Rivermont Records: Sam Lanin - Turn On The Heat (BSW-1143)

SAM LANIN AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Turn on the Heat: Hot Dance Band Sides 1925-1931
Rivermont BSW-1143

During the 1920s, perhaps no bandleader was more prolific in the recording studios than Sam Lanin (1891-1977). Over the span of roughly a dozen years -- from 1920 until 1931 -- Lanin directed some five hundred sessions for virtually every record company, resulting in nearly two thousand recordings. Fortunately, in Lanin's case, quantity does not preclude quantity. Lanin consistently hired the best New York studio musicians for his band; among those heard on this CD are Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Red Nichols, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Arthur Schutt, Rube Bloom, Jimmy McPartland, Miff Mole, Vic Berton, Larry Abbott, Andy Sannella, and others. His band made straightforward danceable recordings of popular songs with plenty of room for jazz-inspired solos.

This CD collects more than two dozen of Lanin's "hottest" recordings from the late 1920s, all freshly transferred and remastered from choice copies of the original records for best sound. A 16-page full-color booklet is included with photographs, liner notes by Bryan S. Wright, and complete discographical information for each recording. 77 minutes.

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1.		Tomorrow Mornin'
2.		Spanish Shawl
3.		Ya Gotta Know How to Love
4.		There's a Blue Ridge in My Heart, Virginia
5.		Am I Wasting My Time on You?
6.		St. Louis Blues
7.		Hello Cutie
8.		Red Lips, Kiss My Blues Away
9.		Me and My Shadow
10.		Gonna Get a Girl
11.		Side by Side
12.		My Ohio Home
13.		Keep Sweeping the Cobwebs Off the Moon
14.		Everywhere You Go
15.		I'd Rather Cry Over You
16.		Get Out and Get Under the Moon
17.		Sweet Sue -- Just You
18.		My Pet
19.		South Bound
20.		You Took Advantage of Me
21.		Glorianna
22.		Do You? That's All I Want to Know!
23.		Do Something
24.		Lovable and Sweet
25.		Turn on the Heat
26.		I Got Rhythm
27.		Hello! Beautiful!

Credits:
Liner notes: Bryan S. Wright / Source recordings: Bryan S. Wright / Transfers: Bryan S. Wright / Digital remastering: Jonathan Stevens / Photographs: Bryan S. Wright