Long Ago And Far Away
In The Still Of The Night
Music Of Cole Porter
George Norman Orchestra
Cover Photo By Philip Lustig
Design DLP 36
1957
From the back cover: When you think of the greats of the music world you never have to spend too long pondering before the name Cole Porter skyrockets across your mental skies. Taking his place with the other greats of our modern music scene, men like Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, Dick Rodgers, Larry Hart and Oscar Hammerstein, Cole Porter personifies smart, easy to listen to popular music. His lyrics, without having the more intricate quality that Larry Hart seemed to favor, flow like honey from the vine. When combined with his often lovely, often enchanting, and often spirited music they are an unbeatable combination. Even the simplest... Like the lyric to "All Of You"... and how many of us have listened to that one and said... "Gee, I could have written that lyric"!
Why not?... I love the west of you**** the rest of you... or... the south of you**** the mouth of you simple... Sure it's simple... but it is also true poetry, and after all that's the test of a fine lyric... If you can read it as a poem and it stands up... It's a good lyric... Try that on most of today's music and you will find that the words lose context without the music Try it with a Cole Porter or Larry Hart lyric and find that each lyric will stand by itself for context, flow, meter... and ... most importantly, each line will tell its story.
ABOUT THE CONDUCTOR
DESIGN RECORDS are very proud to present the first American recordings of one of England's most talented and versatile composer-conductor-arrangers. Stanley Applewaite' has conducted some of the finest and most popular orchestras on the continent and has a reputation second to none as an arranger of popular and semi-classical music.
Born in Sheffordshire in 1925, this young pianist made his professional debut at the local music hall at the tender age of nine. He played piano and recited "The Ballad of Lower Ipswich," a twenty minute long piece of saccharine prose written by his great uncle Harry Applewaite. The short piano selection was met with an enthusiastic response. The long dissertation concerning the problems of a horsecarman in Lower Ipswich was greeted with nothing but a dull lull. At that moment young Stanley decided that music was a far more satisfying life than acting, reciting (certainly a lost art), or even following in his great uncle's footsteps and writing. We are inclined to agree. Harry Applewaite is certainly not ranked with the literary elite of the British Commonwealth. His great nephew, Stanley, is now a household name throughout the provinces. He is currently conducting the Norton Green Symphonia and has recently signed to score and conduct a new musical movie based on the life of Henry the Eighth. – ROY FREEMAN
You're The Tops
Begin The Beguine
In The Still Of The Night
Long Ago And Far Away
Just One Of Those Things
Dancing In The Dark
Anything Goes
I've Got You Under My Skin
All Of You
C'est Magnifique/Paris Night
I Only Have Eyes For You
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