Long Ago And Far Away
Ping Pong Percussion
By The Famous Stradivari Strings
Designed By Harry and Marion Zelenko, Inc. (S-66)
Spinorama Records S-66
Pirouette Records RFM 66
Parade SP 349
This record is another attempt to cash in on the early 60s "percussion" fad.
The engineer added "ping-pong-like" sound effects to the beginning of each lush string track. The contrast between the space age ping pong and the easy listening is stark and pointless.
The Parade release credits Al Goodman And His Orchestra on the label.
From the back cover: Al Goodman famous conductor and musician has devoted all his life to music. Like Kern, Al Goodman's love for music and his inherent musical ability were manifest at an early age. As a youngster he sang soprano in his father's choir, became a musician in the pit of a local "movie house", and was awarded a scholarship to the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore.
In 1915 Al Goodman was selected by Earl Carroll to accompany him to California as arranger and conductor. That was Goodman's official entry into show business... the start of an illustrious career which brought him into personal contact with the all-time "greats" as the conductor of many shows and musical productions whose successes were due in great measure to his outstanding ability.
Al Goodman produced musical comedies with Earl Carroll... be became Al Jolson's personal conductor and arranger, J. J. Shubert made him general musical director and composer of all Shubert musical productions. He later became associated with various Radio and TV Shows as musical consultant and director.
This Song Is For You
The Way You Look Tonight
The Night Was Made For Love
The Last Time I Saw Paris
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Look For The Silver Lining
All The Things You Are
Long Ago And Far Away
They Didn't Believe Me
I've Told Every Little Star
We've seen this phenomenon before where they add space age or exotica sound effects and the rest of the tune is basic orchestral! It's quite listenable, though!
ReplyDeletei actually enjoy this album. picked it up at a thrift shop for 80 cents. any idea what year it's from?
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by! "ping pong" gimmick albums are all generally from the early 60s. I do my best to locate dates. If you don't see a date on my blog it is because it was not to be found on the jacket or online.
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