The Missing Sides 1938-1950

RELEASE
2009
LABEL
Original Cast
GENRES
Vocal Music

Album Review

Original Cast Records' 2009 release The Missing Sides contains 30 songs peppered with snatches of "studio chatter" and a bit of talk headed "Reminiscing with Eddie Cantor." This material documents Cantor's studio recording career from July 1938 -- about a year before the Camel cigarette company withdrew its sponsorship of his radio program after he made anti-Nazi remarks at the New York World's Fair -- to March 1950, when he was poised and ready to take on the medium of television under the auspices of Colgate Toothpaste. "Little Lady Make Believe/Says My Heart" and "Lambeth Walk" were recorded in 1938 for British Decca with backing by an orchestra under the direction of Bert Ambrose. The majority of the recordings on this collection (the first version of "Makin' Whoopee" through "Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider") were originally released on Decca records in the U.S. "How You Gonna Keep ‘Em Down on the Farm?" was recorded for the Armed Forces' V-Disc series. The song dates back to the First World War and is best-known for the 1919 recording by Noble Sissle and James Reese Europe's 369th Infantry Hellfighters Band. "Josephine, Please No Lean on the Bell" (an Italian-American novelty tune forever identified with loudmouth comedian Jerry Collona), the goofy "One-Zy, Two-Zy" and the second version of "Makin' Whoopee" came out originally on the Pan American record label, and the remaining six tracks were issued by Victor in 1949 and 1950. Cantor is not the only voice heard on this collection. During "We're Having a Baby" he is joined by June Clyde; "Around and Around" and "You Kissed Me Once" feature Nora Martin; and the woman who sings on "Juke Box Annie" and the second take of "The Old Piano Roll Blues" has been identified as Lisa Kirk. Altogether, this sequel to Cantor's earlier period (1917-1934) covers a segment of his career which has mainly been mapped by radio and television air checks. The sides from 1950 are the final entries in Cantor's lengthy studio discography.
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Track Listing

  1. Litte Lady Make Believe/Says My Heart
  2. Lambeth Walk
  3. Makin' Whoopee
  4. Yes Sir, That's My Baby
  5. Oh! Gee, Oh! Gosh, Oh! Golly I'm in Love
  6. They Go Wild, Simply Wild Over Me
  7. We're Having a Baby
  8. Now's the Time to Fall in Love
  9. Around & Around & Around
  10. You Kissed Me Once
  11. If You Knew Susie
  12. You'd Be Surprised [#]
  13. You'd Be Surprised
  14. Dinah [Alternate Take][#]
  15. Dinah
  16. Ma (He's Making Eyes at Me) [Alternate Take][#]
  17. Ma (He's Making Eyes at Me)
  18. Studio Chatter
  19. Studio Chatter
  20. Alabamy Bound
  21. Studio Chatter
  22. Studio Chatter
  23. Margie
  24. Studio Chatter
  25. Studio Chatter
  26. Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider
  27. Studio Chatter
  28. How Ya Gonna Keep 'em Down on the Farm?
  29. One-Zy, Two-Zy
  30. Josephine, Please No Lean on the Bell
  31. Makin' Whoopee
  32. Reminiscing with Eddie Cantor [Promo Record]
  33. I Never See Maggie Alone
  34. The Old Piano Roll Blues
  35. Enjoy Yourself
  36. I Love Her (Oh! Oh! Oh!)
  37. The Old Piano Roll Blues
  38. Juke Box Annie