1929-31 Radio – Phantom Dancer 4 Feb 2020
Because of a fractured leg I haven’t been able to bring you The Phantom Dancer non-stop mix of swing and jazz from live 1920s-60s radio LIVE.
This week’s 4 February Phantom Dancer on radio and online is the first live mix for the new twenties and the feature artist is earliest jazz radio from transcriptions recorded between January 1929 and 1931.
The Phantom Dancer with actor and 1920s-30s singer Greg Poppleton can be heard online now at https://2ser.com/phantom-dancer/
The last hour is all vinyl.
ELECTRICAL TRANSCRIPTIONS
Commercial recordings made ‘electrically’, that is, recording music and voice using microphones, first appeared on the market in 1924. By 1929, they had superceded the original acoustic technology by which sound was recorded onto disc or cylinder using a horn.
In 1928, the first radio programs were transcribed electrically. The sound of these early radio transcriptions were often better than the sound on commercial records.
They were 78 rpm discs which played 5 minutes of programming. As you’ll hear on this week’s Phantom Dancer, this often meant the end of a music piece was chopped or quickly faded.
In the first set, you’ll hear the transcription end mid song for the Coon-Sanders Nighthawks, with the orchestra resuming mid-song, slightly fasted and after the musicians had obviously moved to complete the program.
Six five minute discs made up a half-hour show.
Here is The Phantom Dancer Video of the Week, the 1930s short ‘Behind the Mike’, showing our radio dramas are made while advertising cars. enjoy!
Make sure you come back to this blog, Greg Poppleton’s Radio Lounge, every Tuesday, for the newest Phantom Dancer play list and Video of the Week!
4 FEBRUARY PLAY LIST
Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio Community Radio Network Show CRN #422 | ||
107.3 2SER Tuesday 4 February 2020 | ||
Set 1 | So-A-Tone | |
Station Open + Sweeter Than Sweet | Studio Orchestra | WENR and W9XR Chicago 1930 |
Bless You Sister | Coon-Sanders Nighthawks (voc) Joe Sanders | ‘Maytag Frolics’ Radio Transcription 28 Feb 1929 |
Kansas City Kitty + What a Girl! What a Night! (close) | Coon-Sanders Nighthawks (voc) Joe Sanders | ‘Maytag Frolics’ Radio Transcription 28 Feb 1929 |
Set 2 | Selling Radios | |
Let a Little Pleasure Interfere with Business | Philco Orchestra | Philco Program Radio Transcription New York City 1930 |
Boy! O Boy! I’ve Got It Bad | Philco Orchestra (voc) Boswell Sisters | Philco Program Radio Transcription New York City 1931 |
Singing in the Rain | Philco Orchestra | Philco Program Radio Transcription New York City 1931 |
Set 3 | Gypsy Jazz on 1945 Radio | |
Open + Good For You Bad For Me | Boswell Sisters | Radio Transcription Continental Broadcasting Hollywood 1930 |
A Diet of Love | Connie Boswell | Radio Transcription Continental Broadcasting Hollywood 1930 |
Lazy Louisiana Moon + The One I Love Just Can’t Be Bothered With Me | Boswell Sisters | Radio Transcription Continental Broadcasting Hollywood 1930 |
Set 4 | Selling Dependence | |
Was willst du haben? | George Olsen Music (voc) Ethel Chapee | ‘Lucky Strike Hour’ WEAF NBC Red NY 1 Dec 1930 |
That Sentimental Gentleman from Georgia + Close | George Olsen Music (voc) Hotcha Gardiner | ‘Lucky Strike Hour’ WEAF NBC Red NY 1 Dec 1930 |
Why Do You Suppose? | The Coca Cola Orchestra | ‘Coca Cola Top Notchers’ WEEI Boston Aircheck NBC Red NYC 26 Mar 1930 |
Set 5 | 1920s Women Singers | |
He’s So Unusual | Helen Kane | Comm Rec. New York City 14 Jun 1929 |
Pagan Love Song | Annette Hanshaw (voc) Frank Ferrara Hawaiian Trio | Comm Rec New York City 4 Jun 1929 |
Hi Diddle-Diddle | Hannah and Dorothea Williams (voc) Charley Straight Orchestra | Comm Rec Chicago 10 Mar 1926 |
Moanin’ Low | Libby Holman | ‘Bruswick Brevities’ Radio Transcription New York City 1929 |
Set 6 | Brunswick Brevities | |
Nobody’s Sweetheart Now | Hotsy-Totsy Gang | ‘Brunswick Brevities’ Radio Transcription New York City Oct 1929 |
Harvey | Hoagy Carmichael | ‘Brunswick Brevities’ Radio Transcription New York City Oct 1929 |
Mystery Medley | Red Nichols Orchestra | Comm Rec Chicago 20 Nov 1928 |
They Didn’t Believe Me | Red Nichols Orchestra (voc) Scrappy Lambert | Eddie Condon’s Town Hall Jazz Concert’ AFRS Rebroadcast 14 oct 1944 |
Set 7 | Heat | |
Balling the Jack + Walking the Dog | Red Nichols Orchestra | ‘Heat’ Radio Transcription New York City 25 Aug 1930 |
Turn on the Heat + Strike Up the Band | Red Nichols Orchestra | ‘Heat’ Radio Transcription New York City 5 Aug 1930 |
Call of the Freaks | Red Nichols Orchestra | ‘Heat’ Radio Transcription New York City 1 Aug 1930 |
Black and Blue + Ain’t Misbehavin’ | Red Nichols Orchestra | ‘Heat’ Radio Transcription New York City 3 Aug 1930 |
Set 8 | Sunny Meadows | |
Little by Little + Waiting at the End of the Road | Dixie Two-Steppers | Radio Transcription 1929 |
Can’t We Be Friends + Moanin’ Low | Dixie Two-Steppers | Radio Transcription 1929 |
Open + Angry | Ray Miller Orchestra | ‘Sunny Meadows” Radio Transcription Chicago 18 Jan 1929 |
You’re the Cream in My Coffee | Ray Miller Orchestra | ‘Sunny Meadows” Radio Transcription Chicago 18 Jan 1929 |