New York Sweet - Phil Moore

 

New York Sweet

New York Sweet

A Sketch Of The City, Music And Sounds

Phil Moore and His Orchestra

Composed and Arranged by Phil Moore

Produced by Jack Tracy

Sound Effects: Harold Johnson in coordination with Phil Moore

Inspiration: The scene from the tower, New York City and "New York, A Serendipiter's Journey" by Gay Tales

Mercury Hi-Fidelity MG20763

1963

From the back cover: The first big solo adventure I had as a kid in Portland, Oregon, was climbing Rocky Butte. Ol' Rocky was about the highest hill overlooking Portland, except Terwillinger Heights, which was a real sassy hill because even a big fat streetcar used to inchworm to its top. I can still remember how great I felt upon conquering the local Mt. Everest and digging the scene. Phil Moore, "Emperor Jones" of Portland, and the Williamette Valley. Since then, I've always tried to climb the highest building, or point, anyplace I visited, like Twin Peaks in San Francisco, Shaker Heights in Cleveland, and Mulholland Drive in (F)Hollywood.

Hence, after meeting with Jack Tracy of Mercury Records, I asked him to come with me, as I had something I wanted him to see, hear and feel. So, we taxied from my ivory tower and alit on the observation tower of the Empire State Building. Now, Jack's a very sensitive A&R man... he even got the same message that about ten million "squares" had felt while viewing New York from the 102nd floor. "Jack, I wanna tape some of those sounds... then get inside those sounds..." Mmmmmm... Nnnnnn (he was communicating with his muse – budget). Finally, "Jack, I'd love to write an album about that," says me... "Got some pencils?" says he...

I hope this album will portray some of these personal musical sketches... the pace, pulse, abstracts, contrasts... the murky and the mink-lined, the milky and the confined – Manhattan, My New York Sweet! I personally gathered the candid sound effects used in connection with the music, so blame me if some of the sounds are kind of lo-fi... they're the real thing!

My New York Sweet

Eastside Westside

Hear De Boides

Babel Of Glass

Naked Island

Exactly

Watch Your Step, Please

Cold Water Flat

Night Bloomin' Trashman

Under The Bridge

Swingin' Ferry

A Times Square