The Bluebirds

Spike Jones | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 10, 1998)
• Original Release Date: February 10, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Harlequin Records
• ASIN: B000001Y0J
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #587,627 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Red Wing

2. Barstool Cowboy From Old Barstow

3. Behind Those Swinging Doors

4. The Covered Wagon Rolled Right Along

5. The Wild Wild Women

6. Clink, Clink, Another Drink

7. Beautiful Eggs

8. Pack Up Your Troubles

9. Siam

10. Little Bo-Peep Has Lost Her Jeep

11. Come Josephine In My Flying Machine

12. Pass The Biscuits, Mirandy

13. Hotcha Cornia

14. Der Fuehrer's Face

15. Oh! By Jingo

16. The Sheik Of Araby

17. I Wanna Go Back To West Virginia

18. Behind Those Swinging Doors

19. Come Josephine In My Flying Machine

20. Der Fuehrer's Face

See all 26 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

That's bluebirds as in the Bluebird label; this 26-track, 69-minute import collects everything Spike and the gang recorded for the label, including previously unissued tracks and alternate versions! Clink, Clink, Another Drink; Der Fuehrer's Face; Oh! By Jingo! (Oh! By Gee, by Gosh, by Gum, by Guu) every side, with loony notes to match.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Addition for the Devoted Spike Jones Fans, December 30, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Bluebirds (Audio CD)

This album makes a great addition to the library of die-hard Spike Jones fans. However, it would not be the best choice for someone who is just buying thier first Spike album.

You'll notice that song titles are repeated on several tracks. These are rejected and/or alternative takes. For example the disk contains the "less rude" cut of Der Fuerher's Face that the record company really wanted to release in 1942.

This collection is of the "vintage" Spike, being recorded between 8/1941 and 9/1945. Many of the cuts are a little less wild than some of the later stuff.

This album does include a previously unissued track: "Pack Up Your Troubles"

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars How City Slickers' recordings evoluate, May 22, 2003

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PHILIPPE VANDENBOSSCHE "Se coucher tard ... n... (Belgium) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Bluebirds (Audio CD)

Another Harlequin CD to join the others in the disc rack, having about the same great... and less great properties. The great aspects: it is great to hear (dated) alternate versions of well- (and less well-)known Spike Jones records, because it gives more insight in the qualities of the whole crew. Great too, to hear how gags and other musical ideas come and go. And, the real Harlequin trademark: the very accurate remastering of this material! Less great aspect: still this apparently well-furnished liner notes, that are only really helpful for people who know Jack Mirtle's bio/discography from memory. Because, as with the other Harlequin discs, the notes still refer to facts that are not known by the common Spike Jones fan. Especially if this fan is European, and misses some of the American mass-cultural background (about songs, performers...) And, at the time of this writing, the Mirtle book is still out of stock, or out of print, or out of whatever... out of my library anyway...

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars HIGHLY RECCOMENDED !!!!!, February 8, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Bluebirds (Audio CD)

SPIKE JONES CD " THE BLUEBIRDS" IS THE GREATEST CD I HAVE EVER LISTENED TO IT HAS "YOU CAN'T SAY NO TO A SOLDIER".ON IT BRINGS BACK THOSE MEMORIES DURING THE 40'S.THIS SPIKE JONES IS HIGHLY RECCOMENDED.