Day-Glow-Radio's Vintage Compendium Vol.2!
1. When I See an Elephant Fly~Cliff Edwards
2. It Don't Mean A Thing~Duke Ellington With Ivie Anderson
3. The Joint is Jumpin'~Fats Waller & His Rhythm
4. I Only Have Eyes For You~Frank Sinatra & Count Basie
5. 'Taint What You Do~Ella Fitzgerald
6. I Want Your Love (I Want You to Be My Baby)~Grace Chang
7. Jaan Pechechaan Ho~Mohammed Rafi
8. Shine~Django Reinhardt
9. Guilty~Al Bowlly
10. I'm Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now~Jane Green
11. Si Tu N'étais Pas Là~Fréhel
12. How Do You Think I Feel~Georgia White
13. Shave 'em Dry (Take 2)~Lucille Bogan
14. Devil Got My Woman~Skip James
15. This Little Light~The Montgomery Improvement Association
16. It All Began With Adam And Eve~Lord Flea
17. Playboy~Bob Marley and The Wailers
18. Teardrops From My Eyes~Ruth Brown
19. Grandpa Can Boogie Too~Lil Greenwood
20. You Better Stop~LaVern Baker
21. Zing Zing~Art Neville
22. Mama Said~The Shirelles
23. Needle In A Haystack~The Velvelettes
24. Savoy~Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra
25. Christopher Columbus~Andy Kirk & His Clouds Of Joy
26. What A Little Moonlight Can Do~Billie Holiday
27. La Vie En Rose~Edith Piaf
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OK so I have finally got my arse into gear and made another mix, this one a follow up to my first on this blog (click here if you ain't got it yet).
It's very much more of the same, with some well known tunes nestled amongst the weirder more obscure tracks, and all in all will hopefully be another toe tapping, foot stomping adventure through jazz, swing, blues, rock'n'roll, r&b and anything inbetween. Vol. 2 here actually has alot more rock&roll and r&b than Vol.1 as I've been getting very much into this sort of stuff since Secret Garden Party, where all the dubstep, breaks, hip-hop, electro and so on couldn't compare one jot next to the rock'n'roll swingathon in the Conspiracy Camp on the last night. It was the most rammed tent of the weekend and had the best atmosphere, plus the ceiling was dripping and the air was literally fogging up with sweat. Now that's what I call and old school rave!
Opening with the crows' song from Dumbo, which for all it's accusations of racism, is still a great tune (Although admittedly, if the makers hadn't had the audacity to call one of the crows Jim Crow, thought to be a reference to the Jim Crow Laws which seperated public facilities into black and white in America between 1876 and 1965, then perhaps dumbo wouldn't have had such accusations) we can enjoy some classic swing from Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, Fats Waller and Ella Fitzgerald. The Sinatra cut is from a brilliant album he made with the legendary Count Basie which has many great songs on it and can be found here if you fancy some further listening.
Next up we have two examples of Asian swing/rock'n'roll that are both wonderful. The first being by the beautiful Grace Chang, an actress from Hong Kong who was famous in 50s and 60s China for her musical roles for which she always sang her own vocals. She is followed by Mohd. Rafi, one of the most prolific Bollywood singers of all time. The song is from the film Gumnaam and there's the corresponding film clip below. Film fans will recognise this song and video from the opening scene of cult classic Ghost World.
Of the other tracks worthy of a mention Lucille Bogan's 2nd take of Shave 'Em Dry
is famous for being one of the rudest blues takes in history.
Featured on just about every compilation of banned blues and x rated songs available
it has become a favourite and it's hard to listen to it and keep a straight face...
Lucille was among the first American blues singers to be recorded and most of her songs were up front pieces about drinking, prostitution, sex and lesbianism, among many other aspects of 'the Life'.
A young spritely and dread-less Bob Marley makes his appearance next with a track from the Another Dance album, a collection of the Wailers very early songs when they were more of an R&B outfit who occasionally did abit of Jerk and Ska...
Grandpa can Boogie Too is one of my favourite discoveries and is taken from a great LP called Rare Blues Girls from King Records that features loads of singers you've never heard of singing great songs you've never heard. It was available at the amazing blog http://bebopwino.blogspot.com but sadly the blog appears to have been shut down or moved... I am in mourning! And finally, cos I can;t prattle on about every track, I thought I would just post a picture to Edith Piaf, who closes this selection with one of her few English recordings; the beautiful La Vie En Rose. It's one of those famous songs that's been sung by hundreds of different artists, from Louis Armstrong and Aretha Franklin to Grace Jones and Cyndi Lauper, but Edith's version is the original, which she wrote with Luis Gugliemi and made famous in 1946.
So there you have it, from me to you, another mixtape to listen to, hope you like 'em...
