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1-CD-Album with 16-page booklet, 12 tracks, playing time 31:11 minutes. 'Town Hall Party' was... more

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1-CD-Album with 16-page booklet, 12 tracks, playing time 31:11 minutes.

'Town Hall Party' was among the first of the country music shows to be seen on U.S. television, making its debut in early 1952 and running until early 1961. Staged every Saturday in a theatre in Compton, a suburb of Los Angeles, the stage was made up to look like an old barn, thus continuing the traditions of the various live shows that were first heard on the radio airwaves three decades earlier.

Although Nashville was fast establishing itself as the commercial home of country music, the West Coast had a vast, ready audience for such a show. The area had first became the new home for the Dust Bowl migrants of the 1930s and, a few years later during the war years, a further influx was made up of workers seeking jobs in the munitions and defence plants. These were all people who loved country music and, consequently, a brand new country scene was born with its own sound, artists, clubs, record labels, radio shows and, in due course, television programmes.

'Town Hall Party' was created with its own cast of regular performers and musicians, boasting a house that was virtually a 'who's who' of the West Coast scene comprising such as such as Joe Maphis,
Merle Travis, Skeets McDonald, Johnny Bond and Tommy Duncan. Jay Stewart (who later hosted the TV quiz show 'Let's Make a Deal'), and Tex Ritter were the MCs. The weekly show presented an equally impressive guest list, attracted both by the show’s tremendous popularity but also by the fact that fledgling television was becoming a vitally important media for exposing their talents to brand new audiences. Among the many guests to appear included Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Eddie Cochran, The Collins Kids, Freddie Hart, Wanda Jackson, George Jones, Merle Lindsay, Bob Luman,
Carl Perkins, Jim Reeves, Marty Robbins, Hank Snow and Gene Vincent.

With an audience numbering up to 2000, 'Town Hall Party' was first broadcasted live over local radio station KFI, but reached a greater audience when NBC syndicated the show on radio. The broadcast was extended to three hours when KTTV-TV televised the show. The show was so popular that, in 1958, Columbia Records issued the 'Town Hall Party' album featuring various cast members.

Now 'Town Hall Party' is reborn on DVD. Launched in 2002, this continuing DVD series present both individual artists' performances, compiled from different appearances on 'Town Hall Party', and complete cast shows selected from specfic dates. Completely remastered, and presented with full colour booklets, these releases fully captured the atmosphere, artistry and sounds of a bygone country music age.

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Interpret: Various - At Town Hall Party
Album titlle: Town Hall Party (CD)
Genre Country
Label Bear Family Records
Preiscode AH
Artikelart CD
EAN: 4000127167293
weight in Kg 0.115

Various - Town Hall Party - Town Hall Party (CD) CD 1
01	Town Hall Shuffle	MAPHIS, Joe & TOWN HALL BAND
02	Just Because	COLLINS KIDS
03	Lonesome Love	HART, Freddie
04	Cold, Cold Heart	WRIGHT, Dortha
05	Oklahoma Waltz	BOND, Johnny
06	Each Minute Seems A Million Years	CARMAN, Jenks Tex
07	Tennessee Two Step	MAPHIS, Joe & TOWN HALL BAND
08	Wagon Wheels	RITTER, Tex
09	My Little Red Wagon	ANDERSON, Les 'Carrot Top'
10	Sweeter Than The Flowers	MAPHIS, Joe & ROSE LEE
11	Kentucky Waltz	CHARLES, Bobby
12	Wait For The Light To Shine (Entire Cast)	Various - At Town Hall Party

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Town Hall Party - DVDs

Die 'Town Hall Party' gehörte Anfang 1952 zu den ersten Country Music Shows, die im amerikanischen Fernsehen ausgestrahlt wurden und lief dort bis zum Beginn des Jahres 1961. Sie kam jeden Samstag aus einem Theater in Compton, einem Vorort von Los Angeles. Die Bühne war hergerichtet wie eine alte Scheune – dies sollte dieselbe Stimmung vermitteln, die schon drei Jahrzehnte zuvor bei den Live-Shows vorherrschte, die über den Hörfunk gesendet worden waren.

Die Bühne war hergerichtet wie eine alte Scheune

Die Show – mit bis zu 2000 Zuschauern im Saal – wurde anfangs live über die Radiostation KFI gesendet. Die Verbreitung nahm jedoch enorm zu, als NBC die landesweite Ausstrahlung übernahm. Und als sich mit KTTV-TV das Fernsehen einschaltete, dauerten die einzelnen Shows sogar bis zu drei Stunden. Die Beliebtheit war dermaßen groß, daß Columbia Records 1958 die LP 'Town Hall Party' veröffentlichte – mit vielen Interpreten, die zum Stamm der Show gehörten.

Perfekte Wiedergabe der Atmosphäre

Unsere DVD-Serie, gestartet 2002, präsentiert Auftritte einzelner Künstler aus verschiedenen 'Town Hall'-Konzerten; außerdem gibt es komplette Various-Artists-Shows. Völlig neu remastered und mit farbigen Booklets ausgestattet, garantieren diese DVDs eine perfekte Wiedergabe der Atmosphäre, des künstlerischen Könnens und des Sounds einer längst vergangenen Ära der Country Music.

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