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Thursday, October 27, 2022

Make Love - Jan Hammer

 

Goats Song

Make Love
Jan Hammer
Compositions by Jan Hammer
Produced by Ernst Knauff
Recorded live at the Domicile, Munich
Cover by Three Leg Productions
Sculpture by Clint Brown
MPS MC 20688 STEREO
1976

Personnel 
Jan Hammer - Piano & Organ
George Mraz - Bass
Cees See - Drums

Make Love
Waltz For Ivonna
Braching
Domicile's Last Night
Malma Maliny
Responsibility

Hollywood Love Themes - Stanley Black

 

Hold My Hand

Hollywood Love Themes
Stanley Black and His Orchestra
Cover Photo of Jean Simmons and Marlon Brando in "Guy and Dolls" – Courtesy of M.G.M.
Decca Stereophonic SKL 4011
1958

From the back cover: Some lines about our featured artist (Stanley Black) would not be amiss in this concluding paragraph. For over a decade now the London-born musician has been one of the brighter stars in the popular music firmament. The film world claimed him in his early twenties and to date he has provided music for over fifty films. A classic Overture To A Costume Comedy based on music for a film of the Regency period has been recorded on Decca LW 5325 by the L.S.O. under Pierino Gamba. Stanley Black became a nationally known figure as director of the BBC Dance Orchestra, a post which he occupied with distinction from 1944 - 52. Whilst with the BBC Stanely achieved several successes, no more lasting than the intriguing interval music – for the most unusual combinations – which he wrote for the Light Programme. A catalog of his achievements would have to include the 1951 Royal Command Variety Show, his membership of the Grand Order of Water Rats, the 'Off The Record' shows for BBC television, the tag tunes for commercial TV, his tasteful accompaniments for top-line artists and above all, his many splendid albums for Decca. These latter have served to spread the name of Stanley Black far and wide and the 'Black Magic' is nowhere more appreciated than in the United States. One has almost forgotten to mention that Stanley Black is a leading authority on Latin-American music, and no record collector can afford to ignore such albums as Cuban Moonlight (LK 4115) and Sophisticat In Cuba (LK 4234). – Douglas Pudney

It's Magic
Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
A Woman In Lov
Tammy
Hold My Hand
Be My Love
Three Coins In The Fountain 
True Love
Friendly Persuasion
Secret Love
Around The World
My Foolish Heart

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Diesel Dazzle

 

Disel Dazzle

Diesel Dazzle 
A Musical Moment On The Pursuit Of Solescence
Detroit Diesel Engine Division
General Motors Corporation
David Marshall - Executive Producer
Produced by Contempo! Productions, Inc.
1966

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Carmel Quinn's TV Party

Down By The Glenside

Carmel Quinn's TV Party
Orchestra under the direction of Jimmy Carroll
Columbia Records CL 807
1956

From the back cover: Born in Dublin, Carmel Quinn had a musical background, engendered by her father, an excellent violinist. Upon completion of her early schooling, she entered college with the intention of becoming a teacher, but soon thereafter took a chance on an audition for singers at the Dublin Theatre Royal. She won a week's engagement, and went from there to the Crystal Ballroom, for two months. Another audition won her a permanent spot singing with Johnny Devlin's Orchestra, and other orchestra and theatrical engagements followed. At length she went to London and made her radio debut over the BBC.

In March of 1954, she crossed the ocean to America, and a few months later – on October 18 – she appeared on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts program, making a simultaneous debut on radio and television. She won handily, moved into the Godfrey troupe, and swiftly became one of the best-loved new stars of recent years. In this program, her shining talents are admirably demonstrated in the kind of songs she loves best, and the result is an endearing addition to the shelf of melodious Irish music.

The Old Rustic Bridge By The Mill
Johnny Gray
Loch Lomond
Asthoreen Brown
The Magic Piper
Down By The Glenside
Handsome Johnny Flynn
The Claddagh Ring
Ballyhoe
The Old Boreen (Kate Muldoon)
Bright Silvery Light Of The Moon
The Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow

Monday, October 24, 2022

The Concert Sound Of Henry Mancini

 

Peter Gunn Meets Mr. Lucky


The Concert Sound Of Henry Mancini
Arranged and Conducted By Henry Mancini
Produced by Joe Reisman
Engineer: Jim Mallory
Recorded in Goldwyn Studios, Hollywood, California
Cover Photo by KenWhitmore
RCA Victor LSP-2897
1964

Soloists:

Violin - Erno Neufeld
French Horn - Vincent DeRosa
Trumpet - Mannie Klein
Trumpet - Pete Candoli (Jazz Soloist)
Alto Saxophone - Ted Nash
1st Trumpet - Conrad Gozo
1st - Dick Nash

From the back cover: He's (Mancini) a musician you can always count on and just about every movie producer in the business does. According to Time magazine, he "has producers stacked at his door pleading for his services." They've learned that his unorthodox composition and orchestration lend a special quality and class you can't get everywhere. Mancini is so busy, he can only accept one offer in ten, but even so he's already scored over 120 films.

During the past six years, he has won an incredible thirty-two major awards, including three Oscars, eleven Grammys, thirteen additional nominations for those and other honors, plus five magazine awards.

From Billboard - July 18, 1964: An outstanding album of top songs creatively and brilliantly performed and arranged. The music is arranged into four suites, a medley of Academy Award songs. A Tribute to Victor Young, The Music Of David Rose and Peter Gunn Meets. Mr. Lucky. The listener is taken on an exploration of 30 songs with a new listening thrill with every turn of the LP.

Academy Award Selections
Never On A Sunday
High Noon
Over The Rainbow
Buttons And Bows
Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
Thee Coins In The Fountain 
Moon River

A Tribute To Victor Young
Golden Earrings
When I Fall In Love
Sweet Sue - Just You
My Foolish Heart
Love Letters
Around The World In 80 Days

The Music Of David Rose
Holiday For Strings
One Love
American Hoe Down
Manhattan Square Dance
The Stripper
California Melodies
Dance Of The Spanish Onion
Our Waltz

Peter Gunn Meets Mr. Lucky
Mr. Lucky
Lightly Latin
Dreamsville
Timothy
March Of The Cue Balls
Joanna
My Friend Andamo
Peter Gunn

Sunday, October 23, 2022

Caliente Brass - The Ralph Robles Octet

 

Ritmo Mambo

Caliente Brass
The Ralph Robles Octet
Produced by Vinny Testa, Randy Irwin & Jerome Gasper
Executive Producer: Herman D. Gimbel
Artist & Repertoire: Barry D. Oslander
Engineering: William Hamilton
Art Director: Charles Blodgett
A Vin-Ran Production
Audio Fidelity Stereodisc 6156
1966

Personel: 

Ralph Robles - Trumpet
Roy Roman - Trumpet
William (Bugs) Witlow - Timbales
George Guzman - Timbales
Manny Rodriguez - Conga 
Raymond (Red) Crevatas - Sax
Tony Vasquez - Guitar
Ralph De Jesus - Percussion

Mama Guela
Willie's Movement
La Maricutana
Marie Elena
Manny's Jam
Ritmo Mambo
Lemon Tree
Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White
Val-D Blues
Solamente
Con Migo
Coco Seco

Hi-Fi Sampler - Masterseal

 

East Of The Sun

Hi-Fi Sampler
Popular And Orchestral Favorites
Masterseal MS-1001

Around The World In 80 Days - Hollywood Transcription Orchestra
I'll Take Romance - David Rose Orchestra
East Of The Sun - Sarah Vaughan - Dizzy Gillespie
Cockles And Mussels - Dennis Day - Frank de Vol Orchestra
76 Trombones - Fontanna and His Orchestra
And The Band Played On - Eddie "Piano" Miller
Sabre Dance - Rias Symphony Orchestra
Gaite Parisienne  - Rias Symphony Orchestra
Sleeping Beauty - Viennese Symphony Orchestra
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto - Viennese Symphony Orchestra
Beethoven Symphony No. 5 - Austrian Symphony Orchestra
Scheherazade - Rias Symphony Orchestra