First, Gramophoney Baloney’s DJ McSchmormac hosted an extra show on Saturday night:

PLAYLIST:

• “Biddy From Sligo/The Connaughtman’s Rambles” by Néillidh Boyle from “A Feeling In The Blood”
• “Cifte Telli” by Şükrü Tunar from “Istanbul 1925”
• “Something’s Hot” by Kokomo Arnold from “Midnight Blues”
• “Real Crazy” by Babs Gonzales and His Orchestra from “The Chronological Classics – 1947-1949”
• “Taqsim” by Khedayer Bin Kessab from “Give Me Love – Songs Of The Brokenhearted, Baghdad, 1925-1929”
• “Zeibekiko” by Evangelakis Vlahos and Kostas Kastrounis from “Blowers From The Balkans: Classic Historic Recordings Of Wind Instruments”
• “Bande Mataram” by Vishnupant Pagnis from “Vintage Music From India – Early Twentieth Century Classical And Light Classical Music”
• “Boogie Express” by Deryck Sampson from “The Boogie Box (Vol.3)”
• “Russian Lullaby” by Oscar Alemán from “Swing Guitar Masterpieces – 1938-1957”
• “Felicitas” by El Ciego Melquiades from “San Antonio House Party”
• “Yenz’ Inqab’ Intombi” by (the) Evening Birds from “Opika Pende – Africa at 78 RPM”
• “Abdulkadiri Kwori” by Dan Titi and his group from “Opika Pende – Africa at 78 RPM”
• “Espabilate” by Sexteto Habanero from “1926-1931”
• “March Guitar” by Okoth Onuko from “Opika Pende – Africa at 78 RPM”
• “The Old Man Rocking The Cradle” by Pádraig O’Keeffe from “The Sliabh Luachra Fiddle Master”
• “Fascinatin’ Rhythm” by Cliff “Ukulele Ike” Edwards from “With My Little Ukulele In My Hand”
• “New John Henry” by Sonny Terry and Red Bull Taylor from “Country Blues Troubadours 1938-1948”
• “Singin’ In The Rain” by Cliff “Ukulele Ike” Edwards from “With My Little Ukulele In My Hand”
• “Which Side Are You On?” by The Almanac Singers from “Talking Union”
• “Smyrneikos Balos” by Amalia from “In Foreign Lands Since My Childhood”
• “Jumpin’ Blues” by Meade Lux Lewis, Albert Ammons & Pete Johnson from “Spirituals To Swing”
• “Okafu” by Nyi Kamkam from “Opika Pende – Africa at 78 RPM”
• “Amalia Molina” by Orquesta de Pablo Valenzuela from “The Cuban Danzon – Before There Was Jazz 1906-1929”
• “The Turkish Dance” by Korla Pandit from “The Grand Moghul Suite”
• “Shout For Joy!” by Albert Ammons from “1936-1946 -Alternate Takes – Radio Performance – Unissued Home Recordings”
• “Algrouane, Pt. 2” by Elhadji Issaika Bamba from “Opika Pende – Africa at 78 RPM”
• “Mestakhbar Mezmoum” by Mahieddine from “Opika Pende – Africa at 78 RPM”
• “Vome Kaba” by Jonuzai Me Shocket from “Albanian Village Music – Recorded in Tirana 1930”
• “Talkin’ Dust Bowl Blues” by Woody Guthrie from “Some Folk”
• “Hartegana” by Orchestra lui Hartegan from “Blowers From The Balkans: Classic Historic Recordings Of Wind Instruments”
• “Alza Los Pies” by Sexteto Habanero from “1926-1931”
• “Black Rat Blues” by Robert Wilkins from “Masters of Memphis Blues”
• “The Wild Irishman” Néillidh Boyle from “A Feeling In The Blood”

Cliff “Ukulele Ike” Edwards

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Then, on the regular Sunday morning weekly show, Jonathan Ward of Excavated Shellac phoned in to talk a bit about his newly released 4CD compilation “Opika Pende – Africa at 78 RPM“

PLAYLIST:

• “A Stór Mo Chroí” Néillidh Boyle from “A Feeling In The Blood”
• “Leather Away With The Wattle-O” by The Four Provinces Orchestra from “Past Masters of Irish Dance Music”
• “Pennies From Heaven” by Arthur Tracy from “Always in Song”
• “Hunde E Bukur” by Salim Efendu Me Shocket from “Albanian Village Music – Recorded in Tirana 1930”
• (Chambonnieres’) “Sarabande in D minor” by Wanda Landowska from “Treasury of Harpsichord/Dances of Ancient Poland -1946-1951”
• “Ukulele Bounce” by Roy Smeck from “With My Little Ukulele In My Hand”
• “Mama, Yo Busco Un Querer” by Edmundo Ros and His Rumba Band from “Mambo Jambo – Original Recordings 1941-1950”
• Weekly Drama Serial: Episode III – “Keno’s Landslide”
• “When I Return” by Bert Williams from “The Middle Years, 1910-1918”
• “Don’t Try Your Jive On Me” by Fats Waller & His Continental Rhythm from “Portrait Vol. 2”
• “Oyida Mayi Magbo” by Aziakpon and his group from “Opika Pende – Africa at 78 RPM”
• “Cam na hAolna” by Néillidh Boyle from “A Feeling In The Blood”
• “Ante Maria” by E.A.B. Jones from “Opika Pende – Africa at 78 RPM”
• “Quill Blues” by Big Boy Cleveland from “A Richer Tradition – Country Blues and String Band Music 1923-1942”
• “Tom Tom” by Kiko Kids from “Opika Pende – Africa at 78 RPM”
• “Air de Haoua” by Yankori Beibatane from “Opika Pende – Africa at 78 RPM”

{Interview with Jonathan Ward}

• “Surah Al-Haaqqa, Pt. 1” by Cheikh Amin Hasanayn from “Opika Pende – Africa at 78 RPM”
• “Ndumba Wakumi Diekde Dikasa” by Tshamumania Anastasie and singers from “Opika Pende – Africa at 78 RPM”
• “Burnt Norton (Pt.2)” by T.S. Eliot from “TS Eliot Reading The Wasteland – Four Quartets and other poems”
• “Maracas” by Edmundo Ros and His Rumba Band from “Mambo Jambo – Original Recordings 1941-1950”
• “Seoladh Na nGamhna” by Labhrás Ó Cadhla from  “Amhráin ó Shliabh gCua
• “African Love Call” by Wilmoth Houdini from “Poor but Ambitious”
• “Batata dia Bwanga” by Chanteurs a la Croix de Cuivre from “Opika Pende – Africa at 78 RPM”
• “Battle Hymn of The Republic” by Leonard Warren from “Sea Shanties – Kipling Songs – Songs For Everyone”