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The Human Orchestra

Various Artists
1 disc

0. DISC 1:
1. Mr Ghost Goes to Town - The Five Jones Boys
2. My Walking Stick - Golden Gate Quartet
3. Oh! Mabel Oh! - Lewis Bronzeville Five
4. Dixie Rhythm - The Four Blackbirds
5. Suntan Baby Brown - Norfolk Jazz Quartette
6. Swingin' at the Cotton Club - The Three Peppers
7. Minute and Hour Blues - Five Breezes
8. Kickin' the Gong Around - Roland Smith's Rascals
9. Jungle Fever - The Mills Brothers
10. Wah Dee Dah - The Three Keys
11. Swingin' On the Strings - The Ink Spots
12. Moonglow - The Mississippi Mud Mashers
13. Hambone Am Sweet - Four Southern Singers
14. Za Zu Swing - Five Jinks
15. Pickin' a Rib - Jones Boys Sing Band
16. Let the Party Go On - The Cabineers
17. Fool That I Am
18. Somebody Stole Gabriels Horn - The Three Keys
19. Basin Street Blues - The Three Keys
20. Fit as a Fiddle - The Three Keys
21. Plummer - Four Blues
22. Garrett Cooper - Three Sharps And A Flat
23. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - Three Sharps And A Flat
24. Dirt Dishing Daisy - Five Jinks
25. Just a Jitterbig - Five Breezes
0. DISC 2:
1. I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water - The Cats & the Fiddle
2. Heebie Jeebies - The Three Keys
3. That Doggone Dog of Mine - The Three Keys
4. My Sugar Walks Down the Street
5. Way Down Yonder in New Orleans - The Charioteers
6. That's On Jack That's On - The Cats & the Fiddle
7. It's Sleepy Time in Hawaii - Jones Boys Sing Band
8. My Buddy Blues - Five Breezes
9. Return, Gal of Mine - Five Breezes
10. I Miss You So - The Cats & the Fiddle
11. I'm Through - Three Sharps And A Flat
12. Love Grows On the White Oak Tree - The Three Peppers
13. Somebody Loses, Somebody Wins - The Three Keys
14. Sweet Louise - The Cabineers
15. Swinging at the Candy Store - Three Sharps And A Flat
16. Swing Out Uncle Wilson - The Three Peppers
17. Jive is Jumpin', The - Four Clefs
18. I Like Pie, I Like Cake - Four Clefs
19. Nuts to You - The Cats & the Fiddle
20. "Murder" He Says - Four Vagabonds
21. Hit That Jive Jack - Four Vagabonds
22. Milk Shake Stand - Three Barons
23. Comin in On a Wing and a Prayer - Four Vagabonds
24. Rosie the Riveter - Four Vagabonds
25. Ooh Look a There Ain't She Pretty - The Charioteers
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): JASCD685
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Liner Note Author: Bob Fisher.
The Human Orchestra, which featured 16 tracks by pre-rock & roll black vocal groups from the 1930s and 1940s, was originally released as an LP in 1985 by a Swedish label. This two-disc set takes the original 16-track archival collection and adds 34 additional tracks from the same era to come up with a fascinating survey of jump and jive black vocal acts, many of which were capable of approximating an orchestra with their voices. Among the gems here (all recorded between 1932 and 1947) are sides cut by the Mills Brothers, the Ink Spots, the Five Jones Boys, the Four Blackbirds, the Three Keys, and the Four Clefs , among many others, and these exciting and revealing performances clearly prefigure the later street-corner harmonies of the doo wop era. ~ Steve Leggett