Village Stompers

Village Stompers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 22, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B00000093J
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #116,439 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Washington Square

2. Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport

3. If I Had a Hammer

4. Blue Grass

5. We Can't Stop Singin'

6. Midnight in Moscow

7. Walk Right In

8. Green, Green

9. The Poet and the Prophet

10. Cold Steel Canyons

11. Blowin' in the Wind

12. Follow the Drinkin' Gourd

13. Gotta Travel On

14. Bei Mir Bist du Schön

15. Haunted House Blues

16. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

17. The La-Dee-Da Song

18. When the Saints Go Marching In

19. Dominique

20. Frankie and Johnny

See all 26 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Stompin'..., February 6, 2003

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Zub "Zubenelgenubi" (Forks Twp., PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Village Stompers (Audio CD)

In the quiet before the storm of the British invasion, instrumentals were often a major part of the American pop charts. Nevertheless, though instrumentals were a commonplace occurance, for a banjo-infused Dixieland-style tune to climb the charts missing the top spot by a single notch was indeed a surprising event. This unlikely achievement came in the form of the Village Stompers, a group of Dixieland band veterans, performing a jaunty, swinging tune tagged "Washington Square". Their unique sound also garnered enough attention to send their "Washington Square" lp into the top five of the album charts as well. Although the uniqueness of their sound was somewhat expended and subsequent singles did not fare very well, the Stompers continued to record albums into the later 60's

While their 45's did not garner much chart success after the initial blast, the tunes included here are very listenable and can no way be considered album filler as may be found in so many other albums based on a single hit. This two-fer combo of the Stompers' first two albums from Collectables contains these complete albums plus two bonus tracks in the form of their two other charting singles. This piece has been competently constructed with respectable sound quality and a brief musical backround of the group in the liner notes. The music here sounds as refreshing now as it did in its heyday and it is a welcome pleasure to have this music available in clean digital quality after years of laying dormant in Epic's vaults.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Underrated music, underrated band, February 8, 2002

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Particular Individual (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Village Stompers (Audio CD)

It's a shame traditional jazz gets smirked at by some folks. The guys at work call this "pizza parlor music." Granted, some Dixieland bands are goofy. So are some rock bands, some country bands, etc., etc.

In my view, these kinds of musicians pour more energy into their performance than anybody. Not into artistic experimentation (at my expense), not into bounding around the stage, not into setting their instruments on fire, not into yelling but into the shear enjoyment of making music for someone to enjoy. And almost nobody has done it better than the Stompers. Their musicianship and their cover of non-traditional Dixieland numbers is a hot combination that never gets old.

Back in the '60's I had all their albums on vinyl --all gone now. Thanks to technology and Amazon and other on-line stores, I have been able to appreciate what I've missed the last 30 years.

I love these guys. If you love Dixieland and perhaps if you never did previously, you will probably love them too. And if you haven't done so already, give a listen to their 60's British comtemporaries, Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen. They are similar in many ways to the Stompers only it's as if they have had a WHOLE LOT of strong coffee to drink before their sessions!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great sound that one never grows tired of., February 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Village Stompers (Audio CD)

I orginally purchased the album in the 60's, lost it & have searched for it for years. There is nothing else out there that has the dixieland sound this does. It makes you want be with friends, have a cold beer & live life to it's fullest. It is listenning pleasure.