Turn on the Heat: Hot Dance Band Sides 1925-1931

Sam Lanin | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 23, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rivermont
• ASIN: B000K2V7AU
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #280,716 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Tomorrow Mornin'

2. Spanish Shawl

3. Ya Gotta Know How To Love

4. There's A Blue Ridge In My Heart, Virginia

5. Am I Wasting My Time On You?

6. St. Louis Blues

7. Hello Cutie

8. Red Lips Kiss My Blues Away

9. Me And My Shadow

10. Gonna Get A Girl

11. Side By Side

12. My Ohio Home

13. Keep Sweeping The Cobwebs Off The Moon

14. Everywhere You Go

15. I'd Rather Cry Over You (Than Smile At Somebody Else)

16. Get Out And Get Under The Moon

17. Sweet Sue--Just You

18. My Pet

19. South Bound

20. You Took Advantage Of Me

See all 27 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars At last!, July 31, 2007

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B. Watkins - See all my reviews

This review is from: Turn on the Heat: Hot Dance Band Sides 1925-1931 (Audio CD)

Few CD retrospectives offer material that so completely captures the mood of a time period. This is such a CD. Rivermont records has put together the definitive collection of one of the most recorded, but alas, most overlooked orchestras from the 1920's: Sam Lanin. Perhaps due to the wide variety of aliases this man chose to record under.

I can scarcely remember a contemporary radio program or review of the 1920's that even mentions this seminal orchestra leader. Yet, should we manage to resurrect personalities from that time period, an objective musical historian would presume anyone alive during the '20's could quickly point to the Sam Lanin organization as a "first mention" name in dance bands.

I highly recommend this CD.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars YA GOTTA KNOW HOW TO PLAY IT HOT, January 27, 2010

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Barry McCanna (Normandy, France) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Turn on the Heat: Hot Dance Band Sides 1925-1931 (Audio CD)

Sam Lanin was a great organiser, who could be relied upon to put together a studio band when required. He recorded prolifically for a great many record labels, under a variety of pseudonyms as well as his own name. As a result he is less well-known than Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Red Nichols, Miff Mole, and Jimmy & Tommy Dorsey. Which is ironic really, because they were all employed by him, on and off, and all make their presence felt within this splendid compilation. One who doesn't, despite being listed within the very informative booklet, is Sylvester Ahola. He made just two records for Lanin, in November 1927, then left for England where he remained until mid-1931.

Given that he could and did call upon the cream of New York's session men, it's not surprising that the recordings are uniformly excellent. Most are popular songs of the day, many of which have stood the test of time, and vocalists include Arthur Fields, Irving Kaufman, and Scrappy Lambert. As always with Rivermont CDs, production and remastering is excellent, and this collection of hot dance band sides from 1925 to 1931 can be recommended without reservation.