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Saturday, November 19, 2011

Footlight Percussion - Terry Snyder

The Gentlemen Is A Dope
Footlight Percussion
Terry Snyder
Hit Selections Of The Great White Way With A Bongo Beat
Produced by Don Costa
Cover Photograph by Maurice Seymour
Recorded at Fine Sound - New York City
United Artists Ultra Audio WWS 6508
1961

Terry Snyder - Leader and Drummer
Sol Gubin - Drummer
Ted Sommer - Drums
Frank Carroll - Bass
Edwin J. Costa - Percussion
Arthur Marotti - Percussion
William V. Rodriguez - Percussion
Anthony Mottola - Guitar
Harold E. Weed - Piano
Stanley G. Webb - Sax
Phil Bodner - Sax
James K. Maxwell - Trumpet
Urban C. Green - Trombone
Richard Hixson - Trombone

From the inside cover: This is the second album by Terry Snyder for Ultra Sound, and once again the quiet, shy young man has come forth with musical excitement almost revolutionary in its composition and performance. Snyder has devoted his entire adult life to music, having been a top-flight drummer with some of the biggest bands in the country and has appeared on many of the big television shows seen from coast to coast. His initial ventures into the Big Sound on records made history, both in the reproduction of percussive Sound, and in sales which broke all records in this particular area.

In this outing Terry takes on the Great White Way, and some of the finest music ever composed for the Broadway stage. You will find such legendary names as Rodgers and Hammerstein, Frank Loesser, George M. Cohan and Cole Porter represented, an you will be both amazed and entertained by this tremendous performances of their music. This is moving Sound, high fidelity, and the apex in recording as presented by a true master in the field.

Everything's Coming Up Roses
'Til There Was You
Make Someone Happy
The Gentleman Is A Dope
Anything Goes
Lullaby On Broadway
If I Were A Bell
Guys And Dolls
The Sound Of Music
I Could Have Danced All Night
Bali Hai
Give My Regards To Broadway

3 comments:

  1. Hello-- stumbled onto your page when I did a search for this album online. I found it at my local thrift store today (20¢!) and think it's a great album. Nice surprise, really.

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  2. I, too, found one today in great shape. To tell the truth, I bought it for the look of the artsy high-gloss cover, but now I'm psyched to give it a listen. My dad was nuts over those Persuasive Percussion & Tony Mottola LPS.

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  3. I found one today, also at a thrift shop (50 cents), I bought it for the cover graphics. After reading your review, however, I'm looking forward to giving it a good listen. My dad (RIP) loved those Persuasive Percussion & Tony Mottola LPs. Got to give him credit for a discerning ear given the 10 dollar pre-amp & 20 dollar amp from Lafayette in the mid-6o's, along with mismatched speakers!
    Bob

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