Have Harp Can't Travel

Dancing On The Ceiling

Have Harp Can't Travel
The Stanley Johnson Orchestra

Featuring the Duo Harps of Dorothy Remsen and Catherine Johnk

Orchestra Conducted by Hal Johnson

Arrangements: Ray Stanley & Hal Johnson

Producer: Ray Stanley

Engineer: Ted Keep

Color Photgraphy: Garrett-Howard

(Bus on front cover courtesy of Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority)

Program notes by Chuck Ward
Liberty LST 7118
1959

Harps - Dorothy Remsen, Catherine Johnk

Percussion - Jerry Williams - Gene Estes

Mallets - Frank Flynn

Bass - Mike Ruben, Clifford Hils

Piano - Jeff Lewis, Paul Smith

Flute - Haakon Bergh

I Got Rhythm

Me And My Shadow

En Kelohenu

Beyond The Sea

Lost In A Fog

That Old Devil Moon

Holiday For Strings

Dancing On The Ceiling

The Breeze And I

Greensleeves

Bad Angel Blues

Lady Of Spain

Hawaiian Enchantment For Dancing

Beyond The Reef

Hawaiian Enchantment For Dancing

George Poole Orchestra
Omega Records OSL-34

Beyond The Reef

Sweet Leilani

Pagan Love Song

Wedding Song

Hilo March

Song Of The Islands

Moon Of Manakoora

Bali Hai

Blue Moon

Enchanted Isle, Hawaii

101 Strings In A Hawaiian Paradise

Song Of The Islands

101 Strings
In A Hawaiian Paradise
Somerset SF-12800
1961

The cover was repeated on a reissue, 2-record set and book-fold jacket that featured, as the second disc: The Romance Of Hawaii (Alshire 2-117).

Hawaiian Paradise

Song Of The Island
Hawaiian Wedding Song
Little Grass Shack
Sweet Leilani
Moon Over Kona
Blue Hawaii
Stars Over Maui
Torchlight
Hawaiian War Chant
Aloha OE

The Romance Of Hawaii

Sleepy Lagoon
The Moon Of Manakoora
Paradise
Pagan Love Song
South Sea Serenade
Sweet Hawaiian Kisses
Hawaiian Bells
Neath Azure Skies
Hawaiian Magic
Aloha Oe

Christmas With The Happy Crickets

I Heard The Bells Of Christmas Day & The Chipmunk Song

Christmas With The Happy Crickets
Grand Prix Series KX-9
K.M. Corp.

This is a very annoying and a very fun record! The Happy Crickets do "processed vocal" covers of traditional holiday songs. The orchestra backing good.

Possibly, as an inside joke, the producers include a cover of "The Chipmunk Song". This track, however, is NOT processed or manipulated through the cartoon insect filter. It's great!

White Christmas

Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer

Christmas Is For The Family

Jingle Bells

I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day

The Chipmunk Song

It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

The First Noel

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Silent Night

Away In A Manger

Holiday In Havana - Noro Morales

The Children's Merengue

Holiday In Havana
Noro Morales And His Orchestra
Design Records SDLP 86 & DLP 86 (mono jacket with "stereo" sticker, top right corner)

Pickwick
1959

Wonderful cheesecake cover and killer Latin set. Morales use of piano was innovative. He passed away in 1964 at the age of 53 from the effects of chronic diabetes.

Norin Noron Mambo

Latin Dance Party
Noro Morales And His Orchestra
International Award Series
AKS-154

I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Cha Cha

For Me And My Gal - Cha Cha

Home - Cha Cha

The Children's Merengue

Norin-Noron - Mambo

Who's Sorry Now - Cha Cha

I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - Cha Cha

Dark Eyes Mambo

Rainbow Fantasie - Bolero

Mississippi Mambo

Rudolph Red-Nosed Reindeer

Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer

Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer
Tex Johnson & His Six Shooters
A Product Of Premier Albums, N.Y.C.

Here's a bit of a mystery album. It was apparently released on a label called: Pirouette. The album sported a foil cover with cartoon figures, that are different figures, but drawn in the exact same style as the cover I post here. The Pirouette release is in stereo.

My example is on "Premier Albums" and is a mono release. You can also find the same album with a different cover design, but featuring the same cartoon deer, as a stereo release.

The Pirouette release track list is somewhat different:

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
When Santa Claus Gets Your Letter
Fum Fum Fum
Wait for the Wagon (On Christmas Day)
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
Cheyenne
A Merry Merry Christmas to You
Pride of the Prairie Mary
The Night Before Christmas Song
San Antonio
Just as the Sun Went Down
Go Tell It on the Mountain

The track list on my Premier album and the Premier stereo version is as follows:

White Christmas
Jingle Bells
Good King Wencelas
When Santa Gets Your Letter
The Night Before Christmas
Ruldolph The Red Nose Reindeer
Deck The Halls With Holly
Here Comes Santa Claus
Noel, Noel
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town.

Possibly, all three releases hit the stores in the same year? Or maybe the Pirouette release came out a year later?  Why the cover designs drew from the same basic artwork and why the track lists varies is a the mystery.

Make Believe - Freddy Martin

Make Believe
Feddy Martin
RCA Camden CAL - 315
1957

Camden was a RCA budget label. Budget or not you can find some very cool cover art on Camden jackets. However, the music does not reflect the cover art and sounds dated for a mid 50s release.

The Night Is Young - Wanye King

The Night Is Young
Wayne King And His Orchestra
RCA Camden CAL 358
1956

Camden was RCA's budget label. Budget or not, Camden featured some very good cover art.

The classy photo on this monochromatic jacket is credited to Howard Graff.

The music doesn't reflect the cover image in my opinion and seems dated for a mid-50s release. The tracks, apparently, were collected together from various earlier recordings.

Lolliwinks

When I Paint The World

Lolliwinks
K-tel International, Inc. NU 9630
1981

Straight out of the seal shrink comes the Lolliwinks on K-tel.

Since this record was sealed I have, in my clutches, the minty fresh Lolliwinks poster. I post it above because I know everyone is dying to see this rarity.

Godfrey And His Friends

Sweet Leilani

Godfrey And His Friends
House Party Series
Columbia CL 2514
1956

This record is a 10 inch 33 rpm LP featuring six tracks that barely consume half the available wax.