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| Artist: Spike Jones
Label: Proper Box UK
Category: Music
List Price: $25.98
Buy New: $16.76
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 16465
Format: Box Set, Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5.1 x 1.9
UPC: 766485288721
EAN: 0604988990522
ASIN: B00003ZKVH
Release Date: June 18, 1999
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Condition: BRAND NEW, Factory Sealed items direct from the Studios. 30 Day Satisfaction Guarantee. Quick International Airmail!
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Barstool Cowboy from Old Barstow - Spike Jones, Walker, Betty | | • | Behind Those Swinging Doors - Spike Jones, Allen | | • | Red Wing - Spike Jones, Chattaway | | • | The Covered Wagon Rolled Right Along - Spike Jones, Heath, Hy | | • | Clink, Clink, Another Drink - Spike Jones, Carling, Foster | | • | Little Bo-Peep Has Lost Her Jeep - Spike Jones, DeVol | | • | Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag (And Smile, Smile, Smile) - Spike Jones, Asaf, George | | • | Three Little Words - Spike Jones, Kalmar, Bert | | • | When Buddah Smiles - Spike Jones, Brown, Lew | | • | You're a Sap Mister Jap - Spike Jones, Cavanaugh | | • | Never Hit Your Grandma With a Shovel - Spike Jones, Hanemann, Felix | | • | Horsey, Keep Your Tail Up - Spike Jones, Kaplan | | • | Camptown Races - Spike Jones, Foster | | • | John Scotter Trot - Spike Jones, Scott, Raymond | | • | Love for Sale - Spike Jones, Porter, Cole | | • | Moanin' Low - Spike Jones, Dietz, Howard | | • | Cheatin' on the Sandman - Spike Jones, Carris | | • | Come Josephine in My Flying Machine - Spike Jones, Fisher, Doris | | • | The Sailor With the Navy Blue Eyes - Spike Jones, Hofman | | • | Der Fuehrer's Face - Spike Jones, Wallace, Oliver | | • | Hotcha Cornia (Hotcha Chornya- Russian Folk Songs) - Spike Jones, Traditional | | • | I Wanna Go Back to West Virginia - Spike Jones, Crago, Bill | | • | Water Lou (Drip, Drip, Drip) - Spike Jones, Porter, Del |
Disc 2
| • | The Sheik of Araby - Spike Jones, Smith, Harry [2] Be | | • | Oh! By Jingo - Spike Jones, Brown, Lew | | • | I'm Going to Write Home - Spike Jones, Carling, Foster | | • | Hi Ho My Lady - Spike Jones, Porter, Del | | • | I Know a Story - Spike Jones, Washburne | | • | St-St-St-Stella - Spike Jones, Probably Akst | | • | Hotcha Cornia (Hotcha Chornya- Russian Folk Songs) - Spike Jones, Traditional | | • | Down in Jungle Town - Spike Jones, Madden | | • | As Time Goes By - Spike Jones, Hupfield, Herman | | • | People Will Say We're in Love - Spike Jones, Hammerstein, Oscar | | • | G.I. Haircut - Spike Jones, | | • | It Never Rains in Sunny California - Spike Jones, Elliott | | • | Wang Wang Blues - Spike Jones, Busse, Henry | | • | My Little Girl - Spike Jones, Cohan, George M. | | • | The Sound Effects Man - Spike Jones, Leveen, Raymond | | • | Ragtime Cowboy Joe - Spike Jones, Abrahams | | • | The Vamp - Spike Jones, Brown, Lew | | • | He Broke My Heart in Three Places - Spike Jones, Drake | | • | Besame Mucho - Spike Jones, Skylar, Sunny | | • | I'm Goin' Back to Where I Came From - Spike Jones, Robinson, Jessie Ma | | • | There's a Fly on My Music - Spike Jones, Brown, Lew | | • | Row, Row, Row - Spike Jones, Jerome | | • | I Wanna a Gal Just Like the Gal That Married Dear Old Dad - Spike Jones, Porter, Del | | • | Jingle Bells - Spike Jones, Pierpont, J.S. |
Disc 3
| • | Cocktails for Two - Spike Jones, Coslow, Sam | | • | And the Great Big Saw Came Nearer and Nearer - Spike Jones, Lee, Peggy [1] | | • | Red Grow the Roses - Spike Jones, Porter, Del | | • | Jamboree Jones - Spike Jones, Mercer, Johnny | | • | Whittle Out a Whistle - Spike Jones, Hoefle, Wayne | | • | Casey Jones - Spike Jones, Newton, Eddie | | • | At Last I'm in First With You - Spike Jones, Washburne | | • | Down by the O-Hi-O - Spike Jones, Olman | | • | Holiday for Strings - Spike Jones, Rose, David | | • | Cocktails for Two - Spike Jones, Coslow, Sam | | • | Leave the Dishes in the Sink, Ma - Spike Jones, Berle, Milton | | • | Serenade to a Jerk - Spike Jones, Porter, Del | | • | Drip, Drip, Drip (Sloppy Lagoon) - Spike Jones, Porter, Del | | • | Chloe - Spike Jones, Kahn, Gus | | • | The Blue Danube - Spike Jones, Strauss, Johann II | | • | Black Bottom - Spike Jones, Brown, Lew | | • | Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye - Spike Jones, Erdman, Ernie | | • | Macnamara's Band - Spike Jones, Stamford Festival S | | • | Siam - Spike Jones, Porter, Del | | • | Liebestraum - Spike Jones, Liszt, Franz | | • | You Always Hurt the One You Love - Spike Jones, Fisher, Doris | | • | That Old Black Magic - Spike Jones, Mercer, Johnny | | • | Mother Goose Medley - Spike Jones, Porter, Del | | • | Hawaiian War Chant - Spike Jones, Freed, Ralph |
Disc 4
| • | Old McDonald Had a Farm - Spike Jones, Traditional | | • | I Dream of Brownie With the Light Blue Jeans - Spike Jones, Foster | | • | The Glow Worm - Spike Jones, Robinson, Lilla C | | • | Laura - Spike Jones, Mercer, Johnny | | • | Jones Polka - Spike Jones, Jones, Spike | | • | The Jones Laughing Record - Spike Jones, Rimsky-Korsakov, Ni | | • | William Tell Overture - Spike Jones, Rossini, Gioachino | | • | My Pretty Girl - Spike Jones, Porter, Del | | • | Rhapsody from Hunger (Y) - Spike Jones, Liszt, Franz | | • | I'm in the Mood for Love - Spike Jones, Fields, Dorothy | | • | When Yuba Plays the Rhumba on the Tuba - Spike Jones, Jones, Spike & His | | • | (I'm Forever) Blowing Bubble Gum - Spike Jones, Hoefle, Wayne | | • | Love in Bloom - Spike Jones, Robin | | • | The Man on the Flying Trapeze - Spike Jones, Lee | | • | Popcorn Sack - Spike Jones, Duplessis, Jerry "T | | • | Our Hour (The Puppy Love Song) - Spike Jones, Hoffman | | • | My Old Flame - Spike Jones, Coslow, Sam | | • | People Are Funnier Than Anybody - Spike Jones, Finberg | | • | By the Beautiful Sea - Spike Jones, Carroll | | • | I'm Getting Sentimental over You - Spike Jones, Washington, Ned | | • | I Kiss Your Hand, Madame - Spike Jones, Rotter | | • | All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) - Spike Jones, Gardner, Donald Yet | | • | Ill Barkio (Il Bacio) - Spike Jones, Arditi, Luigi | | • | None But the Lonely Heart (A Soaperetta) - Spike Jones, Tchaikovsky, Pyotr |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
The genius of Spike Jones--as a songwriter, bandleader, and musician--is often overshadowed by his comedic schtick. But make no mistake, Jones was a musician and a damn fine one at that, whether on a set of drums, singing into a mic, or with a car horn. This bargain-priced, four-CD set from the U.K. label Proper, goes a long way toward setting Jones's record straight. In the 1930s and '40s, while American dance and jazz orchestras were just finding their mature footing and popularity, Jones was there to sabotage their efforts with great playing, parody tunes ("I Dream of Brownie with the Light Blue Jeans," "I'm Forever Blowing Bubble Gum"), and, oh yes, gunfire. As novelty artists go, Jones was one of the best. He hired great musicians for his Cityslickers, he wrote memorable songs, and he was a snappy dresser, too. This set features more of the musician than you'll ever need, but its supercheap price, nice liner notes, and great music (that still sounds hilarious after all these years) make it a steal. --Jason Verlinde
Album Description
Budget-priced four disc box set featuring 95 tracks by the comic genius, including nine #1 million-selling hits, 'Der Fuerher's Face', 'Cocktails For Two', 'Glow Worm', 'All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)', 'Clink Clink Another Drink', 'Sheik Of Araby', 'Oh By Jingo', 'Holiday For Strings' and 'William Tell'. Also includes a fully illustrated 24 page booklet. Each CD comes in a separate standard jewel case & together they come packaged within a thick, full color slipcase box. 1999 release.
Album Details
A Special Four CD Set of Recording from the Original Master of Humorous Records. His Hilarious Trailblazing Recordings Are Studied and Revered by Most of Today's Modern Humorists and Are Regular features of the Dr. Demento Show.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...
Some Tunes Duplicated; Some Tunes Missing August 3, 2007
Fun to listen to, but there are numerous duplications throughout the four disks, as if the producers just slapped the thing together without editing. And there are significant missing titles. For example, missing tunes include "Morpheus," "Chinese Mule Train," and "Ya Wanna Buy a Bunny?" All in all the music brought back fond memories of my childhood.
 Very happy with this package! January 23, 2007
I just bought this 4 cd set couldn't be happier.Quality is wounderful.
Spike Jones January 20, 2007
This set had many more songs than I had collected before. The quality of the recordings was excellent.
A great set for beginner and established fan alike!! November 26, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This wonderful 4 disc set of Spike Jones material running from 1941 to 1947 is a set to be cherished by long time fans and a fantastic starter set for those trying to find out what Spike was all about.For 95 songs, four discs,a 23 page booklet and at a price like this you'd be foolish to pass up this bargoon!!
The set features alot of his major material from his RCA catalogue with the rest made up from his transciptions,various live performances and V discs.Some rare,some not heard often,some heard quite frequently over the years but all a delight to the ears.
Keep in mind that none of this material is direct from the major labels who own the masters but are derived from 78s culled from private collections.There are more than a few cuts that are of inferior quality and/or have had some annoying reverb added to the remixing but overall the sound is quite acceptable and generally satisfying.I recently reviewed another Jones CD by the name of "Fonk" put out by another similar company as this one(Proper Records) called Harlequin Records(another indie company),both coincidentally produced in England.To make a long story short I would take this CD set,sound wise, over that poorly and unevenly mastered one.And "Fonk"(one CD) is not that terribly less in price than this (four CD) set.
One other minor criticism I should mention is that while each CD comes in its own protective cardboard sleeve I have had a devil of a time(every time) taking a CD out to be played.They seem to get stuck in the sleeve easily and I've had to learn how to carefully cajole them out without scratching the playing surface.If this should happen to you just keep practising you'll soon find out what works best for you.But indeed a minor annoyance.
So if you're a Spike Jones fan like myself and legions of others what are you waiting for......Feetlebaum ??? Get out there and get this bargain priced set and enjoy every last loving "crash","fonk" and car horn honk that Spike and his zany but talented troupe have to offer up in this must get set.
 Not For City Slicker Beginners July 28, 2006
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you are going to introduce Spike and the Slickers to somebody, pick one of the other "Best of" compilations that contain the final released versions of their hits! The reason for this is simple: those versions are the tight, finely tuned performances that made us fans. I consider this CD set an historical archive rather than a "best of collection". Although you'll hear many of the old favorites, they are "pre-release" (my terminology) versions: looser and not as, well, "good" as the final versions. For long time fans, like me, it is interesting to hear these recordings. But if you are brand new to Spike you will not get the true impression of just how great these guys were. Buy a plain old "best of" CD first, memorize it, treasure it, love it, then get this set. Incidently, this CD collection proves that not everything Spike did deserved presvervation, especially some of his "straight recordings". That was too harsh...I am glad I heard those numbers, but I am now trying to forget I heard them. 'Bye now.
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