The Clyde Valley Stompers Collection 1956 - 1961
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Format:
Compact Disc (Audio)
No of Discs:
1
Availability:
Deleted
Release Date:
09-01-2012
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Label:
Packaging:
Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)
Catalog Number:
LACD303
Description
Scotland's premier Trad Jazz Band of the 1960s producing happy, goodtime popular music.
If you were looking for a classic Trad Jazz band of the 1960s The Clyde Valley Stompers fitted the bill. Their sound was big and brash and they were enormously popular. They had formed as early as 1952 and made their first recordings (on disc 1) for Decca's Scottish Beltona label in 1956. It wasn't until 1959 under the leadership of Ian Menzies, and a switch to the major Pye label with the legendary Lonnie Donegan producing, that they began to have any real success. Vocalist Fionna Duncan was a great asset and gave them a minor hit with 'Salty Dog' in 1960. Despite several attempts they were not able to repeat the chart success. They became Scotland's premier band and toured the UK extensively.
Their popularity was short-lived and essentially it was all over by the end of 1961. They struggled on until 1963 with an ever-changing personnel, but were one of the major casualties when the Trad Boom came to an end.
The Stompers had some good musicians and produced happy, goodtime, popular Jazz. This 'Double CD For The Price Of One' package covers all their recorded output from 1956 to 61 plus one previously unreleased track.. The band is still remembered and this release should prove popular.
Tracks
- Name
- The Uist Tramping Song;
- Keep Right On To The End Of The Road
- I Love A Lassie
- The Old Rustic Bridge By The Mill
- Tres Moutarde (version 1)
- When The Saints Go Marching In
- Old Time Religion
- Open Up Them Pearly Gates
- The Teddy Bears' Picnic
- The Eyes Of Texas
- I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate
- Milenburg Joys
- Struttin' With Some Barbeque
- Bill Bailey (version 1
- Polly Wolly Doodle
- In A Persian Market
- Ace In The Hole
- Roses Of Picardy
- Beale Street Blues
- Gettysburg March
- Swingin' Seamus
- Sailing Down Chesapeake Bay
- Bill Bailey (version 2)
- Savoy Blues
- The Soldier's Dream
- Mack The Knife
- The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee
- Tres Moutarde (version 2)
- Yellow Dog Blues
- Irish Black Bottom
- Ice Cream
- Royal Garden Blues
- There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
- Jambalaya
- Barnyard Blues
- Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me
- The Fish Man
- I Can't Give You Anything But Love
- Il Trovatore
- The Battle Hymn Of The Republic
- High Society
- Salty Dog;
- Prelude In C Sharp Minor
- Five Foot Two
- Eyes Of Blue
- 12th Street Rag
- Scotland The Brave
- Black Angus
- The Big Man
- Play To Me Gypsy
- Trombones To The Fore
- Taboo
- Auf Wiederseh'n