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Mickey · May 7th, 2008, 05:13 PM

I have a lot of albums that are collections of a songwriter or team. Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart, stuff like that. The period is usually kind of broad (from the 20s thru the 60s) cause usually the label just opens up the vault and finds every act that ever recorded. For instance

Fascinatin' Rhythm - Capitol Sings George Gershwin

Harold Arlen Centennial Celebration

Irving Berlin: A Hundred years.

Night And Day: The Cole Porter Songbook

Smithsonian Songbook Series: Hoagy Carmichael

The Song Is ... Cole Porter

We'll Have Manhattan: The Rogers & Hart Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald did a ton of these kinds of "tribute" songbook records, they're a good way to get into the old stuff. Just my preference, but I like Ella Fitzgerald, The Jerome Kern Songbook the most.

This is an unusual one, Gershwin Plays Gershwin: The Piano Rolls, they're old piano rolls that Gershwin himself cut, so you're really hearing Gershwin play himself, crazy when you hear him do Rhapsody in Blue, I actually had the chance to hear one of these rolls on a Steinway player piano, it was eerie, you could see the keys go down as if Gershwin's ghost were in the room playing.

"The Living Era" I think is a label that takes stuff that's in the public domain and polishes it off for publication, I have a bunch of their cds, always gems on each. The Roaring Twenties is a really good one. Also Shake That Thing is a twenties compilation from that label that I like. Also 20 #1 Hits Of The `20's.

Those are all "pop" music recs.

May 7th, 2008, 05:13 PM	#8 (permalink)
Mickey Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: L.A., CA Posts: 915	I have a lot of albums that are collections of a songwriter or team. Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart, stuff like that. The period is usually kind of broad (from the 20s thru the 60s) cause usually the label just opens up the vault and finds every act that ever recorded. For instance Fascinatin' Rhythm - Capitol Sings George Gershwin Harold Arlen Centennial Celebration Irving Berlin: A Hundred years. Night And Day: The Cole Porter Songbook Smithsonian Songbook Series: Hoagy Carmichael The Song Is ... Cole Porter We'll Have Manhattan: The Rogers & Hart Songbook Ella Fitzgerald did a ton of these kinds of "tribute" songbook records, they're a good way to get into the old stuff. Just my preference, but I like Ella Fitzgerald, The Jerome Kern Songbook the most. This is an unusual one, Gershwin Plays Gershwin: The Piano Rolls, they're old piano rolls that Gershwin himself cut, so you're really hearing Gershwin play himself, crazy when you hear him do Rhapsody in Blue, I actually had the chance to hear one of these rolls on a Steinway player piano, it was eerie, you could see the keys go down as if Gershwin's ghost were in the room playing. "The Living Era" I think is a label that takes stuff that's in the public domain and polishes it off for publication, I have a bunch of their cds, always gems on each. The Roaring Twenties is a really good one. Also Shake That Thing is a twenties compilation from that label that I like. Also 20 #1 Hits Of The `20's. Those are all "pop" music recs.