"Radio Radio" Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour - Vol 3 - disc 1

Four discs 77,68,78,75 minutes each approximately. The sound is uniformly good. There are a few tracks that suffer as far as clean sound, but are well above bootleg quality. The discs are snapped in, inside a tri-fold book-style cardboard holder. The glued in booklet has short biographies of a few of the artists heard here, and an advertisement for the other two sets in the series. There are good (yet small) b & w photos of a number of artists on this set, and another large photo of the young Dylan-and that's it...
...This is the third collection of music heard on Dylan's Theme Time Radio Show. Like the other volumes, Dylan is not heard anywhere on this set. While his insights and comments were informative, insightful, and fun-the quality of the music makes up for Dylan's absence. The music spans the 20's through the 50's, with an emphasis on the 50's. The collection encompasses country, blues, jazz, pop, r & b, rockabilly, and folk music.
Among the well known artists are The Carter Family, Mose Allison, Muddy Waters, Bob Wills, Elvis Presley, George Jones, Miles Davis, and Billy Lee Riley, among others. But its the relatively unknown artists that add depth and interest to this collection. THE MARDI GRAS LOUNGERS, THE MARIGOLDS, THE HONEY BEARS, Lord Lebby, Baron Lee, and others all contribute worthwhile music. Of the three sets, this volume contains more recognizable artists than the other two. But don't think this is simply a rehash of well known tunes. Some will be familiar to anyone who listens to a wide variety of genres, while others might be surprising. But for the listener not familiar with the early works by these artists, this set will be a treasure chest of good music.
This volume (and the other two), contain a vast amount of good/great American roots music from many genres and eras. This series gives a good overview of music during this time period, using both well known and many relatively unknown songs by a good array of period artists. Its refreshing sound and honest, straight forward approach is a breath of fresh air-where else would you hear much of this music? Listening to this music is to take a trip back in time to a different America-and that could be a good thing. (AMAZON)

CD 1:
1. Hello Mello Baby (Hello) - The Mardi Gras Loungers 2. Hello Stranger - The Carter Family 3. Young Man's Blues - Mose Allison 4. Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think) - Guy Lombardo 5. Young Fashioned Ways - Muddy Waters 6. Old And Only In The Way - Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers 7. Lucy Mae Blues - Frankie Lee Sims 8. Blue Monday - Smiley Lewis 9. Tomorrow Night - Lonnie Johnson 10. California, Here I Come - Al Jolson 11. California Blues - Webb Pierce 12. Rollin' Stone - Muddy Waters 13. Gonna Dance All Night - Helsinki Seven 14. Rollin' Stone - The Marigolds 15. Uranium Rock - Warren Smith 16. A Pretty Girl (A Cadillac and Some Money) (Cadillac) - Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra 17. Pink Cadillac - Paul Bascomb 18. Cadillac a Model A (Cadillac) - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys 19. Real Gone Daddy (Cadillac) - Howie Strange 20. Mr. Thrill - Mildred Jones 21. Speedo (Cadillac) - The Cadillacs 22. Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac (Cadillac) - Dizzy Cadillacs Gillespie Quintet 23. Brand New Cadillac - Vince Taylor & His Playboys 24. Dry Bones - The Delta Rhythm Boys 25. Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms - The Monroe Brothers 26. Big Legs - Gene Phillips 27. Brain Cloudy Blues - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
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