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To make up for my lack of posts during my winter break, here is every single record Spike Jones and His City Slickers released in their first 7 years, 106 songs in all (split up into three sections). More radical than most academic avant-gardists, but a damn sight funnier, bandleader/ drummer/ occasional vocalist / sound fx maker Jones and his numerous cronies weren't the first novelty orchestra (bands like the Korn Kobblers preceded them by a few years), but they did set the standard that musical anarchists have been striving for ever since.As familiar as Jones is, it's still enlightening to listen to all these songs in chronological order, as one can hear the development of the band from a compact unit specializing in a kind of crazed Dixieland jazz, to an increasingly open-ended project, incorporating more and more musical styles, guest vocalists, and tracks that are more like sketches than songs. And tho I knew about their biggest hit single "Der Fuehrer's Face" (and the infamous "You're A Sap, Mister Jap"), I didn't realize how many WWII songs they did record. In "Leave the Dishes in the Sink, Ma", a song celebrating a sons' return home, the sense of relief that the war is finally ending is palpable.
As Spike used to deadpan after every song in concert: "Thank you, music lovers."
Spike Jones 1941-1948 pt1
| 1. Barstool Cowboy From Old Barstow |
| 2. Behind Those Swinging Doors |
| 3. Red Wing |
| 4. The Covered Wagon Rolled Right Along |
| 5. don`t talk to me about women (1941) |
| 6. Yankee doodler (1942) |
| 7. Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag |
| 8. Three Little Words |
| 9. When Buddah Smiles |
| 10. You're A Sap Mister Jap |
| 11. Never Hit Your Grandma With A Shovel |
| 12. Horsey, Keep Your Tail Up |
| 13. Camptown Races |
| 14. John Scotter Trot |
| 15. Love For Sale |
| 16. Moanin' Low |
| 17. Cheatin' On The Sandman |
| 18. Come Josephine In My Flying Machine |
| 19. The Sailor With The Navy Blue Eyes |
| 20. Der Fuehrer's Face |
| 21. Hotcha Cornia (Hotcha Chornya-Russian Folk Songs) |
| 22. I Wanna Go Back To West Virginia |
23. Water Lou (Drip, Drip, Drip) 24. Clink, Clink, Another Drink 25. Little Bo-Peep Has Lost Her Jeep 026 - Dinah (1942)027 - 48 reasons why (1942) |
| 28. The Sheik Of Araby |
| 29. Oh! By Jingo |
| 30. I'm Going To Write Home |
| 31. Hi Ho My Lady |
| 32. I Know A Story |
| 33. St-St-St-Stella |
| 34. Hotcha Cornia (Hotcha Chornya-Russian Folk Songs) |
| 35. Down In Jungle Town |
Spike Jones 1941-1948 pt2
| 36. As Time Goes By |
| 37. People Will Say We're In Love |
38. G.I. Haircut 039 - hitch old dobbin to the shay again (1943) |
| 40. It Never Rains In Sunny California |
| 41. Wang Wang Blues |
| 42. My Little Girl |
| 43. The Sound Effects Man |
| 44. Ragtime Cowboy Joe |
| 45. The Vamp |
| 46. He Broke My Heart In Three Places |
| 47. Besame Mucho |
| 48. I'm Goin' Back To Where I Came From |
| 49. There's A Fly On My Music |
| 50. Row, Row, Row |
| 51. I Wanna A Gal Just Like The Gal That Married Dear Old Dad |
| 52. Jingle Bells |
53. Cocktails For Two 054 - they go wild, simply wild about me (1944) |
55. And The Great Big Saw Came Nearer And Nearer 056 - paddlin` madeline home (1944)057 - oh! how she lied (1944) |
| 58. Red Grow The Roses |
| 59. Jamboree Jones |
| 60. Whittle Out A Whistle |
| 61. Casey Jones |
| 62. At Last I'm In First With You |
| 63. Down By The O-Hi-O |
| 64. Holiday For Strings |
| 65. Cocktails For Two |
| 66. Leave The Dishes In The Sink, Ma |
| 67. Serenade To A Jerk |
| 68. Drip, Drip, Drip (Sloppy Lagoon) |
| 69. Chloe |
| 70. The Blue Danube |
| 71. Black Bottom |
| 72. Toot Toot Tootsie, Goodbye |
Spike Jones 1941-1948 pt3
| 73. MacNamara's Band | ||||
| 74. Siam | ||||
| 75. Liebestraume | ||||
| 76. You'll Always Hurt The One You Love | ||||
| 77. That Old Black Magic | ||||
| 78. Mother Goose Medley | ||||
79. Hawaiian War Chant 080 - i gotta girl i love (in north and south dakota) (1945)081 - hedda hopper`s hats (1945) 082 - george m. cohan medley (1945) | ||||
| 83. Old McDonald Had A Farm | ||||
| 84. I Dream Of Brownie In The Light Blue Jeans | ||||
| 85. The Glow Worm | ||||
| 86. Laura | ||||
| 87. Jones Polka | ||||
| 88. The Jones Laughing Record 89. My Pretty Girl
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| 94. William Tell Overture | ||||
| 95. Love In Bloom | ||||
| 96. The Man On The Flying Trapeze | ||||
| 97. Popcorn Sack | ||||
| 98. Our Hour (The Puppy Love Song) | ||||
| 99. My Old Flame | ||||
| 100. People Are Funnier Than Anybody | ||||
| 101. By The Beautiful Sea | ||||
| 102. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You | ||||
| 103. I Kiss Your Hand Madame | ||||
| 104. All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) | ||||
| 105. Ill Barkio (Il Bacio) | ||||
| 106. None But The Lonely Heart (A Soaperetta) |