Paramount Hot Dance Obscurities 1927-28

by Paramount Hot Dance Obscurities

Overview

This is a collection of extremely rare 78s recorded by the New York Recording Laboratories for release on its Broadway and Paramount labels in the late '20s and centers around banjo player Bill Haid and his various groups, who recorded under a number of monikers including the Black Pirates, the Manhattan Entertainers, the Castle Farm Serenaders, and Bill Haid's Cubs. There are some wonderful pieces here, like the half-paced version of "Slue Foot," but much of it is fairly generic dance music of the time. The sound quality is also a problem, ranging from passable to awful depending on the track, making this archival release of interest to only collectors and historians. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	08/26/2003
Label:	Jazz Oracle
UPC:	0620588803925
Rank:	163305

Tracks

1. Blue River  - Alfred Bryan  - Joseph Meyer
2. Slue Foot  - Bill Haid
3. I'm Walking Between the Raindrops
4. Lonely Little Bluebird  - Bill Haid
5. Blue Grass  - Lew Brown  - Buddy DeSylva  - Ray Henderson
6. Hold Everything Here Comes My Girl  - Dudley Mecum  - Fred Rose
7. Picking Cotton
8. When Sweet Susie Goes Stepping By
9. Tin Roof Blues
10. Crazy Rhythm  - Bill Haid
11. Blue Shadows  - Bill Haid
12. Good Girl  - Bill Haid
13. Some of These Days  - Shelton Brooks
14. Taint So Honey Taint So  - Willard Robison
15. A Good Man Is Hard to Find  - Bill Haid
16. Shake It Down  - Bill Haid  - Spencer Williams
17. Weary Weasel  - Bill Haid
18. Chili Blues
19. Tennessee Lazy
20. High up on a Hill Top  - Abel Baer  - Ian Campbell  - George A. Whiting
21. You Took Advantage of Me  - Lorenz Hart  - Richard Rodgers
22. My Old Girl's My New Girl Now
23. Roll Up the Carpets
24. Me and the Man in the Moon  - Bill Haid  - Edgar Leslie  - James V. Monaco
25. Where the Shy Little Violets Grow  - Gus Kahn  - Harry Warren
26. My Suppressed Desire  - Chester Cohn  - Ned Miller

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Bill Haid   Primary Artist,Banjo,Guitar,Director
Rex Downing   Trombone
Bob Pope   Trumpet
John Thiell   Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
Tony Monico   Drums
George Moore   Vocals
Erwin Taylor   Vocals
Norbert Stammer   Clarinet,Sax (Alto),Sax (Tenor)
J. Allen   Vocals
Frank Wells   Vocals
Dick "Decks" Booth   Piano
Harold Menning   Director,Standup Bass
John Garnett   Clarinet,Sax (Alto),Sax (Tenor),Sax (Soprano),Sax (Baritone)
Harold Theill   Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
Elmer Krebs   Bowed Bass
Ted Carlson   Trumpet
Jack Reseton   Trombone
Diana Dell   Vocals
Hugo Weinfurter   Clarinet,Sax (Tenor)
Benny Sans   Piano
Harry Tropper   Bowed Bass
Abe Belling   Trumpet,Mellotron
Art Cope   Violin,Clarinet,Sax (Tenor)
Leo Steck   Violin
Joe Daley Trio   Banjo,Guitar

Technical Credits

Eugene Miller   Engineer
John Wilby   Engineer,Producer
Keith Miller   Engineer
Alfred Bryan   Composer
Spencer Williams   Composer
Shelton Brooks   Composer
Ian Campbell   Composer
Chester Cohn   Composer
Jack King   Graphic Design
Fred Rose   Composer
Edgar Leslie   Composer
James V. Monaco   Composer
Lorenz Hart   Composer
Dudley Mecum   Composer
Alex Van Der Tuuk   Liner Notes
Colin Bray   Producer
John Garnett   Arranger
Jack Reseton   Arranger
Pete Whelan   Engineer
Paul Solarski   Engineer
Lew Brown   Composer
Joseph Meyer   Composer
Ned Miller   Composer
Ray Henderson   Composer
Abel Baer   Composer
Buddy DeSylva   Composer
Gus Kahn   Composer
Willard Robison   Composer
John R.T. Davies   Engineer,Producer,Transfers,Remastering
Richard Rodgers   Composer
George A. Whiting   Composer
Harry Warren   Composer