It’s a 78 RPM Sunday.

Once again we reach into my dad’s stack of shellac records where we pull out another big name among the early record labels…Decca. It’s a label that saw its share of some of the biggest names in the recording industry. Several you have heard on this show.

And if you’re watching the video version, you’ll see that I pulled out my old timey RCA Ribbon mic. I thought it would give this show extra atmosphere.

So get ready to hear an array of artists all recorded during the 1940s in Volume 148: 8 Sides From Decca.

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Wedding Bells – Four Aces
(Are Breaking up the Old Gang of Mine)
With Chorus and Orchestra Directed by Jack Plies
Written by Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal, and Willie Raskin
Released April 1954

Three Coins in the Fountain – Four Aces Featuring Al Alberts
From the 20th Century Fox film of the same name.
With Chorus and Orchestra Directed by Jack Plies
Written by Juli Styne and Sammy Cahn
Released April 1954

Sabre Dance – Victor Young and his Concert Orchestra
From Cayne Ballet Suite.
Written by Aram Khachaturian
Released in July 1943

For Whom The Bell Tolls – Victor Young and his Concert Orchestra
The Massacre and Love Them from the Paramount Picture of the same name.
Written by Victor Young
Released in July 1943

Jolly Fella Tarantella – The Andrews Sisters, backed by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians
The Organ Grinder’s Song
Written by Dick Manning
recorded on July 19, 1949

Stars are the Windows of Heaven – The Andrews Sisters, backed by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians
Written by Tommy Malie and Jimmy Steiger.
recorded on July 19, 1949

The Matador – Carmen Miranda with the Andrews Sisters with Vic Shoen and His Orchestra
Written by Joao DeBarro, Alberto Ribeiro, Ray Gilbert and Bob Russell
Released in September 1948

Cuanto La Gusta – Carmen Miranda with the Andrews Sisters with Vic Shoen and His Orchestra
From the MGM Picture a Date With Judy.
Written by Gabriel Ruiz and Ray Gilbert
Released in September 1948

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Music has always been important and supported in the region where I grew up. The local county community college has been the focus of many concerts, both that I’ve observed and participated in, over the years. And their musical legacy goes back a long way. This album is a great example of what happens when there is civic pride in the talented music makers of the area. And the sponsor of this record has a special place in my and my family’s history.

So through the concern and courtesy of Lakeland Community College and Citizens Savings and Loan Company in Painesville, get ready to hear your friends and neighbors from northeast Ohio in concert in Volume 147: Lakeland Music.

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Various – Lakeland Here’s The Music
Label: Century Advent Recording – Stereo 5810
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Released: 1973
Genre: Jazz, Classical
Style: Modal, Big Band, Swing, Choral

Lakeland Civic Orchestra
Jacques Offenbach–Selections from the Overture to “Orpheus in Hades” (Can Can)

Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday – God Bless The Child
Arranged By – Anita Kerr

Lakeland Civic Jazz Forum
George Gershwin – Strike Up The Band
Arranged By – Sarge Parsons

Lakeland Civic Jazz Forum
Frank White Meacham – American Patrol
Arranged By – Bob Bunton

Lakeland Civic Orchestra
George Gershwin– Selections from “Porgy and Bess”

Lakeland Civic Chorus
Duke Ellington–Mood Indigo
Lakeland Civic Chorus

Josef Myrow– You Make Me Feel So Young
Ray Conniff inspired Arrangement By – Clay Warnick

Lakeland Civic Jazz Forum
Jerry Bock – Selections from “Fiddler on The Roof”
Arranged By – Roy Phillippe

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This is a great compilation album of jazz artists who all recorded for Roost Records. These are some major stars that appeared on a minor label. And once I try to figure out what the characters are doing on the album cover, I’ll try to explain it to you.

So get ready to hear some memorable musicians in their own version of an O.R. in Volume 146: Operation Jazz.

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Various – Operation Jazz
Label: Royal Roost – OJ1, Royal Roost – OJ-1
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono
Country: USA & Canada
Released: 1958 according to the etchings on the runout.
Genre: Jazz
Style: Bop, Hard Bop, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Post Bop

Stan Getz, Horace Silver with Potter’s Luck
Written by Horace Silver
Recorded New York, March 1 or August 15, 1951
Stan Getz, tenor sax; Horace Silver, piano; Tommy Potter, bass; Roy Haynes, drums; Jimmy Raney, guitar

Kai Winding, Gerry Mulligan with Crossing The Channel
Written by Kai Winding
Kai Winding (tb), Brew Moore (ts), Gerry Mulligan (bs), George Wallington (p), Curley Russell (b), Max Roach (d).
Recorded in New York City, April 1949

Art Tatum with Flyin’ Home
Written by Sid Robin, Lionel Hampton and Benny Goodman

Bud Powell, Max Roach with Bud’s Bubble
Written by Bud Powell
NYC, January 10, 1947
Bass – Curly Russel*
Drums – Max Roach
Piano – Bud Powell

Dizzy Gillespie with Chris And Diz
Written by Dizzy Gillespie

Machito & His Afro-Cubans, Harry Belafonte Lean On Me
written by Alan Greene & Edwin Haldman
Recorded in 1949

Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Jay Johnson with Air Conditioning
Written By Charlie Parker
Miles Davis, trumpet; J.J. Johnson, trombone; Charlie Parker, alto sax; Duke Jordan, piano; Tommy Potter, bass; Max Roach, drums.
WOR Studios, NYC, December 17, 1947

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One of the unique aspects of my dad’s collection is how many historically significant records he has in it. In this episode, we feature an example of this. This comedian, and this album, were the first to win a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Performance – Spoken, when the Academy first introduced that category in 1959.

So, get ready for a man on a stool who often pretended he was on the phone in Volume 145: Inside Shelley Berman.

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Shelley Berman – Inside Shelley Berman
Label: Verve Records – MG V-15003
Series: Celebrity Series (2)
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
Country: US
Genre: Non-Music
Style: Comedy

Buttermilk, Zen, Nostalgia
Flying (in 2 parts)
Phoning A Department Store About A Woman On A Ledge
Phone Call With A Small Child

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This is a special edition. Its timing only has a little to do with the fact that it’s the beginning of Halloween season around here.

The musicians you will hear have all been heard in previous episodes of this show. A few of them might have played together at one time or another. None of these songs are found on the same album. But the artists have one thing in common. All of their final resting places are in the same cemetery.

So, get ready to hear music from the grave somewhere in the Bronx with Volume 144: Where Jazz is Buried – Woodlawn.

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Miles Davis
If I were a Bell from Swingin’ Sound!

Lionel Hampton
Sweethearts On Parade from The Original Big Band Hits, Vol. 1

Max Roach
Orientation from Modern Jazz – Hall Of Fame Volume 1

Coleman Hawkins
I Mean You from Franklin Mint Jazz Masters Of The Sax

Jonah Jones
Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone from Trumpet on Tour

King Oliver & His Dixie Syncopators
Aunt Hagar’s Blues from Franklin Mint Kings Of New Orleans Jazz

Duke Ellington
Take the A Train from Dance To The Themes Of The Greatest Bands

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Of course my dad loved his opera. What music collection in any Italian household was without some of the world’s finest music.

Several of the songs on this album had special meaning for my parents. It’s music from a singer they saw at least once in concert. He held a special place in both their hearts as one who could deliver Italian music at its purest.

So, get ready to hear one of the best to ever sing music from this region of Italy in Volume 143: Neapolitan Pavarotti.

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Luciano Pavarotti – O Sole Mio Favorite Neapolitan Songs
Label: London Records – OS26560, London Records – OS 26560
Format: Vinyl, LP, Club Edition
Released: 1979
Genre: Classical
Style: Opera, Romantic

‘O Sole Mio
Written-By – Eduardo Di Capua, Edward Teschemacher

Torna A Surriento
Written-By – Ernesto de Curtis, Giambattista De Curtis

‘O Surdato ‘Nnammurato
Written-By – Aniello Califano, Enrico Cannio

‘O Marenariello
Written-By – Gennaro Ottoviano, Salvatore Gambardella

Maria Mari’
Written-By – Eduardo Di Capua, Vincenzo Russo

Funiculì Funiculà
Written-By – Giuseppe Turco, Luigi Denza

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