This collection is comprised of commercially produced, American
music and film ranging from the 1920s through the 1960s, all of it re-issued on CDs or
DVDs/VHS tapes.
Collection Number:
MS 705
Language:
Materials are in English.
Repository:
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
University of Arizona
PO Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
Phone: 520-621-6423
Fax: 520-621-9733
URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/
E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu
Scope and Content Note
This collection is comprised of commercially recorded music and film, either in the form
of compact discs, DVDs or VHS video tapes. The music recordings feature dance music from
the "Roaring Twenties" for the most part, but also include later material up through the
1940s/50s. Some of the music consists of recordings of bands from the time period, and
some of it has been preserved and recorded by contemporary "specialty orchestras" whose
aim is to preserve the music of this particular era. The films are typically "pre-code
era" features or shorts that include former vaudeville performers. A few are concert
films of select jazz performers such as Artie Shaw and Tommy Dorsey. The collection
includes 161 sound recordings (all CDs) and 85 films (7 VHS tapes, 78 being DVDs).
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from theowner of
the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her
transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers,
employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he
or she is an owner of copyright.
While some of the material in this collection is comprised of re-issues of
recordings from the early 20th century by such greats as Jelly Roll Morton, much
of it is more newly recorded by bands/orchestras that specialize in preserving
music from the era. Groups such as the South Frisco Jazz Band and Dan Neely's
Royal Society Jazz Orchestra, as well as specialty record labels such as Stomp Off
Records, are well represented in this collection.
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Ambrose and His Orchestra Legendary 1929 Sessions (Submarine
Records), 1980
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Ambrose and His Orchestra Volume 10 Button Up Your Overcoat (Vocalion,
Ltd.), 2009
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Ambrose and His Orchestra Volume 12 Good Evening (Vocalion,
Ltd.), 2010
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Armstrong, Louis The Complete Hot FIve and Hot Seven Recordings 4-cd
Boxed Set (Sony), 2000
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Ash, Paul and His Orchestra Hot Dance Music of the Roaring 1920's
(Vintage Music Productions), 2008
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Ballew, Smith and His Orchestra Smith Ballew And HIs Orchestra Volume 3
Okeh Recordings 1929 and 1930 (Crystal Stream Audio), 2001
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Barron, Blue And His Orchestra Music of Yesterday and Today (Hindsight
Records, Inc.), undated
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Benson Orchestra of Chicago, The The Benson Orchestra of Chicago volume
1, 1920-1921 (Archeophone Records) , 2003
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Blue Bird Society Orchestra, The Music of High Society (Stash Records,
Inc.) , 1994
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Bowlly, Al Sweet Someone (Memoir Records, Ltd.), 1992
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Bratislava Hot Serenaders Bratislava Hot Serenaders Presents Edward
Duke Ellington (Soza/Biem), 2008
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Brunies, Merritt, and His Friars Inn Orchestra Merritt Brunies and His
Friars Inn Orchestra (Challenge Records Int'l), 2010
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Carlson, Bill and Devine's Wisconsin Roof Orchestra Bill Carlson,
1926-1931 (Jazz Oracle), 1999
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Carlson, Russ and the High Steppers The Crown House Bands, Volume 1
(The Old Masters), undated
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Casa Loma Orchestra Casa Loma Orchestra, 1930/1934 (Jazz
Archives), 1992
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Charleston Chasers, The Pleasure Mad (Stomp Off Records), 1995
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Charleston Chasers, The Steaming South with the Charlston Chasers
(Stomp Off Records), 1996
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Cummins, Bernie and HIs Orchestra Bernie Cummins and His Orchestra:
Original 20's-30's Hot Dance Music (Vintage Music Productions) , 2010
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Cummins, Bernie and His Orchestra Timeless Historical Presents Bernie
Cummins and HIs Orchestra, 1924-1930 (Timeless), 2000
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Dorsey Brothers, The Basin Street Blues (Patricia Records)
, 1991
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Duffee, Josh and His Orchestra A Tribute To Jean Goldkette and His
Orchestra (Back In Time Recordings), 2003
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Dukes of Dixieland, The The Fabulous Sound of the Dukes of Dixieland
(Jasmine Records), 2012
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Ellert, Linda and Her Happy Feet Orchestra "Hop Off" (Circle
Records), 1997
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Faye, Alice, with Hal Kemp and His Orchestra Music From Hollywood
Volume 1 (George Ulrich), 1993
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Faye, Alice with Hal Kemp and His Orchestra Music From Hollywood,
Volume 2 (George Ulrich), 1998
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Forrest, Helen with Artie Shaw and His Orchestra Sweeter As The Years
Go By (Jasmine) , 1998
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Fu Manchu Jazz Servants, The Shanghai Shuffle (Fresh Sound
Records), 2006
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Garber, Jan and His Orchestra 22 Original Big Band Recordings
(Hindsight), 1987
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Gilbert, Jeff with the Mike Henebry Orchestra I'm Old Fashioned (Mike
Henebry Orchestra Productions), 2004
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Gold, Lou and His Orchestra It's Tight Like That (Rivermont)
, 2009
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Goodman, Benny The Birth of Swing (1935-1936)
(Bluebird/BMG), 1991
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Green's New Novelty Orchestra Green's New Novelty Orchestra
(Xylophone), 2004
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Haymes, Joe And His Orchestra Joe Haymes and His Orchestra, 1932-1936
(IAJRC), 1995
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Helm, Bob and Miss Carol Leigh's Blues and Jazz Review ACT I--MA 'N
BESSIE'S GREATER TENT SHOW (Stomp Off Records), 1998
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Helm, Bob and Miss Carol Leigh's Blues and Jazz Review ACT II--MA 'N
BESSIE'S GREATER TENT SHOW (Stomp Off Records), 1998
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Henebry, Mike, and his Orchestra Let's Dance (Mike Henebry
Productions), 2000
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Hotel Paradise Roof Garden Orchestra, The Bye Bye Blues (Hotel Paradise
Roof Garden Orchestra Productions) , 1994
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Imperial Serenaders, The Music of the Bolden Era (Stomp Off
Records), 1999
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Jacobi, CI.W. and his Bottomland Orchestra A Tribute to Clarence
Williams (Stomp Off Records) , 1993
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Jacobi, CI. W. and his Bottomland Orchestra A Tribute to Clarence
Williams Vol. 2 (Stomp Off Records), 1998
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Jones, Isham and His Orchestra Song of the Blues
(Rivermont), 2008
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Jurgens, Dick and His Orchestra Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra
1937-1939 Broadcasts (Collector's Choice Music), 1996
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Kemp, Hal and His Orchestra The Hot Sides, 1926-1931 (Challenge
Records, Intl.), 2011
Contains 85 individual DVDs or VHS tapes of films from the 1920s-1930s. Some are
pre-code era "shorts", such as comedy sketches or musical programs. Others are
early talkies feature films that feature performers such as Burns and Allen and
other vaudeville-era comedy acts. Many are from commercial producers such as
Warner Brothers, while a select few are from archival collections such as the UCLA
Film and Television Archives .
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After Seben; music by Chick Webb and His Orchestra Barton, James
(Vintagefilmbuff.com DVD), undated
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Art Hodges: Jazz Alley Vol 1. (Storyville DVD) , 2004
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Bandwagon, The (Warner Bros DVD), 2005
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Banjo On My Knee (Twentieth Century Fox DVD), 1936/1964
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Ben Pollack and HIs Orchestra, 1933-1935 (Sterling DVD), undated
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Best of the Two Ronnies, The (BBC DVD ), 2001
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Best of the Two Ronnies, The Vol. 2 (BBC DVD), 2003
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Billy Eckstine: Rhythm In A Riff with Gene Ammons and others (Idem Home
Video DVD), undated
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Bing Crosby Film Hits, Volume One 1932-1936 (B.C.V. VHS), undated
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Blondes and Redheads: Pre-code Comedy Classics Vol. 2 (Alpha Video
DVD), 2017
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Blondie of the Follies (Warner Bros. DVD), 2016
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Blue Melodies, Vol. 3 (Kino Video VHS), 1997
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Cavalcade of Comedy (Kino Video VHS), 1998
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Chris Barber: 40 Years Jubilee Concert, June 27, 1995. (Storyville
Films DVD), 2003
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Comedy Parade: Rediscovered Classics (Alpha Home Entertainment
DVD), 2010
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Clark and McCullough Volume 2 (Alpha Video DVD) , 2016
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Early Madness: RKO Radio Comedy Collection, Volume 1 (Encore Home Video
DVD), 2003
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Early Madness: RKO Radio Comedy Collection, Volume 2 (Encore Home Video
DVD), 2003
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Early Vaudeville & Variety Stage Film Collection (The Historical
Archive Corporation DVD) , 2007
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"Elstree Calling" (British International Pictures DVD), 2014
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Fifty Million Frenchmen with Olsen and Johnson (Warner Bros.
DVD), 2016
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Firehouse Five Plus Two / Red Nichols (Idem Home Video
DVD), undated
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Florodora Girl, The (Warner Bros. DVD) , 2016
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George Burns and Gracie Allen: 3 Movies (Universal DVD), 2002
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Gold Dust Gertie (Warner Bros. DVD), 2016
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Harlem Is Heaven featuring Bill Bojangles Robinson (Alpha Video
DVD), 2017
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Her Majesty Love (Warner Bros. DVD), 2016
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Hi-De-Ho / The Duke Is Tops (Alpha Home Entertainment DVD), 2006
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Honolulu (Warner Bros. DVD), 2011
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International House (MCA DVD), 1933, 1960
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Jazz Cocktails: Seven Intoxicating Concoctions of Movie Musical Magic
(Kino Video VHS), 1997
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Jesse Matthews Revue, The Vol. 1 (ITV Studios, DVD), 2015
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London Town (Granada Ventures DVD), 2011
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Lost Stooges, The (Warner Bros. DVD), 2011
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Love In The Rough (Warner Bros. DVD), 2010
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Lucky Boy (Alpha Video DVD), 2016
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Madam Behave (Alpha Video DVD) , 2016
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Miss Marie Lloyd (Acorn Media DVD), 2007
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Music Hall Days: Featuring the Legends of the Golden Age of British
Variety (Kultur DVD), undated
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Musical Comedies: An RKO Comedy Collection (Encore Home Video
DVD), undated
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Oh Sailor Behave! featuring Olsen and Johnson (Warner DVD), 2014
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Peggy Lee (Idem Home Video DVD), undated
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Two Plus Fours/Two Fresh Eggs/Chills and Fever (Pathe Volume 2
DVD), undated
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Sixteen Sweeties/Neat and Tidy/High Toned (Pathe Volume 3
DVD), undated
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I'll Take That One/Mind Your Business/A Perfect Match (Pathe Volume 4
DVD), undated
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Love, Honor, and Oh Baby/Fairways and Foul/Musical Beauty Shop (Pathe'
Volume 5 DVD) , undated
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Radio Ryhthms (Kino Video VHS), 1997
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Rare Sound Shorts (Oldies.com DVD), 2013
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Rhapsodies in Black and Blue (Kino Video VHS) , 1997
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RKO Varieties Triple Feature: Make Mine Laughs/Footlight
Varieties/Variety Time (Warner DVD), undated