| Product Summary | | Label: Bmg/rca | | UPC: 00078635997125 | | Release Date: 7/17/1990 | | Buy.com Sku: 60132583 | | Item#: MNK4MD | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Happy Days Are Here Again - Leo Reisman ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. Cooking Breakfast For The One I Love - Fanny Brice ~ Various Artists | | | 3. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams - Bing Crosby ~ Various Artists | | | 4. Mimi - Maurice Chevalier ~ Various Artists | | | 5. Stardust - Hoagy Carmichael ~ Various Artists | | | 6. We're In The Money - Fred Astaire ~ Various Artists | | | 7. Jitter Bug - Cab Calloway ~ Various Artists | | | 8. My Old Flame - Duke Ellington/Mae West ~ Various Artists | | | 9. You're The Top - Cole Porter ~ Various Artists | | | 10. Music Goes 'Round And Around, The - Tommy Dorsey & His Clambake Seven ~ Various Artists | | | 11. Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade Lux Lewis ~ Various Artists | | | 12. Josephine - Wayne King ~ Various Artists | | | 13. Honeysuckle Rose - Fats Waller ~ Various Artists | | | 14. I Can't Get Started - Bunny Berigan ~ Various Artists | | | 15. Life Goes To A Party - Benny Goodman ~ Various Artists | | | 16. Donkey Serenade, The - Allen Jones ~ Various Artists | | | 17. Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen - Guy Lombardo ~ Various Artists | | | 18. Martha - Larry Clinton ~ Various Artists | | | 19. Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller ~ Various Artists | | | 20. God Bless America - Kate Smith ~ Various Artists | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Includes liner notes by Christopher Niccoli. | | Digitally remastered by Dick Baxter. | | Personnel: Cole Porter, Fats Waller (vocals, piano); Lombardo Trio, Edythe Wright, Mae West, Tommy Dorsey, Bea Wain, Bunny Berigan, Cabell "Cab" Calloway (vocals); Allan Jones (tenor); Meade "Lux" Lewis, Hoagy Carmichael (piano). | | Liner Note Author: Christopher Niccoli. | | Recording information: 11/20/1929-07/01/1939. | | Directors: Nat Finston; Leonard Joy. | | Illustrator: Christoph Hitz. | | The 1930s were a tumultuous decade, and the record business almost went under after the stock market crash of 1929 and the Depression that gripped the nation. But in adverse times America still wanted to be entertained, and Victor provided much of the soundscape for that decade. This first of two volumes features escapist fare like Bing Crosby's "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams," Leo Reisman's optimistic "Happy Days Are Here Again," Fred Astaire's "We're in the Money," Cole Porter's "You're the Top," Tommy Dorsey's "The Music Goes 'Round and Around," and Kate Smith's patriotic flag-waver "God Bless America." But it was also the beginning of jazz taking the nation by storm, with tracks like Fats Waller's "Honeysuckle Rose," Benny Goodman's "Life Goes to a Party," Meade "Lux" Lewis' "Honky Tonk Train Blues," Glenn Miller's "Moonlight Serenade," and Bunny Berigan's "I Can't Get Started with You" counted in the mix. And great torch songs like Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust" and Mae West's (with Duke Ellington) "My Old Flame," along with infectious novelties like Wayne King's "Josephine" and Maurice Chevalier's "Mimi," help to give the big picture of the decade in this marvelous collection. Transfers are still a bit grainy, as these recordings were still a good decade and a half away from the invention of magnetic tape, but nothing sounds like a battered 78 on here either. ~ Cub Koda |
Producer: John E. Quinn; Chick Crumpacker |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 07/17/1990 | | Original Release Date : 1990 | | Catalog ID : 9971-2-R | | Label : RCA Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 61m : 27s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Mono | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00078635997125 |
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