Vintage Trains: Songs of the Steam Age

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Beyond the Blue Horizon
George Olsen and His Music2:59
2Down by the Railroad Track
Frank Crumit3:26
3The Runaway Train
recording of:
The Runaway Train
lyricist:
Robert Massey (US songwriter)
composer:
Carson Robison
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. (publisher active since the 1910s)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 9859)
Vernon Dalhart3:15
4On a Local Train Journey
George Scott-Wood & The Londo Piano-Accordeon Band2:59
5Choo‐Choo
Jack Hylton3:22
6Wabash Cannonball
recording of:
Wabash Cannonball
composer:
A.P. Carter and William Kindt
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI))
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4228)
Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans3:17
7When the Midnight Choo‐Choo Leaves for Alabam’
clarinet:
Johnny Mintz (on 1938-03-10)
double bass:
Gene Traxler (on 1938-03-10)
drums (drum set):
Maurice Purtill (on 1938-03-10)
guitar:
Carmen Mastren (on 1938-03-10)
tenor saxophone:
Bud Freeman (on 1938-03-10)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1938-03-10)
trumpet:
Pee Wee Erwin (on 1938-03-10)
vocals:
Edythe Wright (on 1938-03-10)
recording of:
When the Midnight Choo‐Choo Leaves for Alabam’ (on 1938-03-10)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1912)
part of:
Easter Parade (full musical)
recording of:
When the Midnight Choo‐Choo Leaves for Alabam’ (on 1938-03-19)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1912)
part of:
Easter Parade (full musical)
Tommy Dorsey and His Clambake Seven3:41
8Trains
Reginald Gardiner6:36
9Orient Express
Sidney Torch3:13
10On the Wigan Boat Express
recording of:
On the Wigan Boat Express
writer:
Fred E. Cliffe, George Formby (Junior, musical film star 1904–1961) and Harry Gifford
George Formby3:06
11Freight Train Blues
Trixie Smith3:21
12Chattanooga Choo‐Choo
recording of:
Chattanooga Choo Choo
lyricist:
Mack Gordon (in 1941)
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist) (in 1941)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and WC Music Corp.
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
The 14th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1941 nominee)
Glenn Miller3:31
13Orange Blossom Special
recorded in:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1941-10-02)
double bass [string bass]:
Bill Wesbrooks (bluegrass/country singer, bassist, and comedian) (on 1941-10-02)
fiddle and lead vocals:
Art Wooten (American fiddler) (on 1941-10-02)
guitar:
Pete Pyle (on 1941-10-02)
mandolin and tenor vocals:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”) (on 1941-10-02)
recording of:
Orange Blossom Special (on 1941-10-02)
lyricist and composer:
Ervin Rouse
publisher:
Glanco Music (BMI-affiliated) and MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys2:35
14Honky Tonk Train Blues
Meade Lux Lewis2:54
15Get on Board, Little Children
Ella Mae Morse3:10
16On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
Johnny Mercer3:08
17Le Petit Train
recording of:
Le Petit Train
lyricist and composer:
Marc Fontenoy (french composer & lyricist)
André Claveau2:55
18I Like Riding on a Choo‐Choo
Leslie Sarony3:05
19Take the “A” Train
recording of:
Take the “A” Train (version with lyrics by Sherrill)
lyricist:
Joya Sherrill (in 1944)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn (in 1939)
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
version of:
Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:02
20Choo‐Choo Ch’Boogie
recording of:
Choo Choo Ch’Boogie
writer:
Denver Darling, Milt Gabler and Vaughn Horton
publisher:
Rytvoc (ASCAP) and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five2:44
21Gone to Chicago
The Pied Pipers2:54
22The Golden Rocket
Hank Snow2:50
23Rock Island Line
recording of:
Rock Island Line
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
publisher:
Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15211)
Lonnie Donegan2:30
24Coronation Scott
Sidney Torch & His Orchestra2:59
25Sounds of the Steam Age (1961 stereo Recording)
Peter Handford2:31

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ASIN:UK: B000AJIAN0 [info]