Playlist for Surface Noise with Joe McGasko - October 14, 2008

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Sounds from the 78 era, roughly 1900 to 1955: pop, jazz, country, gospel, foreign, and the unclassifiable. Living music from a dead format, in both smooth and extra crunchy varieties.

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October 14, 2008: 78: Colbumbus

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Artist Track Album Label Format Comments Year
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra  Christopher Columbus   The Fletcher Henderson Story  Columbia/Legacy  CD  Recorded 1936  1994 
Fats Waller  Christopher Columbus   A Handful of Keys  Proper  CD  Recorded 1936  2004 
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra  Queen Isabella     Variety  78    1937 
John Drew Barrymore  Christopher Columbus Digs the Jive   The Beat Generation, Vol 1  Rhino/Word Beat  CD  From "High School Confidential"  1992 
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra  Christopher Columbus   The Great Band Era  RCA Custom  LP  Recorded 1936  mid-60s 
 
MAC (Harry McClintock)  The Bum Song     Victor  78    1928 
Harry McClintock  Big Rock Candy Mountain   O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack)  Mercury  CD  Recorded 1929  2000 
Weary Willie  Who Said I Was a Bum?     Perfect  78    1928 
Frankie Wallace  Hobo Bill's Last Ride   The APMP Presents Death, Disaster, and Despair Country Style  WFMU  CD  Recorded 1930  2007 
Hobo Jack Turner  Hallelujah! I'm a Bum     Diva  78    1928 
Uncle Pete and Louise  Only a Tramp   Times Ain't Like They Used to Be, Volume 7  Yazoo  CD  Recorded early 30s  2003 
 
Unidentified Players  Pastorale   Old-Country Music in a New Land: Folk Music of Immigrants From Europe and the Near East  New World  LP  Recorded ca. 1916  1976 
MIchele Lentine e Antonio Papariello  Tarantella Zampognara     Columbia  78    c. 1918 
Effisio Melis  Fiorassio   Secret Museum Of Mankind Vol. 1 - Ethnic Music Classics: 1925-48  Yazoo  CD    1995 
F. Fazio  La Promessa     Columbia  78    late 20s 
 
Frosini  Hot Fingers     Decca  78    1934 
The Mills Brothers  The Song Has Ended   Chronological, Vol. 5  JSP  CD  Recorded 1937; unissued outtake version  1991 

Listener comments!

Tue. 10/14/08 7:07pm From: Joe

You're a sick man, Mr. McGasko

Tue. 10/14/08 7:09pm From: annie

sorry, i like my man buckley

Tue. 10/14/08 7:09pm From: Joe McG

Thanks!

Tue. 10/14/08 7:14pm From: annie

you looking for 78s?? i have many....

Tue. 10/14/08 7:19pm From: frenchee

Joe, this is the first time I've heard your show and it's GREAT. Did you know that HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL is on Turner Classics tonight? I can hardly wait to se the Jive Columbus routine.

Tue. 10/14/08 7:23pm From: Joe

No I didn't know...but I'll be sure to announce it!
Thanks for the kind words, Frenchee!

Tue. 10/14/08 7:23pm From: Joe

Annie, I'd like to hear about your 78s. I'll contact you after the show.

Tue. 10/14/08 7:24pm From: annie

sure, you have my email

Tue. 10/14/08 7:25pm From: annie

would love to hear lord buckley, you prolly have none..

Tue. 10/14/08 7:27pm From: Sean Daily

Not even close to first comment! Woo hoo!

Tue. 10/14/08 7:30pm From: annie

you win, once again

Tue. 10/14/08 7:33pm From: annie

hey sean, you'll have to listen twice as hard tomorrow. i will not be listening. you can do that for me? and make the appropriate comments?

Tue. 10/14/08 7:38pm From: Dave

Weary Willie was maybe Vernon Dalhart?

Tue. 10/14/08 7:39pm From: Joe

I just remembered: Frank Luther!

Tue. 10/14/08 7:44pm From: Sean Daily

Annie, I will listen twice as hard for you! As for making appropriate comments... what is this "appropriate" you speak of, stranger?

Tue. 10/14/08 7:45pm From: annie

well, best to spark conversation for ken's show.. 'tis all. keep up the banter.. and speak of beer often

Tue. 10/14/08 7:47pm From: annie

tomorrow i'm in transit from one computer site to another and so will miss out the wednesday morning joviality

Tue. 10/14/08 7:47pm From: Sean Daily

Well, safe trip to you, Annie.

Tue. 10/14/08 7:49pm From: annie

thx... i'll be back.. i can trust you to maintain...i know that

Tue. 10/14/08 7:55pm From: frenchee

I think the movie starts in five minutes....cheerio!

Tue. 10/14/08 7:57pm From: annie

great show joe.. i just emailed you.

Tue. 10/14/08 8:00pm From: Jeff M

Great show Joe, enjoyed it much

Wed. 10/15/08 9:26pm From: Mark

By the way, what's the background music during your comments?

Thu. 10/16/08 10:36am From: Joe

For the past few shows I've been going back and forth between two tracks on a Fats Waller CD called "Fine Arabian Stuff": "Swaltzing with Faust" and "Intermezzo." It's a nice CD, mostly Fats playing standards on the organ.

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