Showing posts with label aladdin records. Show all posts
Showing posts with label aladdin records. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Super Fat Tuesday Mix


















Well Folks, today is Fat Tuesday. So naturally we'll listen to some scratchy old records from the Crescent City. All I can say is it's a good thing they exported these things, because I'd be willing to bet that there's a whole lot of these artifacts underwater, or stuck together with mold growing on them.

That's right, things are bad in Fluville. Remember the presidential flyover? I urge each and every one of you to get out there and VOTE today. I'm not gonna tell you who to vote for because it's a free country (ha ha ha ha) and I'm not sure who I'm gonna vote for yet either, but I'll tell you, the way it's looking, it's not going to be a white man, and that's alright.

So get out there and VOTE, let the good times roll, and then...

DO A BOOGIE WOOGIE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET!

Download:



















"Mardis Gras In New Orleans" mp3
by Fats Domino, 1953.
available on Walking to New Orleans



















"K.C. Blues" mp3
by Roy 'Bald Head' Byrd, 1952.
out of print




















"Let The Good Times Roll" mp3
by Shirley & Lee, 1956.
available on (Volume 1) The Legendary Master Series
























"Don't You Know Yockomo" mp3
by Huey 'Piano' Smith and his Clowns, 1958.
available on Having a Good Time with Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns























"New Orleans" mp3
by Big Boy Myles with Mac Rebennack's Orchestra, 1960.
available on 15 Greatest Hits On Ace Records (Edsel)

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Billie Holiday on Aladdin























In 1951, Billie Holiday recorded one session for Aladdin Records with tenor guitarist Tiny Grimes leading the band. Haywood Henry is on saxophone and Bobby Tucker on piano. These four sides (in particular "Rocky Mountain Blues" - in which she sings "I'll be high on that mountain" which for her had a dual meaning) are the closest she came to recording Rhythm and Blues. They are unmistakably her- yet different than anything else she recorded.



















"Detour Ahead" mp3
by Billie Holiday with Tiny Grimes' Sextet, 1951.
available on Billie Holiday 1949-1951



















"Be Fair To Me" mp3
by Billie Holiday with Tiny Grimes' Sextet, 1951.
available on Billie Holiday 1949-1951



















"Rocky Mountain Blues" mp3
by Billie Holiday with Tiny Grimes' Sextet, 1951.
available on Billie Holiday 1949-1951



















"Blue Turning Gray Over You" mp3
by Billie Holiday with Tiny Grimes' Sextet, 1951.
available on Billie Holiday 1949-1951

Photograph: © William F. Gottlieb