Hot Toddy

Artist: Ralph Flanagan Orchestra
Label: Aerospace
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 022141103228
EAN: 0022141103228
ASIN: B0000015BE

Release Date: 1995-04-16

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Tracks:

On The Beat
Beautiful Ohio
Dress Blues
My Hero
Flanagan's Boogie
Penthouse Serenade
South
Drigo's Serenade
Moon Over Miami
Delicado
Espanharlem
Balboa
Joshua
Stars And Stripes Forever
Hot Toddy
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Bugle Boy Blues
Bill Bailey
Stop Look And Listen
Yours Sincerely
What's New
Singing Winds

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Customer Reviews:

Nostalgia.......2006-04-03

Hot Toddy was quite popular when I was in my teens, and I know it had lyrics. I have not been able to locate them anywhere. I thought perhaps your other reviewer might have access to them since his father played with Ralph Flannagan. The lyrics started out "Hod toddy sure makes a body feel awfully nice". Would love to hear about this.

good example of a lesser-known big band.......2001-08-14

I confess I'm biased. I got this album because my Dad played on it...he was a trombonist with this band after WW2. Suffice it to say that I agree with the reviews I have read about it--Flanagan has a nice big band sound, though some tunes have a very obvious Glenn Miller influence. "On the Beat" reminds me a lot of "In the Mood"...same style, different notes. Almost like "Songs played in the style of....". Things I liked about the CD: There are a lot of tunes on it, and the first five appear to be live recordings from radio broadcasts that the band did. The radio announcer is heard introducing these cuts also. The recording sounds reasonably clean considering the original was analog recorded in the early 1950's. The few audible scratches give it that authentic "vintage" sound. The liner notes give a (very) brief overview of Flanagan and his band. Things I didn't like: Most (but not all) of the songs are relatively obscure: not what you'd buy if you wanted one CD in your collection of the most popular & well-known big band hits of the 40's and 50's. I also would have liked more info in the liner notes, especially specifics on when and where this album was originally recorded (the only copyright date I saw was on the web site and it is recent--most likely the release of this CD pressing, NOT the original cuts, which my Dad dates to the early 1950's). Overall: good choice for collectors (and proud sons) as well as students of big band music and genre...but if you want a good sampling of the definitive, popular big band tunes, get something a little more well-known.

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