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"Reel To Reel Radio Recordings" makes use of a personal archive of tape recordings collected over a short period in the late 1950s and early 1960s and featuring many of the greats of jazz. These CDs feature traditional or Dixieland jazz performances from St Louis and from England.
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These CDs are homemade productions; making use of an original radio recording. The CD labels, cover designs and notes are all home produced. £4.99 single cd and £9.99 double cd. Freepost to UK. Contact me by email.
Dixieland Jazz Live from the Boulevard Room at the Sheraton-Jefferson Hotel in St Louis
The Jefferson Hotel opened on May 1, 1904, for wealthy visitors to the St. Louis World’s Fair.
The hotel was bought by the Sheraton chain in 1955 and renamed The Sheraton-Jefferson.
This is the period of the live jazz performances from the ‘Boulevard Room’.
They were broadcast on the radio and recorded on reel to reel tape.
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Volume One
Dukes of Dixieland
Muskrat Ramble (5.28)
Bourbon Street Parade (2.30)
New Orleans (5.28)
Down In Honky Tonk Town (2.55)
The Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me (3.47)
The Tailgate Ramble (3.25)
Doc Evans and his Dixieland Band
The Froggymoor Rag (5.05)
1919 March (3.00)
The Chimes Blues (feat. Knocky Parker on piano) (3.51)
Chicago Breakdown (3.34)
The Eccentric Rag (feat. Dick Pendleton on clarinet) (4.16)
St Louis Blues (4.49)
Freddy Masters Sextet
A Jazz Band Ball (4.03)
Clarinet Marmalade (4.36)
Sister Kate (4.23)
Bill Bailey (4.18)
When The Saints Go Marching In (4.33)
The Dark Town Strutters’ Ball (3.09)
Total running time - 73m23s
Volume Two
Doc Evans and his Dixieland Band
Mabel’s Dream (3.20)
Potato Head Blues (2.34)
The Froggymoor Rag (4.53)
The Organ Grinder Blues (4.17)
The Weary Blues (4.11)
Mandy (5.57)
Joe Schirmer and his 12th Street Seven
The Tailgate Ramble (4.51)
The Wabash Blues (4.14)
Sweet Georgia Brown (4.23)
Gotta (4.17)
Alabama Jubilee (1.38)
Blues In B Flat (4.35)
Roy Liberto and his Famous Door Five
Muskrat Ramble (3.39)
Clarinet Marmalade (3.55)
Just A Closer Walk With Me (4.20)
Royal Garden Rag (3.53)
When The Saints Go Marching In (4.42)
Back Home Again In Indiana (4.34)
Total running time - 74m23s
NBC’s ‘International Bandstand’ in cooperation with the BBC presents …. Johnny Dankworth
Originally Broadcast by NBC Radio for the American Armed Services in 1959.
Each track is introduced by the BBC announcer.
Track One - Intro (feat. Jack Costello) - 0m 59s
Track Two - In a Persian Market - 3m 30s
Track Three - Jive At Five - 3m 52s
Track Four - Jam Jam (feat. The Dickie Hawdon Quintet) - 2m 19s
Track Five - Indiana - 2m 21s
Track Six - Eric or, Little by Little - 3m 25s
Track Seven - Stomping at the Savoy - 4m 13s
Track Eight - Crazy Rhythm - 2m 50s
Track Nine - Feather Merchant - 3m 47s
Track Ten – Dictation (feat. The Dickie Hawdon Seven) - 3m
Track Eleven - Donkey Serenade - 2m 29s
Track Twelve - I Can’t Get Started - 3m 36s
Track Thirteen - Export Blues - 3m 33s
Track Fourteen - Outro (fades away with programme’s theme tune) - 0m 27s
Total running time - 40m33s
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This is a homemade production; making use of an original radio recording. The CD label, cover design and notes are also home produced. As far as I know, for the Johnny Dankworth fan, this is gives you a one-off item. (These tracks are not included on the three BBC sessions from around September 1959, released by Vocalion.)
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£4.99 single cd. Freepost to UK. Contact me by email.
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£9.99 double cd. Freepost to UK. Contact me by email.
Live Jazz from the 'London House' in Chicago's famous loop.
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From the 1950s through the early 1970s, the London Guarantee and Accident Company Building also housed Chicago’s famous jazz supper club ‘The London House’ in its ground floor. London House hosted some of the most famous acts of the day.
Earl Hines Live at the London House in Chicago
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Track One - Thou Swell - 4m 10s
Track Two - Memphis Blues - 5m 00s
Track Three – Rosetta – 4m 13s
Track Four - Can't We Talk It Over – 4m 04s
Track Five - Mack The Knife – 4m 16s
Track Six - Tin Roof Blues – 3m 57s
Track Seven - Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me – 3m 50s
Track Eight – Louise – 4m 06s
Track Nine - It All Depends On You – 5m 20s
Track Ten - Stars Fell On Alabama - 4m 43s
Track Eleven - Little Girl – 2m 29s
Track Twelve - Someone To Watch Over Me – 3m43s
Track Thirteen - Get Happy (1m 30s)
Total Running Time – 51m 30s
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£4.99 single cd. Freepost to UK. Contact me by email.
Kai Winding Septet Live at the London House in Chicago
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Introduction - Pot Pourri
Track One - Indiana - 6m 53s
Track Two - Misty - 4m 39s
Track Three - The Preacher - 4m 35s
Track Four - Dear Old Stockholm - 6m 17s
Track Five - The Way You Look Tonight - 2m 42s
Track Six - Our Delight - 4m 23s
Track Seven - Lower Bonesville - 4m 05s
Track Eight - Sidewalks of Manhattan - 1m 53s
Track Nine - Whistle While Your Work - 5m 51s
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Total Running Time - 43m 06s
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£4.99 single cd. Freepost to UK. Contact me by email.
