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Saturday, November 23, 2013

Candlelight And Wine - LeRoy Holmes

Poinciana
Candlelight And Wine
LeRoy Holmes And His Orchestra
MGM Records E3288
1955

Decent mid-50s LeRoy Holmes mood set featuring spicy cheesecake for desert.

Also checkout Lush Themes From Motion Pictures.

Snowfall
Under A Blanket Of Blue
Flamingo
Enchanted Night
Poinciana
Candlelight
My Silent Love
Moonlight
Madeira
Mediterranean Serenade
Where Or When
Amor

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Pop Goes The Zither - Karl Swoboda

Hard Day's Night
Take Five
Pop Goes The Zither
Explosive New Blending Of Zither And Full Orchestra
Karl Swoboda
Philips PHM 200-183

Good quirky space age pop album.

Also check out Dancing Zither.

Fly Me To The Moon
The Girl From Ipanema
Hello Dolly
Exodus
Tennessee Waltz
A Hard Day's Night
Alley Cat
Take Five
If I Had A Hammer
Java
Moon River
Days Of Wine And Roses

Monday, November 18, 2013

The Big Bands Swing

The Big Bands Swing!
Design Records DLP-184

Nicely packaged compilation set, but uneven collection of older tunes (when published for this release). Most, if not all tracks, are available for purchase/download online, so I will not be posting a sample.

This Is Always
Gotta Get Me Somebody To Love
Clementine
When The Saints Go Marching In
Ciribiribin
Mabel, Mabel
Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
Red Silk Stockings
Civilization
I Try