Theme Time Radio Hour: With Your Host Bob Dylan
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Performer: Various ArtistsEdition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2008-02-26
Music Label: Ace Records UK
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Turn Your Radio On - GRANDPA JONES
- Papa's On The Housetop - LEROY CARR and SCRAPPER BLACKWELL
- Shortnin' Bread - PAUL CHAPLAIN & HIS EMERALDS
- Seven Nation Army - THE WHITE STRIPES
- Gun Fever (Blam Blam Fever) - THE VALENTINES
- Pistol Packin' Mama - AL DEXTER & HIS TROOPERS
- Pistol Packin' Mama - THE HURRICANES
- Homework - OTIS RUSH
- He Will Break Your Heart - JERRY BUTLER
- Take It Away Lucky - EDDIE NOACK
- Buddy, Stay Off The Wine - BETTY HALL JONES
- Tears A Go-Go - CHARLIE RICH
- Rich Woman - LI'L MILLET & HIS CREOLES
- Laughin' & Jokin' - ERNIE CHAFFIN
- Me And My Chauffeur Blues - MEMPHIS MINNIE accompanied by LITTLE SON JOE
- If I Lose - THE STANLEY BROTHERS
- I Sat And Cried - JIMMY NELSON
- Beatnik's Wish - PATSY RAYE & THE BEATNIKS
- Devil In His Heart - THE DONAYS
- Let's Invite Them Over - GEORGE JONES & MELBA MONTGOMERY
- Don't Take Ev'rybody To Be Your Friend - SISTER ROSETTA THARPE with the Sam Price Trio
- Good Morning Heartache - BILLIE HOLIDAY
- Pouring Water On A Drowning Man - JAMES CARR
- I Drink - MARY GAUTHIER
- Mother Earth - MEMPHIS SLIM
- Chain Of Fools - ARETHA FRANKLIN
- Walk A Mile In My Shoes - JOE SOUTH & THE BELIEVERS
- Cry Tough - ALTON ELLIS & THE FLAMES
- Tommy Gun - THE CLASH
- (Everytime I Hear) That Mellow Saxophone - ROY MONTRELL
- Those DJ Shows - PATRICE HOLLOWAY
- I Ain't Drunk - LONNIE 'THE CAT'
- Eat That Chicken - CHARLES MINGUS
- Mama, Get Your Hammer - BOBBY PETERSON QUINTET
- How High The Moon - SLIM GAILLARD
- Cool Water - THE SONS OF THE PIONEERS
- Only A Rose - GERAINT WATKINS
- I Walk In My Sleep - BERNA-DEAN
- Stars Fell On Alabama - JACK TEAGARDEN'S CHICAGOANS
- Mama Tried (The Ballad From Killers Three) - MERLE HAGGARD & THE STRANGERS
- Big Long Slidin' Thing - DINAH WASHINGTON
- Black Coffee - BOBBY DARIN
- I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water - THE CATS AND THE FIDDLE
- Ain't Got The Money To Pay For This Drink - GEORGE ZIMMERMAN & THE THRILLS with the Bubber Cyphers
- Bottle And A Bible - THE YAYHOOS
- Okie's In The Pokie - JIMMY PATTON
- If You're So Smart, How Come You Ain't Rich? - LOUIS JORDAN
- Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio - SANTIAGO JIMENEZ
- Mona - BO DIDDLEY
- Roadrunner (Twice) - THE MODERN LOVERS
Free Music Notes for Theme Time Radio Hour: With Your Host Bob Dylan
Free Music Review: Not Theme Time...but the next best thing
Hit: 5 Stars
So much about what I have come to love about music is falling away - "albums" are being replaced by singles downloaded from cyberspace, music magazines (so long No Depression) are shuttering their doors due to lack of ad revenue, and great record stores are closing by the dozen. Into these dangerous straits waded XM Radio and Bob Dylan with the Theme Time Radio Hour - a throwback to simpler times wherein Bob Dylan selects an hour's worth of choice cuts loosely centered around a "theme" like flowers, or marriage or coffee. The show has been a breath of fresh air - it's success due in equal measure to Dylan's pithy narrative style and his impeccable taste in popular music.
What we have here is Ace Records' attempt to anthologize the radio show by choosing 50 cuts that have appeared on Theme Time. There is no "theme" and no Dylan. What we do get is 2 hours of music - most of it blues, R&B, and American roots music. Some of the choices are inspired, the Geraint Watkins cut, "Only a Rose" for example; others - two versions of "Pistol Packin Mama" - less so. The overall effect is akin to listening to a jukebox stocked by Dylan. One could do worse. The packaging is excellent, with track and artist information and a photograph to accompany every song. Sound is more than adequate as well.
If you have access to XM radio by all means listen to Theme Time Radio Hour. If not, this makes a more than acceptable substitute.
Theme Time Radio Hour: With Your Host Bob Dylan Poster
Ace is proud to present a 2008 double CD paying tribute to Theme Time Radio Hour hosted by Bob Dylan. For those that are new to the show, each radio program lasts an hour and has a different theme each week, often something simple like 'Drink', or 'Mother'. On the radio program each track is introduced by Dylan with his dry humor, eclectic interest and vast musical knowledge. On this CD set, though, Dylan himself does not appear; just selected tracks that he played on his shows. It can be regarded as the best introduction to music ever.This double set is the only officially-authorized release associated with the show. Its 50 tracks represent the 50 shows of the first series of radio shows. The track-listing reflects Dylan's wide taste and ranges from Billie Holiday and George Jones, through Aretha Franklin to the Clash and the White Stripes. Although each track was chosen by Dylan for the radio show, the CD itself was compiled by the show's producer Eddie Gorodetsky and Ace's own Roger Armstrong.
The luxury package contains a 2-CD jewel case, with an accompanying 48-page full color book, all in a cardboard slipcase. The sleeve notes include a track-by-track commentary by some of the world's great music writers including Barney Hoskyns, Colin Escott, Billy Vera and Fred Dellar. Each track, no matter how obscure, is illustrated with a sleeve, label shot or photo of the artist.
Other Theme Time Radio Hour compilations have concentrated on the very early material, essentially because that material was in the public domain and thus royalty payments could be avoided. As with all Ace releases, this is a fully legitimate production and royalties are paid on every track.
2008 double CD paying tribute to Theme Time Radio Hour hosted by Bob Dylan. For those that are new to the show, each program lasts an hour and has a different theme each week, for example Drink or Mother. Each track is introduced by Dylan with his dry humor, eclectic interest and vast musical knowledge. His voice does not appear on this CD, just tracks selected from the shows. It can be regarded as the best introduction to music ever. This is the only officially-authorized release - and is compiled by the show's producer Eddie Gorodetsky and Ace's own Roger Armstrong. Features 50 tracks, representing the 50 programs of the first series of radio shows. The tracklisting reflects Dylan's wide taste and ranges from Billie Holiday and George Jones, through Aretha Franklin to the Clash and the White Stripes. The sleeve notes include a track-by-track commentary by some of the world's great music writers including Barney Hoskyns, Colin Escott, Billy Vera and Fred Dellar. Each track, no matter how obscure, is illustrated with a sleeve, label shot or photo of the artist. Ace.
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