Moth-Eaten Melodies

Welcome to Moth-Eaten Melodies. A few years ago I was given a few hundred 78 records and that started the ball rolling. Now I can’t pass by any old records for sale without at least looking through them to see if any treasures await. I have not come close to listening to everything I own, so in my desire to digitize my collection, I’ll be putting together podcasts of the better material I discover.

Here is the first show that kind of fell together as I was teaching myself Audacity. It’s rough and I don’t talk enough about what I’m playing, but I had to start somewhere.

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Download Show 1.1 - 59:27 (Right-Click / Save As)

The set list is below:

01) Rock-a-bye Boogie - The Modernaires (1953)

Show Intro

02) Pass That Peace Pipe - Beryl Davis
03) Laugh, Laugh, Laugh (Part 1) - Abbot & Costello (1941)
04) Hot Patatta - Jimmy Durante (1934)
05) Alarm Clock Boogie - Billy Briggs (1951)

Recap

06) You Must Be Losing Your Mind - “Fats” Waller (1942)
07) Sing, Sing, Sing - Fletcher Henderson (1936)
08) Rockin’ Chair - Hoagy Carmichael (1930)
09) If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d've Baked a Cake - Eileen Barton (1950)
10) Mussolini’s Letter to Hitler - Carson Robison (1942)
11) Main Street Breakdown - Chet Atkins (1949)

Recap

12) Cowboy Fun (Part 1) - Texas Jim Robertson
13) Salty Dog Rag - Red Foley (1961)
14) The Ballad of the Jumping Frog - Ed Hennessy
15) Laugh, Laugh, Laugh (Part 2) - Abbot & Costello (1941)
16) Kitchen Rag - Billy Cotton & his Band (1954)
17) Hitler’s Reply to Mussolini - Carson Robison (1942)

Recap

18) Hula Hula Twist - Pua & Johnny Almeida (1962)
19) There Ain’t Any Chorus - Irv Carroll (1941)
20) Three Little Bunnies - Gayla Peevey (1953)

Recap and goodbye

21) Cowboy Fun (Part 2) - Texas Jim Robertson

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