The Sound of Vaudeville

Artist: Eddie Morton Label: Archeophone Category: Music Average customer rating: Format: Explicit Lyrics Media: Audio CD Number Of Discs: 1 UPC: 777215104648 EAN: 0777215104648 ASIN: B00012UU3O Release Date: 2003-10-04

Tracks:

1. Thats Gratitude
2. Just a Friend of the Family
3. Mariuch Dance da Hootch-a-Ma-Kootch
4. The Peach that Tastes the Sweetest Hangs the Highest on the Tree
5. The Right Church but the Wrong Pew
6. The Party that Wrote Home, Sweet Home Never Was a Married Man
7. Dont Take Me Home
8. Somebody Lied
9. Music Makes Me Sentimental
10. In the Right Church but in the Wrong Pew
11. A Singer Sang a Song
12. Im a Member of the Midnight Crew
13. In Ireland
14. Id Rather Be a Minstrel Man than a Multimillionaire
15. Thats the Doctor, Bill
16. Please Dont Tell My Wife
17. Wild Cherry Rag
18. Then Well All Go Home
19. Dont Take Me Home
20. You Aint Talking to Me
21. If He Comes In, Im Going Out
22. I Wont Be Back Till August
23. Wild Cherries Rag
24. Let George Do It
25. Oh, You Dream
26. Thats the Fellow I Want to Get
27. Dont Make Me Laugh, Bill
28. If I Could See as Far Ahead as I Can See Behind

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Customer Reviews:

Of great historical importance--and lots of fun too.......2004-05-05

The booklet that comes in the jewel case is an exemplary one, giving all the important facts about the life and times of this once well known comic singer and enough pictures to give a feeling of what vaudeville was like. (Having been born in 1936, I just missed out on catching the tail end of this theatrical form that was murdered by radio and the film.)

This 79-minute CD contains 28 recordings made by Morton from 1907 to 1910. Some of the titles, which speak eloquently about the kind of songs you will hear, are "The Peach That Tastes the Sweetest Hangs the Highest on the Tree," "The Right Church but the Wrong Pew" (two recordings), "I'd Rather Be a Minstrel Man than a Multi-Millionaire," and "The Party That Wrote `Home Sweet Home' Never Was a Married Man"!

The sound is excellent considering the vintage, Morton's enunciation very good indeed, and the whole thing a lot of fun. But there is a warning at the bottom of the back cover, "Contains Racially Derogatory Language." The booklet elaborates thus: "Archeophone believes that if we neglect the offensive parts of our history, we will fail to learn from it." I see their point. Others might not.

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