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The Alaska Button Box Gang announces the release of their fourth recording, Under the Northern Sky in mid-May 2011.
Ordering information can be found below. All four recordings are in CD format; Polka Fury and Our Own are also available on cassette tape.
| Under the Northern Sky is our fourth recording. As with our previous releases songs include original compositions as well as traditional and standard melodies. This album can be purchased below or through cdbaby. | ||
| Diggy Liggy Lo Hammer Hanks Polka El Murcielago Dance with Me Finger Lake Aurora (waltz) Moja Dekle Three Brothers' Polka | Deshka's Waltz Angel's Polka Windy Hill Two-Step Squeezers Burschenlieder Polar Bear Polka Rachel of Ure Ginger Hill Eddie's Polka Rap | ||
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On Fire is our first recording. Originally released in cassette tape in 1987, it was re-released as a CD in 2007. A few copies of the tape are still available. Selections include traditional, standard and original compositions by members of the Gang. | ||
| Castle Rock Polka
El Rio Drive Rainy Day Song Lonesome Me Waltz S.N.P.J. Polka Clemson Schottische Vienna Waltz Fleur De Lis In The Mood Topkapi |
La Golondrina
Down in The Caribbean Cleveland Polka Midnight Fantasy My Happiness/Peg O' My Heart Bud's Polka Maple Sugar aka Maple Syrple Last Chance Polka Girard Polka |
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In 2000 the Gang produced their second recording, Our Own. Eight of the fifteen songs are original compositions. | ||
| Broken Reed
Alaska Swing Twelve Bass Norma Louise The Turk Lark Waltz Johnny's Knockin' O' Holy Night |
Cheapshot
Fantastic Harmonica Waltz of India Sand Lake Salsa Nidelvin Pothole Polka Mountaineer Polka |
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Polka Fury is the latest recording, put out in 2002. This recording includes five original songs by members of the Gang, traditional songs and well-known standards. | ||
| Thumb Polka Laendler with Feeling Zaplula Remington Thornbirds I have a Dream Cebar's #1 Achtung Los! Whitehall Two Step |
Budgie Boy Polka
Lakeshore Rootie Kazootie Miranda Tales of Hoffman Fancy Free Lara's Theme River City Silver Chips El Gaucho |
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Ordering Information
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| To order click here for a pdf of the order form. Print the order form off, fill it in and send it with a check or money order (US dollars only) to:
Alaska Button Box Gang P.O. Box 221744, Anchorage, AK 99522-1744 |
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PRICING:Cassette tapes are $10.00. CDs are $16.00. Shipping and handling is $3.00 for the first two items and $1.50 each additional item. (Shipping and handling for orders outside the United States is $5.00 for the first item and $1.50 for each additonal item - US dollars only).WHERE TO FIND IN ANCHORAGE:All four recordings are available through the mail, in person from a member, at our performances and at some shops in Anchorage. Currently they are available at the Anchorage Museum Gift Shop and Old Time Music Co. |
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