In Person 1925-1955

09/19/2006 | Avid Records Uk 

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All Music Guide Review

Hoagy Carmichael has been honored with a steady stream of memorial compilations and tribute albums since the late '80s; Avid Entertainment's ten-CD box In Person 1925-1955 tops them all by augmenting the main body of his oeuvre with rare broadcasts and radio transcripts, privately produced and previously unissued recordings, as well as a fabulous coda CD packed with additional Carmichael tunes interpreted by a wide range of jazz and pop artists. This chronologically precise, intelligently conceived, and beautifully packaged audio portrait gallery traces Carmichael's progress as a recording artist from his first hot jazz sides with Hitch's Happy Harmonists to the Plays Ballads for Dancing album that came out in the mid-'50s; by then Hoagland Carmichael had become as indispensable to U.S. popular culture as the movie theaters, radios, and phonographs that conveyed his music and persona to the public. Richard M. Sudhalter's marvelously insightful and informative essay is peppered with dozens of historical photographs of Carmichael and his many friends. There are two appendices at the end of the booklet: an index of 95 Carmichael compositions heard on this set (usually in only one version, although there are six different interpretations of "Stardust") as well as a rousing roster of titles by other composers (winners in this category are "Cincinnati Dancing Pig" and "Flap Your Elbows, Spin Your Ears and Fly Away").

This could very well be the best Hoagy Carmichael retrospective ever brought before the public. Carmichael is heard during the '20s and early '30s leading his own ensembles and sitting in with bands led by Paul Whiteman, Jean Goldkette, Irving Mills, Eddie Lang, Frankie Trumbauer, Louis Armstrong, and Sunny Clapp; a precious handful of these sessions also involved Carmichael's good friend and primary influence, Bix Beiderbecke. Five sides cut in May and September 1930 constitute Beiderbecke's very last recordings. Carmichael is heard with the Dorsey Brothers and Red Norvo, as guest vocalist with the Casa Loma Orchestra, and on a film soundtrack with Jack Teagarden. His fabulous mid-'40s ARA and V-Disc recordings are followed by a series of vintage radio broadcasts: his own show Tonight at Hoagy's (sponsored by Numade Mayonnaise), The March of Dimes, The Bing Crosby Show, and various programs heard over the BBC. There are two discs devoted to Carmichael's many appearances as featured vocalist with various ensembles and singers during the late '40s and early '50s, including several harrowing duets with vaudeville hellion Cass Daley. Disc nine contains 17 seldom-heard private recordings, which were made between 1939 and 1951 using what were at that time common home acetate disc-cutters. Drawbacks? It would have been helpful had the producers posted the recording dates with the rest of the information on the back of each of the set's little "mini-albums," although whoever did the layout certainly had to contend with space restrictions; one of the discs carries 36 tracks. There is a great wealth of music and information compacted within this outstanding collection; it's a miracle that so much valuable culture could fit into a package the size of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. ~ arwulf arwulf, All Music Guide

Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • 1
  • Boneyard Shuffle
  • 2:44
  • 2
  • Washboard Blues
  • 3:07
  • 3
  • One Night in Havana
  • 2:58
  • 4
  • Friday Night
  • 2:40
  • 5
  • Stardust
  • 3:06
  • 6
  • When Baby Sleeps
  • 2:26
  • 7
  • Washboard Blues
  • 4:21
  • 8
  • My Ohio Home
  • 3:10
  • 9
  • So Tired
  • 3:19
  • 10
  • March of the Hoodlums
  • 2:24
  • 11
  • Smile
  • 3:05
  • 12
  • Walkin' the Dog
  • 2:34
  • 13
  • Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble
  • 2:33
  • 14
  • Rockin' Chair
  • 3:27
  • 15
  • March of the Hoodlums
  • 2:43
  • 16
  • Walkin' the Dog
  • 2:36
  • 17
  • Sittin' and Whistlin'
  • 2:51
  • 18
  • St. Louis Gal
  • 3:17
  • 19
  • Harvey
  • 3:08
  • 20
  • March of the Hoodlums
  • 2:43
  • 21
  • Stardust
  • 3:29
  • 22
  • What Kind o' Man Is You?
  • 3:19
  • 23
  • Walkin' the Dog
  • 2:58
  • 24
  • March of the Hoodlums
  • 3:14
  • 25
  • Washboard Blues (Alternate Take)
  • 4:19
  • 26
  • Walkin' the Dog (Alternate Take)
  • 2:56
  • 27 (2)
  • Manhattan Rag
  • 3:04
  • 28 (2)
  • Manhattan Rag
  • 2:44
  • 29 (2)
  • What Kind of Man Is You?
  • 3:17
  • 30 (2)
  • Rockin' Chair
  • 3:19
  • 31 (2)
  • High and Dry
  • 2:40
  • 32 (2)
  • Barbaric
  • 3:03
  • 33 (2)
  • Rockin' Chair
  • 3:30
  • 34 (2)
  • Barnacle Bill the Sailor
  • 2:48
  • 35 (2)
  • Georgia on My Mind
  • 3:12
  • 36 (2)
  • One Night in Havana
  • 3:23
  • 37 (2)
  • Bessie Couldn't Help It
  • 2:57
  • 38 (2)
  • Lazy River
  • 3:22
  • 39 (2)
  • Papa's Gone Bye-Bye Blues
  • 2:48
  • 40 (2)
  • Just Forget
  • 3:18
  • 41 (2)
  • Come Easy, Go Easy Love
  • 2:47
  • 42 (2)
  • Medley of Carmichael Compositions No.1: In the Still of the Night/Washb
  • 5:12
  • 43 (2)
  • Medley of Carmichael Compositions No.2: Rockin' Chair/Lazy River/Daybre
  • 7:12
  • 44 (2)
  • After Twelve O'Clock
  • 3:07
  • 45 (2)
  • Sing It Way Down Low
  • 2:52
  • 46 (2)
  • Thanksgivin'
  • 3:06
  • 47 (2)
  • Snowball
  • 2:48
  • 48 (2)
  • Lazy Bones
  • 3:04
  • 49 (2)
  • One Morning in May
  • 2:42
  • 50 (3)
  • Stardust
  • 3:46
  • 51 (3)
  • Cosmics
  • 2:57
  • 52 (3)
  • Washboard Blues
  • 3:28
  • 53 (3)
  • Judy
  • 3:01
  • 54 (3)
  • Moon Country
  • 3:16
  • 55 (3)
  • Bessie Couldn't Help It (Alternate Take)
  • 2:57
  • 56 (3)
  • Medley: Judy/Moon Country
  • 3:45
  • 57 (3)
  • Two Sleepy People
  • 3:10
  • 58 (3)
  • Hong Kong Blues
  • 2:50
  • 59 (3)
  • Riverboat Shuffle
  • 2:45
  • 60 (3)
  • New Orleans
  • 3:16
  • 61 (3)
  • Washboard Blues
  • 3:05
  • 62 (3)
  • Little Old Lady
  • 2:54
  • 63 (3)
  • Two Sleepy People
  • 1:47
  • 64 (3)
  • That's Right - I'm Wrong
  • 1:18
  • 65 (3)
  • Medley: Washboard Blues/Lazybones
  • 1:56
  • 66 (3)
  • Medley: Small Fry/Rockin' Chair
  • 2:36
  • 67 (3)
  • Stardust
  • 2:25
  • 68 (3)
  • Baltimore Oriole
  • 4:03
  • 69 (3)
  • Poor Old Joe
  • 2:53
  • 70 (3)
  • Stardust/Lazybones
  • 3:02
  • 71 (3)
  • The Old Music Master
  • 2:23
  • 72 (3)
  • Old Man Harlem
  • 2:41
  • 73 (3)
  • Judy
  • 2:36
  • 74 (3)
  • Stardust
  • 2:31
  • 75 (3)
  • Don't Forget to Say 'No' Baby
  • 2:39
  • 76 (3)
  • Hong Kong Blues
  • 2:29
  • 77 (4)
  • No More Toujours l'Amour
  • 3:01
  • 78 (4)
  • A World of No Goodbyes
  • 3:18
  • 79 (4)
  • Sweet Lorraine
  • 3:06
  • 80 (4)
  • Vine Street Parade
  • 3:00
  • 81 (4)
  • The Whale Song
  • 2:25
  • 82 (4)
  • My Christmas Song for You
  • 2:58
  • 83 (4)
  • How Little We Know
  • 2:32
  • 84 (4)
  • Somewhere on Via Roma
  • 2:58
  • 85 (4)
  • Billy-A-Dick
  • 2:34
  • 86 (4)
  • Hong Kong Blues
  • 2:35
  • 87 (4)
  • Baltimore Oriole
  • 2:54
  • 88 (4)
  • Stardust
  • 3:12
  • 89 (4)
  • Memphis in June
  • 2:52
  • 90 (4)
  • Am I Blue?
  • 2:34
  • 91 (4)
  • Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief
  • 2:56
  • 92 (4)
  • Sleepy Time Gal
  • 2:53
  • 93 (4)
  • Ginger and Spice
  • 2:31
  • 94 (4)
  • Ole Buttermilk Sky
  • 2:41
  • 95 (4)
  • I Can't Get Started
  • 2:52
  • 96 (4)
  • I Don't Know Why
  • 2:51
  • 97 (4)
  • Walk It Off
  • 3:00
  • 98 (4)
  • It Ain't Gonna Be Like That
  • 3:01
  • 99 (5)
  • Baltimore Oriole
  • 2:06
  • 100 (5)
  • Hong Kong Blues
  • 2:18
  • 101 (5)
  • Stardust
  • 2:37
  • 102 (5)
  • No More Toujours l'Amour
  • 1:36
  • 103 (5)
  • Billy-A-Dick
  • 1:22
  • 104 (5)
  • Memphis in June
  • 2:41
  • 105 (5)
  • Sleepy Time Gal
  • 2:15
  • 106 (5)
  • Ginger and Spice
  • 1:17
  • 107 (5)
  • Medley: Am I Blue?/How Little We Know/Hong Kong Blues
  • 4:45
  • 108 (5)
  • Everybody's Seen Him But His Daddy (Rehearsal)
  • 2:26
  • 109 (5)
  • Everybody's Seen Him But His Daddy
  • 3:03
  • 110 (5)
  • Rogue River Valley
  • 3:01
  • 111 (5)
  • Riverboat Shuffle (Rehearsal)
  • 1:43
  • 112 (5)
  • Riverboat Shuffle (Take 1)
  • 1:14
  • 113 (5)
  • Riverboat Shuffle (Take 2)
  • 1:46
  • 114 (5)
  • Two Sleepy People (Rehearsal)
  • 1:17
  • 115 (5)
  • Two Sleepy People
  • 3:20
  • 116 (5)
  • Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief
  • 3:15
  • 117 (5)
  • The Old Spinning Wheel
  • 1:47
  • 118 (5)
  • Huggin' and Chalkin'
  • 2:10
  • 119 (5)
  • No More Toujours l'Amour (Take 2)
  • 1:39
  • 120 (5)
  • I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Hoagy Carmichael Radio Show Excerpt
  • 1:51
  • 121 (5)
  • Singin' Down the Road (Hoagy Carmichael Radio Show Excerpt)
  • 2:20
  • 122 (5)
  • Memphis in June (Hoagy Carmichael Radio Show Excerpt)
  • 2:55
  • 123 (5)
  • Cranky Old Yank (Hoagy Carmichael Radio Show Excerpt)
  • 1:30
  • 124 (5)
  • Small Fry (Hoagy Carmichael Radio Show Excerpt)
  • 3:31
  • 125 (5)
  • Little Old Lady (Hoagy Carmichael Radio Show Excerpt)
  • 1:36
  • 126 (5)
  • Down T'Uncle Bill's (Hoagy Carmichael Radio Show Excerpt)
  • 2:18
  • 127 (5)
  • There's Nobody Home on the Range (Hoagy Carmichael Radio Show Excerpt)
  • 2:36
  • 128 (5)
  • Riverboat Shuffle (Hoagy Carmichael Radio Show Excerpt)
  • 1:48
  • 129 (5)
  • Lazybones (Hoagy Carmichael Radio Show Excerpt)
  • 3:32
  • 130 (6)
  • Stardust (1948 'March of Dimes' Radio Transcription)
  • 0:36
  • 131 (6)
  • My How the Times Goes By (1948 'March of Dimes' Radio Transcription)
  • 2:19
  • 132 (6)
  • Civilization (1948 'March of Dimes' Radio Transcription)
  • 2:44
  • 133 (6)
  • Hong Kong Blues (1948 'March of Dimes' Radio Transcription)
  • 2:28
  • 134 (6)
  • Dialogue Into (1948 'March of Dimes' Radio Transcription)
  • 0:32
  • 135 (6)
  • Naughty Angeline (1948 'March of Dimes' Radio Transcription)
  • 2:25
  • 136 (6)
  • The Whiffenpoof Song (1948 'March of Dimes' Radio Transcription)
  • 2:17
  • 137 (6)
  • Great Day (1948 'March of Dimes' Radio Transcription)
  • 1:09
  • 138 (6)
  • Casanova Cricket /Sign-Off (1948 'March of Dimes' Radio Transcription)
  • 2:02
  • 139 (6)
  • Introduction/Star Dust (BBC Broadcast)
  • 1:10
  • 140 (6)
  • Riverboat Shuffle (BBC Broadcast)
  • 1:21
  • 141 (6)
  • Conversation with Mark White (BBC Broadcast)
  • 1:11
  • 142 (6)
  • Old Man Harlem (BBC Broadcast)
  • 2:18
  • 143 (6)
  • Baltimore Oriole (BBC Broadcast)
  • 2:19
  • 144 (6)
  • Conversation with Mark White (BBC Broadcast)
  • 0:44
  • 145 (6)
  • Memphis in June (BBC Broadcast)
  • 3:33
  • 146 (6)
  • Riverboat Shuffle (BBC Broadcast)
  • 2:59
  • 147 (6)
  • The Monkey Song (BBC Broadcast)
  • 2:31
  • 148 (6)
  • I Get Along Without You Very Well (BBC Broadcast)
  • 3:11
  • 149 (6)
  • Conversation with Peter Fettes (BBC Broadcast)
  • 1:10
  • 150 (6)
  • The Sad Cowboy (BBC Broadcast)
  • 2:26
  • 151 (6)
  • Baltimore Oriole (BBC Broadcast)
  • 2:29
  • 152 (6)
  • Conversation with Peter Fettes (BBC Broadcast)
  • 0:37
  • 153 (6)
  • The Old Music Master (BBC Broadcast)
  • 1:39
  • 154 (6)
  • Conversation with Peter Fettes/Star Dust/Sign-Off (BBC Broadcast)
  • 2:05
  • 155 (6)
  • Comedy Patter (Bing Crosby Radio Show)
  • 2:58
  • 156 (6)
  • Ole Buttermilk Sky (Bing Crosby Radio Show)
  • 2:40
  • 157 (6)
  • The Love Nest ("Guest Star" Radio Transcription)
  • 1:13
  • 158 (6)
  • It's a Good Day ('Guest Star' Radio Transcription)
  • 1:38
  • 159 (6)
  • Am I Blue? ('Guest Star' Radio Transcription)
  • 1:31
  • 160 (6)
  • Singin' Down the Road ('Guest Star' Radio Transcription)
  • 1:23
  • 161 (6)
  • I Want to Be Happy ('Guest Star' Radio Transcription)
  • 1:27
  • 162 (6)
  • Ole Buttermilk Sky ('Guest Star' Radio Transcription)
  • 1:36
  • 163 (6)
  • I Never Knew I Could Love Anybody (1952 Radio Programme)
  • 1:07
  • 164 (6)
  • Rockin' Chair (1952 Radio Programme)
  • 1:25
  • 165 (6)
  • Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah (1952 Radio Programme)
  • 1:09
  • 166 (7)
  • Huggin' and Chalkin'
  • 2:40
  • 167 (7)
  • I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful)
  • 2:39
  • 168 (7)
  • Talking Is a Woman
  • 2:35
  • 169 (7)
  • Ole Buttermilk Sky
  • 2:16
  • 170 (7)
  • Sh-h, the Old Man's Sleepin'
  • 3:06
  • 171 (7)
  • Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief
  • 2:58
  • 172 (7)
  • Riverboat Shuffle
  • 2:17
  • 173 (7)
  • Rockin' Chair
  • 2:53
  • 174 (7)
  • Georgia on My Mind
  • 3:01
  • 175 (7)
  • Casanova Cricket
  • 2:32
  • 176 (7)
  • A Man Could Be a Wonderful Thing
  • 2:21
  • 177 (7)
  • A Tune for Humming
  • 2:56
  • 178 (7)
  • Put Yourself in My Place, Baby
  • 2:51
  • 179 (7)
  • Who Killed 'Er?
  • 2:25
  • 180 (7)
  • The Sad Cowboy
  • 3:00
  • 181 (7)
  • I'm A-Comin' A-Courtin' Corabelle
  • 2:52
  • 182 (7)
  • Ok'l Baby Dok'l
  • 2:33
  • 183 (7)
  • Gonna Get a Girl
  • 2:30
  • 184 (7)
  • For Every Man There's a Woman
  • 2:53
  • 185 (7)
  • The Feathery Feeling
  • 2:51
  • 186 (7)
  • Memphis in June
  • 3:00
  • 187 (7)
  • Ten to One It's Tennessee
  • 2:35
  • 188 (7)
  • Bubble-Loo, Bubble-Loo
  • 2:56
  • 189 (7)
  • Fightin' Love
  • 3:09
  • 190 (7)
  • Grandma Teeter-Totter
  • 2:55
  • 191 (7)
  • Laughing Boy
  • 2:50
  • 192 (7)
  • I've Been Hit
  • 3:03
  • 193 (7)
  • And Old Piano Plays the Blues
  • 2:57
  • 194 (8)
  • Chocolate Whiskey and Vanilla Gin
  • 2:41
  • 195 (8)
  • Three Rivers
  • 3:09
  • 196 (8)
  • Crocodile Tears
  • 2:41
  • 197 (8)
  • Crime and Punishment
  • 2:26
  • 198 (8)
  • That's a Plenty
  • 2:38
  • 199 (8)
  • The Darktown Strutter's Ball
  • 2:30
  • 200 (8)
  • The Old Piano Roll Blues
  • 2:33
  • 201 (8)
  • Stay with the Happy People
  • 2:13
  • 202 (8)
  • Somebody Stole My Horse and Wagon
  • 2:38
  • 203 (8)
  • Coney Island Washboard
  • 2:32
  • 204 (8)
  • Some Days There Just Ain't No Fish
  • 2:39
  • 205 (8)
  • Cincinnati Dancing Pig
  • 2:36
  • 206 (8)
  • I'm Movin' On
  • 3:02
  • 207 (8)
  • Cindy
  • 2:33
  • 208 (8)
  • Ida Red
  • 2:07
  • 209 (8)
  • The Golden Rocket
  • 3:01
  • 210 (8)
  • The ABA Daba Honeymoon
  • 3:18
  • 211 (8)
  • My Resistance Is Low
  • 2:45
  • 212 (8)
  • Sacramento
  • 2:48
  • 213 (8)
  • I'm Waiting Just for You
  • 2:40
  • 214 (8)
  • Woman Is a Five Letter Word
  • 2:53
  • 215 (8)
  • Flap Your Elbows, Spin Your Ears and Fly Away
  • 2:26
  • 216 (8)
  • Rotation Blues
  • 2:43
  • 217 (8)
  • Drip Drop
  • 2:12
  • 218 (8)
  • Happy Hoagy's Medley: I Can't Give You Anything But Love/Ivory Rag/The
  • 2:19
  • 219 (8)
  • The Crazy Otto Rag
  • 1:55
  • 220 (8)
  • Lazy River
  • 2:23
  • 221 (8)
  • When Love Goes Wrong
  • 2:50
  • 222 (8)
  • Love Will Soon Be Here
  • 2:11
  • 223 (9)
  • I Walk with Music
  • 3:07
  • 224 (9)
  • Skylark
  • 2:43
  • 225 (9)
  • I Get Along Without You Very Well
  • 3:43
  • 226 (9)
  • Two Sleepy People
  • 2:34
  • 227 (9)
  • The Lamplighter's Serenade
  • 2:47
  • 228 (9)
  • Heart and Soul
  • 3:07
  • 229 (9)
  • The Nearness of You
  • 3:06
  • 230 (9)
  • Ivy
  • 2:36
  • 231 (9)
  • One Morning in May
  • 3:29
  • 232 (9)
  • How Little We Know
  • 2:48
  • 233 (9)
  • Blue Orchids
  • 2:35
  • 234 (9)
  • Stardust
  • 2:02
  • 235 (9)
  • They All Done Gone with the Wind
  • 2:23
  • 236 (9)
  • Poor Old Joe
  • 2:16
  • 237 (9)
  • Lazy River
  • 2:44
  • 238 (9)
  • Ev'ntide
  • 2:27
  • 239 (9)
  • I Get Along Without You Very Well
  • 3:25
  • 240 (9)
  • How Little We Know
  • 2:55
  • 241 (9)
  • Billy-A-Dick
  • 1:45
  • 242 (9)
  • Look Out Below
  • 1:54
  • 243 (9)
  • Drip Drop
  • 0:51
  • 244 (9)
  • No More Toujours l'Amour
  • 1:39
  • 245 (9)
  • Baltimore Oriole
  • 2:35
  • 246 (9)
  • Ginger and Spice
  • 1:41
  • 247 (9)
  • Memphis in June
  • 1:57
  • 248 (9)
  • I Walk Alone
  • 2:52
  • 249 (9)
  • Kinda Lonesome
  • 1:51
  • 250 (9)
  • Messin' Around
  • 2:21
  • 251 (9)
  • Stardust
  • 5:01
  • 252 (10)
  • My Sweet
  • 3:20
  • 253 (10)
  • Charlie Two-Step
  • 2:25
  • 254 (10)
  • Song of Spring
  • 3:13
  • 255 (10)
  • Moonburn
  • 3:15
  • 256 (10)
  • Bread and Gravy
  • 2:56
  • 257 (10)
  • Sing Me a Swing Song (And Let Me Dance)
  • 2:26
  • 258 (10)
  • Ev'ntide
  • 2:53
  • 259 (10)
  • Lyin' to Myself
  • 3:10
  • 260 (10)
  • April in My Heart
  • 3:10
  • 261 (10)
  • Jubilee
  • 2:38
  • 262 (10)
  • The Nearness of You
  • 3:22
  • 263 (10)
  • Kinda Lonesome
  • 2:30
  • 264 (10)
  • Heart and Soul
  • 3:06
  • 265 (10)
  • Blue Orchids
  • 3:15
  • 266 (10)
  • The Rumba Jumps
  • 2:50
  • 267 (10)
  • Ooh, What You Said
  • 2:55
  • 268 (10)
  • Can't Get Indiana off My Mind
  • 3:20
  • 269 (10)
  • I Should Have Known You Years Ago
  • 3:10
  • 270 (10)
  • Skylark
  • 2:52
  • 271 (10)
  • We're the Couple in the Castle
  • 2:35
  • 272 (10)
  • The Lamplighters Serenade
  • 2:55
  • 273 (10)
  • Ivy
  • 2:55
  • 274 (10)
  • A Woman Likes to Be Told
  • 3:14
  • 275 (10)
  • In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening
  • 3:26
  • 276 (10)
  • I Guess It Was You All the Time
  • 3:18
  • 277 (10)
  • Ain't There Anyone Here for Love?
  • 3:22

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