1929

1929

1929

ASIN: B0000T6JA6

Track Listings
 
1. Alice Blue Gown
2. Allah's Holiday
3. Roses of Picardy
4. I'm Marching Home to You [Vocal Version] - Red Nichols
5. I'm Marching Home to You [Instrumental] - Red Nichols
6. Bulding a Nest for Mary [Vocal Version] - Red Nichols
7. Building a Nest for Mary [Instrumental] - Red Nichols
8. I Used to Love Her in the Moonlight [Vocal Version] - Red Nichols
9. I Used to Love Her in the Moonlight [Instrumental] - Red Nichols
10. (Back Home Again In) Indiana
11. Dinah
12. On the Alamo [Vocal Version]
13. On the Alamo [Instrumental]
14. Sally, Won't You Come Back?
15. It Had to Be You
16. I'll See You in My Dreams
17. Some of These Days
18. Who Cares?
19. Rose of Washington Square
20. I May Be Wrong, But I Think You're Wonderful
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Singin' in the Rain (1952 Film Soundtrack) (Deluxe Edition)
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • the perfect movie
  • I LOVE MY FAVORITE SONG, AND THANKS TO THIS CD I CAN LISTEN TO IT ALL DAY LONG!!
  • Wonderful Soundtrack to a Wonderful Movie
  • Great CD
  • musical memories
 Singin' in the Rain (1952 Film Soundtrack) (Deluxe Edition)
Nacio Herb Brown , Gene Kelly , and Arthur Freed
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006JOF3
Release Date: 2002-10-01

Tracks:

  1. Main Title/Singin' In The Rain - Gene Kelly
  2. Fit As A Fiddle (And Ready For Love) - Gene Kelly
  3. Tango (Temptation) - MGM Studio Orchestra
  4. All I Do Is Dream Of You - Debbie Reynolds
  5. All I Do Is Dream Of You (Outtake) - Gene Kelly
  6. Make 'Em Laugh - Donald O'Connor
  7. Beautiful Girl Montage - MGM Studio Orchestra & Chorus
  8. Beautiful Girl - Jimmie Thompson
  9. You Were Meant For Me - Gene Kelly
  10. You Are My Lucky Star (Outtake) - Debbie Reynolds
  11. Moses - Gene Kelly
  12. Good Morning - Gene Kelly
  13. Singin' In The Rain - Gene Kelly
  14. Would You? - Betty Noyes
  15. Broadway Melody Ballet - MGM Studio Orchestra & Chorus
  16. Would You? End Title - Gene Kelly
  17. Singin' In The Rain (In A-Flat) - Debbie Reynolds
  18. Finale - Gene Kelly
  19. Main Title (Alternate Version) - MGM Studio Orchestra
  20. Beautiful Girl (Alternate Version/Tempo Track) - Gene Kelly
  21. Would You? (Unused Version) - Debbie Reynolds
  22. Would You (Duet) (Unused Version) - Gene Kelly
  23. Beautiful Girl (Unused Original Version) - Jimmie Thompson
  24. Singin' In The Rain (Alternate Vocal) - Gene Kelly
  25. Should I (Unused Instrumental) - MGM Studio Orchestra

Tracks:

  1. The Broadway Melody - Charles King
  2. You Were Meant For Me - Charles King
  3. The Wedding Of The Painted Doll - James Burroughs
  4. Singin' In The Rain - Cliff Edwards
  5. Should I - Charles Kaley
  6. Beautiful Girl - Sam Ash
  7. All I Do Is Dream Of You - Gene Raymond
  8. Broadway Rhythm - Frances Langford
  9. I've Got A Feelin' Your Foolin' - Robert Taylor
  10. You Are My Lucky Star - Marjorie Lane
  11. Would You - Jeanette MacDonald
  12. Good Morning - Judy Garland
  13. Singin' In The Rain - Judy Garland
  14. All I Do Is Dream Of You - Judy Garland
  15. Dignity - MGM Studio Orchestra
  16. Stunt Montage (Extended Version) - MGM Studio Orchestra
  17. First Silent Picture (Extended Version) - MGM Studio Orchestra
  18. Have Lunch With Me - MGM Studio Orchestra
  19. Dancing On A Rainbow - Arthur Freed
  20. Singin' In The Rain (Radio Broadcast) - Arthur Freed
  21. Broadway Melody Ballet (Original Version) - Gene Kelly

Amazon.com

A vibrant tribute to MGM's legendary confluence of brains, talent, hard work, ambition--and dare we say it?--massive egos, Singin' in the Rain long ago took its rightful place among the first rank of the studio's dizzying catalog of film musicals. This double-disc, 46-track 50th-anniversary edition features all of the film's familiar songs, as well as numerous outtakes and extended versions, many culled directly from the film's original recording masters. Its second disc also chronicles the film's clever--if studio imposed--self-referential musical gambit of recycling a slate of Arthur Freed/Nacio Herb Brown songs from Metro's first decade by including 14 of the originals, including performances by Jeanette McDonald, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, and Freed himself. Featuring a dozen previously unreleased recordings and an illustrated booklet containing the insightful reminiscences of the film's original writers, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, it's the ultimate musical companion to one of cinema's magical, enduring masterpieces. --Jerry McCulley

Album Description

The complete 50th Anniversary Edition and a bonus disc featuring the original recordings that inspired the 1952 MGM classic! Includes 12 previously unreleased tracks 'Would You?' (duet) (unused version), 'Beautiful Girl' (unused original version), 'Singin' In The Rain' (alternative vocal), 'Should I' (unused instrumental), 'You Were Meant For Me', 'All I Do Is Dream Of You', 'Broadway Rhythm', 'You Are My Lucky Star', 'Would You?', 'Dancing On A Rainbow' plus 'Broadway Melody Ballet' (original version). Rhino. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars the perfect movie.......2007-03-10

My old Gene did it: the perfect movie, the perfect american history, the perfect music. Some people think musicals are "B" movies. I say them: look about the dream, the performance, the music.
Who can say what is beatiful? Look at faces of Gene and Stan during the shooting on the set: whole concentration and attention for everything.
This is a unique moment in their story, and in the story of cinema.
Unforgettable.

5 out of 5 stars I LOVE MY FAVORITE SONG, AND THANKS TO THIS CD I CAN LISTEN TO IT ALL DAY LONG!!.......2007-01-28

I love Singin' in the Rain. It was the movie that made me like musicals, not those simple, mellow movies like South Pacific and the Sound of Music, but REAL musicals, with people like Fred Astaire or Eleanor Powell tapping their hearts out, or great singers like Frances Langford or Dick Powell putting over a song like they mean it.The Singin' in the Rain 2disc special edition introduced me to my favorite movie, the Broadway Melody of 1936, the MOST AMAZING MOVIE EVER! So I was so glad when my parents got me the soundtrack to Singin' in the Rain, and besides the music of the 1951 versions of the Nacio Herb Brown/Arthur Freed, there are also the original versions of the songs in their original movies. I am so glad that Rhino put the duet of Robert Taylor and June Knight singing I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin' on this CD set! It's my favorite song, and now I can listen to it! Hooray!! It's the best song EVER!! There's also vocals of Charles King singing the Broadway Melody, which is great! And many more, like Bing Crosby, Frances Langford, Jeanette MacDonald, and other great singers I can't think of right now. This CD set is great, the sound is nice and un-staticy (mostly), there are 30-plus songs, and the price is phenomenal. I love my favorite song, and now I can listen to it all day long!! Yay! :)

5 out of 5 stars Wonderful Soundtrack to a Wonderful Movie.......2006-06-16

Yes, this is it--the first real musical I ever saw. Okay, I saw "Wizard of Oz" and "The Sound of Music", and I love both of those musicals dearly. I had even seen "My Fair Lady." I thought musicals were all like those. Until this one. I had never seen such dancing. And this CD causes me to relive the joy of the musical each time I listen to it. Complete with the tap sounds. I love that they included even the deleted songs. Now we just need a DVD that has all the deleted scenes in context. But the studio probably threw all those away. Oh well, our imaginations can take care of what is missing.

5 out of 5 stars Great CD.......2006-03-20

This is a great CD of music for your family to listen to. Our family enjoys it very much.

4 out of 5 stars musical memories.......2006-03-14

I enjoyed this CD very much, as I remember seeing the movie years ago. I grew up watching MGM musicals and this was one of the best. I loved all of the wonderful songs that came from this movie. Great sound on this CD.
Complete Recorded Works (1928-1929)
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • The Complete Recordings Of Tommy Johnson
  • As good as it gets.
  • Essential!
  • One of the Most Unique of the Early Blues Players
  • The Victor tracks are worth the price of the CD
 Complete Recorded Works (1928-1929)
Thomas "Snake" Johnson
Manufacturer: Document
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B000000J25
Release Date: 1994-05-27

Tracks:

  1. Cool Drink OF Water Blues
  2. Big Road Blues
  3. Bye-Bye Blues
  4. Maggie Campbell Blues
  5. Canned Heat Blues
  6. Lonesome Home Blues (Take 1)
  7. Lonesome Home Blues (Take 2)
  8. Big Fat Mama Blues
  9. I Wonder To Myself
  10. Slidin' Delta
  11. Lonesome Home Blues
  12. Untitled Song-Take 1 (Morning Prayer Blues)
  13. Untitled Song-Take 2 (Boogaloosa Woman)
  14. Black Mare Blues (Take 1)
  15. Black Mare Blues (Take 2)
  16. Ridin' Horse
  17. Alcohol And Jake Blues

Amazon.com

Evidence of the strange genius of Mississippi bluesman Tommy Johnson is limited to 17 recordings from two late-1920s sessions. It is the first of these, for the Victor Company, that produced the recordings upon which Johnson's lofty reputation rests. Sung in a husky falsetto, somewhere between an African field holler and an Alpine yodel, "Cool Drink of Water Blues" stands atop a pinnacle in the richly inventive Delta blues tradition with younger cousin Robert Johnson's "Hellhound on My Trail" and Skip James's "Devil Got My Woman." "Canned Heat Blues" is a bittersweet paean to the older Johnson's penchant for imbibing tins of jellied kerosene, and was a modest hit in that era's "race record" market. Also notable from his 1928 session were the influential "Maggie Campbell Blues," "Big Road Blues," and "Big Fat Mama Blues," while the recently discovered Paramount session was remarkable for "Slidin' Delta" and "I Wonder to Myself." --Alan Greenberg

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The Complete Recordings Of Tommy Johnson.......2006-11-10

Tommy Johnson was one of the most unique and influential delta blues men in the history of American music. He has inspired such artists as Howlin' Wolf, Houston Stackhouse, and Robert Nighthawk.
The Complete recorded works of Tommy Johnson is essential to all lovers of blues and American roots music.
Sadly Johnson only recorded 17 classic sided and they are all present on this collection. The sound qualitiy is also superior to previous releases of these tracks. If you only have a few Tommy Johnson tracks on various compilations, it is worth the price to have them all in chronological order as they are presented on this disc. You get to hear what a dynamic artist Johnson was and how he took the influence of Delta greats Charlie Patton and Ishmon Bracey, and even the falseto vocal stlylings of Jimmy Rodgers, and turned them into something totally unique and timeless.
A must have.
-Devon Wendell

5 out of 5 stars As good as it gets........2006-05-12

I have been a blues fan for forty years, and have listened to just about everybody, from Ma Rainey to Susan Tedeschi, with Muddy Waters and Lightning Hopkins on the way. Nobody is better than Tommy Johnson. Nobody at all. Johnson's great reputation is based on a pitifully small collection of recordings, over half of which were put out on the dreaded Paramount label (Paramount is the despair of blues fans -- on the plus side, without the label we might never have had recordings from Charley Patton, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Blake, early Skip James and early Son House, to name only a few: on the other hand, we are constantly tantalized and frustrated by what we might have had if the company's recording standards had been of even average quality for the time {i.e., late 1920s-mid 1930s} instead of awful beyond description). In any case, the eight Victor sides Tommy Johnson made in 1928, and in particular Big Road Blues, Maggie Campbell Blues, Cool Drink of Water Blues and Canned Heat Blues are at the absolute acme of blues recordings. In terms of emotional power, intensity and sheer brilliance, I have never heard anybody in the blues genre I have thought to be Johnson's equal. I believe that you have to go to some of the great American jazz masters such as Louis Armstrong or Charlie Parker to find adequate comparisons.

This Document Records compilation is an absolute necessity for any serious collector of the blues, and particularly of early blues. There were many great bluesmen named Johnson: Robert, Blind Willie and Lonnie to name the best known. However, if you can only take one "Johnson" record down that Big Road, Tommy's is the one to take.

5 out of 5 stars Essential!.......2004-04-12

Before Robert Johnson came along, and long before Son House started spreading the rumour that he (Johnson) had sold his soul to the devil in exchange for his abilities on the guitar, a man fifteen years Robert Johnson's senior ever so often implied that his immense talent came as the result of a midnight deal with Old Scracth.

Thomas Johnson was born in 1896 down in the Mississippi Delta, and though his name is not as well known as those of Charlie Patton, Son House, and Robert Johnson (no relation), he was one of the most important prewar bluesmen, and certainly one of the most talented.
He was also an uncontrolled alcoholic, and the fact that he lived to see sixty is something of a miracle. His "Canned Heat Blues" is certainly autobiographical, and his contemporaries have told about Johnson straining shoe polish through a slice of white bread in order to extract the alcohol.

But his music is something to behold. Johnson sounds totally immersed in it, his voice possessing an eerie quality enhanched by his occational falsetto moans, and this disc includes the original versions of "Maggie Campbell Blues", "Big Road Blues", and "Cool Drink Of Water Blues" (later recorded by Howlin' Wolf as "I Asked For Water (she gave me gasoline)").

Johnson plays alone on a few songs, but on most of these seventeen sides (which comprise his entire recorded legacy) he is backed by one or more additional musicians, most often a second guitarist. The first eight sides, Tommy Johnson's Victor sides from 1928, boast amazing sound quality...much (much!) better than Charlie Patton's or Son House's contemporary recordings, they're clean and crisp with just a little static, and every phrase and every instrument is clearly heard. Johnson was a talented and quite original guitar player, and it is a delight to be able to hear him so well.

The Paramount sides, on the other hand, are...well, Paramount sides. Much inferior in sound quality to the Victor sides, they are nevertheless well worth a listen, particularly "Alcohol And Jake Blues" and the battered "Lonesome House Blues".
On the best of these songs, Johnson's voice is positively frightening, and his "Cool Drink Of Water" is the sound of pure despair. This is some of the starkest, most powerful music you'll ever hear.

5 out of 5 stars One of the Most Unique of the Early Blues Players.......2004-02-10

Tommy Johnson and Charlie Patton are perhaps two of the most unique and innovative rural blues players to have ever lived. As where Patton's style is coarse and rough, Johnson's style (at least when he is at his best) is incredibly smooth. Also Johnson's unique falsetto (which is yodel like at times) is amazing. These recordings bare witness to his talent even after nearly a century. It is a shame that these recordings are all that there is.

4 out of 5 stars The Victor tracks are worth the price of the CD.......2003-06-18

I agree with the other reviewers, this is a must for any serious fan of the blues, but be prepared for the songs recorded by Paramount, which I found, at first listen, to border on inaudible (which is why I am docking this CD a star). This morning, however, I was listening to them again, and got into them more. That being said, the Victor tracks are unforgettable and worth the price of the CD all by themselves. ... I suspect that when Tommy sold his soul to the devil at the crossroads, the Devil said, "Fine. I'll make you a great guitarplayer BUT half of the music you lay down is going to sound like you were playing outside in a hailstorm." Tommy probably smiled and said, "That's OK because I won't be around long. Just keep me stocked in 'canned heat,' brother." All joking aside, I urge you to check it this seminal music.
Complete Recordings 1929-34
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Interesting
  • WHAT ONE SHOULD BE PAYING...
  • Patton is fantastic --- JSP is suspect.
  • Good price; fair sound; borrowed sources?
  • Essential almost begins to describe it
 Complete Recordings 1929-34
Charley Patton
Manufacturer: Jsp Records
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ASIN: B00006BIO0
Release Date: 2002-09-24

Tracks:

  1. Pony Blues
  2. A Spoonful Blues
  3. Down The Dirt Road Blues
  4. Prayer Of Death: Part 1
  5. Prayer Of Death: Part 2
  6. Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues
  7. Banty Rooster Blues
  8. Tom Rushen Blues
  9. It Won't Be Long
  10. Shake It And Break It (But Don't Let It Fall, Mama)
  11. Pea Vine Blues
  12. Mississippi Boll Weevil Blues
  13. Lord, I'm Discouraged
  14. I'm Goin' Home
  15. Snatch It And Grab It - Walter Hawkins
  16. A Rag Blues - Walter Hawkins
  17. How Come Mama Blues - Walter Hawkins
  18. Voice Throwin' Blues - Walter Hawkins

Tracks:

  1. Hammer Blues: Take 1
  2. I Shall Not Be Moved
  3. High Water Everywhere: Part 1
  4. High Water Everywhere: Part 2
  5. I Shall Not Be Moved
  6. Rattlesnake Blues
  7. Going To Move To Alabama
  8. Hammer Blues: Take 2
  9. Joe Kirby
  10. Frankie And Albert
  11. Magnolia Blues
  12. Devil Sent The Rain Blues
  13. Runnin' Wild Blues
  14. Some Happy Day
  15. Mean Black Moan
  16. Green River Blues
  17. That's My Man - Edith North Johnson
  18. Honey Dripper Blues: No. 2 - Edith North Johnson
  19. Eight Hour Woman - Edith North Johnson
  20. Nickel's Worth Of Liver Blues: No 2 - Edith North Johnson

Tracks:

  1. Some Of These Days I'll Be Gone
  2. Elder Green Blues: Take 2
  3. Jim Lee: Part 1
  4. Jim Lee: Part 2
  5. Mean Black Cat Blues
  6. Jesus Is A-Dying (Bed Maker)
  7. Elder Green Blues: Take 2
  8. When Your Way Gets Dark
  9. Some Of These Days I'll Be Gone: Take 2
  10. Heart Like Railwood Steel
  11. Circle Round The Moon
  12. You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die
  13. Be True, Be True Blues - Henry Sims
  14. Farrell Blues - Henry Sims
  15. Tell Me Man Blues - Henry Sims
  16. Come Back Corrina - Henry Sims

Tracks:

  1. Some Summer Day
  2. Bird Nest Bound
  3. Future Blues - Willie Brown
  4. M & O Blues - Willie Brown
  5. Walkin' Blues - Son House
  6. My Black Mama: Part 1 - Son House
  7. My Black Mama: Part 2 - Son House
  8. Preachin' The Blues: Part 1 - Son House
  9. Preachin' The Blues: Part 2 - Son House
  10. Dry Spell Blues: Part 1 - Son House
  11. Dry Spell Blues: Part 2 - Son House
  12. All Night Long Blues: Take 1 - Louise Johnson
  13. On The Wall - Louise Johnson
  14. All Night Long Blues: Take 2 - Louise Johnson
  15. By The Moon And Stars - Louise Johnson
  16. Long Ways From Home - Louise Johnson

Tracks:

  1. Dry Well Blues
  2. Moon Going Down
  3. We All Gonna Face The Rising Sun - Delta Big Four
  4. Moaner, Let's Go Down In The Valley - Delta Big Four
  5. Jesus Got His Arms Around Me - Delta Big Four
  6. God Won't Forsake His Own - Delta Big Four
  7. I'll Be Here - Delta Big Four
  8. Where Was Eve Sleeping? - Delta Big Four
  9. I Know My Time Ain't Long - Delta Big Four
  10. Watch And Pray - Delta Big Four
  11. High Sheriff Blues
  12. Stone Pony Blues
  13. Jersey Bull Blues
  14. Hang It On The Wall
  15. 34 Blues
  16. Love My Stuff
  17. Poor Me
  18. Revenue Man Blues
  19. Troubled 'Bout My Mother - Patton & Lee
  20. Oh Death - Patton & Lee
  21. Yellow Bee - Bertha Lee
  22. Mind Reader Blues - Bertha Lee

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Interesting.......2006-11-06

I haven't had time to listen carefully through all five CD's yet but they're very interesting examples of early blue recordings and I'm glad I have them.

5 out of 5 stars WHAT ONE SHOULD BE PAYING..........2005-12-27

An earier reviewer was whining about JSP records not paying royalties. Who does this chump think the royalties would be paid to ??? Charley Patton is long dead so quit your carping about the copyright owners not getting their fair share. These SOB's are making money anyway. Besides its about the music.

2 out of 5 stars Patton is fantastic --- JSP is suspect........2005-09-15

What seems too good to be true usually is; the complete output of Charlie Patton -- dozens of $1,000+ original records all compiled here for under $30? Only one word comes to mind: piracy.

These are some of the most important recordings ever made, and I certainly have no beef with that. But the buyer should know that most or all of these tracks are lifted from other reissues, in the typical JSP tradition! It's a little like buying stolen merchandise.

If you can get around that, the set is a bargain.

3 out of 5 stars Good price; fair sound; borrowed sources?.......2005-03-02

There are both good and bad things about this set. The 5 discs of very rare and valuable material make up a rather incredible compilation. The layout of the inserts is somewhat user-friendly; requiring the listener to pull individual CDs out in order to locate artists. The discography information does not include song titles, which causes a lot of back-and-forth cross-reading. A little confusing.

The sound quality is only fair; when I compare these to Yazoo reissues, I feel like there is no presence in the JSP versions. Too much treble has been rolled off.

My biggest concern is that I believe I recognize many of these remastered sides from other reissues. A little 'tweaking' to try and hide their origin doesn't do the trick. Is this just a 5 CD set of bootlegs? This bothers me for the original engineers who found the recordings and did all the work, just to have it lifted and reissued at a cheaper price by another company.

4 out of 5 stars Essential almost begins to describe it.......2004-11-29

With this review I am officially retracting my Catfish Records Patton box review of a few years ago. I must have escaped my mind somehow back then, because in the past couple years I haven't even been able to listen to the couple Catfish boxes I purchased back then. Skip them, both for the sound as well as for the occasional missed sides and edited snips of tunes that exist in whole elsewhere.

Now for the music itself... as far as I am concerned, Charley Patton gave the world one of the best musical bodies of work ever produced by an American. "Delta Blues" does not even begin to contain him. Charley Patton IS a genre. He created it. He perfected it.

Let's not forget all the other worthwhile musical nuggets here, though. Louise Johnson, the Delta Big Four, Willie Brown, etc... are very good as well. Louise will certainly never win any awards for creative lyrics, considering that 3 of her 5 sides begin with a standard blues lyric..."woke up this morning, had the blues all 'round my bed", but her delivery and piano playing more than make up for it. Who wouldn't have wanted to get trashed in a juke joint while she spanks the piano and belts 'em out?? As for the Delta Big Four, if you've not heard them before, you will probably enjoy their versions of tunes you already know. The Big Four's style is lined-out music, but delivered in a tame manner. It's not the large, polyphonic, drawn-out praise-crying of actual lined-out hymnody. Good stuff, though! It's really too bad Willie Brown was not recorded more often. In fact, it's downright pathetic that he only recorded a couple sides, while an annoying hack like Sonny Terry recorded tons of sides.

Son House's Paramounts are here also, if you have not yet upgraded from your old Document discs. JSP has now re-released Son's sides twice, as he is also on the excellent Legends of Country Blues box (the complete pre-war sides of Skip James, Son House, Tommy Johnson, Bukka White, & Ishman Bracey).

My one minor gripe about this box is that the other artists sides are mixed in with Charley's. Maybe it's just me, but often times when I'm in a Patton mood, he is all I want. 70+ straight minutes of uninterrupted slurring and rhythmic invention. It's tough to ever get that on this set though, considering Disc D, for instance. The first two tracks are Patton, and the rest is other people. Kind of a drag since Bird Nest Bound is one of my favorite Patton performances. Having said that, I still cherish this box. It's the best sounding Patton sides I've had, and I could actually afford it.

5-star music, but I give the box 4 stars for breaking up Patton's sides. An essential purchase nonetheless. Oh one more thing, I'm not convinced that JSP just grabs other releases, tweaks them a bit, and then re-releases them. When I asked them if a complete pre-war Lonnie Johnson box is in the "coming soon" category, I was told that they would like to do him, but that his sides are difficult to get a hold of and a project like him takes a long time to get ready. If all JSP does is tweak previous cd releases, they could just go out and buy the Lonnie Johnson discs on Document and re-release them.

I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More 1929-1941
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • The Real Thing
  • Magnificent Tennessee blues
  • Country Blues String Band Style
 I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More 1929-1941
Sleepy John Estes
Manufacturer: Yazoo
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ASIN: B000000G8G
Release Date: 1992-05-01

Tracks:

  1. Milk Cow Blues
  2. The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair
  3. Someday Baby Blues
  4. Little Laura Blues
  5. Black Mattie Blues
  6. Special Agent (Railroad Police Blues)
  7. Broken-Hearted, Ragged And Dirty Too
  8. Drop Down Mama
  9. Street Car Blues
  10. Lawyer Clark Blues
  11. Whatcha Doin'?
  12. Who's Been Tellin' You Buddy Brown Blues
  13. Everybody Oughta Make A Change
  14. Poor John Blues
  15. Fire Department Blues (Martha Hardin)
  16. I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More
  17. Diving Duck Blues
  18. Down South Blues
  19. Clean Up At Home
  20. Floating Bridge
  21. Working Man Blues
  22. Airplane Blues
  23. Stop That Thing

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The Real Thing.......2004-09-07

Great stuff... I was so thrilled to hear the original versions of two songs (Someday Baby Blues and Floatin' Bridge) that I've been playing for the last zillion years, I just couldn't stop listening for a whole day. To tell the truth, when I first listened to Eric Clapton's version of Floatin' Bridge, I had thought that it had something to do with the floating bridge of an arch-top acoustic of hollow-body electric guitar!

In any case, the vocals are strong, the guitar is great and the recording (or remastering) quality is even better. Well, that is, it is much better than some remasters that I have listened to. The "less is more" approach of Estes once again proves that you don't have to perform left-hand acrobatics on the neck to play the blues. On the contrary, the sound always comes first, one note could do much more to bring tears to your eyes rather than 64 1/64 notes crammed into a second.

If you like acoustic blues, this is definitely a must for your shelf.

5 out of 5 stars Magnificent Tennessee blues.......2004-01-25

Bringing together 23 songs recorded between 1929 an 1941, "I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More" is as close to a definitive retrospective of Sleepy John Estes's music as possible. Virtually all of his best songs are here, varied, inventive tunes featuring pseudo-autobiographical lyrics loaded with evocative imagery.

The period covered by this CD was John Adams Estes' best and most creative, cathing him at the height of his considerable powers. He usually recorded with a jug band, which gave his music a great variety of textures...mandolin player James "Yank" Rachell and harpist Hammie Nixon are prominent on most of these songs, and Estes is occationally backed by piano and second guitar as well.

Big Bill Broonzy called Estes' singing style "crying" because of his emotional delivery and light tenor voice, but there is nothing morose or self-pitying about John Estes' music. It swings with a loose, relaxed feel that isn't heard on many prewar blues records, and it is some of the most melodic acoustic blues you'll ever hear.
"I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More" contains all-time classic blues tunes like "The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair", "Someday Baby Blues", and "Diving Duck Blues", as well as the title track, "Every Ought To Make A Change", "Drop Down Mama", "Clean Up At Home", and the frighteningly realistic "Floating Bridge".
Acoustic country blues doesn't get any better than this.

5 out of 5 stars Country Blues String Band Style.......1999-12-13

It's not often that you get to hear old blues artists within a band setting. Usually it's just one guy and his acoustic guitar. What sets Mr. Estes' blues apart is the inclusion of mandolin, harmonica, fiddle, and occasional piano. His own guitar picking and his, dare I say, cute voice, make this CD irresistable. The music is catchy and the thoughtful lyrics are easily decipherable. As far as I'm concerned, no blues collection is complete without this CD.
Greatest Songs from the Musicals
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • You'll be disappointed
  • Pretty good musical mix
 Greatest Songs from the Musicals
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Soho
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | International | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000077JS0
Release Date: 2002-10-21

Tracks:

  1. Aquarius [From Hair] - Steve Brooker, NSO Ensemble, , Caroline O'Connor
  2. If I Can't Love Her [From Beauty and the Beast] - Ethan Freeman, National Symphony Orchestra, Martin Yates
  3. I Could Have Danced All Night [From My Fair Lady] - Katrina Murphy, National Symphony Orchestra
  4. Can You Feel the Love Tonight? [From The Lion King] - John Barrowman, National Symphony Orchestra, Martin Yates
  5. What I Did for Love [from a Chorus Line] - National Symphony Orchestra, Catherine Porter, Martin Yates
  6. This Is the Moment [From Jekyll and Hyde] - Gary Mauer, National Symphony Orchestra, Martin Yates
  7. All That Jazz [From Chicago] - Paulette Ivory, Julian Kelly, Katrina Murphy, National Symphony Orchestra, Sally Ann Triplett
  8. Impossible Dream [From Man of La Mancha] - Ethan Freeman, National Symphony Orchestra, Martin Yates
  9. America [From West Side Story] - National Symphony Orchestra
  10. Written in the Stars [From Aida] - Simon Bowman, NSO Ensemble, Sally Ann Triplett, Martin Yates
  11. Mame [From Mame] - Jerry Lanning, National Symphony Orchestra, Martin Yates
  12. Some Enchanted Evening [From South Pacific] - Thomas Allen, John Owen Edwards, Philharmonic Orchestra
  13. I Am What I Am [From LA Cage aux Follies] - Janet Glazener, Leslie Uggams
  14. One Song Glory [From Rent] - Sean McDermott, Martin Yates

Tracks:

  1. Phantom of the Opera [From The Phantom of the Opera] - Ethan Freeman, Claire Moore, National Symphony Orchestra, Martin Yates
  2. I Dreamed a Dream [From Les Miserables] - National Symphony Orchestra, Jacqui Scott, Martin Yates
  3. Bui Doi [From Miss Saigon] - Ethan Freeman, National Symphony Orchestra, Martin Yates
  4. As Long as He Needs Me [From Oliver!] - National Symphony Orchestra,
  5. Time Warp [From the Rocky Horror Picture Show] - Anita Dobson, NSO Ensemble, Martin Yates,
  6. Memory [From Cats] - Kim Criswell, National Symphony Orchestra, Martin Yates
  7. Why God Why [From Miss Saigon] - Graham Bickley, National Symphony Orchestra, Martin Yates
  8. I Know Him So Well [From Chess] - Katrina Murphy, NSO Ensemble, Sally Ann Triplett, Martin Yates
  9. One Day More [From Les Miserables] - National Symphony Orchestra, Martin Yates
  10. Peggy Sue [From Buddy Holly Story] - Dominic Curtis
  11. Empty Charis at Empty Tables [From Les Miserables] - Graham Bickley, National Symphony Orchestra, Martin Yates
  12. Dancing Queen [From Mamma Mia!] - Julian Kelly, NSO Ensemble, , Caroline O'Connor
  13. All I Ask of You [From The Phantom of the Opera] - Andrew Halliday, , National Symphony Orchestra, Martin Yates
  14. We Will Rock You [From We Will Rock You] - Martin Yates

Tracks:

  1. It's a Grand Night for Singing [From State Fair] - National Symphony Orchestra
  2. If I Were a Rich Man [From Fiddler on the Roof] - Jerry Lanning, National Symphony Orchestra
  3. I Talk to the Trees [From Paint Your Wagon] - Ethan Freeman, National Symphony Orchestra, Martin Yates
  4. Over the Rainbow [From The Wizard of Oz] - Gillian Bevan, , John Owen Edwards, , Royal Shakespeare Company
  5. Bless Yore Beautiful Hide [From Seven Brides for Seven Brothers] - Hal Fowler, National Symphony Orchestra, Martin Yates
  6. Grease [From Grease] - John Barrowman, NSO Ensemble, Martin Yates
  7. Woman in Love [From Guys and Dolls] - Gregg Edelman, , Emily Loesser, National Symphony Orchestra
  8. Secret Love [From Calamity Jane] - Debbie Gravitte, National Symphony Orchestra
  9. Quintet [From West Side Story] - National Symphony Orchestra
  10. I Will Always Love You [From the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas] - Salena Jones, John Pearce
  11. Money, Money [From "Caberet"] - Maria Friedman, National Symphony Orchestra, Jonathan Pryce
  12. If My Friends Could See Me Now (Sweet Charity) - Jacqueline Dankworth, National Symphony Orchestra, Martin Yates
  13. Thank Heaven for Little Girls [From Gigi] - Ron Moody, National Symphony Orchestra, Martin Yates
  14. Singin' in the Rain [From Singin' in the Rain] - Craig Barna, National Symphony Orchestra, Paul Robinson

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars You'll be disappointed.......2006-09-02

Not the original artists. Very weak versions of beloved songs by marginal to downright bad vocalists.

5 out of 5 stars Pretty good musical mix.......2006-03-10

Lots of great and clear vocals. I was looking for a musical mix and this has a nice sampling of many major songs but also some more recent stuff. I haven't purchased an import before but I would do it again if the opportunity presented itself. It is somewhat annoying to have three cds when I think it could have fit onto two. Still, more than I have complaints, I have compliments about it.
Queen of Country Blues 1929-1937
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Fantastic!
 Queen of Country Blues 1929-1937
Memphis Minnie
Manufacturer: Jsp Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Classic Female Vocal BluesClassic Female Vocal Blues | Blues | Styles | Music
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  3. All the Classic Sides 1928-1937
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ASIN: B0000CER8H
Release Date: 2003-09-08

Tracks:

  1. Goin' Back To Texas
  2. 'Frisco Town
  3. Bumble Bee
  4. I'm Gonna Bake My Biscuits
  5. Mister Tango Blues
  6. She Wouldn't Give Me None
  7. What Fault You Find Of Me: Pt. 1
  8. What Fault You Find Of Me: Pt. 2
  9. I'm Talking About You
  10. Bumble Bee
  11. Can I Do It For You: Pt. 1
  12. Can I Do It For You: Pt. 2
  13. I'm Going Back Home
  14. Bumble Bee Blues
  15. Meningitis Blues
  16. I Never Told A Lie
  17. Don't Want No Woman
  18. Georgia Skin
  19. I Don't Want No Woman I Have To Give My Money To
  20. Memphis Minnie - Jitis Blues: Take A
  21. Memphis Minnie - Jitis Blues: Take B
  22. Good Girl Blues
  23. Plymouth Rock Blues
  24. Bumble Bee - No. 2
  25. Georgia Skin Blues

Tracks:

  1. New Dirty Dozen
  2. New Bumble Bee
  3. Frankie Jean (That Trottin' Fool)
  4. I'm Talking 'Bout You - No. 2
  5. She Put Me Outdoors
  6. I Called You This Morning
  7. Grandpa And Grandma Blues
  8. Garage Fire Blues
  9. Dirt Dauber Blues
  10. You Dirty Mistreater
  11. What's The Matter With The Mill
  12. North Memphis Blues
  13. I Don't Want That Junk Outa You
  14. Crazy Cryin' Blues
  15. Tricks Ain't Walking No More
  16. Don't Bother It
  17. Today Today Blues
  18. Lay My Money Down (If You Run Around)
  19. Hard Down Lie
  20. Somebody's Got To Help You
  21. Pickin' The Blues
  22. Let's Go To Town
  23. Soo Cow Soo
  24. After While Blues
  25. Fishin' Blues

Tracks:

  1. Jailhouse Trouble Blues
  2. Outdoor Blues
  3. Where Is My Good Man
  4. You Stole My Cake
  5. Kind Treatment Blues
  6. Socket Blues
  7. My Butcher Man
  8. Too Late
  9. Ain't No Use Trying To Tell On Me
  10. Stinging Snake Blues
  11. Drunken Barrel House Blues
  12. You Got To Move: Pt. 1
  13. Keep It To Yourself
  14. Keep It To Yourself - Alt. Track
  15. Chickasaw Train Blues (Low Down Dirty Thing)
  16. Banana Man Blues (I Don't Want That Thing)
  17. You Got To Move: Pt. 2
  18. Hole In The Wall
  19. Give It To Me In My Hand (Can I Go Home With You)
  20. Squat It
  21. Moaning The Blues
  22. Dirty Mother For You
  23. Sylvester And His Mule Blues
  24. When You're Asleep
  25. You Can Give It Away

Tracks:

  1. Let Me Ride
  2. When The Saints Go Marching Home
  3. Jockey Man Blues
  4. Weary Woman's Blues
  5. Reachin' Pete: Take A
  6. Reachin' Pete: Take B
  7. Down In New Orleans
  8. You Wrecked My Happy Home
  9. I'm Waiting On You
  10. Keep On Goin'
  11. Ball And Chain Blues
  12. He's In The Ring (Doing That Same Old Thing) - Take A
  13. He's In The Ring (Doing That Same Old Thing) - Take B
  14. Joes Louis Strut
  15. When The Sun Goes Down: Part 2
  16. Hustlin' Woman Blues
  17. Selling My Pork Chops
  18. Doctor, Doctor Blues
  19. Biting Bug Blues
  20. Minnie's Lonesome Song
  21. You Ain't Done Nothing To Me
  22. Ain't Nobody Home But Me: Take 1
  23. Ain't Nobody Home But Me: Take 2
  24. New Orleans Stop Time

Tracks:

  1. Ice Man (Come On Up)
  2. Hoodoo Lady
  3. My Strange Man
  4. I'm A Gamblin' Woman
  5. I'm A Bad Luck Woman
  6. Caught Me Wrong Again
  7. Black Cat Blues: Take 1
  8. Black Cat Blues: Take 2
  9. Good Morning
  10. Man You Won't Give Me No Money
  11. If You See My Rooster (Please Run Him Home)
  12. I Don't Want You No More
  13. Out In The Cold
  14. Dragging My Heart Around
  15. Moonshine
  16. It's Hard To Be Mistreated
  17. Haunted Blues: Take 1
  18. Haunted Blues: Take 2
  19. Hot Stuff: Take 1
  20. Hot Stuff: Take 2
  21. Living The Best I Can
  22. You Can't Rule Me
  23. No Need You Doggin' Me
  24. Look What You Got: Take 1
  25. Look What You Got: Take 2

Album Details

Remastered Recordings from 1929 - 1937.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Fantastic!.......2004-05-11

I've been visiting this box-set often since picking it up a few months ago. Previous to this, I only had one Memphis Minnie disc, so the vast majority of this box was new to me. Memphis Minnie is truly one of the giants of pre-war blues, yet she seems to be somewhat forgotten. Her name doesn't often seem to roll off the tongues of even many of the people who have gotten beyond just Robert Johnson. Hopefully this low priced yet high quality collection will help fix that situation.

I think I have ten of these great JSP boxes so far, and this is one of the very best.

In the majority of current blues, lyrics are little more than an after thought. Just something to play a supporting role to the trite guitar wankery. The pre-war era was when blues lyrics actually had something to say, and Minnie's lyrics are an excellent window into not only herself, but also into the flipside of life (of that era) and blues... life and blues from the female perspective. Minnie would seem to be as rough and tumble as any of her male counterparts.

Guitaristically, the first major glimpse we get into her playing comes on Mister Tango Blues. Throughout this box it strikes me that Minnie may well have been a more influential guitarist than many of the more famous males of her time. She does things you can still hear people doing today. A compliment to Minnie, but yet another comment on the stale state of most blues today.

One of the things that makes this entire box such a joy is that Minnie's music is comprised of many different styles. Whereas someone like Blind Lemon Jefferson only really did a handful of different things and everything he did fell into those categories, Minnie does everything from low-down blues to more mournful songs illustrating the female perspective, to jaunty, goofily fun tunes, jugband stuff, etc...

If you're only interested in hearing her do When The Levee Breaks, this isn't the set for you, as it's not here. I e-mailed JSP before this box was released and they told me that it would be included on a Kansas Joe box instead. Considering how many Minnie and Joe tracks are on here, I'm not sure why that wasn't included also, but it's a small gripe considering the great price of these JSP boxes and that it it won't bother me to pick up the Joe box for Levee and all the other tracks they did together that were not included here.

This whole box is like a musical treasure chest. Beyond "Thank you Minnie and JSP!!!" I can't think of anything more to say.
Texas-Czech Bands, 1929-1959
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Happy Central Texas Czech Music
  • MEMORIES OF A CZECH-AMERICAN CHILDHOOD
 Texas-Czech Bands, 1929-1959
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Arhoolie Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

PolkasPolkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B0000023TV
Release Date: 1993-12-02

Tracks:

  1. Dratenik (Tinker Polka) - Bacova's Ceska Kapela
  2. Lesni Zabava (Forest Party) - Bacova's Ceska Kapela
  3. Pisnicka Ceska (Song Of Bohemia) - Bacova's Ceska Kapela
  4. March Prodana Nevesta (Bartered Bride March) - Bacova's Ceska Kapela
  5. Ja Jsem Mlada Vdova (Young Widow Polka) - Bacova's Ceska Kapela
  6. Vzpominky Z Mladi (Memories Of Youth) - Adolph Pavlas & His Bohemians
  7. Rozvedena (Divorced) - Adolph Pavlas & His Bohemians
  8. Okolo Mesice (Around The Moon) - Bacova's Ceska Kapela
  9. Zvadla Ruze (Faded Rose) - Bacova's Ceska Kapela
  10. Dobrunoc (Good Night) - Bacova's Ceska Kapela
  11. Stara Konska Brana (The Old Horse Gate) - Bacova's Ceska Kapela
  12. Red Raven Polka - Julius Dietert's Band
  13. Krasna Amerika (Beautiful America) - Joe Patek's Orchestra
  14. Shiner Song - Joe Patek's Orchestra
  15. Mozna Ze Jo Ze Ne (Maybe Yes, Maybe No) - Joe Patek's Orchestra
  16. Wheel Barrow Polka - Joe Patek's Orchestra
  17. Sekerecka (Little Axe) - Frank Hermanek's Band
  18. Happy Go Lucky Polka - ADOLPH HOFNER
  19. The Prune Waltz - ADOLPH HOFNER
  20. Barbara Polka - ADOLPH HOFNER
  21. Green Meadow Waltz - ADOLPH HOFNER
  22. Shiner Song (Farewell To Prague) - ADOLPH HOFNER
  23. Barbara Polka - Benny Brosh & His Orchestra
  24. Circling Pigeons Waltz - John R. Baca's Orchestra
  25. Musikanti Pojdte Hrat (Musicians Come Out And Play) - Ray Krenek's Orchestra
  26. Oneida Polka - Bill Mraz Orchestra
  27. Corrido Rock - Joe Patek's Orchestra

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Happy Central Texas Czech Music.......2003-09-11

Though I am of Irish desent with this album I imagaine that once more I am a 10 year old boy in Central Texas with my family listening to the Sunday Czech music radio broadcast. Also,there was nothing like a Czech dance with live music, bright lights, and all ages on the dance floor. This takes me back to those happy childhood times and beautiful, happy Texas Czech music.

5 out of 5 stars MEMORIES OF A CZECH-AMERICAN CHILDHOOD.......2000-06-19

GROWING UP IN A CZECH-AMERICAN COMMUNITY we heard the music of our heritage often and with great joy. That memory will be reborn when you listen to this CD. My father was a DJ for 12 years at WRJN, Racine, Wisconsin. He had a CZECHO-SLOVAK HOUR every week and he played polkas and waltzes heard on this CD. The preservation of our heritage by these Texas' Bands and others is a listening pleasure and greatly appreciated.
Puttin' on the Ritz: The Great Hollywood Musicals
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • If you like great musicals you'll love this!
 Puttin' on the Ritz: The Great Hollywood Musicals
The Singing Hoosiers
Manufacturer: Telarc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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  4. Beautiful Hollywood
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ASIN: B000003D05
Release Date: 1995-09-26

Tracks:

  1. That's Entertainment
  2. Blue Skies
  3. Cheek To Cheek
  4. Puttin' On The Ritz
  5. Over The Rainbow
  6. Forty-Second Street
  7. Singin' In The Rain
  8. Lover
  9. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
  10. The Continental
  11. They Can't Take That Away From Me
  12. I've Got you Under My Skin
  13. On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe
  14. A Fine Romance
  15. Thanks For The Memory
  16. Lullaby Of Broadway

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars If you like great musicals you'll love this!.......2007-03-20

Eric Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops have done it again. This is a spectacular collection. It makes you feel like getting dressed up with a lot of glitz and glam and going dancing. Though I must admit that Fredrica Von Stade's rendition of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" will definitely touch your heart.

Breaking Out of New Orleans 1922-1929
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • I Agree With The Others On Quality And Content
  • Ear popping transfers!
  • Beyond the Giants and Geniuses
 Breaking Out of New Orleans 1922-1929
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Jsp Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B0002LPYVC
Release Date: 2004-09-13

Tracks:

  1. Original Tuxedo Ring - Original Tuxedo Jazz Band
  2. Careless Love - Original Tuxedo Jazz Band
  3. Black Rag - Original Tuxedo Jazz Band
  4. I'm Satisfied You Love Me - Celestin's Original Tuxedo Orchestra
  5. My Josephine - Celestin's Original Tuxedo Orchestra
  6. Station Calls - Celestin's Original Tuxedo Orchestra
  7. Station Calls - Celestin's Original Tuxedo Orchestra
  8. Give Me Some More - Celestin's Original Tuxedo Orchestra
  9. Dear Almanzoer - Celestin's Original Tuxedo Orchestra
  10. Papa's Got The Jim-Jams - Celestin's Original Tuxedo Orchestra
  11. As You Like It - Celestin's Original Tuxedo Orchestra
  12. Just For You Dear, I'm Crying - Celestin's Original Tuxedo Orchestra
  13. Just For You Dear, I'm Crying - Celestin's Original Tuxedo Orchestra
  14. When I'm With You - Celestin's Original Tuxedo Orchestra
  15. It's A Jam Up - Celestin's Original Tuxedo Orchestra
  16. The Sweetheart Of The TKO - Celestin's Original Tuxedo Orchestra
  17. Ta Ta Daddy - Celestin's Original Tuxedo Orchestra
  18. Pretty Audrey - Louis Dumaine's Jazzola Eight
  19. To-Bac-A-Wa - Louis Dumaine's Jazzola Eight
  20. Franklin Street Blues - Louis Dumaine's Jazzola Eight
  21. Red Onion Drag - Louis Dumaine's Jazzola Eight
  22. Astoria Strut - Jones And Collins Astoria Hot Eight
  23. Duet Stomp - Jones And Collins Astoria Hot Eight
  24. Damp Weather - Jones And Collins Astoria Hot Eight
  25. Tip Easy Blues - Jones And Collins Astoria Hot Eight

Tracks:

  1. Steppin' On The Gas - Sam Morgan's Jazz Band
  2. Everybody's Talking About Sammy - Sam Morgan's Jazz Band
  3. Mobile Stomp - Sam Morgan's Jazz Band
  4. Sing On - Sam Morgan's Jazz Band
  5. Short Dress Gal - Sam Morgan's Jazz Band
  6. Boogalousa Strut - Sam Morgan's Jazz Band
  7. Down By The Riverside - Sam Morgan's Jazz Band
  8. Over In The Gloryland - Sam Morgan's Jazz Band
  9. Bouncing Around - Sam Morgan's Jazz Band
  10. Kiss Me Sweet - Piron's New Orleans Orchestra
  11. New Orleans Wiggle - Piron's New Orleans Orchestra
  12. Mama's Gone, Goodbye - Piron's New Orleans Orchestra
  13. Sud Bustin' Blues - Piron's New Orleans Orchestra
  14. West Indies Blues - Piron's New Orleans Orchestra
  15. Do-Doodle-Oom - Piron's New Orleans Orchestra
  16. West Indies Blues - Piron's New Orleans Orchestra
  17. Ghost Of The Blues - Piron's New Orleans Orchestra
  18. Bright Star Blues - Piron's New Orleans Orchestra
  19. Louisiana Blues - Piron's New Orleans Orchestra
  20. Sitting On A Curbstone Blues - Piron's New Orleans Orchestra
  21. Red Man Blues - Piron's New Orleans Orchestra
  22. Do Just As I Say - Piron's New Orleans Orchestra
  23. Of All The Wrongs You Done Me - Red Onion Jazz Band
  24. Terrible Blues - Red Onion Jazz Band
  25. Santa Claus Blues - Red Onion Jazz Band
  26. Cake-Walking Babies (From Home) - Red Onion Jazz Band

Tracks:

  1. Krooked Blues (Sunshine 3001) - Ory's Sunshine Orchestra
  2. When You're All Alone (Sunshine 3001) - Ory's Sunshine Orchestra
  3. Maybe Some Day (Nordekog 2008) - Ory's Sunshine Orchestra
  4. That Sweet Something Dear (Nordekog 2008) - Ory's Sunshine Orchestra
  5. Ory's Creole Trombone (Sunshine 3003) - Ory's Sunshine Orchestra
  6. Society Blues (Sunshine 3003) - Ory's Sunshine Orchestra
  7. Frankie And Johnny - Fate Marable's Society
  8. Pianoflage - Fate Marable's Society
  9. Cutie Blues - Erskine Tate's Vendome Orchestra
  10. Chinaman Blues - Erskine Tate's Vendome Orchestra
  11. Scissor Grinder Joe - Scissor Grinder Joe
  12. Lonely Little Wallflower - Scissor Grinder Joe
  13. So This Is Venice - Scissor Grinder Joe
  14. Moanful Man - Scissor Grinder Joe
  15. The Memphis Maybe Man - Scissor Grinder Joe
  16. The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else - Scissor Grinder Joe
  17. Messin' Around - Cookie's Gingersnaps
  18. High Fever - Cookie's Gingersnaps
  19. Here Comes The Hot Tamale Man - Cookie's Gingersnaps
  20. Love Found You For Me - Cookie's Gingersnaps
  21. Here Comes The Hot Tamale Man! - Cook And His Dreamland Orchestra
  22. Brown Sugar - Cook And His Dreamland Orchestra
  23. High Fever - Cook And His Dreamland Orchestra
  24. Spanish Mama - Cook And His Dreamland Orchestra

Tracks:

  1. Stock Yards Strut - Freddie Keppard's Jazz Cardinals
  2. Salty Dog - Freddie Keppard's Jazz Cardinals
  3. Salty Dog - Freddie Keppard's Jazz Cardinals
  4. Perdido Street Blues - New Orleans Wanderers
  5. Gate Mouth - New Orleans Wanderers
  6. Too Tight - New Orleans Wanderers
  7. Papa Dip - New Orleans Wanderers
  8. Mixed Salad - New Orleans Wanderers
  9. I Can't Say - New Orleans Bootblacks
  10. Flat Foot - New Orleans Bootblacks
  11. Mad Dog - New Orleans Bootblacks
  12. Come On And Stomp, Stomp, Stomp - Johnny Dodds' Black Bottom Stompers
  13. After You've Gone - Johnny Dodds' Black Bottom Stompers
  14. After You've Gone - Johnny Dodds' Black Bottom Stompers
  15. Joe Turner Blues - Johnny Dodds' Black Bottom Stompers
  16. When Erastus Plays His Old Kazoo - Johnny Dodds' Black Bottom Stompers
  17. Ballin' The Jack - The Chicago Footwarmers
  18. Grandma's Ball - The Chicago Footwarmers
  19. My Baby - The Chicago Footwarmers
  20. Oriental Man - The Chicago Footwarmers
  21. Get 'Em Again Blues - The Chicago Footwarmers
  22. Brush Stomp - The Chicago Footwarmers
  23. My Girl - The Chicago Footwarmers
  24. Sweet 'Em Clean - The Chicago Footwarmers
  25. Lady Love - The Chicago Footwarmers
  26. Brown Bottom Bess - The Chicago Footwarmers

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars I Agree With The Others On Quality And Content.......2005-06-19

This is a wonderful in depth profile with superior sound showcasing some of the most influential and beautiful music ever recorded in this genre. To label New Orleans Jazz is not proper but one can say it is a distinct hybrid of americana with roots that are international.
Ever-present joy and blues is in it's music.

Of course once you are hooked you will need to hear the great music of King Oliver,with and without the great Louis Armstrong as well as Armstrong's historical Hot 5 and 7 recordings also wonderfuly issued as a box by this label,JSP records with great quality.

5 out of 5 stars Ear popping transfers!.......2005-06-01

I love twenties music and try to collect anything that has been decently transferred from the metal masters or the old shellac discs. This box collection is transferred so beautifully that it puts every other company to shame! Many remasters slice off the highs or lows in order to eliminate hisses and surface noise. These sound incredible. I am not a New Orleans fanatic - I prefer the pop songs of the twenties - but this is an exciting addition to my collection with plenty of superb finds that were new to me. The price is fantastic, the sound seems to have reached the limits of what can be done with these ancient recordings, the sheer quantity of material here - well, this box collection leaves me breathless. A fantastic buy!

5 out of 5 stars Beyond the Giants and Geniuses.......2005-01-18

The story of black New Orleans jazz in the 1920s is usually told through the recordings of King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Sidney Bechet, and Louis Armstrong. While these were the giants and geniuses of the music, they were not the whole story. This wide-ranging four-disk collection, while omitting the work of some excellent white players, fills in a lot of gaps in the story.

Three of the orchestras in this set were local favorites, who either never left the Crescent City, or left for brief periods and came back. Oscar "Papa" Celestin's Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra was very popular in the 1920s. His bands sound like milder versions of the better-known King Oliver Creole Jazz Band and Dixie Syncopators. Celestin played a tasteful muted cornet. His standout cuts are "Original Tuxedo Rag," "Black Rag," "My Josephine," "Station Calls" (two versions), and "It's a Jam Up." A poor vocalist mars several of the sides, and one regrets that Celestin did not sing on any of his early records.

Sam Morgan's Jazz Band was the hottest of the locals. Their music was rough around the edges, and was in this sense a precursor of George Lewis's music of the 1950s. Their rhythm section, driven by a slapped bass, could swing the entire band. A.J. Piron's New Orleans Orchestra featured the legendary Lorenzo Tio, Jr., on clarinet. Unfortunately, the band combined some rather sedate jazz with a great deal of period dance music, but the first version of "West Indies Blues" is very good.

There are two fine sessions here by Louis Dumaine's Jazzola Eight and the Jones and Collins Astoria Hot Eight. The Dumaine records, like those of Sam Morgan, paved the way for the New Orleans Revival sound. The Jones and Collins band, which was organized just for the recording session, features the fine trumpeter, Lee Collins, as well as clarinettist Sidney Arodin, a white musician who was apparantly "passing" for black in the recording studio.

The giants and geniuses are represented by four stellar sides by the Red Onion Jazz Babies, featuring Armstrong and Bechet as sidemen. Spectacular music, but somewhat out of place.

Also included are the only two sides ever recorded by Fate Marable, who made his reputation on the Mississippi riverboats. The record is disappointing. This is also true of the six sides cut in California by Kid Ory's Sunshine Orchestra in 1922.

Freddie Keppard and Johnny Dodds take up most of the third and fourth disks. Keppard didn't record until late in his life, at a time when alcohol was destroying him, and his records do not match his legend. It is as if Bix Beiderbecke did not start making records until 1929. However, Keppard was still a powerful, if erratic, player. "Messin' Around," the small band version of "High Fever," both versions of "Here Comes the Hot Tamale Man," "Stock Yards Strut," and both versions of "Salty Dog" affirm that the esteem in which he was held by Jelly Roll Morton and Sidney Bechet was not misplaced.

Dodds was a prolific recording artist in Chicago in the 20s. His records with Oliver, Morton, and especially Armstrong are legendary, and have been in common circulation for about 80 years. On the sides here, he shines on his own, and brightly. There are eight sides by a band variously called the New Orleans Wanderers and the New Orleans Bootblacks. This is actually the Louis Armstrong Hot Five, with George Mitchell replacing Satchmo, and with an added alto sax. Collectively, these make up one of the finest examples of the New Orleans collective ensemble ever put on wax. "Perdido Street Blues" and "Too Tight" rank with the best Armstrong and Oliver sides. The Oliver-style two-cornet break is revived by Dodds's Black Bottom Stompers on "Come On and Stomp, Stomp, Stomp."

This review is longer than most, but this is a four-disk box set by a large and diverse sampling of bands. Despite a number of routine tracks, the set rates five stars on the basis of the high quality of about half of the cuts.
Duke Ellington 1929-1930
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    		Duke Ellington 1929-1930

    Manufacturer: Classics
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
    Contemporary Big BandContemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B00007GX5N
    Release Date: 1999-04-06

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    2. Snake Hip Dance
    3. Doin' The Voom Voom
    4. Flaming Youth
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    7. Jazz Convulsions
    8. Mississippi
    9. The Duke Steps Out
    10. Haunted Nights
    11. Swanee Shuffles
    12. Six Or Seven Times
    13. Goin' Nuts
    14. Oklahoma Stomp
    15. Breakfast Dance
    16. Jazz Lips
    17. March Of The Hoodlums
    18. Lazy Duke
    19. Blues Of The Vagabond
    20. Syncopated Shuffle
    21. Sweet Mama
    22. Wall Street Wall
    23. Cincinnati Daddy
    24. St. James Infirmary

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