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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Renata Tebaldi As Tosca

Renata Tebaldi As Tosca
Puccini Highlights
Chorus and Orchestra of Accademia Di Santa Cecilia, Rome
Conducted by Alberto Erede
Photo: Sedge Le Blang
London Records 5280
1957

Renata Tebaldi
Giuseppe Campora
Enzo Mascherini
Fernando Corena
Piero Di Palma
Antonio Sacchetti

Recondita armonia
Mario! Mario! son qui! Non la sospiri (Love Duet)
Or tutto e chiaro – Ed io venivo a lui – Tre sbirri (Te Deum)
Orsu Tosca, parlate – La povera mia cena – Gia mi dicono venal – Vissi d'arte
E Lucian le stelle
O dolci mani
L'ora... son pronto

The Mystic Moods Of Love Orchestra

Friendly Persuasion

The Mystic Moods Of Love
The Mystic Moods Orchestra
Arranged and Conducted by Don Ralke
Produced by Brad Miller
A Mobile Fidelity Production
Location Sound Effects Recored by Brad Miller
Engineering by Stan Ross, Gold Star Recording Studios
Philips PHS 600-260
1968

Featured Musicians

Victor Feldman - Vibes
Plaz Johnson - Tenor Sax
Earl Palmer - Drums
Ray Pohlman - Bassist
Sinclair Lott - French Horn
George Poole - Flute
Al Casey - Rhythm Guitar
The Mystic Moods Singers - Vocal Chorus
Jimmy Rowles, Lincoln Mayorga - Piano & Harpsichord

From the back cover: About The Sounds - Thunder Storms courtesy of San Francisco, Burbank and Chatsworth, California and Vancouver, British Columbia. Fog Horns – San Francisco Bay. Night Sounds and Crickets – Santa Susanna and Hollywood foothills of Southern California. Steam Locomotive Whistle Echos from The Reader Railroad, Reader, Arkansas, steam powered, mixed passenger-freight operation, deep in the piney back woods of southwestern Arkansas.

About The Mystic Moods - The first MM album, "One Stormy Night," was an overwhelming debut success. The concept was new, different and delightful – combining magnificent music with familiar sound effects, rain, trains, the orchestra of nature. But, to no one's surprise, this was not a one-time hit. Time and again this phenomenal pairing has produced acclaimed albums.

For this recording, the mixture is as before. Just as exciting, just as intriguing a listening experience. and while what's in store should no longer be a surprise, you're sure to enjoy the thrilling new selections, many taken from famous films.

The emphasis here is on the universal emotion, LOVE. Never has the romantic theme been so eloquently presented. Forget about other sendoffs to the romantic state. All you really need is love, Mystic Moods-style.

About The Studio - Romanticism aside, the secret of the intimate sound of The Mystic Moods is the thirty-one talented musicians and one recording studio: Gold Star Recording Studio A, in Hollywood – the birthplace of the smash hits performed by Sonny and Cher, The Buffalo Springfield and Herb Albert, to name just a few, and Engineer Stan Ross who caught the message that was written and transmitted by one of the most gifted arrangers and conductors in today's music world, Don Ralke.

About The Recording Equipment - All of the music for this album was recorded on a Scully 8-track, solid state recorder. Neuman, Eletro Voice, Song, RCA and Senhauser microphones were used.

A special modified stereo tape deck, solid state, and AKG and Neuman SM-2 microphones were used to record all of the sound effects on location, via portable battery and converter for remote electrical power.

The Look Of Love - from "Casino Royale" A Columbia Pictures release)
Love Theme From A Rhapsody 
Far From The Madding Crowd - main title theme from "Far From The Madding Crowd" an MGM presentation
Moonlight
Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love) title song from "Friendly Persuasion" an Allied Artist release
Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You
Live For Life - main title theme from "Live For Life" a United Artists release
Love Theme From Tristan And Isolde
A Very Precious Love from "Marjorie Morningstar" a Warner Bros. Pictures presentation
The Glory Of Love - from "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner" a Columbia Pictures release

Monday, April 26, 2010

Organ Sounds & Percussion - Eddie Layton

Ebb Tide

Organ Sounds & Percussion
Eddie Layton
f:35d Perfect Presence Sound
Mercury Records PPS 6029
1962

From the inside cover: The days of shimmering organ sounds reverberating through massive movie palaces are all but over, but the talented practitioners of this memorable art form happily still have outlets enough to convey their inimitable message. Take young Eddie Layton, for instance. As an organ missionary, Layton has spread the gospel all over the country for the Hammond Organ Company, doing his own bit to perpetuate acceptance of the instrument. In between he has sandwiched a series of globe-girding concert tours. The traveling organist also is a fixture on CBS radio. Should that term of employment suddenly evaporate (a highly unlikely possibility, judging from his current vast audience), Layton plans to insure his own perpetuity. He intends to buy a radio station of his own and lure thousands of new admirers with the sounds of Layton on records. For the impatient listener (who can't get enough of Layton on radio or anywhere else), Mercury presents a penetrating potpourri of Laytonia herein. This dazzling runs, inspiring lyricism and abundant originality all are preserved in this handsome hardworking on the Hammond.

March Of The Siamese Children from "The King And I"
The Donkey Serenade
Sugar Blues
Cumana
Ebbtide
Skyliner
The Sheik Of Araby
Sabre Dance 
Hawaiian Wedding Song (Ke Kali New Au)
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Love
Anchors Aweigh

The Voice Of Miliza Korjus

Delibes Lakme (Bell Song)
The Voice Of Miliza Korjus
RCA CAMDEN CAL 297
1959

Vedi
Ernani: Act I: Cavatina
I Vespri Siciliani: Act V: Bolero
Mozart Die Zauberflote: Act II Der Holle Rache Kocht In Meinem Herzen (The Magic Flute: Aria of the Queen of the Night)
Delibes Lakmé: Act II: Dov'e L'indiana Bruna? (Bell Song)

Adam
Variations on a Mozart Theme: "Ah! Vous Dirai-Je Maman" (Ah! I Shall Tell You Mama)
Arditi Parla – Waltz, Miliza Korjus, Soprano 
1, 2, 4. with Berlin State Opera Orhchestra conducted by Bruno Seidler - Winkler 
3. with Berlin Broadcasting Orchestra conducted by Johannes Muller 
5 with Symphony Orchestra 
6. with Berlin State Opera Orchestra conducted by Franz Schonbaumsfeld

Johann Strauss
Die Fledermanu: Act II Laughing Song (Mein Her Marquis)
Voices Of Spring Op. 410 (Fruhlingsstimmen)
Arditi Il Bacio – Vals (The Kiss)
Zanardini Dance Funiculi, Funicul

Oscar Hammerstein II - Johann Strauss II
One Day When We Were Young (Adaptation by Dimitri Tiomkin)
There Will Come A Time 
Proch Variations Miliza Korjus, Soprano 
1. with Victor Concert Orchestra, Ernest Roemer, Conductor 
2. with Symphony Orchestra
3. with Berlin State Opera Orchestra
4 with Chours and Symphony Orchestra
5&6 with Nat. W. Finston and the MGM Orchestra, Toscha Seidel, Violin solo
7. with Orchestra

Sunday, April 25, 2010

8 Top Hits - Waldorf 3318

Tina Marie

8 Top Hits
Waldorf Music Hall Records
MH 3318 (10 inch disc - 33 rpm)

Maybellene - Loren Becker with Vincent Lopez & Orchestra
Tina Marie - Artie Malvin
Autumn Leaves - Vincent Lopez & Orchestra
Song Of The Dreamer - Loren Becker with Vincent Lopez & Orchestra
Love Is A Many Splendored Thing - Artie Malvin & Chorus
I Want You To Be My Baby - Trudy Richards
I'll Never Stop Loving You - Trudy Richards
Moment To Remember- The Brigadiers Quartet with Vincent Lopez & Orchestra