Going To The Races

Going To The Races

Going To The Races

ASIN: B00004TFJY

Track Listings
 
1. Visits
2. Those Six Years
3. Train on the Island
4. Black Eyed Suzie
5. 44 Gun
6. LUGs & BUGs
7. Sail Away Ladies
8. Texas (Canon)
9. Medicine Springs
10. Little Dortie
11. Going to the Races
12. Texas
13. Going up Home to Live in Green Pastures

Editorial Reviews
Bluegrass Unlimited, December 1998
The whole production has the feel of a good jam session/song swap, relaxed yet with lots of energy and enthusiasm.

Product Description
Songs and tunes with the spirit of the era when Bluegrass emerged from the traditional, regional sounds of the American South.

Going To The Races

Going To The Races,The Crooked Jades,IS Too Records,"Failure" has a lush, dark, electronic sound - grounded in pop, but with surprising twists and turns into strange and complex territory.
(Not) Your Standard Spike Jones Collection
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Great set of wartime rarities
  • Cure for the Blues
  • Standard Transcription Collection
 (Not) Your Standard Spike Jones Collection
Spike Jones
Manufacturer: Collector's Choice
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
Contemporary ComedyContemporary Comedy | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
Novelty MusicNovelty Music | Comedic Music | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Comedic Music | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B00007JR3K
Release Date: 2003-04-08

Album Description

Holiday blues comin' on? Well, put a spike in `em! Here's the zaniest, wildest and just plain sickest Collectors' Choice Music exclusive yet—79 tracks from Spike Jones and his City Slickers! These represent Spike's complete Standard Transcription sides, but these tunes are anything but standard; Mr. Jones brought his full bag of tricks for these non-commercial recordings (made in Hollywood during the early `40s). Add to that the fact that most of these have never been on CD or even LP, and any lover of Spike's mayhem-filled mixture of laughs and hot licks is going to flip over this set! Notes and great pictures accompany this 3-CD walk on the wacky side from the greatest novelty band of all time.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great set of wartime rarities.......2003-05-14

Spike Jones was the king of the novelty song performers, with hits like "Der Fuehrer's Face" and the parody version of "Sheik of Araby" becoming huge hits during World War II. This is a swell 3-CD set, gathering a full eighty-one of Jones' best tracks from his 1940s heyday, drawn from an extensive archive of radio broadcasts made for the Standard Transcription service. The tightness of his City Slickers band is amply demonstrated in these manic, kookily orchestrated performances. Toots, squonks, blatts and bleats whiz by at lightning speed, as one daffy song after another will delight devoted fans. Amazingly, Jones had the unusual, almost unique ability to perform a repertoire almost entirely made up of comedic material, and yet still be quite listenable and engaging. His jazz chops were hardly in question, and from time to time Jones would dash off a non-novelty ballad or two, just to give the rubes something to think about. Of course, just as often he would perform a song that *sounded* like a straight ballad, but would turn out to be another goof. (One great example of this is the sultry "Serenade To A Jerk," sung in slinky, burlesque tones by Myrtle Horwin.) This collection may seem a little overwhelming, but like his studio recordings, these radio performances have a certain brilliance and joie de vivre about them that will leave you enchanted. Definitely worth checking out!

5 out of 5 stars Cure for the Blues.......2003-04-25

Here's the zaniest, wildest and just plain sickest Collectors' Choice Music exclusive yet-79 tracks from Spike Jones and his City Slickers! These represent Spike's complete Standard Transcription sides, but these tunes are anything but standard; Mr. Jones brought his full bag of tricks for these non-commercial recordings (made in Hollywood during the early `40s). Add to that the fact that most of these have never been on CD or even LP, and any lover of Spike's mayhem-filled mixture of laughs and hot licks is going to flip over this set! Notes and great pictures accompany this 3-CD walk on the wacky side from the greatest novelty band of all time.

4 out of 5 stars Standard Transcription Collection.......2003-04-12

This collection has remastered material from the large stack of Standard Transcription discs from the early 1940's. There are many songs not recorded on RCA, many on the theme of wartime ("48 Reasons Why"), and the quality is excellent. The packaging is threadbare but this is an essential CD package for true music lovers.
Love Is for Always
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Love Is for Always

    Manufacturer: Rob-Fra
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GospelGospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B000CAEKPO
    Release Date: 2005-03-22
    Going To The Races
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		Going To The Races
      Herb Heinz
      Manufacturer: IS Too Records
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Country | Styles | Music
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      Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music
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      ASIN: B00004TFJY
      Release Date: 1998-04-13

      Tracks:

      1. Visits
      2. Those Six Years
      3. Train on the Island
      4. Black Eyed Suzie
      5. 44 Gun
      6. LUGs & BUGs
      7. Sail Away Ladies
      8. Texas (Canon)
      9. Medicine Springs
      10. Little Dortie
      11. Going to the Races
      12. Texas
      13. Going up Home to Live in Green Pastures

      Album Description

      Songs and tunes with the spirit of the era when Bluegrass emerged from the traditional, regional sounds of the American South.

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      10. Joel Nava

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