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1950s VINTAGE RAGTIME RESTORATIONS
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About These Restorations

Many of these recordings have not been available in stores for four to five decades, and only through used record stores or private sellers. There was a lot of great ragtime (often spuriously labeled honky-tonk) recorded from 1945 to the early 1960s, and it should be available again as it is historical as well as entertaining. These are all restorations from studio master tape sources or the original vinyl or acetate, usually with multiple sources available so the best tracks are picked. The reviews from well-known veteran ragtime collectors have been extremely positive. There is generally from 55 to 80 minutes per disc of music, representing a minimum of two 12" or three 10" LPs. The original cover art for all albums has also been restored, and original and supplemental liner notes included. This collection will be added to extensively over 2006 as sources become available, and they should prove to be collectibles as well. For more info on the artists and the genre, read my article on Ragtime and Honky-Tonk of the 1950s. Thanks for your interest.

'Perfessor' Bill Edwards

Bill Krenz/Burt Bales
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Two lesser-known but truly gifted ragtime artists, Bill Krenz - "Tallest pianist in captivity" - and Burt Bales, "play that thing" on mostly very rare cuts that have not been available for many decades, and never on CD.

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• Oh Willie, Play That Thing!
• Whispering Rain
• Poodle Rag
• Estelle
• Coaxing the Piano
• Greenwich Witch
• Kitten on the Keys
• Dill Pickles
• This Old Piano †
• Goofus †
• Ripples †
• Marita †

• How Come You Do Me
    Like You Do? †
• Rambling Rag †

• • • • • •

• Down Among the Sheltering
    Palms †
• Cakewalkin' Babies From
    Home †
• 12th Street Rag
• Dill Pickles
• Oh You Beautiful Doll
• Canadian Capers

† Bonus tracks from singles.

Frankie Carle Plays Honky-Tonk Piano
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Famous band leader and composer Frankie Carle displays his unique interpretive skills on this album culled from his first two 10" Honky-Tonk LPs, and assorted ragtime-themed singles with small ensembles or his band from the 1940s and 1950s, all together for the first time.

• In a Little Spanish Town
• Crazy Bone Rag
• Frankie Carle Rag
    (Swanee River)
• Frankie and Johnny
• The Prisoner's Song
• The Old Piano Roll Blues

• • • • • •

• Memories
• Nobody's Sweetheart
• I Can't Give You Anything
    But Love
• Someday Sweetheart
• I Wonder Who's Kissing
    Her Now

• Just A Girl That Men Forget
• Alexander's Ragtime Band
• Who's Sorry Now

• • • • • •

• 12th Street Rag †
• Nola †
• Hindustan †
• Stumbling †
• Kitten on the Keys †
• Flapperette †
• Doll Dance †
• Wedding of the Painted Doll †
• Humoresque †
• Dardanella †
• American Patrol †
• The Carle Boogie †

† Bonus tracks from singles.

Knuckles O'Toole Goes To Paris
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Pianist Billy Rowland performs for two of the early "Knuckles" O'Toole albums mixing honky-tonk with music from Mexico, South America and France. A nice mix of tunes that works well in this unusual context.

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• Under Paris Skies
• La Seine
• Left Bank
• Comme Ηi, Comme Ηa
• Paris
• C'est Si Bon
• Midnight in Paris
• Darling Je Vous Aime
    Beaucoup
• My Man
• Mademoiselle from Armentier
• Why Do You Pass Me By?
• Paris in the Spring

• • • • • •

• Cumana
• Mambo Jambo
• Sweet and Gentle
• Tropical Merengue
• South of the Border
• Mambo Number 8
• The Mexican Hat Dance
• Mambo Number 5
• Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps
• El Rancho Grande
• Eso es Cha Cha
• La Cumparsita
• Say "Si Si"

Knuckles O'Toole: Honky Tonk Piano Vols. 1 and 2
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Jazz pianist Billy Rowland wends his way through a hefty number of honky tonk hits familiar to old-time fans. As with all Grand Award CDs, includes the original liner notes and reproduced artwork by Tracy Sugarman.

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• Crazy Otto Rag/There'll Be
   SomeChanges Made/Ida
• Paper Doll
• If You Knew Susie
• Sorrento/Santa Lucia/
   O Sole Mio
• Maple Leaf Rag
• Bicycle Built for Two/
   The Bowery/
   Sidewalks of New York
• Glad Rag Doll
• I Wonder Who's Kissing Her
   Now/I Love You Truly/
   The Band Played On
• Peg O' My Heart/
   Shine On Harvest Moon
• Boogie Woogie Rag
• Yes, We Have No Bananas
• Harrigan/You're A Grand
   Old Flag/The Yankee
   Doodle Boy

• • • • • •

• Chinatown, My Chinatown/
   I've Got Rings On
   My Fingers

• St. Louis Blues
• Down Home Rag
• After You've Gone
• Strolling Through the Park
   One Day/Wait 'Till the Sun
   Shines Nellie/Pony Boy/
   In My Merry Oldsmobile
• Ciribiribin
• The Glory of Love
• Take Me Out to the Ball
   Game/In the Good Old
   Summertime
• My Wild Irish Rose/When
   Irish Eyes Are Smiling
• Oh Marie
• Ta Ra Ra Boom De Ay/
   A Hot Time in the Old
   Town Tonight
• Down By the Old
   Mill Stream
• My Gal Sal
• Last Night on the
   Back Porch

Knuckles O'Toole: Honky Tonk Piano Vols. 3 and 4
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Dick Hyman takes his turn as Mister O'Toole, performing a variety of well-known old-time tunes, and many splendid honky-tonk versions of popular songs. Volume 4 is in Stereo for the first time.

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• Smile, Darn Ya, Smile
• Walkin' My Baby Back
   Home
• Sweet Rosie O'Grady/After
   the Ball
• Among My Souvenirs
• Gee, But It's Great to Meet
   a Friend From Your Home
   Town/I Want a Girl/Give
   My Regards to Broadway
• It All Depends On You
• Nelly Was a Lady/There Is
   A Tavern in the Town
• Singin' In the Rain
• Somebody Stole My Gal
• Let a Smile Be Your
   Umbrella
• When You're Smiling/
   Where Did You Get That
   Hat/Strike Up The Band
• I'll Get By
• Hearts and Flowers/Mary
• Oh Johnny! Oh Johnny!

• Sunbonnet Sue/She May
   Have Seen Better Days
• April Showers

• • • • • •

• Ain't She Sweet
• I'm Forever Blowing
   Bubbles
• Silver Threads Among the
   Gold/When You and I
   Were Young, Maggie
• Dat Lovin' Rag
• Honky-Tonk Man
• In the Shade of the Old
   Apple Tree
• Alexander's Ragtime Band
• Let Me Call You Sweet-
   heart/I Love YouTruly
• San
• Mississippi Mud
• Man On the Flying Trapeze
• Kerry Dance/Minstrel Boy/
   Killarney/The Wearing
   of the Green
• Oh! You Beautiful Doll

Knuckles O'Toole Plays the Greatest Ragtime Hits
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Knuckles O'Toole via Dick Hyman takes in his greatest ragtime piano album of all, followed by Ms. Bridey O'Toole and her renditions of mildly bawdy old standards as only a true bird in a gilded cage could sing them.

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• The Old Piano Roll Blues
• Candian Capers
• Ragtime Cowboy Joe
• Ragtime Razzmatazz
• Nola
• The Cannonball
• Stumbling
• Black and White Rag
• Kitten on the Keys
• Wild Cherries
• Ragging the Scale
• Stars and Stripes Forever
• Ragtime Revelation
• Dill Pickles
• Mississippi Rag
• Alexander's Ragtime Band†
• Dat Lovin' Rag †

• • • • • •

• Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-Ay
• Put Your Arms Around
   Me Honey
• A Bird in a Gilded Cage
• A Hot Time In the Old
   Town Tonight
• Waltz Me Around Again,
   Willie
• Do It Again!
• Cuddle Up a Little Closer
• Tell Me, Pretty Maiden
• The Band Played On
• Waiting at the Church
• I Love My Wife, But
   Oh You Kid
• You've Got To See Mama
    Ev'ry Night

† Bonus Tracks from Same Sessions

Sing A Song With Knuckles O'Toole Vols. 1 and 2
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Knuckles O'Toole and his Singing Gang do a marvelous job of capturing old-time and ragtime era songs in a style that is inviting, rivaling similar efforts by Mitch Miller on these songs. In the original Stereo.

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listenI'm Looking Over a
    Four Leaf Clover

listenThat Old Gang of Mine
• There Is a Tavern in
    the Town
• It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
• Don't Fence Me In
listenCasey Jones
• Beer Barrel Polka
    (Roll Out the Barrel)
listenFor Me and My Gal
• Bye Bye Blackbird
• Wait For Me Mary
• There's A Long, Long
    Trail A-Winding
• Goodnight Sweetheart

• • • • • •

listenAlexander's Ragtime Band
listenIf You Were the Only Girl
    in the World

• The Band Played On/In the
    Good Old Summertime
• You Made Me Love You
• If I Knew You Were Comin'
    I'd've Baked a Cake
• Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
listenPut On Your Old Grey Bonnet
• Let the Rest of the World
    Go By
• My Wild Irish Rose
• Wait 'Till the Sun Shines
    Nellie
• What'll I Do
• Auld Lang Syne

Willie The Rock Knox/Slugger Ryan
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The intrepid and versatile Dick Hyman performs as two of his ragtime personalities from the 1950s. Some very fine arrangements and good drive, both strong signatures of Hyman's evolving style and expertise.

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• Some of These Days
• Nobody's Sweetheart
• Sweet Sue
• Margie
• The Darktown Strutter's Ball
• Honeysuckle Rose
• Maple Leaf Rag
• New Orleans Rag
• Glow Worm

• • • • • •

• 12th Street Rag
• Yellow Rose of Texas Rag
• My Gal Sal
• By the Beautiful Sea
• School Days
• I Want a Girl
• Row, Row, Row

• Shine On, Harvest Moon
• Tiger Rag

• • • • • •

• The Slugger Speaks
• My Melancholy Baby
• Honky Tonk Music
• The Naked Dance
• 12th Street Rag
• Slugger's Maple Leaf Rag
• Ja-Da
• Tiger Rag
• St. Louis Blues
• Slugger's Blues
• Hot-Rock Rock
• The Darktown Strutter's Ball
• Slugger Swings Out

Wally Rose: The Columbia Sessions Volume 1
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Known for his legendary Good Time Jazz tracks, Wally Rose also recorded for Columbia in the mid 1950s. Volume I covers his solo ragtime recording plus an interesting dance music history album with banjoist Clancy Hayes.

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• Hot House Rag
• Scott Joplin's New Rag
• Rooster Rag
• Silent Movie Rag
    (Trilby Rag)
• Triangle Jazz Blues
• Nonsense Rag
• Hot Chocolate Rag
• Castle House Rag
• Maple Leaf Rag

• • • • • •

• At a Georgia Campmeeting
• Grizzly Bear Rag

• Ballin' the Jack
• Do the Funny Fox Trot
• I Wish I Could Shimmy
    Like My Sister Kate
• Charleston
• Black Bottom
• The Varsity Drag
• Doin' the Raccoon
• Doin' the New Low Down
• Truckin'
• That Lindy Hop

Wally Rose: The Columbia Sessions II
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Another set of Rose tracks from 1953 for Columbia with Turk Murphy's traditional jazz band, covering some of the best of Jelly Roll Morton in a style he would approve of, collectively together for the first time on CD.

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• Kansas City Stomps
• Sweet Substitute
• Frog-I-More Rag
• Tom Cat Blues
• London Blues
• Sidewalk Blues
• Mr. Jelly Lord
• Big Fat Ham

• Jelly Roll Blues
• Stratford Hunch
• Wild Man Blues
• Shreveport Stomp
• Milenberg Joys
• 35th Street Blues
• New Orleans Blues/Joys
• The Pearls

Gentlemen, Be Seated 1/2
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Two full minstrel shows in the style of those of the late 19th century, although featuring mostly early 20th century tunes. Includes solos, medleys, and comic patter, for an engaging study of an historical entertainment format.

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• Hot Time in The Old Town
    Tonight/Robert E. Lee
• Old Dan Tucker/Mandy Lee/
    Old Folks at Home/The
    Camptown Races/In the
    Evening By the Moonlight
• Can't You Hear Me
    Callin' Caroline
• Shine On, Harvest Moon
• I Wish't I Was In Peoria
• Oh By Jingo
• I Wonder What's Become
    Of Sally
• Lassus' Trombone
• When the Bell in the Light
    House Rings (Ding Dong)
• Joe Howard Medley

• • • • • •

• Down South/Bring Back
    Those Minstrel Days
• What You Doing To Do
    When the Rent Comes
    Round/Uncle Ned/Little
    Annie Rooney/Hot Time
    In the Old Town Tonight
• Danny Boy
• Blue Eyed Sally
• When You Wore a Tulip/
    Bye Bye Blues/Goofus
• Come After Breakfast
• Beets and Turnips
• She Was Bred in Old
    Kentucky
• The Big Bass Viol
• George M. Cohan Medley

Benny Fields and His Minstrel Men/George Jessel
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Two minstrel albums of performers who were actually around during the heyday of Lew Dockstader: Benny Fields, George Burns, Milton Berle, Jack Benny and Phil Silvers, plus an album by George Jessel. Great fun.

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• Parade: Dixie/ Hot Time in
   the Old Town Tonight/At
   A Georgia Campmeeting/
   Waiting For the
   Robert E. Lee
• Opening: Hello Ma Baby/
   Ring Ring the Banjo/
   Aura Lee
• Fields: By the Light of the
   SilveryMoon
• Berle: Way Down Yonder in
   New Orleans/ Yes Sir,
   That's My Baby/The
   Darktown Strutter's Ball
• Banjo: Little Brown Jug/
   Turkey in the Straw/
   Golden Slippers
• Fields: When You Were
   Sweet Sixteen/ Under the
   Bamboo Tree
• Benny: My Honey's Lovin'
   Arms/Sweet Georgia Brown
• Burns: Lily of the Valley/
   I'll Buy the Ring
• Chorus: In the Good Old
   Summertime/My Old
   Kentucky Home/That's
   Where My Money Goes

• Silvers: Love's Old Sweet
   Song
• Fields: Ma Blushin' Rosie
• Closing: Oh! Susanna/
   Silver Threads Among the
   Gold/Old Dan Tucker/
   Goodbye My Lady Love

• • • • • •

George Jessel

• Dixie
• Oh! Susanna
• In the Good Old
   Summertime
• In the Evening By
   the Moonlight
• Golden Slippers
• My Mammy
• Roll Them Roly Boly Eyes
• Nobody
• My Mother's Eyes
• Makin' Whoopee
• Spring is the Season for
    Rememberin'
• There'll Be a Hot Time
   in the Old Town Tonight

Ragtime Piano Roll
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Originally recorded in the early 1950s, there are a number of rolls rarely heard today, and some that were never included on Biograph discs of the 1970s. They were recorded from a different perspective of ragtime piano performance than we now know.

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• Grace and Beauty
• St. Louis Rag
• American Beauty Rag
• Scott Joplin's New Rag
• Original Rags
• Fig Leaf Rag
• The Entertainer

• • • • • •

• Maple Leaf Rag
• Evergreen Rag
• Grizzly Bear Rag
• The Cascades
• States Rag Medley
• St. Louis Tickle
• Jungle Time
• Possum and Taters

• • • • • •

• Frog Legs Rag
• The Entertainer's Rag
• Cannon Ball
• Glad Rag
• Chinatown Rag
• The Smiler
• Weeping Willow Rag

• • • • • •

• Zig Zag Rag
• Prosperity Rag
• Alabama Tickle
• At A Georgia Campmeeting
• Dill Pickles
• Junk Man Rag
• Pianophiends/
    Black Beauty Rag
• Polar Bear Rag/
    Louisiana Rag

Del Wood - The Tennessee Records Sessions
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From a bevy of requests comes this first in the series of Del Wood reissues, covering her initial recording of Down Yonder and other honky-tonk classics for Tennessee Records. Most cuts have never been on an album, much less a CD. Biographical information as well, plus an essay on the unlikely hit, Down Yonder. A ragtime treat.

• Dreamy Eyes
• Nagasaki Boogie
• What Am I Doing Down Here?
listenWabash Blues
• Please Don't Talk About
    Me When I'm Gone
• Mine, All Mine
listenDown Yonder
• Rainbow
listenRagtime Melody
• Jingle Bells
• Here Comes Santa Claus
listenGive My Regards To
    Broadway

• Beer Barrel Polka
• Peter Cottontail
• Easter Parade
listenIn A Shanty in Old
    Shanty Town

listenNobody's Sweetheart
• Waiting For The Robert
    E. Lee
• Listen to That Band
• Runaround
• Alexander's Ragtime Band
• When I Lost You
• You're A Grand Old Flag

Del Wood - The Republic/Decca Records Sessions
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The second in the series of Del Wood reissues covers her frequent recordings for Republic Records and some Decca sides up through late 1953. There are a few rarities here, many of which were not on LP, and none on CD until now.

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• Sweethearts or Strangers
listenOver There
• Marie (From Sunny Italy)
• The Yankee Doodle Boy
listenRed Wing
• 12th Street Rag
• Pickin' and Grinnin'
• Elmer's Tune
listenJersey Bounce
• Ricky-Tic Piano
• Moonlight Cocktail
listenRagtime Annie

• Back Room Polka
• Columbus Stockade Blues
• Bye Bye Blackbird
listenI Like Mountain Music
• It's a Sin
listenThere Is A Tavern in the Town
• Are You From Dixie
• The Eyes of Texas
listenWashington and Lee Swing
• Margie
• Listen to the Mocking Bird

Del Wood - Down Yonder/Hot, Happy and Honky
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The third in the series of Del Wood reissues covers her first two RCA Victor LPs and some assorted singles from 1955 to 1957. A few rarities here, some of which were not on LP, and none on CD until now.

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• Down Yonder
• Ida! Sweet as Apple Cider
• Just Because
• Aloha Oe
• Smoky Mountain Polka
• Ivory Corn
• Twelfth Street Rag
• Down South
• Darktown Strutter's Ball
• Tie Me To Your Apron
    Strings Again
• That Naughty Waltz
• Home Sweet Home

• • • • • •

• Rocky Mountain Express †
• Dream Train †
• Ain't She Sweet †

• Josephine †
• Are You From Dixie? †
• Intermission at the Opry †

• • • • • •

• Pony Boy Medley
• Remember Me
• Runaround
• Tennessee Waltz
• Chinese Breakdown
• Little Green Valley
• Beer Barrel Polka
• Sentimental Journey
• Black and White Rag
• Cuckoo Waltz
• Red Rose
• Somebody Else is Taking
    My Place

† Bonus tracks from singles.

Del Wood - Rags to Riches/Mississippi Showboat
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The fourth in the series of Del Wood reissues covers her first stereo releases in 1958 and 1959, the beginning of her more thematic albums. Includes bonus tracks which were not on LP or CD until now.

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• Hello Ma Baby
• The New Red Wing
• Jealous Heart
• Del's Ace in the Hole
• You Can't Be True Dear
• Alabama Jubilee
• Whirl-A-Way
• Side by Side
• Charmaine
• The Bells of St. Mary's
• My Gal Sal
• Queenie of the Town

• • • • • •

• Crazy †
• On the Sunny Side of
    the Street †
• After Five †
• Rockin' 88 †

• Piano Roll Waltz †
• Chica Boo †
• When You And I Were Young,
    Maggie, Blues †
• Gismo Rag †

• • • • • •

• Waltzing Over the Waves
• Camp Meetin' Time
• Memphis Blues
• Casey Was Dancing
• River Boat Ride (Green River)
• South
• Waiting for the Robert E. Lee
• Shine On, Harvest Moon
• Come Home, Bill Bailey
• Dixie Look Away
• Swanee River Soft Shoe
• Swinging by the Riverside

† Bonus tracks from singles.

Del Wood - Flivvers Flappers and Fox Trots/Buggies, Bustles and Barrelhouse
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The fifth in the series of Del Wood reissues continues in 1960 with a couple more of her interesting thematic albums. Some extras are included here, most of which were not on LP, much less CD until now.

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• Speakeasy
• Some of These Days
• Bye Bye Blackbird
• Me and My Shadow
• Varsity Trot (Snow Deer)
• The Flivver Song
• Yes Sir, That's My Baby
• (The Gang That Sang)
    Heart of My Heart
• Tiger Rag
• What's the Password
• When My Baby Smiles
    At Me
• Ridin' High (Crazy Bone)

• • • • • •

• Raggin' the Keys †
• Echo Waltz †
• Sunday Down South †

• Shortcake (Truly Truly) †

• • • • • •

• The World is Waiting for
    The Sunrise
• Ballin' the Jack
• Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland
• In the Shade of the Old
    Apple Tree
• It's a Long Way to Tipperary
• When I Lost You
• Peg o' My Heart
• Put On Your New
    Grey Bonnet
• Roses of Picardy
• New Maple Leaf Rag
• Row, Row, Row
• Nola

† Bonus tracks from singles.

Marvin Ash Volume 1 - Solo Piano Recordings
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This first volume of Marvin Ash highlights one of the more under-recorded ragtime, stride and jazz pianists of the 1940s to the 1960s. It includes most of his known recorded piano solo output plus a couple of extraordinary piano roll transcriptions, with different versions of some pieces showing just how versatile this artist was.

• Cannon Ball
• Sugar
• Lonesome, Lovesick For My
    Daddy Blues #1
• Peg O' My Heart
• Tin Roof Blues
• These Foolish Things
• Maple Leaf Rag
• Squeeze Me
• You Took Advantage of Me
• Smokey Mokes
• Take Me to the Midnight
    Cakewalk Ball
• Pearl House Rag #1

• • • • • •

• (What Can I Say) After I
    Say I'm Sorry
• Sweet Lorraine

• Nightcap
• The Little New Yorker
• Tishimingo Blues
• Ain't Misbehavin'
• T-5 Blues
• Temptation Rag
• Sensation Rag
• Lonesome, Lovesick For My
    Daddy Blues #2
• Sweet Lorraine (Alternate)
• I Wish I Could Shimmy Like
    My Sister Kate
• Pearl House Rag #2
• Pearl House Rag #3

• • • • • •

• If I Had You
• St. Louis Blues

Marvin Ash Volume 2 - Ensembles
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This second volume represents much of the recorded ensemble work that Marvin Ash either fronted or worked as a sideman. Even his shorter solos bear significance on the overall attitude of the pieces, as does his tasty backing work. Includes work with Rosy McHargue (cl), Nappy Lamare (gt) and Wingy Manone (tp), plus copious liner notes on sessions.

listenBig Leg Mama ††
• Last Call for Alcohol ††
• Hobson Street Blues #1
listenHobson Street Blues #2

• • • • • •

• They Called It Dixie Land *

listenOriginal Dixieland One Step

    (2 Takes) *

listenI Wonder Whats Become Of

    Joe (2 Takes) *
• Ja Da (2 Takes) *
listenSweet Woman (2 Takes) *

listenI Wish I Could Shimmy Like
    My Sister Kate *

• Oh Baby! (2 Takes) *

• • • • • •

listenSouth Rampart St. Parade †
• Mama Inez †
• Come Back Sweet Papa †
• Here Comes Your Pappy †
listenPearl House Rag
• Sweethearts on Parade
listenHow Come You Do Me Like

    You Do †

• Washington and Lee Swing †
• The Darktown Strutter's Ball

† w/Nappy Lamare   †† w/Wingy Manone    * w/Rosy McHargue

Marvin Ash Volume 3 - Later Recordings
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This final volume of Marvin Ash includes his small ensemble Capitol ragtime cuts, his only full ragtime album on Jazz Man, and New Orleans at Midnight, one of his finest, along with some surprises, copious liner notes and a biography.

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listenMaple Leaf Rag
listenCannon Ball
• Fidgety Feet
listenA Bag of Rags

• • • • • •

listenShakespearean Rag
listenMusic Box Rag
• Ragtime Romeo
Old Folks Rag
Searchlight Rag
• Those Ragtime Melodies
• Old Man Jazz
A Ragtime Skedaddle

• • • • • •

• New Orleans
Blue Turning Grey Over You

• Black and Blue
• Basin Street Blues
Searchlight Rag
• Cajun Lament
• Way Down Yonder in
    New Orleans
Bayou Lullaby
• I Would Do Anything
    For You
• Tishomingo Blues
• Du a Ferdinand
• Do You Know What It Means
    to Miss New Orleans

• • • • • •

• Keepin' Out of Mischief Now
• Tishomingo Blues #2

VINTAGE RAGTIME RELEASES IN THE WORKS
  • CD-527 Del Wood • Honky-Tonk Piano/Roll Out the Piano
  • CD-528 Del Wood • Ragtime Goes South of the Border/Ragtime Goes International
  • CD-536 American Ragfitti • Greatest ragtime cuts from the 1950s by a variety of artists
  • CD-537 Popular Ragtime Era Music • Recordings from the 1910s to 1940s

 

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