The Mirage
The Seven Players
Arranged and Conducted by Irv Spice
Executive Producer: Herman D. Gimbel
Produced by Eddie Newmark
Produced by Eddie Newmark
Engineering: William Hamilton
Art Director: Charles Blodgett
Cover Photo: Gai Terrell
Audio Fidelity AFLP 2166
1966
Audio Fidelity AFLP 2166
1966
From the back cover: I interviewed my son about how he came to write the instrumentals for this album, "West Digs East -Dig?"... with the help of Irv Spice, the well known arranger and conductor.
It wasn't very hard to interview my son. He was home on a furlough from basic training at Fort Dix and I only had to step from my office into the living room where he was at the piano.
Actually, I could remember the beginning. . . .
He and Nai Bonet, the beautiful little Oriental dancer, had been collaborating on creating a new dance and a song that went with it, "Jelly Belly" which was sort of a Belly Rock.
During this collaboration, my son became tre- mendously impressed with the Eastern music which he'd never before given much ear to.
Suddenly he saw the possibilities, and he went to work quite furiously.
But let him tell it...
"This music is an attempt to join together two distinctively different styles. . . the subtle, melodious qualities of the East and the strong, rock rhythms of the West. The result is, hopefully, a new and excit- ing sound. "THE CAREFREE CAMEL" and "SPHINXETTE" explore the possibilities of a light hearted approach to the task, while "MIRAGE", "NOMAD", "ASIA MINOR", "BAZAAR", and "SHISHKABOB" represent a more serious approach.
The idea for this album was originally suggested by Eddie Newmark, A&R man for Audio Fidelity, when he and I were working on Jelly Belly. Jelly Belly was a dance with lyrics explaining how to do the dance. It seemed that an album of instrumental music in the same vein might be a successful under- taking. So... I wrote seven tunes, Eddie called in Irv Spice to do the arrangements, and got a group of instrumentalists together, "The Seven Players", and we cut the album. The album includes two beautiful pieces by Irv Spice, "THE SULTAN'S DREAM", and "SAHARA SUNRISE". Also on the album is "ZORBA THE GREEK"."
"So," he says, "I wrote seven tunes."
What he doesn't say is that he wrote the seven tunes in a week.
Well, I love this album, my Beautiful Wife adores it, and my Gorgeous Mother-in-Law, my son's grand- mother, is absolutely nuts about it. – Earl Wilson
The Carefree Camel
Sphinxette
Zobra The Greek
The Mirage
The Nomad
Asia Minor
The Bazaar
The Sultan's Dream
Sahara Sunrise
Shishkabob
It wasn't very hard to interview my son. He was home on a furlough from basic training at Fort Dix and I only had to step from my office into the living room where he was at the piano.
Actually, I could remember the beginning. . . .
He and Nai Bonet, the beautiful little Oriental dancer, had been collaborating on creating a new dance and a song that went with it, "Jelly Belly" which was sort of a Belly Rock.
During this collaboration, my son became tre- mendously impressed with the Eastern music which he'd never before given much ear to.
Suddenly he saw the possibilities, and he went to work quite furiously.
But let him tell it...
"This music is an attempt to join together two distinctively different styles. . . the subtle, melodious qualities of the East and the strong, rock rhythms of the West. The result is, hopefully, a new and excit- ing sound. "THE CAREFREE CAMEL" and "SPHINXETTE" explore the possibilities of a light hearted approach to the task, while "MIRAGE", "NOMAD", "ASIA MINOR", "BAZAAR", and "SHISHKABOB" represent a more serious approach.
The idea for this album was originally suggested by Eddie Newmark, A&R man for Audio Fidelity, when he and I were working on Jelly Belly. Jelly Belly was a dance with lyrics explaining how to do the dance. It seemed that an album of instrumental music in the same vein might be a successful under- taking. So... I wrote seven tunes, Eddie called in Irv Spice to do the arrangements, and got a group of instrumentalists together, "The Seven Players", and we cut the album. The album includes two beautiful pieces by Irv Spice, "THE SULTAN'S DREAM", and "SAHARA SUNRISE". Also on the album is "ZORBA THE GREEK"."
"So," he says, "I wrote seven tunes."
What he doesn't say is that he wrote the seven tunes in a week.
Well, I love this album, my Beautiful Wife adores it, and my Gorgeous Mother-in-Law, my son's grand- mother, is absolutely nuts about it. – Earl Wilson
Sphinxette
Zobra The Greek
The Mirage
The Nomad
Asia Minor
The Bazaar
The Sultan's Dream
Sahara Sunrise
Shishkabob
Oh, man--watery guitar! Could it be the inimitable Vinnie Bell? (though I suppose if it's not he, he ends up being "imitable"). I'd love to hear the rest of this one.
ReplyDeletewould love to get this whole album and download? Any possibilities of getting you to post the whole album - this song is a gem!
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