New Pop Records

A Treasury of Immortal Performances

(Victor; 10 LP singles). The third installment of a big selection of vintage jazz, reissued on LP, often in recordings that sound better than the originals (less surface noise, etc.). Titles of individual records: Benny Goodman Trio (Clarinetist Goodman, Pianist Teddy Wilson, Drummer Gene Krupa); Lionel Hampton; Earl Hines-Bitty Eckstine; Metronome All-Star Bands; Sidney Bechet; Jelly-Roll Morton; McKinney's Cotton Pickers; Great Trumpet Artists (Louis Armstrong, Bunny Berigan, Roy Eldridge, Bix Beiderbecke, Bunk Johnson, Dizzy Gillespie); Great Tenor Sax Artists (Coleman Hawkins, Chu Berry, Bud Freeman, Illinois Jacquet, Ben Webster, Charlie Ventura); Artie Shaw Favorites.

Lena Home Sings (M-G-M). Eight sides (Can't Help Lovin' That Man, Where or When, 'Deed I Do, I've Got the World on a String, Is It Always like This, The Lady Is a Tramp, Love of My Life, Sometimes I'm Happy), some from movie sound tracks, all delivered in Songstress Home's customary buttery style.

A Weaver of Dreams (Nat "King" Cole; Capitol, 45 r.p.m.). Crooner Cole gives a better-than-average love song a bestseller sendoff.

Wimmin (Guy Mitchell; Columbia). A rip-roaring hillbilly tune about false women and the men who love them anyway.

Oogie Oogie Wa Wa (Debbie Reynolds; M-G-M). According to Tin Pan Alley linguists, the title is Eskimo for "I want a mama." A fast-tempo piece of foolishness, well sung.

Bermuda (Bell Sisters; Victor, 45 r.p.m.). A sad song about a girl who left her dream man somewhere on the sands of Bermuda. It is sung by Cynthia Bell, 16, who wrote the song, and her sister Kay, 11.

When It's Sleepy Time Down South (Louis Armstrong; Decca). An excellent performance by Sandpaper Vocalist Armstrong with some fine Armstrong trumpeting thrown in for good measure.

This Is Jazz (Muggsy Spanier; Circle, 2 sides LP). More honky-tonk classics, as recorded from radio broadcasts. Among Cornettist Spanier's helpers are Pianist Joe Sullivan, Trombonist George Brunis, Drummer Baby Dodds. Among the best numbers: A Good Man Is Hard to Find, Muskrat Ramble, Jada.

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