Summer Wind

Canadian Sunset

Summer Wind
The Columbia Musical Treasuries Orchestra And Chorus
Columbia Record Club
1967

California Dreamin'
I Will Wait For You
Summer Wind
A Man And A Woman
Unforgettable
Daydream
What The World Needs Now Is Love
Music To Watch Girls By
Love Me With All Your Heart
The More I See You
Go Away Little Girl
Canadian Sunset

Sweet Beat - Caterina Valente

We Can Work It Out

Sweet Beat
Caterina Valente
London PS 536
1968

From the back cover: A trait of a great artist is versatility; and Caterina Valente is one of the most versatile performers of our time. Italian, French, Spanish and English are second nature to her, her repertoire of music knows no limit.

We Can Work It Out
You've Got Your Troubles
Music To Watch Girls By
Ol' Man River
San Francisco
Blueberry Hill
Don't Sleep In The Subway
C'est Si Bon
Waterloo Sunset
Terrible Feeling
I Dig Rock And Roll Music
Happy Together

Dynamic Dimensions - Henri Rene

Punctuated Performance

Dynamic Dimensions
Henri Rene And His Orchestra
Produced By Herman Diaz, Jr.
Stereo Action - The Sound Your Eyes Can Follow
RCA LSA-2396
1961

From the inside sleeve: Not only is this the first Stereo Action album for Henri Rene, but it is also the first Stereo Action project recorded in RCA Victor's newest and most up-to-date recording studio: Studio C in New York City. This is truly a Stereo Action studio in the most literal sense. Certainly, no recording studio in the world can more fully handle the technical needs of RCA's new sound-in-motion recording technique. Right at his finger tips, engineer Bob Simpson has full control of a massive three-track mixing panel, containing twelve microphone inputs that can be switched into any channel of the Ampex 300-3 three channel tape recorders at will. An additional fourth channel is incorporated into the mixing console to handle the unique sound-in-motion, moving pickup of Stereo Action. "C" can accommodate, within its physical environment, any spatial requirement call for by the arranger.

To get every note of Henri Rene's music recorded just as he wanted it, Bob Simpson played the musicians and singers in studio positions for the best stereo effect. RCA 77DX microphones were used for the various percussion instruments, with a 77DX placed on each of the two pianos, two guitars and accordion. Separate Telefunken U47 condenser microphones were used on the reeds and brass as well as for picking up the solo voices. The bass was picked up by an RCA 44BX microphone while an RCA BK5 was used on the regular drums.

My Blue Heaven
Sweet Sue – Just You
Me And My Shadow
Temptation Rag
Manhattan Idyl
On The Sunny Side Of The Street
Tea For Two
Dizzy Fingers
Punctuated Performace
Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers
Time On My Hands
Swanee River

Memories Are Made of These - Ira Wright

Dark Eyes

Memories Are Made Of These
Ira Wright Orchestra and Singers
Rondo-lette SA 166

Graphically pleasing jacket art credited to Burt Portnoy. The disc features an annoying budget set scraped off the bottom of the stock music barrel to include only two tracks that feature "singers"… meaning one big band male vocalist who works hard to mimic Al Jolson.

Dark Eyes
Anvil Chorus
Spanish Serenade
Blue Tango
After The Ball
Swanee
Yankee Doodle
King Cotton
O Susanna
Because You're Too

Soul Flutes: Trust In Me

Trust In Me

Soul Flutes: Trust In Me
Arranged By Don Sebesky
Produced by Creed Taylor
Recorded at Van Gelder Studios, February 21,22; March 13, 18, 1968
A&M Records A&M SP-3009

Herbie Hancock - Piano, Organ and Harpsichord
Eric Gale and Herbie Hancock - Finger Piano
Ron Carter - Bass
Gardy Tate - Drums
Eric Gale and Bucky Pizzarelli - Guitar
Ray Barretto - Percussion
Henry Watts - Vibes and Marimba
Joel Kaye, George Marge, Romeo Penque and Stan Webb - Soul Flutes

Try A Little Tenderness
Trust In Me
In The Wee Small Hours
Scarborough Fair
Bachianas Brasileiras #5
Cigarettes & Coffee
Pu Po
Early Autumn
Day-O
Buckaroo

35 Guitar Favorites

Theme To A Theme

35 Guitar Favorites
Premier PS-9032 & Coronet Records (Premier Albums Inc.) CXS-291

The Village At 4:00 AM
Village Sico
Georgia Bounce
Milt's The Man
Soleares
Country Picking
Run, Rock And Roll
De Triana
Spanish Guitar Rag
Ice And Snow
Media Granadina
Dusty's Boogie
Heaven Is High
Copla Andaluza Desafio Heading South
Dan And Doreen
Tango Flamenco
Cornball
Theme To A Theme
Rhumba Flamenco
Willie Brown
Playback
Seguiringa
Double Barrel Polka
Dig Ye Deep
Garrotin
Guitar Blues Mother's Not Home
Taranta
Easy Picking
Down With It
Alma De La Copla
Nocturne
Sun Spots
Sevillana

Let's Cha Cha With Tito Puente

Vibe Guajira

Let's Cha Cha With Tito Puente
And His Orchestra
RCA LPM-1392
1957

From Billboard - January 5, 1957: Another sock cha cha album by Puente. The package spotlights 11 danceable, generally unfamiliar selections – all featuring a great beat and attractive instrumentation. Cover – a sensuous photo of a tigerish blonde in the mist of a cha-cha is an eye-catcher.

From the back cover: Tito Puente is a native New Yorker, despite the name which suggests that he was born and bred close to the geographical heart of the Cuban popular dance. Actually he was named Ernest, after his father, just thirty-one years ago last April. Gifted with a strong musical feeling and fascinated by show business, Tito began his career in his teens as an exhibition dancer. He was on his way toward making his mark in the supper club field until he accidentally tore a group of tendons in one ankle, which made it impossible to continue professional dancing. He turned to making music to which other people could dance.

Within a remarkable brief space of time, Tito learned to play piano, mastered the alto saxophone, vibraphone (featured in many of his arrangements), bongo and timbales, an assortment of instruments which made him a key sideman with many dance bands. Following a hitch in the Navy during World War II, Tito spent the next few years in leading bands like those of Noro Morales and Pupi Camp. In his spare time he studied arranging, and soaked up as much information as possible on the practical problems of leading a band; he used schools as the Copacabana, El Morocco and the Stork Club for his texts on technique of satisfying club-owners as well as paying customers simultaneously – no easy feat!

Tito carefully organized a band and made his bid for fame at the end of the 1940s. For a while things were rough. He managed a booking here and there, living of his capital, until he managed finally to audition for the Palladium Ballrooms in New York City, one of the learning dance centers in the country. Since his success there, he has appeared on radio and TV, in night clubs and even on the concrete stage. Puente has appeared in such varied spots as Carnegie Hall and Birdland! Part of his policy has been to build a band with as broad a musical repertoire as possible while keeping in the basic Latin-American framework; his orchestra can change pace in a flash, switching from a mambo to a samba to a waltz, from a for trot to a merengue with equal ease. – Edwin Miller

Lindo Cha Cha
Vibe Guajira
Let's Cha Cha
It's The Bururu
Ki-Ku-Ki_Kan
Habanero
Just For You
Cha Cha Fiesta
Cha Charugao
You Are An Angel
Guaririambo
Cubarama

French Pastry - Eddie Barclay

The Touch

French Pastry
Eddie Barclay And His Orchestra
Mercury Records MG 20265
1957

From Billboard - October 28, 1957: Cover depicting French maid carrying a tray of tasty treats all good enough to eat, hold forth promise. Inside, Barclay's ork lives up to the billing in a series of light mood tunes, mostly with a gentle, but noticeable enough, beat for dancing as well as listening. Sound is particularly good.

Richard Hayman on the harmonica?

Hernando's Hideaway
Merry-Go-Round
Mardrid, Madrid
The Touch
Samba Fantastico
The Kissing Dance
Le Riffifi
Love For Sale
Stranger In Paradise
Sweet Bolero
Three Coins In The Fountain
Love Theme From "La Strada"

Memories Are Made Of These - Fontanna

They Say It's Wonderful

Memories Are Made Of These
Fontanna And His Orchestra
Masterseal
1957

I Dream Of You
Embraceable You
In The Still Of The Night
I'm Getting Sentimental Over Your
Dream
September Song
I Can't Get Started
Falling Leaves
They Say It's Wonderful
When I Grow Too Old To Dream

Sounds Of Our Times Play Love Is Blue - Jack Pleis

A Whiter Shade Of Pale

The Sounds Of Our Times Play Love Is Blue
Arranged And Conducted By Jack Pleis
Music Supervised By George Cates
Album Produced By George Cates and Jack Pleis
Cover Photo / Capitol Photo Studio/Dick Brown
Capitol Records ST 2892

From the back cover: Jack Pleis was born in Philadelphia. His wide-ranging musical talents have taken him into television, records and films. In TV, he has functions as composer-arranger-conductor for "The Wild, Wild West" series, as well as for "Gunsmoke," "My Three Sons," and numerous TV commercials and cartoon shows. Pleis served as musical director for Decca Records for seven years, Columbia Records for two years and London Records for two years. He had conducted records for Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore, Harry Belafonte, Sammy Davis, Danny Kaye, Jerry Lewis, Eartha Kit, Carmen Cavallero, Karen Chandler, Teresa Brewer and many more stars. With Frank DeVol, he recently composed the hard-driving "Drive-In" theme for the motion picture "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?"

Love Is Blue
A Whiter Shade Of Pale
Live For Life
I Say A Little Prayer
Am I That Easy To Forget
The Look Of Love
By The Time I Get To Phoenix
Summer Rain
I Wish It Would Rain
Too Much Of Nothing
Tomorrow