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Saturday, October 5, 2013

Mindy Carson

You Took Advantage Of Me
Mixed Up Mambo
Mindy Carson And Orchestra
Royale 18168

Budget 10 inch 33 featuring 4 Carson tracks on side one and 4 mambo tunes on side two.

What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For
I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
I Hate To Love You
You Took Advantage Of Me
Old Gray Mare Mambo
Afron Mambo
La Paloma Mambo
Mixed Up Mambo

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Seductive Strings - George Siravo

East Of The Sun
Seductive Strings
Arranged and Conducted by George Siravo
Time Records S/2019

Also see: And Then I Wrote Richard Rodgers

Once In A While
My Reverie
Star Dust
Autumn In New York
Hands Across The Table
Peg O' My Heart
The Very Thought Of You
Poor Butterfly
Maybe You'll Be There
Please Be Kind
The Hour Of Parting
East Of The Sun

Friday, September 27, 2013

The Now Sounds Of Today

The Way We Were

Stop The War Of People - Cathy Abston
The Letter - Charles Woodson
The Now Sounds Of Today
Columbine Records
CRH-21

Stop The War Of People
The Letter
I Could Never Stop Loving You
Colors Of Love
Someone Cares
You Will Be My Music
Wandering Feet
Then The Grass Was Green
My Immigrant Girl
Right Now I Can't See You
You
Can't You See
The Way We Were

Chic To Chic! - Nino Nanni

The Things I Want
Chic To Chic!
Nino Nanni
Recorded at Regent Sound Studios, New York City
Carlton Record Corporation
LP 12/108 & STLP 12/108
1958

The word "STEREO" on the stereo issue was applied to the cover in manufacturing as a "felt" stick-on.

From the back cover: Other singers, too many singers, sing. Nino sells! At this point, however, let me dispel any vague notion you may be harboring that this is a Jazz album. Jazz-oriented, yes, Jazz only, no. Nino Nanni is a throughly fine cafe performer who has and does perform in the most chic boĆ®tes. He knows the taste of Cafe Society, but it has not limited his musicianship. – Jack Lazare

From Billboard - December 15, 1958: Nino Nanni has a distinctive sound in his rendition of these songs from hit show. He accompanies himself on piano, and he is nice paced  by a rhythm section. Stereo adds little. Numbers include "A Woman In Love" from "Guys And Dolls," " It's Love" from "Wonderful Town" and "Bewitched" from "Pal Joey."

Thank Heaven For Little Girls
Remind Me
A Woman In Love
It's All Right With Me
I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
I Wish I Were In Love Again
It's Love
The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
The Things I Want
I Like The Likes Of You
Bewitched
Allez-Vous-En, Go Away

Cloud Nine - Sounds Of A Thousand Strings

Besame Mucho
Cloud Nine
Sounds Of A Thousand Strings
Conductor - Frank Martin
Crown Records CST 194

Pleasant mood set. This copy was pressed on ruby red vinyl.

Autumn Leaves
Sleepy Lagoon
I Love You For Sentimental Reasons
My Only Love
My Heart I Give To You
That Old Black Magic
Besame Mucho
So Much In Love
Loving You This Way
Lovers Waltz

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Down At Papa Joe's - Dora Hall

I Can't Stop Loving You
Down At Papa Joe's
Cozy Record Company
PL-1101

One of the many releases from "Vanity Queen" Dora Hall.

Down At Papa Joe's
I Can't Stop Loving You
Beale Street Papa
I Cried For You
Every Street's A Boulevard
Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
It All Depends On You
I Used To Love You But It's All Over Now
Up A Lazy River

Limbo Rock - The Tides

Let There Be Limbo

Limbo Rock
The Tides with The Merry Melody Singers
Mercury SR 60714

At first there was no rock in the Limbo Rock... The rock was hiding on the B side!

It sounds like there are two sessions on the record. One featuring the "limbo easy" Merry Melody Singers and one featuring the "limbo rocking" Tides.

Limbo Rock
The Banana Boat Song
Matilda, Matilda
Jamaica Farewell Song
Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White
La Paloma
Let There Be Limbo
Midnight Limbo
Tequila
Patricia
Caravan
Rum And Coca Cola

Latin Swingers - Ted Heath And His Music

Frenesi
Latin Swingers
Ted Heath
London PS219
1961

Tico-Tico
Adios
Cherry Pink
Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps
Say Si Si
Besame Mucho
Come Closer To Me
Brazil
Amor
Frenesi
Perfidia
The Breeze And I

Silk Satin & Strings - The Radiant Velvet Orchestra

It's All Right With Me
Blues In The Night
Silk Satin & Strings
The Radiant Velvet Orchestra
Caesar Giovannini, Conductor
Concert-Disc CS-36

From the back cover: The arrangements and orchestrations are the work of Wayne Robinson and Caesar Giovanini, guarantee enough that these are settings full of verve, imagination, sparkle. And the whole production is under the baton of Giovannini himself (with time out for dazzling turns at the piano keyboard).

Jalousie
Sleepy Lagoon
Holiday For Strings
From This Moment On
Laura
Falling In Love With Love
It's All Right With Me
Stella By Starlight
Jazz Pizzicato
El Choclo
Blues In The Night
Out Of My Dreams.

Musical Smoke Rings - Glen Gray

Under A Blanket Of Blue
Musical Smoke Rings
Songs Made Famous By Glen Gray And The Casa Loma Orchestra
With Kenny Sargent
Decca DL 5089
1949

10 inch 33