Complete your spike jones and his city slickers collection. This disc is a repackaging of the 1988 biographical vhs and spikes only audiovisual biography ever made. They dance on the seat of their pants russian dance waltz of the flowers spike jones. If you prefer a smaller project, try the small nutcracker. Adam spiegel born october 22, 1969, known professionally as spike jonze pronounced as the common english name jones, is an american filmmaker, photographer, and actor, whose work includes music videos, commercials, film and television. I bought a little bunny, then i bought another bunny.
Jan 20, 2020 kirov, bolshoi, royal, san francisco, abt etc. What puts the cherry on the sundae with this album is the complete version of tchaikovskys nutcracker suite, done in the completely politically incorrect manner of the early 1940s. It usually outsells not only every other video version of the nutcracker, including the 1993 film of balanchines version, but every other ballet video as well. He and his backing band the city slickers employed a wide variety of zany vocals, household implements and shotguns to produce their wacky, yet musically intriguing tracks. Lindley armstrong spike jones december 14, 1911 may 1, 1965 was an american musician and bandleader specializing in satirical arrangements of popular songs and classical music. With spike jones, helen grayco, earl bennett, freddy morgan. See more ideas about city slickers, bobbie gentry and cocktails for two. As recorded by spike jones and his city slickers, vocal refrain by george rock by carl hoefle and del porter, tune town tunes, 1949. The straight numbers are done better by others, and the comic numbers lack flair somehow as if he was being too respectful to the time of year. This giant nutcracker can be disassembled for easier transport. Oct 23, 2010 spike jones and the city slickers 1953 mda telethon duration. Make it alone or as a team, for yourself, your classroom, your school or your office. We have resumed very limited warehouse and shipping operations. If you liked the various video excerpts of the spike jones show found on youtube, do yourself a treat.
The baryshnikov nutcracker has since become both the most popular television version of the work and the bestselling videocassette and dvd version of the ballet. Spike previously has been represented in this format only on two video compliations, the unknown mark brothers, and a readers digest comedy box set. Spike jones was born on december 14, 1911 in long beach, california, usa as lindley armstrong jones. Ballads receiving the jones treatment were punctuated with gunshots, whistles, cowbells and. Now when im lookin at the funnies i get as mad as mad. When the nutcracker prince and the girl landed there. Spike jones was a popular musician and comedian during the 1940s and 1950s. For those who know some of spike jones work you will find a number of wacky tracks here, but also many straight numbers. Spike jones the nutcracker suite 1953, vinyl discogs. Provided to youtube by sony music entertainment nutcracker suite. Yes, you can make this nutcracker that stands over 6 feet tall. Ever since he was a child, spike had an affinity for music, playing the drums at an early age, and organizing groups as a teenager. Complete song listing of spike jones on spike jones songs list covid19. Spike jones and the city slickers 1953 mda telethon duration.
These phonograph records are not 33rpm lps or 45rpm vinyl records. They stand up to abuse much better than lps or 45s. Spike jones, son of a railroad agent, was born lindley armstrong jones, getting his nickname from a telegraph operator who thought that jones was skinny as a railroad spike. Spike jones and his city slickers topic 273 views 3. Best of spike jones now available on dvd spikejonesestate uploaded a video 10 years ago. Lauren cuthbertson, federico bonelli, gary avis, et al. Contrary to what amazon states, it is not arearestricted with a region 1 code. Shchelkunchik listen help info is an 1892 twoact ballet fairy ballet. When i was a kid, we had an album out of the library that broke us up with laughter called spike jones is murdering the classics it was on rca red seal and i believe it was a new release in the early 70s of spikes classic sendups of classical pieces. These dvds contain all the numbers you want to see, plus others youll be happy to discover. It was released as a three 7 inch 45 rpm vinyl set in 1949 as wp143 and as a one 45rpm extended play epa143 in. He was married to helen grayco and patricia middleton.