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PENNY SERENADE
Rare Recordings From The 1930s

Cat. No. DSOY 738

THE REAL SOUND OF R&B AND BOOGIE WOOGIE
Hot Rhythms From The 40s and 50s

Cat. No. DSOY 737

This CD contains a selection of some of the most popular songs of the 1930s played by orchestras who made the music popular on both sides of the Atlantic. It features some of the most popular bands of the day including Ray Noble and his Orchestra, Geraldo and his Orchestra, Ambrose and his Orchestra and Monte Rey with the Gaucho Tango Band, The vocalists include Al Bowlly, Dorothy Carless and Cyril Grantham. All but four tracks are transcribrd from very high quality private recordings and as such are extremely rare. If you’re looking for some 1930’s White Tie Top Hat And Tails type, toe tapping nostalgia then this is the one for you.

Track Listing:
Penny Serenade (Al Bowlly with orchestra); The Continental (Geraldo and his Orchestra); Stormy Weather (Dorothy Carless with orchestra); Nobody’s Sweetheart (Cyril Grantham with the Carlyle Cousins and Orchestra); Love In Bloom (Cyril Grantham with Geraldo and his Orchestra); It’s A Sin To Tell A Lie (Cyril Grantham with the Carlyle Cousins and Orchestra); Pennies From Heaven (Cyril Grantham with Geraldo and his Orchestra); A Star Fell Out Of Heaven (Cyril Grantham with Geraldo and his Orchestra); At The Cafe Continental (Monte Rey with the Gaucho Tango Band); Scapin’ The Toast (Cyril Grantham and The Top Hatters with Geraldo and his Orchestra); Robins And Roses (Cyril Grantham with Geraldo and his Orchestra); One Two Button Your Shoe (Cyril Grantham and The Top Hatters with Geraldo and his Orchestra); I Get A Kick Out Of You (Dorothy Carless With orchestral accompaniment); A Fine Romance (Cyril Grantham with Geraldo and his Orchestra); You’re A Sweet Little Headache (Geraldo and his Orchestra); Goodnight, My Love (Monte Rey with Geraldo and his Gaucho Tango Concert Orchestra) All I Do Is Dream Of You (Ray Noble and His Orchestra); You Oughta Be In Pictures (Ray Noble And His Orchestra) Stars Fell On Alabama (Sam Browne With Ambrose And His Orchestra); Top Hat White Tie And Tails (Ambrose And His Orchestra)

Before the age of Rock n Roll the hottest music around was R&B and Boogie Woogie. The music on this compact disc comes from the late forties and early fifties and features some of the finest examples of the genre. Some of the artists performing here will be known to you, others equally talented may not, but together they make a splendid showcase for the dance music that emerged from the juke joints, gin houses and bordellos and was to become (with a little tweaking) Rock N Roll... One hundred percent enjoyment.

Track Listing:
Caldonia (Four Joes And A Jane); Oh Boy Thats Where My Money Goes (Four Blazes) Down The Road A-Piece (Ray McKinley Quartet); Loumel’s Boogie (Loumel Morgan Trio); The Hamp Boogie Woogie (Lionel Hampton Band); Kansas City Boogie (Jesse Price Quartet ); Four Months, Three Weeks, Two Days And One Hour Blues (Joan Benson) St. Louis Blues (Helan Humes); Chicago Blues (Four Blazes); Six Wheel Chaser (Meade Lux Lewis) I Ain’t Mad At You (Jesse Price Quartet); Why Don’t You Do Right? (Maurice Rocco); Jam Boogie (Four Joes And A Jane); Choo Choo Cha Boogie (Louis Jordan); The Basie Boogie (Count Basie); Hey! Lawdy Mama (June Richmond with Andy Kirk’s Orchestra); Roll ’Em (Mary Lou Williams); B Sharp Blues (Saunders King And His Blues band); Doll House Boogie (Meade Lux Lewis); Candy Store Blues (Toni Harper); Zoot Gibson strides Again (Harry ‘The Hipster’ Gibson, Jack Lesburg and Johnny Blowers)

CHARLIE AGNEW & HIS ORCHESTRA
Slow But Sure

Cat. No. DSOY 736

STAN KENTON & HIS ORCHESTRAS
All Time Greatest Hits

Cat. No. DSOY 735
(2 CDs for the price of one)

In 1930s America Charlie Agnew led one of the best sweet bands around. Regularly appearing on the radio in such shows as The Yeast Foam Show, The Armandes Face Cream Program and The Lucky Strike Magic Carpet Show. Charlie started his first band in Chicago in 1924 having previously played trumpet with the bands of Harry Yerkes, Charlie Strickland, Vincent Lopez and Del Lampe. The band provided strict tempo music that was ideal for dancing and they were never short of work travelling the length and breadth of America playing all of the major ballrooms. Charlie Agnew remained active in the Big Band business until the early fifties which saw the demise of so many of the other major bands of the day.

These recordings are taken from ‘Live’ radio shows from The Armande Face Cream Show in 1932. Originally the concept of the album was to include all advertisements and verbal interchange just as they would have been broadcast, but in the production process it was felt that removal of superfluous material would leave a lot more space for extra tracks. These rare recordings have miraculously survived the rigours of time allowing us to peep back to what must now seem a totally alien era.

Track Listing:
Champagne Waltz; You Oughta To Be In Pictures; Nothing But The Best; Get Going; Mississippi Holiday; Piggy Went To Market; Spin A Web Of Dreams; Shelter From A Shower; Wagon Wheels; Frosted Chocolate; Boogie Man; I Didn’t Want To Love You; Strawberry Roan; Keep Young And Beautiful; It’s Only A Paper Moon; It Was Easy As ABC; When We Met In The Hollow Back Home; The Old Spinning Wheel; My Little Grass Shack; Aloha; Lets Fall In Love; I Love Music

These two CDs for the price of one makes a wonderful addition to any serious jazz collection. Here are to be found the best of Stan Kenton’s output, ranging from the first tentative outings such as Balboa Bash and And Her Tears Fell Like Wine to the last years of the orchestra, with tracks like Love For Sale and McArthur Park. Stan Kenton was perhaps the greatest innovator in the field of jazz, he lifted the musical form from the back streets and dives to the symphonic proportions of the concert hall using instrumentation and tone colouring which had been previously unheard. Stan's musicians were of the finest, as were his vocalists and all can be heard on this marvellous two CD set. 30 tracks, two hours and fifteen minutes playing time all for the price of one CD.

Track Listing:
Disc One:
Artistry In Rhythm; Balboa Bash; And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine; Painted Rhythm; I Told Ya I Loved Ya Now Get Out; Southern Scandal; Dynaflow; Eager Beaver; Collaboration; How High The Moon; Opus In Pastels; Concerto To End All Concertos; Young Blood; 23º North 82º West; Swing House; Solitaire; Harlem Nocturne

Disc Two:
Stomping At The Savoy; Willow Weep For Me; Malaguana; Maria; Intermission Riff; Interlude; Street Of Dreams; What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life; Peanut Vendor; Bogota; Love For Sale; McArthur Park; Artistry In Rhythm

COUNT BASIE & HIS ORCHESTRA
Live In Stockholm

Cat. No. DSOY 734

DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA
Live In Paris

Cat. No. DSOY 733

The Arrangers were an all important part of the Basie orchestra when reformed in 1951 but it was not until 1954 that Thad Jones joined the ranks to add many contributions to the book. The orchestra of the fifties is regarded by many of the fans as the best period. Certainly, the popularity of recordings from this time has contributed to this belief; as also, the frequent tours undertaken by the Count and his men added to the number of followers of the orchestra and to hear and see the Basie band in concert became almost an annual event in Europe. Previously unissued extracts from one such performance are captured on this recording.

Track Listing:
Bag A Bones; Plymouth Rock; Blues In Frankies Flat; The Deacon; Who, Me?; Five O’Clock In The Morning; Brushes And Brass; The Midgets

Any performance by the incomparable Duke Ellington Orchestra usually defies adequate description. With this album you can travel back in time to the 1950s when the orchestra was in its hey day. Here is none of the formal stiffness of the recording studio but the orchestra powerfully confronting a large enthusiastic audience. The sound quality is very good for a fifties ‘live’ recording and so is the mix with all soloists sounding well to the fore. The album features some of Duke Ellington’s finest instrumentalists, among them Johnny Hodges, William ‘Cat’Anderson, Harold ‘Shorty’Baker, Clark Terry and Sam Woodyard and the selection of tracks should offer something to all connoisseurs of this wonderful form of music.

Track Listing:
Are: Deep Purple (Featuring Jimmy Hamilton (Clarinet); All Of Me (Featuring Johnny Hodges (Alto Sax); What Else Can You Do With A Drum (Featuring Ray Nance (Vocal); Harlem Air Shaft (Featuring Clark Terry (Trumpet); Such Sweet Thunder (With Spoken Introduction By Duke Ellington);Stompy Jones; Things Ain’t What They Used To Be; Hi Fi Fo Fum (Featuring Sam Woodyard (Drums); El Gato (Featuring William ‘Cat’Anderson, Clark Terry, Harold ‘shorty’Baker (Trumpets)