A seasonal & festive selection of vintage recordings from 1905-1950, plus one from 1956 that kind of got in there by mistake.Throughout the show, online listeners were experiencing frequent drops in the stream, which I thought would result in a bunch of skips in the podcast, but actually there’s only a couple of very slight skips, which is great! Hopefully, the current technical problems will be fixed sometime after next Saturday. Meanwhile… Happy holidays!

PLAYLIST: coming soon!

Today’s show had some tunes from birthday celebrants Ludwig van Beethoven, Kate Kühl and Noël Coward, and an exclusive phone-interview from film-maker Terry Zwigoff, talking about a special screening of his flim “Bad Santa” next Saturday, December 22nd, as part of the SF Sketchfest.

PLAYLIST:

• “Chuhen Tanz (Wedding Dance)” by Yiddisher Orchestra from “Abe Schwartz – Master Of Klezmer Music – Volume One -The First Recordings 1917”
• “Milk ‘Em In The Morning Blues” by Tennessee Ernie Ford from “Vintage”
• “A Rag Blues” by Walter Hawkins from “Charlie Patton – Complete Recordings 1929-1934”
• “Introduction” by Gene Buck and “Deep Purple” by Peter DeRose & San Francisco Symphony Orchestra from “Carousel of American Music – The Fabled 24 September 1940 San Francisco Concerts”
• “Vooey Vooey Vay” by Sugar Chile Robinson from “The Chronological Classics – 1949-1952”
• “My Blue Heaven” by Johnny Guarnieri Trio from “Slam Stewart – Bowin’ Singin’ Slam”
• “Phipps’ Deep” by Babs’ Three Bips And A Bop from “Babs Gonzales – The Chronological Classics – 1947-1949”
• “Goof Square (alt.2)” by J.J. Johnson Quintet from “Sonny Rollins – Complete Capitol, Savoy and Blue Note Feature Recordings”
• “Mary Make-Belive” by Noël Coward with orchestra conducted by Carroll Gibbons from “A Room With A View”
• “A Room With A View” by Noël Coward with orchestra conducted by Carroll Gibbons from “A Room With A View”
• “Nie Bede Sie Zynil (I Will Not Marry)” by Karol Stoch from “Fire In The Mountains – Polish Mountain Fiddle Music – Vol. 2 – The Great Highland Bands”
• “Z Karpat (From The Carpathians)” by Baczkowski Wiejska Orkiestra from “Polish Village Music – Historic Polish-American Recordings – Chicago and New York 1927-1933”
• “Ida, The Wayward Sturgeon” by Dwight Fiske from “The Art of The Monologue”
• “Pussy” by Harry Roy and his Bat Club Boys from “Baby How Can It Be? Songs of Love, Lust & Contempt from the 1920s and 1930s”
• “Shivery Stomp” by Frankie Trumbauer & Orchestra from “Halloween Stomp – jazz and big band dance music for a haunted house party!”
• “Double jig: Gallagher’s” by Pádraig O’Keeffe from “The Sliabh Luachra Fiddle Master”
• “Ein Sauerampfer” by Kate Kühl from “Hoppla – Wir Leben!”
• “Auf den Schachtfeldern von Verdun” by Kate Kühl from “Hoppla – Wir Leben!”
• “O Molly Dear” by B.F. Shelton from “The Bristol Sessions”
• “McNamara’s Band” by Spike Jones & His City Slickers from “Strictly For Music Lovers”
• “Scolia Enchiriadis” from “Pictures of Sound: One Thousand Years of Educed Audio: 980-1980”
• “Scripture’s Curves” from “Pictures of Sound: One Thousand Years of Educed Audio: 980-1980”
• “Nangandu” by Orquesta de Felix Gonzalez from “Early Cuban Danzón Orchestras – 1916-1920”
• “Introduction (excerpt) from (Beethoven’s) Variations in G major on Wenzel Müller‘s Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu, Op. 121a” by Thibaud-Casals-Cortot from “HAYDN/BEETHOVEN/SCHUBERT: Piano Trios (1926-1927)”

This week’s show featured special guests, local historian Mark Ellinger of the blog “Up From The Deep” and Mara Maccabee of Radio Valencia’s “Tenants Rights Radio“, talking about San Francisco, and listening to a few San Francisco-themed and other vintage recordings from 1911-1950.

PLAYLIST:

• “Tate Siser (Sweet Father)” by Yiddisher Orchestra from “Abe Schwartz – Master Of Klezmer Music – Volume One -The First Recordings 1917” 
• “To Toust” by Piperakis Harilaos from “Mortika – Rare vintage recordings from a Greek underworld”
• “(J.S.Bach’s) Violin Sonata No. 3 in C major for solo violin, BWV 1005: II. Fuga” by Yehudi Menuhin from “Enescu, Pizzetti, Bach – Sonatas -1929-1938”
• “Introduction” by Deems Taylor and “Entrance Of The Carriers (From ‘La Guibalesse’)” by San Francisco Symphony Orchestra conducted by William Grant Still from “Carousel of American Music – The Fabled 24 September 1940 San Francisco Concerts”
• “La Traviata (Prelude to Act 3)” by Guido Deiro from “Complete Recorded Works, Volume 1”
• “Introduction” by Gene Buck and “All The Things You Are/All The Things You Are – Reprise” by Tony Martin with Jerome Kern (piano) & San Francisco Symphony Orchestra from “Carousel of American Music – The Fabled 24 September 1940 San Francisco Concerts”
• “Mammy Jinny’s Jubilee” by Guido Deiro from “Complete Recorded Works, Volume 2”
• “G Minor Symphony ‘Song Of A New Race’: 3rd Movement” by San Francisco Symphony Orchestra conducted by William Grant Still from “Carousel of American Music – The Fabled 24 September 1940 San Francisco Concerts”
• “Introduction” by Gene Buck and “Singin’ In The Rain” by Arthur Freed & San Francisco Symphony Orchestra from “Carousel of American Music – The Fabled 24 September 1940 San Francisco Concerts”
• “Introduction” by Gene Buck and “Over The Rainbow” by Judy Garland with Harold Arlen (piano) & San Francisco Symphony Orchestra from “Carousel of American Music – The Fabled 24 September 1940 San Francisco Concerts”
• “California, Here I Come” by Al Jolson from “The Best of…”
• “Kama Kalinyana” by Elias Nelushi from “Opika Pende – Africa at 78 RPM”

Yes Folks, DJ McSchmormac’s weekly BART trip to The Mission was unfortunate to experience major delays this morning; due to heavy rain, resulting in a shorter-than-usual  show, but possibly the old Irish saying “Bíonn blás ar an mbeagán” can be applied here!

Maria Callas – born on this day in 1923

PLAYLIST:

• “Karsilamas Tekirdag” by Cavadhias Popular Orchestra from “Rembetika 2 – More of the Secret History of Greece’s Underground Music”
• “How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live” by Blind Alfred Reed from “Hard Times Come Again No More – Early American Rural Songs of Hard Times and Hardships – Vol. 1”
• “Little Maggie” by The Stanley Brothers from “Echoes of Clinch Mountain”
• “Good Looking Girl Blues” by Furry Lewis from “Masters of Memphis Blues”
• “A Chicken Can Waltz The Gravy Around” by Stovepipe # 1 and David Crockett from “Good for What Ails You – Music of the Medicine Shows 1926-1937”
• “Zacataque” by Cuartetto Iberia from “The Secret Museum of Mankind, Vol. II – Ethnic Music Classics: 1925-48”
• “Un gringo en globo” by Alejandro Sáez y Hermanos Ascuez from “Early Recordings of Peruvian Music: 1911-1930”
• “Variations on Johannes Strauss (from Mouse Mazurka)” by Carl Stalling from “the Carl Stalling project – Volume 2: more music from Warner Bros. cartoons 1939-1957”
• “(Lassen’s) Thine Eyes So Blue” by Pablo Caslas with Walter Golde from “Encores & Transcriptions, Vol. 4, Complete Acoustic Recordings, Part 2 (1916-1920)”
• “You’ve got to lay down and die some day” by Rev. J. M. Gates from “Rev. J. M. Gates – Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order – VOLUME 4 – December 1926”
• “I Don’t Want To Go Down There” by Two Gospel Keys from “Rev. Gary Davis and the Guitar Evangelists Volume 2”
• “Tamzara” by D. Perperian from “To What Strange Place – The Music Of The Ottoman-American Diaspora – 1916-1929”
• “Blue Skies” by The Royal Rhythm Boys from “Slim Gaillard – The Chronological Classics – 1940-1942”
• “Casta Diva…Ah! Bello a me ritorna – from Bellini’s Norma” by Maria Callas from “Arias from…”
• “Il barbiere di Siviglia. Cavatina (G. Rossini)” by P. Taraffo  & M. Sartori from “”O Rêua” – Una leggenda della vecchia Genova”
• “Nobody Loves a Fairy When She’s Forty” by Tessie O’Shea from “Music Hall Memories”
• “Chi Mi Frena” by Giovanni Giovale from “Italian String Virtuosi”
• “The Strike” by Atilla the Hun with the Cyril Monrose String Orchestra from “Calypsos From Trinidad – Politics, Intrigue and Violence in the 1930s”
• “Canto de seitura” by Faustino Santalices from “Gravacións Históricas de Zanfona 1927-1949”
• “Quem Mais Jura” by Madelena De Melo from “Variações em Fado – Lisbõa & Coimbra 1926-1936”
• “Waiata Poi” by Peter Dawson from “Classic Dawson”

San Francisco’s own Cello Street Quartet were in the Radio Valencia studio this morning, performing live on Gramophoney Baloney.They will perform a benefit for Magnet, with recent  Gramophoney Baloney guest Miss Erma, next Sunday at 3pm, 12/02, details here. DJ McSchmormac wishes to thank Ferrara Brain Pan for much appreciated technical support with sound engineering for today’s show.

Update: Matthew Lasar posted some of his photos of Meredith Axelrod taken during the Armistice Day show (11/11/2012) on the Radio Survivor blog: HERE.

Cello Street Quartet

PLAYLIST:

• “Medley: You Can’t Stop Me from Dreaming / Little Old Lady / Whispers In the Dark (excerpt)” by Reginald Dixon from “The Early Years”
• “Bughouse” by Red Norvo and his Swing Octet from “Knockin’ On Wood”
• “Rompin’ in ’44” by Edmond Hall’s All Star Quintet from “Red Norvo -Knockin’ On Wood”
• “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love” by Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra (feat. Billie Holiday) from “Columbia Original Masters – The best of Billie Holiday – The master takes and singles”
• “I Don’t Know If I’m Coming Or Going” by Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra “Columbia Original Masters – The best of Billie Holiday – The master takes and singles”
• “(King, Lieber & Stoller’s) Stand By Me” performed by Cello Street Quartet live on Gramophoney Baloney
• “María Belén Chacón” by Pedro Flores y su Orquesta from “Davilita – 1932-1939”
• “(Astor Piazzolla’s) Oblivion” performed by Cello Street Quartet live on Gramophoney Baloney
• “(J.S. Bach’s) Overture (Suite) No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: II. Air, “Air on a G String” performed by Cello Street Quartet live on Gramophoney Baloney
• “(J.S. Bach’s) Cello Suite No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010: V. Bourree I and II” by Pablo Casals from “BACH, J.S.: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6”
• “(J.S. Bach’s) Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV 828: V. Sarabande” by Sergey Rachmaninov from “Sergey Rachmaninov – Piano solo recordings Vol. 2 (1925-1942)”
• “(The Decemberists’) As I Rise” performed by Cello Street Quartet live on Gramophoney Baloney
• “(Dexys Midnight Runners’) Come On Eileen” performed by Cello Street Quartet live on Gramophoney Baloney
• “Cattin’ At The Keynote” by The Coleman Hawkins Quartet from “Body And Soul – 1933-1949”
• “(Beethoven’s) Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello No. 7 in B major, Op. 97, “Archduke”, III. Andante cantabile, ma pero con moto (excerpt)” by Thibaud-Casals-Cortot from “BEETHOVEN: Archduke Trio (Thibaud / Casals / Cortot) (1926-1927)”
• “(J.S. Bach’s) Chorale #[?]/(Metallica’s) Nothing Else Matters” performed by Cello Street Quartet live on Gramophoney Baloney
• “(The Beatles’) Because” performed by Cello Street Quartet live on Gramophoney Baloney
• “Stardust (excerpt)” by Oscar Alemán from “Swing Guitar Masterpieces – 1938-1957”

Teddy Wilson – born 11/24/1912

Due to popular demand, it was decided to re-play some of the tunes previously played during the missing chunk from the podcast of last week’s Armistice Day show, and it seemed to make sense to base the entire show around WWI-era recordings (1914-1918) … again…

and here’s a video-playlist of some WWI-era silent films you can watch while listening to the podcast, if you wish to turn the experience into a multi-sensory, multi-media one!

PLAYLIST:

• “Bestenigâr Peşrev (excerpt)” by Tanburi Çemil Bey from “Tanburi Çemil Bey, Vol. I”
• “Gas Shells Bombardment” by British Troops Advancing on the Lille from “Oh! It’s A Lovely War – Songs & Sketches of The Great War 1914-1918 (Vol. 1)”
• “La Impresión” by Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad (Lovey’s Band) from “Calypso Calaloo – Early Carnival Music in Trinidad”
• “Sunbeam Sal” by Nora Bayes from “Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth – Together …and Alone”
• “Cefti Telli Gazel” by Kemany Minas from “To What Strange Place – The Music Of The Ottoman-American Diaspora – 1916-1929”
• “Samuel Duff” by Harry Champion from “The Old Bull & Bush”
• “Beyâti Peşrev” by Tanburi Çemil Bey & Udi Şevki Bey from “Tanburi Çemil Bey – Vols. IV & V”
• “Cartageneras – por caridad” by La Niña de los Peines with Luis Molina from “Patrimonio de Andalucía”
• “(J.S. Bach’s) Sonata No. 3 for Violin and Harpsichord in E major, BWV 1016 (excerpts):  IV. Allegro” by Maud Powell from “Maud Powell – The Complete Recordings 1904-1917, Vol.2”
• “Chuhen Tanz (Wedding Dance)” by Yiddisher Orchestra from “Abe Schwartz – Master Of Klezmer Music – Volume One -The First Recordings 1917”
• “(Chopin’s) Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64, No. 1, “Minute”” by Benno Moiseiwitsch from “Moiseiwitsch 11 – Chopin Recordings – 1916-1927”
• “Rozhinkes mit mandlen” by Jeanne Feinberg from “Di Eybike Mame (The Eternal Mother)”
• “Oh! It’s A Lovely War” by Courtland & Jeffries from “Oh! It’s A Lovely War – Songs & Sketches of The Great War 1914-1918 (Vol. 1)”
• “Raggin’ The Scale” by Fred Van Eps from “Scott Joplin & The Kings of Ragtime”
• “Bâtuta Oltenilor (Romanian Dance)” by Joseph Moskowitz from “The Art of the Cymbalom”
• “(Leybach’s) Fifth Nocturne, Op. 52” by Maud Powell from “Maud Powell – The Complete Recordings 1904-1917, Vol.2”
• “Ausencia” by Quinteto Borinquen from “Early Music of the North Caribbean 1916-1920”
• “Mulato chofer” by Maria Teresa Vera y Rafael Zequeira from “El legendario Dúo de la Trova Cubana – Grabaciones Históricas 1916-1924”
• “Mamita Amarre Su Perro” by Orquesta de Felipe Valdés from “Early Cuban Danzón Orchestras – 1916-1920”
• “Irak Taksim” by Tanburi Çemil Bey from “Tanburi Çemil Bey – Vols. IV & V”
• “Good Bye-e” by Courtland & Jeffries from “Oh! It’s A Lovely War – Songs & Sketches of The Great War 1914-1918 (Vol. 1)”
• “Die Yiddishe Neshomoh (The Jewish Soul)” by Yiddisher Orchestra from “Abe Schwartz – Master Of Klezmer Music – Volume One -The First Recordings 1917”
• “Back To The Carolina You Love” by Al Jolson from “Al Jolson – Vol.1 – 1911-1914”
• “Homesickness Blues” by Nora Bayes from “Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth – Together …and Alone”
• “I’m Neutral” by Bert Williams from “The Middle Years, 1910-1918”
• “Donnybrook Fair” by Patrick Fitzpatrick from “Oldtime Records Vol. 3 Piping Rarities”
• “Fairy Butterfly” by Florence Smithson with the Albert William Ketèlbey Concert Orchestra from “Sanctuary of the Heat – In a Persian Market – In a Fairy Realm (1917-1939)”
• “Are You Prepared For The Summer?” by Nora Bayes from “Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth – Together …and Alone”
• “Kilkis March” by Kyria Koula from “The Greek Archives – Music from Macedonia – 1910-1945”

Invited by Greedmink of the Greekmind show to use his slot and do a double-length show, I decided to do an Armistice Day special, for the day that was in it, playing all recordings from the First World War years (1914-1918), joined in the studio by historian and Radio Survivor blogger, Matthew Lasar, and musician Meredith Axelrod who played a couple of tunes live. Unfortunately, due to technical problems beyond my control, there’s a one-hour-plus chunk missing from the middle of the podcast, and a very fantastic one-hour-plus chunk it was too, but still plenty of good listening to be had on what was recorded for posterity… Matthew, by the way, gave the show a nice mention during the week, in his thought-provoking contra-factual piece: What if broadcast radio had taken off around 1906 instead of the 1920s?

PLAYLIST:

• “Hicazkâr Peşrev (excerpt)” by Tanburi Cemil Bey from “Vols. II & III”
• “(J.S. Bach’s) Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: V. Bourree I and II” by Pablo Casals from “Encores and Transcriptions, Vol. 3: Complete Acoustic Recordings, Part 1 (1915-1916)”
• “Russian Sicssors” by Oriental Orchestra from “Abe Schwartz – The Klezmer King”
• “Reels: The Salamanca/ Off Key” by John J. Kimmel from “Early Recordings of Irish Traditional Dance Music”
• “(Bohm’s) Still as the Night” by John McCormack from “The McCormack Edition, Vol. 6: The Acoustic Recordings (1915-1916)”
• “In The Trenches” by (Uncredited) from “Oh! It’s A Lovely War – Songs & Sketches of The Great War 1914-1918 (Vol. 1)”
• “La Chifflada” by Roberto Firpo y su Orquesta Típica from “Homenaje A La Guardia Vieja Del Tango: 1916-1918”
• “Biem Reben’s Sideh” by Yiddish Orkester from “Klezmer Music – Early Yiddish Instrumental Music – The First Recordings: 1908-1927”
• “Retintin” by Roberto Firpo y su Orquesta Típica from “Homenaje A La Guardia Vieja Del Tango: 1916-1918”
• “(Massenet’s) Crepuscule” by Amelita Galli-Curci from “String of Pearls – International 78s”
• “Farmyard Medley” by Permier Quartet from “Edison Sound Recordings – (Humorous Songs)”
• “Memphis Blues, or Mister Crump” by Prince’s Band from “Cakewalks, Rags & Blues – Military Style”
• “Sadegurer Chussed’l” by Abe Schwartz Orchestra from “Klezmer Music – Early Yiddish Instrumental Music – The First Recordings: 1908-1927”
• “You Can’t Get Away From It” by Jack Norworth from “Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth – Together …and Alone”
• “(Nevin’s) The Rosary” by John McCormack from “The McCormack Edition, Vol. 6: The Acoustic Recordings (1915-1916)”
• “Sing, Sing, Birds On The Wing” by John McCormack from “The McCormack Edition, Vol. 6: The Acoustic Recordings (1915-1916)” (with added birds of the Dawn Chorus)
• “It’s A Long Way To Tipperary” by John McCormack from “The McCormack Edition, Vol. 5: The Acoustic Recordings (1914-1915)”
• “I Was Holding My Coconut” by Harry Champion from “The Old Bull & Bush”
• “Anicuta Draga” by Joseph Moskowitz from “The Art of the Cymbalom”
• “Desecration Rag” by Felix Arndt from “Scott Joplin & The Kings of Ragtime”
• “Argentine Dance” by Joseph Moskowitz from “The Art of the Cymbalom”
• “Skeleton Jangle” by The Original Dixieland Jazz Band from “The Complete… (1917-1938)”
• “Thodi” by Cunnaih Naidu from “The Ace & Deuce of Pipering – 1906-1947”
• “(Boccherini’s) Cello Sonata in A major, G4: Allegro” by Pablo Casals with Charles Albert Baxter (piano) from “Encores and Transcriptions, Vol. 4: Complete Acoustic Recordings, Part 2 (1916-1920)”
• “Garrotín – Esta noche voy a ver” by La Niña de los Peines with Luis Molina from “Patrimonio de Andalucía”

(Chunk Missing!)

• “Are You Prepared For The Summer? (excerpt)” by Nora Bayes from “Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth – Together …and Alone”
• “Farruca – Una farruca en Galicia” by La Niña de los Peines with Luis Molina from “Patrimonio de Andalucía”
• “Korsnäs polska” by Hugo Johansson & Evald Eriksson Glad from “Dragspelare från Dalarna – Kommersiella inspelningar 1909-48 / Accordion Players from Dalarna in Sweden – Commerical recordings from 1909-48”
• “Roses of Picardy” by Ernest Pike “Oh! It’s A Lovely War – Songs & Sketches of The Great War 1914-1918 (Vol. 1)”
• “El Velor” by Orquesta Tizol from “Early Music of the North Caribbean 1916-1920”
• “Kurd Havasi – Pt. 2” by Korsoff Malool from “To What Strange Place – The Music Of The Ottoman-American Diaspora – 1916-1929”
• “Andouni” by Armenak Shah-Mouradian from “To What Strange Place – The Music Of The Ottoman-American Diaspora – 1916-1929”
• “Sevillanas n.3 – Nací llorando” by La Niña de los Peines with Luis Molina from “Patrimonio de Andalucía”
• “Yah-De-Dah” by Earl Fuller’s Famous Jazz Band from “Scott Joplin & The Kings of Ragtime”
• “Blues In A Bottle” by Meredith Axelrod from “Meredith Axelrod live on Gramophoney Baloney”
• “Come Take A Trip In My Air Ship” by Meredith Axelrod from “Meredith Axelrod live on Gramophoney Baloney”
• “Oh, Lordy Mama” by Meredith Axelrod from “Meredith Axelrod live on Gramophoney Baloney”

MEREDITH AXELROD

Meredith performs at this year’s annual West Coast Ragtime Festival in Sacramento, November 16th-18th, 2012,

and with Craig Ventresco :

Every Wednesday Evening at Cafe Divine, S.F.

Every Saturday afternoon at Atlas Cafe, S.F.

and also as The Get Happy String Band with Bay Area Irish-traditional-fiddling sensation, Darcy Noonan

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Past guest Dave Murray’s band “Disciples of Markos” play at this month’s Berkeley Balkan Bacchanal with Danubius and Janam at The Starry Plough, Berkeley, this coming Thursday, November 15th

Despite having an extra hour during the night, from the clock going back, your host for some reason, was quite the uncaffeinated catastrophe, with a multitude of miscues, mishaps and numb fumblin’ – but fortunately the classiest of guests – musical educator, pianist, purveyor of romanticism, and cabaret artist –  Allison Lovejoy – was in attendance to save the show, with a selection of her own recordings along with a few from some of her favorite musical inspirations.

Allison Lovejoy

PLAYLIST:

• “(Couperain’s) Les Baricades Mystérieuses (excerpt)” by Wanda Landowska from “Treasury of Harpsichord/Dances of Ancient Poland -1946-1951”
• “Eddie’s Blues (excerpt)” by Eddie South with Django Reinhardt from “Django and his American Friends – Vols. I & II”
• “I’m Coming To Virginia” by Benny Carter and his Orchestra from “Django and his American Friends – Vols. I & II”
• “Tea for Two” by Art Tatum Trio from “The Complete Capitol Recordings of Art Tatum”
• “Tea for Two” by Art Tatum Trio from “Trio Days”
• “Honeysuckle Rose (excerpt)” by Art Tatum Trio from “Trio Days”
• “(Granados’) 12 Danzas espanolas, Op. 37, DLR I:2: No. 10. Danza triste” by Enrique Granados from “Legends of the Piano – Acoustic Recordings 1901-1924”
• “When Do We Dance?” by George Gershwin from “Gershwin plays Gershwin”
• “Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (extracts): No. 16: Dolente” by Sergey Prokofiev from “Prokofiev Plays Prokofiev”
• “Goin’ Home” by Art Tatum from “The Complete Capitol Recordings of Art Tatum”
• “(Beethoven’s) Violin Sonata No. 8 in G, Op. 30, No. 3: II. Tempo di minuetto, ma molto moderato e grazioso (alt. take)” by Fritz Kreisler & Sergey Rachmaninoff from “Beethoven-Schubert-Grieg – Violin Sonatas”
• “(Ravel’s) Jeux d’eau” by Allison Lovejoy from “Piano”
• “(Bartók’s) Scherzo” by Allison Lovejoy from “Piano”
• “(Scott Joplin’s) Solace” by Paul Schoenfield from “Piano Rags”
• “Numb Fumblin’ (excerpt)” by Fats Waller from “Piano Masterworks – Vol.1 – 1922-1929”
• “Ain’t Misbehavin’” by Fats Waller from “Piano Masterworks – Vol.1 – 1922-1929”
• “(Chopin’s) Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor, Op. Post.” by Allison Lovejoy from “Nocturnes”
• “(Barber’s) Nocturne, Op. 33” by Allison Lovejoy from “Nocturnes”
• “Foxglove” by Allison Lovejoy from “Cabaret Nouveau”
• “I Did It” by Allison Lovejoy from “Cabaret Nouveau”

Allison Lovejoy will be performing at the San Francisco International Arts Festival this Saturday, November 10^th, 2012, click here for details

Fats Waller

Well I tried to do a mix of spooky and enchanting recordings from 1950 or earlier, but I found a bag of candy someone left at the studio, and I might have eaten too much of it, and gotten a bit carried away towards the end, on a tremendous sugar rush, completing Gramophoney Baloney’s first year at Radio Valencia. Yes! Gramophoney Baloney on Radio Valencia is one year old already! Hip! Hip! Hooray!!!! Hooray for Radio Valencia!!

(or click here for the podcast)

Louis Armstrong & pal

PLAYLIST:

• “Marigold (excerpt)” by Quentin M. Maclean from “Cinema Organ – Volume I”
• “Toccata, from J.S. Bach’s: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor BWV 565” by Dr. Albert Schweitzer from “Albert Schweitzer plays Bach – Volume 1”
• “Devil’s Jump” by John Lee Hooker from “The Classic Early Years 1948 – 1951”
• “Skeleton In The Closet” by Louis Armstrong with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra from “The Chronological Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra 1936-1937”
• “Me And The Devil Blues” by Robert Johnson from “Legendary Blues”
• “Transbluency (A Blue Fog That You Can Almost See Through)” by Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra featuring Kay Davis on vocal from “Time’s A Wastin’ Original Recordings Vol.11 1945-1946”
• “Mysterioso” by Thelonious Monk Quartet from “Thelonious Monk – Monk’s Moods – Original Recordings 1944-1948”
• “It’s Magic” by Doris Day with Les Brown’s Band of Renown from “It’s Magic”
• “(Dubensky’s) The Raven” spoken by Benjamin de Loache with Leopold Stokowsi and the Philadelphia Orchestra from “1932 Recordings of Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra”
• “Down on the Banks of the Ohio” by The Blue Sky Boys from “The Blue Sky Boys – The very best of classic country remastered”
• “Streams of Poolaphuca“ by Edward Meehan’s Rosaleen Orchestra from “Oldtime Records – Vol. 2 – U.S. Recordings”
• “The Goblin Band” by Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra from “Halloween Stomp – jazz and big band dance music for a haunted house party!”
• “Black Rat Blues” by Robert Wilkins from “Masters of Memphis Blues”
• “Omar” by Korla Pandit from “The Grand Moghul Suite”
• “March Medley: The Fairies’ Revels/I Won’t Be a Nun” by Leo Rowsome from “Classics of Irish Piping”
• “Bewitched” by Mel Tormé with Pete Rugulo’s Orchestra from “Spotlight on Mel Tormé”
• “Where the Whippoorwill Is Whispering Goodnight” by Charlie Poole from “Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers And The Highlanders”
• “In The Pines” by The Carter Sisters & Mother Maybelle with Chet Atkins from “1949”
• “Awi-Aw-A, Lage Bourik-La” by Bann Rara Ago from “Alan Lomax in Haiti 1936-1937”
• “Hoodoo Lady” by Memphis Minnie by Memphis Minnie from ”Columbia Original Masters – The Best of … 1933-1937”
• “Never Mo’” by Bert Williams from “The Middle Years, 1910-1918”
• “Why Do You Weep Dear Willow?” by The Carter Sisters & Mother Maybelle with Chet Atkins from “1949”
• “Snake Woman (alt.)” by The Raymond Scott Quintet from “Ectoplasm”
• “Sredni Vashtar” by (The) Orson Welles Show from “Orson Welles – Your Obedient Servant”
• “The Devil’s Great Grandson” by Sons of the Pioneers from “American Yodeling 1911-1946”
• “Ionisation” by the Juilliard Percussion Orchestra from “Complete Works of Edgard Varèse – Volume 1”
• “Zombie” by Gene Kardos Orchestra from “Halloween Stomp – jazz and big band dance music for a haunted house party!”
• “The Hitch-Hiker (excerpt)” by (The) Orson Welles Show from “Orson Welles – Your Obedient Servant”
• “Joc: Hategana (I)” by Gheorghe Voila, Nicolae Iancu & Vasile Muntean from “Romania – Village music: Transylvania”
• “Joc: Ardeleana cu strigaturi” by Avram Ticusan & Victor Doru from “Romania – Village music: Transylvania”
• “Fairy Dance; Five Mile Chase (excerpt)” by Dan Sullivan’s Shamrock Band from “Oldtime Records Vol 3. Piping Rarities”
• “Devil Got My Woman (excerpt)” by Skip James from “Legends of the Country Blues”

Dr. Albert Schweitzer

On last year’s show I played the entire  “War of the Worlds” on the anniversary of its original broadcast, on October 30 1938, that show’s podcast is here, and the playlist is here.

The October 21st wikipedia entry helped inspire much of this week’s show for this date, listing three significant births: Weimar/German cabaret singer Claire Waldoff, and jazz greats Don Byas (his centenary) and Dizzy Gillespie. You’ll hear me mention a couple of times during the show that I forgot to bring one crucial CD with me, (John Coltrane – Complete Recordings With Dizzy Gillespie) it was in my hand just before leaving home, but didn’t make it into the bag, alas, but still, not too bad a selection of recordings, (1900-1946) for your consideration!

DJ McSchmormac

PLAYLIST:

• “El Saltiro de la Cardina (excerpt)” by La Cobla Els Montgrins from “Cobles Catalanes – Enregistrements 78 tours (1920-1930)”
• “Minglewood Blues” by Cannon’s Jug Stompers from “Ruckus Juice & Chitlins – The Great Jug Bands – Classic Recordings of the 1920’s and 30’s – Vol. 1″
• “Ommie Wise” by G.B. Grayson from “Anthology Of American Folk Music – Edited By Harry Smith”
• “Es Ce Que Tu Pense Jamias a Moi” by The Alley Boys Of Abbeville from “Cajun – Vol. 1 Abbeville Breakdown 1929-1939”
• “Caperucita” by S. Cortes y Sus Hawaiians from “It’s Hotter In Hawaii”
• “The Breaks No.2” by Albert Ammons’ Rhythm Kings from “Hot Lips Page – On The Blues Side – 1940-1950”
• “Willow Weep For Me” by Cab Calloway and his Orchestra from “This Is Hep”
• “Rainbow Mist” by Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra from “Body And Soul – 1933-1949”
• “Congo Blues (alt. take)” by Red Norvo and His Selected Sextet from “Red Norvo’s Fabulous Jam Session”
• “Out Of Nowhere” by Don Byas’ All Star Quintet from “Moon Nocturne”
• “Laura” by Don Byas Quartet from “Moon Nocturne”
• “Crepescule” by Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France from “Djangology”
• “Valzer Variazioni” by Pasquale Taraffo from “”O Rêua” – Una leggenda della vecchia Genova”
• “Colcheia” by Cesário José da Ponte from “Missão de Pesquisas Folclóricas”
• “Abismo de Rosas” by Canhoto from “Choro – 1906-1947”
• “Come On With The “Come On”” by Cab Calloway and his Orchestra from “This Is Hep”
• “Popity Pop” by Slim Gaillard Orchestra from “The Chronological Classics – 1945 Vol. 2”
• “Wegen dir” by Claire Waldoff from “Die Königin Der Kleinkunst – Folge 2”
• “Ballad of October 16^th” by The Almanac Singers from “Talking Union”
• “Slam Slam Blues” by Red Norvo and His Selected Sextet from “Red Norvo’s Fabulous Jam Session”
• “Hätt’ste det von Ferdinand gedacht” by Claire Waldoff from “Wer schmeißt denn da mit Lehm?”
• “Popurri iz Russkich piesen” by Joseph Moskowitz from “The Art of the Cymbalom”
• “Wer schmeißt denn da mit Lehm?” by Claire Waldoff from “Wer schmeißt denn da mit Lehm?”
• “Jonah Joins the Cab” by Cab Calloway and his Orchestra from “This Is Hep”
• “Quatre thèmes de gavotte” Alain-Pierre Guéguen from “France – Une Anthologie des Musiques Traditionelles”
• “I Don’t Know How The Young Man Living” Executor with Gerald Clarke & His Caribbean Serenaders from “Calypsos From Trinidad – Politics, Intrigue and Violence in the 1930’s”
• “Tying A Knot In The Devil’s Tail” by Powder River Jack & Kitty Lee from “When I Was A Cowboy – Vol.1”
• “Slam Don’t Shake It Like That” by Don Byas Quartet from “Moon Nocturne”
• “Them There Eyes” by Don Byas’ All Star Quintet from “Moon Nocturne”
• “I Don’t Know Why” by Don Byas Quartet from “Moon Nocturne”
•  “Jabadao” by Benjamin Guigueno & Louis Le Blond from “France – Une Anthologie des Musiques Traditionelles”