Theme Time Radio Hour: Season 2

Theme Time Radio Hour: Season 2

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Theme Time Radio Hour: Season 2

Theme Time Radio Hour: Season 2

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Overview

Ace's two-CD collection of records played on the second season of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour series has 50 tracks that -- like the series itself -- cover an astonishingly wide range of high-quality music. True, although the chronology spans 1927 to 2004, it's definitely dominated by pre-1970 releases. It's also true that though it touches upon a lot of styles, there's definitely a pronounced leaning toward the more down-to-earth and rootsy sectors of American 20th century popular music. But while this particular goulash might not be to every radio listener's taste (let alone every CD collector's), it does offer quite an eclectic assortment of high-quality and, for the most part, not very well-known cuts. Indeed, the expanse surveyed is so wide it kind of defies summarization in a mere one- or two-paragraph review. After all, how many other compilations out there include material by James Brown, Sun Ra, Captain Beefheart, Los Lobos, Nilsson, Loretta Lynn, Dionne Warwick, Porter Wagoner, Swamp Dogg, Lucinda Williams, Billie Holiday, Mose Allison, Miriam Makeba, Edith Piaf, and Desmond Dekker? Or genres encompassing mambo, free jazz, rockabilly, old-time folk, soul, Cajun, and numerous others? Although a few hits and classics sneak in (Warwick's "Do You Know the Way to San Jose," Wanda Jackson's rockabilly stormer "Let's Have a Party," Billie Holiday's "Gloomy Sunday," Mose Allison's "Young Man's Blues"), usually these cuts are items that even collectors with big libraries don't likely own yet. Picking out highlights is a bit hopelessly daunting with such a diverse set. But certainly the hot jazz of Baron Lee & the Mills Blue Rhythm Band's "Reefer Man," Miriam Makeba's buoyant pre-exile bopper "Make Us One," and Chris Powell & His Five Blue Flames' infectious calypso-jazz-R&B hybrid "I Come from Jamaica" (on which Clifford Brown made his recording debut) are, as just a few examples, top-rank items you're very unlikely to have heard unless you tuned in to one of Dylan's radio broadcasts during this series. They're also indicative of a tendency -- and hardly an objectionable one -- of Dylan to play pretty upbeat and witty stuff that is, on the whole, considerably more consistently effervescent than what he offers on his own recordings. You also have to wonder if he actually heard and/or selected all of the esoteric items here prior to the broadcasts -- had he ever, for instance, really listened to something like the moody mod of French singer Jacqueline Taieb's 1968 single "7 Heures du Matin" before it was part of his radio series? Serious Dylan fanatics might be disappointed that these discs don't include his often witty spoken introductions. And while this is as wide-ranging and excitingly unpredictable as radio should be (and rarely is), its range is so wide that even some listeners with extremely catholic tastes might not find it too conducive for repeated listening. Those qualifications aside, however, this collection does undoubtedly contain a wealth of fine music, albeit often of the sort you wouldn't suspect Dylan to have in his private collection. Ace's customarily fine liner notes also add to the anthology's excellent balance between highly entertaining music and highly educational introductions to records of which you most likely weren't previously aware. ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date: 09/22/2009
Label: Ace
UPC: 0029667036221
Rank: 83149

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. Hello
  2. Open the Door (Ouvre La Porte)
  3. Let's Have a Party
  4. Three Hearts in a Tangle
  5. Changed the Locks
  6. There's a Fire
  7. Walkin' with Frankie
  8. 7 Heures du Matin
  9. A Pretty Girl (A Cadillac and Some Money)
  10. Jake Walk Blues
  11. Aged and Mellow (Blues)
  12. Sam Stone
  13. Danger Zone aka Crepe on Your Door
  14. The Cold Hard Facts of Life
  15. The Chicken
  16. Goodbye California
  17. My Walking Stick
  18. Do You Know the Way to San Jose
  19. Hunting Tigers out in Indiah (Yah)
  20. Fist City
  21. Walkin' Dr Bill aka Gotta Find My Baby
  22. Jump into the Fire
  23. One Hand Loose
  24. I Want Two Wings
  25. One Time, One Night

Disc 2

  1. First I Look at the Purse
  2. Rhode Island Is Famous for You
  3. Reefer Man
  4. Diamond Joe
  5. Make Us One
  6. She's Scattered Everywhere
  7. Cigareets, Whuskey and Wild, Wild Women
  8. Tear-Stained Letter
  9. Sous le Ciel de Paris
  10. The Glory of Love
  11. Separation Line
  12. Gloomy Sunday
  13. Young Man's Blues
  14. Would You Believe It (I Have a Cold)
  15. I Come from Jamaica
  16. 007 (Shanty Town)
  17. Go Ahead and Burn
  18. Mambo del Pachuco
  19. Your Love Belongs Under a Rock
  20. One Bad Stud
  21. Rocket Nine Takes off for the Planet Venus
  22. Ice Cream for Crow
  23. Just One More Time
  24. Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud Loud Music)
  25. With Arms Outstretched

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Mills Blue Rhythm Band   Primary Artist
Allen Brothers   Primary Artist
B.B. King   Primary Artist
Bobby Moore & the Rhythm Aces   Primary Artist
The Gaylads   Primary Artist
Billie Holiday   Primary Artist
Jo-El Sonnier   Primary Artist
Laura Lee   Primary Artist
The Contours   Primary Artist
James Brown   Primary Artist
Joe Maphis   Primary Artist
Adam Hebert & The Country Playboys   Primary Artist
Frankie Lee Sims   Primary Artist
Edith Piaf   Primary Artist
Dionne Warwick   Primary Artist
Don Tosti   Primary Artist
Charlie Feathers   Primary Artist
Rilo Kiley   Primary Artist
Loretta Lynn   Primary Artist
Rose Lee   Primary Artist
Los Lobos   Primary Artist
Porter Wagoner   Primary Artist
Red Ingle & the Natural Seven   Primary Artist
The Mills Brothers   Primary Artist
Mercy Dee Walton   Primary Artist
Mississippi John Hurt   Primary Artist
The Skylarks   Primary Artist
Rev. Utah Smith   Primary Artist
Miriam Makeba   Primary Artist
Archibald   Primary Artist
Jacqueline Taieb   Primary Artist
Harry Nilsson   Primary Artist
Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band   Primary Artist
The Georgia Crackers   Primary Artist
Swamp Dogg   Primary Artist
Blossom Dearie   Primary Artist
Billy Gayles   Primary Artist
The Dirtbombs   Primary Artist
Wanda Jackson   Primary Artist
Desmond Dekker & the Aces   Primary Artist
Jolie Holland   Primary Artist
Huey "Piano" Smith   Primary Artist
Lucinda Williams   Primary Artist
Skylarks   Primary Artist
The Velvetones   Primary Artist
Sun Ra & His Solar Myth Arkestra   Primary Artist
Mose Allison   Primary Artist
Adam Hebert   Primary Artist
Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Baron Lee   Primary Artist
Little Esther   Primary Artist
Chris Powell and the Blue Flames   Primary Artist
Honey Bears   Primary Artist
Country Playboys   Primary Artist
Hal Swain & His Band   Primary Artist
The Sherman Williams Orchestra   Primary Artist
Raul Diaz   Vocals
Main Street Choral Society   Vocals
Teddy Wilson   Accordion
Chico   Featured Artist
Louis Armstrong   Featured Artist
Ricky Harper   Vocals
Red Ingle   Vocals

Technical Credits

John Carrico   Photography
Sherry Ryan Barnett   Photography
Fred Dellar   Liner Notes
Peter Silverton   Editing
Lenny Gonzalez   Photography,Photography
Jon Broven   Liner Notes,Photography,Label Design
Val Wilmer   Photography
Jerry Ray Williams   Photography
Shirley Richardson   Photography
Philippe Korpar Migrenne   Contribution
Steve Perrigo   Sheet Music
Coco Shinomiya   Logo Design
Malcolm Baumgart   Liner Notes
Galen Gart   Historical Research
Jody Chastain   Composer
Anthony St. James   Photography
Gray   Composer
Dave "Fat Man" Williams   Label Design
Jerry Huffman   Composer
Henry Tilsley   Composer
Leon Gross   Composer
Scott Irvine   Photography,Photography
Desmond Dacres   Composer
Martina Goggin   Liner Notes
Ralston Crawford   Photography
Michael Ochs   Photography
Al Kooper   Liner Notes
Tolchard Evans   Composer
Preston Love   Composer
Jacqueline Taieb   Composer
Buddy Johnson   Composer
Duncan Cowell   Mastering
Gilles Petard   Photography
Harry Nilsson   Composer
Arthur Schwartz   Composer
Alec Palao   Liner Notes,Contribution
Burt Bacharach   Composer
Rob Shread   Restoration
William Robinson   Composer
Stanley Damerell   Composer
Sonny Thompson   Composer
Hal David   Composer
Colin Escott   Liner Notes
Chris Powell   Composer
Laurence Cane-Honeysett   Label Design
Tony Russell   Liner Notes,Photography
Eddie Gorodetsky   Producer
David Hidalgo   Composer
Jenny Lewis   Composer
Wanda Jackson   Photography
John Prine   Composer
Johnny Otis   Composer,Photography
Leslie Kong   Composer
Jolie Holland   Composer
Huey "Piano" Smith   Composer
Huey "Piano" Smith & the Clowns   Composer
Robert Hargreaves   Composer
Samuel Lewis   Composer
Lucinda Williams   Composer
Martin Goggin   Liner Notes
Ralph Bass   Composer
Raymond Jackson   Composer
Chris Bentley   Label Design
Sun Ra   Composer
Mose Allison   Composer
Adam Hebert   Composer
Tim Spencer   Composer
Austin Allen   Composer,Composer
Harris Lloyd Seaton   Composer
Lynn Abbott   Liner Notes
Gibson Kente   Composer
Ray Starr   Composer
Ted Carroll   Liner Notes,Label Design
William Claxton   Photography
Patrick Humphries   Liner Notes
Carol Fawcett   Coordination
Susan Steward   Liner Notes
Jim Dawson   Liner Notes,Liner Notes
Philip Lloyd-Smee   Photography,Package Design
Vicki Fox   Label Design
Llynn Abbott   Liner Notes
Jean Drejac   Composer
Frankie Lee Sims   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Steve Barrow   Liner Notes
Sherman Williams   Composer
Andy Razaf   Composer
Bettye Crutcher   Composer
Bill Anderson   Composer
Billy Vera   Liner Notes
Ike Turner   Composer
Billy Bragg   Introduction
Irving Berlin   Composer
Kris Needs   Liner Notes
Max Decharne   Liner Notes
Joe Maphis   Composer
Lee Allen   Composer
Pat Terry   Photography
Tony Rounce   Liner Notes,Photography,Contribution
Ben Mandelson   Label Design
John Broven   Liner Notes,Photography
Don Tosti   Composer
Don Van Vliet   Composer
Charlie Feathers   Composer
Charlie Gillett   Liner Notes
Max Fidler   Composer
Homer Banks   Composer
Blake Sennett   Composer
Jeff Rosen   Producer
Rob Patterson   Liner Notes
Loretta Lynn   Composer
Howard Dietz   Composer
Jerry Dammers   Liner Notes
Louie Perez   Composer
Brian Nevill   Liner Notes,Label Design
Rob Finnis   Contribution
Robert Moore   Composer
Robert Rogers   Composer
Mark LaMarr   Liner Notes
Roger Armstrong   Producer,Liner Notes,Photography,Contribution,Label Design
Peter J. Clayton   Composer
Mick Collins   Composer
Peter Gibbon   Photography
Ralph Steadman   Design
Neil Innes   Liner Notes
Jerry Leiber   Composer
Rose Lee   Composer
Sue Steward   Liner Notes
Mercy Dee Walton   Composer
Mississippi John Hurt   Composer
Rev. Utah Smith   Arranger
Mike Stoller   Composer
Ady Croasdell   Liner Notes
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