Hit Me!

And it's an all-star lineup, too!  That is, if you believe the record company.

01. My Window Faces South (2:07)
02. Route 66 (2:42)
03. San Antonio Rose (2:49)
04. Hey Good Lookin' (3:16)
05. Stand By Your Man (2:39)
06. Settin' The Woods On Fire (3:20)
07. Ramblin' Man (5:20)
08. Have You Ever Been Lonely (2:18)
09. Call Me The Breeze (4:33)
10. Breakdown On The Freeway (2:07)
11. Maiden's Prayer (3:34)
12. I'll See You In My Dreams (2:18)
13. Hawaii How Are Ya? (3:30)
14. Cherokee Maiden (2:20)
15. Across The Alley From The Alamo (2:17)
16. Faded Love (4:01)
I do think you'll probably like this visit to some great American tunes.

Hits of Western Swing

See you Monday, for who-knows-what!?!

Are They YOUR "Favorites"?

It's short, but mighty, this 1951 release.

01. Band of America March (2:55)

02. El Capitan (2:08)

03. The Washington Grays (3:42)

04. Barnum and Bailey's Favorite (2:42)

05. Colonel Bogey March (2:34)

06. Washington Post March (2:22)

07. Onward, Christian Soldiers (2:39)

08. Stars and Stripes Forever (3:23)

America's Favorite Marches

Yes, there is some surface noise, but this is as cleaned-up as it can get without degrading things ...

See you on Thursday for the last installment in this year's 2020 SPOCKEBRATION!

Songs of the West, Vol 4

Don't ask me about Volumes 1-3!

01. Al Caiola - The Magnificent Seven (2:05)
02. Al Caiola & His Orchestra - Bonanza (2:17)
03. Tex Ritter - High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) (2:48)
04. CBS Orchestra - Gunsmoke (0:59)
05. Hugo Montenegro - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (2:47)
06. ABC Orchestra - The Lone Ranger (William Tell Overture) (1:15)
07. Gene Autry - South of the Border (Down Mexico Way) (2:55)
08. Frankie Laine - Rawhide (2:08)
09. Roy Rogers with Spade Cooley & His Western Swing Band - On the Old Spanish Trail (2:43)
10. NBC Orchestra - Wagon Train (0:50)
11. Marty Robbins - Ballad of the Alamo (3:42)
12. Orchestra & Chorus Conducted by David Buttolph - Maverick (1:15)
13. Roy Rogers - Don't Fence Me In (2:50)
14. Johnny Cash - The Rebel - Johnny Yuma (1:53)
15. Johnny Western - The Ballad of Paladin (2:10)
16. Hugh O'Brian with Ken Darby's Orchestra & Choru - Legend of Wyatt Earp (2:42)
17. ABC Orchestra Conducted by Herschel Burke Gilbert - The Rifleman (1:49)
18. Bill Hayes - The Ballad of Davy Crockett (2:26)
19. montage - Changing Channels (1:09)

Songs Of The West, Vol 4

I'll look for you back here on Monday for our final week of our JULY SPOCKEBRATION!
 

Any OU Fans Out There?

Nobody knows when this cassette was released.  I can tell you that Gene Thrailkill was director of OU band 1971-2001 (when he retired).

01 - Reveille   (0:22)

02 - Pledge of Allegiance   (0:14)

03 - National Anthem   (1:17) *

04 - Stars and Stripes Forever   (2:41)

05 - National Emblem March   (2:26)

06 - National Melodies   (2:06)

07 - America the Beautiful   (1:52) *

08 - America  (0:15) *

09 - Drum Cadence   (0:06)  

10 - United States Army March   (1:09)

11 - US Air Force Song   (2:41)

12 - Marine Hymn   (1:55)

13 - Anchors Aweigh   (2:57)

14 - Yankee Doodle Dandy   (0:34)

15 - Battle Hymn of the Republic   (1:43)

16 - Taps   (0:42)

* with students of Wiley Post Elementary School

You may be inspired -- who knows?

Patriotic Songs of the USA

See you on Thursday, you ol' patriots, you!

   

Hope Your Home Is Sweet, Too!

It's a 1983 cassette.

01. Wooden Nickel (2:56)

02. Evening Mail (3:13)
03. Texas Home (2:47)
04. Goin’ Back ... (2:49)
05. Little Streams of Whiskey (2:40)
06. Cowboy Song (3:25)
07. Pig Ankle Rag (3:13)
08. I'm Gettin' Ready to Go (4:02)
09. Peach Pickin' Time (2:51)
10. Glory in the Meeting House (3:07)
11. Angelina Baker (3:55)
12. High Cost of Livin' (2:45)
13. St Basil's Hymn (2:07)
14. Blue Ridge Mt Refuge (3:09)

Critten Hollow String Band - Sweet Home

See you on Monday -- we're halfway through this 2020 JULY SPOCKEBRATION!

  

As Opposed to the Imitation Kansas City Next Door

Have a swingin' old time!

01. Kater Street Rag - Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra (2:33)

02. Boot to Boot - Jesse Stone & His Blues Serenaders (3:01)
03. Won’t You Come Over to My House? - George E Lee’s Novelty Singing Orchestra, Julia Lee (2:51)
04. Paseo Street (Strut) - George E Lee’s Novelty Singing Orchestra (2:43)
05. Blue Devil Blues - Walter Page’s Blue Devils (2:48)
06. Prince of Wails - Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra (2:52)
07. Queer Notions - Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra (2:52)
08. Lotta Sax Appeal - Andy Kirk & His 12 Clouds of Joy (2:57)
09. Lady Be Good - Jones-Smith, Inc (3:08)
10. Rockin’ and Swingin’ - Don Albert & His Orchestra (2:41)
11. Western (Moten) Swing (a.k.a. “Moten Swing”) - Carolina Cotton Pickers (2:32)
12. Swinging at the Chat and Chew - Original Yellow Jackets (2:54)
13. Life Goes to a Party - Harry James & His Orchestra (2:53)
14. Cherry Red - Pete Johnson & His Boogie Woogie Boys (2:56)
15. Lester Leaps In - Count Basie’s Kansas City Seven (3:16)
16. T-Town Blues - Ernie Fields & His Orchestra (2:55)
17. Tickle Toe - Count Basie & His Orchestra (2:39)
18. Baby, Look at You - Pete Johnson & His Boogie Woogie Boys (3:04)
19. Little Joe from Chicago - Mary Lou Williams (2:37)
20. I Left My Baby - Count Basie & His Orchestra (3:15)
21. My Gal Sal - Harlan Leonard & His Rockets (2:59)
22. Swingmatism - Jay Mcshann & His Orchestra (2:43)
23. Harvard Blues - Count Basie & His Orchestra (3:21)
24. Smooth Sailing - Horace Henderson & His Orchestra (2:57)
25. Long Gone Blues - Billie Holliday & Her Orchestra (3:04)

Lemme know what you think.

Real Kansas City

See you on Thursday, my fellow Americans!

Traditional Flute Music of the Native American

My problem is, the cassette liner (and Discogs) say that this cassette had 14 tracks.  For the life of me, I found only 12.  Feel free to paste all the single tracks together and divide by 14 if you wish.  No, the timings didn't match the blank spaces between selections either.

Traditional Flute Music of the Native American

See you Monday!
 

God Bless America Volume 3

01. God Bless the USA (3:13)
02. America the Beautiful (3:08)
03. God Bless America (3:11)
04. The Crusader (4:40)
05. Hands Across the Sea (2:42)
06. The Diplomat March (3:10)
07. The Thunderer (2:35)
08. El Capitan (2:18)
09. American Patrol (3:36)
10. Amazing Grace (4:19)
11. The Star Spangled Banner (1:42)

This is what you may call "Various Artists," but none of them are credited.  Some notes, however:

Track #1 may be the "original" Lee Greenwood, but some sneaky editing has removed the word “today” from the first verse:  “I’d thank my lucky stars to be livin’ here ......”

#2 sounds like the terrible vocalist heard on DC Talk’s Jesus Freak album who sings some of the lines to the title song.  Just creepy.

#3 OK, but some of the pronunciations don’t sound like Americans are singing.  Especially “from the mountains, to the prairies”

The instrumental marches aren’t bad, they sound like a circus band – enthusiastic even if not perfect.

#10 The woman has a big fruity voice with too much vibrato and she drifts off pitch in the a capella sections.  Too bad.

#11 The same poor lady over-performs our national anthem.

Well, see what you think.  Even such a mish-mash can't dull the wonders of "the only country deliberately founded on a good idea," as John Gunther once wrote.

See you on Thursday, fellow Americans and all other wellwishers!

UPDATE:  Thanks to the person who pointed out that I did not post the link!


God Bless America, Volume 3

Welcome to Our JULY SPOCKEBRATION!

Yes, in July we will celebrate many aspects of the musical history of our wonderful nation.

It's a 1971 cassette of you-know-what, originating in various tribes.

01 - War Dance - Ponca

02 - New War Dance Song - Taos
03 - Slow War Dance - Kiowa
04 - Fast War Dance - Kiowa
05 - Knife's Warrior Song - Arikara
06 - Chief's Honoring Song - Sioux
07 - Old Glory Raising on Iwo Jima - Navajo
08 - Korea Memorial Song - Sioux
09 - Mountain Spirit Song - Apaches
10 - Lightning Song - Apaches
11 - Sun Dance Song - Cheyenne
12 - Sun Dance Song - Arapahoe
13 - Sun Dance - Ute
14 - Song of  the Black Mountain - Papago
15 - Song of the Green Rainbow - Papago
American Indian Ceremonial and War Dances

Hope you can find edification!  See you back here on Monday for another musical facet of America.