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Various Artists:
The Complete Hit Of The Week Recordings V.1 (1930) |
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They sold on newsstands during the Great Depression for 15 cents and quickly became the best-selling records of the early 1930s: the laminated flexible cardboard records known as "Hit of the Week." Featuring the top songs of the day, performed by some of the most noted jazz and dance musicians (often under pseudonyms), Hit of the Week records provided just that--one hit, once a week--to an American public with hardly a dime to spare but hungry for great music by great artists. Today, you'll find a number of these records all curled up and unplayable at garage sales down the street, but for the first time ever, Archeophone is presenting the complete output of the Durium Company, makers of Hit of the Week records, during its short lifespan.
In collaboration with producer and engineer Doug Benson, and with a great helping hand from the world's top Hit of the Week scholar, Hans Koert, Archeophone's Volume 1 of the Complete Hit of the Week Recordings issues 46 songs on two CDs from that magical year of pop music, 1930. In addition to the regular weekly issues by Hit of the Week from February through October of 1930, this collection presents several extremely rare non-standard-issue advertising and promotional records from the Durium company. So collectors take note! You may have some of these records, but you probably don't have all of them in the pristine shape found here along with the excruciatingly uncommon issues such as "Back in Your Own Back Yard" or "Get Happy" or even "Mysterious Mose." They're all here! |
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Track Listing
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Disc 1
Back In Your Own Back Yard - Hit of the Week Orchestra [test or prototype record]
Tip-Toe Through The Tulips With Me - Don Voorhees Orchestra [demonstration record]
Through - Bert Lown & His Hotel Biltmore Music
Hello Baby - Bert Lown & His Hotel Biltmore Music
My Fate Is In Your Hands - Vincent Lopez Orchestra
My Sweeter Than Sweet - Vincent Lopez Orchestra [take A]
My Sweeter Than Sweet - Vincent Lopez Orchestra [take B]
I'm Following You - Ben Pollack Orchestra
Cryin' For The Carolines - Ben Pollack Orchestra
There's Danger In Your Eyes, Cherie! - Vincent Lopez Orchestra
Congratulations - Bert Lown & His Hotel Biltmore Music
University Of Maine Stein Song - Hotel Pennsylvania Music
With You - Statler Pennsylvanians
University Of Maine Stein Song - Statler Pennsylvanians [sample record]
A Cottage For Sale - The New York Twelve
Lazy Lou'siana Moon - Jan Garber's Orchestra
Sing You Sinners - Harlem Hot Chocolates
St. James' Infirmary - Harlem Hot Chocolates
Springtime In The Rockies - Vincent Lopez Orchestra
The Song Without A Name - Phil Spitalny's Music
Give Yourself A Pat On The Back - Phil Spitalny's Music
Mysterious Mose - Bobby Dixon's Broadcasters [not a regular issue]
Song Of The Dawn - Phil Spitalny's Music
Disc 2
Get Happy - Happy-Rose Orchestra [not a regular issue]
If I Had A Girl Like You - Phil Spitalny's Music
Across The Breakfast Table - Hit of the Week Orchestra
Ro-Ro-Rollin' Along - Hit of the Week Orchestra
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes - Hit of the Week Orchestra
Cheer Up Good Times Are Comin' - Phil Spitalny's Music
Anchors Aweigh - Phil Spitalny's Music
Singing A Song To The Stars - Hit of the Week Orchestra
Swingin' In A Hammock - Phil Spitalny's Music
You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me - Hit of the Week Orchestra
Old New England Moon - Phil Spitalny's Music
Just A Little Closer - Hit of the Week Orchestra
Confessin' That I Love You - Phil Spitalny's Music
Little White Lies - Vincent Lopez Orchestra
Here Comes The Sun - Vincent Lopez Orchestra
Bye Bye Blues - Bert Lown & His Hotel Biltmore Music
Go Home And Tell Your Mother - Don Voorhees Orchestra
I Still Get A Thrill - Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra
What's The Use - Phil Spitalny's Music
A Medley Of Canadian Songs - Phil Spitalny's Music [promotional record]
Betty Co-Ed - Phil Spitalny's Music [take F]
Betty Co-Ed - Phil Spitalny's Music [take G]
Souvenir From Phil Spitalny To The Northwestern University - Phil Spitalny's Music [not a regular issue] |
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Tip-Toe Through The Tulips With Me - Don Voorhees Orchestra
Sing You Sinners - Harlem Hot Chocolates
Mysterious Mose - Bobby Dixon's Broadcasters
Ro-Ro-Rollin' Along - Hit of the Week Orchestra
Bye Bye Blues - Bert Lown & His Hotel Biltmore Music
Betty Co-Ed - Phil Spitalny's Music [take G]
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ARCH - Archeophone Records |
| Number |
3002 |
| Subsidiary Artists: |
Hit of the Week Orchestra
Don Voorhees
Bert Lown & His Hotel Biltmore Music
Vincent Lopez
Ben Pollack
Hotel Pennsylvania Music
Statler Pennsylvanians
New York Twelve
Jan Garber
Harlem Hot Chocolates
Phil Spitalny
Bobby Dixon's Broadcasters
Happy-Rose Orchestra |
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