THE ONLY MONTHLY MAGAZINE IN THE WORLD FOR LOVERS OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF POPULAR MUSIC NOW IN OUR TWENTY FIRST YEAR Subscription Information This Month’s Issue Links It's our 200th edition! And for this very special edition, we have a very special lady on the cover: Miss Jo Stafford
Featured in this month's issue:
Image from Geoff Wilding JO STAFFORD A Life in Music by Geoff Wilding
EMBASSY SINGLES 1954-1960 Part 4 Image from The Woolworths Virtual Museum Jun 1959 - Dec 1960
Image from Ciao! YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS.… No 17 — Dance Time by Albert Pattison Vera Lynn's recording of The Lambeth Waltz starts Albert off on this month's look at (mainly) novelty dances
The Great Albums By Edward Sharp “WHERE ARE YOU?” BY FRANK SINATRA
STATESIDE with ROBERT W RICE Image from Reader's Digest Store This Reader's Digest collection is one of this year's Christmas albums
CD REVIEWS by Gerry Stonestreet Image from 7Digital
Dan Singer from New York City turns the spotlight on some overlooked singers of the past and some bright newcomers, all of which are SINGER’S SINGERS Image from Concord Blue Note: www.bluenote.com Concord Records: www.concordrecords.com Jazz Promo Services: www.jazzpromoservices.com Savoy Jazz: www.savoyjazz.com Stephanie Nakasian: www.stephanienakasian.com
Image from Amazon UK ALLEN POLLOCK’S CD ROUNDUP
THE BARGAIN BASEMENT (and more) with CLIVE FULLER Image from The Great Music Company Budget CD: www.budgetcd.co.uk Delta: www.deltamusic.co.uk Didgeridoo Records: www.hotrecords.uk.com The Great Music Company: www.greatmusic.co.uk The Hut: www.thehut.com/hut/home.dept K-tel: www.kteluk.com Play: www.play.com Sunflower Records: www.greatmusic.co.uk Timeless Tracks: www.timelesstracks.com Time International: www.www.time-music.co.uk Townsend Records: www.townsend-records.co.uk
Image from Yahoo Shopping B.B.’S BIG BAND BEAT BRIAN BELTON takes a look at the big band scene

• National Jazz Archive: www.nationaljazzarchive.org
• The music of Keath Barrie: www.keathbarrie.com

Jim Lloyd has written to the magazine recommending Capital 90.5fm in Perth, Australia (Media Player), broadcasting music from the '30s, '40s and '50s, 24 hours a day.

Richard Duffin has written to the magazine giving details of a show he presents every Sunday night, 21:00 - 22:30, on LMFM in Drogheda, Co Louth, Ireland (Media Player).

Alan Cropper has written to the magazine recommending Jones College Radio in Jacksonville, FL, USA.

Mr B Lane has written to the magazine recommending subscribing to Live 365 (£22 or US$49 for 6 months). Their stations include MusicFromTheBlueLight and Class of 1954.

Dave Leaver has written to the magazine recommending UK-based Our Kind of Music: www.ourkindofmusic.co.uk, operating 24/7 (Media Player).

Chris Nielsen from Kentucky says he presents a big band show from noon to 2:00 pm local on Saturdays over WUKY-FM, which is streamed over the net: www.wuky.org (Real Audio).

Barry Lane has written to the magazine recommending WDUV in Sarasota FL, USA: www.wduv.com. He says they play everything from the Ames Brothers to Sinatra.

David Colp has written in to the magazine from the US to recommend WKHR in Cleveland OH, USA: www.wkhr.org.

Gerry Stonestreet recommends Isles FM www.isles.fm on Mondays from 10:00-11:00, and

Offshore Music Radio www.offshoremusicradio.com on Sundays & Wednesdays: 13:00-14:00, Thursdays: 20:00-2100, Saturdays: 9:00-10:00 (Windows Media Player, Winamp & Real Player).

Ted Nunn of the Sinatra Music Society and Les Peckham both recommend Angel Radio www.angelradio.co.uk (Windows Media Player, Winamp & Real Player).

Syd Atkinson mentions My Kinda Music on Moray Firth Radio on Monday evenings, 7:00 to 8:30 (registration required)
www.mfr.co.uk (Windows Media Player & Real Player)

Laurie Stead recommends Swing Radio from Northern Broadcasting Ltd www.northernbroadcasting.co.uk (MP3 & Real Player)

You can find other stations from sites such as Radio Locator www.radio-locator.com
and Web Radio www.web-radio.fm

To listen to web radio, you need a computer with a sound card and speakers or headphones. The most popular streaming formats need Windows Media Player - if you have a Windows PC, you will already have that - Winamp, the basic version of which is free from www.winamp.com, or Real Player, which you can get free from www.real.com.

Real try to get you to download a free 14-day trial of RealOne RadioPass, but clicking the "Free RealOne Player" link in the top right-hand corner of the page will get you the completely free version. Real tries to load extra stuff onto your computer which then keeps prompting you to upgrade to a paid version, so you may prefer to use Real Alternative instead. This is a free product which uses Windows Media Player to play Real format output, and you can get it from www.codecpackguide.com

Because of the way that Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL), who collect performers' rights payments in the UK, have decided to charge internet radio stations for licences, a number of UK stations have decided to make their broadcasts available to listeners in the UK only. Incidentally, PPL are also trying to stop UK listeners getting access to internet music broadcasts from outside the UK, but so far without success! More details in a Guardian article Will licensing kill the radio star? published on 4 May 2006.

In the US, royalty fees rose sharply in 2007, and some are predicting that this will bankrupt many American web broadcasters. See, for example 'Fatal' blow to web broadcasters on the BBC's web site.

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