The third and final volume of the soundtrack to Boardwalk Empire is released by ABKCO Records. The album encompasses the music heard in seasons 4 and 5 (the final season). Remaining consistent with both previous soundtrack volumes, it is the collaborative work of series music producer Stewart Lerman, music supervisor Randall Poster and bandleader Vince Giordano - the musical backbone of the project...

For those who enjoyed volumes 1 and 2 of this series, volume 3 offers more of the same. This is another collection of contemporary musicians recording both popular and obscure 1920's Prohibition-era songs.

There are 19 tracks (1 hr, 2 min, 27 sec) on this volume, which is heavily influenced by the emergence of Bing Crosby as a bona fide superstar by the beginning of the '30s. The soundtrack opens with Crosby’s first solo hit 'I Surrender Dear', performed by Elvis Costello, and also includes Marshall Crenshaw singing 'Out of Nowhere', a landmark #1 song for Crosby.

As some of season 5 is based in Havana, Latin/Cuban rhythms are included in some of the tracks, including 'The Peanut Vendor', sung by Pedrito Martinez, and David Oquendo’s rendition of 'Son Que Quita Las Penas'.

The award for the most obscure, and mildly racist, track has to got to 'The Yodeling Chinaman'.

For fans of the show, and anyone with an interest in music from that period, this is an interesting collection of songs.

Track listing:

01 - Elvis Costello - 'I Surrender Dear'
02 - Regina Spektor - 'Love Me Or Leave Me'
03 - Pedrito Martinez - 'The Peanut Vendor'
04 - Loudon Wainwright III - 'Where The Blue Of The Night (Meets The Gold Of The Day)'
05 - Margot Bingham - 'I'm A Little Blackbird'
06 - Johnny Gale, Little Isidore and Buzz Garland - 'Tiger Rag'
07 - JD McPherson - 'I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate'
08 - Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks - 'Choo Choo'
09 - Margot Bingham - 'Farewell Daddy Blues'
10 - Marshall Crenshaw - 'Out Of Nowhere'
11 - Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks - 'What Is It'
12 - Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks - 'Down In Jungle Town'
13 - David Oquendo - 'Son Que Quita Las Penas'
14 - Stephen DeRosa - 'The Yodeling Chinaman'
15 - David Johansen, Johnny Gale and Little Isidore - 'There Ain’t No Sweet Man'
16 - Angela McCluskey - 'Don't Mind The Rain'
17 - Johnny Gale and Little Isidore - '(I'm A Dreamer) Aren't We All'
18 - Margot Bingham - 'Dream A Little Dream Of Me'
19. - Norah Jones - 'If You Want The Rainbow, You Must Have The Rain'

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Darren Rea