Roaring 20's

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 24, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 4
• Label: Compendia
• ASIN: B000000BH6
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #399,625 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Whispering

2. Palesteena

3. Kitten on the Keys

4. Ain't We Got Fun?

5. Wabash Blues

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Disc: 2

1. Collegiate

2. Ukulele Lady

3. Poor Papa (He's Got Nuthin' at All)

4. Bye Bye Blackbird

5. Crazy Words - Crazy Tune (Vo-Do-De-O)

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Disc: 3

1. Charmaine

2. The Varsity Drag

3. Ol' Man River

4. Sunshine

5. Get Out and Get Under the Moon

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Disc: 4

1. My Time Is Your Time

2. On With the Dance

3. Tip-Toe Through the Tulips With Me

4. Falling in Love Again

5. All I Want Is Just One (Girl)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Roaring Twenties (Box Set), November 29, 1999

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C. Jones "audiophile" (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Roaring 20's (Audio CD)

We purchased this set to play in our antique store, and it has been getting rave reviews from employees and customers. We recommend this to anyone with an interest in the early twentieth century lifestyle and music, it is a wonderful compendium of songs and performers. Well worth the money.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good intro to the era called the Roaring Twenties, December 29, 2002

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Bill Belinowicz (New Brunswick, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Roaring 20's (Audio CD)

The selections and remastering are good. Most of the selections are from the electric recording era, (after 1925) which means some better sound quality. My only question is why not a two CD set with 20 selections per disc, instead of four discs with 10 selections each?

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good but not great compilation of 20s hits, August 9, 2010

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Jason Weber - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Roaring 20's (Audio CD)

A good number of oldies are present covering the start of the decade of radio and the creation of big band, which would evolve into swing in the 30s and easy listening in the 40s. You can see through this collection how the music changed from simple brass band arrangements and duets, to full orchestras consisting of strings and woodwind, and much more variety was added. Of course, the 20s bands were distinguishable by there heavy use of brass instruments, and kind of a jumpy beat. Its old, but it still sounds good, and you can see that the music reflected a culture that just wanted to have fun and enjoy living life for what it was, rather than doing work and going to war. The 20s were a time of economic prosperity and prohibition, which was well reflected in the newly introduced music. Many new artists emerged like Paul Whiteman, Fred Astaire, Eddie Cantor, and Rudy Valee to name a few. Of course, it is indeed missing many good songs like Ain't She Sweet, The Charleston (Which was the biggest dance craze of the decade), and Five Foot Two. The Coon orchestra isn't in this compilation, which is a shame since they spawned some of the biggest hits of the 20s. Another thing I noticed is that each CD only contains 10 songs each which clock in at around 30 minutes per CD, when CDs can hold over an hour, which this collection could have been reduced to two CDs. Or they could have included a ton more songs in this collection. Still a good collection but it could have included a lot more since most 20s songs are either in the public domain or don't have strict copyright, so I wish they would have filled the CDs up better since there is so much unused space.