"Radio Radio" Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour - Vol 3 - disc 4

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)

trax CD 4:
1. Send for the Doctor - Doc Pomus 2. Dr. Kinsey Report - Lord Lebby 3. Hadacol Boogie - Bill Nettles & His Dixie Blues Boys 4. Would You Believe it, I Have a Cold - Huey "Piano" Smith 5. The Rooster Song - Fats Domino 6. When the Red Red Robin - Al Jolson 7. Great Speckled Bird - Roy Acuff & His Crazy Tennesseans 8. Night Owl - Tony Allen & The Champs 9. Bye Bye Blackbird - Miles Davis 10. Bluebirds Over The Mountain - Ersel Hickey 11. The Chicken And The Hawk - Big Joe Turner 12. Bird Gets The Worm - Charlie Parker 13. White Dove - The Stanley Brothers 14. Hold 'em Joe - Andre Toussaint 15. Cotton Eyed Joe - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys 16. No, No Joe - Hank Williams Sr 17. Where's Joe Blu - Lu Parker 18. Diamond Joe - Cisco Houston 19. There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight - Bessie Smith 20. Soul On Fire - LaVern Baker 21. Hot and Cold - Marvin Rainwater 22. Red Hot - Billy Lee Riley 23. Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis 24. Hot Little Mama - Johnny "Guitar" Watson 25. Cold Cold Feeling - T-Bone Walker 26. The Chill is on - Big Joe Turner 27. Defrost Your Heart - Charlie Feathers
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