"Radio Radio" Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour - Vol 3 - disc 2

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 2:
1. Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) - Tex Williams & His Western Caravan 2. Reefer Man - Baron Lee & The Mills Blues Rhythm Band 3. Chew Tobacco Rag (Smoking) - Billy S 4. Cigareets, Whiskey and Wild Wild Women (Smoking) - Red Ingle & His Natural Seven 5. Sh-Boom - The Chords 6. When I Stop Dreaming - The Louvin Brothers 7. Just a Dream (On My Mind) (Dreams) - Big Bill Broonzy 8. All I Have To Do Is Dream - The Everly Brothers 9. Party Doll - Buddy Knox 10. Caldonia's Party - Smiley Lewis 11. Let's Have A Party - Wanda Jackson 12. Nine Have Tried (and None Have Died) (Second Countdown) - The Carlisles 13. Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar - The Andrews Sisters 14. Five O'Clock Whistle - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 15. Dedicated To The One I Love - The 5 Royales 16. One Night - Elvis Presley 17. One Meat Ball - Josh White 18. Just One More TIme (Number One) - Billy Gayles w/Ike Turner's King of Rhythm 19. Just One More - George Jones 20. One Bad Stud - The Honey Bears 21. Walk Right in (Walking) - Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers 22. Walk em' (Walking) - Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra 23. I'm Walkin (Walking) - Fats Domino 24. Walking By Myself - Jimmy Rogers & Big Walter Horton 25. Down In Mexico - The Coasters 26. Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Around the World 1) - The Four Lads
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