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Tops All-Star Orchestra
Jackets fabricated by Globe Albums, New York, N.Y.
Tops L1514

How High The Moon
Lisbon Antigua
Charmaine
Melody Of Love
Skokian
Blue Tango
Poor People Of Paris
Time On My Hands
Bewitched
Penthouse Serenade
Siboney
April In Portugal

Upper St. Clair High School

Where Is The Love

The Best Of Friends

Sweet Caroline

Upper St. Clair High School

1976 - 1977

This One's For You

Volume 16

Directed by Robert J. Girls
Grubb Associates Recording
1976 - 77

The Eagle

Shower The People

Row, Row

The Best Of Friends

Sweet Caroline

With A Voice Of Singing

Honey! No! No! All I Do!

Nothin' Like A Dame

Guess I'll Miss The Man

Sam

Natalie/We

Where Is The Love/Our Day Will Come

Memories/Walk Through The World

Fa Una Canzone

So You Are A Star/I'll Never Cry

Southern Nights/Sir Duke

You Take My Heart Away

Secret Love

Evergreen/Dreams

Vorspruch 

Love Will Always Stay

Paradise

Someone Will Sing For You

The Drunken Sailor

Glorious Everlasting

Don't Give Up On Us

Nocturnal Serenade

You And I

Barry Manilow Medley

Fantastica Music From Outer Space - Russ Garcia

Into Space & Nova

Fantastica
Music From Outer Space

Russ Garcia
Arranged by Russ Garcia
Electronic Effects & Engineer: Ted Keep
Producer: Simon Jackson
Cover Design: Garrett Howard
Liberty LRP 3084
1958

From the back cover: A journey into space – five... four... three... two...one.......

We are catapulted into the atmosphere – surrounded by the deafening roar of rockets which fade into nothingness, and are enveloped by the silence of space and swallowed into a nebulous mist of weightlessness... floating far and wide "Into Space."

Then, in the distance, a shower of stardust, bursting and exploding like fiery sparks from a pinwheel, lights up the sky – "Nova," an exploding star appears in all its wondrous glory. Before the splendor of this magnificent sight can be fully comprehended it has faded far behind us. Suddenly an unbelievably forlorn and mournful sound reaches out to us – the wails of the "Lost Souls of Saturn." Desolate and lonely beyond belief, but with a peculiar, bizarre fascination, these creatures form an unforgettable image in our minds.

After hours of travel, a constant sensation of groping through the blackness envelops us, and without warning, the grotesque "Monsters of Jupiter" appear. Plodding through the dense yellow and red clouds floating over its surface, shapeless blobs lumber through the mist. You remember the spooky fun house or the dark little ride in the tunnel at the carnival; but this is no laughing matter if anything, it's too real. Is all of space filled with these unspeakable horrors?

But now we are in a higher strata, and the 'nightmare' seems to be over. Then... lo and behold... out of nowhere comes the microscopic watermen, shimmering and gleaming as they swim in the placid, silver waters – everywhere can be seen the "Water Creatures of Astra." The passengers in the forward observation lounge have suddenly become very calm and quiet. No wonder – they have caught sight of the awesome and exotic beauty of "Venus," and we are speech- less as we marvel at her robe of dazzling splendor.

The second phase of our sight-seeing journey into space begins! First we see the dark wastes of "Frozen Neptune" with its crystalized, concrete-like and impenetrable blocks of ice. From there we visit the comical, eccentric, bandy-legged "Goofy Peepl of Phobos" jabbering in their peculiarly whimsical fashion.

Leaving the land of silliness, we soar through space for what seems like eons. Directly ahead the molten rocks of the "Volcanoes of Mercury" are visible. The liquid fire turns the sky into a sea of scarlet and, as we whisk past the barren inferno, sylph-like figures seem to be writhing against the stark backdrop.

As we continue our fantastic flight, we can see a glowing, whirling mass. We are swept from our course and are caught in the magnetic field of a nearby sun. We whirl about crazily amidst unbelieveable turbulence and we suddenly realize that we are witnessing the "Birth of a Planet." Magically, we are released from this unseen trap and onward we fly to the dry, desolate "Red Sands of Mars." The desert stretches out endlessly in a crimson blanket before us. We look for a landing spot, but the burning sands offer no such haven. The Captain eyes the control panels of myriad dials and gauges... his look is apprehensive. Fuel is low and we must return to our point of departure. As he noses the ship homeward we know our journey is nearly over, and we watch breathlessly the lunar display before us – the magnificent "Moon Rise" in all its majestic and peaceful beauty... as our homeward journey begins!

ABOUT TRANSISTORIZED-SPECTRA-SONIC-SOUND...

"FANTASTICA" was recorded in the Liberty studios in Hollywood, California, which is the WORLD'S ONLY FULLY- TRANSISTORIZED RECORDING STUDIO. Liberty's new Spectra-Sonic-Sound features a fully-transistorized recording process which incorporates the use of transistor-powered microphones and auxiliary channels in conjunction with specially-designed Ampex recorders. This combination, plus special microphoning and studio acoustics, has been utilized to reproduce a brilliant sound. Correct balance between vocal and instrumental groups gives all LIBERTY recordings outstanding clarity and presence for maximum high fidelity listening enjoyment. For best results, use the RIAA equalization curve. Frequency response is from 20 cps. to 20,000 cps.

From Billboard - March 31, 1958: A fine mood set by the orkster. The selections all have outer space titles and are nicely orchestrated with well-controlled instrumental gimmicks. Tempos are nicely varied. A good set for jocks and one that can enjoy good sales.

Fantastica
Music From Outer Space
Russ Garcia
Liberty LST 7005
1958

Into Space
Nova (Exploding Star)
Lost Souls Of Saturn
Monsters Of Jupiter
Water Creatures Of Astra
Venus
Red Sand Of Mars
Goofy Peepl Of Phobos
Volcanoes Of Mercury
Birth Of A Planet
Frozen Neptune
Moon Rise

Hawaii Honeymoon - The Waikikis

Sugar Moon

Hawaii Honeymoon
The Waikikis
Photo Courtesy Of American Airlines
Knapp Records
KAPP KL-1432
1965

Hawaii Honeymoon
Remember Boa-Boa
The 3rd Man Theme
Song Of The Islands
Road To Waikiki
When The Saints Go Marching To Hawaii
Ta-Hu-Wa-Hu-Wai
Palisa
The Shadows
Carnival In Honolulu
Sugar Moon
Happy Hawaii

Martin Denny - Forbidden Island

Forbidden Island

The Exotic Sounds Of Martin Denny
Forbidden Island
Producer: Si Waronker
Engineers: Bob Land and Ted Keep
Cover Illustration and Design: Pate/Francis
Cover Photograph: Garrett-Howard
Liberty Records LRP 3081 & LST 7001
1958

Liberty released this set in multiple printings featuring variations of the front and back jacket designs. One cover design (with two rear jacket designs) for the mono press (top image) and, apparently, two designs for the stereo release.

The stereo cover (bottom image) is printed on foil paper stock.

From the back cover: Who makes the sounds that have captured the imagination of Hawaii and the world? ...Martin Denny – Leader, composer, and gifted arranger; piano and celeste; originator of "exotica" music. August Colon - Latin instruments, special effects, bird calls; a "banging bongo-er." Julius Wechter - Only 22 years old, brilliant on the vibes; also marimbas, xylophone; doubles on percussion instruments. Harvey Ragsdale - Toured with Stan Wilson, who rates him tops on string bass. Big round time and unexcelled moving line.

To enrich this album of "Forbidden Island," Denny called on four guest specialists... Lew Panio - Percussion; Will Brady - Flute and musette; Bud Lee - Guitar and Japanese Samisen; Mike Garcia - Conga drum.

Cobra
Port Au Prince
Exotica
Little China Doll
Bali Hai
Narcissus Queen
Goony Birds
Sim Sim
Primitiva
March Of The Siamese Children
Sukara
Forbidden Island

I Get A Kick Out Of Porter - Joe Bushkin

I Get A Kick Out Of You

I Get A Kick Out Of You

Joe Bushkin

Cover Photography: Gleb Derujinsky

Design: Bob Cato

Cole Porter Photography: Richard Avedon

Notes: Gilbert Millstien of The New York Times

Capitol ST 1030

1959

From the back cover: The jet plane pictured on the cover of this album, "I Get A Kick Out Of Cole Porter," is the Grumman Navy Cougar (F9F-8T), and the man standing on its cockpit, prepared, like the slender sky chaser, for imminent ascent – is Joe Bushkin, the pianist, composer and arranger. Minutes afterward, he was airborne tens of thousands of feet at a speed exceeding that of sound. There is nothing tangential in the selection of such a photograph for such an album. For Buskin, jet flight synthesizes the meaning of the music of Cole Porter, a selection of whose songs he was, at the time, getting ready to record. That meaning of Porter's remarkable, continuing contemporaneity; his immediacy, as urgent today as decades ago; his melodic and lyric insights, as acute and free of anachronism as they were before rocketry became a commonplace, psychoanalysis a parlor game and sophistication the property of the majority. What moved Bushkin is probably best expressed in a lyric of one of the songs he recorded, "Just One Of Those Things": "It was just one of those nights, /Just one of those fabulous flights... A trip to the moon on gossamer wings.../ Just one of those things."

From Billboard - March 23, 1959: Bushkin steps out in front of a sizable complement of brass and woodwinds to take the lively solos on this collection of Cole Porter evergreens. Some of the best are here, like "Night And Day," "I Get A Kick Out Of You," "Begin The Beguine," etc., and they are all essayed with a danceable beat. Stereo is good but in this case it's the repertoire that's the drawing card. Smart background set also could draw air spins.

I Get A Kick Out Of You

I've Got You Under My Skin

Night And Day

Begin The Beguine 

Get Out Of Town

In The Still Of The Night

So In Love

Love For Sale

Let's Do It

Where Have You Been

What Is This Thing Called Love?

Just One Of Those Things

Johnny Pineapples & His Orchestra

Maui Chant

Hawaiian Holiday With Johnny Pineapple & His Orchestra
Pickwick/33 PC-3018

1960

From the back cover: Johnny Pineapple is a true Hawaiian. He was born David Haonohi in Honolulu and he is in every way as Hawaiian as the name he has taken. The son of a judge, he received his early education at Kamehameha, the birth place of the steel guitar. Later he received his degree from Oregon State University. A student of music from his early youth, he began his climb to the heights of the music world as a vacationing  college freshman in San Francisco. From that time on, his future was cast in making popular the music of his native land. Over 15 years ago he signed with the Sherman Billingsley at the Stork Club and remained on the bill for two years before the demand for his music took him afield for other triumphs. It was our great pleasure to first see his act shortly after he starred at the opening of the exotic Polynesian Room of the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago, an engagement that covered 19 months before his adopted home in New York lured him back. To see and hear Johnny and his South Pacific revue one time is enough to make Pineapple fans of anyone, just as it did us.

Paradise Isle

Hilo March

My Hawaiian Kula La Ni

Na Ka Pueo

I Hear Hawaii Calling

Pretty Mermaid Of The Southern Sea

Maui Chant

Aloha Oe E Kuu Lei

My Tane

Close Encounters Of The Third Kind - The Now Sound Orchestra

Now Sound Orchestra

The Now Sound Orchestra Presents Music From
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, Star Wars, 2001 A Space Odyssey
Peter Pan Records 8205

1977

From the back cover: The 1970's have produced three of the biggest, most popular Science Fiction pictures of all time – 2001: Space Odyssey, Star Wars, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

And Peter Pan Records, through the brilliant sounds of the Now Sound Orchestra, has captured the thrills and excitement from these pictures in one album.

First there's 2001: A Space Odyssey, the story that puts today's man into tomorrow's spacecraft. Man has successfully manipulated his natural environment and conquered the unknown fears of inter- planetary travel. He prepares for what comes next, in the suspenseful year, 2001.

Then there's Star Wars, where Luke Skywalker, the 21-year old daredevil, challenges the storm troopers of a distant galaxy on a dangerous mission-only to find that the force of life becomes the power of death. Little did Luke know that trying to rescue the beautiful princess, who was held captive, would lead him to a desperate encounter on the enemy battle station known as Death Star. And speaking of Encounters, Close Encounters of the Third Kind could be the biggest, most exciting picture of all time! To all of humanity, Close Encounters meant the beginning of the most dramatic event in the history of the world –  discovery that WE ARE NOT ALONE.

Enjoy the music! Roger E. Flax, Ph.D.

Theme from Close Encounters Of The Third Kind

Theme from Star Wars - Part One

Theme from Star Wars - Part Two

Theme from - 2001 A Space Odyssey

Cha Cha Fiesta - Fred Denise

Jivin' Cha Cha

Cha Cha Fiesta
Fred Denise Orchestra

Palace (Buckingham Records) PST-645

La Cucaracha

Condado Cha Cha

Swing Easy

Roseland

Jivin' Cha Cha

Metropole

A Fine Romance

Sweethearts

Wedding Night

Caribbean

Bowery

Fiesta

Cha Cha De Las Flores

The Enchanted Woods - Dennis Farnon

Snowfall

The Enchanted Woods
Dennis Farnon and His Orchestra

Cover Photo: R. M. Jones
RCA LPM-1897

1958

From the back cover: Using his baton like a sorcerer's wand, Farnon weaves these beautiful and distinctive sounds into a spell of many moods. Tenderness and poignancy are to be found in such selections as "You Are Too Beautiful and Right As The Rain, each featuring a stirring saxophone solo by Dennis' brother, Brain Farnon. Moonlike and If You Are But A Dream are deeply and romantically emotional, reflecting the classical origin of their melodies. From Snowfall comes the delicate fragility of a lacy snowflake, sparkling as it floats to earth. The imp of humor makes his appearance in the lighthearted renditions of Winter Wonderland and Cecelia, tickling the funny bone with his unexpected antics. Even careless abandon is represented by the swinging, jazz-inflected rendition of The Lady Is A Tramp.

2/12/11 comment from a collector/researcher: I've been researching a project by Chet Atkins recorded in 1958 -- "Chet Atkins in Hollywood." Dennis was the orchestra leader and arranger for that album. In doing my research (for a writing project), I located Dennis -- still composing and arranging, and living in the Netherlands, at age 87!! It has been amazing to talk to him about that era of music and recording. Besides being an orchestra leader and RCA artist at the time, he was also the west coast pop album A&R director for the label. The bulk of Dennis's composition work is not mainstream pop -- his most notable work was soundtracks for cartoons. He did all the soundtracks for the Mr Magoo film and tv series, and a lot of the incidental sound fx (orchestral sounds) for Rocky & Bullwinkle. He also scored for movies. He's an amazing guy.

Among My Souvenirs

Moonglow

Cecelia

Right As The Rain

Fools Rush In

The Lady Is A Tramp

You Are Too Beautiful

Snowfall

Winter Wonderland

If You Are But A Dream

I Hear A Rhapsody

Day By Day