Spike Jones & his City Slickers
'Mis-taken Music' [ Alto / Take: 2 / CD - released 12/Sep/2015 ] Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones (December 14, 1911 - May 1, 1965) was an American musician and bandleader specializing in performing satirical arrangements of popular songs. Ballads and classical works receiving the Jones treatment would be punctuate |
THE LAUGHING POLICEMAN
The Laughing Policeman: 27 Children's Vintage Favourites Flanders & Swann, Frankie Howard, Michael Holiday, Max Bygraves, Henry Blair, Spike Jones, Anne Stephens, etc [ Regis Records / CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] Original mono recordings from 1926-1950. The Sunday morning breakfast and the children's requests were a regular weekly event - not to be missed. Turn the wireless up to full volume and pop back in time for a nostalgia hour or so of memories. |
Spike Jones
Absolutely Essential 3CD Collection [ 3 CD - released 19/Jan/2011 ] |
Spike Jones
Dinner Music [ CD - released 1/Dec/1998 ] |
Spike Jones
Mis-Taken Music [ Alto / CD - released 25/Aug/2008 ] "Spike remarked 'if you made planned mistakes in musical arrangements and took the place of regular notes in well-known tunes with sound effects, there might be some fun in it'. This 'fun' engendered such gems as Dance of the Hours, William Tell... |
Spike Jones
Spiketaculars [includes 'Cocktails for Two' & 'William Tell Overture'] [ Primo Collection / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2013 ] Japanese limited edition issue of the album classic in a deluxe, miniaturized LP sleeve replica of the original vinyl album artwork. |
Spike Jones and the City Slickers
Spiking The Classics (1945-1950) [ Naxos Nostalgia / CD - released 26/Jan/2006 ] Through much of the 1930s, Spike Jones was a drummer with a variety of dance bands and stage bands in California, also working the radio studios and free-lancing on recording sessions. |
Spike Jones
The Essential Collection [ Avid / 2 CD - released 12/Oct/2009 ] |