The Omaha guide., 1939-01-21
THE
RECORDS
RATING FIJI RECORDS
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IS called a list Of race records
which includes items not indexed
in general e~atalogs. Most Of the
Negro blues and risque dittes are
fo0ad under this classification, al
though It is a known fact that a
large proportion Of these sales are
t. sophisticated whites. These discs
constitute what / call beer and
h glaban music" Although consid-
cred far beneata ths dignity of
eur dicty Duskymerieans, some Of
these blues are as definite a con-
tribution to world music as the
~ialksongs Of the Russians, Poles
o. any other European people.
One Of tie best Of the current
crop Of race records" is THAT
MADE HIM MAD by Blue Lu Bar
ker on Decea 1888. This singer
has one of the dirt es., LATEST and
nest effective wees anywhere,
anA the number viii bring belly
laughs to any1t y who rppre-
ciates our racial humor. Tie coup
ling is NEW ORLEANS BLUES,
2 typical indigo chant. Lonnie
Johnson has a pair of mournful
blue numbers on Deeea 1878
nsmed LAPLEGGED DRUNG A
CAIN and BLUE GHOST BLUES.
Sncff users ceme in for 4 bit of
advice from Kid Prince Moore on
Dcaca 1889. The title is TALKIN'
BOUT THE SNUFF and THAT'S
LOVIN' ME-. Moore plays real
tlues guitar.
Patrick Norman got a million
dollars worth of publicity through
her recording with Eddy Duchin
of cor Man Nose which has since
been banned in many places be-
cause Of her use of a certain Off
color word. Merline johnson, known
as "The Vas Vas Grip goes Miss
Norman one better on Vocation
04545 with the same number If
you like this sort of thing, better
grab the disc now before the lids
clamped on. Coupled with or Man
Nose is WHISKEY FOOL, a rhy-
TIM packed lamens over the pros
pect of bang derived of alcohol.
In OLD GOALS WILL KINDLE,
Bill Gather sings the kind Of au-
thentic blues seldom heard IOWA
days. He picks a near guitar with
Honey Hill helping on the piano.
The coupling is ITS GRIEVING
Me and the record is Decca 1912.
Elnd Boy Fuller spills an earful
to Ais %mistreatin' mama in YOU'RE
LAUGHING NOW and FLYNN
ALRPLANE BLUES, with guitar
and harmonica on the reverse. A
gal called PEE WEE PEE WEE is
described as ''the incest gal in town
you sure can mess around" Ollie
Shepard on Decca 7541. The other
side is AT YOUR MERCY.
Hot Wax Works
Buster Bailey, for many years a
top flight clarinetist while playing
with Fletcher Henderson and 9th
ers, gives the black stick a good
workout with his recording band in
LIGHT UP and MAN WITH A
HORN GOES BERSERK on Voca-
lion 1864. The second side produces
some of the fastest clarinet play
ing ever heard on wax. The tune
owes a lot to Tiger Rag incl
dentally. In A~LEXANDER'S
SWINGIN' on Vocation 1852, Al
Donahue lets go with some solid
swing of an Ellingtonish flavor.
Tho coupling is the novelty TAT
TOOED LADY. Bobby Hackett,
successor to Blk Beiderbeceke,
blows a mean trumpet in A GHOST
o FA CHANCE and DOM THE
NEW LOW DOWN on Vocation
1866. Featuring a choir of brass,
Seger Ellis gives hot treatment to
A ROOM WITH A VIEW and
YOUR EYES ARE BIGGER
THAN YOUR HEART on Bruins
wick 1920.
Willie THE Lion) Smith, Teddy
Bum. and O'Neil Spencer COM
bino with Milt Herth, the electric
organist, to dish up JUMP JUMPS
HERE for the jitterbugs. The same
boys, minus Bum. back it with
COLLINS IN THE STEEPLE on
Decca 1927 UNDECIDER, one of
the late numbers, get swell treat
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