Spike Jones And His City Slickers - Musical Depreciation
Review by Ender SHAN
Musical Depreciation by Spike Jones And His City Slickers is an album that showcases the band's unique and comedic approach to music. The album features a mix of classic songs and original compositions that are infused with humorous sound effects and exaggerated vocals.
Listeners will appreciate the band's ability to transform familiar tunes into something completely unexpected. For example, their rendition of "Cocktails for Two" features a series of comical interruptions and sound effects that add a playful twist to the song.
The album also showcases the band's skill at creating their own original compositions that are just as entertaining as their reimagined classics. Tracks like "Holiday for Strings" and "The Glow-Worm" are lively and upbeat, filled with playful arrangements and humorous vocal performances.
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Tracks
| Track | Duration | Preview |
|---|---|---|
| You Always Hurt The One You Love | ||
| That Old Black Magic | ||
| Hawaiian War Chant (Ta-Hu-Wa-Hu-Wai) | ||
| Liebestraum | ||
| Blowing Bubble Gum | ||
| Cocktails For Two | ||
| Love In Bloom | ||
| The Glow-Worm | ||
| Leave The Dishes In The Sink, Ma | ||
| Blue Danube |
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Labels
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Formats
- 5 × Shellac
- 10"
- 78 RPM
- Album
Credits
| Role | Credit |
|---|---|
| Artwork | Frank Decker |
Notes
- Bound hardcover 'album' with 5 'pages' consisting of brown paper sleeves.
- Front cover reads: Musical Depreciation By Maestro Spike Jones and his City Slickers.
- Spine reads: Spike Jones ~ Musical Depreciation Victor
- Exact order of record numbers is unknown.
- For ID purposes within this release:
- 20-1895 = A/B
- 20-2245 = C/D
- 20-1762 = E/F
- 20-1893 = G/H
- 20-1628 = I/J
Barcodes
- Matrix / Runout (Label A): 20-1895 A
- Matrix / Runout (Label B): 20-1895 B
- Matrix / Runout (Label C): 20-2245 A
- Matrix / Runout (Label D): 20-2245 B
- Matrix / Runout (Label E): 20-1762 A
- Matrix / Runout (Label F): 20-1762 B
- Matrix / Runout (Label G): 20-1893 A
- Matrix / Runout (Label H): 20-1893 B
- Matrix / Runout (Label I): 20-1628 A
- Matrix / Runout (Label J): 20-1628 B
About Spike Jones And His City Slickers
Orchestra / band, active from the early 1940s to the mid 1950s, which specialized in performing satirical arrangements of popular songs.
Ballads and classical works receiving the Jones treatment would be punctuated with gunshots, whistles, cowbells, and outlandish vocals.
The group came to be due to drummer Spike Jones growing bored with playing the same music each night he performed with The Victor Young Orchestra;
First to be recruited was Delmar Porter, who sang with -- a vocal and ocarina quartet Jones had backed on Decca Records -- was Jones' partner in musical mayhem from the outset. Porter led a six-piece group called the Feather Merchants, which was managed by Jones before it gradually evolved into the City Slickers.
They soon found other like-minded musicians and together they began playing parodies of standard songs for their own entertainment. The musicians wanted their wives to share in their enjoyment, so they recorded their weekly performances. One of the recordings somehow made its way into the hands of an RCA Victor executive, who offered the musicians a recording contract. The first record made by the City Slickers was Der Fuehrer's Face.
Because of the success of the record, Jones turned from being the group's drummer to being its bandleader. He initially thought the popularity he and the City Slickers enjoyed as a result of the record would fade. Audiences kept wanting to hear more from Jones and his band, so he began working at more comic arrangements for the group.
The band released their last album in 1956, calling it a day soon afterward due to Jones wishing to perform "more serious" music.
Name Vars
- City Slickers
- City Slickers, The
- Davey Crackpot & The Mexican Jumping Beans
- Hollywood Bowling Choral Group And Bull, The
- Spice Jones & His City Slickers
- Spike Jones
- Spike Jones & His City Orchestra
- Spike Jones & His City Slickers
- Spike Jones & His City Slickers*
- Spike Jones & The City Slickers
- Spike Jones And City Slickers
- Spike Jones And His City Slickers & Chorus
- Spike Jones And His City Slickers With Chorus
- Spike Jones And His City Slickers with The Boys In the Backroom
- Spike Jones And His City Snickers
- Spike Jones And His Orchestra
- Spike Jones And His Snickers
- Spike Jones And The City Slickers
- Spike Jones City Slickers
- Spike Jones Et Ses City Slickers
- Spike Jones Y Su Orquesta
- Spike Jones Y Sus \
- Spike Jones Y Sus City Slickers
- Spike Jones y sus \
- Spike Jones y sus City Slickers
- The Boys From The Back Room
- The Boys In The Back Room
- The City Slickers
- The Country Dodgers
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Members
- Spike Jones
- Dick Morgan
- Carl Grayson
- Doodles Weaver
- Red Ingle
- Sir Frederick Gas
- George Rock
- Freddy Morgan
- Dr. Horatio Q. Birdbath
- Del Porter
- Luther Rountree
- Carl Hoefle
- Dick Gardner
- Beauregard Lee
- Billy Barty
- Joe Siracusa
- Joe Washburne
- Jad Paul
- John Stanley
- King Jackson
- Don Anderson
- Luther Roundtree
