[Dixielandjazz] Golden Gate Orchestra

[Hans en Corrie Koert]

A few weeks I found a CD in my favorite record shop titled The Golden Gate
Orchestra - Crazy Words Crazy Tunes. On the cover of the ( sealed ) CD a
1920s dance band and the words The Edison Collection. On the reverse 18
tracks with dance band tunes from the 1920s. No more info.  I bought it and
learned that I should know the Brian Rust by heart - the band happened to be
The California Ramblers. A great band, great music, no argument about that.

The music was well transferred, but inside no additional info about the
line-ups. Although I like the music and the selection it felt like I bought
a pig in a poke. When you are browsing through a pile of 78rpm recordings it
often happens that you find a band name that seems to be a pseudonym for
some name-band, but I think that we don't have to be mislead anymore, like
in the 1920s. It would have been fine if the compilers had printed the name
California Ramblers too. I'm sure the record would sell better.

Golden Gate Orchestra:
http://keepswinging.blogspot.com/2007/05/golden-gate-orchestra.html
Keep swinging

Hans Koert