RAYMOND SCOTT & SPIKE JONES 2 CD Lot ~ THE MUSIC OF RAYMOND SCOTT - RECKLESS NIGHTS & TURKISH TWILIGHTS and SPIKED! - THE MUSIC OF SPIKE JONES
Two CD albums featuring two mid-20th innovators, an easy summary would be madcap cartoon-style shananigans, but, of course, there's a whole lot more going on below the surface...
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The Music of Raymond Scott - Reckless Nights and Turkish Twilights
'The name may not be immediately familiar, but the music itself certainly is; to anyone weaned on the legendary Warner Bros. cartoons of the 1940s and 1950s, Raymond Scott's deliriously inventive freak jazz is the soundtrack of childhood, with each and every note capable of conjuring up indelible images of such immortal characters as Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, and Daffy Duck. The WB connection is both Scott's greatest legacy and, possibly, his greatest curse, however; he never composed a note specifically for cartoons, and his most memorable and distinctive melodies were actually co-opted for animated use by Warner's brilliant music director, Carl Stalling. Reckless Nights and Turkish Twilights, then, restores Scott's work to its original, stand-alone setting, confirming his cult reputation as one of the most innovative and original musical thinkers of his era. Even free of cartoon mayhem, his music is remarkably visual and colorful, perfectly evocative of such surreal titles as "Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals" and "War Dance for Wooden Indians"; probably the best-known cut here is the opening "Powerhouse," a uniquely mechanized piece used in any number of cartoons and television commercials and a perfect summation of Scott's intricate arrangements, complex shifting rhythms, and formal lunacy...'
23 tracks and 62 minutes.
On Columbia , catalog number CK 53028
1992 CD album release.
20 page inlay booklet, archive photography and artist appreciation.
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Spiked! ~ The Music of Spike Jones
'Welcome, music lovers, to the cheerfully deranged world of Spike Jones and his City Slickers. There's gunshots and cowbells aplenty, not to mention class hostility, first-rate musicianship, subverted expectations, hair-trigger timing, and more than enough material to engage and delight... and there is certainly lots of it here to go around. This is music from the Golden Age of Radio, and it's a legacy from vaudeville and minstrel shows before it, a true part of the comedy environment that endures today..."My band's got rhythm," Spike said once, "and to it we add a guffaw. We get along by not taking anything serious." Which, if not heavy duty prophecy, turns out at least to be his maniac's blessing and gift, finally, to us, adrift in our own difficult times, with moments of true innocence, like good cowbell solos, few and far between...'
23 tracks and 72 minutes.
On Catalyst, catalog number 09026 61982 2
1994 CD album release.
12 page inlay booklet with extra fold-out section, plus extensive, enthusiastic, notes by Thomas Pynchon
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$17.50
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