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”