Vintage Jazz (Discs 1-2)

Disc: 1

1. My Funny Valentine - Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers

2. Free for All - Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers

3. Oh, Lady Be Good - Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Sonny Stitt

4. What's New? - Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Sonny Stitt

5. There Is No Greater Love - Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Sonny Stitt

6. Angel Eyes - Wynton Marsalis

Disc: 2

1. Earl's Pearl - Earl Hines

2. If It's True - Earl Hines

3. Rosetta - Earl Hines

4. Prelude to a Kiss - Teddy Wilson

5. Take the "A" Train - Buddy Rich

6. I'll Never Be the Same - Buddy Rich

7. Latin Silk - Buddy Rich

8. Crazy She Calls Me - Kai Winding

9. Boy Next Door - Kai Winding

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Average customer rating: Not for children Not hte best cd to buy Disney a wee bit on acid. Alternating dark , melancholy and wistful, good but for grown-ups only Really good stuff

Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films Betty Carter Manufacturer: A&M ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music 1980s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Contemporary R&B | R&B | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Jazz Funk | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Styles | Music Compilations | Children's Music | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music 1980-1989 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Simply Mad About the Mouse Weird Nightmare - Meditations on Mingus September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill O Mickey, Where Art Thou? Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter ASIN: B000002GFM Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Hi Diddle Dee Dee (An Actor's Life For Me)/Little April Shower... - Ken Nordine, Bill Frisell, Wayne Horvitz, Natalie
2. Baby Mine - Bonnie Raitt & Was (Not Was)
3. Heigh Ho (The Dwarfs Marching Song) - Tom Waits
4. Stay Awake/Little Wooden Head/Blue Shadows... - Suzanne Vega, Bill Firsell, Wayne Horvitz
5. Castle In Spain/I Wonder - Buster Poindexter & The Banchees Of Blue , YMA Sum
6. Mickey Mouse March - Aaron Neville
7. Feed The Birds/Whistle While You Work/I'm Wishing... - Garth Hudson, NRBQ, Betty Carter, The Replacements
8. Someday My Prince Will Come - Sinead O'Connor
9. Pink Elephants On Parade/Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah - Sun Ra & His Arkestra, Harry Nilsson
10. Second Star To The Right - James Taylor
11. Desolation Theme/When You Wish Upon A Star - Ken Nordine, Bill Frisell, Wayne Horvitz, Ringo St

Customer Reviews:

Not for children.......2007-04-22

This was produced by Hal Willner at A&M in 1989 when Willner was 31. Willner has also produced albums for Marianne Faithfull, Lou Reed, Bill Frisell, William S. Burroughs, Gavin Friday, Lucinda Williams and Allen Ginsberg, among others. So it should be no surprise that this album is an eclectic mix and highly theatrical in concept. Several reviewers have criticized the use of medleys, but a great many Disney songs have only one verse and a chorus, which makes it difficult to make a full length cut, hence the medleys. It's an album that has aged very well and bears many repeat listenings. Tom Waits, Harry Nilsson,Suzanne Vega, Bonnie Raitt, Los Lobos, Betty Carter,Sinead O'Connor, James Taylor, Yma Sumac, and narration by Ken Nordine. It sounds as though it should be a real mess, but Willner has put it together so it not only makes sense but is more than the sum of its parts.

Not hte best cd to buy.......2007-04-02

I have bought several Disney cd's like this one and this is my least favorite. Some of the arrangements I feel could scare a young child, like Hey Diddley Dee. The one that I do enjoy is the title song...It is very much the mother's lullaby being sung acapello.

Disney a wee bit on acid........2006-06-09

What an eclectic grouping of artists that came together to make this work. The absolute best Disney tribute CD that adults will probably enjoy more than the children. Sinead deliberatly sings an entire song off key until the last note and it's perfect. There are wonderfull songs that you would expect, but with Tom Waits in the mix you must expect some "oddness". Overall a great CD. 5 Stars easy.

Alternating dark , melancholy and wistful, good but for grown-ups only.......2006-05-16

I found that listening to this work end to end is going to put you in some peculiar moods. The overall feeling is definitely downbeat, even the up-tempo songs have a decidedly ironic and dark bent. My favorite song in this album has to be the exceptionally soulful rendering of "Baby Mine" by Bonnie Raitt; it turns the sentimental mother-child ballad into something more on the romantic side. I have often slow-danced this one with the wife, and you can really feel a hot intensity under the surface of this number. James Taylor's "Second Star To The Right" is exceptionally wistful in his trademark style. Sun Ra's cover of "Pink Elephants" remains true to the original while retaining the peculiar spacy Sun-Ra vibe. One of the more "accessible" Sun-Ra performances I've ever heard.

Tom Waits and Ken Nordine are commanding presences as well. The Tom Waits version of "Hi-Ho" made my wife's imagination conjure nightmare images of murderous doings in Gacy's basement; it creeps her out so badly, she refuses to hear one note of it. I prefer to imagine the dwarves in manic, Fred C. Dobbs-like pursuit of their underground treasure, working too fast in a mine full of hazards and fearsome environments... with a workplace like that, it's no wonder they'd really appreciate a Snow White coming into their lives. Perfect music if you are on your way to a job you hate...

I agree the Sinead O'Connor piece (Someday My Prince Will Come) and Suzanne Vega "Stay Awake" tracks are here mostly for their postmodern ironic effect, and I find them hard to listen to with patience. In Sinead's case, the shock value of her performance of this particular song choice gets dulled over time as people forget who she is and why her singing this is supposed to be funny.

The Nordine pieces, which bookend the album, really demand good headphones for best appreciation, and reward repeated listening. Cruising thru quotes of ee cummings, with puzzling snatches of what seems to be an audio montage of soundtrack clips from old Disney park attractions, and other spooky imagery, he conjures up a tour thru a darkened, haunted vault of musty film cans and ragged posters, the perfect place for an adult to look back on childhood perceptions and potentials and compare his youthful fantasies with the cold realities and incomplete goals and disappointments of old age. Pretty heavy stuff. Yet it manages to finish, if not upbeat, still, with a sense that we still have time left to wring meaning from our pasts, and to put ourselves on a path to personal redemption.

The whole album leaves me with this kind of feeling, as if I have passed unscathed thru something more dark and dangerous than I really understood, and survived to come out into sunlight on the other side. Like the old "dark ride" rollercoaster attractions of Disney's park, you will want to experience the ordeal of getting scared and surviving it again and again.

Really good stuff.......2006-04-28

I picked this up on CD when it was first released and I was in college, it was always one of my dirty pleasures packed next to harder, grungier, and/or funkier stuff. Well, most of the other stuff has not stood the test of time too well, but Stay Awake still comes out every once in a while. Like the earlier reviewer, I frequently sing my daughters to sleep with Blue Shadows on the Trail ala Syd Straw, and my 2 year old has taken to singing along with me. My one complaint is the medley style of the tracks... some tunes rate an individual track, while other tracks might have three or four tunes faded together. Plenty of different styles on here to satisfy a wide variety of tastes, but it's the purer and more sentimental ones that have always stuck with me. I strongly disagree with the reviewer who thinks Aaron Neville was trying to sex up the Mickey Mouse Club march, I've always felt that his version is laced more with plaintive nostalgia than anything prurient. I've always wished that somebody would put together a Stay Awake 2, but if that means Jessica Simpson gets called in to remake Hakuna Matata, I'll pass.

Average customer rating: Simply Wonderful

The Vintage Years Bing Crosby Manufacturer: Jsp Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Tin Pan Alley | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Box Sets | Stores | Music Classic Vocalists | Broadway & Vocalists | Box Sets | Stores | Music Vocal Pop & Oldies | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: Good & Rare, Vol. 2 Good & Rare Going My Way: Bing Crosby and American Culture Bing and Bob A Musical Autobiography ASIN: B000O591CY Release Date: 2007-05-15

Tracks:

1. Please
2. Here Lies Love
3. Some Of These Days
4. With All My Heart
5. One, Two Button Your Shoe
6. And So Do I
7. Let's Call A Heart A Heart
8. On The Beach At Waikiki
9. Smiles
10. Remember Me
11. Smarty
12. Can I Forget You
13. Where Or When
14. Have You Got Any Castles Baby
15. Sweet Little You
16. The Moon Got In My Eyes
17. Whispers In The Dark
18. Josephine
19. Marie
20. The Folks Who Live On The Hill
21. When You Wore A Tulip
22. If It's The Last Thing I Do
23. The Moon Got In My Eyes
24. I Don't Want To Get Well
25. There's A Girl In The Heart Of Maryland
26. Can I Forget You
27. I Still Love To Kiss You Goodnight
28. When You Dream About Hawaii

Tracks:

1. If It's The Last Thing I Do
2. Once In Awhile
3. The Lonesome Road
4. Sweet Stranger
5. Swingin' Down The Lane
6. She's Tall, She's Tan, She's Terrific
7. Once In Awhile
8. That Old Feeling
9. Rosalie
10. Remember Me
11. You're A Sweetheart
12. Birth Of The Blues
13. This Is My Night To Dream
14. On The Sentimental Side
15. Pale Venetian Moon
16. You're A Sweetheart
17. Show Me The Way To Go Home
18. You Took The Words Right Out Of My Heart
19. Rosalie
20. The Dipsy Doodle
21. On The Sentimental Side
22. Moonlight Bay
23. I See Your Face Before Me
24. Gypsy Love Song
25. Thanks For The Memory
26. Gypsy In My Soul
27. You're A Sweetheart
28. My Heart Stood Still
29. Side By Side
30. An Old Flame Never Dies
31. Sympathy

Tracks:

1. Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie
2. Liza
3. Old Buttermilk Sky
4. Gotta Get Me Somebody To Love
5. Connecticut
6. Huggin' And Chalkin'
7. I've Got You Under My Skin
8. Tearbucket Jim
9. And So To Bed
10. Over The Rainbow
11. Love Somebody
12. Rambling Rose
13. For Me And My Gal
14. Who
15. Embraceable You
16. Confess
17. The Donovans
18. Katrina
19. I Don't Care
20. Ma, He's Making Eyes At Me
21. Maybe It's Because
22. Sam's Song
23. Get Happy
24. I Cross My Fingers
25. Mona Lisa
26. Goodnight Irene
27. All My Love
28. Tzena, Tzena, Tzena
29. Friendly Star
30. High On The List
31. Pretty Baby

Tracks:

1. Start Off Each Day With A Song
2. Medley: I Surrender Dear/I'm Crosby The Well Dressed Man/Blue Skies
3. Medley: Start Off Each Day With A Song/I'm The Guy Who Found The Lost Chord/The Song's Gotta Come From The Heart/Parlez-Moi D'Amour/The Song's Gotta Come From The Heart
4. Medley: Start Off Each Day With A Song/Where The Blue Of The Night
5. Crosby & Durante's Campaign Song (Come On Out)
6. Medley: Mr. Gallagher And Mr. Shean/Whatever Happened To Vaudeville?/While Strolling Through The Park/The Autolite Song/Rexall Drugs Song
7. Chicabee-Ch-Ch (Yah-Yah-Yah)
8. Medley: Start Off Each Day With A Song/It's Not His Mind, It's His Music
9. Bing Thanks Gertrude Niesen And Jimmy Durante
10. Medley: Where The Blue Of The Night/A Gal In Calico
11. And The It's Heaven
12. Uncle Remus Said
13. How Are Things In Clocca Morra
14. Feudin' And Fightin'
15. I'll Dance At Your Wedding
16. As Long As I'm Dreaming

Customer Reviews:

Simply Wonderful.......2007-06-05

Taken from radio shows commencing with Disk A, between 1932-37, this 4 disk set offers a tuneful delight of Crosby renditions of songs of the era. Some of the songs on these disks are not generally available on other Crosby collections, and are a treasure for those who appreciate the artistry of Bing Crosby. It contains jazz, ballads and duets, and features such bands as Jimmy Dorsey, John Scott Trotter and others.

Average customer rating: Just a great album Boring, But Still MF WoW Of all the MF recordings, this is one of them... New Vintage - Maynard Ferguson

New Vintage Maynard Ferguson Manufacturer: Wounded Bird Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Disco | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Funk | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: Carnival Primal Scream M.F. Horn, Vol. 1 Conquistador Maynard Ferguson ASIN: B0002FHCN6 Release Date: 2004-07-06

Tracks:

1. Star Wars (Main Title)
2. Oasis
3. Maria [From West Side Story]
4. Vuelo (The Flight)
5. Scheherazade
6. Airegin

Customer Reviews:

Just a great album.......2005-10-24

New Vintage is one that will drive one to play over and over. The arrangements , music and talent that are on this album is just amazing! If one likes jazz, this one's for you.

Boring, But Still MF.......2005-08-31

This CD was one of the series of 70's releases from Maynard Ferguson that was loaded with great solos by the Boss and little else.

I recall thinking at the time how much the material on New Vintage sounded like the Conquistador release.

Maria is interesting and MF does a superb job with it but it ends up going nowhere.

Airegin is a great Mike Abene tune played very well.

Scheherazade with disco beats? Please! Despite the upper register playing from MF, this tune does nothing for the overall presentation.

If you're looking for a good MF CD to add to your collection, keep shopping.

But if you buy it, you WILL enjoy MF's playing (and hopefully you will enjoy some 70's style arrangements, too).

WoW.......2005-04-22

Well, well well, I have got to declare that this album contains all that whitehot Ferguson firepower that us devotees have come to expect, and more!!! Maynard really unleashes the full hi-chops artillery. Some fans might be offended by the blatant porny sounding arrangements, however, for my pure MF listening pleasure, Scherezade is top shelf (listen out for Maynard's backing babes and the 'stylish' MF violin cadenza at the start), Oasis is smooth ecstasy, and as for the second half of Maria, BAM! As for Star Wars, I think George Lucas should really consider making Maynard an honourary Jedi and use him on the upcoming film, Episode III. Finally, the CD cover art is the epitome of MF in his full glory. CHECK IT OUT!

Buy this MFGOLD Now!!!

Of all the MF recordings, this is one of them..........2005-04-01

Many of us who play trumpet learned by playing along with MF and Mangione records in the seventies. There is some overly commercial stuff here, but Airegin is worth the price of the CD. It is an old Slide Hampton chart, and Peter Erskine's drumming here rivals Buddy Rich even on a good day. Mike Migliore and Biff Hannon solo as if they'd been stuck playing disco for the whole rest of the session (I wonder why). It is also nice to hear MF come in on lead trumpet during the "shout chorus" before the A section at the end. And Erskine's last last seven notes are incredibly hip.

New Vintage - Maynard Ferguson.......2004-08-28

Maynard Ferguson's "New Vintage" dates from 1977, around the middle of his contract with Columbia Records. His Columbia recordings were very pop oriented and extremely successful commercially, though when heard today are clearly a product of their time. Ferguson released one album per year and then toured the world, often performing in high school auditoriums and encouraging jazz education with an extremely exciting 12-piece band.

Ferguson's Columbia recordings fall into three vague periods. The first set, from "Alive and Well in London" (1969) to "Chameleon" (1974), featured a vicious band performing both straight-ahead and jazz-rock fusion charts recorded in real-time. His middle period, from "Primal Scream" (1975) to "New Vintage" (1977) incorporated studio musicians and guest soloists and
used extensive studio technique and signal processing. "Conquistidor" (1976) even yielded a top-40 hit, the theme from "Rocky." The recordings from the final period, from "Carnival" (1978) to "Hollywood" (1981), are a mixed bag, often betraying the strain for commercial acceptability, including more obligatory movie/TV themes (Rocky II, Battlestar Galactica), rigid pop covers (Baker Street, Star, 9-to-5), strange hybrid charts featuring background vocals (How Ya Doin' Baby, Toma Topa Woman), some excellent originals (Carnival, Spirit of St. Fredrick, Dayride) and a few straight-ahead standard gems (Aregin, Stella by Starlight, Naima).

"New Vintage" hails from the middle period and has a more cohesive band sound than the studio constructions of "Conquistidor" or "Primal Scream." All but one of the six charts were arranged by Jay Chattaway, who began his career writing for the U.S. Navy and followed his 70's band arranging work with a very successful film/TV scoring career, including hours of music for all the reincarnations of the Star Trek TV series. His moderately funky and accessible arrangements and compositions define the sound of "Primal Scream," "Conquistidor," and "New Vintage."

"New Vintage" follows the formula of "Conquistidor" almost track for track. "Star Wars" has pop hit written all over it, although it did not achieve the chart status of "Rocky." "Oasis" is the smooth brother of "Mister Mellow." A funky "Maria" equals "Star Trek" all the way to the freakish triple-high C nestled in the fade-out of the song. "El Vuelo" is an ersatz Spanish composition
similar to "Conquistidor." "Scheherazade" is a pop-funk classical adaptation in the mold of "Pagliacci" (from "Primal Scream"). "Aregin" is the odd-man out, a frantic traditional bop arrangement by Mike Abene that sounds especially clean with the album's dry production style and make you long for Ferguson's halcyon days with Stan Kenton's band in the early 50's.

While Ferguson's playing lacks the superhuman clarity of his work in the early 50's (he was 48 years old at the time of the recording), in some ways his lyrical tendencies mesh better with the soft-funk of "New Vintage" than the traditional jazz he pursued immediately before and after his Columbia days. The soloists are excellent, including a young Peter Erskine, saxophonist Mark Colby, flautist Bobby Militello and saxophonist Mike Migliore. Most of the sidemen were Ferguson's live band and given the passion and virtuosity they displayed in concert, it is a shame that their talent is often masked by the production technique and intentionally lukewarm scoring.

For those of us band geeks that came of age during this period, those high notes conjure happy memories of band trips and jazz festivals. While Ferguson's best Columbia recordings are, arguably, the early 70's MF-Horn series, none of those recordings are yet available on CD. The three mid-70's recordings have their own charm for those willing to take the time trip, and "New Vintage" may be the best of the bunch.

Average customer rating: quickly up to the top of my fav's Great CD But Not Just Chill Tracks Music for Wine Lovers Excellent relaxing songs

Vintage Chill, Vol. 1: Spring Various Artists Manufacturer: Kriztal Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Acid Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Vintage Chill, Vol. 2: Summer Vintage Chill, Vol. 3: Autumn Vintage Chill, Vol. 4: Winter Elemental Chill 3: Air Chillounge ASIN: B00008BRCU Release Date: 2003-04-22

Tracks:

1. El Mensaje - Audio Lotion
2. Luz Que Brilhia - Afrit
3. Truth, Simplicity & Love - Soulstance
4. Flying High on Borrowed Wings - Sven van Hees
5. Bossa No. 5 - RioListic
6. Aurora - Kaoru Inoue presents Chari Chari
7. Wise Up - The Verbrilli Sound
8. Let's Stay Inside - Ivy
9. Flight Over Rio - TIMAX
10. Candy Floss Swirl - Peter Charles
11. Inspiraiao - Praful
12. Music To Watch Girls - Hoxton Twat

Album Description

In the world of chillout there is no better time to listen to music than when you relax with a glass of wine. Vintage Chill Volume 1. Spring has been compiled precisely with that in mind. In keeping with Kriztal's global approach to music, they have compiled the very best of the current crop of chillout tracks representing artists from Tokyo to Vancouver, Milan to Miami. The Spring volume, compiled to reflect the mood of the season, is designed to slowly renew your senses and deliver you into a mood that's just getting going.

So find a friend or two, uncork your favorite vintage and drink a toast to the coming of warmer weather, April showers and the promise of the budding fruit in the vineyards.

Customer Reviews:

quickly up to the top of my fav's.......2006-04-14

I have over 50 CD's now, containing the Hotel Costes series, Cafe Del Mar, Private Lounge, and many many more. This CD has quickly become one of my top favorite CD's to listen to - at anytime during the day - it's incredible. I have this CD right next to, or even just one point higher than Serve Chilled 3, which is the absolute Pinnacle of Electronica.

Great CD But Not Just Chill Tracks.......2006-01-30

Not that all the tracks aren't intriguing, interesting, fun, or even brilliant but note that some tracks are closer to bossa nova/trip hop than straight 'chill,' or just easy samba - nothing wrong with that but you will have to mix/shuffle the tracks a little.

Music for Wine Lovers.......2003-08-01

This is a unique take on the downtempo, chillout genre. Kudos to the record label for thinking of this concept. Favorite songs - Bossa No. 5, Music to Watch Girls By (God help me, I remember the original version!).

Excellent relaxing songs.......2003-05-14

I first heard this album at a friend's home. He was playing it during dinner. The songs blended perfectly with the overall mood of the evening. I've since bought mt own copy and can't get enough of "Vintage Chill". Last Tango in Paris by Gotan Oroject and Please Lord by Steve Austeen are both standout tracks. Can't wait for volume 2!

Average customer rating: the most beautiful voice of America Annette Hanshaw Is a Gem!!! Incredible "They don't singem like this no more" I absolutely adore Annette Hanshaw!

Lovable & Sweet: 25 Vintage Hits Annette Hanshaw Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Cabaret | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Tin Pan Alley | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Ten Cents a Dance Flappers, Vamps And Sweet Young Things It Wa So Beautiful: Annette Hanshaw's Last Recordi Boop-Boop-A-Doop: 27 Original Mono Recordings 1928-1951 Twenties Sweetheart ASIN: B000001HK2 Release Date: 1997-05-20

Tracks:

1. Blackbottom
2. Six Feet Of Papa
3. Falling In Love With You
4. Do, Do, Do
5. Ev'reything's Made For Love
6. Ain't He Sweet?
7. Here Or There
8. Nothin'
9. You Wouldn't Fool Me, Would You?
10. That's You, Baby
11. Big City Blues
12. Pagan Love Song
13. Ua Like No A Like
14. Lovable And Sweet
15. The Right Kind Of Man
16. Telling It To The Daisies
17. Little White Lies
18. Body And Soul
19. Would You Like To Take A Walk?
20. Walkin' My Baby Back Home
21. Ho Hum!
22. Fit As A Fiddle
23. Moon Song
24. We Just Couldn't Say 'Goodbye'
25. Let's Fall In Love

Customer Reviews:

the most beautiful voice of America.......2006-02-16

This ist the first time that I am hearing Annette Hanshaw.I guess she was the most beautiful voice in the roarings 20's and 30's.Good days those days! The people in America was the happiest in the world because they had a nice girl with a marvelous voice. Annette, I love you!

Annette Hanshaw Is a Gem!!!.......2005-10-30

I find Annette Hanshaw's singing incredible. Did she have a great voice? It doesn't matter to me because she is so easy to listen to and one CD wasn't enough for me. While this is a superb collection and I love ASV/Living Era's array of splendid music from the 20s and 30s, I still needed more of Annette's recordings. What a pity that she stopped recording in 1934. Her 78s have been found and put on CDs and they sound fantastic because of the feeling she puts into her singing. This is an especially good one to be introduced to her music since it has a bit of all her recordings from 1926-1934. I easily give it five stars. I prefer her over Ruth Etting and that says a lot!!!

Incredible.......2005-10-16

It was shocking to hear how perfect the vocalization of Lovable and Sweet is. The sound quality is incredible. The musicality is stellar. Simply astounding.

"They don't singem like this no more".......2005-10-10

This CD from the fine works of Annette Hanshaw is a real piece of Americana!The soothing voice of this 30's star comes across crisp and clear. Most folks my age (51) don't have a clue who even Annette was and thats fine because most my age don't have a clue about what real music is either. It's no wonder that Annette was known as a Band Leader's Dream the way that she could blend right in with the music. The days of singers like Annette Hanshaw,Connee Boswell,Jo Stafford and Helen Forest are gone forever.The Pop Music of today has nothing to offer and I mean nothing! The only way to hear good music today is to go back into the arcives of time and hold on to what will never again be duplicated! Treat yourself to some of the finest singing ever recorded-Annette Hanshaw!
"Enjoy" Joe Kopeck

I absolutely adore Annette Hanshaw!.......2005-09-17

This was one of the first early jazz albums I ever bought. I can't even remember why I bought this over others, but I am really very glad I did...she has such a lovely voice for such a young girl and a very mature voice also. Just listening to these recordings has taught me so much about the "voice" of the 1920s and inspired my work as a singer (ok, ok, so I'm just in the school choir, but hey, there's nothing wrong with busting out the 20s trills once in awhile!! :D) Anyways, I would definitely recommend this album for anyone who wants to get into 1920s jazz/pop/tinpan, its a really excellent album, although when you hear other albums like it you are dreadfully disappointed that the singer doesnt sound like Annette Hanshaw!!

Average customer rating: LOVE IT!! can't get bored of it Bright and bubbly like a wine cooler

Vintage Chill, Vol. 2: Summer Various Artists Manufacturer: Kriztal Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Vintage Chill, Vol. 1: Spring Vintage Chill, Vol. 3: Autumn Vintage Chill, Vol. 4: Winter Elemental Chill, Vol. 2: Earth Elemental Chill 4: Water ASIN: B00009QG5I Release Date: 2003-07-08

Tracks:

1. At The Beach - Minus 8
2. Summer Sun - Koop feat. Yukimi Nagano
3. Ramiro's Theme - Buscemi
4. No Adianta - Trio Mocot
5. Leaving Monte Carlo - Physics
6. Rhein-Main - Lago
7. Liberation Front - Thievery Corporation
8. Roadster - Charles Afton
9. Cuidado - Cuica
10. Sunny - DJ Nob Tee
11. Lailove - The Maxwell Implosion
12. Querida Vida - Browntempo
13. Spanish Grease (Dorfmeister Con Madrid De Los Austrias Muga Reserva Mix) - Willie Bobo
14. Carolina - Seu Jorge

Album Description

Volume 2 in the popular Vintage Chill series ,"Music for Wine Lovers", Summer, has a warm, outdoor feeling with plenty of Latin-infused rhythms to put you in the party mood. Scene: The terrace overlooks the vineyard in full fruit, the sun is hot, the wine is chilled and flowing, your guests are relaxed but the music is contagious and there is a wonderful sway in the crowd...

Volume 2 continues in the Kriztal tradition of bringing you the some of the hottest new tracks as well as some recent favorites from all over the world. From Milan to Rio de Janeiro, Malmö, Sweden to Washington, DC, Zürich to Tokyo, Kriztal once again conjours up a meritage of international scope, a joyous nod to the pulse of global beats.

Go ahead, uncork a crisp Pinot Grigio and let the good times begin!

Customer Reviews:

LOVE IT!!.......2004-09-27

I love listening to this album while cooking, hanging out with friends, having supper, etc. etc. I never get sick of it. It's just such a fun album!!! If you like St-Germain' Tourist album and Moby's first album you'll love this one.

can't get bored of it.......2004-04-08

This is the only album in my collection that I listen to on a regular basis without ever getting bored of. I FF one or two tracks generally, but this is one heck an album that goes down great at a cocktail party. In fact, I've never, until now, bothered to write anything about an album. highly recommended.

Bright and bubbly like a wine cooler.......2003-07-19

Even better than Volume One - "Spring". Vintage Chill "Summer" is very breezy and upbeat. Chill music with a decidedly Latin feel to it. Recommended for everyone who enjoys listening to music while at the beach or relaxing in a hammock in the backyard. Best tracks - "At the Beach", "Summer Fun", and "Roadster". Also enjoyed the Theivery Corporation song "Liberation Front", it is a good change of pace. Can't wait to hear Vintage Chill Fall.

Average customer rating: Music that makes you smile Worth the waiting

The Park Avenue Hillbillie Sings Feudin' & Fightin' Dorothy Shay Manufacturer: Vintage Jazz Band ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Here's Dorothy Shay Park Avenue Hillbillies and West End Cowboys Phil Harris - His Original & Greatest Hits The Queen ASIN: B000056KXD Release Date: 2001-01-30

Tracks:

1. Feudin' and Fightin'
2. Say That We Are Sweethearts Again
3. Flat River Missouri
4. Mountain Girl
5. Uncle Fud
6. Efficiency
7. I'm in Love With a Married Man
8. I've Been to Hollywood
9. Style to Which I Am Accustomed
10. Just a Friendly Feeling
11. With a Little Indiscretion on the Side
12. It's the Little Things That Count
13. Agnes Clung
14. Drainpipe Song
15. Mountain Lullaby
16. Old Apple Tree
17. Love Isn't Born (It's Made)
18. Joan of Arkansas
19. Since Mother Was a Girl
20. Grandpa's Gettin' Younger Everyday
21. No Ring on Her Finger
22. Why Don't Someone Marry Mary-Ann
23. Feudin' and Fightin' - Bing Crosby, Groucho Marx, , Dorothy Shay

Customer Reviews:

Music that makes you smile.......2007-05-27

I discovered Miss Shay as a boy in the late 1950's when I found a 78 rpm album a family member owned. My reaction has not change 50 years later-the songs are funny little commentaries on life and love and "sophisticated" despite being from the 1940's. Don't be fooled by the moniker "Park Avenue Hillbilly" because the backround orchestration is a dance band setting, not fiddles and gee-tars. Enjoy! There is very little duplication of the tracks contained on the recent Sepia lable CD.

Worth the waiting.......2007-01-14

Finally a substantial collection of Dorothy Shay's songs. The sound quality is great and most of my favorite comedy songs are here. Every since I wore out my mother's 78's of "Agnes Clung" and "It's the Little Things That Count", I hoped that Dorothy Shay's musical humor would be reissued in a quality package, and now it's happened. The collection, "Park Avenue Hillbillies and West End Cowboys" did a good job of remastering but only about half of the songs on it were Dorothy Shay's. This has a lot more of the most popular songs she sang. A treat for anyone who enjoys combining good music and good humor.

Average customer rating: A delight for the ears and eyes old time magic. People Music for Real People Phenomenal! If you want to hear "fiddle" music don't buy this!

Folks, He Sure Do Pull Some Bow! Vintage Fiddle Music 1927-1935: Blues, Jazz, Stomps, Shuffles & Rags Big Bill Broonzy , Charlie Pierce , Andrew Baxter , Clifford Hayes , Bubbling-Over Five , Memphis Jug Band , Mississippi Sheiks , Peg Leg Howell , Frank Stokes , Big Joe Williams , and Agusto Abreu Manufacturer: Old Hat Records / Enterprises ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chicago Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Delta Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Memphis Blues | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Acoustic Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Piano | Blues | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Folk | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Violin, Sing The Blues For Me: African-American Fiddlers 1926-1949 Music From The Lost Provinces: Old-Time Stringbands From Ashe County, North Carolina & Vicinity 1927-1931 Good For What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Shows 1926-1937 The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of Old-Time Fiddle Tunes And Songs From North Georgia ASIN: B000058TAS Release Date: 2001-03-27

Tracks:

1. Rukus Juice And Chittlin' - Memphis Jug Band
2. The Jazz Fiddler - Walter Jacobs And Lonnie Carter
3. Moanin' And Groanin' Blues - "Peg Leg" Howell And His Gang
4. Dance Hall Shuffle - Clifford Hayes' Louisville Stompers
5. My Four Reasons - Banjo Ikey Robinson And His Bull Fiddle Band
6. Wild Cow Blues - Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers
7. Knox County Stomp - Tennessee Chocolate Drops
8. Rustlin' Man - State Street Boys
9. Sister Maud Mule - Alec Johnson
10. G Rag - Georgia Yellow Hammers
11. Throw Me In The Alley - Peetie Wheatstraw And His Blue Blowers
12. If You Can't Make It Easy, Sweet Mama - Dixieland Jug Blowers
13. Bunker Hill Blues - Frank Stokes
14. I Got A Gal - James Cole's String Band
15. Sweet To Mama - State Street Boys
16. Doctor Medicine - South Memphis Jug Band
17. Cabo Verdranos Peca Nove - Abrew's Portuguese Instrumental Trio
18. Worried Man Blues - Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers
19. Georgia Crawl - Henry Williams And Eddie Anthony
20. Good Old Turnip Greens - Bo Chatman
21. Memphis Stomp - The Blue Boys
22. Get Up Off That Jazzophone - The Bubbling-Over Five
23. Rukus Juice Shuffle - Alabama Rascals
24. Lazy Lazy River - Mississippi Sheiks

Amazon.com's Best of 2001

A fantastic collection of old-time music, "Folks, He Sure Do Pull Some Bow!" captures vintage fiddle music at that rare crossroads where the blues, jazz, and something that would one day be called folk were all in their infancy. For fiddle virtuosos performing between 1927 and 1935, quite simply, anything goes. Banjo Ikey Robinson's red hot "My Four Reasons" swings with humor and pizzazz, the State Street Boys' "Rustlin' Man" features the down-and-out blues vocals and fiddling of Big Bill Broonzy , and the Mississippi Sheiks' jazzy, but blues-inspired "Lazy Lazy River" musically straddles both sides of the Mason Dixon Line. For many listeners, the more esoteric tracks will stick out: Bo Chatman (a.k.a. double-entendre blues king Bo Carter) is heard fiddling behind Alec Johnson's goofy vocals on "Sister Maud Mule" (and in the spotlight on his own "Good Old Turnip Greens"); the Georgia Yellow Hammers' "G Rag" is the product of a then-rare integrated recording session; and Abrew's Portuguese Instrumental Trio performs "Cabo Verdranos Peca Nove" with incredible fiddling on what must be one of the first attempts at a crossover world-music disc. It's all here--great remastering, in-depth liner notes, and wonderful playing. Each release from Old Hat--Violin, Sing the Blues for Me and Music from the Lost Provinces--feels definitive, and this gem is certainly no different. --Jason Verlinde

Album Description

"Beautifully assembled, meticulously annotated, Folks is yet another striking contribution by Old Hat to the reassessment, if not the rewriting, of blues history. This is wonderfully unexpected music which refuses to conform to any of the accepted conventions of 12-bar blues. It should serve as a reminder of why the world continues to be drawn to this music, described by early observers as something unaccountably wild and strange. Folks restores some of that wildness, strangeness, and incalculable beauty." Peter Guralnick - author Careless Love, Searching For Robert Johnson, Last Train To Memphis

"I love this CD. So much so that I am jealous and wish that I had done it!" Lawrence Cohn - producer American Odeon's Blind Willie McTell box set, Columbia/Legacy's Roots N' Blues Series

Customer Reviews:

A delight for the ears and eyes.......2007-01-04

Old Hat Records always goes the extra mile to present incredibly rare sides from vintage 78s. The sound quality is top-notch, and the generous booklet is packed with equally rare photography, highly-informative notes and thorough documentation.

There are lots of reissues of early recordings, but all the offerings from Old Hat are head and shoulders above the rest.

Sure, the pirates of the world can probably find this material in MP3 format, but despicable thievery aside, they're missing out on the complete package. The music combined with the ample booklet is the true prize. The true value is owning this release, holding it in your hand: listening, reading, viewing the rare photos.

Whether you're a hard-core collector or occasional enthusiast of early recordings of Jazz and Blues, you'll enjoy this truly superlative production.

old time magic........2006-12-26

a wonderful disc of old time fiddle/violin recordings. pianos, guitars, banjos, and vocals also are present on a 24 set of songs that all old time music lovers should possess.

People Music for Real People.......2006-07-27

Inspired by my recent review of Sam Ku West's cd of Hawaiian steel guitar from 1927 and '28, and his version of Memphis Blues contained therein, I decided I need to review Violin, Sing the Blues for Me which contains a killer Memphis Blues by the Mobile Strugglers. Then of course I had to review this, its equally compelling companion disc.

This stuff is history-come-alive. There's a fun tidbit for those folks who still think the blues began with Robert Johnson. Check Wild Cow Blues by Joe Williams' Washboard Singers, recorded in 1935... before RJ's earliest sides. RJ obviously listened to, liked, and studied this side. RJ's iconic vocal phrasings come straight from here, but RJ had the better voice, thus pulling them off more powerfully.

Rukus Juice features some serious fiddling over a hopping groove. Moanin' and Groanin' Blues has the best humming this side of one of the better Grateful Dead Candymans.

You also get Lonnie Johnson. You may largely think of him as one of the best lyricists and guitarists (both 6 and 12-string) the blues have ever known, or as one of the primal jazz guitarists, but had Lonnie gotten tired of the guitar he could have taken Stephane Grappelli's place in the QHCF with little problem. His Memphis Stomp glides and swirls through time in rather astounding fashion. Pre-war Lonnie Johnson was THE MAN. I still don't understand why there isn't a complete boxset of him from 1925-1932. But I digress...

From slow blues drawl, to a track like Peetie Wheatstraw's Throw Me in the Alley, which would have made King Oliver proud. There's a lot of ground covered here, much of it great. Just try to hold still during Doctor Medicine by the South Memphis Jug Band!

The heart and soul of both this and "Violin, Sing..." are the people you probably never heard of. People who may have only recorded a few sides total, and have rarely if ever before been presented on cd. The few tracks by the famous greats can be heard elsewhere, so it's those largely forgotten by time who make this such a gift.

Phenomenal!.......2005-12-05

Well, I completely disagree with the negative review below, and I have a feeling that the gentleman who wrote it, who claims to be a mediocre picker of several instruments, will remain mediocre for his entire life. Fiddle and violin are not the same thing. As the old joke goes, the difference between the two is that you shouldn't spill beer on a violin.

To expect rural and traditional black fiddlers from the Depression to play fiddle like classically trained modern fiddlers like Mark O'Connor or Allison Krauss is like expecting your country Grandma to make Hazelnut-crusted filet of Chilean Seabass with a Pomegranate and Wasabi reduction for Sunday dinner, instead of pot roast and mashed potatoes. It's an absurd expectation. This is the music of real people. Many of these musicians undoubtedly farmed or did other backbreaking labor all week, taking their only joy from the music they'd play on the weekend. Their faithful listeners were in the same boat.

Remember that for many of these recordings, the concept of "jazz" hadn't been invented yet. Bluegrass, for that matter, wouldn't be invented for a couple more decades.

Anyone with a genuine appreciation for American traditional and folk music will love this album. Yes, some of the recording quality is a little bit rough (many of the songs sound like they're playing on an old turntable instead of on a CD), but it's completely listenable, not nearly as difficult to listen to as many other re-released gems from this era. Listen to it with an open mind, and after you've heard the first few tunes, your brain will automatically tune out the static (which is minimal to begin with).

This album is one of the more brilliant re-releases and collections from this era. Get an idea of what real people were listening to and playing in this time period. You'll thank yourself for giving it a try.

If you want to hear "fiddle" music don't buy this!.......2003-04-13

This is a review for normal people. If you are a fan of standard fiddle do not buy this CD. It is a bunch of badly recorded, half hearted, boring and sloppy songs thrown together on an overpriced CD. Save yourself $... or if you like this type of music just go buy some old Little Rascals episodes on DVD. Then you will get the same music you hear on this plus the bonus of the Little Rascals. Now I know why we think of Blues guitar players not fiddle players when this music is discussed. The other reviewers seem to think some of the names on this CD will be familiar to you. Don't believe them, unless names like "Abrew's Portuguese Instrumental Trio" or "Dixieland Jug Blowers" are familiar to you. I am just hoping to prevent normal music lovers from stepping into this pile and losing $... like I did. I play banjo, fiddle, mandolin, dulcimer and guitar all badly, but I could get a gig with these bands and probably improve their sound. If you are the artsy type that digs this kind of stuff and you can't wait to grow a goatee, turn the lights down low, fill the room with smoke (oops, bad for your health), put your sunglasses on and crank this baby up; I hope you don't mind being stuck by yourself all the time because no one else is going to put up with this lousy music. Go find something with Chubby Wise in it if you want to hear some real fiddle playing. Help support some little known, up and coming fiddle players that need to buy food and pay rent with royalty checks by buying their music instead of making these labels, that get this junky music for free or almost free, super rich.

Average customer rating: ear candy terrific collection of early songs another great release from OLD HAT. Will Interest Lovers of Roots Music A total package

Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove of Vintage 78s 1926-1937 (Jewel Case) Uncle Dave Macon , Rev Gary Davis , Big Bill Broonzy , Stripling Brothers , Kokomo Arnold , Bill Johnson's Louisiana Jug Band , Long Cleve Reed , Down Home Boys , Blind Blake , and Ernest Stoneman Manufacturer: Old Hat Records / Enterprises ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chicago Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Acoustic Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Slide Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Harmonica Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Cowboy | Country | Styles | Music Old-Time Country | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans & Dixieland Jazz | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Dixieland | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Good For What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Shows 1926-1937 Music From The Lost Provinces: Old-Time Stringbands From Ashe County, North Carolina & Vicinity 1927-1931 The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of American Primitive, Vol. 2 Violin, Sing The Blues For Me: African-American Fiddlers 1926-1949 ASIN: B000GYHXYG Release Date: 2003-06-17

Tracks:

1. The Lost Child - Stripling Brothers
2. How You Want It Done? - Big Bill
3. The (New) Call Of The Freaks - Luis Russell & His Orchestra
4. The School House Fire - Dixon Brothers
5. Greenback Dollar - Weems String Band
6. You Got To Go Down - Blind Gary
7. The Old Ark's A'Moving - A.A. Gray And Seven-Foot Dilly
8. Runnin' Wild - James Cole's Washboard Four
9. Keep It Clean - Charley Jordan
10. Get The "L" On Down The Road - Bill Johnson's Louisiana Jug Band
11. I Got A Bulldog - Sweet Brothers & Ernest Stoneman
12. Old Hen Cackle - Colman & Harper
13. Song From A Cotton Field - Bessie Brown
14. Atlanta Bound - Gene Autry
15. Easy Rider Blues - Soileau And Robin
16. Hot Lips - Bill Brown And His Brownies
17. Uncle Dave's Beloved Solo - Uncle Dave Macon
18. Hastings Street - Blind Blake And Charlie Spand
19. Ain't That Trouble In Mind - Fields Ward & The Grayson County Railsplitters
20. Give The World A Smile - The Corley Family
21. Original Stack O'Lee Blues - Long Cleve Reed And Little Harvey Hull (Down Home Boys)
22. Hot Town - Fess Williams And His Royal Flush Orchestra
23. Paddlin' Blues - Gitfiddle Jim
24. Plow Boy Hop - Grinnell Giggers

Album Description

Declan McManus Pumps It Up. Joe Bussard. "He's an eccentric record collector who's preserved all sorts of magical corners of music - although he says things like, 'There are no good jazz records made after 1927.'" Elvis Costello - Esquire UK October 2005

"This is the music of poor whites and blacks: wild-ass jazz and string-band hillbilly, surreal yodels and king snake moans, lightning-bolt blues and whorehouse romps and orgasmic gospel. It's all anti-pop, anti-sentimental: the raw sounds of the city gutter and the roadside ditch." Desperate Man Blues by Eddie Dean - Da Capo Best Music Writing 2000

"Joe has spent more than 50 years pursuing his purpose with a single-mindedness bordering on mania. And his purpose is no less than collecting and preserving the vast wealth of American vernacular music that was recorded on fragile shellac discs during the early decades of this century." A Visit and Interview with Record Collector Joseph E. Bussard, Jr by Marshall Wyatt - Old-Time Herald Spring 1999 - oldhatrecords.com/BussardInt.html

24 Rare Gems From The King Of Record Collectors - String Bands, Blues, Jazz, Country, Cajun, Gospel. Profusely illustrated, 28-page full-color booklet includes biographical essay, fully annotated discography, and (online) firsthand accounts of Joe's record collecting adventures. 72 minutes of newly, digitally remastered music. Jewel case, second edition.

Album Description

Re-issued with new packaging, with a 28-page color booklet and offered a new low price. Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove Of Vintage 78s 1926-1937. The 24-track sampler is drawn from longtime radio broadcaster Bussard's fabled collection. The Frederick, MD-based Bussard is said to have more than 25,000 of the rarest early blues, jazz and country 78s, all meticulously catalogued in a basement-cum-vault beneath his house. The triple-fold release comes with a full-color, 72-page booklet filled with funny stories about Bussard's door-knocking searches for old shellac, more than 40 photos and complete annotation.

Customer Reviews:

ear candy.......2007-06-26

Sell your shoes cause your goin to heaven after you play this one! You can finally say you've heard it all. Top drawer assemblage of roots, blues, and just plain fun. Uncle Joe say it ain't so... give us another, PLEASE!

terrific collection of early songs.......2007-02-13

If you're interested in the history of US music, as I am, you'll find this a fine addition. Cleaned up as well as can be expected but still some hum & hiss...but not enough to be distracting.

another great release from OLD HAT........2006-12-26

everything i've ever bought on the old hat label has been fantastic, and this is no exception. a must have disc for fans of old time music. and if you have no old time music discs, this would be as good a place as any to start with. great sound and a variety of musical styles make this disc a complete winner.

Will Interest Lovers of Roots Music.......2006-07-15

A generous 24-track helping of some of record collector extraordinare Joe Bussard's favorites. The examples included run the gamut of early 20th centruy roots music ranging from Hillybilly music to Blues, Jazz, Jug Bands and beyond.

Sound quality is top notch -- these guys really know how to do 78-RPM transfers. Also Joe's records seem to be in excellent condition to begin with so not a lot of noise reduction is required. This is one of the very finest sounding discs of 78-RPM transfers that I have heard.

Packaging is also lavish with a 70 page booklet that contains annotations for each of the 24 tracks, and lots of interesting photos of vintage record labels and packaging, as well as several essays and stories about Joe's record collecting career. There's much of interest here for those who love Roots music.

A total package .......2006-02-04

I had not heard of Joe Bussard before this collection though I consider myself an avid music enthusiast and budding collector. After having heard this disc (and having read the extensive liner notes) I'm more than a little green with envy over Bussard's collection.

This disc collects some of Joe's personal favourites with names more familiar (Big Bill Broonzy, Gene Autry, Uncle Dave Macon) and some that will prove obscure to all but the most investigative record collectors (A.A. Gray and Seven-Foot Dilly, Fields Ward and the Grayson County Railsplitters, The Stripling Brothers). It's also cross-genre so if you only like country, or only blues, or only gospel, this will not be the collection for you.

Besides the songs themselves, which would be enough to make this a good buy, the packaging tells you a lot about WHO Bussard is (been collecting records since 12, once ran a pirate radio station), WHY he collects ("You ever smell the sleeves? They got that real funny wood smell to 'em.") along with some great stories about the "finds" he's made over the years. He's enough of a character that I'd love to watch the documentary about him. You also get brief bios for each of the performers included (a paragraph or two) as a nice bonus.

HIGHLIGHTS:
Twin fiddle workout "The Lost Child" has served as the radio theme for Bussard for years and I can see why. It's a keeper that alternates smooth fiddling with some nice staccato that implies the child might be "skipping" at play. Jazz-blues "The (New) Call of the Freaks" has an insistent chorus ("Stick out your cans/Here come the garbageman...") while Blind Gary (AKA Rev. Gary Davis) does a great gospel blues sermonette in "You Got to Go Down" ("You got to learn how to treat everybody/cuz you got to go down...ashes to ashes and dust to dust"). Charley Jordan's risque blues "Keep it Clean" is a standout as well. Autry's "Atlanta Bound" is far from the cheerful image of the man who sang "Rudolph": he's promising to kill the "rounder" who's dallying with his wife.

LOWS:
The only tune here I found unlistenable is the gratingly off-key family gospel tune "Give the World a Smile" by the Corley Family. Despite the nice sentimental lyric, I just couldn't stomach the singers themselves.

BOTTOM LINE:
If you have an interest in early music that's not restrictive to a single style, this is a very nice collection with some gems that would otherwise be lost.

Average customer rating: driving with the windows down to nowhere...and back

Vintage Chill, Vol. 4: Winter Various Artists Manufacturer: Kriztal Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Vintage Chill, Vol. 3: Autumn Vintage Chill, Vol. 2: Summer Vintage Chill, Vol. 1: Spring Elemental Chill 3: Air Elemental Chill 4: Water ASIN: B0000CDL6H Release Date: 2003-10-21

Tracks:

1. Misty Sunrise - Light 4 Lines
2. Wait Til You See Him (De-Phazz Remix) - Ella Fitzgerald
3. First Time Experiences (Povo Mix) - Emo
4. Jazzy June - Zion Lockwood feat. Matt Keegan
5. Barrio Beats - Michael Tello
6. Quiet Boy - Micatone
7. Sun Sleeper - Greg Long
8. Olympic Girls - Bobby Hughes Combination
9. It's Impossible - Le D feat. Rene Y Rene
10. La Femme C'est Mysterie - Pimp Daddy Nash
11. Where Would I Be (Sem Seu Amor) - Adani & Wolf feat. Praful
12. The Secret Loneliness - Nighthawks
13. Don't Give Up - Jody Watley
14. Slowburn - Max Melvin

Album Description

The Vintage Chill series comes full circle with the release of Volume 4 - Winter. Winter arrives signaling the end of the growing season and with it a time for celebration and reflection. Vintage Chill Winter covers both of these moods like a blanket of snow - the music is both relaxing and bubbly with the variety of rhythms and tempos that typify the Vintage Chill sound. This is the perfect year-end CD for quiet listening or as background while entertaining.

Track Highlights:

Jody Watley, one of the true dance divas of the 80's, covers Peter Gabriel's "Don't Give Up" - a gutsy move which Jody pulls off with an enchanting soulful vocal interpretation and a really sexy jazz/house groove backing her up.

While Ella needs no introduction, her timeless classic is remixed by Germany's own De-Phazz. De-Phazz brilliantly deconstructs "Wait Till You See Him" into a smoky, downtempo soundscape that retains the sweetness of Ella's vocals.

Hailing from Holland, Adani & Wolf have long been musical compatriots of Praful, a multi-talented saxophonist who is currently making waves at Smooth Jazz radio with his debut album. On "Where Will I Be (Sem Seu Amor)" Praful croons deliciously in Portuguese while laying down his smooth sax stylings to perfection.

Micatone, one of Germany's up-and-coming Nu Jazz artists, first appeared on the Vintage Chill Autumn collection and here they serve up a low-key and emotional track featuring the lovely vocals of Lisa Bassenge.

One of the most asked-about artists from our Elemental Chill series, Max Melvin delivers the appropriately titled "Slowburn", a soaring, string-laden chillout epic backed by congas and understated percussion that takes you on a romantic, lush, cinematic flight. Beginning with a feeling of the coming of dawn, Slowburn builds to an emotional and moving sonic trailride - guaranteed to become a chillout classic.

Customer Reviews:

driving with the windows down to nowhere...and back.......2007-04-18

This is a great CD to put in while you're driving on a 2 lane street with trees on either side of you, windows rolled down, cruising about 55 mph (not too much that the wind bothers you, and you can relax and enjoy the music) - just press play (skip track 3) and start the CD over again and forget where you destination is...great CD :)

Jazz Music:

1. Vol. 2: The Trio
2. Waiting for Francis
3. You're Gonna Hear From Me
4. Young Django [Import] [Limited Edition] [Original recording remastered]
5. 1928-1936
6. All Blues
7. Always Songs of Irving Berlin
8. Apples & Oranges
9. Aqua Touch
10. As Long As There's Music [Import]

Jazz Music

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