Spike Jones

12-16-09 Spike Jones

LP 60 YEARS OF MUSIC AMERICA HATES BEST LIBERTY US LST 7154

1964? 11 TRKS stereo

LP BEST OF RCA DE LPM 10013

1960? 8 TRK Collection, mono (40’s recordings)

10" BOTTOMS UP (10") RCA US LPM 3054

1952 8 TRK EP

LPx2 CAN'T STOP MURDERIN' (Collection) RCA DE NL 89349 (2)

1974 23 TRK Collection

7" CARMEN MURDERED! (EP) RCA US EPA 440

1954 4 TRKS with pic sleeve, EP

7" CHARLESTON, THE / CHARLESTONO-MIO RCA US 47-3198

1953? 2 TRKS no pic sleeve

LP DEPRECIATION REVUE SILVER SWAN LP 1002

1980? 16 TRK Collection (40's recordings)

CD DINNER MUSIC FOR PEOPLE WHO AREN'T VERY HUNGRY RHINO US R2 70261

1957? 17 TRKS mono

LP DINNER MUSIC FOR PEOPLE WHO AREN'T VERY HUNGRY VERVE JPN MV 2119

1957? 17 TRKS ’80 re-issue, insert, mono

LP DINNER MUSIC FOR PEOPLE WHO AREN'T VERY HUNGRY VERVE US MGV-4005

1957? 17 TRKS mono

7" DOWN SOUTH / I'VE TURNED GADABOUT RCA US 47-4568

1953? 2 TRKS no pic sleeve, promo

7" FAVORITES (EP) RCA US EPA 288

1951 4 TRKS with pic sleeve, EP

LP I WENT TO YOUR WEDDING (Collection) RCA INT'L UK INTS 5052

1980 12 TRK Collection (50's recordings)

7" KIDS THE CLASSICS (EP) RCA US EPA 415

1953 4 TRKS with pic sleeve, EP

7" MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE (EP) RCA US EPA-5080

1959 4 TRK EP; with pic sleeve

LPx2 MURDERS AGAIN (Collection) RCA DE NL 89354 (2)

1973 20 TRK Collection

LPx2 MURDERS THEM ALL (Collection) RCA DE NL 89044 (2)

1973 17 TRK Collection

LP OMNIBUST LIBERTY US LST 7140

1960? 8 TRKS stereo

CD OMNIBUST / 60 YEARS OF MUSIC AMERICA HATES BEST TARAGON US TARCD-1095

1960 19 TRKS 2-on-1 ('02 issue) (60’s recordings)

LP ON THE AIR! SANDY HOOK SH 2073

1983 17 TRK Collection ('43 + '44 recordings)

LP SPIKE JONES IN STEREO WARNER US WS 1332

1959 10 TRKS stereo, re-issue

7" SPIKE SPOOFS THE POPS #1 (EP) VERVE US V-2003x45

1958? 4 TRK EP no pic sleeve

LP STANDARD TRANSCRIPTION DISCS 1942-44 - Vol. 1 HARLEQUIN UK HQ 2041

1986 16 TRKS mono

LP THANK YOU, MUSIC LOVERS (Collection) RCA US LPM 2224

1960 12 TRK Collection, mono (40’s recordings)

LP THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC STARCALL UK HY 1006

1975 12 TRK Collection (40’s recordings)

LP VERY BEST OF U.A. US UA-LA-439-E

1975 9 TRK Collection (50’s/60’s recordings)

CD WACKY WORLD OF SPIKE JONES (Collection) GOOD MUSIC DMC1-0570

1982 18 TRK Collection (40’s/50's recordings)

LP XMAS SPECTACULAR VERVE US MGV 2021

1959? 21 TRKS Xmas, mono

It’s nearly impossible to think about collecting Spike Jones’ original releases. Most everything pre-Verve started as a 10” 78rpm record, and some of those were made into 2-track 45’s, some into 4-track 45rpm EP’s and some into 8-track 10” LP’s! I can find listings for many of the RCA 78’s – but I do not own any 78’s, and cannot play them. So, I try to match up the 78’s to LP’s, and I find that there is still a lot of his material that I do not own in any form.

I only recently heard about his final record for RCA, recorded / released in 1955: “Hi Mister” b/w “This Song IS For The Birds” (RCA 20-6064, a 78rpm record) – and I do not have either song on anything. Damn!

Here’s an example of the kind of discography I am trying to put together (all are 78’s):

1952 Hot Lips / Hotter Than A Pistol (RCA 20-4875 78rpm)

1952 Barnyard Christmas / Socko The Smallest Snowball (RCA 20-5015 78rpm) yellow vinyl

1952 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus / Winter (RCA 20-5067 78rpm)

1953 I’ll Never Work There Anymore / I Went To Your Wedding (RCA 20-5107 78rpm)

1953 Lulu Had A Baby / Boys In The Back Room (RCA 20-5239 78rpm)

1953 Three Little Fishes / A Din Skal A Min (RCA 20-5320 78rpm)

1954 I Just Love My Mommy / God Bless Us All (RCA 20-5413 78rpm)

1954 Dragnet / Pal-Yat-Chee (with Homer & Jethro) (RCA 20-5472 78rpm)

1954 Where Did My Snowman Go? / Santa Brought me A Choo Choo (RCA 20-5497 78rpm)

1954 My Heart Went Boom Boom / Rickyshaw (RCA 20-5602 78rpm)

1954 Secret Love / I’m In The Mood For Love (RCA 20-5742 78rpm)

1954 My Heart Went Boom / Japanese Skokian (RCA 20-5917 78rpm)

1954 I Want Eddie Fisher For Christmas / Japanese Skokian (RCA 20-5920 78rpm)

I’m only guessing on the dates…I only have some of this material on LP – or on any playable format, such as 10” LP’s or 45rpm EP’s. To be honest, even digging 15 pages deep into Google, I can’t find anyone with a proper listing of all released Spike Jones RCA releases. I guess there are some Spike Jones reference books, but they’re all too expensive for me to even think about obtaining. I would LOVE to see a ‘complete’ Spike Jones discography .

My father played me Side 1 of “Dinner Music For Those Who Aren’t Very Hungry” when I was very small – maybe 5 years old. I believe he had (reel-to-reel) taped if off of the FM radio. When we went to Wallach’s Music City and tried to buy this LP, it was out of print – but “Thank You, Music Lovers” was in print, so we ordered it – and that’s where my interest in Spike Jones really started.

This discography is just my trying to approach collecting Spike Jones as I would, say The Beatles or The Rolling Stones – I wanted to know just how much material there was to collect – but nobody has posted a complete discography on line, as far as I can tell. So, when I find stuff of which I was not aware, it’s a big surprise to me. I recently found an early 50’s 7” 45rpm of “Down South” on RCA – never knew it existed, and it’s not on any of the collection LP’s I have.