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Saturday, February 13, 2010

Ruth Lyons 50/50 Club Christmas


Sing A Song Of Christmas

Ruth Lyons
Ten Tunes Of Christmas
Candee Records, Cincinnati, Ohio
Album No. 50-50

The Ruth Lyons 50/50 Club was a fixture on local radio and television for decades.

National talent of all types appeared on her show. David Letterman, Phil Donahue, Nelson Eddy, Ted Lewis, Pearl Bailey and Myron Cohen appeared on her show.

From the back cover: Tunes of Christmas" are the songs from the warm heart and creative talent of Ruth Lyons... A combination which has produced one of the most remarkably suc- cessful careers in show business. And writing songs has always been a part of this career. The songs of this album have long been an integral part of the WLW-Television and Radio Program, "50-50 Club". Each year Ruth Lyons has written a new Christmas song as a part of her unprecedented 'Christmas Fund' Drive - which has made it an honest-to-goodness Christmas for children in hospitals throughout the Mid-West for many years. Now here are some of the beautiful and provocative songs for you as you have learned to love them - sung by those who - through the years - have become indentified with them. Cliff Lash and His Orchestra provide the musical accompaniment, augmented by strings and harp. The orchestra belongs to the regular "50-50 Club" family. Each member is a competent and versatile musician. Cliff Lash is featured at the piano, Clayton Mooar doubles on trumpet and french horn, Eddie Bennett is on trombone, Jack Crowder and William Wibbler handle both saxophone and clarinet, Bobby Keys is on guitar, Barney Yelton bass, Jack Volk - drums, and Bob Baker is guest xylophonist. Ruth Lyons is the organist. The album's fine instrumental and vocal arrangements are by Cliff Lash and Teddy Rakel.

And so here are the "Ten Tunes of Christmas" each one of them bringing a warm and sincere wish from all who have written, played, and sung them in this album ... to wish a 'Merry, Merry Christmas' to you and yours.

Ruth Lyons and The Bello-Larks - Hey Nonny Nonny
Marian Spelman - Soon 'Twill Be Christmas Eve
Bonnie Lou and Peter Grant - Christmas Is Getting Might Close
Ruby Wright - Christmas Is A Birthday Time
Ruby And The Angel Choir - Have A Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas
All Of Us - The Happy Time
Marian Spelman - There's No Time Like Christmas-Time
Bonnie Lou - It's Christmas-Time Again
Bob Braun - Sing A Song Of Christmas
Ruby Wright - Let's Light The Christmas Tree

Spaced Out - Enoch Light

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da 
Enoch Light Presents
Spaced Out
Innovations In Stereo Sound The First New Concert Since The Percussion Era
Arrangements: Dick Lieb
Producer: Enoch Light
Associate Producers: Tony Mottola, Jeff Hest
Recording Engineer: Don Hahn
The Total Sound - 4 Channel Stereo
Project 3 Records PR5043QD
1969

Bond Street
Lover's Concerto
Knowing When To Leave
My Silent Song
Walk On By
Eleanor Rigby
A Little Fugue For You And Me
Norwegian Wood
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
What The World Needs Now Is Love
Petite Paulette
Get Back

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Featuring The Magic Moods of Andre Previn

Fatstuff

Featuring The Magic Moods Of Andre Previn
Mike Di Napoli & Trio (Spilt Set)
Coronet Records CS-181 & CXS-181
1959

From the back cover: Andre Previn was born in Berlin, Germany, April 6, 1929. He began his musical studies in Europe. He came to the United States in 1939 and continued his studies in Los Angeles with several of the great men in the music field.

He has been composing and conducting film scores at MGM since 1949, except for two years 1950-51 which he spent in the army.

He has been nominated several times for Academy Awards, and is gifted classical, popular and jazz pianist.

He began being interested in jazz after hearing Art Tatum and realizing what could be down in jazz form. He has appeared on the concert stage and in night clubs with equal success.

His conviction "Jazz Is A Very Important And Genuine American Art Form" was strengthen in the 1950s when he heard Bud Powell and the late Charlie Parker.

Through his achievements in the last ten years he now ranks tops as a composer-conductor in the American musical field

I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling
Black And Blue
Fatstuff
Squeeze Me
Esana Cani
Gypsy Dance
Habanera
Brazilian Lament
Destine Me

Foreign Soundtrack Surf Cowboy Western Music

Wish Me A Rainbow - The Gunter Kallmann Chorus

Romantica (FCL-4235)
Wish Me A Rainbow
The Gunter Kallmann Chorus with Orchestra and Bells - Sung in English
4 Corners Of The World FCL-4235 & FCS-4235
Four Corners Records, New York, N.Y. -  A Division of Kapp Records
Recorded in Germany
1966

Stangers In The Night
The More I See You
Wish Me A Rainbow
Lollipop And Roses
The Day The Rains Came
The Impossible Dream
Somewhere, My Love
You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You
I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
Beyond The Sea
If You Are But A Dream
Romantica

Today's Top Hits Featuring You Light Of My Life - The Homestead

Today's Top Hits (disc 1, sides 1 & 2)

Today's Top Hits (disc 2, sides 3 & 4)


Today's Top Hits
Featuring You Light Up My Life
by The Homestead
Homestead Records
Fantastic-F, Inc. LL-1002
1977

I Just Want To Be Your Everything
(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher
It Was Almost Like A Song
Telephone Line
Best Of My Love
On And On
Don't Stop
Cold As Ice
Swayin' To The Music
Way Down

Brickhouse
Keep It Comin' Love
That's Rock 'N' Roll
Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
Star Wars
Boogie Nights
I Feel The Love
The King Is Gone
Nobody Does It Better
You Light Up My Life

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

The Belle-Aires of Bellevue High School 1975 -76

Ticket To Ride (The Beatles)

The Belle-Aires of Bellevue Hight School 1975-76
Allen R. Barnard, Director
Carol Miller, Accompanist
Tod Barnard, Drums
Clif Stovall, Bass

A Caroling We Go
The Loveliness Of Christmas
Pine Cones And Holly Berries
Here, There, And Everywhere
The Christmas Waltz
Merry Christmas, Darling
When I Fall In Love
Put You Head On My Shoulder
All Alone Am I
Just A Closer Walk With Thee
Ticket To Ride
C'est Si Bon
Saturday
Let There Be Love
The Declaration

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Electronic Hair Pieces

Electronic Hair Pieces

Electronic Hair Pieces
Electronic Music realized and Arranged by Mort Garson
Produced by EmGee Productions
Recorded at EmGee Electronic Studios
Engineer: Michael V. Ragsdale (Associate Sound)
Art Director: Tom Wilkes
Photography: Jim McCary
A&M Records
1969

From the back cover: Hair and electronic music are both innovations that make a break with tradition. Hair is a social and artistic statement of today, and points the way to bow things should be tomorrow. The marriage is dynamic.

Mort Garson, the leading exponent of electronic music, re-created the music of Hair in his own $50,000.00 electronic studio. Using a Moog Synthesizer, with many oscillators, patch cords, filters, various forms of modulation and program sequences, he has given a new dimension and clarity to Galt MacDermot's brilliant musical creation.

Mort Garson's own creative interpretation of this music has, more clearly than ever before, exposed to the listener the brilliant and beautiful melodic structure of this incredible musical. This is an audio experience that could only be captured electronically. It is a pure electronic album in that no traditional instruments were used.

Being familiar with the "Hair" cast album and the show itself, it is amazing how Mort has electronically captured the nuances, phrasing, and color of the actual performance. In particular Be In (Hare Krishna), Easy To Be Hard, and Hair.

Mort Garson's obvious comprehension, love and understanding of what Hair is about, although not in the contemporary "soul" bag, has imparted a crystalline clarity to its music, and has uniquely enhanced the genius of Hair's creators, Galt MacDermot, Jim Rado, and Jerry Ragni. – Tom Smothers


Aquarius 
Frank Mills
Be In
Good Morning Starshine
Three-Five-Zero-Zero
Hair
Easy To Be Hard
Where Do I Go?
Walking In Space
Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)

Monday, February 8, 2010

Free Forms - By Ralph Burns

Free Forms


The Free Forms Album
Free Forms By Ralph Burns
Supervised and Produced by Norman Granz
Mercury MG C-115 (10-inch 33rpm)
1952

From the back cover: In calling these musical sketches FREE FORMS, I do not refer to their musical construction individually as much as to their nature and style as a whole. They are random thoughts, little melodies I found myself humming and have set down for a small chamber orchestra, i.e. – string quartet, woodwind quintet, alto sax, French horn and rhythm section. Some of them are jazz tunes, some are not. All are representative of music in toto from Bach and Verdi to Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker. Each musician is treated as individually as possible, which made playing the pieces interesting for us, and, I hope pleasant listening for you. – Ralph Burns

Places Please
Cameo
Lileth
Terrisita
Tantallon
Someday, Somewhere
Spring Is
Vignette At Verney's