Fountaindale Public Library

Santa swings ... the windup, 27 Christmas stockings full of shellac dust, various artists

eng

technical information on musicbiography of performer or history of ensemble

multiple forms

not applicable

Santa swings ... the windup

not applicable

1402230745

various artists

Bear Family seasons series

27 Christmas stockings full of shellac dust

"Shellac instead of stardust: when Santa Claus takes off his boots and unpacks the gramophone after his work is done: Bear Family Records® delves deep into the shellac box! No intrusive bells, chumming ho-ho's or strangely distorted reindeer voices: Every year around the same time the displays of the department stores are bending with hastily and often suspiciously similar compiled 'swing' samplers, since 'swing is coming back'. Our journey through the depths of various shellac racks, however, brought to light quite a number of undiscovered treasures. Thus, we could stand up for the true 'Spirit of Swing'. Thrilling music of the '30s and '40s, highly danceable, elegant but cool, performed by expert jazz musicians, at the time pressed onto a mélange of shellac, slate flour, soot and cotton flakes, to be played with a steel needle (or optionally cactus spikes for lower volume) at an unbelievable 78 RPM and .... extremely fragile"--, Publisher's website

adult

not applicable