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”