Swing Your Partners: Square Dances From 40S / Var Swing Your Partners: Square Dances From 40S / Var CD

Here at Jasmine we are always looking to broaden the scope of our catalogue by bringing you a taste of the delightfully different. And this month we are returning to the spotlight a sub-genre of 20th Century Americana that may have shape shifted once or twice in it's time, but that has never really gone away. Once Rural America's favourite Saturday night pastime, square dancing also crossed over to the UK, where it was incredibly popular from the end of WWII until the mid-1950s and where it still maintains a hardcore of aficionados in dance clubs all over the country. Made in the late 1940s and early 1950s by the bands of two of Hillbilly music's flagship artists, Cliffie Stone and Carson Robison, the recordings in our collection embrace most of the primary dances, and will be within the capabilities of novice and expert alike. All tracks feature easy to understand calls and the CD begins with a little basic instruction to ease even the shyest dancer onto the floor. Remastered as always from the finest available sources, there are very few square dancing CDs in the marketplace - which should make this one a mandatory purchase for anyone who fancies a quick promenade or do-si-do!

1. Special Instructions for Square Dancing - Cliffie Stone and His Square Dance Band 2. The Inside Out, the Outside in - Cliffie Stone and His Square Dance Band 3. Forward Six, Don't You Blunder (Triple Duck) - Cliffie Stone and His Square Dance Band 4. Right and Left Hand Star - Cliffie Stone and His Square Dance Band 5. Double Bow Knot (Simplified Version) - Cliffie Stone and His Square Dance Band 6. Swing in the Centre, Swing on the Side - Cliffie Stone and His Square Dance Band 7. Catch All Eight (Short Form) - Cliffie Stone and His Square Dance Band 8. The Arizona Double Bar - Cliffie Stone and His Square Dance Band 9. Spanish Cavallero - Carson Robison and His Pleasant Valley Boys 10. Solomon Levi - Carson Robison and His Pleasant Valley Boys 11. Comin' Round the Mountain - Carson Robison and His Pleasant Valley Boys 12. Jingle Bells - Carson Robison and His Pleasant Valley Boys 13. Paddy Dear - Carson Robison and His Pleasant Valley Boys 14. Turkey in the Straw - Carson Robison and His Pleasant Valley Boys 15. The First Two Ladies Cross Over - Carson Robison and His Pleasant Valley Boys 16. Darling Nellie Gray - Carson Robison and His Pleasant Valley Boys 17. Buffalo Boy Go 'Round the Outside - Carson Robison and His Pleasant Valley Boys 18. Dive for the Oyster - Carson Robison and His Pleasant Valley Boys 19. Hook and Whirl - Carson Robison and His Pleasant Valley Boys 20. Head Couples Separate - Carson Robison and His Pleasant Valley Boys 21. Lady Round the Lady - Carson Robison and His Pleasant Valley Boys 22. Bob's Favourite - Carson Robison and His Pleasant Valley Boys