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The Beau Hunks
On to the Show
Finally available - the Beau Hunks' definite recordings of Leroy Shield's film
tunes
The Amsterdam-based "documentary orchestra" The Beau Hunks was
originally founded to recreate the toe-tapping melodies from the Hal Roach
shorts of the 1930s -- the Laurel & Hardy, Our Gang, Charley Chase, Thelma
Todd and Taxi Boys series. This music, although familiar to all, was never
commercially released by the studios and the original recordings are presumed
lost. Over the years, several attempts were made at recreating the tunes: Robert
Crumb and his Cheap Suit Serenaders in the '70s, Ronnie Hazlehurst in the '80s
and Vince Giordano in the '90s. It was the Beau Hunks, however, who finally gave
the stock music of Leroy Shield its due in a series of albums released between
1992 and 2000. Detective work, top-of-the-bill musicianship, scholarship,
vintage instruments, acoustic recording and note-for-note transcriptions
combined in quality albums generating rave reviews and prestigious awards.
In
their third album "On to the Show", first released on the American KOCH label in
1995, these qualities reached an artistic peak. Produced by Gert-Jan Blom and
Piet Schreuders, The Beau Hunks provide swinging versions of dance tunes such as
"Streamline Susie" and "Let's Face It"; short mood pieces like "Colonel
Buckshot" en "Hollywood Kate"; thrill and hurry cues like "The Villain", "Go Get
Him" and "Confusion"; the semi-classical "Cascadia" and the romantic "Early
Morning". The album contains a total of 50 tracks, all of which were composed by
Leroy Shield.
BASTA is proud to present a rerelease of this album which has
been hard to find for many years. The detailed program notes were updated and
the package redesigned by Piet Schreuders.
"I loved it .. it triggered
off a very beautiful sentimental chord in my soul." -- BRIAN WILSON
Tracklisting
Total duration 58 minutes
OVERVIEW
[1] Good Old Days (0:42)
[2] Streamline Susie (1:59)
[3] Teeter-Totter (0:51)
[4] All Together (0:57)
[5] In My Canoe (0:30)
[6] Here Are the Pets (0:57)
[7] Git Dap (0:09)
[8] Prelude (2:27)
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1935 CUES
[9] Rajah (0:40)
[10] Hot and Dry (1:36)
[11] Early Morning (2:21)
[12] Rhumba Rhythm (2:09)
[13] Standin' on the Corner (1:48)
[14] Fastie (0:45)
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TEACHER'S PET CUES
[15] By Rote (0:26)
[16] Crabtree (0:28)
[17] Ezra (0:26)
[18] Garden Gaities (1:09)
[19] Ants (Hurry) (0:46)
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1930 ORIGINALS
[20] On to the Show (0:42)
[21] Let's Go (0:33)
[22] Mickey (0:10)
[23] Arrowhead (0:44)
[24] Hollywood Kate (0:28)
[25] Little Dancing Girl (1:32)
[26] Colonel Buckshot (0:19)
[27] It Is to Laugh (1:00)
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MORE 1930-1931 CUES
[28] Snowing (2:10)
[29] Beer Barons (Waltz) (0:49)
[30] Intermezzo (1:30)
[31] Cascadia (3:13)
[32] Bride's Song (1:22)
[33] Hootchy-Kootch (0:25)
[34] Why! The Old Flirt (1:04)
[35] Hunting Song (1:31)
[36] Funeral March (0:23)
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OUR RELATIONS CUES
[37] Alf's Hornpipe (1:56)
[38] Walkin' the Deck (0:25)
[39] Fancy This (3:23)
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ANXIETY MONTAGE
[40] GOOFS SUITE (2:02)
Bassooning / Tip Toes /The Villain / Steps [41] Where? Oh, Where (0:07) [42] Confusion (0:34) [43] Wrong, All Wrong (0:16) [44] Slouching (0:05) [45] Go Get Him (2:07)
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FINALE
[46] Interlude (0:20)
[47] Let's Face It (2:04)
[48] Beyond the Rainbow (2:19)
[49] Up in Room 14 (1:42)
[50] Good Old Days (0:51)
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TOTALTIME 58:12
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