Half Satin Half Latin - Les Elgart

Slaughter On Tenth Avenue

Half Satin
Half Latin
Les Elgart And His Orchestra
Columbia CL 1567

From the back cover: This exciting new collection presents the Elgart complement of three trumpets, three trombones, five saxes and rhythm in a dozen arrangements as modern as tomorrow. The Latin tempos of Side One add rhythmic spice to the mellow Elgart sound, and the interplay of ballads and swingers on Side Two provides a perfect balance for your listening pleasure.

Slaughter On Tenth Avenue
The Ja-Da Cha-Cha
When The Saints Come Marching In
Beat Junction
Sidewinder
Love For Sale
When You Were Sweet Sixteen
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
The Touch Of Your Lips
I'll Remember April
Lonely
Together

Cometogether - Stelvio Cipriani

Cometogether / Get Together

Cometogether
Stelvio Cipriani
Produced by Allan Steckler
Apple SW 3377

Games People Play
Cometogether
Love Is Blue

Fascinum
Monument To Love
Love Is Blue
Love Is Blue / I Can Sing A Rainbow
Cometogether
Love Is Blue
Bad Vibrations
Cometogether / Get Together

The Big Beat Sound Of James Last

Caravan

The Big Beat Sound Of James Last
And The American Patrol
Volume 3
Warner Bros. 1714

From the back cover: A word about the dauntless leader of the American Patrol himself. James Last was born in Bremen, Germany, a town noted more for its shipyards than musicians. Nevertheless, by the time short pants were exposing his dimpled knees, James Last was knocking hell out of the family piano and, after three years of lessons, ticking off the classics with remarkable ease. Sent to music school when he was fourteen, he hung around long enough to absorb a foundation of theory and harmony, than exited dragging his favorite instrument, the bass behind him. Turning on with jazz, he grooved for a while with hometown groups, and from 1950 to 1953 won hands down the title of top bass player in the prime German jazz poll. He organized his first band at Radio Bremen, and after some local success quit the so-called sticks for a crack at the big time of Hamburg. There, with the lighting speed of a slick white Porsche, his career took off. Arranging and conducting for some of the top talents in Europe. Writing smash songs such as Games That Lovers Play. Hitting solidly with his one and only American Patrol.

Happy Music
Begin The Beguine
Skokiaan
La Golondrina
The Donkey Serenade
Havah Nagilah
Caravan
Carmen
La Mer
Un Poco Rio
Always
Down By The Riverside

El Meu Amic El Mar - Lluis Llach

Lluis Llach
El Meu Amic El Mar
Producccio: Joan Molas
Ariola - Barcelona
Stereo 25 630 - 1
1978

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

I found this one in the $1 bin at one of my local record shops. It is worth picking up.

The jacket is a book-fold job fitted with a glossy color multi-page insert that features photographs and lyrics.

Bressol De Tots Els Blaus
Salpar
Cami Cap Un Nou Cant
Canco De Rem I De Vela
Venim Del Nord, Venim Del Sud…
Quan L'onada Em Dura A La Platja Dels Morts
La Poesia Dels Teus Ulls
Companys, No Es Aixo

Stereo Action Unlimited - Stereo Action

Jericho - Ray Martin and His Orchestra

Stereo Action Unlimited

The Sound Your Eyes Can Follow
RCA Victor LSA-2489
1961

Flight Of The Bumble Bee - Ray Martin and His Orchestra
Did You Ever See A Dream Walking - Marty Gold and His Orchestra
Runnin' Wild - Dick Schory's Percussion and Brass Ensemble
And The Band Played On - Vic Schoen and His Orchestra
Dancing Tambourine - Leo Addeo and His Orchestra
Lonesome Road - The Chorus and Percussion of Keith Textor
Expresso - The Guitars Unlimited Plus 7
Kiss Of Fire - Bernie Green and His Orchestra
The 3rd Man Theme - Marty Gold and His Orchestra
Hernando's Hideaway - Dick Schory's Percussion and Brass Ensemble
Swanee River - Henri Rene and His Orchestra
Every Little Movement - Leo Addeo and His Orchestra
Jericho - Ray Martin and His Orchestra
Stompin' At The Savoy - Johnson Rag - Manny Albam and His Orchestra

Gypsy Moods - Bela Babai

Le Canari

Gypsy Moods
Bela Babai
King of the Gypsy Violin and his Orchestra
Epic LN 3363

From the back cover: Mr. Babai's interest in music, and in the violin particularly, was engendered when he was only four and was taken by his father to hear the great Joseph Szigeti in recital. The boy was so delighted that he begged his father for a violin, but at that age he could not manage a regular instrument, and his father procured a miniature instrument for him. With this beginning he practiced steadily and haunted the concert halls, listening to great artists and studying their techniques; this, in fact, was his only training. But by the time he was twelve, he was touring Europe as a prodigy, playing the haunting gypsy melodies he had learned. And he has continued his career in America. In this program, he presents a fascinating group of gypsy airs, some familiar, some new to most American ears.

Fly My Swallow
Waves Of The Lake
Hora in A Minor
When You See Me Day After Day
Waterfalls
Monte's Czardas
Le Canari
Ice Flowers Were Blooming When I Met You
Palm Road
My Darling Ann

Watch What Happens! - Ken & Beverly

Eleanor Rigby

Watch What Happens!
Ken & Beverly
World Pacific
A Division Of Liberty Records
WPS-21862

Not sure what happened to the artists after making this record. They did create a nice "lounge" sound, a blend of jazz and pop for this LP, which seemed to have been their aim (see below).

From the back cover: Ken (Jensen) and Beverly (Ryman) started their careers separately, but had one important element in common; the combination of talent and early formal training. Ken's musical career was launched in Klamath Falls, Oregom, where, under the guidance of his father, a music teacher, he became one of the finest young musicians in the country, In 1956, as a high school senior, he held the first-chair oboe position in the all-national high school orchestra. In college, Ken majored in music and the freedom of the college atmosphere nourished his interest in jazz; an interest that landed him in Los Angeles in 1961. He toured with various rock and jazz combos and big bands. While the one-nighters from coast-to-coast gave him valuable experience with the going and growing sounds of the times, and permitted relatively "surreptitious" experimentation with alto, baritone and oboe, they also confirmed a continually growing desire to develop a sound of his own. Ken met Beverly at a recording session in 1963, they dug each other's sound and started working together.

Beverly was a natural. She started singing at the age of six, and by the time she was eleven she was singing on the radio in Los Angeles. She would sing almost anything, almost anywhere, but it soon became apparent that her engaging warmth and infallible feeling for tempo and rhythm favored jazz and popular styling. She sang with the Van Nuys High School dance band and then spent the next few years singing whenever possible and "sitting-in" at various clubs around town, including the "Summit," where she sang with Cal Tjader. Then from that first fortuitous meeting till now, Ken and Beverly have been working together, building and blending their ideas and talents toward the happy marriage of sounds on this album.

Session personel: Ken Jensen - Alto and Oboe, Victor Feldman - Piano, Monty Budwig - Bass, Colin Bailey - Drums, Joe Pass - Guitar (Dennis Budimir and John Gurin).

The Face I Love
Theme From Harper
Who's Afraid
Scheherazade
A Man And A Woman
Captain Jack
Eleanor Rigby
Watch What Happens
You've Got Your Troubles
Nothing Left To Do Buy Follow You
You're Gonna Hear From Me
Holly Golightly

Violetta Villas - O Milosci...

Port, W Ktorym Niema Mew

Violetta Villas
O Milosci...
Melodia LPM 1031
1969

I purchased this one for the graphically bold cover art. The album was apparently imported in the U.S. by the Melodia Record Co. based in Chicago, IL.

Villas, is nicknamed according to her Wiki page, as "the voice of the atomic age". Her biographical information is an interesting read.

The track titles are as seen on the cover, four extended tracks to fill a side. All of the songs feature a low key, or "torch singer" lounge vibe.

Go Latin With Loss - Joe Loss

Nicola

Go Latin With Loss
Joe Loss And His Orchestra
His Master's Voice
EMI Records Limited
CSD1523
1964

Mild pop approach that was, according to the back cover, originally released in 1961.

Front cover photo: Laird and Lorraine, the World Latin-American Champions

From the back cover: So, in response to many requests, Joe Loss presents his new Latin-American album – comprising all the accepted Latin steps in the ballroom, plus several bonus tracks.

The back cover photo is not Loss, but a featured vocalist on three tracks, Ross McManus.

Guitar Tango
Ole Guapa
Roberta
Quanto Caliente El Sol
Sucu Sucu
Parakeet
Madrid
El Adorno
Walking
Nicola
La Bamba

The Windmills Of Your Mind - Michel LeGrand

Souvenirs (from La Piscine)

The Windmills Of Your Mind
Music Composed and Conducted by Michel LeGrand
Original Motion Picture Theme from The Thomas Crown Affair and Others
United Artists Records
UAS 6715

Setting standards for "soundtrack/mood" in the late 60s. Nice collection of tracks assembled by UA for this LeGrand album.

From the back cover: On April 14, 1969 the National Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences presented Michel LeGrand with one of the most sought after and highly cherished symbols of achievement there is – a diminutive golden gentleman named "Oscar." The reason LeGrand now possesses "Oscar" is a beautiful, soaring ballad called "The Windmills Of Your Mind" which the Academy named "Best Song" of 1968. "Windmills" is the main theme from "The Thomas Crown Affair" for which LeGrand was also nominated for "Best Original Score (Not A Musical)." And just to prove the ultra-talented Mr. LeGrand had not placed all his eggs in one basket he garnered a third nomination in the category "Best Score For A Musical," for the acclaimed "Young Girls of Rochefort."

This album will show you exactly why Michel LeGrand was so much in presence at the 41st Annual Academy Awards. …Michel LeGrand is hard at work – the 42nd Annual Academy Awards takes place in mid-April, 1970.

The Windmills Of Your Mind
Theme De La Piscine
Theme Du Concerto
Jazz Theme From Play Dirty
A Man's Castle
His Eyes, Her Eyes
Chanson De Maxence
Ask Yourself Why
Souvenirs
Chanson D'un Jour D'ete