From the Record Shelves #221 - I Want to be BadFrom the Record Shelves #221 – I Want to be Bad – One advantage of the CD format is that it contains more. In the case of hot dance music it means that you get more than a glimpse of the vast output of some orchestras. Even if it still has to be a compilation there is a difference (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #129 - Up and At ’EmFrom the Record Shelves #129 – Up and At ’Em. Today I listen to another LP with California Ramblers. Their output on records is enormous until 1930 when they dropped the name and became Ted Wallace and his Orchestra on records (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #1 - Freshman’s HopFrom the Record Shelves #1 – Freshman’s Hop. Jack Pettis, what a band he had in the studio! He played alto and C-melody sax himself with a nice mellow sound and he was an important pioneer on the sax (…) read more and listenread more and listen