V-Disc Recordings

Spike Jones | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 23, 1999)
• Original Release Date: March 23, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collector's Choice
• ASIN: B00000I0DR
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #419,017 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Chloe

2. Cocktails for Two

3. Hawaiian War Chant

4. Der Fuehrer's Face

5. Barstool Cowboy from Old Barstow

6. Hotcha Cornia

7. Jungle Town

8. Blue Danube

9. Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye

10. You Always Hurt the One You Love

11. Siam

12. As Time Goes By

13. That Old Black Magic

14. Minka

15. McNamara's Band

16. Jones Polka

17. Excerpts from "The Nutcracker Suite" (The Mysterious Room/The ...)

18. And the Great Big Saw Came Nearer and Nearer

19. Holiday for Strangers

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Rarities for WWII military, December 7, 1999

By 

Ted Hering (Redding, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: V-Disc Recordings (Audio CD)

Spike and the Slickers recorded these during 1943 (when nothing was recorded for RCA Victor) and 1944. Most performances are less "polished," as they were not intended for the general public and their studio time was donated. Several familiar titles are actually EARLIER versions. And some of the material ("As Time Goes By")was never recorded anywhere else. But there are some down sides to the CD: Several tracks are NOT from V-disc ("Cocktails for Two," and "Chloe" are dubs from RCA Victor records). One of the V-Discs sides, "You Can't Say No To A Soldier," does not appear. (No big loss -- this was a sappy "straight" patriotic song, and is available on another CD anyway.) Most odd is the appearance of "Holiday for Strings" -- which was never a V-Disc release (although it was considered at one time; perhaps the source archive for the CD mastering was "test pressings?") Sound quality ranges from pretty good to very scratchy. But they are an entertaining bit of history.