Straight Up (1998)

About this title: In the mid '70s, '50s nostalgia was alive and well. But in the '90s, retro trends ranged from '70s nostalgia to '40s nostalgia. It was amusing to see post-Baby Boomers wearing the bell bottoms and platform shoes of their Baby Boomer parents, and it was even more amusing to see them doing the lindy hop or the jitterbug (dances from their grandparents' youth!), wearing '40s attire and looking like they just stepped out of an old film-noir classic with Edward G. Robinson or James Cagney. Embracing jump blues and jive and often combining them with early rock & roll, countless retro-'40s bands ... read more

Tracks:

1. Enough for You [Sunshine]
2. Hit That Jive, Jack! [Alston/Tolbert]
3. Salt Pork, West Virginia [Sunshine]
4. Red Light [Sunshine]
5. Is That the Moon [Sunshine]
6. She Won't Believe [Sunshine]
7. Lounging at the Waldorf [Maltby/Waller]
8. Tid Bits [Tillotson]
9. Do You Know [Sunshine/Dreyer]
10. Undecided [Robin/Shavers]
11. [Untitled Hidden Track]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.