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My father saw them at the Michigan Theater in Detroit back in 1943. "They were crazy, he started off the show with his regular big band, you know, just playing straight stuff. Then, after intermission, the stage went black and all these sirens and gun shots started going off. Then the stage lit up and it was Spike Jones and his City Slickers, the same band only dressed up crazy. They had a guy… Read more in Amazon's Spike Jones Store

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Product Details

  • Audio CD (April 8, 2003)
  • Original Release Date: 2002
  • Number of Discs: 3
  • Label: Collector's Choice
  • ASIN: B00007JR3K
  • In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #69,529 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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On this CD:
  1. Sheik of Araby (after Snyder, Smith & Wheeler)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Carl Grayson

  2. I'm Going To Write Home (after Foster)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Carl Grayson

  3. Three Little Words (after Ruby & Kalmar)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with King Jackson

  4. You're A Sap Mister Jap (after Cavanaugh, Redmond & Simon)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Boys In The Backroom

  5. Never Hit Your Grandma With A Shovel (after Hanemann)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Boys In The Backroom

  6. Cocktails for Two (after Johnston & Coslow)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Carl Grayson, City Slickers

  7. Mary Lou (after Lymann & Waggner)
    Composed by Spike Jones

  8. He Broke My Heart In Three Places (She Broke My Heart In Three Places, after Drake, Hoffman & Livingston)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Nillson Twins

  9. Sailin' On The Robert E. Lee (after West, McCaffrey & Ringle)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Joseph "Country" Washburne

  10. The Great Big Saw Came Nearer and Nearer (after Harris, Latham, Lee & Weston)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Del Porter, Boys In The Backroom

  11. His Rocking Horse Ran Away (after Van Heusen & Burke)
    Composed by Spike Jones

  12. Oh How She Lied To Me (after White & Donaldson)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Del Porter

  13. Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Good-bye) (after Kahn, Erdman & Russo)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Del Porter

  14. You Always Hurt the One You Love (after Fisher & Roberts)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Carl Grayson, Red Ingle

  15. Chloë (Song of the Swamp) (after Gus Kahn & Niel Moret)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Red Ingle

  16. The Blue Danube (after Strauss)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Del Porter, Boys In The Backroom

  17. That Old Black Magic (after Mercer & Arlen)
    Composed by Del Porter, Spike Jones
    with Carl Grayson

  18. Holiday for Strings (after Rose)
    Composed by Spike Jones

  19. No, No, Nora (after Erdman, Fiorito & Kahn)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Del Porter

  20. Hi Neighbor (after Owens)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Jack Owens

  21. Behind Those Swingin' Doors (after Allan)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Del Porter

  22. Clink, Clink, Another Drink (after Carling & Ohman)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Del Porter, Myrtle Horwin

  23. Barstool Cowboy (after Walker)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Del Porter

  24. Moo Woo Woo (after Porter & Heofle)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Del Porter

  25. Fort Worth Jail (after Reinhardt)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with King Jackson

  26. Pass the Biscuits Mirandy (after Hoefle)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Del Porter

  27. Over The Last Horizon (after Porter)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Carl Grayson

  28. Don't Talk To Me About Women (after Porter & Hoefle)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Del Porter

  29. Big Bad Bill (after Russell & Jones)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Del Porter

  30. Trailer Annie (after Porter & Hoefle)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Del Porter

  31. Siam (after Porter & Hoefle)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with King Jackson, Carl Grayson, Del Porter

  32. Hotcha, Cornia (with the City Slickers)
    Composed by Spike Jones

  33. Hey, Mable (after Stryder & Bunt)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Boys In The Backroom

  34. Boogie Woogie Cowboy (after Blair, Dean, Snow & Statham)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with King Jackson

  35. Dodging a Gal from Dodge City (after Porter)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with King Jackson

  36. Serenade to a Jerk (after Porter)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Myrtle Horwin

  37. Ridin' Home With You (after Hampton & Duning)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Carl Grayson

  38. Now Laugh (after Porter)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Del Porter

  39. That's What Makes The World Go Round (after Collins)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Boys In The Backroom

  40. Don't Give The Chair To Buster (after Arquette)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Boys In The Backroom

  41. Forty Eight Reasons Why (after Honeycomb)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Boys In The Backroom

  42. De Camptown Races (with Gestures) (after Stephen Foster)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Luther Roundtree

  43. Blacksmith Song (after Carling & Boutelje)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Boys In The Backroom

  44. Der Fuehrer's Face (after Oliver G. Wallace)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Carl Grayson

  45. I Wanna Go Back to West Virginia (after Shannon & Crago)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Del Porter, Boys In The Backroom

  46. Water Lou (after Del Porter)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Del Porter

  47. St-St-St-Stella (after Kennedy & Nolan)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Del Porter

  48. I Know A Story (after Washburne & Weems)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Joseph "Country" Washburne

  49. Hi-Ho, My Lady (after Del Porter)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Boys In The Backroom

  50. John Scotter Trot (after N. Scott)
    Composed by Spike Jones

  51. Cheatin' on the Sandman (after McCrystal & Carris)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Boys In The Backroom

  52. Girl I Left Behind Me (after D. Porter & Hoefle)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Carl Grayson

  53. Camptown Races #2 (after Stephen Foster)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Spike Jones, Luther Roundtree

  54. Come, Josephine, In My Flying Machine (after Fisher & Bryan)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with King Jackson, Boys In The Backroom

  55. Love for Sale (after Cole Porter)
    Composed by Spike Jones

  56. Moanin' Low (after Rainger & Dietz)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Jackson King

  57. Horsey, Keep Your Tail Up (after Hirsch & Kaplan)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Boys In The Backroom

  58. Yankee Doodler (after Carling & Boutelje)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Boys In The Backroom

  59. Down In Jungle Town (after Morse & Madden)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Del Porter

  60. Whittle Out A Whistle (after Porter & Hoefle)
    Composed by Spike Jones

  61. By the Beautiful Sea (after Carroll & Atteridge)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Del Porter

  62. At Last I'm First With You (after Porter & Washburne)
    Composed by Spike Jones

  63. Liebestraum (with Freddy Morgan)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with City Slickers

  64. City Slicker Polka (after Carling & Ohman)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Nillson Twins

  65. Red Grow The Roses (after Porter & Washburne)
    Composed by Spike Jones

  66. Jamboree Jones (after Mercer)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Nillson Twins

  67. Down by the O-Hi-O (after Yellen & Olman)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Baure Gard

  68. Casey Jones (after Newton & Seibert)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Joseph "Country" Washburne, City Slickers

  69. The Glow Worm (After Robinson & Lincke)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Aileen Carlyle, Red Ingle

  70. Red Wing (after Chattaway & Mills)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Del Porter

  71. Row, Row, Row (after Jerome & Monaco)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Del Porter

  72. Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile (after Asaf & Powell)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Boys In The Backroom

  73. They Go Wild Simply Wild Over Me (after Fisher & McCarthy)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Del Porter

  74. Oh! By Jingo (after Von Tilzer & Brown)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Del Porter, Boys In The Backroom

  75. It Had To Be You (after Jones & Kahn)
    Composed by Spike Jones

  76. When Buddha Smiles (after N. Herb Brown)
    Composed by Spike Jones

  77. Paddlin' Madelin' Home (after Woods)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Beauregard Lee

  78. Little Bo Peep Has Lost Her Jeep (after DeVol & Bowne)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Del Porter

  79. Sailor With The Navy Blue Eyes (after Taylor, Mizzy & Hoffman)
    Composed by Spike Jones
    with Boys In The Backroom


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Holiday blues comin’ on? Well, put a spike in ‘em! Here’s the zaniest, wildest and just plain sickest Collectors’ Choice Music exclusive yet—79 tracks from Spike Jones and his City Slickers! These represent Spike’s complete Standard Transcription sides, but these tunes are anything but standard; Mr. Jones brought his full bag of tricks for these non-commercial recordings (made in Hollywood during the early ‘40s). Add to that the fact that most of these have never been on CD or even LP, and any lover of Spike’s mayhem-filled mixture of laughs and hot licks is going to flip over this set! Notes and great pictures accompany this 3-CD walk on the wacky side from the greatest novelty band of all time.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great set of wartime rarities, May 13, 2003
Spike Jones was the king of the novelty song performers, with hits like "Der Fuehrer's Face" and the parody version of "Sheik of Araby" becoming huge hits during World War II. This is a swell 3-CD set, gathering a full eighty-one of Jones' best tracks from his 1940s heyday, drawn from an extensive archive of radio broadcasts made for the Standard Transcription service. The tightness of his City Slickers band is amply demonstrated in these manic, kookily orchestrated performances. Toots, squonks, blatts and bleats whiz by at lightning speed, as one daffy song after another will delight devoted fans. Amazingly, Jones had the unusual, almost unique ability to perform a repertoire almost entirely made up of comedic material, and yet still be quite listenable and engaging. His jazz chops were hardly in question, and from time to time Jones would dash off a non-novelty ballad or two, just to give the rubes something to think about. Of course, just as often he would perform a song that *sounded* like a straight ballad, but would turn out to be another goof. (One great example of this is the sultry "Serenade To A Jerk," sung in slinky, burlesque tones by Myrtle Horwin.) This collection may seem a little overwhelming, but like his studio recordings, these radio performances have a certain brilliance and joie de vivre about them that will leave you enchanted. Definitely worth checking out!
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Cure for the Blues, April 24, 2003
Here's the zaniest, wildest and just plain sickest Collectors' Choice Music exclusive yet-79 tracks from Spike Jones and his City Slickers! These represent Spike's complete Standard Transcription sides, but these tunes are anything but standard; Mr. Jones brought his full bag of tricks for these non-commercial recordings (made in Hollywood during the early `40s). Add to that the fact that most of these have never been on CD or even LP, and any lover of Spike's mayhem-filled mixture of laughs and hot licks is going to flip over this set! Notes and great pictures accompany this 3-CD walk on the wacky side from the greatest novelty band of all time.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Standard Transcription Collection, April 11, 2003
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This collection has remastered material from the large stack of Standard Transcription discs from the early 1940's. There are many songs not recorded on RCA, many on the theme of wartime ("48 Reasons Why"), and the quality is excellent. The packaging is threadbare but this is an essential CD package for true music lovers.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Spike Jones collection
Very enjoyable collection of Spike Jones' most beloved songs. If you like funny and sometime schmaltzy songs, you'll really like this 3 disk collection
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