Lee's 78s, Part Two!--B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orch., Earl Fuller, more!

Forgive the silly artwork--it was the best I could do at the time. And, in fact, I'm not featuring "more" 78s but merely different 78s. The number (ten) is the same. So I guess I lied.

And the image took me three times to get right. The first had a flying saucer with the words "Lee's 78s" on the side. I decided it was too strange. So I replaced it with the far more conventional image of Nipper on a yellow flying carpet.

I wasn't attempting to make a great artistic statement. And, yet, I did.

This time around, we have jazzy dance music spanning the decade of 1917-1927. Earl Fuller, the B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orch., Joseph C. Smith--the whole gang. Five have shown up before in older, inferior rips, and the other five are new to the blog.

The Little Ramblers were a subset of The California Ramblers. I believe their sides are more valued in the U.K. than over here--that was my impression back when I was collecting 78s in Scotland. This is true of other smaller-outfit groups like The Virginians (from Paul Whiteman's Orch.) and the Georgians (Phil/Paul Specht Orch.). It all stems from my culture's habit of undervaluing white jazz musicians of the past. European collectors have better sense.

To the 78s....

Click here to reach zip file: Lee's 78s, Part 2.


PLAYLIST

More Candy (Kaufman)--Earl Fuller's Rector Novelty Orch., 1918.
Ida! Sweet as Apple Cider--Early Fuller's Rector Novelty O., 1918
Mary-Lou--B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orch., v: Joseph M. White, 1926.
San--Paul Whiteman and His Orch., 1924.
Umbrellas to Lend--Joseph C. Smith Orch., 1917.
That's It--Joseph C. Smith Orch., 1917.
Mine--All Mine--Coon-Sanders Orch., v: C.A. Coon, J.L. Sanders, 1927.
Is She My Girlfriend--Coon-Sanders Orch., v: J.L. Sanders
Arkansas Blues--The Little Ramblers, 1924.
Them Rambling Blues--The Little Ramblers, 1924.


Lee

The Spring has sprung, The grass has riz...

I wonder where the posies is.

However, I don't have to wonder where the kitties is. We have Mo (Geronimo) in a box, and Savio stalking around at the bottom of the stairs.

Rain and snow mixture coming up, so, yeah. It's Spring.

Lee

Lee's 78s, Part One--Bee's Knees; A Siren Dream; My Tango Girl; more!

Ten toe-tappin' tunes to tickle your Tuesday. Except this is Wednesday. (Oops.) Oh, well. Great music knows no day of the week.

These were all ripped and restored by me sometime during the last week or two. Half of these have appeared at this blog before in earlier rips, so don't worry--you're not hearing double. Nice jazzy dance music from the 1920s, expert ragtime from the 1910s, the 1916 country fiddling of Don Richardson, and two ultra-smooth 1928 Ferde Grofe charts for Paul Whiteman. Can't go wrong with this set.

Okay, the upload is finished, the link linked: Lee's 78s, Part One.

Enjoy.


PLAYLIST

BEE'S KNEES--Ted Lewis and His Band, 1922.
LOVIN' SAM (THE SHEIK OF ALABAM)--Ted Lewis and His Band, 1922.
A SIREN DREAM--Anglo-Persians, Dir. by Louis Katzman, 1927.
ARKANSAS TRAVELER--Don Richardson, violin, 1916.
MISSISSIPPI SAWYER--Don Richardson, violin, 1916.
DOWN SOUTH (Myddelton)--Eveready Hour Group, c. Nat Shilkret, 1927.
WHISPERING (Arr: Grofe)--Paul Whiteman and His Orch., 1928.
THE JAPANESE SANDMAN (Arr: Grofe)--Paul Whiteman and His O., 1928.
MY TANGO GIRL--Albert and Monroe Jockers, 1914/15.
JAPANESE MOON--Paul Specht, Hotel Astor Orch., 1922.



Lee

Shellac attack; My shocking past; Why 1957?

As we speak, I'm getting a bunch of 78s ready for uploading. Sometimes, I think 78s are my life (I should be so lucky). Maybe they are. Anyway, 78s aren't the easiest things to upload. They're so brittle, for one thing.

In other news, I've discovered another 1957 version of Carol of the Drum, that Christmas song we know and love as The Little Drummer Boy. It was in 1958, of course, that the thing became a huge hit courtesy of Harry Simeone, whose version differed little from Jack Halloran's of a year before. Turns out a lot of people recorded it in 1957. Why 1957? I don't know. But I aim to (possibly) find out at some point. Unless I don't.

Last but not least, three days ago I predicted that the Obama campaign would suggest, imply, insinuate, or state straight out that Geraldine Ferraro's comments were somehow on par with those of Barack's minister. My third guess (insinuation) proved correct. From BO's speech:

"And yet, it has only been in the last couple of weeks that the discussion of race in this campaign has taken a particularly divisive turn.

On one end of the spectrum, we've heard the implication that my candidacy is somehow an exercise in affirmative action; that it's based solely on the desire of wide-eyed liberals to purchase racial reconciliation on the cheap. On the other end, we've heard my former pastor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, use incendiary language to...."

How clever! He could have at least mentioned Geraldine's name.

Anyway, I become less fond BO by the hour, and it must be because I'm from Ohio. There's no other explanation.

Read the whole shocking, terrifying, worthy-of-an-MSNBC-special tale at MY(P)WHAE Text.

Meanwhile, I'm almost done with the 78s. Or are they... done with... me? (Uhhhhng.... CLUNK!)


Lee

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Sydney Carter.

As I wrote last year, "We start off with an ancient Irish folk number that is neither 1) Irish, 2) folk, nor 3) ancient.

In fact, the hymn Lord of the Dance was written in 1963 by the British poet and songwriter Sydney Carter (1915-2004), who adapted the Shaker tune Simple Gifts (Joseph Brackett, Jr. , 1848) for the melody. I guess that Riverdance used the song without giving proper credit--tsk, tsk.

Donald Swann was a marvelous musician best known as one half of the comedy duo Flanders and Swann."

That's what I wrote. And we start off with the same gem this year. Our St. Patty's playlist also features John McCormack, country fiddler Don Richardson, and the late, great Merv Griffin.

Click here to reach today's zip file: St. Patrick's Day, 2008

ST. PATTY'S PLAYLIST

LORD OF THE DANCE (Sydney Carter)--Donald Swann, 1964. From EP.
WHEN IRISH EYES ARE SMILING (Olcott-Graff-Ball)--John McCormack, 1916.
THE FOGGY DEW (Milligan-Clay)--John McCormack, acc. by Spencer Clay, piano; 1913.
IRISH WASHERWOMAN-WEARING OF THE GREEN-RAKES OF MALLOW--Don Richardson, violin, 1921. From Columbia 78.
THE DEVIL's DREAM--Don Richardson, violin, 1916. From Columbia 78.
MRS. McLEOD'S REEL--Don Richardson, violin, 1916. From Columbia 78.
THE KERRY DANCE (James Lyman Molloy)--Merv Griffin, 1952.
MUSH-MUSH-MUSH-TURAL-I-ADDY--Merv Griffin, 1952.
I'LL TAKE YOU HOME AGAIN, KATHLEEN--Merv Griffin, 1952.
LITTLE TOWN IN THE AULD COUNTY DOWN--John McCormack, 1921.
MACUSHLA (Rowe-MacMurrough)--John McCormack, 1911.



Lee

Sunday Morning Gospel--One God; David and Bathsheba; more!

Today, nine selections of pop gospel (gospel pop?) and one selection (Pentecostal Fire Is Falling) of a more traditional nature.

By "pop gospel," I mean titles that succeeded with the general pop audience. Or which were intended for the general pop audience, even if they went nowhere. An example of the latter is Ervin Drake's One God (lyrics by Jimmy Shirl), which certainly should have gone someplace--it's the most beautiful pop-ecumenical title since You Go to Your Church. Drake is much better known for I Believe and It Was a Very Good Year.

Everybody's Gonna Have Religion and Glory, a.k.a. A Wonderful Time Up There, a.k.a. Gospel Boogie, was a big 1958 hit for Pat Boone. We'll be hearing The Nash Family Trio's 1960 version.

1951's David and Bathsheba (co-written by Gordon Jenkins!) has Dick Haymes in Guy Mitchell mode. This song must have gone with the movie in some way, though I'm doubting it showed up on the soundtrack, for which Lionel Newman receives credit. Typically loud and lively "pre-rock" pop of the period.

"Your God and my God are one" was a common idea in 1954, but somehow it got lost along the way. It would be nice if we could readopt it into our popular culture.

Click here to reach zip file: Sunday morning gospel, March 16.


PLAYLIST

David and Bathsheba--Dick Haymes, 1951.
One God (Drake, Shirl)--Jill Corey w. Percy Faith Orch., 1954.
The Note in the Bottle (Fred Tobias)--Sunny Gale w. The Du Droppers, 1953.
You Go to Your Church (And I'll Go to Mine)--Joe Emerson, 1960.
The Bible Tells Me So (Evans)--Dale Evans.
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands--Laurie London, 1958.
The Lord Is Counting on You (Hamblen)--Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, 1960.
This Ole House (Hamblen)--Lenny Dee.
Pentecostal Fire Is Falling--Circleville Bible College.
Everybody's Gonna Have Religion and Glory--Nash Family Trio, 1960.


Lee