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Friday, December 28, 2018

Night Life - The Mary Kaye Trio

Night Life
Night Life
The Mary Kaye Trio
Co-ordinator: Dave Pell
Produced by Bernie Silverman
Arrangements and Orchestra conducted by Bob Smale
*Arrangements and Orchestra conducted by Bob Florence
Cover Photo: John Engstead
Engineer: Lanky
20th Century Fox Records
TFM 3117
1964

What's Yours?
Charade
Stay
Man's Favorite Sport
Dancing
How Does The Wine Taste?
Night Life*
Spring Is Here
More
The Feeling Of Paree
Sleeves Of Green
Where Did Nellie Go?

Double Barrel Marching Dixie - The Bourbon Street Barons

The Gladiator
Double Barrel Marching Dixie
The Bourbon Street Barons
Cover by Maurer Studios
Top Rank Records RM 300
1959

From Billboard - November 9, 1959: Good looking cover marks this exuberant Dixieland package. An augmented band provides a bright, happy, full sound with a strong beat on such familiar march themes as "Stars and Stripes Forever," "Washington Post March," and "Semper Fidelis."

Stars And Strips Forever
El Capitan
High School Cadets
Chicago Rockets
Emblem Of Glory
The Gladiator
King Cotton
Washington Post March
The Thunderer
(Hear That) Dixieland Band
Standard Of Freedom
Semper Fidelis

Twangy Guitar - Billy Boyd

Diggin' The Blues
Twangy Guitars
Billy Boyd
Photography: Joseph Tauber
Cover Design: Habco Arts
Recorded" Hollywood, Calif.
Crown Records
Stereodics CST 196
1960

From the back cover: As a tad, he used to sit and stare, fascinated at the Mississippi.

The mighty silver-grey ribbon that slashes through thousands of American Miles whispered then spoke, finally shouted... "Get on your walkin' shoes boy... the world's awaiting.

Billy Boyd got the message.

Took to the road.

Went places. Did things.

Saw the parched, dry loveliness in the South-western states.

Lingered by the cool, blue-green lakes of Wisconsin.

New York City's noise and confusion scared him. But he struck it out for awhile.

Something inside compelled him to see everything there was to see; do everything there was to do.

Along the way he picked up a guitar. Didn't study. Just took it up in his big hands and played it.

And all his knocks and good-times... all his misunderstanding of what make a man tick, from then on, came out of the gut-strings of that guitar.

Billy Boyd managed to make music pay. Became an entertainer, and he started writing songs.

Some people call the kind of stuff Billy plays hillbilly. Some – rock & roll. To others, it's rockabilly.

We call it "soul" or "this is what it means to me" music.

Because it's sincere.

And because the lusty, rollicking rhythms mirror, without distortion, the many faces of our great nations.

It's time.

Time to listen to a young and virile giant. A hardy man who loves his work.

Billy Boyd and TWANGY GUITARS. – John Marlo


Shuffle Boogie
Night Rock
When The Lights Are Low
Jivin' At The Savoy
Stompin At The Crossroads
Diggin' The Blues
Mambo Boogie
South Hampton
Bolero Boogie
Duck Walk
Oop Shank
Drifting

Este Es Mi Mundo - Tito Rodriquez

Tito Rodriquez
Este Es Mi Mundo
Produced by Leroy Holmes
* Arranged  by Rene Hernandez
** Arranged by Arthur Azenzer
UA Latino LS 61026
1968

Available from online vendors so I will not be posting a sample. Presented here to share the cover art.

Super nice Latin "lounge" vocal set from Rodriquez.

Llego El Soneto*
Lover Come Back To Me*
Boogaloo En Puerto Rico*
Nadie Me Ama**
Que Viva El Amor*
Ya Tu Lo Ves*
San Juan*
¿Llama! (Call Me)*
Todo El Amor Del Mundo**
Fiesta De Beso*


A Song For All Seasons - Robert Maxwell

A Song For All Seasons
Robert Maxwell - His Harp And Orchestra
Produced by Harry Meyerson
Cover Photos: Hal Buksbaum
4 Season Fashions Courtesy Of Stern's New York And New Jersey
Decca DL 74609
1965

Available from online vendors so I will not be posting a sample. Presented here to share the cover art and Billboard review.

From Billboard - May 1, 1965: Mood music for soothing the human emotions of welcoming a new season. Maxwell's harp, supported by up-beat rhythm instrumentation or soulful, solo sax of flowing organ, soar through such lovely tunes as "I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm," "Summertime," "September In The Rain," "Shine On Harvest Moon."

I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
My Funny Valentin
Spring Is Here
April In Portugal
Rosebud
Summertime
A Summer Song
The Green Leaves Of Summer
September In The Rain
Shine On Harvest Moon
Pumpkin Yellow
Our Winter Love

Girls Of My Dreams - Frank Barcley & Harry Arnold

Laura
Girls Of My Dreams
Frank Barcley & Harry Arnold
Frank Barcley, piano, is accompanied by the Harry Arnold Orchestra
Cover Design: Loring Eutemey
Color Cover Photo: Hugh Bell
Recorded by Metronome Records, Copenhagen, Denmark
ATCO Records 33-127
1961

From the back cover: Frank Barcley and the Harry Arnold Orchestra have created the perfect album for you the next time the girl of your dreams comes over for cocktails. The music is suave and irresistible invitation to dance and companionable conversation. It's relaxed and romantic, with a variety of rhythms and tempos. – Gary Kramer

Laura
Ramona
Dolores
Louise
Emaline
Charmaine
Mona Lisa
Maria Elena
Linda
Jeannine
Cecilla
Nancy

Thursday, December 27, 2018

Featuring A Ray Eberle Serenade

Clair De Lune
Featuring A Ray Eberle Serenade
With A Tribute To Glenn Miller
Sutton SU 314

There are only a few Eberle tracks to be heard on this budget Sutton set. These tracks are available from online vendors. Presented above, as the sample, is one of the instrumental filler tracks.

Moonlight Serenade
Deep Purple
Little Brown Jug
I Dream Of Jeannie With The Light Brown Hair
Greensleeves
Clair De Lune
Anchors Aweigh
Londonderry Air
Habanera
Schubert's Serenade

Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Mambos - Grupo Comodines

Mambo En Sax
Mambos
Grupo Comodines
Produccion: Jose Luis Torres
Sono-Mex LPSM-636
1977

Que Rico Mambo
Lupita
Mambo Del Politecnico
Mambo Del Ruletero
La Nina Popof
Mambo No. 5
Pachuco Bailarin
Mambo En Sax
Mambo Del Taconazo

Bailando Blues

El Rififi
Bailando Blues
Dancing The Blues
Maya LY-70058

Mujer (Agustin Lara - Carlos Tirado)
Las Hojas Muertas (J. Prevert - Chico O'Farrill)
Me Acuerdo De Ti (Gonzalo Curiel - Orq. Willy Samperio)
Adio En El Puerto (Ernesto Dominquez - La Lira de San Cristobal)
Pobre Mariposa (J. L. Golden y R. Hubell - Pedro Morquecho)
Rayando El Sol (Manuel M. Ponce - Cuco Valtierra)
Tu Partida (Gonzalo Curiel)
El Rififi (Philppe Gerard la Rue - Jean Freber)
Sorpressa (Gonzalo Curiel - Carlos Triado)
Deseperranza (Gonzalo Curiel)

Hits! Bailables Con Ramon Marquez

El Tema De Los Monkees
Ella (Monkees)
El Sargento Pimienta
Hits!
Bailables Con Ramon Marquez
Boogaloo
Coro Calidad CLP-924
1968

El Cable
Perdamonos
Casino Royal
Celoso
El Tema De Los Monkees
La Chispita
Ella (Montes)
Todo Lo Que Necestitas
Es Amor
Esta Tarde Vi Llover
El Sargento Pimienta