Playlist for Surface Noise with Joe McGasko

Playlist for Surface Noise with Joe McGasko - September 30, 2008

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September 30, 2008: 78: Reds and Blues

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Format	Comments	Year
Fred Astaire with Johnny Green	Isn't This a Lovely Day?		Brunswick	78		1935
Frances Williams	Hey Young Fella, Close Your Umbrella	Encores from the 30s (1930-1935)	Epic	LP	Recorded 1933	early 60s
Harold Arlen	Stormy Weather	All My Own Work: 17 Great Songwriters Perform	ASV/Living Era	CD	Recorded 1933	2001
Honey Duke and His Uke	Oh Boy! How It Was Raining		Harmony	78		1926
Cliff Edwards with the Brox Sisters	Singin' in the Rain	Singin' in the Rain Deluxe 50th Anniversary Edition	Turner/Rhino	CD	Recorded 1929	2002

Barbecue Bob	We Sure Got Hard Times Now	The Great Depression	Sony/Legacy	CD	Recorded 1930	1993
Lane Hardin	Hard Times Blues	Desperate Blues	Dust to Digital	CD	Recorded 1935	2006
Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah	35 Depression	Poor Man's Heaven	RCA/Bluebird	CD	Recorded 1935	2003
King Solomon Hill	Times Has Done Got Hard	1920s Blues Classics	Blues Images	CD	Recorded 1932	2004

Sam Mayo	Things Are Worse in Russia	Sprigs of Time: 78's from the EMI Archive	Honest Jons	CD		2008
Kiriloff's Russian Balalaika Orchestra	Lezginka (National Dance)		Victor	78		early 20s
Orch. of the People's Commissariat of Defense, USSR	Red Moscow		Unknown	78		early 50s
Peter Lorre, Joseph Buloff, Jules Munchen	Siberia	Silk Stockings soundtrack	MGM	LP	Recorded 1957	1972
V. Klodkin and A. Prokoshin	Who Knows HIm?		Unknown	78		early 50s
Russian Symphonic Choir	Volga Boatmen Song		Victor	78		1926

Alvino Rey and his Orchestra	Nighty Night	The Great Band Era	RCA Custom	LP	REcorded 1941	early 60s

Listener comments!

Tue. 9/30/08 7:02pm From: Plinky

first comment woo hoo

Tue. 9/30/08 7:02pm From: Ken From Hyde Park

First comment - yay, rah!

Tue. 9/30/08 7:05pm From: Ken From Hyde Park

OK...It was the second comment. Anyway, thanks for bringing music from another era into our homes and computers.

Tue. 9/30/08 7:07pm From: Joe

My pleasure!

Tue. 9/30/08 7:14pm From: Sean Daily

Fifth comment! Woo hoo!

Tue. 9/30/08 7:16pm From: Sean Daily

It's funny that the song "Singing in the Rain" was recorded in 1929. The MOVIE "Signing in the Rain" was set at the dawn of the talkie era in Hollywood... which was right around 1929.

Tue. 9/30/08 7:29pm From: Joe

Not a coincidence, actually!

Tue. 9/30/08 7:29pm From: Plinky

Lane hardin is rockin' my shit

Tue. 9/30/08 7:45pm From: Scott

Gosh, this is a wonderful selection.
Thanks DJ Joe

Tue. 9/30/08 7:48pm From: Sean Daily

This Siberia song ROCKS.

Tue. 9/30/08 7:51pm From: Amanda

Hi Joe! I'm so sorry I missed the first two sets - can't wait to catch up. Hard times indeed, but when you're on our happy days are here again.

Tue. 9/30/08 7:54pm From: Joe

How sweet!!

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