Various Victrola Favorites 2cd

2cd + book
2008/192x-195x
new
Robert Millis and Jeffrey Taylor from the Climax Golden Twins bring their audio archeology series of 78s (issued here & there during the 90s as Fire Breathing Turtle cassettes) to a deadly luscious cd package. 144 color pages of really swank sleeves, ancient needle tins, forerunners of the 8x10 glossy head shot, obsequious marketing pamphlets, etc. Tracks are culled with a deft touch from the sublime & the silly, around the world & across the years to dizzying effect. Far East opera clowning, Western Swing dirty jokes, exotic wailing from faraway hills in the old country, Hawaiian virtuosos, sound effects, Burmese popular ditties, more. Tracklisting: Groupo De Totoko Francois-Bololo O Kolilo (Republic Of Congo), Guangzhou Cantonese Opera Troupe-The Crow Flies Back To The Forest (China), Stella Haskil-Mes Tis Polis Ta Stena (Greece), Dr. Edmundo Bettencourt-Balada Do Encantamento (Ballad Of Enchantment) (Portugal), Bismillah Khan And Party-Shenai (India), Noble Sissle And His Orchestra-The Basement Blues (USA), Blind Boy Fuller-Step It Up And Go (USA), Yukie Kubo-Shin Shin Tankoubushi (Japan), Kelly Harrell-O! Molly Dear Go Ask Your Mother (USA), He Zemin/Huang Peiying-Big Idiot Buys A Pig (Hong Kong), Roy Smeck-Laughing Rag (USA), Seven Gallon Jug Band-Wipe Em Off (USA), Mozmar Caire Orchestra-Raks Baladi Hag Ibrahim (Egypt), Yiorgos Papasideris/Yiorgos Anestopoulos-Tora To Vrady Vrady (Greece), Zapotec Teotitlan Indians-Fireworks Music (Mexico), Goebel Reeves-The Cowboy's Dizzy Sweetheart (USA), Don Redman And His Orchestra-Watching The Knife And Fork Spoon (USA), Sri Ma Keow/Chai Wat-Courting The Woman From Chiang Mai (Thailand), Badia Massabni And Her Orchestra-Badia's Dance (Egypt), The Tennessee Ramblers-The Preacher Got Drunk And Laid Down His Bible (USA), Zeki Duygulu-Karciar Taksim (Turkey), Kim Seong-jin-Daegeum Solo (Korea), Stanley Roper-Impressions Of London (England), Jessie May Hill-The Crucifixion Of Christ (USA), Carlos Ramos-Torre de Belem (Portugal), Frank Ferera-The Farmer's Dream (USA), Kachikuri Mimasuya-Shiokumi Kasatsukashi (Japan), Po Sein/Maung Sein Maita-Mahawin Maita Zad (Royal Love) (Burma), St. Gun Khin May-Shan Village(Burma), Haffouz Jachar Bey-Mahour Gazel Adjir Idin Beni(Persia), The Hall Brothers-Little Mo-Hee (USA), Cook and Flemming-Two Liquorice Drops In Jail (USA), Barton Brothers-Cockeyed Jenny (USA), Shelton Brooks and Co.-Darktown Court Room (USA), Sa Ma Nang Noi/Ut Sa Win-Story of Tang On(Thailand), Slim Lamar's Orchestra-Memphis Kick Up (USA), John Henry and Blossom-My Wireless Set (England), Jed Tompkins-Yield Not To Temptation (USA), Chinese Buddhist Nuns-Chanting The Ten Vows (Hong Kong), Kane's Hawaiians-Mokihana (USA), Maria Smyrnea-The Grass Widow (Greece), Unknown Artist-Persian Popular Song (Germany), Harold Boyce And The Harlem Indians-Willie Willie Don't Go From Me (USA), Golden And Marlowe-The Insect Powder Agent (USA), Johnnie Lee Wills And His Boys-The Thingamajig (USA), Komachiyo Okada-Yasukibushi (Japan), Mameyigudi And His Dancers-Hamba Na Lo Isoko La Yo (Zulu), Vishnudass Shirali-Tabla-Taranga (India).