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1-This Cat's On A Hot Tin Roof 2-The Dirty Boogie 3-This Old House 4-Let's Live It Up 5-Sleepwalk 6-Jump Jive An' Wail 7-You're The Boss (& Gwen Stefani) 8-Rock This Town 9-Since I Don't Have You 10-Switchblade 327 11-Nosey Joe 12-Hollywood Nocturne 13-As Long As I'm Singing (1998/INTERSCOPE) 13 tracks - special price
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The Orchestra's 3rd album, best described in Brian's own words as 'rockabilly swing'. Stray Cats classic "Rock this town" gets a stunning new arrangement that will wear holes in any dancefloor, "This ole house" is clearly inspired by the Shakin' Stevens version but takes it in new directions. "Switchblade 327" is a classic Setzer Kustom Kool song, mixing hotrods and violence and painting a neo-50s word picture as only he does.
Oh yes, and Grammy winning performances on "Jump jive and wail" and "Sleepwalk" - although I prefer the version of the latter on the Stray Cats' "Choo Choo Hotfish".
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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This fantastic CD is the work of Brian Setzer. Until recently, Brian was most known for his work with the rockabilly band, the Stray Cats. However, Brian's first instrument was the euphonium, and he always dreamed of forming his own big band. Well, Brian had his chance, and who hasn't heard his smash-hit, Jump, Jive, An' Wail? This CD is a collection of thirteen of the Brian Setzer Band's best works, all harkening back to the age of Swing! Heck, there's even a Swing version of Rock This Town!
This is a great CD, one that will please anyone who likes that old and new Swing sound. I highly recommend it to you!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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There's more reviews on Amazon.com of course (as that's American) but i am surprised that this cd has been out ten years (1998) and only 3,(now 4) people have bothered to review it! Why? This album is five stars from start to finish. 'This cat's on a hot tin roof' is just about as exciting as a song gets. Then 'The Dirty Boogie' does for swing what Lara Croft does for 'Tomb Raider'...in other words, it was meant to be. How can anyone not say that this isn't the best version of 'Sleepwalk' ever recorded? Apart from 'BSO live in Japan'! We didn't get the 'Gap commercial' in England but apparently 2 million Americans did! Therefore 'Jump, jive and wail' became a monster hit. The only minus on this incredible album is the big band treatment of 'Rock this town. Brian's 'Stray Cats' win that song hands down. But the pluses are so much it doesn't matter. 'Check out 'Switchblade 327' for some motoring guitar work...that's if you can bare to stop dancin'!
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The Dirty Boogie
So good - I bought it twice, one for me and one for the little woman.
The stray cats are all grown-up now, mix-in a twist of Louis Prima a... Read more
So good - I bought it twice, one for me and one for the little woman.
The stray cats are all grown-up now, mix-in a twist of Louis Prima a... Read more
Published 1 month ago by PSC
Quality fun
Very enjoyable and lively cd, great combination of spirited guitar playing with classic big band arrangements, quite a unique sound and great for in the car or while doing the... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mark Somers
Super present and well appreciated.
This was bought for a present and went down extremely well both by us because it was easy to buy through Amazon and a good price but also by the recipient.
Published 5 months ago by Mr. Garrick R. Forbes
It's OK
Having listened to the album a few times now I certainly cannot rate it as highly as other reviewers, for me there is something missing. It seems to lack passion and class. Read more
Published on 28 Feb 2009 by S. Fletcher
An very good cd with lots of great swing sounds
If you like the sound of swing and big band music, you will definitely enjoy this album. Almost everyone has likely heard "Jump Jive an' Wail" from the infamous gap commercial and... Read more
Published on 15 Nov 1999
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