Hawaiian Stings - Webley Edwards

 

Red Sails In The Sunset

Hawaii Calls
Hawaiian Strings
Favorite Instrumentals Of The Island
Volume 3
Presented by Webley Edwards
Recorded in Honolulu with Al Kealoha Perry
Capitol Records ST1152
1959

Instruments and sounds in this album:

Steel guitars, Hawaiian guitars, baritone guitar, bass guitar, slack key guitar, ukulele, mandolin, string bass, vibe, orchestral voices. Actual sound of native birds, waves on Waikiki Beach.

Artists in this album:

Julie Keliikuihonua, Ah See, Alvin Kalanikau Isaacs, Haunani Kahalewai, Mark Kamaka, John Kamana, James Kaopuiki, Bena Kapena, Henry Korte, Raymond Lara, Lani Joseph Halemano Nicholas, Miriam Punini McWayne, Roland Oliver, Al Kealoha Perry, Webley Edwards.

Hiilawe
Waipio
Manuela Bay
Now Is The Hour
Hawaiian Vamp
Low Moon At Waikiki
Red Sails In The Sunset
Akaka Falls
Honolulu Eyes
Whispering Sea

Farewell

Three Of A Kind - Pineapple, Poi & McIntyre

 

One, Two, Three, Four - Johnny Poi

Three Of A Kind

3 Top Stars Of Hawaiian Music

Original Recordings

Johnny Pineapple, Johnny Poi & Lani McIntyre

Design Records DLP-902

A Product of Pickwick International, Inc.

1964

Oe E Kuu Lei - Johnny Pineapple
Hilo March - Johnny Pineapple
One, Two, Three, Four - Johnny Poi
Tahu Wahu Wahi - Johnny Poi
Makalapua - Johnny Poi
Ua-Like-Noa-Like - Johnny Poi
Hula Chant - Lani McIntyre
Love Fire - Lani McIntyre
Aloha Oe- Lani McIntyre

Time Cycle - Lukas Foss

When The Bells Justle

Lukas Foss
Time Cycle
Adele Addison, Soprano
The Improvisation Chamber Ensemble
Leonard Bernstein
Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Cover Photo: Columbia Records Photo Studio - Henry Parker
Columbia Records Masterworks ML 5680

1961

The Improvisation Chamber Ensemble

Lukas Foss - piano

Richard Dufallo - Clarinet

Charles DeLancey - Percussion

Howard Colf - Cello

From the back cover: On Thursday evening October 20th, 1960, Leonard Bernstein addressed the Carnegie Hall Philharmonic audience: "My colleagues on the stage and I think so highly of Lukas Foss' Time Cycle that we would like to make a proposal: If you wish, we will repeat the whole piece for you... And if there are only twelve people in this house who want to hear it again we will play it for those twelve." Thus, Time Cycle became the first composition repeated by the New York Philharmonic at the occasion of its premiere.

Lucas Foss' Time Cycle was commissioned for Adele Addison by the Ford Foundation's Humanities and Arts Program. The work marks somewhat of a departure from the composer's earlier music, mainly because of the absence of the neo-classic or neo-baroque. The vocal writing is "Lied" rather than "Aria." (Foss' Song Of Songs", for instance, could be termed a series of arias.) Furthermore, tonality is clearly defined only in someplace, totally destroyed in others. Finally, from and content, organization and substance can no longer be distinguished one from the other. They have become synonymous. Each song develops its own serial devices (of which the twelve-tone row is the least frequently used).

The four songs are not tied to each other by either motive or row. Only a chord, a single sound – C#ABD#, which undergoes various alterations – serves as a unifying elements. Though there is no overall musical motive, there is a literary one: the "time-motive". Each poem refers to time, clocks, or bells. The relationship between music and words in the individual song goes beyond mood painting. The idea and structure of the poem is mirrored in the idea and structure of the music. Text and music are fellow conspirators. The first two poems are English, the last German. Each song is sung in the original language.

The Improvisation Chamber Ensemble was founded by Lukas Foss at UCLA in 1957. Foss directed his attention to the neglected and forgotten art of improvisation because he saw in it a possible new outlet for the many excellent performing musicians, a new hunting ground for the composer, and a challenge to the musical curiosity of the listener. After experimental public appearances on the West Coast, a national tour by the Improvisation Chamber Ensemble established Ensemble Improvisation as a form of music making of concern to composers and instrumentalists alike

Adele Addison was brought up in Springfield, Massachusetts and trained at the Westminster Choir College in Princeton and the Berkshire Music School at Tanglewood, Lenox, Mass. She has appeared as guest soloist with the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony and other major orchestras. Last season the wide range of her musical activities included recording for the motion picture sound track of Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" and singing the role of Melisande with the Washington, D.C. Opera Company.

Miss Addison is one of the artists selected under The Ford Foundation Program for Performing Musical Artists.

Lukas Foss, American Composer, conductor, pianist and Professor of Music at UCLA was born in Berlin in 1922. A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, in 1942. Foss is perhaps best known for his operatic and vocal compositions which won him many of the country's major awards: The Prairie (Sandburg), Song Of Anguish (Isaiah), Song of Songs (to be released on Columbia Records). Parable of Death (Columbia ML 4859). Psalms and three operas. Other works include Odeand Symphony of Chorales for Orchestra, two Piano Concertos and a String Quartet (Columbia ML 5476). With his latest composition, Time Cycle, and his recent adventure into ensemble improvisation, the 38-year-old composer, known previously as a traditionalist, adds bold new dimensions to the wide range of his expressive talents.

We're Late
Improvised Interlude No. 1
When The Bells Justle
Improvised Interlude No. 2
Sechzenhnter Januar
Improvised Interlude No. 3
O Mensch, gib Acht

This Thing Called Love - Tommy Sands

I'm Yours

This Thing Called Love
Tommy Sands
Photos by Bob Willoughby
Capitol Records High Fidelity Recording T1123
1959

From Billboard - February 14, 1959: The album is a bit of change in style for the versatile chanter, paced by smooth ork support, he registers solidly on an attractive group of evergreens. Tempos are nicely varied, and the set can also appeal to adult buyers. Standout selections are "Don't Blame Me," "Should I," and "That Old Feeling," Good cover shot of artist.

You're Driving Me Crazy!
I Only Have Eyes For You
Don't Blame Me
All I Do Is Dream Of You
All Over Again
I'm Confessin'
Should I
I'm Yours
Sunday
My Happiness
That Old Feeling
Afraid

 

Everything You Always Wanted To Hear On The Moog - Kazdin & Shepard

 

Lecuona: Malaguena

Everything You Always Wanted To Hear On The Moog
But Were Afraid To Ask For
Bolero - Espana - Malagueta - Carmen
The Mighty Moog
Semi-conducted by Andrew Kazdin and Thomas Z. Shepard
Produced buy Andrew Kazdin and Thomas Z. Shepard
Cover Art: Tomi Ungerer
Cover Design: John Berg
Manufactured by Columbia Records / CBS, Inc.
Columbia M 30383
1971

From the back cover: Andrew Kazdin holds a Bachelor of Music Degree in Composition from the New England Conservatory of Music, and a Master of Science in Industrial Management (with a concentration in acoustics) from M.I.T. He is a Producer in the Masterworks Department of Columbia Records and has contributed to several Columbia albums as arranger and conductor. In addition, he is a composer with several published works. He is also a timpanist and plays professionally in the New York area.

Thomas Z. Shepard is a Producer for Columbia Records, both Masterworks and Original Cast albums. After graduating from the Preparatory Division of the Juilliard School of Music, he earned his Bachelor of Arts from Oberlin College, majoring in Piano and Composition. This was followed by graduate work in Composition at the Yale School of Music. He has composed, arranged and conducted on several Columbia albums. He is active as a pianist, particularly in the field of chamber music.

To provide an accurate list of all the Columbia Recording Engineers who worked with us on this project over its two-year gestation period would be practically identical to providing a roster of the department staff. We thank them all. However, it would grossly unjust if special mention were not made, and special thanks not paid, to Stew Romain, Raymond Moore and Robert Waller, each of whom mixed an extra drop of blood with our own along the way. – A.K., T.Z.S.

Chabrier: Espana
Lecuona: Malaguena
Bizet: Prelude To Act 1; Habanera; Introduction To Act 1
(Les Toreadors) from "Carmen"
Ravel: Bolero

Piano Reverie - Liberace

 

Indian Love Call

Piano Reverie

Liberace

Photograph: Bob Willoughby

House Party Series 

Columbia CL 2516 (10 inch disc)

1955

Autumn Nocturne

Sophisticated Lady

Tales From The Vienna Woods

Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1

Indian Love Call

Blue Tango

Echoes Of Paris - George Feyer

 

Side 1

Echoes Of Paris
George Feyer
Piano with Rhythm Accompaniment
Vox Productions VX 500 (10 inch disc)
1953

From the back cover: George Feyer studied at the Budapest Conservatory under Dohnanyi, Kodaly and Szekely. Being recognized as one of the most promising young concert-pianists in his country, he caused quite a sensation when he suddenly shifted to popular music. In this field he very soon became one of the best known and best paid entertainers in Europe. He played in the plushest and most exclusive night clubs and hotels in Paris, Deauville, Nice, Monte Carlo, The Hague, Geneva and St. Moritz. Feyer also had a regular weekly radio program on Radio Paris.

He came to this country in 1951 and made his debut in New York's famous Gogi's La Rue where he captivated his new audiences with his inimitable style just as he did the old ones. Feyer's refinements and taste are the hallmarks of his arrangements in which Europe tradition blends skillfully with the best in American music.

From Billboard - May 30, 1953: With rhythm accompaniment, George Feyer tackles a score of Continental melodies, many of which became hits here, for a most pleasant listening session. His background as a night club pianist doesn't let Feyer forget for a second that the melody is all-important and must be sold. There's no doubt that he can handle the keyboard with skill, but he sells the melody line like a teacher. It's the kind of stuff habitués of the East Side type bistro's just love. Recording and packaging are excellent.

Side One

La Vie En Rose
Trois Cloches
Avril Au Portugal (April In Paris)
La Mer
Domino
Je N'En Connais Pas La Fin
Darling, Je Vous Aime Beacoup
Mon Homme
Alouette
Sur Le Pont D'Avignon
C'East Si Bon

Side Two

Feuilles Mortes (Autumn Leaves)
Clopin' - Clopant
La Ronde
La Seine
Pigalle
J'Attendrai
Yous Qui Passez
Valentine
Paris Je T'Aime

Hawaii Those Magic Island - Luke Leilanie

 

Hawaiian Promenade

Hawaii The Magic Islands

Hawaiian Enchantment (disc label title) 

Luke Leilani (disc label credit only)

Diplomat Records 2210

Hawaiian Wedding Song 

Luau
Mood Hawaiian
Pineapples, White Sails And Coconuts
Island Maid
Hawaiian Promenade
High Tide
Stars Over Hawaii
Hawaiian Serenade
Beautiful Girls And Sunshine
Hawaiian Mood
Lost Love

Love Is A Season - Eydie Gorme

 

When The Wind Was Green

Love Is A Season
Eydie Gorme
Arranged and Conducted by Don Costa
Cover Design by Matt Schutz
Cover Photos by Phillippe Halsman
ABC-Paramont Hi-Fidelity ABC-273
A Product of Am-Par Record Corp.
1959

From Billboard - March 9, 1959: Miss Gorme, assisted by sparkling ork assistance from Don Costa, has a listenable album of tunes with or that suggest seasons in their titles. Tempos and types are nicely varied. It's an excellent programming item. Selections include "April Showers," "I'll Remember April" and "When The Wind Was Green." Sound is a feature. Good cover shot of the artist will attract.

Love Is A Season
April Showers
The Things We Did Last Summer
On The First Warm Day
When The Wind Was Green
Winter Night
Easter Parade
Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year
September Song
I'll Remember April
'Tis Autumn
June In January

Spectacular Brass & Fantastic Reeds - Nelson Riddle

 

Playboy's Theme

Spectacular Brass - Fantastic Reeds
And The Magnificent 101 Strings
With Nelson Riddle and America's Top Soloists
Recorded in Hollywood, California
Alshire STEREO S-5229
Alshire International

From the back cover: Dick Nash, Tommy Shepard, Shorty Sherock, Ronnie Lang, Buddy Collette, Cappy Lewis, Don Fagerquist, Joe Comfort, Willie Schwartz, Frank Flynn, Ray Sherman, Jimmy Henderson, Vince De Rosa and a host of America's finest are heavy with talent, and Mr. Riddle grooves on every groove with them all.

Witchcraft
Alone Too Long
Two Hearts Wild
Red Silk Stockings And Green Perfume
Queen Of Hearts
Penny Ante
It's So Nice To Have A Man Around The House
Indiscreet
Playboy's Theme
Finesse