Playlist for Surface Noise with Joe McGasko - April 14, 2009

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April 14, 2009: 78: Eve of Taxation

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Artist Track Album Label Format Comments Year
Dick Robertson  I Paid My Income Tax Today     Decca  78    1942 
Eddie Cantor  Don't Put a Tax on the Beautiful Girls   The Early Days (1917-1921)  Original Cast  CD    1998 
Nora Bayes  Taxation Blues     Columbia  78    1919 
Ralph Willis  Income Tax Blues   Volume 2 (1951-1953)  Document  CD    1994 
Hank Penny  Taxes Taxes   Crazy Rhythm: The Standard Transcriptions  Soundies/Bloodshot Revival  CD  Recorded 1951  2000 
The Harlem Hamfats  Sales Tax on It (But It's the Same Thing)   Volume 1 (1936-1938)  Document  CD  Recorded 1936  1994 
 
Bahkesirli Fuat Bey  Nigris Taxim   Open Strings: 1920s Middle Eastern Recordings  Honest Jons  CD    2009 
Prof. Mohamed Abdel-Wahab  Unknown Title     Alamphon  78    early 20s 
Badia Massabni and Her Orchestra  Badia's Dance   Victrola Favorites: Artifacts from Bygone Days  Dusto to Digital  CD  Recorded 1930  2008 
Udi Hrant  Siroon Aghcheek   The Early Recordings Vol. 1  Traditional Crossroads  CD  Recorded early 30s  1995 
Abdul Hussein Khan Shahazi  Bidad   Open Strings: 1920s Middle Eastern Recordings  Honest Jons  CD    2009 
 
Bob Miller  The Ohio Prison Fire   People Take Warning: Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs 1913-1938  Tomkins Square  CD    2008 
Vernon Dalhart  The Governor's Pardon     Victor  78    1926 
Leadbelly  Birmingham Jail   Shout On: The Leadbelly Legacy Vol. 3  Smithsonian Folkways  CD    1998 
T.C.I. Section Crew  Section Gang Song   Sinners and Saints 1926-1931  Document  CD  Recorded 1927  1992 
The Prisonaires  The Prisoner's Prayer   Just Walkin' in the Rain  Bear Family  CD  Recorded 1954  1990 

Listener comments!

Tue. 4/14/09 7:04pm Sean Daily:

First comment! Woo hoo!

Tue. 4/14/09 7:05pm Sean Daily:

A nickel tax for kissing a woman on the cheek? What's the tax for shtuping her?

Tue. 4/14/09 7:15pm D:

Is this about as right wing as FMU gets?

Tue. 4/14/09 7:17pm Sean Daily:

No, it's just an observation of an important annual event. We play Christmas songs at Christmas, so it seems logical to play tax songs at tax time.

Tue. 4/14/09 7:17pm G.:

Apparently taxes have always been unpopular, who'd have guessed!

Nice selections as always, Joe...

Tue. 4/14/09 7:17pm lou:

Why?

Tue. 4/14/09 7:27pm Joe:

Thanks, G!

Tue. 4/14/09 7:28pm D:

I apologize. That was a stupid joke. I like this music.

Tue. 4/14/09 7:36pm Joe:

Thanks, D!

Tue. 4/14/09 7:44pm Kenzo:

Thanks, Joe, for reading that Armenian translation! "Let me be shoes for your feet"

Tue. 4/14/09 7:45pm Joe:

I know, it's lovely, isn't it?

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