Billy May 70

 

Road To Hong Kong

Billy May And His Orchestra
Arrangements: Billy May
Process 70
Series 2000
Cover Painting by Kimsou
Artist and Repertoire: Bob Shad
Orchestra Manager: Manny Klein
Original and Re-recording Engineer: Bill Putnam
Mastering: Process 70
Liner Notes: John Astor
Research and Re-mixing Supervisor: Pete Spargo
Production Coordinator: Harry Ringler
Album Coordination: Sandi Greene
Typography: The Composing Room
Album Design: Murray Stein
Time Records S/2064
1960

Personnel and Instrumentation:

Violins

Vic Arno
Israel Baker
Harry Bluestone
Jacques Gasselin
James Getzoff
Ben Gill
Anatol Kaminsky
Murray Kellner
Dan Lube
Erno Neufeld
Stan Plummer
Lou Raderman
Nathan Ross
Mischa Russell
Myron Sandler
Eudice Shapiro
Paul Shure
Felix Slatkin
Gerald Vinci
William Weiss

Violas

Dorothy Cotton
Alvin Dinkin
Louis Kievman
Virginia Majewski
Alex Neimann
Paul Robyn
Abraham Weiss

Celli

Victor Gottlieb
Justin DiTullio
Armand Kaproff
Ray Kramer
Edgar Lustgaten
Dave Pratt
Joseph Saxon
Elanor Slatkin

Trumpets

Frank Beach
John Best
Pete Candoli
Ray Triscari
Trombones

Milt Bernhart
Ed Kusby
Murray McEacherm
William Schaeffer

Woodwinds

William Calkin
Fred Falensby
Justin Gordon
Arthur Hurfurt
Jules Jacobs

Bass

Joe Mondragon
Meyer Rubin

Harp

Verlye Mills Brilhart
Irving Cottler

Guitar

Al Hendrickson

Piano

Bud Cole

Percussion

Larry Brinker
Frank Flynn
Ralph Hansell
Stan Levy
Amiel Riehard

About Process 70

Process 70 has its own unique way of mastering, different from that used by recording companies. The net result is apparent enough that you will hear a difference. The improvement is most apparent in respect to the improved transient response and the cleanness in the high frequency range which is attendant on the operation of the system on a bias that leaves better overload reserve.

Perforated film "35mm" is known to shrink so that sprocket drive tearing mutilates the medium beyond usefulness. 35mm is guided and never pulled past the recording head. This is a tremendous disadvantage since continuous head contact is not obtained except at relatively higher contact pressure. PROCESS 70 does not have this liability because it is pulled past the recording heads and never loses peak fidelity of highs, lows or mid-range. Therefore, dimensional stability of PROCESS 70 is excellent compared to that of film recording methods now in use.

From the inside cover: Billy May is an arranger with imagination, technique and a unique sense of humor unmatched by any other arranger. The artists that Billy has magnificently supported are among the greats in the recording field – Frank Sinatra, Nat "King" Cole and Mel Torme, just to mention a few. His brilliant, colorful orchestrations on the famous "Bozo The Clown" series have become classics and recommended studying for any arranger, whether he be novice or professional.

Billy's career has touched on many facets. He studied the usual number of instruments – piano and trombone before he settled on trumpet. He began arranging at an early age and learned a great deal by practical experience. His most noted accomplishments were with the Charlie Barnett orchestra – "Cherokee," "Redskin Rhumba," and "Pompton Turnpike." In the early part of his career, Billy was more noted for his great trumpet work with the Glenn Miller band during the big band's golden era.

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