R. Crumb's Sweet Schellac

[Durium]

Has someone ever made a list of the tracks played at this great compilation album by R. Crumb at four Christmas shows, somewhere early 2000s?

Durium

Edited October 16, 2012 by Durium

[sonnymax]

Hey there!

I never knew about these radio shows before your post. I was intrigued and managed to obtain a copy. I listened to all four and wrote down the artists and songs. I did my best to spell everything correctly, and have enclosed phonetic estimates in quotation marks. Here's the list:

Part 1 - New Orleans Jazz & A History Of Shellac

1. Monk Hazel & His Bienville Roof Orchestra - High Society

2. Sam Morgan's Jazz Band - Short Dress Gal

3. Halfway House Dance Orchestra - When I'm Blue

4. Oscar Celestin's Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra - It's Jam Up

5. John Hyman's Bayou Stompers - Ain't Love Grand?

6. Louis Dumaines Jazzola Eight - To-Wa-Bac-A-Wa

Part 2 - Jazz In Weimar Germany

1. The Saxophone Orchestra Dobrei - Ich Hol´ Dir Vom Himmel Das Blau

2. Wenskat Jazz Band - Jig Walk

3. Dance Orchestra Of Bella Dios - Con Un Roll

4. Jack Bund And His Bravour Dance Band - Eccentric

5. The Weintraub Syncopators - Nimm Dich In Acht Vor Blonden Frau'n

6. Teddy Kline's Jazz Orchestra - Égnek A Csillagok

7. H. Schindler And His Jazz Orchestra - Niagara

Part 3 - Early French Jazz Before Django

1. Orchestre Musette Gigetto - I Can't Give You Anything But Love

2. Jazz J.B. White - Chou Fox

3. Yvonne Alloush - Pompous "Jeri:

4. "Edore Rankerell" And His Orchestra - Accordion Marmalade

5. Chicago Syncopators - My Gal Sal

6. Wall Berg And His Orchestra - Simone Cosa

7. "Not" And His Creole Orchestra - Sinew Sinners

Part 4 - American Black String Bands Of The Twenties & Thirties

1. Tampa Joe And Macon Ed - Warm Wipe Stomp

2. Bobby Leecan's Need More Band - Washboard Cutout

3. King David's Jug Band - What's That Tastes Like Gravy

4. Taylor's Kentucky Boys - Forked Deer

5. Whistler's Jug Band - Hold That Tiger

6. The Mississippi Jook Band - Barbecue Bust

7. The Dixieland Jug Blowers - Banjoreno

[Big Beat Steve]

@Sonnymax:

Interesting and eclectic list:

Re- Part 2, Jazz in Weimar (= "Jazz in pre-1933 Germany"):

No. 1: The correct spelling is Saxophone Orchestra DOBBRI (artist's name for bandleader Otto Dobrindt)

No. 2: This looks like a misspelling of the name of bandleader BELA DAJOS (actually his artist's name was DAJOS BELA but sometimes the name was turned around on the label and Crumb may have been unaware of which is which). This bandleader made hundreds (posibly thousands) of recordings in the 20s and 30s, only a scant proportion of which can be called jazz or "hot dance" music.

No. 4: No doubt "Jack Bund" was a feebly "anglicised" version of the actual name of bandleader HANS BUND.

Part 3, Early French Jazz:

No. 4: Am not totally sure but very likely the spelling of that name is RANCURELL.

UPDATE: Did an online seach and the name is

EUDORE RANCUREL, and the tune is "Accordéon Marmelade". It is mentioned in passing here: http://www.fremeaux.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2669&Itemid=341

No. 6: The spelling is WAL-BERG (real name Valdemar Rosenberg, a bandleader who backed up many vocalists and other featured artists in pre-war France).

No. 7: Could the title of that tune actually be "SING YOU SINNERS", I wonder?

UPDATE:

I bet the song Crumb features really is "Sing You Sinners", and the correct and full name of the band is:

FLAVIUS NOTTE AND HIS CREOLE JAZZ BAND DE LA COULOLE MONTPARNASSE

It also is on this compilation:

http://www.amazon.fr/Les-Grands-Orchestres-Jazz-Paris/dp/B000ZNW79E

Am listening to it right now. Not bad for its time and certainly nice as background for Josephine Baker ...

Edited October 30, 2012 by Big Beat Steve

[sonnymax]

Steve,

Thanks for taking the time to come up with those corrections.

[Chuck Nessa]

Nuts be Nuts. Thank God for Nuts.

[Big Beat Steve]

Nuts be Nuts. Thank God for Nuts.

Care to elaborate?

@Sonnymax:

You're most welcome.