Sir Ernest Crackleton, heroic explorer of pre-1951 sound reproductions, presents a stimulating selection of recordings from 1912-1950, featuring birthdays galore this week – thanks to the “ON THIS DAY IN JAZZ AGE MUSIC” blog.
PLAYLIST:
- “Haley’s Favourites (excerpt)” by John J. Kimmel from “Early Recordings of Irish Traditional Dance Music”
- “Tú estás dormida en tu cama ” by Pena Hijo with Manolo de Badajoz from “Grabaciones Discos Pizarra – Año 1930-50”
- “Am I Right or Wrong?” by Son House from “Legends of the Country Blues”
- “Take A Drink On Me” by Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers from “Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers And The Highlanders”
- “Elouil Ouili” by Mohamed Elkabbandji from “Le Maqam en Irak – Vol I – Congres du Caire 1932”
- “Ya Albi Keef Ja Fak” by Youssef Harb from “The Secret Museum of Mankind, Vol. 5 – Ethnic Music Classics: 1925-48”
- “Wehak El Kab Walkossein” by Siddaqa El Mullaya from “Give Me Love – Songs Of The Brokenhearted – Baghdad, 1925-1929”
- “Aman Aman Zekko” by Said El Kurdi from “Give Me Love – Songs Of The Brokenhearted – Baghdad, 1925-1929”
- “Return Journey To Swansea (Part 5)” by Dylan Thomas from “Dylan Thomas at the BBC”
- “The Showman” by Bransby Williams from from “’Talented Talkers’ – Favourite Monologues”
- “Whispers of Immortality” by T.S. Eliot from “TS Eliot Reading The Wasteland – Four Quartets and other poems”
- “Talking Sailor (Merchant Marine)” by Woody Guthrie from “Some Folk”
- “Saeta – Ya lo llava y ya lo traen” by La Niña de los Peines from “Patrimonio de Andalucía”
- “(Oliver Messiaen’s) Prelude No. 3 – Le Mombre Leger” by Yvonne Loriod from “The View from the Edge”
- “(Oliver Messiaen’s) Prelude No. 5 – Les Sons Impalpables Du Rêve” by Yvonne Loriod from “The View from the Edge”
- “Oi la Saba Kozak Lepkii” by Paul Humeniuk Orchestra from “Ukrainian & Lemko String Bands in America”
- “Promesa” by Tomás de Antequera from “Tomás de Antequera – Grabaciones Discos Pizarra – Año 1940”
- “Rock Daniel” by Sister Rosetta Tharpe with Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra from “The Original Soul Sister”
- “Hlooywood Agents” by Groucho & Chico Marx with the Ray Page Orchestra from “The Golden Age of Comedy”
- “Echi Omorfes Afrates” by Markos Vamvakaris from “Bouzouki Pioneer – 1932-1940”
- “I’m Goin’ To Take The Tarin To Caharlotte” by Fiddlin’ John Carson from “Complete Recorded Works in Chonological Order – Volume 5 – October 1927 to December 1929”
- “Detroit City Blues” by Fats Domino from “The Early Imperial Singles – 1950-1952”
- “Washington Breakdown” by The Almanac Singers from “Talking Union”
- “The White Cliffs of Dover” by Vera Lynn from “Radio Memories”
- “An’iza ny basy?” by Choeur Malagache from “Madagascar – Music of the coast and tablelands 1929-1930”
- “Logan County Blues” by Frank Hutchison from “Worried Blues”
- “Firebird” by The Johnny Guarnieri Tro from “Bowin’ Singin’ Slam”
- “Iwashamizu” by Katayama Yûzan and Sekino Shôzan from ‘Japanese Traditional Music – Noh · Biwa · Shakuhachi – Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai 1941”
- “The Merry Go Round Broke Down” by Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm from “That Old Feeling”
- “Wotcher! My Old Brown Son” by Harry Champion from “Roger Wilmut’s Website – Stars of 78s“
- “Zapateo Cubano” by Nishan Sedefijan from “Mixtape by Ian Nagoski on Sound American“
- “The Wild Horse” by Frank Hutchison from “Worried Blues”
- “Haley’s Favourites (excerpt)” by John J. Kimmel from “Early Recordings of Irish Traditional Dance Music”