Track by Track Review
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Side One |
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Dragnet
This starts with the main riff from "Dragnet" the TV theme song. The cut works from there to a jazzy rocking romp that's entertaining. I love the jazz jam that ensues later in the piece. It's on fire. |
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Damp Rag A fun and energetic romp, I like this one a lot, too. It has rock and roll and jazz in the mix. |
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Don't Do Me That Way Another jazzy romp, this is quite entertaining. The volume seems to drop mid-song, as if it's a recording issue. |
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The Grind The blend of rock and roll and jazz on this is great. This is an energetic romp. They jump into a bit of "Jingle Bells" at the end. |
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Fat Mama Blues Starting with piano, this is a classy blues jam with lots of great piano work on the menu. |
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Side Two
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Oooh Yes!
This up-tempo tune is honking, rocking goodness. |
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Ride Superman, Ride With that title you might expect a novelty tune. I suppose this qualifies, but it's also a solid romp. |
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Hide The Bottle I like this bluesy number a lot. It has plenty of jazz in the mix. It just oozes cool. |
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What's Her Wimsey Dr. Kinsey This has a tasty jazz meets rock and roll groove to it. It's another winner. |
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Devil's Daughter I like the piano on this cool jazzy tune. The saxophone solo brings some magic, too. The whole number rocks and wails, though. |
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Dragnet
This version of the opening tune of the record is about six-seconds longer than that take. The first jazz jam on this seems particularly inspired. |
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Dragnet - Ray Anthony & His Orchestra This is the TV show theme song. It's bombastic and potent. It's extended and works to some partcularly cool jamming on those concepts. |
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Dragnet Blues - Johnnie Moore's Three Blazers feat. Frank Ervin Starting with the theme song melody, there is a spoken bit about the blues being true. From there we're taken into a classy slow blues groove that is classic in tone and style. This is the jazz variety of the blues. |
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Dragnet - Jesse Allen Starting with the theme song and the "the story you are about to hear is true..." from the show, it works to a different sort of jazz blues romp from there. While this is cool, I don't think it's as strong as the piece that preceded it. |
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Damp Rag This version of the song from the record is four-seconds longer than that other one. |
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Don't Do Me That Way This one is more than half-a-minute longer than the version on the record. It's every bit as good. |
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The Grind Here we get a version that's supposed to be seven-seconds longer. |
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Fat Mama Blues This take is almost half-a-minute longer than than the record version. |
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Oooh Yes! Seven seconds are added to this if the liner notes are right. |
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Ride Superman, Ride More than half-a-minute longer than the other version, this doesn't feel different. |
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Hide The Bottle This is supposed to be 16-seconds longer than the version on the record. |
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What's Her Wimsey Dr. Kinsey A version that's listed as about 25-seconds longer than the other version, this is every bit as strong as that take. |
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Hey Dr. Kinsey - Big Duke & His Orchestra A tune that is based on the same concept as the previous one (The Kinsey report), this gives a lot of statistics from that report. It's a fun bluesy, jazzy romp. Who knew stats could be this much fun? |
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Devil's Daughter This track is supposedly 11-seconds shorter than the version on the record. |
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Sloppy Daddy Blues
I love this track. It has a great combination of blues jazz. It's a real stomper that works so well. |
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Please Don't Pass Me By The piano brings this one into being. The cut drives out from there with a more middle-of-the-road jazz-meets-rock-and-roll song. This is solid, but not a standout by any means. I do enjoy that jam mid-track where the piano and saxophone keep each other company. |
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My Mother's Eyes A balladic tune, there is a real bluesy jazz vibe to this thing. |
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Juicy Lucy This number has some killer jazz and blues in the mix. It's so classy. This is one of my favorite tunes here, really. |
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Oh Tell Me Why 1950s rock and roll and jazz meet on this tune. It's a solid number. |
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Walk Around The Corner I love this energetic romp. It has plenty of rock and roll and jazz built into it. It's also knee-deep in class and style. |
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Pennies From Heaven - The Mills Brothers A barbershop-quartet-meets-gospel vibe is on the menu on this nearly acapella piece. The tune fits as vocals only except for a guitar introduction and an old-timey instrumental break. |
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Pennies From Heaven
A mellower, balladic cut, this has a real doowop feeling to it. |
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