UPC: 604988068528
Format: CD (2 disc)
Release Date: Feb 15, 2011
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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
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
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - Mr. Ghost Goes to Town
2 - My Walking Stick
3 - Oh! Mabel Oh!
4 - Dixie Rhythm
5 - Suntan Baby Brown
6 - Swingin' at the Cotton Club
7 - Minute and Hour Blues
8 - Kickin' the Gong Around
9 - Jungle Fever
10 - Wah Dee Dah
11 - Swingin' on the Strings
12 - Moonglow
13 - Hambone Am Sweet
14 - Za Zu Swing
15 - Pickin' a Rib
16 - Let the Party Go On
17 - Fool That I Am
18 - Somebody Stole Gabriel's Horn
19 - Basin Street Blues
20 - Fit as a Fiddle
21 - Plummer
22 - Garrett Cooper
23 - I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
24 - Dirt Dishing Daisy
25 - Just a Jitterbig
Disc 2:
1 - I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water
2 - Heebie Jeebies
3 - That Doggone Dog of Mine
4 - My Sugar Walks Down the Street
5 - Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
6 - That's on Jack That's On
7 - It's Sleepy Time in Hawaii
8 - My Buddy Blues
9 - Return, Gal of Mine
10 - I Miss You So
11 - I'm Through
12 - Love Grows on the White Oak Tree
13 - Somebody Loses, Somebody Wins
14 - Sweet Louise
15 - Swinging at the Candy Store
16 - Swing Out Uncle Wilson
17 - Jive Is Jumpin'
18 - I Like Pie, I Like Cake
19 - Nuts to You
20 - "Murder" He Says
21 - Hit That Jive Jack
22 - Milk Shake Stand
23 - Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer
24 - Rosie the Riveter
25 - Ooh Look A There Ain't She Pretty
1 - Mr. Ghost Goes to Town
2 - My Walking Stick
3 - Oh! Mabel Oh!
4 - Dixie Rhythm
5 - Suntan Baby Brown
6 - Swingin' at the Cotton Club
7 - Minute and Hour Blues
8 - Kickin' the Gong Around
9 - Jungle Fever
10 - Wah Dee Dah
11 - Swingin' on the Strings
12 - Moonglow
13 - Hambone Am Sweet
14 - Za Zu Swing
15 - Pickin' a Rib
16 - Let the Party Go On
17 - Fool That I Am
18 - Somebody Stole Gabriel's Horn
19 - Basin Street Blues
20 - Fit as a Fiddle
21 - Plummer
22 - Garrett Cooper
23 - I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
24 - Dirt Dishing Daisy
25 - Just a Jitterbig
Disc 2:
1 - I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water
2 - Heebie Jeebies
3 - That Doggone Dog of Mine
4 - My Sugar Walks Down the Street
5 - Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
6 - That's on Jack That's On
7 - It's Sleepy Time in Hawaii
8 - My Buddy Blues
9 - Return, Gal of Mine
10 - I Miss You So
11 - I'm Through
12 - Love Grows on the White Oak Tree
13 - Somebody Loses, Somebody Wins
14 - Sweet Louise
15 - Swinging at the Candy Store
16 - Swing Out Uncle Wilson
17 - Jive Is Jumpin'
18 - I Like Pie, I Like Cake
19 - Nuts to You
20 - "Murder" He Says
21 - Hit That Jive Jack
22 - Milk Shake Stand
23 - Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer
24 - Rosie the Riveter
25 - Ooh Look A There Ain't She Pretty