Shellac Stack No. 154 whips cream with banjoist Fred Van Eps and grooves high with Dizzy Gillespie. Along the way, we hear from the dance bands of Fred Rich, Paul Specht, and Tal Henry, relax with the Hilo Hawaiian Orchestra, and sample a few hot jazz records by McKinney’s Cotton Pickers and Johnny Dodds.
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Shellac Stack No. 153 bids Mr. Henry to stomp, stomp, stomp! We’ve got the big band stylings of Eddie Miller, Henry Jerome, and Jimmie Lunceford; a charming Renaissance madrigal by the English Singers, a visit with NBC’s Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street, and lots more!
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Shellac Stack No. 152 bids wild women good-bye in anticipation of Prohibition! We hear from singers Arthur Fields, Billy Murray, Roy Madison, Layton and Johnstone; dance with Paul Whiteman, Phil Romano, John Firman, and Glenn Miller; and hear some phenomenal piano pyrotechnics from Pauline Alpert.
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Shellac Stack No. 151 steps in society with a program of early Viva-Tonal electric recordings. From the New Orleans Owls to Van and Schenck; from Donald Lindley to Earl Gresh; from Ben Selvin to Blossom Seeley, we’ve got an hour of “joys” on this edition of the Shellac Stack.
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Shellac Stack No. 150 hops, jumps, and stomps! We play that barbershop chord with Judy Garland, visit the toy department with Irving Riskin, make eyes with the Ferko String Band, and enjoy a “rhythm cocktail” with Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy. Lots more too!
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Shellac Stack No. 149 remembers Rich Conaty with an hour of “’20s and ’30s records.” From Annette Hanshaw to Charlie Palloy; from Guy Lombardo to Nat Shilkret, Paul Whiteman and Gus Arnheim; from Miff Mole to Vaughn De Leath, we’ve got a pleasing variety of jazz and pop.
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Shellac Stack No. 148 wishes you a cheerful holiday season with a variety of Christmas records, ranging from well-loved carols to oddball novelty songs. We hear from Mel Blanc, Leon McAuliffe, Eddy Howard, Vaughn De Leath, Will Bradley, Marek Weber, Mark Andrews, and many others.
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Shellac Stack No. 147 dances with ghosts and “potted” puppets! In this Halloween-themed program, we hear performances by Pete Daily’s Chicagoans, Bobby Sherwood’s Orchestra, Bing Crosby, Hazel Scott, Frank Westphal, Wayne King, Brother Bones and His Shadows, and many more.
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Shellac Stack No. 146 plays ball! In this program, we’ve got sanctified singing from Rev. J. M. Gates and Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux, dance tunes from Harold Leonard’s Red Jackets, Nathan Glantz, Philip Spitalny, vaudeville jazz from Al Bernard, a bit of Chopin with pianist Egon Petri, and much more.
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Shellac Stack No. 145 joins the leaves in bidding the trees good-bye. After a few autumn-themed songs by the Cook Sisters, Aileen Stanley, Billy Murray, Olive Kline, and others, we hear some spectacular piano from Eadie and Rack and Cliff Jackson, some hot dance from Ted Weems, revisit a children’s classic with Vernon Dalhart, and strut with Bunk Johnson.
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