Spike Jones was a comic genius. He developed a magnificently trained organisation, which with split second timing, exceptional instrumental technique and excellent mimicry, created marvellous takeoffs on other musical groups, as well as wildly imaginative and original routines of his own. However, there was definately method to Spike's madness. The typical Spike Jones record initially dazzles us by the wide variety of strange noises he uses. Closer listening reveals that screams somehow blend with strings to produce the desired line of melody. Cuckoos, swanee whistles and klaxon horns somehow gel with trumpets. Jones' success was achieved by his ability to contrast the orthodox and the ludicrous in a balanced manner. All to create perfect musical mayhem.

Strictly For Music Lovers - Jones, Spike & His City Slickers  

Disc 1

1. Barstool Cowboy From Old Barstow 2:29
2. Behind Those Swinging Doors 3:03
3. Red Wing 2:22
4. The Covered Wagon Rolled Right Along 2:49
5. Clink, Clink, Another Drink 2:19
6. Little Bo-Peep Has Lost Her Jeep 2:20
7. Pack Up your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag 2:22
8. Three Little Words 2:15
9. When Buddah Smiles 1:54
10. You're A Sap Mister Jap 2:02
11. Never Hit Your Grandma With A Shovel 2:58
12. Horsey, Keep Your Tail Up 2:06
13. Camptown Races 2:04
14. John Scotter Trot 2:10
15. Love For Sale 2:44
16. Moanin' Low 2:29
17. Cheatin' On The Sandman 2:45
18. Come Josephine In My Flying Machine 2:34
19. The Sailor With The Navy Blue Eyes 2:43
20. Der Fuehrer's Face 2:37
21. Hotcha Cornia (Hotcha Chornya - Russian Folk Songs) 2:28
22. I Wanna Go Back To West Virginia 3:07
23. Water Lou (Drip, Drip, Drip) 2:53

Disc 2

1. Sheik Of Araby 2:29
2. Oh! By Jingo 2:59
3. I'm Going To Write Home 2:11
4. Hi Ho My Lady 3:05
5. I Know A Story 2:21
6. St-St-St-Stella 1:40
7. Hotcha Cornia (Hotcha Chornya - Russian Folk Songs) 2:22
8. Down In Jungle Town 2:17
9. As Time Goes By 2:42
10. People Will Say We're In Love 2:45
11. G.I. Haircut 1:46
12. It Never Rains In Sunny California 3:08
13. Wang Wang Blues 2:12
14. My Little Girl 1:39
15. The Sound Effects Man 2:15
16. Ragtime Cowboy Joe 2:46
17. The Vamp 1:54
18. He Broke My Heart In Three Places 2:54
19. Besame Mucho 3:22
20. I'm Goin' Back To Where I Came From 2:36
21. There's A Fly On My Music 2:32
22. Row, Row, Row 2:08
23. I Wanna A Gal Just Like The Gal That Married Dear Old Dad 1:35
24. Jingle Bells 2:48

Disc 3

1. Cocktails For Two 2:46
2. And The Great Big Saw Came Nearer And Nearer 2:36
3. Red Grow The Roses 2:19
4. Jamboree Jones 2:43
5. Whittle Out A Whistle 2:00
6. Casey Jones 1:56
7. At Last I'm In First With You 2:42
8. Down By The O-Hi-O 1:55
9. Holiday For Strings 3:11
10. Cocktails For Two 2:57
11. Leave The Dishes In The Sink, Ma 2:50
12. Serenade To A Jerk 3:11
13. Drip, Drip, Drip (Sloppy Lagoon) 3:10
14. Chloe 3:11
15. The Blue Danube 3:12
16. Black Bottom 2:30
17. Toot Toot Tootsie, Goodbye 2:13
18. Macnamara's Band 2:30
19. Siam 2:46
20. Liebestraume 3:10
21. You'll Always Hurt The One You Love 2:49
22. That Old Black Magic 2:27
23. Mother Goose Medley 3:18
24. Hawaiian War Chant 2:42

Disc 4

1. Old McDonald Had A Farm 3:06
2. I Dream Of Brownie With The Light Blue Jeans 3:05
3. The Glow Worm 3:06
4. Laura 2:58
5. Jones Polka 2:37
6. The Jones Laughing Record 2:44
7. William Tell Overture 3:15
8. My Pretty Girl 2:54
9. Rhapsody From Hunger (Y) 3:14
10. I'm In The Mood For Love 3:00
11. When Yuba Plays The Rhumba On The Tuba 2:35
12. (I'm Forever) Blowing Bubble Gum 3:20
13. Love In Bloom 3:27
14. The Man On The Flying Trapeze 3:02
15. Popcorn Sack 2:59
16. Our Hour (The Puppy Love Song) 3:32
17. My Old Flame 3:30
18. People Are Funnier Than Anybody 3:06
19. By The Beautiful Sea 3:08
20. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You 3:30
21. I Kiss Your Hand Madame 3:38
22. All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) 3:07
23. Ill Barkio (Il Bacio) 3:22
24. None But The Lonely Heart (A Soaperetta) 3:15

Discography

DISC ONE

1. BARSTOOL COWBOY FROM OLD BARSTOW Vocalist : Del Porter - Los Angeles, August 8, 1941 (Walker) ® 1941 2:29

2. BEHIND THOSE SWINGING DOORS Vocalist : Del Porter. Additional vocals : King Jackson & Carl Grayson; belches : Jimmy Thomasson - Los Angeles, August 8, 1941 (Allen) ® 1941 3:03

3. RED WING Vocalist : Del Porter - Los Angeles, August 8, 1941 (Chattaway, Mills) ® 1941 2:22

4. THE COVERED WAGON ROLLED RIGHT ALONG Vocalist : Del Porter - Los Angeles, August 8, 1941 (Heath, Wood) ® 1941 2:49

5. CLINK, CLINK, ANOTHER DRINK Vocalist : Del Porter & The Boys in the Back Room; Hiccups : Mel Blanc - Los Angeles, January 12, 1942 (Carling, Ohman) ® 1942 2:19

6. LITTLE BO-PEEP HAS LOST HER JEEP Vocalist : Del Porter, Collidophone : Willie Spicer - Los Angeles, April 7, 1942 (De Vol, Bonne) ® 1942 2:20

7. PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES IN YOUR OLD KIT BAG Vocalists : The City Slickers - Standard Transcriptions, April 20, 1942 (Powell, Asaf) ® 1942 2:22

8. THREE LITTLE WORDS Vocalist : King Jackson - Standard Transcriptions, April 20, 1942 (Kalmar, Ruby) ® 1942 2:15

9. WHEN BUDDAH SMILES Standard Transcriptions, April 20, 1942 (Brown, Freed, Zany) ® 1942 1:54

10. YOU'RE A SAP MISTER JAP Vocalists : The City Slickers - Standard Transcriptions, April 20, 1942 (Cavanaugh, Redmond, Simon) ® 1942 2:02

11. NEVER HIT YOUR GRANDMA WITH A SHOVEL (SOFT BOILED BALLADS) Vocalists : The Boys in the Back Room - Standard Transcriptions, April 20, 1942 (Hanemann) ® 1942 2:58

12. HORSEY, KEEP YOUR TAIL UP Vocalists : The Quartet - Standard Transcriptions, July 17, 1942 (Kaplan,Hirsch) ® 1942 2:06

13. CAMPTOWN RACES Vocalists : Cousin Luther Roundtree & Uncle Spike Jones - Standard Transcriptions, July 17, 1942 (Foster) ® 1942 2:04

14. JOHN SCOTTER TROT Standard Transcriptions, July 17, 1942 (Scott) ® 1942 2:10

15. LOVE FOR SALE Standard Transcriptions, July 17, 1942 (Porter) ® 1942 2:44

16. MOANIN' LOW Vocalist : King Jackson - Standard Transcriptions, July 17, 1942 (Dietz, Rainger) ® 1942 2:29

17. CHEATIN' ON THE SANDMAN Vocalists : The Boys in the Back Room - Standard Transcriptions, July 17, 1942 (Carris, McCrystal) ® 1942 2:45

18. COME JOSEPHINE IN MY FLYING MACHINE Vocalists : King Jackson & The Boys in the Back Room - Standard Transcriptions, July 17, 1942 (Fisher, Bryan) ® 1942 2:34

19. THE SAILOR WITH THE NAVY BLUE EYES Vocalists : The Boys in the Back Room - Standard Transcriptions, July 17, 1942 (Hofman,Mizzy, Taylor) ® 1942 2:43

20. DER FUEHRER'S FACE Vocalists : Carl Grayson & The Boys in the Back Room, Collidophone : Willie Spicer - Los Angeles, April 7, 1942 (Wallace) ® 1942 2:37

21. HOTCHA CORNIA (HOTCHA CHORNYA - RUSSIAN FOLK SONGS) Sneezaphone : Willie Spicer - Los Angeles, July 28, 1942 (Trad. arr. Porter & Jones) ® 1942 2:28

22. I WANNA GO BACK TO WEST VIRGINIA Vocalists : Del Porter and The Boys in the Back Room, Trainaphone : Willie Spicer - Los Angeles, July 28, 1942 (Crago, Shannon) ® 1942 3:07

23. WATER LOU (DRIP, DRIP, DRIP) Vocalist : Del Porter - Standard Transcriptions, July 31, 1942 (Porter) ® 1942 2:53


DISC TWO

1. THE SHEIK OF ARABY Vocalists : Del Porter, King Jackson & Carl Grayson - Standard Transcriptions, July 31, 1942 (Smith, Snyder, Wheeler) ® 1942 2:29

2. OH! BY JINGO Vocalist : Del Porter - Standard Transcriptions, July 31, 1942 (Brown, Von Tilzer) ® 1942 2:59

3. I'M GOING TO WRITE HOME Vocalist : Del Porter - Standard Transcriptions, July 31, 1942 (Unknown) ® 1942 2:11

4. HI HO MY LADY Vocalist : Del Porter - Standard Transcriptions, July 31, 1942 (Porter, Hoefle) ® 1942 3:05

5. I KNOW A STORY Vocalist : Country Washburne - Standard Transcriptions, July 31, 1942 (Washburne, Weems) ® 1942 2:21

6. ST-ST-ST-STELLA Vocalist : Del Porter - Standard Transcriptions, July 31, 1942 (Probably Akst, Jolson, Davis) ® 1942 1:40

7. HOTCHA CORNIA (HOTCHA CHORNYA - RUSSIAN FOLK SONGS) Declamation : Beau Lee - Los Angeles, November 12, 1943 (Trad. arr. Porter, Jones) ® 1943 2:22

8. DOWN IN JUNGLE TOWN Vocalist : Del Porter - Los Angeles, November 12, 1943 (Madden, Morse) ® 1943 2:17

9. AS TIME GOES BY Vocalists : The Nilsson Twins (Elsa & Eileen) & Red Ingle - Los Angeles, November 12, 1943 (Hupfield) ® 1943 2:42

10. PEOPLE WILL SAY WE'RE IN LOVE Vocalists : The Nilsson Twins - Recorded "In concert" 1943 (Rodgers, Hammerstein) ® 1943

11. G.I. HAIRCUT (Uhknown) ® 1943 2:45

12. IT NEVER RAINS IN SUNNY CALIFORNIA Vocalists : Carl Grayson & Red Ingle - Recorded "In concert" 1943 (Elliott) ® 1943 3:08

13. WANG WANG BLUES Vocalist : Del Porter - Recorded "In concert" 1943 (Busse) ® 1943 2:12

14. MY LITTLE GIRL Vocalist : Beauregard Lee - Recorded "In concert" 1943 (Cohan) ® 1943 1:39

15. THE SOUND EFFECTS MAN Vocalist : Del Porter - Recorded "In concert" 1943 (Leveen) ® 1943 2:15

16. RAGTIME COWBOY JOE Vocalists : The Nilsson Twins, Beauregard Lee & Del Porter - Recorded "In concert" 1943 (Abrahams, Clarke, Muir) ® 1943 2:46

17. THE VAMP Vocalist : Del Porter - Recorded "In concert" 1943 (Brown) ® 1943 1:54

18. HE BROKE MY HEART IN THREE PLACES Vocalists : The Nilsson Twins - Recorded "In concert" 1943 (Drake, Hoffman, Livington) ® 1943 2:54

19. BESAME MUCHO Vocalists : Carl Grayson & Red Ingle - Recorded "In concert" 1944 (Velasquez, Skylar) ® 1944 3:22

20. I'M GOIN' BACK TO WHERE I CAME FROM Vocalist : Del Porter - Recorded "In concert" 1944 (Robinson) ® 1944 2:36

21. THE TROLLEY SONG Vocalists : The Nilsson Twins - Recorded "In concert" 1944 (Blane, Martin) ® 1944 3:15

22. THERE'S A FLY ON MY MUSIC Clarinet virtuoso : Del Porter; Interruption : Larry Keating - Recorded "In concert" 1944 (Brown, Fain, Freed) ® 1944 2:32

23. ROW, ROW, ROW Vocalist : Del Porter; Trumpet : George Rock - Recorded "In concert" 1944 (Jerome, Monaco) ® 1944 2:08

24. I WANNA A GAL JUST LIKE THE GAL THAT MARRIED DEAR OLD DAD Vocalist : Beauregard Lee - Recorded "In concert" 1944 (Porter, Hoefle) ® 1944 1:35

25. JINGLE BELLS Entire Cast - Recorded "In concert" 1944 (Trad.) ® 1944 2:48


DISC THREE

1. COCKTAILS FOR TWO Vocalists : Carl Grayson & The City Slickers - Los Angeles, May-June 1944 (Coslow, Johnston) ® 1944 2:46

2. AND THE GREAT BIG SAW CAME NEARER AND NEARER Vocalists : Del Porter & The Boys in the Back Room - Los Angeles, May-June 1944 (Weston, Lee) ® 1944 2:36

3. RED GROW THE ROSES Vocalists : Mixed Quartet - Standard Transcriptions, June 1944 (Porter, Washburne) ® 1944 2:19

4. JAMBOREE JONES Vocalists : The Nilsson Twins - Standard Transcriptions, June 1944 (Mercer) ® 1944 2:43

5. WHITTLE OUT A WHISTLE Vocalists : Mixed Quartet - Standard Transcriptions, June 1944 (Hoefle, Porter) ® 1944 2:00

6. CASEY JONES Vocalist : Country Washburne - Standard Transcriptions, June 1944 (Unknown, probably Fisher) ® 1944 1:56

7. AT LAST I'M IN FIRST WITH YOU Vocalists : Mixed Quartet - Standard Transcriptions, June 1944 (Washburne) ® 1944 2:42

8. THE CITY SLICKER POLKA Vocalists : The Nilsson Twins - Standard Transcriptions, June 1944 (Carling, Ohman) ® 1944 3:10

9. DOWN BY THE O-HI-O Vocalist : Beauregard Lee - Standard Transcriptions, June 1944 (Olman) ® 1944 1:55

10. HOLIDAY FOR STRINGS With vocal effects - Los Angeles, November 29, 1944 (Rose) ® 1944 3:11

11. COCKTAILS FOR TWO Vocalist : Carl Grayson - Los Angeles, November 29, 1944 (Coslow, Johnston) ® 1944 2:57

12. LEAVE THE DISHES IN THE SINK, MA Vocalist : Del Porter - Los Angeles, November 29, 1944 (Berle, Jones, Doyle) ® 1944 2:50

13. SERENADE TO A JERK Vocalists : Judy Manners & Red (Jerk) Ingle - Los Angeles, January 13, 1945 (Porter, Hoefle) ® 1945 3:11

14. DRIP, DRIP, DRIP (SLOPPY LAGOON) Vocalist : Del (Water-on-the-brain) Porter - Los Angeles, January 13, 1945 (Porter) ® 1945 3:10

15. CHLOE Vocalist : Red (Swamphead) Ingle - Los Angeles, January 13, 1945 (Kahn, Moret) ® 1945 3:11

16. THE BLUE DANUBE Vocalists : Carl Grayson, Del Porter & The Boys in the Back Room - Los Angeles, mid-August 1945 (Strauss, Meyer, arr. Porter & Jones) ® 1945 3:12

17. BLACK BOTTOM Los Angeles, mid-August 1945 (Henderson, De Sylva, Brown) ® 1945 2:30

18. TOOT TOOT TOOTSIE, GOODBYE Vocalist : Del Porter - Los Angeles, mid-August 1945 (King, Kahn, Erdman, Fio Rito) ® 1945 2:13

19. MACNAMARA'S BAND Vocalist : Carl Grayson - Los Angeles, mid-August 1945 (Stamford, O'Connor) ® 1945 2:30

20. SIAM Vocalists : Del Porter, Carl Grayson & Red Ingle - Los Angeles, mid-August, 1945 (Porter, Hoefle) ® 1945 2:46

21. LIEBESTRAUME Vocalist : Red Ingle; Narrator : Richard Morgan - Los Angeles, September 10, 1945 (Listz. Arr. Porter & Jones) ® 1945 3:10

22. YOU'LL ALWAYS HURT THE ONE YOU LOVE Vocalists : Carl Grayson & Red Ingle - Los Angeles, September 10, 1945 (Fisher, Roberts) ® 1945 2:49

23. THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC Vocalist : Carl Grayson - Los Angeles, September 10, 1945 (Mercer, Arlen) ® 1945 2:27

24. MOTHER GOOSE MEDLEY (Intro - Brahm's Lullaby; The Farmer in the Dell; Hi Diddle Diddle; Sing a Song of Sixpence; Little BoyBlue; Hickory Dickory Duck; Jack &Jill; Old King Cole; LondonBridge is Falling Down; Brahm's Lullaby. Animals & Birds : Dr. Horatio Q Birdbath & Chorus - Los Angeles, February 11, 1946 (Porter, Jones) ® 1946 3:18

25. HAWAIIAN WAR CHANT Vocalists : Spike Jones & His Wacky Wakakians - Los Angeles, February 11, 1946 (Freed, Noble,Leleiohaku) ® 1946 2:42


DISC FOUR

1. OLD MCDONALD HAD A FARM With vocal chorus - Los Angeles, February 11, 1946 (Trad. arr. Porter &Jones) ® 1946 3:06

2. I DREAM OF BROWNIE WITH THE LIGHT BLUE JEANS Vocalists : Carl Grayson& The Barefooted Pennsylvanians - Los Angeles, February 11, 1946 (Foster, Meyer, Jones) ® 1946 3:05

3. THE GLOW WORM Vocalists : Red Ingle & Aileen Carlisle with chorus - Los Angeles, February 11, 1946 (Robinson,Lincke, arr. Jones) ® 1946 3:06

4. LAURA Spike Jones & his other Orchestra with the City Slickers. Vocalists : Jimmy Cassidy, Red Ingle & Dr. Horatio Q Birdbath - Los Angeles, May 6, 1946 (Mercer, Raksin) ® 1946 2:58

5. JONES POLKA Vocalist :Mickey Katz - Los Angeles, May 6, 1946 (Katz, Jones) ® 1946 2:37

6. THE JONES LAUGHING RECORD (Introducing the Flight of the Bumble Bee) (After Rimsky-Korsakov - long after) Trombone : Tommy Pederson (with Frank Leithner - sneezes plus George Rock, Dick Morgan, Red Ingle & others) - Los Angeles, September 28, 1946 (Rimsky Korsakov) ® 1946 2:44

7. WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE Commentary : Doodles Weaver - Los Angeles, October 7, 1947 (Rossini, arr. Weaver &Jones) ® 1947 3:15

8. MY PRETTY GIRL Vocalists : The Boys in the Back Room. Whistling : Dr. Horatio Q Birdbath - Los Angeles, October 17, 1946 (Porter, Johnson, Gibeling) ® 1946 2:54

9. RHAPSODY FROM HUNGER (Y) Boy : Spike Jones; violin solo : Dick Gardner - Los Angeles, October 17, 1946 (Trad. arr. Jones) ® 1946 3:14

10. I'M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE Vocalist : George Rock - Los Angeles, October 17, 1946 (Fields, McHugh) ® 1946 3:00

11. WHEN YUBA PLAYS THE RHUMBA ON THE TUBA Spike Jones and his Other Orchestra; Tuba : Country Washburne - Radio Transcriptions - Los Angeles, November 1946 (Jones) ® 1946 2:35

12. (I'M FOREVER) BLOWING BUBBLE GUM Vocalist : George Rock - Los Angeles, February 10, 1947 (Hoefle, Porter) ® 1947 3:20

13. LOVE IN BLOOM Vocalists : The Barefooted Pennsylvanians, Dr. Horatio Q Birdbath & The Salvina Sisters - Los Angeles, February 10, 1947 (Robin, Rainger) ® 1947 3:27

14. THE MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE Vocalist : Doodles Weaver - Chicago, March 24, 1947 (Lee, Leybourne, arr. Weaver & Jones) ® 1947 3:02

15. POPCORN SACK Vocalists : The Boys in the Back Room, Paul Frees & Sir Frederick Gas - Los Angeles, July 25, 1947 (Duplessis, Walter) ® 1947 2:59

16. OUR HOUR (THE PUPPY LOVE SONG) Vocalists : The Tailwaggers, Dr. Horatio Q Birdbath, George Rock & Sir Frederick Gas - Los Angeles, July 25, 1947 (Hoffman, David, Livingston) ® 1947 3:23

17. MY OLD FLAME Vocalists : PaulJudson&Paul Frees - Los Angeles, October 7, 1947 (Coslow, Johnston) ® 1947 3:30

18. PEOPLE ARE FUNNIER THAN ANYBODY Vocalists : Dick & Freddie Morgan - Chicago, November 5, 1947 (Finberg, Brandt) ® 1947 3:06

19. BY THE BEAUTIFUL SEA Vocalists : The Salt Water Tuffies; Barker, Dick Morgan; Interruptions : George Rock - Chicago, November 13, 1947 (Carroll, Atteridge) ® 1947 3:08

20. I'M GETTING SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU Vocalists : The Barefooted Pennsylvanians (Sir Frederick Gas, Dick Morgan & George Rock) - Chicago, November 13, 1947 (Washington, Bassman) ® 1947 3:30

21. I KISS YOUR HAND MADAME Vocalists : Paul Judson & The Ben Ghost Singers - Chicago, December 4, 1947 (Rotter, Erwin, Lewis, Young arr. Weaver & Jones) ® 1947 3:38

22. ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS (IS MY TWO FRONT TEETH) Vocalist : George Rock - Chicago, December 4, 1947 (Gardner) ® 1948 3:07

23. ILL BARKIO (IL BACIO) Vocalists :Ina Souez & Horatio Q Birdbath - Chicago, December 23, 1947 (Arditi, arr. Brandt & Jones) ® 1948 3:22

24. NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART (A SOAPERETTA) Girl : Helen Grayco; Boy : Spike Jones; violin solo : Dick Gardner - Chicago, December 30, 1947 (arr. Brandt &Jones (after Tchaikovsky & Saint-Saens -Long After) ® 1948 3:22