Tangonero duo – Alex Roitman & Zac Selissen on Gramophoney Baloney

May 13, 5pm

– DJ McShmormac

Today’s show was graced with the presence of Tangonero duo Alex Roitman (bandoneon) & Zac Selissen (guitar) performing live in the studio, much to DJ McSchmormac’s musical delight!

PLAYLIST:

• “The Honeymoon Reel” by Patsy Touhey from “The Piping of Patsy Touhey”
• “Que se vayan” by Carlos Gardel from “100 por Garlos gardel – Una exquisita selección”
• “Se Armo” by Astor Piazzolla y su orquesta “Los primeros años – Documentos Tango”
• “Palamita Blanca” by Tangonero from “Tangonero live on Gramophoney Baloney”
• “La Sonambula” by Juan Maglio from “El Bandoneon de Pacho”
• “Maria” by Alberto Marino con la orquesta de Aníbal Troilo from “Selección De La Historia Del Tango”
• “Mala Junta” by Tangonero from “Tangonero live on Gramophoney Baloney”
• “Malena” by Tangonero from “Tangonero live on Gramophoney Baloney”
• “Yira Yira” by Sofía Bozán con Enrique Delfino from “Las Damas Del Tango – 1909 – 1946”
• “La Ultima Copa” by Francisco Canaro y su orquesta típica con Agustín Irusta or Roberto Fugazot (?) from “Noche De Reyes”
• “Milonga De Mis Amores” by Tangonero from “Tangonero live on Gramophoney Baloney”
• “La Viruta” by Tangonero from “Tangonero live on Gramophoney Baloney”
• “Mal De Amores” by Tangonero from “Tangonero live on Gramophoney Baloney”
• “La Cumparsita (excerpt)” by Orquesta Típica Osvaldo Fresedo from “Elvino Vardaro – El Violin Mayor del Tango – 1928-1943″
• “La Cumparsita” by Orquestra Alfredo de Angelis Recita: Rodi from “Selección De La Historia Del Tango”
• “Please Take Me Out Of Jail” by Thomas Waller with Thomas Morris and His Hot Babies from “I Got Rhythm”
• “They’re Red Hot” by Robert Johnson from “Legendary Blues”
• “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” by Bessie Smith from “Great original performances 1925 – 1933″
• “Khod elaich ouagnem” by Mohamed Elkabbandji from “Le Maqam en Irak – Vol I – Congres du Caire 1932”
• “Rahm Eyla” by Jurâ-khân Sultânov & Ma’mur-jân Uzaqov from “Ouzbekistan: Les Grandes Voix Du Passé (1940-1965)”
• “Taksim” by Udi Marko Melkon Alemsherian from “Masters of Turkish Music”
• “Turnalar (Fly, Cranes, Fly)” by Darülelhan from “Masters of Turkish Music – Volume 2”
• “El Caballo y la Montura” by Orquesta Casino de la Playa from “Memories of Cuba – (1937-1944)”
• “Déjame tranquilo” by Maria Teresa Vera y Rafael Zequeira from “El legendario Dúo de la Trova Cubana – Grabaciones Históricas 1916-1924”
• “Adivinalo” by Arsenio Rodríguez y su conjunto from “Montuneando – 1946-1950”
• “Botón de Rosa (Rosebud)” by Vicente Sigter y su orq. from “Out of Cuba  Latin American music takes Africa by storm”
• “Ramblin’ Blues” by Charlie Poole and His North Carolina Ramblers from “With the North Carolina Ramblers & The Highlanders”
• “Sen bu yaylalari yaylayamazsin” by Zehra Belir from “Women of Istanbul”
• “Abonsa” by Jolly Orchestra from “African Popular Music – Archives – 1926-1952”

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You can see Tangonero perform monthly:

• First Wednesdays at Suasolito Seahorse
• Fourth Thursdays at Café Divine

Robert Crumb & Terry Zwigoff on Gramophoney Baloney!

May 6, 6pm

– DJ McShmormac

Ace selection of pre-1951 recordings from DJ McSchmormac with distinguished guest selectors Terry Zwigoff & Robert Crumb!

Camera-shy Terry Zwigoff with Robert Crumb, in effect, in the Radio Valencia studio today

PLAYLIST:

• “Memphis Blues, or Mister Crump” by Prince’s Band from “Cakewalks, Rags & Blues – Military Style”
• “Mexico en Una Laguna” by Lidya Mendoza y Familia from “Hot Women – Women Singers From the Torrid Regions”
• “Monterrey” by La Familia Mendoza from “Mal Hombre & Other Original Hits from the 1930s”
• “El Coco” by La Familia Mendoza from “Vida Mía”
• “La Bamba” by Hermanos Huesca from “Frank Fairfield’s Pawn Records Presents Unheard Ofs & Forgotten Abouts”
• “Mr. Johnson Turn Me Aloose” by The South Georgia Highballers from “Serenade In The Mountains – Early Old Time Music on Record”
• “False Hearted Lover’s Blues (introduced by Joe Wilson)” by Dock Boggs from “A Guide to the Crooked Road – Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail”
• “Sugar Baby” by Dock Boggs from “R. Crumb’s Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country”
• “Croquet Habits” by Freeny’s Barn Dance Band from “The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of – Super Rarities & Unissued Gems Of The 1920s & 30s”
• “Old Rub Alcohol” by Dock Boggs from “The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of – Super Rarities & Unissued Gems Of The 1920s & 30s”
• “Greenback Dollar” by Weems String Band from “Down In The Basement – Joe Bussard’s Treasure Trove of Vintage 78s – 1926-1937″
• “Honeysuckle” by Charlie Poole and His North Carolina Ramblers from “With the North Carolina Ramblers & The Highlanders”
• “Goodbye Sweet Liza Jane” by Charlie Poole and His North Carolina Ramblers from “With the North Carolina Ramblers & The Highlanders”
• “Il Portavoce” by Trio Mandolinistico from “Italian String Virtuosi”
• “I Found A Four-Leaf Clover” by Al Miller from “Early Mandolin Classics – Volume 1”
• “Hindustani “Comic” Song” by Luknow Zananas from ”Music of India, Vol. 2 – From Old 78 RPM Records – 1920s, ’30s, ’40s” (R. Crumb unreleased CD)
• “Violin & Piano Instrumental” by Paritosh Seal & K. Bhattacharya from ”Music of India, Vol. 2 – From Old 78 RPM Records – 1920s, ’30s, ’40s” (R. Crumb unreleased CD)
• “(Blank Label)” by Anon. Male Singer with instrumental accomp. from ”Music of India, Vol. 2 – From Old 78 RPM Records – 1920s, ’30s, ’40s” (R. Crumb unreleased CD)
• “Hai Hai El Hai (The Living God)” by Abid David from “Shir Hodu – Jewish Song From Bombay of 30s”
• “Kate Muldoon” by Frank Quinn from “Oldtime Records – Vol. 2 – U.S. Recordings”
• “Murphy’s Wife” by Frank Quinn from “Baby, How Can It Be? – Songs of Love, Lust and Contempt from the 1920s and 1930s”
• “Chant D’Amour” by Chants Populaires Tahitens from “Hot Women – Women Singers From the Torrid Regions”
• “Ama Ama” by Tauta Archer from “Frank Fairfield’s Pawn Records Presents Unheard Ofs & Forgotten Abouts”
• “Mama E” by Kalama’s Quartet from “Early Hawaiian Classics 1927 – 1932”
• “Lei E” by Emma Bush with Johnny Noble and his Hawaiian Music from “Hot Women – Women Singers From the Torrid Regions”
• “Gay Life In Dikanka” by Kornienko’s Ukrainska Orchestra from “Gay Life in Dikanka – R. Crumb’s Old-Time Favourites”

SOUTH GEORGIA HIGHBALLERS

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UPDATE!

During the show Terry & Robert mentioned that they’d seen Meredith Axelrod at Atlas Cafe the previous day singing “Come Take A Trip In My Air Ship”, here’s a video of that very same performance both guests were enthusing about: CLICK HERE – with Craig Ventresco on guitar – who features in the soundtracks of two of Terry Zwigoff’s films, “Crumb” & “Ghost World“.

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Here’s a video of highlights from the main feature of last Sunday’s “Silent Movie Night” at Chez Poulet, a selection of short films by Georges Méliès with live improvised musical accompaniment by Ralph Carney, Beth Custer, Rob Reich & Randy Odell, and narration by D.J. McSchmormac: CLICK HERE

Happy Birthday Duke Ellington!!! – Gramophoney Baloney

April 30, 2pm

– DJ McShmormac

All vintage recordings (1912-1950), including plenty of Duke Ellington, and lots of other stuff from around the world.

PLAYLIST:

• “Flowers of Edinburgh (excerpt)” by W.F. Cameron from “Melodeon Greats – A Collection Of Melodeon Masterpieces”
• “Canned Heat Blues” by Tommy Johnson from “Legends of the Country Blues”
• “Tally-Ho” by Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra from “John Coltrane – Complete Recordings with Dizzy Gillespie”
• “Cheesy Breeze” by Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies from “Daddy of Western Swing”
• “Solitude” by Larry Adler from “The Great Larry Adler – Original Recordings 1934-1947”
• “The Sheik of Araby” by Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra from “Original Masters – The best of Duke Ellington”
• “As Aman Or Syri I Zil” by Jonuzai Islam Me Shocket from “Albanian Village Music – Recorded in Tirana 1930”
• “Osu Oblango” by Yeboa’s Band from “Opika Pende – Africa at 78 RPM”
• “Five Ilonga tunes” by Belekeloosa Kayala from “Tanzania Instruments – Tanganyika 1950”
• “Kim Derdiki” by Musseref Hanim from “To Scratch Your Heart – Early Recordings From Istanbul”
• “Fihren Die Mechutonim Aheim” by Naftule Brandwein & Abe Schwartz’s Orchestra from “Klezmer Music – Early Yiddish Instrumental Music – The First Recordings: 1908-1927”
• “Raga: Janpuri” by Bismillah Khan from “Vintage 78 RPM Records”
• “Dyo Mavra Matia Agapo” by Yiorgos Papasideris & Yiorgos Anestopoulos from “Premier Greek Clarinettist”
• “Bedevi Oyunu” by Şükrü Tunar from “Legendary Clarinetist of Turkey”
• “Havagli Guelbi, Pt.1” by Dalila Rochdi from “Opika Pende – Africa at 78 RPM”
• “Nikolaev Bulgar” by Dave Tarras with Abe Ellstein’s Orchestra from “Dave Tarras – Master of Klezmer Music – Volume One – Original Recordings 1929 – 1949”
• “Morning Dew/Colleen Bawn” by Paddy Killoran from “Oldtime Records – Vol. 2 – U.S. Recordings”
• “Al Grito de Viva España” by Manuel Vallejo & Antonio Moreno from “Grabaciones Discos Pizarra – Año 1930”
• “Minuet In Swing” by Spade Cooley from “Swingin’ The Devil’s Dream”
• “Since We Put The Radio In The Henhouse (excerpt)” by Hoosier Hot Shots from “Everybody Stomp”
• “He’s a Hillbilly Gaucho” by Hoosier Hot Shots from “Everybody Stomp”
• “Soutsanenh” by Anon. Khéne from “The Secret Museum of Mankind, Vol. 3 Ethnic Music Classics: 1925-48”
• “High Life” by Dagombe Band of Gold Coast Police from “Opika Pende – Africa at 78 RPM”
• “March Guitar” by Okuth Onuku from “Opika Pende – Africa at 78 RPM”
• “Crescendo In Blue” by Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra from “Original Masters – The best of Duke Ellington”
• “Dance of the Octopus” by Red Norvo from “Knockin’ On Wood”
• “O Sole Mio” by Guido Deiro from “Complete Recorded Works, Vol.1”
• “Mood Indigo” by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra from “The “C” Jam Blues”
• “Tootin’ Thru The Roof” by Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra from “Original Masters – The best of Duke Ellington”
• “Swingin’ With Dora (excerpt)” by Hoosier Hot Shots from “Everybody Stomp”

BAKERSFIELD BACKBEAT with DJ McSchmormac!

April 28, 4am

– DJ McShmormac

Quarterman Jack Champion has gone visiting his kinfolk and entrusted Gramophoney Baloney‘s DJ McSchmormac with the Bakersfield Backbeat reins. Filmmaker Bill Daniel will be dropping by to talk about his film “Who Is Bozo Texino?” which will be featured in a special screening at Chez Poulet this Thursday. (Details on facebook) Expect a mighty fine blend of recordings from 1925-1950 along the way, including: Cowboy Ballads, Old Time Country, Hill-Billy, Bluegrass, Western Swing, Mexican/Tejano & whatnot.

Click here for “Who Is Bozo Texino?” trailer on Vimeo

Earth Day with guest Ralph Carney on Gramophoney Baloney

April 22, 2pm

– DJ McShmormac

For Earth Day, DJ McSchmormac tried to get in as many pre-1951 recordings from around the planet as possible before being joined by the wonderful Mr. Ralph Carney, who was given a special exemption from the strict pre-1951 playlist policy, to talk about some of his musical projects, including next Sunday Night’s Radio Valencia – Silent Movie Night, play some of his own (post-1950!!!) recordings and delight the listeners with some live musical improvisations.

Ralph Carney

PLAYLIST:

• “Double Lead Through (excerpt)” by William Kimber from “Absolutely Classic – The Music of William Kimber”
• “Gbanawa” by Malinda Parker & Howard B. Hayes from “Songs of the African Coast – Café Music of Liberia – Recorded by Arthur S. Alberts”
• “Kamarinskaja” by A. Dobrohotov from “The Secret Museum of Mankind, Vol. III – Ethnic Music Classics: 1925-48”
• “Piedigrotta” by Troupe Fattorusso from “Italian String Virtuosi”
• “Aquarela Do Brasil” by Ary Barroso with Francisco Alves from “Ary Barroso – 100 Anos”
• “Doina” by Al Glaser’s Bucovina Kapelle from “Dave Tarras – Master of Klezmer Music – Volume One – Original Recordings 1929 – 1949”
• “(Raga) Besant Bahar” by Bismillah Khan from “Vintage 78 RPM Records”
• “The Beggarman” by The Flanagan Brothers from “Farewell To Ireland”
• “At The Darktown Strutters’ Ball” by Hoosier Hot Shots from “Everybody Stomp”
• “Aidhiniko” by Dhimítrios Sémsis from “Greek-Oriental Rebetica – Songs & Dances in the Asia Minor Style – The Golden Years 1911-1937”
• “Oil Gusher” by Raymond Scott Quintette from “Reckless Nights and Turkish Twilights”
• “Dimo Na Rada” by Vulkana Stoyanova from “Outsinging The Nightingale – Lost Treasures of Bulgarian Music – 1905-1950”
• “Baras Baras Badli (Even the Raindrops Have Dispersed)” by Lata Mangeshkar from “The Legend – India’s Best-Loved Singer”
• “What a Friend We Have In Jesus Revisited” by Hal Willner (featuring Ralph Carney) from “Whoops, I’m An Indian”
• “Blue Creek Hop” by Ralph Carney’s Serious Jass Project from “Seriously”
• “Happy Feet” by Ralph Carney’s Serious Jass Project from “Seriously”
• “Echoes Of Chloe” by Ralph Carney’s Serious Jass Project from “Seriously”
• “Lightning Struck The Poor House” by Wynonie Harris (featuring Herman Blount aka Sun Ra) from “Rockin’ the Blues”
• “Improvisation on a theme of Sun Ra” by Ralph Carney from “Ralph Carney live on Gramophoney Baloney”
• “Hal Sings ‘The Fatal Glass Of Beer’ While Ralph Honks” by Hal Willner (featuring Ralph Carney) from “Whoops, I’m An Indian”
• “Hüzzam taksim” by Şükrü Tunar from “Istanbul 1925”
• “Woogie-stick taksim” by Ralph Carney from “Ralph Carney live on Gramophoney Baloney”
• “Imagination” by Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra (with vocal refrain by the Sterling Russell Trio) from “The Chronological Classics – 1930-1932”

Record Store Day 2012: In-store remote broadcast from Vinyl Solution Records, San Mateo.

April 18, 12am

– DJ McShmormac

This Saturday, April 21st, 2012, is Record Store Day; and this year, Radio Valencia will be broadcasting live from Vinyl Solution Records in San Mateo from 11am-6pm (PST).

Come along and see some of Radio Valencia’s finest DJs in action, broadcasting live:

• Jack Champion (Bakersfield Backbeat)
• The Cheap Hooch Radio Crew
• The Legendary M. Dungy Dungbaby (Mutant Idiot Show)
• John Hell (A Season In Hell)
• Juan Rapido (Dante’s Hot Tub)

Live music from:

• Feral Moon Band (12-2pm)
• Misisipi Mike & Margaret Belton (2-4pm)

Plus:

• Ticket giveaways
• Contests
• More!

Drop by, join in the fun, and say “Hi!” if you’re around, or listen to the live broadcast, or check out for other Record Store Day events in your neighborhood, and support your local record store all year round!

“JUMPIN’ AT THE RECORD SHOP” on GRAMOPHONEY BALONEY

April 16, 4pm

– DJ McShmormac

DJ McSchmormac, looking forward to Record Store Day later this week, which will include a six hour Radio Valencia in-store remote broadcast from Vinyl Solution Records in San Mateo, bases this week’s entire Gramophoney Baloney playlist around some of the names mentioned in the lyrics of “Jumpin’ At The Record Shop” by Slim Gaillard.

JUMPIN’ AT THE RECORD SHOP  (Slim Gaillard)

May I hear your new releases/ I’m in the market for some brand new pieces/ Let me read your record list/  There may be something I don’t want to miss/ Duke Ellington, Count Basie and The Dorseys/ Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, they’re the voices/ King Cole and Johnny Mercer, just won’t stop/ Jumpin’ at the record shop/ Artie Shaw, Coleman Hawkins and Harry James/ Lena Horne, Dinah Shore, a few of the names/ Carmen Miranda, Xavier Cugat/ Jumpin’ at the record shop/  Jack Benny and Bob Hope tell the jokes/ Bob Wills and Spade Cooley play the folks/ Sammy Kaye, Gene Krupa and Johnny Long, Slim Gaillard, the guy, wrote this song/ Pied Piper Calloway, Anita O’Day/ Kate Smith, Perry Como, just won’t wait/ Eddie Cantor, Frances Langford, Jimmie Lunceford, too/ Harry James, Henry Busse … (?)/ Betty Hutton, Kay Kyser, all have fame/ Don’t feel slighted if we missed your name/ Al Jarvis ‘n’ Martin Block, just won’t stop/ Jumpin’ at the record shop/  Pied Piper Calloway, Anita O’Day, Kate Smith and Perry Como just won’t wait,/ Eddie Cantor, Frances Langford, Jimmie Lunceford, too/ Henry Busse, Guy Lombardo know just what to do/ Betty Hutton, Kay Kyser, all have fame/ Don’t feel slighted if we missed your name/ Al Jarvis ‘n’ Martin Block just won’t stop/ Jumpin’ at the record shop/  We only had three minutes and we’re not to blame/ Because we jumped in that record shop

PLAYLIST:

• “Maxim – Marche” (excerpt) by Orchestre Tzigane du Restaurant du Rat Mort from “Early Tzigane Records”
• “Jumpin’ At The Record Shop” by Slim Gaillard Quartette from “Slim Gaillard – The Chronological Classics – 1945 Vol.2”
• “Braggin’” by Harry James & His Orchestra featuring Dick Haymes from “You Call It Madness”
• “My Cofession” by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys from “Take Me Back to Tulsa”
• “Leave My Heart Alone” by The Coleman Hawkins Orchestra from “Body And Soul – 1933-1949”
• “St. Louis Blues” by Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra with Bing Crosby from “Original Masters – The best of Duke Ellington”
• “San Francisco Fan” by Cab Calloway and his Orchestra from “This Is Hep”
• “Polichinello (Pulichinello)” by Carmen Miranda from “The Extraordinary Girl”
• “Let There Be Love” by Swing and Sway With Sammy Kaye featuring Tommy Ryan – vocal from “In The Mood With…”
• “Wiggle Woogie” by Count Basie and His Orchestra from “The Boogie Box Vol.3”
• “Coming In On A Wing And A Prayer” by Eddie Cantor from “Flashbacks #6 – American War Songs 1933-1947 – Hitler & Hell”
• “All For You” by The Nat King Cole Trio from ““Jazzy” The beginnings”
• “Out Of Nowhere“ by Artie Shaw and his Orchestra from “Artie Shaw and his Orchestra”
• “Bassology” by Slim Gaillard and His Flat Foot Floogee Boys from “Slim Gaillard – The Chronological Classics – 1940-1942”
• “Sensation Stomp” by The Paul Whiteman Orchestra featuring Jimmy Dorsey from “Sweet and Low Down”
• “Johnny Doughboy Found A Rose In Ireland” by Kay Kyser & his Orchestra from “The Kollege of Musical Knowledge”
• “The House That I Live In” by Frank Sinatra with Axel Stordahl & his Orchestra from “Frank Sinatra – Hall of Fame”
• “Opus One” by Gene Krupa and his Orchestra featuring Anita O’Day from “Anita O’Day with Gene Krupa & Stan Kenton – expanded edition”
• “Bim, Bam, Bum” by Xavier Cugat and his Orchestra featuring Tito Rodriguez from “Say “Si Si””
• “By My Side” by Lee Morse with her Bluegrass Boys from “A Musical Portrait”
• “Harlem On Parade” by Gene Krupa and his Orchestra featuring Anita O’Day from “Anita O’Day with Gene Krupa & Stan Kenton – expanded edition”
• “Rockabye River” by Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra from “Time’s A Wastin’ Original Recordings Vol.11 1945-1946”
• “All The Things You Are” by Frank Sinatra with Axel Stordahl & his Orchestra from “Frank Sinatra – Hall of Fame”
• “A Pair Of Broken Hearts” Spade Cooley and His Western Dance Gang featuring Tex Williams from “Swingin’ The Devil’s Dream”
• “Pennies From Heaven Medley” by Bing Crosby, Frances Langford, Louis Armstrong and Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra from “The Chronological Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra 1936-1937”
• “Pennies From Heaven” by Bing Crosby, Frances Langford, Louis Armstrong and Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra from “The Chronological Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra 1936-1937”
• “Quierme Mucho (Yours)” by Xavier Cugat & His Waldorf Astoria Orchestra featuring Dinah Shore from “Say “Si Si””
• “Laguna” by the Slim Gaillard Quartette from “Slim Gaillard – The Chronological Classics – 1945”
• “Don’t Fence Me In” by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen And His Orchestra from “Apple Blossom Time”
• “You’re From Texas” by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys from “Take Me Back to Tulsa”
• “Tic Tac Do Meu Coração (Tic-Tac Of My Heart)” by Carmen Miranda from “The Extraordinary Girl”
• “Chickery Chick” by Sammy Kaye, Nancy Norman, Billy Williams and The Kaye Choir and the Kaydets from “In The Mood With…”
• “Chicken Rhythm (Introduction by Bob Hope)” by the Slim Gaillard Trio from “Slim Gaillard – The Chronological Classics – 1946”
• “Hit That Jive Jack” by The Nat King Cole Trio from ““Jazzy” The beginnings”

Due to sound problems throughout most of the original 10am broadcast, DJ McSchmormac felt compelled to return to the studio six hours later to re-do the entire show so the week’s podcast would sound as fantastic as possible! Now that’s dedication!

Check Out These Sweet New Shows On Our Schedule!

April 12, 3pm

– DJ McShmormac

Radio Valencia is very pleased to welcome some great new shows to our weekly schedule.
We hope our listeners will enjoy checking these out…

SUNDAYS

MONDAYS

• 12-2am: Fog City Soul Radio – The weekly radio show for your heart and soul. Join Deejay BoHandles in the midnight hour and mellow out to some smooth and funky B-side grooves to end your weekend on the right note.

• 6-8pm: Eclectic Dyspepsia - Pirate Vereker and DJ Lo_Key administer a tasty little remedy of musical diversity to soothe Monday’s bitter ailments.

TUESDAYS

FRIDAYS

EASTER JIVE BUNNY – GRAMOPHONEY BALONEY

April 9, 4am

– DJ McShmormac

Easter Sunday’s edition certainly won’t disappoint fans of DJ McSchmormac’s “unflawlessness” – with recordings dating 1906-1950 from at least three continents, some Dylan Thomas for National Poetry Month, and a gentle plug for the forthcoming Radio Valencia Silent Movie Night!

PLAYLIST:

• “(Couperain’s) Les Baricades Mystérieuses (excerpt)” by Wanda Landowska from “Treasury of Harpsichord/Dances of Ancient Poland -1946-1951”
• “I Haven’t The Faintest Idea” by George Robey from “The Old Bull & Bush”
• “In A Monastery Garden” by Ronnie Ronalde from “EMI Presents the Magic of…”
• “(Bretón‘s) Escenas andaluzas, for orchestra: Polo Gitano” by Madrid Symphony Orchestra conducted by Enrique Arbós from “Enrique Fernández Arbós Conducts Arbós and Other Spanish Composers”
• “Ghanna Rabi’bi-lisan at-Tayr” by Oum Kalsoum from “The Legend … The Arab World’s Greatest Singer”
• “The Wind Blow East” by Unidentified Group, Nassau from “Deep River Of Song: Bahamas 1935 – Ring Games And Round Dances”
• “Tomi Tomi” by Sol K. Bright from “It’s Hotter in Hawaii”
• “I’m Putting All My Eggs in One Basket/ I’d Rather Lead a Band/ Let Yourself Go“ by Larry Adler with Jay Wilbur & His Band from “Maestro of the Mouth Organ”
• “Kalymniki sousta” by S. Zebillas & I. Maillis from “The Ace & Deuce of Pipering – 1906-1947”
• “Do-Do-Do” by George Gershwin from “Gershwin plays Gershwin”
• “Deception D’amour” by Jean Vaissade from “Django Reinhardt – Musette to Maestro 1928-1937– The early work of a guitar genius”
• “Over St. John’s Hill” by Dylan Thomas from “Dylan Thomas at the BBC”
• “The Resurrection Canon: ”This is the Day of Resurrection”- Heirmoses of the 1st and the 3rd Ode” by Don Cossack Choir Serge Jaroff from “Russian Orthodox Easter”
• “Tzadik Adoshem” by Richard Tucker with Alessandro Scarlatti Orchestra of Naples conducted by Sholom Secunda from “Welcoming the Sabbath”
• “Hatikvah” by Richard Tucker with chorus conducted by Sholom Secunda from “Welcoming the Sabbath”
• “Jhinjhoti Thumri: Piya Bin Nahin Avata Chain (Adatal)” by Abdul Karim Khan from “1934-1935”
• “Un minuto de silencio” by Manuel Vallejo & Antonio Moreno from “Grabaciones Discos Pizarra – Año 1930”
• “Funiculì, Funiculà” by John McCormack from “The McCormack Edition, Vol. 5: The Acoustic Recordings (1914-1915)”
• “Rabbit On The Log” by John Lee Hooker from “Jack O’ Diamonds – 1949 Recordings”
• “Hallelujah, I’m a Bum” by Harry “Haywire Mac” McClintock from “The Road to Nashville – A History of Country Music 1926 – 1953”
• “Yeibichei Song” by Navajo Elders from “Navajo Songs – recorded by Laura Boulton in 1933 and 1940”
• “On Reading One’s Poems Aloud” by Dylan Thomas from “Dylan Thomas at the BBC”
• “Serbianka” by Orkestar. Kr. Garde from “The Ace & Deuce of Pipering – 1906-1947”
• “True Blue Sam (the traveling man)” by The Zez Confrey Orchestra from “Keyboard Wizards of the Gershwin Era – Volume IV”
• “Any Old Time” by Artie Shaw and his Orchestra featuring Billie Holiday from “Artie Shaw and his Orchestra”
• “Stagolee” by David ‘Honeyboy’ Edwards from “Robert Johnson & The Last Of The Great Mississippi Blues Singers”
• “Raised In The Alley Blues” by Freddie Brown from “The Paramount Masters”
• “Violin Blues” by The Johnson Boys from from “A Richer Tradition – Country Blues and String Band Music 1924-1942”
• “New Shake ‘Em On Down” by Big Bill Broonzy from “Part 2 – 1937-1940”
• “La Machicha” by Orquesta de Felipe Valdés from “The Cuban Danzón– Before There Was Jazz 1906-1929”
• “Môsô biwa: Jishinkyô” by Kitada Meichô from “Japanese Traditional Music – Noh · Biwa · Shakuhachi – Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai 1941”
• “Dumbo’s Triumph/ Making History/ Finale (When I See an Elephant Fly)” by Cliff Edwards and the Hall Johnson Choir from “Walt Disney’s Dumbo – Original Soundtrack”

RADIO VALENCIA PRESENTS: A NIGHT OF SILENT MOVIES, MUSIC & FOOD!!!

April 6, 2pm

– DJ McShmormac

Come to Chez Poulet – April 29th 2012, for food, live music from Ralph Carney with Beth Custer,  Rob Reich and Randy Odell accompanying a selection of short films directed by Georges Méliès, plus various other silent movies with Radio Valencia DJ sets from Ferrara Brain Pan of “No Such Program“, DJ McSchmormac of “Gramophoney Baloney“, and even a live classical guitar recital from Dr. Fiasco of  “Nose Hair Lint Gland“!

Georges Méliès from "Le portrait mystérieux" (1899)

PROGRAM:

7:55 Doors Open (unreserved seating on first come basis)

8:00-9:00 Selection of silent movies including Alexander Hammid’s Private Life Of A Cat and a couple of Man Ray films along with a live-mixed DJ soundtrack by Ferrara Brain Pan of Radio Valencia’s “No Such Program“, during which time dinner will be served (8:10) – selection of curry dishes including vegetarian/vegan-friendly options

9:00-10:30 (approx) MAIN FEATURE: A selection of short 1900s short films by special effects pioneer Georges Méliès, with live improvised musical accompaniment by Ralph Carney with Beth Custer, Rob Reich and Randy Odell

10:30-10:45 (approx) Dr. Fiasco of  Radio Valencia’s “Nose Hair Lint Gland” will perform a classical guitar accompaniment to “Fine Dining” a short silent film written & directed by his friend Dean Mermell

10:45 (approx) A vintage silent movie selection accompanied by primitive silent movie-era sound reproductions with DJ McSchmormac of Radio Valencia’s “Gramophoney Baloney“

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Admission:$20  – All-inclusive for: meal, entertainments and even popcorn!

Limited reservations available through: Brown Paper Tickets

Avoid disappointment – book now!

Ralph Carney - who will be performing live!