Recorded live in the studios of
WEWS-TV
in Cleveland,
Frankie Yankovic Plays in Person the All-Time Great Polkas
finds
Yankovic
and his
Yanks
negotiating a dozen famous
polkas
before an appreciative audience.
The Yanks
alternate instrumental and group-vocal performances while the audience claps along and mellifluous dueling accordions weave in and out. Some of these numbers, such as
"Just Because"
and
"Tic Tock Polka,"
have been recorded by
many times and appeared in different incarnations on earlier
Columbia
albums like
Frankie Yankovic's Polka Party
Polkas in Hi-Fi!
.
Frankie Yankovic Plays in Person
functions as both a live album and a best-of, capturing the excitement of a
polka
performance and serving up several classics of the genre. ~ Greg Adams