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For those who were at ARSC Conference you heard Peter Shambarger's talk about the discovery of the RARE Shuffle Along Backers disc of Shuffle Along of 1950 - a show that was never produced. There was lots of interest in the forthcoming CD from Harbinger. Well the label has a SPECIAL deal if you pre-order over next two weeks. Honestly, it's a no brainer. See below. BTW, Peters talk will be available to current arsc members in the next week or so when the conference presentations are posted. I highly recommend you listen to Peter's talk - which includes excerpts. Steve SISSLE & BLAKE?S SHUFFLE ALONG OF 1950 Continuing with Harbinger Records? acclaimed series of CDs devoted to jazz pianist, composer, Broadway songwriter, and black music pioneer Eubie Blake we proudly present the original demo to the proposed Broadway musical, Shuffle Along of 1950. Harbinger?s recording of Sissle and Blake singing the score to the original production of Shuffle Along (Harbinger CD: HCD-3204) won the Grammy Award for it?s brilliant liner notes by Richard Carlin and Ken Bloom, authors of an upcoming biography of Eubie Blake to be published by Oxford University Press. They are repeating their assignment with liner notes for this recording of Shuffle Along of 1950. Also included as bonus tracks is a remastering of the only surviving acetate of a historical ?Salute to Ruth King.? Ruth King was a famed Cleveland DJ who celebrated black musicians. And such notables as Sissle and Blake and the legendary W.C. Handy, composer of ?St. Louis Blues? play for Ms. King. 1921?s all-black musical comedy, Shuffle Along, was the most successful Broadway show of its time. The score contained the future standards ?I?m Just Wild About Harry? and ?Love Will Find a Way.? It marked the emergence of a new black musical theatre. It desegregated theatres in New York and across the country, the first time blacks and whites could sit together in a theatre. Years later in 1950, songwriters Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle decided to devise a revised version of their original hit and made this acetate recording to interest potential backers. This recording contains narration by lyricist Noble Sissle explaining the plot of the new show. Several of the songs from the original Shuffle Along are included as are new songs written especially for this production by Sissle and Blake. Later, others augmented the score and their songs are also included in this rare recording. In their liner notes, Carlin and Bloom tell the fascinating story of the production of Shuffle Along of 1950 and its eventual premiere on Broadway as Shuffle Along of 1952. It?s a story of great highs and the lowest of lows. A tale that both Broadway acolytes and jazz fans will find fascinating. *NEW RELEASE PRE-ORDER GIVEAWAY!* 1. If you purchase *Shuffle Along of 1950* through Amazon's site: *CLICK HERE: http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=00185FkfpwOfwZjuTOLn-OOlyfPpOw7hkpsnPUQ92LNdI0oDmnrpjZAgb9UJSkoJEi7_cqLfCh8pNcBXG1WB-GqfQ9vP9AbW8021re9-oAfHpfdHHTSXw6YjI03I5oqhybSk6CGP5c435WnKPtZ6CpmioUzp4mtS-TnAUoruyTHaoIKtTFyFdDWnzUs-XRa5xAR&c=b9u8G0LGIew182G6hHdlnyjUvujbYCx3EYr03gk4yTGYiZtyItnS6g==&ch=qOWXhXhiJoiBMS91iyo02VDA2IsJNn4bWUTZuEG74SchhFLAGCBHFA== 2. AND you send us ([log in to unmask]): a) an email with your Amazon Order Confirmation Number as proof of purchase and b) your current mailing address to [log in to unmask] 3. We will send you A COMPLIMENTARY CD of Harbinger Records' Grammy award-winning *Sissle & Blake Sing Shuffle Along*. The Track list: SISSLE & BLAKE'S SHUFFLE ALONG 1950 All songs played by Eubie Blake All narration and vocals by Noble Sissle unless otherwise indicated 1. Introduction 2. Election Day 3. Intro of track 4 4. My Platform of Swing 5. Intro of track 6 0:24 6. Love Will Find a Way: Charlotte Holloman and Laverne Hutchinson 7. Intro of track 8 8. Boogie Woogie Beguine 9. Intro of track 10 10. Mirandy (That Gal O?Mine) /In Honeysuckle Time 11. Intro to track 12 12. Two Hearts in Tune: Charlotte Holloman and Laverne Hutchinson 13. If You?ve Never Been Vamped by a Brownskin 14. Intro to track 14 15. Gypsy Blues 16. Intro to track 16 17. Bandana Days 18. Musical Interlude 19. Ain?t You Comin? Back Mary Ann to Maryland? 20. Intro of track 19 21. Shuffle Along 22. Intro of track 21 23. The Apple Jack 24. Intro of track 23 25. Alone with Love: Charlotte Holloman and Laverne Hutchinson 26. Intro to track 25 27. I?m Craving for That Kind of Love 28. Intro of track 27 29. Underneath the Swanee Moon: Noble Sissle and Charlotte Holloman 30. Intro of track 29 31. If You?ve Never Been Vamped by a Brownskin 32. Ain?t You Comin? Back to Maryland, Mary Ann? 33. Medley of Cultural Backgrounds 34. I?m Just Wild About Harry: Noble Sissle and Charlotte Holloman 35. Closing remarks TRIBUTE TO RUTH KING All piano by Eubie Blake unless otherwise indicated 36. Introduction by Noble Sissle 37. St. Louis Blues: W.C. Handy (vocal and trumpet) 38. Bandana Days and I?m Just Wild About Harry: Sissle and Blake 39. Piano Improvisation: Eubie Blake 40. It?s a Hit: Madeline Greene 41. Memories of You: Billy Banks 42. I?ve Got a Shooting Box in Scotland and Just One of Those Things: Ruth King (piano): music and lyrics by Cole Porter SHUFFLE ALONG OF 1950 CAT. NO: HCD-3402 EAN/UPC: 632433340226 LABEL: Harbinger Records Produced for Harbinger Records by Ken Bloom For more information, contact Harbinger Records: Phone: 216-860-1518 /email: [log in to unmask] Harbinger Records is a division of The Musical Theater Project 5755 Granger Rd., Suite 830, Independence, OH 44131 www.HarbingerRecords.com