Big Town Boogie

Big Town Boogie

ASIN: B00005RH7E

Track Listings

1. Set 'em Up Joe

2. Long Hard Night

3. Big Town Boogie

4. Shake Your Money Maker

5. Wild Saxophone

6. Train Kept A Rollin'

7. 13 Women

8. (Pinup) Betty Page

9. Caladonia

10. Rockin' Daddy

Editorial Reviews
Marc Bristol, Editor, Blue Suede News, Issue#56 (Fall 2001)
The music leans toward the jump/swing category and features some good originals, including one called (Pinup) Betty Page.

Product Description
The reknowned Long Island guitarist, Ralph Rebel, puts together a hot swing combo to record this platter full of swing classics and jumpin' originals. This is Swingabilly in the tradition of Bill Haley & The Comets with a clean modern sound. Billy Thompson's scorchin' guitar work drives this swingin' disc like nothing else recorded this decade. Just try and sit down while this baby is playing! Don't believe us? Just click on a few of the samples and put on your dancin' shoes for The Big Town Boogie.

Big Town Boogie

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:

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!

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.

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.

Average customer rating:

The Real Deal
Hot Swingabilly from The Big Apple!

Big Town Boogie
Ralph Rebel
Manufacturer: Golly Gee
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005RH7E
Release Date: 2001-08-01

Tracks:

Set 'em Up Joe
Long Hard Night
Big Town Boogie
Shake Your Money Maker
Wild Saxophone
Train Kept A Rollin'
13 Women
(Pinup) Betty Page
Caladonia
Rockin' Daddy

Album Description

The reknowned Long Island guitarist, Ralph Rebel, puts together a hot swing combo to record this platter full of swing classics and jumpin' originals. This is Swingabilly in the tradition of Bill Haley & The Comets with a clean modern sound. Billy Thompson's scorchin' guitar work drives this swingin' disc like nothing else recorded this decade. Just try and sit down while this baby is playing! Don't believe us? Just click on a few of the samples and put on your dancin' shoes for The Big Town Boogie.

Customer Reviews:

The Real Deal.......2005-08-22

I think the sound on this CD is very Authentic. It sounds Like the real Deal. I like it a lot and I wish there were more tracks, so i can let it play in my car for hours when I drive. You guys got any plans for another CD like this one? I really enjoyed it and give it 5 stars!

Hot Swingabilly from The Big Apple!.......2001-12-20

I love the classic Bill Haley & The Comets type of Rockabilly/East Coast Swing - Ralph Rebel's CD delivers a great platter of that style of music. My little girl starts to dance every time I put this CD on. Those New Yorkers know how to rock!
I'm swingin' to that Big Town Boogie.

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