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The obscure “TAKE A RIDE TO HEAVEN“ is pure uplifting madness. A brilliant, hooky and floor-friendly soul stomper, Ron Hardy style!!It contrasts with A side’s super intimate and heartbreaking “PAIN“.Gregory Charles Royal (born October 10, 1961 in Greensboro, North Carolina) is an American trombonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, writer, and artistic director who grew up in Washington DC. He played with Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Slide Hampton and his World of Trombones, and the Howard University Jazz Ensemble.Royal, who grew up loving Holland & Dozier as well as Earth, Wind & Fire songs, wrote “PAIN” and “TAKE A RIDE TO HEAVEN” to try his hand at singing. The songs were recorded at Track Recorders in Silver Spring, Maryland, on a used 2inch amped analog tape at half speed with 8 hours studio time for recording and mixing.A year later, Royal recorded the songs again but went back to playing only and got the “real singers” to do their thing as he did not feel adequate as a vocalist. The album versions were released on the now scarce “PAIN” LP.
Back then, only 100 45s of the first Royal versions were pressed.Nowadays this record hardly ever turns up for sale in its original issue. Here it is again in very limited edition, fully licensed and remastered.Limited reissue of 300 credits.
Forgive me if, one, this is a repeated notice and two, if I'm mistaken. However, I'm 99.9% sure that what is listed by ragfart as 'I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate The Cotton Pickers Brunswick 2338-A 1922' is in a fact a much later recording by Mugsy Spanier of the same title, in 1939. Here's a YouTube version of the latter for comparison, though anyone familiar knows the recording quality and style cannot be the former:That said, thank you Gathacol Radio, for this wonderful collection. You probably know of Radio Dismuke.
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This playlist would fool me into believing of get this wonderful station that features 20's and 30's music, on at present. I am looking to use this song in a short film but I'm unclear as to whose recording it is. I Shazam-ed the song and it popped up as 'Somebody Stole My Gal' composed by Leo Wood, but there is no more info about the recording. I would like to obtain official rights to the song (and it says 'public domain' but I'm skeptical that this is actually the case that I can use it without any licensing).
If the person who uploaded this collection or anyone else who might have more information on the recording 'stolmgal' track 111 (03:09 play time). Please let me know! And if you know if 'public domain' really means free to use in all replications.Thanks! I've downloaded this collection of music recently and enjoy it very much. It contains both well-known jazz standards and some rare stuff.
I am fascinated by the Roaring Twenties, and this music allows me to feel the spirit of the epoch. Yes, all these tracks are very old, however, many of them are not just some 'museum pieces' - they are highly enjoyable as they are, despite their considerable age. My only complain is that the uploader didn't give the full names of the songs. I'd love to get more info especially since I am still new to jazz and some of these contracted titles make no sense to me.My favorites from this bunch are: AlexanderWheresThatBand, BennieMotenKaterSt.Rag, Washingtonians-TishomingoBlues, Hot Mama (!), Dippermouth Blues, Washboard Wiggles, llagoose, onlygirl, Ole Miss rag, nickleodeon, dix1step, Eubie Black's compositions etc.-UpdateFull names and credits for some of the tracks here:2to2 = My Cutie's Due from Two to Two TodayAlexander, Where's That Band? - Parham-Pickett Apollo Syncopators, 12-1926, Chicago, Illinois4or5x = Four or Five Times (duh! Amdubin over at YouTube has uploaded a video of this song playing on his Radiola 47 - and it sounds great. According to his posted information:Isham Jones: 'Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia'Victor 24099 (recorded in Camden, NJ on 8/17/32 in Jones's first Victor session).
Eddie Stone sings the vocal chorus.Commenters add:'This was recorded at Victor's Camden studio. The original master remains nearly flawless, and if you're able, locate a re-recording.hearing it is like walking back in time. The speed and precision of this orchestra is astounding. Do a fox trot to this one. You'll get your heart rate elevated.'
'Isham Jones Big Band from 1932 on Victor. Jones recorded primarily for Brunswick from 1924 - 1931, then switched to Victor with a largely enhanced Band, and hotter arrangements. Gordon Jenkins (of Frank Sinatra fame in the early 1950's after Axel Stordahl) is Jones Orchestrator for all the Victor Sessions and this period not to mention te Full Audio Spectrum sound of the 'New' Othophonic Process, which helped to sell this Radiola/Elecrola Combo.
Great sound and Fidelity.'