Selected Broadcasts & Jam Sessions [Box set]

Selected Broadcasts & Jam Sessions [Box set]

ASIN: B00006ANJ5

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When Benny Goodman hired Charlie Christian in 1939, he of course had no way of knowing that the innovative young electric guitarist would die three years later of TB. That explains why during his tenure with Goodman's band Christian recorded only a handful of studio recordings. Luckily, dozens of his radio appearances were recorded, many of which appear on this bargain-priced four-CD set. Most of the tracks feature Christian with the Benny Goodman Sextet, a group with shifting personnel that at various times included Lionel Hampton, Fletcher Henderson, and Gene Krupa. Christian's playing ranges from good to brilliant, and on almost every track you can hear him creating the vocabulary for the next few generations of jazz guitarists by coming up with new riffs, rhythms, and chord voicings. Also included are a few selections from the famous From Spirituals to Swing concert from 1939, and some rare Harlem jam sessions from 1941 that show Christian flirting with early bop ideas. The sound quality on the bulk of the tracks is surprisingly good, considering the source. So the question is, does anyone really need eight versions of "Flying Home?" The simple answer is yes, particularly when those versions are a well played and as historically important as these are. --Michael Simmons

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4CD box set.

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Selected Broadcasts & Jam Sessions Charlie Christian Manufacturer: Jsp Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Genius of the Electric Guitar Featuring Charlie Christian: 1939-41 ASIN: B00006ANJ5 Release Date: 2002-07-12

Tracks:

1. Flying Home
2. Stardust
3. Flying Home
4. I Got Rhythm
5. Stardust
6. Tea For Two
7. Flying Home
8. Stardust
9. Memories Of You
10. Rose Room
11. AC/DC Current
12. Flying Home
13. Soft Winds
14. Memories Of You
15. Shivers
16. South Of The Border
17. Seven Come Eleven (Roast Turkey Stomp)
18. AC/DC Current
19. AC/DC Current

Tracks:

1. Dinah
2. I Got Rhythm
3. Flying Home
4. Memories Of You
5. Stomping At The Savoy
6. Honeysuckle Rose
7. Paging The Devil
8. Way Down In New Orleans
9. Good Morning Blues
10. Oh! Lady Be Good
11. Pick A Rib
12. Till Tom Special
13. Gone With What Wind
14. Gone With What Wind
15. The Sheik Of Araby
16. Soft Winds

Tracks:

1. The Sheik Of Araby
2. Seven Come Elevan
3. Six Appeal
4. Honeysuckle Rose
5. Six Appeal
6. AC/DC Current
7. Gone With What Wind
8. Benny's Bugle
9. Wholly Cats
10. Honeysuckle Rose
11. Wholly Cats
12. Flying Home
13. Gone With What Draft (Gilly)
14. Breakfast Feud
15. Gone With What Draft (Gilly)
16. Six Appeal
17. Solo Flight (Chonk, Charlie, Chonk)
18. Flying Home
19. Good Enough To Keep (Air Mail Special)

Tracks:

1. Wholly Cats
2. Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider
3. Breakfast Feud
4. Song Of The Islands
5. Flying Home
6. Topsy (Swing To Bop)
7. Stomping At The Savoy
8. Honeysuckle Rose (Up On Teddy's Hill)
9. I Got Rhythm (Rhythm-A-Ning, Paging Dr. Christian, Dowm On Teddy's Hill)
10. I Got Rhythm (Guy's Got To Go)
11. Stomping At The Savoy (Lips Flips, On With Charlie Christian)
12. Benny's Bugle
13. Rose Room
14. Solo Flight (Chonk, Charlie, Chonk)

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Disc 1:
1. Flying Home
2. Stardust
3. Flying Home
4. I Got Rhythm
5. Stardust
6. Tea For Two
7. Flying Home
8. Stardust
9. Memories Of You
10. Rose Room
11. AC/DC Current
12. Flying Home
13. Soft Winds
14. Memories Of You
15. Shivers
16. South Of The Border
17. Seven Come Eleven (Roast Turkey Stomp)
18. AC/DC Current
19. AC/DC Current

Disc 2:
1. Dinah
2. I Got Rhythm
3. Flying Home
4. Memories Of You
5. Stomping At The Savory
6. Honeysuckle Rose
7. Paging The Devil
8. Way Down In New Orleans
9. Good Morning Blues
10. Oh! Lady Be Good
11. Pick A Rib
12. Till Tom Special
13. Gone With What Wind
14. Gone With What Wind
15. The Sheik Of Araby
16. Soft Winds

Disc 3:
1. The Sheik Of Araby
2. Seven Come Eleven
3. Six Appeal
4. Honeysuckle Rose
5. Six Appeal
6. AC/DC Current
7. Gone With What Wind
8. Benny's Bugle
9. Wholly Cats
10. Honeysuckle Rose
11. Wholly Cats
12. Flying Home
13. Gone With What Draft (Gilly)
14. Breakfast Feud
15. Gone With What Draft (Gilly)
16. Six Appeal
17. Solo Flight (Chonk, Charlie, Chonk)
18. Flying Home
19. Good Enough To Keep (Air Mail Special)

Disc 4:
1. Wholly Cats
2. Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider
3. Breakfast Feud
4. Song Of The Islands
5. Flying Home
6. Topsy (Swing To Bop)
7. Stomping At The Savoy
8. Honeysuckle Rose (Up On Teddy's Hill)
9. I Got Rhythm (Rhythm -a- Ning, Paging Dr. Christian, Down On Teddy's Hill)
10. I Got Rhythm (Guy's Got To Go)
11. Stomping At The Savoy (Lips Flips, On With Charlie Christian)
12. Benny's Bugle
13. Rose Room
14. Solo Flight (Chonk, Charlie, Chonk)

Format: CD

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Average customer rating: A Great Buy for OTR Fans The best collection available Maybe this is why Radio died. Cronkite can pick 'em Valuable living history

The 60 Greatest Old-Time Radio Shows of the 20th Century selected by Walter Cronkite Manufacturer: Radio Spirits ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General Broadcasting | Radio | Entertainment | Subjects | Books General | Books on CD | Formats | Books Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Radio Shows | Miscellaneous | 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 | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: All Time Favorites: Old Time Radio Shows (Orginal Radio Broadcasts) Mystery: Old Time Radio Shows (Orginal Radio Broadcasts) The Shadow (3-Hour Collectors' Editions) (3-Hour Collectors' Editions) CBS's 60 Greatest Old-Time Radio Shows Westerns: Old Time Radio Shows (Orginal Radio Broadcasts) ASIN: 1570192448 Release Date: 2000-07-11

Tracks:

1. Walter Cronkite Audio Forward - Walter Cronkite
2. Mercury Theatre on the Air/The War of the Worlds - Orson Welles

Tracks:

1. Abbott and Costello Show/Who's on First - Bud Abbott, Lou Costello
2. Adventures of Philip Marlowe/Red Wind

Tracks:

1. Chase and Sanborn Hour - Edgar Bergen,

Tracks:

1. Six Shooter/Britt Ponset's Christmas Carol - James Stewart
2. Baby Snooks Show/Report Card Blues - Fanny Brice

Tracks:

1. Escape/Leinengen Vs. The Ants - William Conrad
2. Fibber McGee and Molly/I Can Get It for You Wholesale - Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan

Tracks:

1. On a Note of Triumph

Tracks:

1. CBS Radio Workshop/Brave New World, Pt. 1 - Walter Cronkite
2. CBS Radio Workshop/Brave New World, Pt. 2 - Walter Cronkite

Tracks:

1. Burns and Allen Show - Gracie Allen, Jack Benny, George Burns
2. Jack Benny Program - Jack Benny, George Burns, Danny Kaye, Groucho Marx, Frank Sinatra

Tracks:

1. Lux Radio Theatre/The Jazz Singer - Al Jolson

Tracks:

1. Suspense/Sorry, Wrong Number - Agnes Moorehead
2. Grand Central Station/Miracle for Christmas - Mason Adams

Tracks:

1. Philco Radio Time/The Road to Hollywood - Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour
2. Saint/The Corpse Said Ouch - Vincent Price

Tracks:

1. Have Gun, Will Travel/From Here to Boston - John Dehner
2. Vic and Sade/Muted Silver Moonbeam Chimes
3. Lum and Abner Show/Traditional Christmas Show

Tracks:

1. We Hold These Truths - James Stewart

Tracks:

1. Arthur Godfrey Time - Arthur Godfrey
2. Walter Winchell Show - Walter Winchell
3. X-Minus One - Wendell Holmes
4. Adventures of Superman/Origin Retold - Clayton Collyer

Tracks:

1. Mecury Summer Theater - Orson Welles
2. Big Town/Death Rides the Highway - Edward G. Robinson

Tracks:

1. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar/ The Told Matter, Pt. 1
2. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar/ The Told Matter, Pt. 2
3. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar/ The Told Matter, Pt. 3
4. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar/ The Told Matter, Pt. 4
5. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar/ The Told Matter, Pt. 5

Tracks:

1. Columbia Presents Corwin/The Undecided Molecule - Groucho Marx
2. Dimension X/The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury, Roger DeKoven

Tracks:

1. Eddie Cantor Show - Eddie Cantor
2. Escape/Three Skeleton Key - Vincent Price

Tracks:

1. Chase and Sanborn Hour/The Garden of Eden - Edgar Bergen, , Mae West

Tracks:

1. Cavalcade of America/Native Land, Pt. 1 - Burgess Meredith
2. Cavalcade of America/Native Land, Pt. 2 - Burgess Meredith

Tracks:

1. Fred Allen Show - Jack Benny
2. Lights Out/Cat Wife - Boris Karloff

Tracks:

1. Jack Benny Program/Money or Your Life - Jack Benny
2. Jack Benny Program [In the Show After "Money or Your Life"] - Jack Benny

Tracks:

1. Dick Tracy in B-Flat [Command Performance] - Bing Crosby, Jimmy Durante, Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra
2. Columbia Presents Corwin/Fourteen August - Orson Welles

Tracks:

1. Dragnet/Rifle for Christmas - Jack Webb
2. Shadow - Orson Welles

Tracks:

1. Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective/The Death Bed Caper - Howard Duff
2. Bickersons - Don Ameche, Frances Langford

Tracks:

1. Inner Sanctum Mysteries/The Shadow of Death - Richard Widmark
2. Great Gildersleeve/McGee's Christmad Gifts

Tracks:

1. I Love Lucy - Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball
2. Arch Oboler's Plays/Johnny Got His Gun - James Cagney

Tracks:

1. Suspense/Backseat Driver - Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan
2. Lone Ranger: Origin Show - Brace Beemer

Tracks:

1. Gunsmoke/The Photographer - William Conrad
2. Let's Pretend/Mell-A-Lot - Walter Cronkite

Tracks:

1. Bold Venture/Deadly Merchandise - Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart
2. Quiet Please/The Thing on the Fourble Board - Ernest Chappell

Amazon.com Audiobook Review

The collection also has tremendous historical cachet, providing an intriguing glimpse of the sensibilities of a bygone era. Retro buffs will be delighted by the vintage radio ads that accompany the broadcasts. These unbelievably enthusiastic pitches for cigarettes and hair tonics are fascinating, occasionally hilarious reminders that these were very different times: in one 1946 broadcast, Camel Cigarettes boasts of the cartons of smokes it donated to veterans' hospitals. As both a time capsule and a survey of first-rate entertainment, the collection is a treasure, whether you were raised on radio or are uncovering its charms for the first time. (Running time: 30 hours) --Andrew Neiland

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Customer Reviews:

A Great Buy for OTR Fans.......2002-07-27

Like Comedy? You'll get such classics as Jack Benny's "Your Money, or Your Life?", Abott & Costello's "Who's On First?", and the infamous Don Ameche & Mae West "Adam&Eve" sketch, on The Chase And Sanbourn Hour.

Like to be scared out of your wits? The best horror broadcast of all time "The Thing On The Fourble Board" will certinly do the job, as will Escape's nail-bitting classic "Three Skeleton Key", and it's other shocker "Leinengan Vs. The Ants". Add that up with the haunting Mercury Summer theatre episode "The Hitchhiker", and there's 2 Hours worth of terror!

There's all sorts of other great show, but I'm in a rush! OTR fans, take my word for it, this set rules!

The best collection available.......2001-08-24

There are some real gems here. The dramatization of Isaac Asimov's "Nightfall (X Minus One)" is very well done. Adolph Huxley introduces his classic "Brave New World (CBS Radio Workshop)," and Abbott and Costello shine as usual with "Who's on First (Abbott and Costello Show)." Orson Wells is well represented in a variety of genres, doing good work with "The Hitchhiker (Mercury Summer Theater) and "White God (The Shadow)." His classic "War of the Worlds (Mercury Theater on the Air)" is included, although if you buy any Old Time Radio collections, you tend to end up with several copies of this. A nice episode of Bold Venture stars Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. "Sorry Wrong Number (Suspense)" is considered one of the finest examples of the genre, and Orson Welles considered it to be the best script available. Bing Crosby is great in his performances

Personally, I would have picked a slightly different collection of the 60 greatest, but they did not ask me. The collection is a little heavy on comedy and variety shows. This type of humor tends not to translate well over the years, and you may not know the references. The patriotic pieces are very heavy handed, and America operates under a different set of morals. "God, and plutonium, are on our side..." I could do without any Baby Snooks.

All together, the good episodes far outweigh the mediocre. I am definitely happy with this purchase, and have listened to episodes multiple times.

Maybe this is why Radio died........2000-03-29

Cronkite can pick 'em.......2000-02-09

Valuable living history.......1999-12-19

-- and lest one exclaim "Sez who?" the rest of the title is "Selected by Walter Cronkite." Of course, we cannot be sure if he chose each episode personally. The box tells us that "Radio Spirits has teamed" with him in the selection. For some of these choices, I fell into violent disagreement with the use of "greatest"; but all in all this is as remarkable a collection as are the earlier releases and quite different from them in one important respect. Several of the shows are highly poetical and designed to help audiences through the war and postwar years back in the 1940s. The one called "We Hold These Truths" gives us Jimmy Stewart in a Norman Corwin tribute to the Bill of Rights, while Orson Welles intones the purple prose of Corwin's "Fourteen August." I found a salute to Carl Sandburg somewhat overlong. However Corwin's "The Undecided Molecule" is not only all in verse and truly funny, but features Robert Benchley and Groucho Marx among several other stars. Of course Cronkite would include a full Walter Winchell broadcast when a few seconds' sample would have sufficed, and the Vic and Sade episode chosen is particularly vapid. (Were they all like that, can some reader tell me?) But choosing the Abbott and Costello show that has not only the "Who's on First" but also the "Bob Feller" routine was right on target, as was the Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy show in which Mae West got herself banned from the air for her suggestive reading of Eve in a sketch in which Don Ameche plays Adam. Other highlights are the "Sorry, Wrong Number" with Agnes Moorehead ("Suspense") and the same author's "The Hitchhiker" with Orson Welles ("Mercury Summer Theater"). Mr. Welles' famous Mercury Theater "War of the Worlds" is the first selection, by the way, to be matched in terror only by "Three Skeleton Key" ("Escape") in which Vincent Price and two men are trapped in a lighthouse by millions of rats! Or the classic "Leinengen vs. the Ants" ("Escape") in which William Conrad defies several square miles of the man-eaters. For comedy we have Baby Snooks, Fibber McGee and Molly, Burns and Allen, Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Desi and Lucy (with the Mertz's), Eddie Cantor, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby (in a particular funny Philco Radio Time Episode), and a host of comics in a Dick Tracy spoof on a "Command Performance" designed for GI's overseas. For drama we have, among many, the science fiction "Nightfall" ("X-Minus One") the western "From Here to Boston" ("Have Gun, Will Travel") the mystery "The Death Bed Caper" ("Sam Spade, Detective") the suspenseful "The Shadow of Death" ("Inner Sanctum") and the speculative "Brave New World" ("The CBS Radio Workshop"). (I regret I simply do not have the space to list them all, but you can contact me for more details.) Different from the other sets is the format that mixes 60 and 90 minute shows with shorter ones, so that an entire tape can be devoted to a sequence of "Johnny Dollar" episodes. But you still get 60 shows, if each episode counts as one! As I said when I reviewed some of the earlier releases, this is a terrific educational tool if used correctly. The Bill of Rights broadcast, for example, would do a better job letting the young know about those original 10 amendments than any textbook could. And think what a teacher could do in having a class write its own radio show after hearing some of these! I believe there is a CD version available, but I find CDs leave out the commercials to make room on a side that cannot hold more than 79 minutes. But in either format, this collection (as are the others, of course) is a most enjoyable, if not a most valuable, set to have and to play many times. Perhaps if we understood better where we came, we might make a better job of where we are going.

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