Back in the Day, 2002
The Ink Spots
The Golden Age of the Ink Spots - The Best of Everything
(Jasmine)
Sweetly majestic and conducive to lights-low romance, Ink Spots oeuvre was also possessed of demanding urgency. Members' crucial output, compiled on these four discs, predated Rock'n'Roll. But much of that subsequent, cross-stitched form's earthiness, titillated impulse, and optimism stepped lively in these impeccably tasteful grooves.
Personnel changed over the historic combo's duration. One account explained why many Ink Spots' songs open with the same guitar figure: Because early DJs infrequently identified bands aired, that device so advised listeners. Clever.
(A commenter on this disc's Youtube page wrote: "I'm 16, soon to be 17 years old and born in 2006. I can assure you this music will never die!")
Recommended, disc one: "Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat," "Christopher Columbus," "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (with Ella Fitzgerald), "Shout, Brother, Shout," "Swing High, Swing Low," "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire," "Slap that Bass," "Who Wouldn't Love You?," "Keep Away From My Doorstep," "Information Please"
Recommended, disc two: "I'll Never Smile Again (Until I Smile at You," "'Taint Nobody's Bizness if I Do," "This is Worth Fighting For," "What Can I Do," "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie," "Stompin' at the Savoy," "Old Joe's Hittin' the Jug," "Java Jive," "Your Feet's Too Big," "Brown Gal"
Recommended, disc three: "Foo-Gee," "With Plenty of Money and You," "I Still Feel the Same About You" (with Ella Fitzgerald), "Don't Get Around Much Any More," "Whoa Babe!," "Oh! Red," "You Were Only Fooling (While I Was Falling in Love)," "Cow-Cow Boogie" (with Ella Fitzgerald)," "If I Didn't Care," "Alabama Barbecue"
Recommended, disc four: "Mine, All Mine, My Way," "That's the Way It Is," "Nothin'," "Knock-Kneed Sal (on the Mourner's Bench)," "My Prayer," "That Cat is High," "Yes Suh!," "Pork Chops 'n Gravy," "That's Where I Came In," "I've Got a Bone to Pick with You"
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