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Nina Simone - The Lady Has The Blues

http://www.amazon.com/The-Lady-Has-Blue ... IKX0DER&pf_

Yeah, Frank Sinatra's last real record was recorded in 1984 (the Duet albums of the mid 1990s don't really count), the album is called LA is My Lady. LA is My Lady has some attempts at pop music of the time on it, specifically the title track. But, for the purposes of this group, it does have a vers...

The August 2010 Amazon.com/mp3 $5 deals are especially good this month, they bumped it up to 1,000 titles and there are numerous danceable jazz title (in addition to all other genres). Classic Sinatra - His Great Performances 1953-1960 - Frank Sinatra The World Of Nat King Cole - His Very Best - Nat...

Today only, Sat May 8, 2010
Daily free track on Amazon.com/mp3 is Ella Fitzgerald's Blue Skies.

Black Friday Sale has started, Nina Simone, Nat King Cole, Ray Charles, Vince Guaraldi, lots of stuff, the new Squirrel Nut Zippers, lots of bop, lots of popular non-jazz, not a lot of classic swing. Bound to find something of interest to you. 50 $5 albums per genre, with a little overlap. http://ww...

Not every scene plays this type of music, in Texas you can generally get away with it. The new Lyle Lovettt CD came out today (Tuesday, 10/20), it was $3.99 Daily Special on Amazon.com yesterday (Monday, 10/19) as a presale, Amazon.com still has the $3.99 price up, not sure if it is a two day sale f...

Today only, Saturday, October 10, 2009 $1.99, amazon.com/mp3 Ella Fitzgerald compilation Golden Voices One of the reviewers wrote: "This is a collection of very early to early Ella Fitzgerald almost entirely from the Decca label. The dates of these recordings are between 1935 and 1945 -- except...

Not really very dancer friendly as far as I can tell by the track listing. But, some tracks from Verve. Free download for an unspecified length of time. Verve Vault Presents: Rhythm, Strings and Cool Breezy Jazz Sampler http://www.amazon.com/Verve-Vault-Presents-Strings-Sampler/dp/B002PE9G90/ref=amb...

I try to think how I would dance different dances to a song before I throw it into the rotation. How easy it for the average dancer to six count/jitterbug/east coast vs Lindy vs Bal, Shag, Blues, etc... Then I tag it in the comments. I use the tag info to pull lists as I DJ. As to the first post in ...

Aerosmith did a version of "Big Ten Inch Record", which I know of mostly from the Bullmoose Jackson version. It is off Toys in the Attic, which is probably the most famous Aerosmith record from the 1970s, "Walk This Way" and "Sweet Emotion" are also on the album. Not a ...

Never played it a dance, But, they do have swing dancing in the video... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLgfHziJdX0 I imagine that if we were all swing dancing and DJing back in 1984, it would have been a hit in the way that Candyman was a few years back. I do like to play George Michael's "Fas...

Perhaps, the eMusic UK folks are not being forced to convert to a new plan. It is pretty clear when I check my account info, I convert to the new plan next week).

Nathan

Interestingly, their subscription model doesn't appear to affect existing customers. As people's plans expire, they are being forced to convert to the basic model or whatever it is called. Mine automatically converts next week. But, I know of another DJ that has until Feb 2010. It all depends on ho...

If you bought them all of U.S. eMusic, using the best plan available today, it would cost $8,914. So the current bid looks to be a better deal.

On the other hand, you have the $900 postage and you have to store all of the discs somewhere.

Nathan

I went through a quick pass of the albums, added them to my New addition list, I have not updated the A-L, M-Z lists, since A-L is maxed out at 500, I either need to make a third list or rebalance them somehow. Cut and paste link below into your browser. http://www.emusic.com/lists/showlist.html?lid...