CD's to buy for Swing Dancing

This has become a little neglected.  I hope to find some time to work on it
soon.

Pete Jacobs and his Wartime Radio Revue
Would You Like To Dance
Whitestone
http://www.wartimeradio.com
1 949 559-0894

  01 160
  02 114 6 *
  03 114
  04 124 mambo
  05 192 4,6 **
  06 132
  07 156 6 quiet start!
  08 140 ***
  09 160 
  10 202 *
  11 144
  12 118


$30 4x K-tel SWING time compilation (100 songs) blue
$30 4x Let's Swing compilation (40 songs) purple -- made in Canada
$30 4x Jazz & BIG BAND compilation (80 songs) purple
$9 Swingsation - Lunceford (18 songs) blue
$9 Swingsation - Fitzgerald (18 songs) red

$10 "The Essential Masters of Jazz" -- in black paper case.
    get, especially:  Ellington, Bechet, Holiday

Pete Jacobs and his Wartime Radio Revue -- solid!  I like "2nd era of swing"
Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra - 40's
Mora's Modern Rhythmists - early and pre-swing - excellent
Lavay Smith -- excellent band
Jennie Loebel (Sweden) -- my fvaourite band!
Eddie Reed Big Band -- fine big band
Joe Salzano's Blue Devils -- hot!  Lunceford, Basie, Ellington. Touch of bop.
Yallopin' Hounds -- Some people like their sound.  I don't.
Big Time Operator - pretty solid.
George Gee's Make Believe Ballroom Orchestra - a little hypy and boppy for me
Flying Neutrinos
Chazz Cats

Oscillatin' Rhythm -- Hi-Fi Collection of great swing classics by
	various artists
Maxine Sullivan: Tribute to Andy Razaf -- Available on CDNow.com,
	great selection of true American classics
Time-Life's "The Swing Era" Collection -- Hi-Fi Re-recordings!
	Available on their website
The Big 18: Echoes of the Swing Era -- lots of great songs,
	including Easy Does It!

and further afield ...

Really Swingin'

Peter Davis: Lindy Hop Heaven

SwingCraze
Drive Entertainment Online Music Record store

Alex Pangman: "They Say" -- get it from Alex -- released May, 1999

	Tempos:

	TRACK	TEMPO

	1  2:52	200 ** (whacky drum)
	2  4:00	137 **
	3  3:52	110 ***
	4  3:42	148 **
	5  4:48	120 **

	6  5:22	88  ***
	7  3:30	97  (gui, voc) intro
	8  3:05	190 **
	9  3:38	151 ***
	10 4:53	131 *** (intro)

	11 4:08	130 *** [just like last song]
	12 4:13	197 * (intro)
	13 5:42	96  ***
	14 4:52	94/234 (gui, voc)
	15 3:12	75  (intro) (gui, voc)

For those with broader tastes:

Tyler Yarema 1998 "A Bran' New Suit"
JATBM released July 23 "Jake and the Blue Midnights"
	(The band on the CD consists of Jake, the regular Sax and Bass,
	+ a great drummer, a sax/clari, trumpet, trombone, piano/cornet)
	This particular band is much better than live.
Significant Sunday stars Janice, Tyler,Ginny Lynn, Chuck Jackson, etc.

(more to come) ...

My ideal CD:

On CD itself, print TRACK / TEMPO / LENGTH / STYLE
On front booklet, so it can be folded to outside, print
TRACK / TEMPO / LENGTH / STYLE / Title ...

Make it >70 minutes! (i.e. 20 songs)
All songs danceable, arranged like a dance set, with variety of tempo,
style, etc.

style: mostly 30's style swinging swing,
1 swinging waltz,
1 charleston
1 ragtime
3 blues / drags / hot ballads
3 jump-blues
11 swing

tempos: 90-210, variety, mostly 130-170

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