Saturday night, Greg Poppleton and the band, barnstormed Sydney’s underground 1920s nightclub venue, Palmer and Co.
I took a few snaps of the band for you. It was great to make so many new friends for the band and to meet so many interesting new people.
We kicked off at 9pm and the joint was jumping and crowded to 1pm.
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The Phantom Dancer radio show is your two hour non-stop mix of swing and jazz from live 1920s-60s radio and TV presented by Greg Poppleton since 1985.
Live-streamed and archived online at 2ser.com. The Phantom Dancer is heard on over 22 radio stations.
LISTEN NOW ARCHIVED ONLINE AT RADIO 2SER.COM
In the Phantom Dancer mix this week: airchecks by Red Nichols from 1929 radio, the early Benny Goodman swing band on 1934-37 radio and star women singers on 1940s-50s radio.
See the full play list below.
Your Phantom Dancer Video of the Week, Liberace ‘Rolls Out The Barrel’ on his 1952 TV show.
Enjoy!
Make sure you come back to this blog, Greg Poppleton’s Radio Lounge, every Tuesday, for the newest Phantom Dancer play list and Video of the Week!
Thank you.
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Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters had the flappers and gentlemen dancing The Charleston at a 1920s Great Gatsby gala raising money for education.
Taking the photos: MICHAEL HENNESSY PHOTOGRAPHY
MOBILE NO. 0425292809
EMAIL: michael@hennos.com
In Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters are the absolute best in Sydney 1920s-30s jazz and swing:
Greg Poppleton – authentic 1920s-30s singer / film and TV actor
Geoff Power – cornet and sousaphone
Paul Furniss – alto and soprano saxes plus clarinet
Grahame Conlon – guitar and banjo
Lawrie Thompson – drums and washboard.
Tony Jex provided the sound for the 1000 seat hall.
Looking for a swinging jazz band for your wedding, corporate event and party?
Trio to full 1920s orchestra. Sound, lights and staging for small parties to big events.
Call Tony or email. Contact.
Looking for a swinging jazz band for your wedding, corporate event and party?
Trio to full 1920s orchestra. Sound, lights and staging for small parties to big events.
Call Tony or email. Contact.
Hello Bakeliters,
The first day of Summer and Christmas is coming! Ho, ho, ho!
One for your diary. 8pm Thursday 19 January. Foundry616 Jazz Club, 616 Harris St Ultimo – Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters 1920s Hot Jazz. Watch the Foundry616 site for TICKETS
May I suggest that the new album by Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters, ‘Back In Your Own Backyard’ , is a jolly good Christmas gift idea.
“Great album from start to finish…Tight breaks…Diggin’ those arrangements.”
Jesse Miner and Manu, ‘Hey Mr Jesse’ swing dance podcast, San Francisco.
12 great songs from the 1920s and 1930s played by four Australian jazz greats:
Paul Furniss saxes and clarinet,
Geoff Power sousaphone, trumpet and trombone,
Grahame Conlon Spanish guitar, and
Lawrie Thompson drums and washboard.
And I sing. That’s me on the cover…
Now, the cheapest place to buy the album online is Bandcamp. You can directly download the album for only $US 5. Or a CD can be posted to you for $US 12 + postage. At the current exchange rate that’s close to the $20 the CD is on sale for at gigs.
Buy now for Christmas.
A Dozen Swinging 1920s-30s Songs. Pure Listening Pleasure…
1. Cake Walking Babies From Home
2. They Didn’t Believe Me
3. Too Marvelous for Words
4. I’ll See You in My Dreams
5. Back in Your Own Backyard
6. Egyptian Ella
7. When My Dreamboat Comes Home
8. Honeysuckle Rose
9. Nobody’s Sweetheart
10. Lady Is a Tramp
11. Makin’ Whoopee
12. Yes, We Have No Bananas
Stuart Coupe Interview
Veteran rock journalist, Stuart Coupe, will be interviewing Greg Poppleton about the new album, Back In Your Own Backyard, on his 107.3 2SER Sydney radio show, Dirt Music. 1pm Saturday 13 December. Stuart will also be playing tracks from the album.
Christmas at Fairfield Museum, Sat 10 Dec 6pm. Free
Carols in the Gardens…
Sat 10 December, 6-8:30pm Free. Fairfield Museum, cnr The Horsley Drive and Oxford St, Smithfield. Bookings 9609 3993
Come to the Museum to hear some well-known carols from all over the world by musicians, choirs and see beautiful dancing. Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters will be there! Bring a blanket, food and enjoy being under the stars in our tranquil garden as we celebrate Christmas together. This is an event for the whole family with free activities, lucky door prizes and free face painting for the kids and for the kids-at-heart.
Here’s a photo from when Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters played Christmas at Fairfield Museum in 2014, singing with the 3 Amigos. (It was raining, so we all moved to the machine shed which reminds me a little of a shearing shed, but with a concrete floor.)
This December we’re also playing the SBS Christmas Party and a volunteers’ Christmas party for a local council. And we’re playing a few private concerts in the Eastern Suburbs. We can still take bookings for your Christmas event. Call Tony 9567 7171 or email tony@ozmanagement.com
New Website continually updated
Check out the new website for Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters.
Photos, movie posters, band videos and songs. The Gig Guide is continually updated so keep an eye on it between newsletters to find out if we’re playing near you.
Weddings, Corporate Events and Birthday Parties
We love adding 1920s-1930s glamour to your special occasion.
Email or call to Tony to find out more 61 2 9567 7171 0407 941 263.
Wedding, corporate event, party?
You can now book Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters for your occasion.
Call the always helpful and friendly Tony Jex…
02 9567 7171 | 0407 941 263 | tony@ozmanagement.com
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The Phantom Dancer is your non-stop 2 hour mix of swing and jazz from live 1920s-60s radio. On-air with Greg Poppleton since 1985.
Your 26 April Phantom Dancer includes a set of swing bands and then a set of pop bands on live 1939 radio and lots more. Tune in.
There’s also a set of 1929 radio. And we venture into 1962 radio with Buddy Cole’s music and Bing Crosby discussing those new-fangled answering machines with Rosemary Clooney.
You’ll even hear Harry James’ farewell performance with Benny Goodman’s Orchestra. That was on 10 January 1939 Camel Caravan radio show.
The final hour of the mix is all vinyl.
The Phantom Dancer is live-streamed as the show goes to air on 107.3 2SER Sydney, Tuesdays 12 – 2pm (12 – 2am GMT) and repeated 5 – 6pm Sundays, http://www.2ser.com
The show is then archived at 2ser.com/Phantom_Dancer for you to listen to online at any time.
Your Phantom Dancer Video of the Week is the inaugural and the only Miss US Television Pageant (1950 – Dumont TV), won by Edie Adams who went on to have a brilliant TV career. Enjoy!
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Here is your Phantom Dancer play list for Tuesday 28 July 107.3 2SER Sydney 12noon – 2pm and NOW STREAMING ONLINE at http://www.2ser.com
This week’s 2 hour non-stop mix of swing and jazz from live 1920s – 1960s radio has a set of swing from live 1936 radio, a set of 1950s swing from Hollywood Palladium broadcasts including the theme from Dragnet played live by the original orchestra, Ray Anthony. Plus, hear live radio performances by Bunny Berrigan, Arthur Prysock, Harry James, Woody Herman and more in a whole 2 hours of non-stop live swing and jazz with the last half of the show being ALL VINYL. See the play list below.
Your Phantom Dancer Video of the Week is Julius Sumner Miller giving Dramatic Demonstrations in Physics on the matter of electromagnetism. This is program 43, recorded at ABC-TV in Sydney in 1969. Enjoy…
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If you add the digits 2-5-1-1-1-4 which makes up the date for today’s Phantom Dancer, 25 November 2014, you get 14, which of course is this year.
CLICK ON THIS LINK AND YOU’LL HEAR THE WHOLE SHOW ONLINE TILL JANUARY
And 14 is a number with no other consequence for today’s Phantom Dancer show, 12 noon, 107.3 2SER Sydney. (Also heard online at http://www.2ser.com where you’ll also find an archive of past shows, just follow the Phantom Dancer links at Program Guide.)
But of consequence will be swing and jazz from live 1920s – 1960s radio and TV by Lionel Hampton, Bob Effros, Earl ‘Fatha’ Hines, Artie Shaw, a set of Eddie Condon and more. See the full play list below.
Your Phantom Dancer Video of the Week is program 12 in the series ‘Demonstrations in Physics’ with Professor Julius Sumner Miller and made at ABC TV in Sydney in 1969. The series was telecast in Australia as ‘Why Is It So?’ This week, the Professor demonstrates the strange physics of rolling things.
Play List – The Phantom Dancer
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