Spike Jones/City Slickers (Spike Jones) - Strictly For Music Lovers [Box]

Artist:

Jones, Spike

UPC:

604988990522

See Also:

Armstrong, Louis Lunceford, Jimmie Waller, Fats

Description:

& His City Slickers.
Includes 24-page booklet.
Personnel: Spike Jones (vocals, tuba); Beauregard Lee (vocals, spoken vocals); Dr. Horatio Q. Birdbath (vocals, whistling); Del Porter (vocals, clarinet); George Rock (vocals, trumpet); Carl Grayson (vocals, sound effects); Ben Ghost Singers, Dick Morgan, Quartet , Boys in the Backroom, Ina Souez, Luther Roundtree, Paul Judson, Freddie Morgan, Elsa Nilsson, Jimmy Cassidy, Aileen Carlisle, Sir Frederick Gas, Country Washburne, King Jackson, Mickey Katz, Paul Frees, Red Ingle (vocals); Helen Grayco (spoken vocals); Dick Gardner (violin); Tommy Pederson (trombone); Willie Spicer, Mel Blanc (sound effects).
Liner Note Author: Joop Visser.
Recording information: Los Angeles, CA (08/08/1941-12/23/1947).
Unknown Contributor Roles: George Rock; Willie Spicer; Frank Leithner; Mel Blanc.
This four-disc set provides the ultimate guide to the musical madness of Spike Jones, the bandleader whose inspired insanity provided comic relief whenever the mainstream musical styles of the day seemed too serious. Along with his City Slickers, Jones specialized in parodic versions of material from the worlds of pop, jazz, country, classical, you name it--no genre was safe from his sonic terrorism.
Instead of merely tacking funny lyrics onto a familiar tune, Jones took a comprehensive approach to musical mockery, filling his arrangements with everything from animal noises to shattering glass and revving machinery (was he the first proto-industrial artist?) for a truly unhinged effect. The wealth of vintage (1930/40s) material here, including Spike`s deconstructions of "Tea for Two," "The Sheik of Araby," and more, makes it clear that he was the godfather of comedy in music.

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. Barstool Cowboy From Old Barstow
2. Behind Those Swinging Doors
3. Red Wing
4. Covered Wagon Rolled Right Along, The
5. Clink, Clink, Another Drink
6. Little Bo-Peep Has Lost Her Jeep
7. Pack up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag
8. Three Little Words
9. When Buddah Smiles
10. You`re a Sap Mister Jap
11. Never Hit Your Grandma With a Shovel
12. Horsey, Keep Your Tail Up
13. Camptown Races
14. John Scotter Trot
15. Love For Sale
16. Moanin` Low
17. Cheatin` on the Sandman
18. Come Josephine in My Flying Machine
19. Sailor With the Navy Blue Eyes, The
20. Der Fuehrer`s Face
21. Hotcha Cornia (Hotcha Chornya Russian Folk Songs)
22. I Wanna Go Back to West Virginia
23. Water Lou (Drip, Drip, Drip)

DISC 2:

1. Shiek of Araby, The
2. One by Jingo
3. I`m Going to Write Home
4. Hi Ho My Lady
5. I Know a Story
6. St-St-St-Stella
7. Hotcha Cornia (Hotcha Chornya Russian Folk Songs)
8. Down in Jungle Town
9. As Time Goes By
10. People Will Say We`re in Love
11. G.I. Haircut
12. It Never Rains in Sunny California
13. Wang Wang Blues
14. My Little Girl
15. Sound Effects Man, The
16. Ragtime Cowboy Joe
17. Vamp, The
18. He Broke My Heart in Three Places
19. Besame Mucho
20. I`m Goin` Back to Where I Come From
21. There`s a Fly on My Music
22. Row, Row, Row
23. I Wanna a Gal Just Like the Gal That Married Dear Old Dad
24. Jingle Bells

DISC 3:

1. Cocktails For Two
2. And the Great Big Saw Came Nearer and Nearer
3. Red Grow the Roses
4. Jamboree Jones
5. Whittle Out a Whistle
6. Casey Jones
7. At Last I`m First With You
8. Down by the O-Hi-O
9. Holiday For Strings
10. Cocktails For Two
11. Leave the Dishes in the Sink, Ma
12. Serenade to a Jerk
13. Drip, Drip, Drip (Sloppy Lagoon)
14. Chloe
15. Blue Danube, The
16. Black Bottom
17. Toot, Toot, Tootsie Goodbye
18. MacNamara`s Band
19. Siam
20. Liebestraume
21. You`ll Always Hurt the One You Love
22. That Old Black Magic
23. Mother Goose Medley
24. Hawaiian War Chant

DISC 4:

1. Old MacDonald Had a Farm
2. I Dream of Brownie With the Light Blue Jeans
3. Glow Worm, The
4. Laura
5. Jones Polka
6. Jones Laughing Record, The
7. William Tell Overture
8. My Pretty Girl
9. Rhapsody From Hunger (Y)
10. I`m in the Mood For Love
11. When Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Tuba
12. Blowing Bubble Gum, (I`m Forever)
13. Love in Bloom
14. Man on the Flying Trapeze, The
15. Popcorn Sack
16. Our Hour (The Puppy Love Song)
17. My Old Flame
18. People Are Funnier Than Anybody
19. By the Beautiful Sea
20. I`m Getting Sentimental Over You
21. I Kiss Your Hand Madame
22. All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)
23. Ill Barkio (Il Bacio)
24. None But the Lonely Heart (A Soaperetta)

Album Information

Release Date:

05/10/1999

Type:

Boxed Set

Genre:

Comedy

Subgenre:

Music Comedy

Label:

Proper Box (UK)

Producer:

Joop Visser

Catalog Number:

PROPERBOX 5

Original Release Year:

2000

# of Discs:

4

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Mono

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