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Jan 21, 2015
A you-are-there type worship experience.
This CD is more of an "experience" than a collection of songs. This one hour performance by Dennis Jernigan, backed by choir, is a very positive worship session. Mostly bright choruses with piano and keyboard (synthesised orchestra backup), and brief, good-natured spoken intros. Not particularly contemporary -- this CD was made just over 20 years ago. But not especially dated, wither. I'd suggest letting it play through from start to finish, in one sitting.
Dec 31, 2006
Spike's Last Comedy Albums
Spike Jones made his reputation in the 1940s by making zany arrangements of sentimental pop songs, performing them in a frenzied 1920s style, adding cartoon sound effects to the rhythm of the music.
But Rock N' Roll popped up in the mid 1950s. Spike didn't know how to handle this new music. "How do you make fun of something that already sounds like a seagull with its foot caught in a garbage disposal?" he asked one interviewer.
So Spike's last two comedy records for Liberty in 1960 take two different approaches to comedy.
"Omnibust" is Spike's takeoff on the current television programs of the day. There are Mad Magazine-type soundalikes of detective shows, soap operas, kiddie shows, travelogs, sporting events, and even plenty of late night TV commercials. Much use is made of the then-new toy of stereo sound. Obviously, the jokes will mean more to those of us who remember the original shows. Still, some of the goofy humor still holds up today.
The other LP, also heard in its entirety on this CD, is "60 Years of Music America Hates Best." Each of the 12 tracks is modeled after a musical era of the 1920s through the 1950s, performing representative hit songs of each decade. Much of the humor comes from the dead-on soundalike arrangements of the original bands. Not quite up to the zaniness Spike's manic City Slicker records of the 1940s, but still amusing. In fact, some collectors actually PREFER this more subtile parody to the slapstick records Spike recorded earlier. (There is one web site dedicated completely to this one album.)
The remastering is flawless on this CD.
Jan 06, 2013
Good collection, but compromised format
Not a "public domain" release -- but good transfers of good prints, with interesting intro by Leonard Maltin. The shorts themselves range from classic (Our Gang Follies) to obscure collectable (Boxing Gloves).
My only complaint is the tape itself is recorded at "Extended Play" mode. Why? To save 50 cents worth of tape? Many tape decks (including mine) have trouble tracking at this slow speed format.