What would be your "Desert Island Discs"??

[phonojim]

I agree with you completely on 8 out of your 10. I haven't heard the Trumbauer or Al Bowley's Midnight The Stars And You, but I'll bet both are great. I might have to cut some of the Motens...I forgot about Potato Head Blues. I just hope I never have to make a choice like that.

Jim

[JHolmesesq]

Jim - if you watch cult film "The Shining", Midnight, The Stars and You is playing at the end. It's a very dreamy song.

As for Love Affairs - the jazz speaks for itself

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyEV0yCQrNw[/youtube]

[Swing Band Heaven]

I agree with you completely on 8 out of your 10. I haven't heard........ Al Bowley's Midnight The Stars And You

Jim

I don't have the other one but here is the Al Bowlly vocal:
Midnight with the stars and you - Ray Noble and his Orchestra Vocal: Al Bowlly
S-B-H

[Lenoirstreetguy]

Yes! yes! yes! to everyone's list...and toss in :
Vainement ma bien aimee by Edmond Clement Victor 74264 (played at the right speed )
the unissued Im Chambre Separee..from Midnight Bells by Farrar ( thank you Orthosean!)
Willow Song from Otello Melba's live recording at the Convent Garden farewell
Rachmaninoff Second Piano Concerto played by the composer...either the acoustic or electric version.
Luoghi Sereni e Cari by John McCormack
Just a Little Love Song by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra
The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture ( Nicolai) Cesare Sodero and the American Symphony on Diamond Disc.
Sei Forse l'angelo from Onegin sung by Claudio Muzio on Edison

And finally two " completes" first, every record the Sir Edward Elgar conducted and secondly every record upon which Kreisler plays.

Jim

[Guest]

Someone mentioned Rachmaninoff...

I'll throw-in:

"Golliwogs Cakewalk" (Debussy), perf. by Rachmaninoff; Victor Red Seal

[De Soto Frank]

Someone mentioned Rachmaninoff -

I'll throw-in there:

"Golliwog's Cakewalk" (Debussy), perf. by Rachmaninoff, Victor Red-seal (arch label)

[phonojim]

Thanks so much for posting those two songs. So different but so wonderful. I've never heard an Al Bowlly vocal that I didn't like. He was one of the very greatest if not the greatest sweet band singer of all time. And Love Affair, what can I say...Bix, Tram, Lang et al. Great discs all and so many of them. How could one ever choose?

Jim

[WDC]

Without too much of thinking, here's my current top ten in no specific order, cylinders not included:

Phil Napoleon and his Orchestra - Five Pennies_EDD-52147
Carmichael's Collegians - Walkin' the Dog_Champion-4001
The Charleston Chasers - My Melancholy Baby_Col-1335-D
The Jim-Dandies - Shake that Thing_Velvet Tone-1055
Alex Hyde mit seinem Original New Yorker Jazz-Orchester - San_Grammophon-20219
Fess Williams and his Royal Flush Orchestra - Hot Town_Bluebird-B-6431
Red McKenzie - Hello Lola_Bluebird-B-6270-A
McKinney's Cotton Pickers - I found a new Baby_Vic-38061
Winegar's Pennsylvania Boys - Since my best Gal turned me down_EDD-52241
Winegar's Pennsylvania Boys - My Gal Sal_EDD-52305

[transformingArt]

Do you remember what discs either of those estimable singers chose? I remember reading elsewhere that on that show Martinelli chose Caruso's Tu, ca nun chiagne as one. Don't know about any others.

Yes, Martinelli chose Caruso's Tu, Ca nun Chigane.

As for the Louis Armstrong recording, it is indeed a Decca recording. He made recordings for both Columbia and Decca in early 50s as far as I know.

Starkton, you really have lots of interesting recordings on your D.I.D wishing lists - do you have all of them? I wish I could have a Medea Mei-Figner on my hands, but it seems a impossible dream for me. (Although I have few Nikolai Figner G&Ts)....and I always wanted to hear Gustav Walter but never succeeded.

[Starkton]

Starkton, you really have lots of interesting recordings on your D.I.D wishing lists - do you have all of them? I wish I could have a Medea Mei-Figner on my hands, but it seems a impossible dream for me. (Although I have few Nikolai Figner G&Ts)....and I always wanted to hear Gustav Walter but never succeeded.

I only chose records from my collection. The Mei-Figner in excellent condition (original early 1902 issue with large flush label, blank on back) came to me in exchange for a film music disc from the early 1940s on Polydor. As I don't have an electronic turntable I cannot copy the Walter disc for you. It was however reissued as part of the Harold Wayne collection (Vol. 6) in 1994 on Symposium.

I only have 1 Figner in near mint (Les Huguenots: Raoul’s romance, G&T 22594, 1901, flush label, 1st stamper, mid-1902 issue with writing angel on back). Sidenote: I got it almost 10 years ago from a South American collector/pianist/conductor who was murdered soon after during a robbery.