his Music – Claire de lune
Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra – Rhapsody in Blue (parts 1 & 2)
Noubar Bey – Fantaisie maggiar
Ted Heath and his Music – Alouette
Jack Kaufman – I'll see you in C-U-B-A
Russ Case and his Orchestra - Stompe a la turca (Rondo from Sonata #9)
Alec Templeton – The shortest Wagner opera ever written
Jan August with Jerry Murad and his Harmonicats – March of the Sardar
Ted Heath and his Music – Sabre dance boogie
Carmen Cavallaro and his Orchestra – Enlloro (voodoo moon)
Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra – In a sentimental mood 2
Victor Borge – A lesson in composition (to be followed by “The Blue Serenade”)


Listen and/or download HERE

zondag 13 december 2009

The Devil's Night Out

A selection of swinging tunes that will attack your hips and will drive you into the arms of the devil, as any oldtime preacher will tell you. But hey, why not? Party hardy!


Reverend T.E. Weems – God is mad with man
Jonuzi Mu Shöket – Vomé kaba
Al Dexter and his Troopers – Pistol packin' mama
Will Ferdy – Ziede gij mij geire
Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra – Who threw the whiskey in the well?
Tampa Red – Let me play with your poodle
Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra – Big fat mama
Cab Calloway and his Orchestra – Minnie the Moocher
Louis Armstrong – Peanut vendor
Blue Ribbon Boys – Futuristic jungle
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra – Rockin' in rhythm
Fred Waring and his Pensylvanians – Dry bones
Harold Boyce and the Harlem Indians – Wille Willie don't go from me
Tito Puente – Vibe Mambo
Howard Shore – Kuba Mambo
Esquivel – Mucha Muchachas
Enselmo Sacases – Rumba negra
Yma Sumac – Taki rari
Button-Down Brass – Tequila
Howard Shore – Nautch dance
Semi Sheheen – Dabka dance
Ed Young, Lonnie Young and Ed Young Jr. - Jim and John

Get up on your feet HERE


Moondog's Lament (An Introduction)

Moondog (1916-1999) was a poet, a Viking, an inventor of instruments (like the ‘Oo’), a master percussionist and composer, a weird jazzman, a blind man, a hobo. He doesn’t fit in any category really, because his music is just too far out there in his own world. Step into it, have a taste, get hooked if you want to, or just try it.



Moondog Tunes:
Bird’s Lament (slow)
Fog on the Hudson
Stamping ground
Single foot
Viking 1
All is loneliness
Symphonique 6 (Good for Goodie)
Lament 1 (Bird’s Lament)
Dog Trot
Coffee Beans
Moondog’s Symphony 1 (Timberwolf)
Paris
Oboe round
Dark Eyes
Instrumental round
Symphonique 3 (Ode to Venus)
Invocation

Moondog Tunes:Step into Moondog's World HERE

woensdag 2 december 2009

Old Songs of Love

From beaten down blues to fingersnapping happy-go-lucky swingtunes, the old songs were all brutally and sometimes also funnily honest when it came to love, or the loss of it, as this small selection hopefully shows.



Al Jolson & Matty Malneck's Orchestra - After you've gone
Benny Carter & his Swing Quartet - Waltzing the blues
Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra with Bing Crosby - In a little hula heaven
Count Basie & his Orchestra - Between the devil and the deep blue sea
Billie Holiday - What a little moonlight can't do
Don Redman & his Orchestra - Watching the knife and fork spoon
Louisiana Rhythym Kings - Pretty baby
Lucky Millinder & his Orchestra - Big fat mama
Wilton Crawley & his Orchestra - You oughta see my gal
Harold Boyce & the Harlem Indians - Wille Willie don't go from me
The Dixie Stompers - Hard-to-get Gertie
Goebble Reeves the Texas Drifter - The cowboy's dizzy sweetheart
Earl Hines Trio - Squeeze me
The Mills Brothers - You always hurt the one you love
Henry 'Red' Allen & his New York Orchestra - Feeling drowzy
Benny Carter & his Orchestra - If I could only read your mind
Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra - The meanest kind of blues
Jed Tompkins - Yield not to temptation

Get that feeling started right HERE

zaterdag 21 november 2009

Barndance Bonanza

Going up the old mountain, answer the call of a field holler and head for a barndance, doing a skiffle, sing along to a murder ballad, songs of love and death and dances full of life, enjoy the centuries old mountain music and pull a skiff why don't ya!



T.J. Chesser - Field Holler
Lonnie Young, Ed Young and Lonnie Young Jr. - Henduck
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Feather bed
Uncle Dave Macon - Buddy won't you roll down the line
Harry McClintock - Big rock candy mountain
Chubby Parker - King kong kitchie ki-me-o
Hank Williams - My bucket's got a hole in it
F. Ming Pep-Steppers - Indian war whoop
Frank Cloutier & the Victoria Café Orchestra - Moonshiner's dance part one
Blind Willie Nelson - John the Revelator
Vera Hall - Trouble so hard
Buell Kazee - The butcher's boy
Cleoma and Ophy Breaux and Joseph Falcon - C'est si triste sans lui
Frank Ferrara - Ukelele song
Dock Boggs - Sugar baby
Lonnie Young, Ed Young and Lonnie Young Jr. - Jim & John
Mountain Ramblers - Big ball in Boston
Joe Patterson - Fox race
Ora Dell Graham - Pullin' the skiff
Buell Kazee - East Virginia
Bill Monroe - Wayfaring stranger

Listen or download following this LINK

zondag 25 oktober 2009

Ol' 78s Blues in the Night

Yee oldee transmission from Oscar's crackling radio station, celebrating the tenderness and darkness of the old night.



Radio announcement - Peace on earth
Moondog - A duet - Queen Elisabeth at 51st Street and 6th Avenue (NYC)
Glen Gray and the Casa Lomo orchestra - Smoke rings
Anne Shelton - Blues in the night
Moondog - Tugboat Toccata
Geechie Wiley - The last kind word blues
Earl Hines and his Orchestra - Stormy Monday blues
Jerry Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers - Jungle Blues
Lani McIntyre and his Hawaiians - When you dream about Hawaii
Bing Crosby and the Andrew Sisters - Don't fence me in
Harlan Lattimore and his Connie Inn's Orchestra - Reefer man
Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra - Beulah's boogie
Lucky Millinder and her Orchestra - (ah-yes) There's good blues tonight
Alix Combelle et son Orchestre - The Sheik of Araby
A.A. Gray - The ol' ark's a'moving
Eddie Constantine - Yawn and sleep
Fats Waller - Two sleepy people

Tune into the night HERE

woensdag 7 oktober 2009

78s Beach Bonanza (original mix)

Here it is then, the mix as I intended it to play during the dj-contest final at the Ghent Beach festival last July. It was the first time I actually prepared a playlist in advance, but, as some of you may know, it all turned out differently, due to laptopdisaster and epic bad weather. Oh well. This 2 hour long mix brings together all the best bits of my previous 78s themed mixes, so if you haven't heard any before, this is a great starting point.



Sea sounds (hope beach)
Cor Steyn - Golden Earrings
Mr. Ero – My darling Rose
Jerry Roll Morton – Frog-I-More Rag
Max Harris and His Novelty Trio – Peg o’ my heart
Claire Leclerc – Magic Flowers
Nights of Happiness
Jack Kaufman – I’ll see you in C-U-B-A
Rose Mania - Moi moi
Fairouz – Swing
Semi Sheheen – Dabka Dance
Lonnie Young, Ed Young and Lonnie Young Jr. – Jim and John
Clarence Ashley – The coo coo bird
Jack Sheedy's Dixieland Jazz - Gambler's Blues
Slim Gaillard – Slim’s Jam
The Ink Spots – Java Jive
Al Trace - Mairsy dotes
Cab Calloway - Minnie the Moocher
Louis Armstrong – Peanut vendor
Blue Ribbon Boys – Futuristic Jungleism
Duke Ellington – Rockin’ in rhythm
The Andrew Sisters – Aurora
Tampa Red – Let me play with your poodle
Cab Calloway and his Orchestra – Hot water
Chick Web and his Orchestra – Sugar Pie
Fred Warring and his Pennsylvanians – Dry Bones
Slim Gaillard and his Flat Footed Floogee Boys – Matzoh Balls
Ambrose and his Orchestra – Limehouse Blues
Lionel Hampton – Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop
Al Dexter and his Troopers – Pistol packin’ mama
Lu Watters – Pineapple Rag
Dizzie Gilespie – Salt peanuts
Don Nelson - Some kind of shuffle
Ella Fitzgerald - Blue skies
Semi Sheheen – Dance Sherazad
Anselmo Sacasas - Rumba negra
Jackie Davis - The glow-worm (cha cha cha)
Will Ferdy - Ziede gij mij geire
The Comedian Harmonists - Mein kleine grüner kactus
Django Reinhardt - Crazy Rhythm
Yma Sumac - Taki Rari
(Jonuzi Me Shokët – Vome Kabé
Jack Ary - Mange les tomates tous les jours
sea sounds (hope beach)
The Carter family - Keep on the sunny side
Joseph Lamb – Ragtime Nightingale

The streaming or downlinglink is right HERE

zondag 17 mei 2009

Ol' 78s Swingtime Radio Hour

And we're back in the Golden Age of swinging music, funny lyrics and absurd songtitles.
Don't mean a thing, if you don't grab this swing, folks!



Slim Gaillard – Slim’s Jam
Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra – Moonglow
The Ink Spots – Java Jive
Tampa Red – Let me play with your poodle
Cab Calloway and his Orchestra – Hoy-Hoy
Chick Web and his Orchestra – Sugar Pie
Fred Warring and his Pennsylvanians – Dry Bones
Slim Gaillard and his Flat Footed Floogee Boys – Matzoh Balls
Ambrose and his Orchestra – Limehouse Blues
Lionel Hampton – Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop
Blind Willie Nelson – John the Revelator
Al Dexter and his Troopers – Pistol packin’ mama
Cab Calloway and his Orchestra – Hot water
Nat King Cole feat. Nelson Riddle’s Orchestra – Haji Baba
Henry Hall – The teddy bear’s picnic
Lu Watters – Pineapple Rag
Dizzie Gilespie – Salt peanuts
Lu Watters – Big Bear Stomp
Sammy Kay and his Orchestra – The Umbrella Man
Lester Young – In a little Spanish town
Gerry Mulligan Quartet - Line for Lyons

Get those feet a-swingin' HERE
And many thanks to Richard G. for making these lovely images!

zaterdag 16 mei 2009

Ol' 78s Radio Hour

Broadcast on local studentradio Urgent FM as part of the Ghent Beach dj-contest final, this is a Best of 78s tunes compilation mix, bringing together some favorite crackling classics from all over the world. Tune in!



G.U. Hsu – The English sound table
Mr. Ero – My darling Rose
Jerry Roll Morton – Frog-I-More Rag
Max Harris and His Novelty Trio – Peg o’ my heart
Geechie Wiley – Last kind word blues
Fairouz – Hala la laya
Magia Melagia and G. Mouzaki – The woman’s heart
Claire Leclerc – Magic Flowers
Jack Kaufman – I’ll see you in C-U-B-A
Rose Mania - Moi moi
Semi Sheheen – Dabka Dance
Unknown prisoner – How I got into the penitentiary
Lonnie Young, Ed Young and Lonnie Young Jr. – Jim and John
Unknown prisoner – Murder’s home
Jonuzi Me Shokët – Vome Kabé
Clarence Ashley – The coo coo bird
Semi Sheheen – Dance Sherazad
Blue Ribbon Boys – Futuristic Jungleism
Rose Mania – Fickle Lulu
Louis Armstrong – Peanut vendor
Duke Ellington – Rockin’ in rhythm
Cliff ‘Ukelele Ike’ Edwards – I ain’t got nobody
Ruth Etting – Love me or leave me
Joseph Lamb – Ragtime Nightingale

Grab it HERE, folks!

zondag 22 maart 2009

Springtime for Ol' 78s

Another selection of fingersnapping, dusty and crackling ol’ 78s goodness, to take along with you on your sunny cruise down the springtime river.


Dick Haymes – It might as well be spring
Mr. Ero – My darling Rose
Max Harris and His Novelty Trio – Peg o’ my heart
Noubar Bey – Fantaisie Maggiar
Fernando Velches – Flor de Petenera
Lou Preager – Cruising down the river
Jack Kauffman – I’ll see you in C-U-B-A
Blue Ribbon Boys – Futuristic Jungleism
Louis Armstrong – Peanut vendor
Duke Ellington – Rockin’ in rhythm
The Andrew Sisters – Aurora
The Carter Family – Keep on the sunny side
Jonuzi Me Shokët – Vome Kabé
Caterina Valente - The Breeze and I (Andalucia)
Charles King and Elisabeth Brice – That Hula Hula
Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra – Rhapsody in Blue, Parts 1 and 2
Henry Burr – Come down, ma ev’ning star

Get on the sunny side HERE

Ol' Dusty 78s Records Mix

A special selection of crackling blues records, Arabic 30s swing, French mambo, Apalachian folk traditionals and some roots jazz. Don’t know about you, but this old stuff always makes me smile.



Record selection:
Alan Lomax – Comments on the early days of collecting
David Boeddinghause - Ragtime Nightingale
Fairouz – Hala la laya
Geechie Wiley - Last kind word blues
Mark and André – Sunday is a bore
Anne Shelton – Blues in the night
Semi Sheheen – Dance Sherazad
Lonnie Young, Ed Young and Lonnie Young Jr. – Jim and John
T.J. Chesser – Field Holler
Clarence Ashley – The coo coo bird
Hanan and Feyrouz – Swing
Semi Sheheen – Dabka Dance
Claire Leclerc – Magic Flowers
Al Chark – Nights of Happiness
David Boeddinghause - Frog-I-More Rag
Eddie Constantine – Announce the sunlight
Billie Holiday – I cover the waterfront
Skip James – Devil got my woman

Get that record player spinning right HERE or HERE

The Ol' 78s Return

There are just too damn much dusty golden oldies out there. This one's a bit more focused on the blues, but don't let that get you down!



The Caretaker – We cannot escape the past
Ruth Etting – Love me or leave me
Ray Noble & his Orchestra - Midnight the stars and you
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – It’s easier said than done
Sam Mayo – Things are worse in Russia
Jack Sheedy’s Dixieland Band – Gambler’s Blues
Robert Johnson – 32-20 Blues
Mighty Sparrow – The queen’s canary
Cliff ‘Ukelele Ike’ Edwards – I ain’t got nobody
Unkown Prisoner – Lonesome Blues
Hank Williams – Ramblin’ man (weirdly pitched version)
Bukka White – High fever blues
Fred McDowell – 36-61 Highway
Jean Mpia – Tembele
Rizeli Kemençeci Sadik – Maçka Sarkisi
Alabama Sacred Harp Convention – Sherburne ‘59
Calamity Jane – Row row row your boat

Dust them ol' songs off HERE