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The Essential Collection

~ Spike Jones
2.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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Product details

  • Audio CD (18 Sep 2006)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Label: West End
  • ASIN: B000I2KPHI
  • Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 31,817 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

    Popular in these categories:

    #25 in  Music > Miscellaneous > Song Parody
    #57 in  Music > Miscellaneous > Novelty
    #97 in  Music > Miscellaneous > Spoken Word

Track Listings

Disc: 1
1. Hawaiian War Chant
2. My Old Flame
3. Chloe
4. Der Fuehrer's Face
5. Little Bo-Peep Has Lost Her Jeep
6. The Jones Laughing Record (Introducing The Flight Of The Bumble Bee)
7. Laura
8. Drip, Drip, Drip (Sloppy Lagoon)
9. The Glow-Worm
10. Red Wing
See all 25 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. Cocktails For Two
2. Ill Barkio (Il Bacio)
3. You Always Hurt The One You Love
4. The Blue Danube
5. I Dream Of Brownie With The Light Blue Jeans
6. Hotcha Cornia (Hotcha Chornya) (Russian Folk Songs)
7. Down In Jungle Town
8. MacNamara's Band
9. That Old Black Magic
10. I Kiss Your Hand Madame
See all 25 tracks on this disc

Product Description

Album Description
No Essential series would deserve the name without the addition of the insanity that is Spike Jones & His City Slickers! Having paid his dues in the ‘30’s, Spike came into his own (some would say ran riot!) in the 1940’s when he was signed to RCA where he had seven top ten hits all of them featured on this truly Essential double CD. Using all manner of zany instruments from cowbells, klaxons, pistols, pots and pans and the infamous "latrinophone" (a toilet seat with strings!) Spike blazed a trail of devastation that would lead us directly to The Goons, The Bonzos, Zappa and even Weird Al Yankovic! Thanks Spike!

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Avoid, 10 April 2007
By Matthew K. Sharp - See all my reviews
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Whilst the selection of tracks is appealling, and the price is terribly reasonable for a 2CD set, the devil is in the detail. For on the back of the case, you'll find the words "This technical reconstruction is uniquely identifiable and is copyright". In plain English, that means "We've mucked about with the audio to give it a nasty mock-stereo effect".

The shame here is that underneath the reverb-drenched electronic fiddling, it sounds like the base tracks were a lot better quality than you'll find on many other compilations. A pity then that Avid Entertainment felt the need to tinker with them.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Avid Rubbish - not worth one star, 7 Jul 2008
By Mr. Brian E. Faulkner - See all my reviews
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I agree with Matthew. I have had a Dave Brubeck CD from this company (Avid) and it seems that they need to ruin every product they sell. The word "bargepole" comes to mind. Do not touch with a bargepole. Pay the extra and get an original recording
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5.0 out of 5 stars mahem again, 7 Feb 2009
Great stuff to get the chuckle muscles going. Great tunes and great humour. If they couldn't play so well, it would fall flat, why can't we have more bands like this nowadays?

Highly reccomended, by me at least.
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