[Dixielandjazz] Spike Jones

[Snogpitch]

I took at look thru "Spike Jones Off the Record" which has a massive discography. It did not mention an album with "Music For Dancing" in the 60s.  If there is more information such as tunes contained, I could try another look. 

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> On Apr 9, 2017, at 9:24 PM, domitype domitype <domitype at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Bill, Spike Jones released several records in the early 1960s with his "New Band" and it is all straight ahead dance music, no comedy: https://www.discogs.com/Spike-Jones-New-Band/release/4778668
> and https://www.discogs.com/Spike-Jones-New-Band-My-Man/release/2855225
> 
> However, nothing I can find with a title or subtitle of "Music for Dancers" in US releases. There have been a lot of re-issues (authorized and unauthorized) but I don't see anything. I don't have access to my full discography book for Spike Jones right now.
> 
> Dave Richoux
> 
>> On Sun, Apr 9, 2017 at 4:45 PM, Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>> John Knurr <manofmusic4u at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > Spike Jones - Looking for an LP of Spike Jones called I believe "Music For Dancing" - Was out around 1960-62 - Straight jazz album - no City Slicker stuff.
>> 
>> Dear John,
>> Mike Logsdon may be close to the answer with his reference to the RCA "The Charleston for Dancing” 45rpm 7” singles album.
>> Sadly, the details are unreadable.
>> Here is a better link to the full details:
>>    https://www.discogs.com/Spike-Jones-And-His-City-Slickers-Spike-Jones-Plays-The-Charleston-For-Dancing/release/4905745
>> Click on the images.
>> As an avid Spike Jones fan and collector, I find this one of my favourite sessions.
>> Recorded for RCA in Hollywood on 17 December 1949.
>> A       The Charleston
>> B       Charlestono-Mio
>> C       Black Bottom
>> D       Doin' The New Raccoon
>> E       I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight
>> F       Varsity Drag
>> 
>> Although, it does contain some City Slicker “stuff’ and is ‘dixieland' ala Pee Wee Hunt.
>> But, unfortunately, I was never been able to find that RCA set.
>> I have the tracks on 78, LP and CD and they are on Youtube, but you will need to search there for them by each title.
>> At first I assumed that you may be referring to the Spike Jones’ “Other Orchestra”.
>> The big band he put together for a residency at the Trocadero in Los Angeles in March 1946 that recorded for Standard Transcriptions. Reissued on a Hindsight LP HSR-185.
>>     https://www.discogs.com/Spike-Jones-And-His-Other-Orchestra-The-Uncollected-Spike-Jones-And-His-Other-Orchestra-1946/release/2971995
>> There is also a session for Liberty Records with his “New Band", recorded in September 1963 and released on an LP titled ‘Washington Square’.
>>     https://www.discogs.com/New-Band-Of-Spike-Jones-The-Washington-Square/release/3163171
>> I have both. Well played, uninspiring, big band swing arrangements.
>> Kind regards,
>> Bill.
>> 
>> 
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