Christmas Carols - The Pied Pipers

 

The Christmas Song

Christmas Carols
The Pied Pipers And Other Great Hollywood Stars
George Mather at the console
TOP HI-FI L1650

From the back cover: The many fans of the Pied Pipers (favorite vocal group of Tommy Dorsey) will, we know, be thrilled to find them featured in this album of Favorite Christmas Carols.

White Christmas
Silent Night
Good King Wencselas
The First Noel
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Joy To The World
Jingle Bells
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
O Come, All Ye Faithful
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
The Christmas Song
Deck The Hall With Boughs Of Holly

Songs Of The Island - Marty Robins

 

Sweet Leilani

Songs Of The Islands
Marty Robbins
Columbia Records CL 1087
1958

From the back cover: Marty was born on a farm near Glendale, Arizona, and went to school in Phoenix, where his family moved when he was twelve. He joined the Navy in 1943, and spent most of the war in the Pacific, where he learned to sing – and to love – many of the songs he offers here. On those islands, he found himself lonesome for the familiar sound of the music he had grown up with, and spent much of his free time playing the guitar, rehearsing the old numbers and picking out the new ones. It was a spare time occupation for him – he had no idea of becoming a singer at that time, and after his discharged, he went to work at many different jobs. Nevertheless, all during that time he still kept playing and singing, and wrote many of the songs himself.

One night he went to see a friend who was appearing at a nightclub, and asked if he could try his hand at public performance. The friend agreed, and, with a borrowed guitar, Marty made his debut. The next day his friend, Frankie Starr, gave him a new guitar, an amplifier, and a job with his group. Soon thereafter Marty signed to record for Columbia Records, and in 1953 he became a member of the famous Grand Ole Opry. From that time forward, his career moved steadily ahead, and with Singing The Blues he emerged as a major star not only in country music but popular music as well, following up with A White Sport Coat and The Story Of My Life, Marty has appeared in movies and television too, and is one of the most sought-after entertainers in the country.

From Billboard - March 3, 1958: Connoisseurs of island melodies have long known that Robbins is a master of this material. Frankly, this package is outstanding. Marty Robbins' performances indicate his craftsmanship, fine phrasing and delivery. Songs include "Sweet Leilani," "My Isle Of Golden Dreams," "Aloha Oe," etc. Robbins' fans will be satisfied and new listeners will be delighted.

Song Of The Islands
Don't Sing Aloha When I Go
Beyond The Reef
Crying Steel Guitar Waltz
My Isle Of Golden Dreams
Now Is The Hour
Sweet Leilani
Down Where The Trade Winds Blow
Constancy
Island Echoes
Moonland
Aloha Oe

Italia Mia Robertino

 

Piccilissima Serenata

Italia Mia
Robertino
Orchestra Directed by Otto Francker
A Danish Triola Recording
KAPP RECORDS KS-3338
1963

From Billboard - September 7, 1963: Here's a young Italian lad who has done pretty well on the America record scene. A big seller in his native country, Robertino scored this past Christmas season with an album on the top LP chart. This one might also make pop noise in this country generally, but it's bound to be a smash with the Italian-speaking population.

Uno Per Tutte
Come Le Rose
Maria, Mari
Liliana
Vorrei Ritornare A Te!
La Spagnola
Addio Signora
Piccilissima Serenata
Tango Della Rose
I Ricordi Di Chopin
Terra Straniera
Reginella Campagnola

Being With You - Mystic Moods

 

Black Satin Lady

Being With You
Mystic Moods
Arranged by Don McGinnis
Produced by Don McGinnis, Bob Corso and Brad Miller
Associate Producer: Roland Kluger, Brussels
Recorded at Morgan Recording Studios, Brussels
EngineerL Alan Ward
Re-Mixed for Stereophonic and Quadraphonic at Western Recorders in Hollywood by Jerry Barnes
Sound Environments Recorded by Brad Miller
Stereodisc and Quadradisc Mastering by JVC Cutting Center, Stan Ricker – Los Angeles
Front Cover Poem by Bob Corso
Special Thanks: Jerry Corbetta, Organ Solo on "It's Feeling Good" (Courtesy of Claridge Records); Clark Torry, Oren Waters, Maxine Willard, Julia Tillman Waters, Gwen Owens, Jerry Cole, Ben Di Tosti, Ray Pizzi, Jimmy Caravan and the 1st Lancing Scout Troop, Sussex, England
A Mobile Fidelity Production
Sound Bird SB7510
A Product Of Sutton/Miller, LTD.
1976

Comin' On
Black Satin Lady
Midnight Stroll
The Morning After
Rollin' In Love
Make Love, Love Me Baby
It's Feeling Good
Do You Know Where You're Going To
No Sad Goodbyes

Greenback Dollar - The Troubadour Singers

 

Greenback Dollar

Greenback Dollar

The Troubadour Singers

Coronet Records CX-265

Premier Albums, Inc.

Greenback Dollar

Saint's Soul Song

Hey Mister Banjo

Smokey Mountain Summit

Tzena Tzena Tzena

Two-Ten, Six-Eighteen

Hallelujah Little Michael

One Two three

He's Got The Whole World In His Hands

Walk Right In

The Last Month Of The Year - The Kingston Trio

 

The White Snows Of Winter

The Last Month Of The Year
The Kingston Trio
Produced by Voyle Gilmore
Capitol Records STEREO STK 83722 (Import) ST 1446
1960

Bye Bye Thou Little Tiny Child
The White Snows Of Winter
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
All Through The Night
Goodnight My Baby
Go Where I Send Thee
Follow Now, Oh Shepherds
Sommerset Gloucestershire Wassail
Mary Mild
A Round About Christmas
Sing We Noel
The Last Month Of The Year

Dancing On Broadway - Ernie Heckscher

 

It's All Right With Me

Dancing On Broadway
Ernie Heckscher and His Fairmont Orchestra
Arrangements by Van Alexander
Recording Engineer: Ami Hadani
HI-FI Living Sound Fidelity
Verve Records STEREO MG VS-64045
1960

From the back cover: Ernie is the fitting successor to the long line of fine San Francisco bandleaders, from Paul Whiteman to Paul Ash, from Anson Weeks to Tom Coaklet and Griff Williams, and he has improved on them all by moving ahead constantly with the musical times. He and his orchestra have played so many debutante parties and social events all over the country that he is sometimes called "The Meyer Davis of the West" – a title that is proving less and less apt. I'm sure Mr. Davis is flattered, as he should be, but it doesn't tell you the salient fact: that Ernie's band swings with the tempo of today and tonight. – Herb Caen, San Francisco Chronicle

Can-Can
I Love Paris C'est Magnifique
Let's Do It
Its All Right With Me
The Sound Of Music
The Sound Of Music Climb Ev'ry Mountain
My Favorite Things
South Pacific
Honey Bun

Happy Talk

I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out Of My Hair
Oklahoma!
The Surrey With The Fringe On Top
Gypsy
Everything's Coming Up Roses

You'll Never Get Away From Me

Together
Entr'act
There Goes My Sweet Fair Love
My Fair Lady
I Could Have Danced All Night; On The Street Where You Live; Get Me To The Church On Time
West Side Story
Tonight
Bells Are Ringing
Just In Time
The Party's Over

Spanish Flea - Mexican Brass

 

Mexican Brass Theme

Spanish Flea & What Now My Love
Mexican Brass
Wyncote STEREO W9145

Spanish Flea
What Now My Love
March Of The Trumpets
Mexican Brass Theme
Tequila And The Bull
Espana Cani
La Entrado
Opera Flamenco
Toro
Vito

Jazz From Then Till Now - Jackson, Napoleon & Sheen

Undecided

Jazz
From Then Till Now
Starring The Big 3
Chubby Jackson, Marty Napoleon & Mickey Sheen
Technical Director: Robert J. Engler
Recording Director: Aaron Nathanson
Charlie Shavers appears through the courtesy of MGM Records
Everest Hi-Fi LP LPBR-5041
1959

From the back cover: The music between these covers involves a new step on the part of Chubby Jackson as a recording artist as well as an innovation in the enlargement of Everest's jazz catalog.

Chubby's a jazz identification has always leaned to the side of progressive ideas and modern sounds, but he has been on the scene long enough to have observed at first hand all the styles that have been current since Fifty Second Street was in flower. Thus with the conception of the idea behind this album he was able to embody in two sides some authentic personal recollections covering several of the principal phases in the evolution of jazz.

"This was an idea that had been at the back of my mind for a long time," says Chubby. "The album was produced by the Big Three, and it was a big kick for us to show our pliability as a team by supplying the authentic rhythm section sound for each of the eras. Marty Napoleon, Mickey Sheen and I have been together as a unit for more than a year, and the group is well enough integrated to be able to handle any challenge that comes along."

Jazz From Then Till Now affords an opportunity to spotlight some comparative unknowns. Chub has been respected through the years not only for his own talent and enthusiasm but for his ability to spot potential stardom in others. Of Maria Marshall he says, "Here is one of the wildest young singers of all time! We heard her one night out at a Long Island club where we were working, and she absolutely pulverized that audience. As for Harry Sheppard, we think he's one of the swingin'est vibes men in the world, and it's a shame he hasn't been recorded much until now. And Ronnie Odrich is an amazing musician; he's been studying for a dentist's degree and at the same time developing a terrific talent on clarinet, saxes and flute. You'll hear a lot more about him.

"We first heard the Hubbell brothers and their group at a Dixieland concert on Long Island, and we were just amazed buy their fire and spirit in the Dixieland idiom. It's very impressive to find youngsters like this who can gas the college crowd with this kind of music – and the colleges have been become and important factor in supplying both the audiences and some of the talent for contemporary Dixieland." (The Hubbells, both from Brooklyn, are trumpeter Frank, 27 and clarinetist Paul, 23). For the perfect counterbalance, says Chubby, it was decided to bring in Pee-Wee Russell, one of the true originals of Dixieland jazz and a major recording figure since the 1920s.

In addition to contrasting newly-discovered talent and long-familiar jazz greats, the album is unique in that every segment is introduced blu one of the Big Three or by a musician speaking on behalf of the particular musical phase in which he is involved. Says Cubby, "This is the first time that anyone has been given posterity not only the instrumental sounds but the actual speaking voices, each one telling a little about his contribution to our story." – Leonard Feather

From Billboard - June 29, 1959: Here's an interesting and unusual new jazz set that covers the jazz scene from New Orleans to today's modern styles. A number of different jazzmen in addition to C. Jackson, M. Napoleon and M. Sheen, come thru solidly on the tracks, including Pee Wee Russell, C. Shavers, B. Brookmeyer and S. Yaged. Each of the different styles of jazz are introduced with a short spoken comment. And a new thrush, Maria Marshall, is featured on two bluesy tunes. Songs include "Struttin' With Some Barbecue," "Undecided" and Bernie's Tune."

At The Jazzband Ball
Struttin' With Some Bar-B-Que
Don't Be That Way
Undecided
Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home
Now's The Time
Bernie's Tune
Ronins Nest
Flyin' Home

Verve Records And Esquire Magazine Sound Tour: France

Place Elegante (Clair de Lune)

Verve Records And Esquire Magazine Sound Tour: France

Impression In Sound Of An American On Tour

Music Arranged and conducted by Kenyon Hopkins

Produced by Creed Taylor

Engineer: Bob Simpson

Engineering Technician: Don Miller

Girl's Voices on Casino: Paulette Girard and Milderd Clinton

Girl's Voice on Au Revoir: Paulette Girard

Sound Pictures: Keene Crockett

Soprano Sax solo on Place Pigalle: Phil Bodner

Alto Sax soloist: Phil Woods

Trumpet soloist: Joe Wilder

Cover Photographs: Louis Renault

For Esquire: Lewis W. Gillenson

Original idea, creation of packaging and project coordination: Harry Anger, Jr.

Verve V/V6-5000

1962

From the inside cover: Kenyon Hopkins is, perhaps best known as a superb composer of music for films. Among the motion pictures for which he has written scores are Baby Doll, The Strange oOne, 12 Angry Men, The Fugitive Kind, Wild River, Wild In The Country and The Hustler. In addition he has composed extensively for TV dramatic programs and for phonograph records. He attended Oberlin College, and was graduate from Temple University with a degree in music. Post-graduate studies were completed at the Contemporary School Of Music in New York City. He lives and works on his Backbone Hill Farm in Clarksburg, New Jersey.

Richard Joseph, Travel Editor of Esquire Magazine since 1946, has been called the most honored of American travel writers. In the past 13 years he has won 16 travel and aviation writing awards, given by Trans World Airlines, the American Society of Travel Agents, and the Pacific Area Travel Association. He was recently named Officier of the French Ordre du Merite Touristique and was awarded the Italian Star of Solidarity for his writings about these countries. He is the author of a syndicated newspaper travel column and a series of travel books, and he has covered travel extensively on television, radio and the lecture circuit.

The "gray" image displayed on the far left of the inside cover scan is a 7 page booklet which is saddle stitch bound (stapled) and glued onto the surface of the inside cover. Featured in this portion of the package is the copy provided by Richard Joseph.

Do not be fooled by the title, this set isn't a "sound effects collection" but a rather an excellent "mood music" concept album.

Train Blue (Sur Le Pont D' Avignon)
Casion
Voyage a Bicyclette
Port de Peche
Pays des Bikinis
Scene de Rue
Theatre (Can Can)
Place Pigalle
Au Revoir Paris (Au Clair La Lune)
Cafe Terrasse
Place Elegante (Clair de Lune)
Depart le Havre