The Pig's Big 78s: A Beginner's Guide




 * Artist
 * v/a (compiled by John Peel and Sheila)


 * Label
 * Trikont


 * Release date
 * 2006


 * Format
 * CD


 * Comments
 * In 2006, German label Trikont released 'The Pig's Big 78s: A Beginner's Guide,' a compilation of tracks played in the Pig's Big 78 slot on Peel's BBC Radio One show, selected before his death by the DJ and his wife, Sheila Ravenscroft (“Pig”).
 * UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Tracklisting
(Years in brackets are release dates of original 78 rpm records. For play dates of individual tracks on Peel shows, see artist pages where available or Pig's Big 78 year pages for 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004.)


 * Sheila Ravenscroft (aka The Pig): Brief Introduction
 * Olly Oakley: The Jovial Huntsman (featuring John Peel) (ca 1916)
 * Albert Whelan: Pass! Shoot!! Goal!!! (1931)
 * Ray Martin & His Orchestra: Blue Tango (1951)
 * Besses o' th' Barn Band: Bradford (before 1914)
 * Lightnin' Hopkins: Jail House Blues (1949)
 * Daily Mail Mystery Record: £1950 For Naming The Artists (?)
 * George Lewis And His New Orleans Music: Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula (1949)
 * Mr Billy Williams: John, John, Put Your Trousers On (1908)
 * Elias & His Zig-Zag Jive Flutes: Tom Hark (1958)
 * Seven ‘Hot’ Air Men: Gotta Feelin’ For You (1929)
 * Unknown performers: Unknown (Cantonese, ca 1930)
 * Peanuts Wilson: Cast Iron Arm (1957)
 * Winifred Atwell: The Charleston (1953)
 * Freddy Dosh: Impressions Part 1 & 2 (ca 1935)
 * Bob Richardson & His Orchestra: (There Ought To Be) A Moonlight Saving Time (1931)
 * Clapham & Dwyer: A Day’s Broadcasting, Part 1 (1928)
 * Jack White & His Band: Maybe (1939)
 * Earl Bostic: Sleep (ca 1951)
 * Ronnie Ronalde: The Yodelling Whistler (ca 1951)
 * Albert Whelan: My Brother Makes The Noises For The Talkies (1931)
 * Three Ginx: On A Steamer Coming Over (ca 1933)
 * Sonny Terry: Riff And Harmonica Jump (ca 1949)
 * Miss Agnes Preston: Massa’s In De Cold, Cold Ground (ca 1914)

Links

 * Wikipedia
 * Trikont Online catalogue listing for 'Pig's Big 78's - A Beginner's Guide', including tracklisting and links for reviews
 * Drowned In Sound: Life still has surface noise: Trikont release Pig's Big 78 album