Minggu, 31 Juli 2011
Christmas In July 2011-Day 31
Ta-Da! Last day of the month! So around here, that means songs about New Year's, and at least a dozen versions of Auld Lang Syne. But I've got a couple of special things in here, too, so don't write off the whole day. Let's see what's in the old download tonight...
1. Auld Land Syne in a sing-along version by Guy Cherney from Everybody Sing With Guy Cherney (Mercury MG 20131, Mono, 1956). This sing-along idea seems to be a popular idea when it comes to Auld Lang Syne.
2. Auld Lang Syne with no artist credited, but it came on a promotional record for Suburban Propane, so that's who I'm crediting it to. The LP is Suburban Propane Presents...Family Treasury Of Songs For Your Listening Pleasure (Suburban Album SCOR_1, Mono). If you look hard enough, there are promo albums from every industry in the US.
3. Auld Lang Syne from Richard Wolfe, he of kiddie chorus fame. This is from Many Happy Returns Of The Day (MGM E 4087, Mono, 1963). Believe it or not, this LP sports a cover by Jack Davis. You'll probably see some of it come Christmas...
4. Auld Lang Syne, another promo version this time by the Ford-Allen Singers from an oddball 6" flexidisc in it's original paper envelope, Make Winter Driving A Song-Happy Songs For Special Occasions (Auravision, A Product Of Columbia Records 6" 33 RPM Flexidisc in paper folder, Compliments of Esso). I wound up with two copies of this, one in the envelope, one not, but the one that wasn't in the envelope had never had the center hole punched out. So I recorded the punched one.
5. Good Night Ladies And Auld Lang Syne (Medley), the first of many medleys this evening that incorporate our New Year's Eve song, this time by Hugo And Luigi With Their Family Singers from By The Fireside (Mercury MG 20153, Mono, 1956). That Hugo and Luigi went on to bigger and better things after this, producing more than their fair share of records at RCA in the sixties.
6. Happy New Year, Happy New Year (Come To The Party, Do), perhaps the only rerun of the day, by Charlie Weaver, Music Under The Direction Of Charles (Puddin' Head) Dant And The Mt. Idy Symphonette from Charlie Weaver Sings For His People (Columbia CL 1345, Mono, 1959). Nice little comedy bit from the same guy who did a Christmas bit for you the other night.
7. Let's Start The New Year Right by Bing Crosby With Bob Crosby And His Orchestra from some movie he was in called Holiday Inn (Decca DL 4256, Mono, 1962). This was part of a reissue series that saw all sorts of old Bing soundtracks brought back to life.
8. Look Ahead by The Mariners With Orchestra And Chorus By Archie Bleyer, Introduction By Arthur Godfrey from Arthur Godfrey's TV Calendar Show (Columbia GL 521, Mono, 1953). I shared a track from this earlier in the month, and I was happy to be able to finally get any of the songs on this beat-up LP recorded. But there's still one on there I can't get. It's a version of this same song done by Arthur Godfrey himself. Oh, well, maybe next year.
9. Annie Laurie-Auld Lang Syne by Mitch Miller And The Gang from Fireside Sing Along With Mitch (Columbia CS 8184, Stereo, 1959). As if you could do a sing-along song and not have a version by Mitch and his gang.
10. Auld Lang Syne, this time by Oscar Clinton And His Orchestra from A Salute To The Great Band Leaders (Spin-O-Rama S-27, Stereo). Budget label goodness.
11, 12 & 13. Auld Lang Syne, the introduction (Countdown To The New Year), the Reprise and the Finale by Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians from Every Night Is New Year's Eve With Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians-Live At The Waldorf Astoria (London Phase 4 XPS 904, Stereo, 1973). Really, really late in his career.
14. Happy New Year, whoops, a second rerun, by Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra With The Ralph Brewster Singers from The Magic World Of Gordon Jenkins (Columbia CS 8682, Stereo, 1962). Excellent track. Not only have I shared this version before, I also shared a different version that I pulled from a reel-to-reel tape!
15. Medley: For He's A Jolly Good Fellow-Auld Lang Syne by The Rounders from Good Time Party Songs (Stereo Gold Award (UK) MER 339, Stereo, 1971).
16. New Year's Eve At Times Square, a short snippet of live sound narrated by Art Gilmore from an early stereo sampler The Stereo Disc (Capitol SWAL-9032, Stereo, 1958). I was hoping to actually get to hear the countdown, but it isn't there.
17. On The Very First Day Of The Year, another great song from Bing Crosby With The Pete Moore Orchestra from his last recorded LP, Seasons (Polydor PD-1-6128, Stereo, 1977). It's as if he was looking for a rewrite of that other track above.
18. Happy New Year Twist (Auld Lang Syne), probably my favorite version of this tired old track, by The Lions (with assistance from Billy Mure, I believe) from Twist With The Lions (Metro (MGM) M300, Mono, 1962). Good stuff.
19. Auld Lang Syne, a later version from Vaughn Monroe from Racing With The Moon (Hamilton (Dot) HLP 137, Mono). Shame he never did a full Christmas LP, but there are plenty of single tracks, almost enough that you could put a full album together...
20. He's A Jolly Good Fellow-Auld Lang Syne, the last version of the evening, I promise, by Frank '88' Malone from Hail, Hail The Gang's All Here! (Somerset P-900, Mono, 1964). Yawn.
And there you have it. Plenty of tunes to play on the next New Year, many months from now. Put 'em someplace safe you you still have them when the time comes. Here's the download link. Oh, don't think we're done. If history has taught us anything, it's that there's always a day or two worth of songs left in the coffers after the month comes to an official close. So be sure to come back tomorrow.
1. Auld Land Syne in a sing-along version by Guy Cherney from Everybody Sing With Guy Cherney (Mercury MG 20131, Mono, 1956). This sing-along idea seems to be a popular idea when it comes to Auld Lang Syne.
2. Auld Lang Syne with no artist credited, but it came on a promotional record for Suburban Propane, so that's who I'm crediting it to. The LP is Suburban Propane Presents...Family Treasury Of Songs For Your Listening Pleasure (Suburban Album SCOR_1, Mono). If you look hard enough, there are promo albums from every industry in the US.
3. Auld Lang Syne from Richard Wolfe, he of kiddie chorus fame. This is from Many Happy Returns Of The Day (MGM E 4087, Mono, 1963). Believe it or not, this LP sports a cover by Jack Davis. You'll probably see some of it come Christmas...
4. Auld Lang Syne, another promo version this time by the Ford-Allen Singers from an oddball 6" flexidisc in it's original paper envelope, Make Winter Driving A Song-Happy Songs For Special Occasions (Auravision, A Product Of Columbia Records 6" 33 RPM Flexidisc in paper folder, Compliments of Esso). I wound up with two copies of this, one in the envelope, one not, but the one that wasn't in the envelope had never had the center hole punched out. So I recorded the punched one.
5. Good Night Ladies And Auld Lang Syne (Medley), the first of many medleys this evening that incorporate our New Year's Eve song, this time by Hugo And Luigi With Their Family Singers from By The Fireside (Mercury MG 20153, Mono, 1956). That Hugo and Luigi went on to bigger and better things after this, producing more than their fair share of records at RCA in the sixties.
6. Happy New Year, Happy New Year (Come To The Party, Do), perhaps the only rerun of the day, by Charlie Weaver, Music Under The Direction Of Charles (Puddin' Head) Dant And The Mt. Idy Symphonette from Charlie Weaver Sings For His People (Columbia CL 1345, Mono, 1959). Nice little comedy bit from the same guy who did a Christmas bit for you the other night.
7. Let's Start The New Year Right by Bing Crosby With Bob Crosby And His Orchestra from some movie he was in called Holiday Inn (Decca DL 4256, Mono, 1962). This was part of a reissue series that saw all sorts of old Bing soundtracks brought back to life.
8. Look Ahead by The Mariners With Orchestra And Chorus By Archie Bleyer, Introduction By Arthur Godfrey from Arthur Godfrey's TV Calendar Show (Columbia GL 521, Mono, 1953). I shared a track from this earlier in the month, and I was happy to be able to finally get any of the songs on this beat-up LP recorded. But there's still one on there I can't get. It's a version of this same song done by Arthur Godfrey himself. Oh, well, maybe next year.
9. Annie Laurie-Auld Lang Syne by Mitch Miller And The Gang from Fireside Sing Along With Mitch (Columbia CS 8184, Stereo, 1959). As if you could do a sing-along song and not have a version by Mitch and his gang.
10. Auld Lang Syne, this time by Oscar Clinton And His Orchestra from A Salute To The Great Band Leaders (Spin-O-Rama S-27, Stereo). Budget label goodness.
11, 12 & 13. Auld Lang Syne, the introduction (Countdown To The New Year), the Reprise and the Finale by Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians from Every Night Is New Year's Eve With Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians-Live At The Waldorf Astoria (London Phase 4 XPS 904, Stereo, 1973). Really, really late in his career.
14. Happy New Year, whoops, a second rerun, by Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra With The Ralph Brewster Singers from The Magic World Of Gordon Jenkins (Columbia CS 8682, Stereo, 1962). Excellent track. Not only have I shared this version before, I also shared a different version that I pulled from a reel-to-reel tape!
15. Medley: For He's A Jolly Good Fellow-Auld Lang Syne by The Rounders from Good Time Party Songs (Stereo Gold Award (UK) MER 339, Stereo, 1971).
16. New Year's Eve At Times Square, a short snippet of live sound narrated by Art Gilmore from an early stereo sampler The Stereo Disc (Capitol SWAL-9032, Stereo, 1958). I was hoping to actually get to hear the countdown, but it isn't there.
17. On The Very First Day Of The Year, another great song from Bing Crosby With The Pete Moore Orchestra from his last recorded LP, Seasons (Polydor PD-1-6128, Stereo, 1977). It's as if he was looking for a rewrite of that other track above.
18. Happy New Year Twist (Auld Lang Syne), probably my favorite version of this tired old track, by The Lions (with assistance from Billy Mure, I believe) from Twist With The Lions (Metro (MGM) M300, Mono, 1962). Good stuff.
19. Auld Lang Syne, a later version from Vaughn Monroe from Racing With The Moon (Hamilton (Dot) HLP 137, Mono). Shame he never did a full Christmas LP, but there are plenty of single tracks, almost enough that you could put a full album together...
20. He's A Jolly Good Fellow-Auld Lang Syne, the last version of the evening, I promise, by Frank '88' Malone from Hail, Hail The Gang's All Here! (Somerset P-900, Mono, 1964). Yawn.
And there you have it. Plenty of tunes to play on the next New Year, many months from now. Put 'em someplace safe you you still have them when the time comes. Here's the download link. Oh, don't think we're done. If history has taught us anything, it's that there's always a day or two worth of songs left in the coffers after the month comes to an official close. So be sure to come back tomorrow.
EARLY AUGUST 2011
Aug. 3: somewhere near Porto (Portugal) for a new exciting project to be announced soon
Aug. 4-5: Copenhagen Fashion Week
Aug. 6-7: NYC
Aug. 8-11: Stockholm Fashion Week
Aug. 12-14: Helsinki, Flow Festival
Beirut, July 2011
Aug. 4-5: Copenhagen Fashion Week
Aug. 6-7: NYC
Aug. 8-11: Stockholm Fashion Week
Aug. 12-14: Helsinki, Flow Festival
Sabtu, 30 Juli 2011
Christmas In July 2011-Day 30
Whew! The end of the month is so close I can almost taste it. I've got a whole pile of stuff I want to squeeze in before the month ends, so let me see what I can do for you tonight...
1. The Bells Of St. Mary's by Jane Morgan from The Second Time Around (Kapp KL-1239, Mono, 1961). I know, it's not exactly a Christmas song, but I've done worse.
2. Christmas Child by the Company of Irma La Douce, from the original cast recording (better?) of Irma La Douce (Columbia Masterworks OL 5560, Mono, 1960). This was one of those records I'd never picked up and scanned for Christmas music until today. And there it was, the very last track on the album. Now I'll have add this to the list of records I keep an eye out for.
3. Cold, Cold Heart by Floyd Cramer from I Remember Hank Williams (RCA Victor LPM-2544, Mono, 1962). Still not Christmas, but I need something to cool me down...
4. Greensleeves by Andre Kostelanetz And His Orchestra from The World's Greatest Waltzes (Columbia CL 1938 "Wonderland Of Sound", Mono, 1963). Gotta dig this up in stereo...
5. The Iceman Cometh (Skater's Waltz) by Pee Wee Hunt from The Classics A la Dixie (Capitol T846, Mono, 1957). Possibly the best version of The Skater's Waltz this season.
6. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring From Cantata No. 147 by Whittemore And Lowe, Duo-pianists, from the 7" EP Whittemore And Lowe Play... (RCA Victor Red Seal 7" 45 RPM EP ERA-123, Mono). Sort of an early Ferrante & Teicher type thing... But without the prepared piano.
7. Medley: We Wish You A Merry Christmas-Silent Night, Holy Night by Richard Wolfe from Many Happy Returns Of The Day (MGM E4087, Mono, 1963). I love finding actual Christmas music to share with you guys.
8. Rhumba Bells by Jan August from The Wizardry Of Jan August (Mercury Wing MGW 12254, Mono, 1963). I was hoping this might be a rhumba version of Jingle Bells, but no such luck. You get to hear it anyway.
9. Troika En Traineaux (Sleigh Ride) Op. 37a, No. 11 by Leonard Pennario from Humoresque (RCA Victor Red Seal LM-2731, Mono, 1964). Who knew there were so many different Troikas?
10. Virgin Mary by Walter Raim, the first rerun of the evening, I believe, from Hootenanny For Orchestra (Liberty LRP-3332, Mono, 1963). I'd forgotten all about this song until I saw a copy of the LP again today. So you get to hear it again. Looks like that original share was in stereo, but this one is in mono. Sorry about that.
11. Away In A Manger by some unknown artist from the LP Prayers And Hymns A Child Should Know (Alshire S-5376, Stereo, 1980). Gotta love budget labels. The least they could do is make up some fake artist name.
12. Hot Ice by Biddu Orchestra from the self-titled LP (Epic (CBS) PE 33903, Stereo, 1976). Yes, it's disco. No, it's not Christmas. But since it's 95 in the shade outside, I can use all the ice I can get, even if it's hot.
13. An Improvisation On "Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy", another rerun, but a great one from Ray Conniff, His Orchestra And Chorus and their LP Concert In Rhythm-Volume II (Columbia CS 8212, Stereo, 1960). This was good stuff when I first shared it, and it's good stuff now.
14. Jingle Bells by The Sportsmen from Sing Along With The Sportsmen (Sutton SSU213, Stereo). Yes, I think those are kazoos. And no, I don't think I've ever shared a Christmas song with kazoos before. If I have, I've completely blanked it from my memory.
15. Prayer To The Mother Of God, nominally by Pope John Paul II, from the LP Pope John Paul II Sings At The Festival Of Sacrosong (EOM Records/Infinity Records INF 9899, Stereo, 1979). I still don't think he's anywhere near this, but what are you gonna do?
16. The Ski Song (Slalom) by David Carroll And His Orchestra from Contrasts (Mercury Wing SRW 12508, Stereo, 1959). A rerun from the very first year of Christmas In July. I still love this song.
17. Ave Maria by Armengol And His Orchestra from 29 Strings And Then Some (RCA Victor LPM-1457, Mono, 1957). Another great rerun that everyone deserves to hear.
18. Toyland by Dick Kesner from his album The New Old Refrain (Coral CRL 757360, Stereo, 1961). I don't think I've heard this on a violin before. I guess you never know...
That's it for tonight. More tomorrow, I promise. Here's the download link, see you soon.
1. The Bells Of St. Mary's by Jane Morgan from The Second Time Around (Kapp KL-1239, Mono, 1961). I know, it's not exactly a Christmas song, but I've done worse.
2. Christmas Child by the Company of Irma La Douce, from the original cast recording (better?) of Irma La Douce (Columbia Masterworks OL 5560, Mono, 1960). This was one of those records I'd never picked up and scanned for Christmas music until today. And there it was, the very last track on the album. Now I'll have add this to the list of records I keep an eye out for.
3. Cold, Cold Heart by Floyd Cramer from I Remember Hank Williams (RCA Victor LPM-2544, Mono, 1962). Still not Christmas, but I need something to cool me down...
4. Greensleeves by Andre Kostelanetz And His Orchestra from The World's Greatest Waltzes (Columbia CL 1938 "Wonderland Of Sound", Mono, 1963). Gotta dig this up in stereo...
5. The Iceman Cometh (Skater's Waltz) by Pee Wee Hunt from The Classics A la Dixie (Capitol T846, Mono, 1957). Possibly the best version of The Skater's Waltz this season.
6. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring From Cantata No. 147 by Whittemore And Lowe, Duo-pianists, from the 7" EP Whittemore And Lowe Play... (RCA Victor Red Seal 7" 45 RPM EP ERA-123, Mono). Sort of an early Ferrante & Teicher type thing... But without the prepared piano.
7. Medley: We Wish You A Merry Christmas-Silent Night, Holy Night by Richard Wolfe from Many Happy Returns Of The Day (MGM E4087, Mono, 1963). I love finding actual Christmas music to share with you guys.
8. Rhumba Bells by Jan August from The Wizardry Of Jan August (Mercury Wing MGW 12254, Mono, 1963). I was hoping this might be a rhumba version of Jingle Bells, but no such luck. You get to hear it anyway.
9. Troika En Traineaux (Sleigh Ride) Op. 37a, No. 11 by Leonard Pennario from Humoresque (RCA Victor Red Seal LM-2731, Mono, 1964). Who knew there were so many different Troikas?
10. Virgin Mary by Walter Raim, the first rerun of the evening, I believe, from Hootenanny For Orchestra (Liberty LRP-3332, Mono, 1963). I'd forgotten all about this song until I saw a copy of the LP again today. So you get to hear it again. Looks like that original share was in stereo, but this one is in mono. Sorry about that.
11. Away In A Manger by some unknown artist from the LP Prayers And Hymns A Child Should Know (Alshire S-5376, Stereo, 1980). Gotta love budget labels. The least they could do is make up some fake artist name.
12. Hot Ice by Biddu Orchestra from the self-titled LP (Epic (CBS) PE 33903, Stereo, 1976). Yes, it's disco. No, it's not Christmas. But since it's 95 in the shade outside, I can use all the ice I can get, even if it's hot.
13. An Improvisation On "Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy", another rerun, but a great one from Ray Conniff, His Orchestra And Chorus and their LP Concert In Rhythm-Volume II (Columbia CS 8212, Stereo, 1960). This was good stuff when I first shared it, and it's good stuff now.
14. Jingle Bells by The Sportsmen from Sing Along With The Sportsmen (Sutton SSU213, Stereo). Yes, I think those are kazoos. And no, I don't think I've ever shared a Christmas song with kazoos before. If I have, I've completely blanked it from my memory.
15. Prayer To The Mother Of God, nominally by Pope John Paul II, from the LP Pope John Paul II Sings At The Festival Of Sacrosong (EOM Records/Infinity Records INF 9899, Stereo, 1979). I still don't think he's anywhere near this, but what are you gonna do?
16. The Ski Song (Slalom) by David Carroll And His Orchestra from Contrasts (Mercury Wing SRW 12508, Stereo, 1959). A rerun from the very first year of Christmas In July. I still love this song.
17. Ave Maria by Armengol And His Orchestra from 29 Strings And Then Some (RCA Victor LPM-1457, Mono, 1957). Another great rerun that everyone deserves to hear.
18. Toyland by Dick Kesner from his album The New Old Refrain (Coral CRL 757360, Stereo, 1961). I don't think I've heard this on a violin before. I guess you never know...
That's it for tonight. More tomorrow, I promise. Here's the download link, see you soon.
Jumat, 29 Juli 2011
Christmas In July 2011-Day 29
Coming down to the wire here. Gotta keep my nose to the grindstone and get this stuff out. Here we go with tonight's shares.
1. Nutcracker Suite, a rerun from Les Brown and His Band Of Renown from the LP Concert Modern (Capitol ST959, Stereo, 1958). At least this time I found it in stereo.
2. The First Noel by The Lutheran Seminary Chorus, Henry Veld-Conductor, from To The Glory Of God... (Delta XCTV 96965/96966, Pressed by Columbia Record Productions, Mono). This may be the last of the church group recordings I have for the year. At the very least, it's the last one I have from this particular group.
3. A Ceremony Of Carols, OP. 28 (A Grouping Of Five Carols) by The Augustana Choir-Henry Veld Conductor, from Augustana Choir (Word W-4005-LP, Red Vinyl, Mono, 1956). Notice anything similar between this and the last track, like maybe the same guy leading the group?
4. Hallelujah Chorus by the Trinidad Tripoli Steel Band from Liberace Presents The Trinidad Tripoli Steel Band (Arc ACS 5032, Stereo, 1969). This may be the same suys I shared before playing the same song, only released under a different name. But the Liberace tie-in makes it so much better here, even if it's exactly the same music.
5. Dance Of The Sugar-Plum Fairy by Russ Case And His Orchestra from Dances Wild (Vik (RCA) LX-1085, Mono, 1957). You saw another track from this LP already this month.
6. Holiday by The Four Freshmen from Voices In Modern (Capitol T522, Mono, 1954). This is the second track from an LP with the word Modern at the end of it tonight. Must have been a trend.
7. Sleigh Ride by Eddie Higgins from By Request (Statitas SLP 8079, Stereo, 1986). The full credits are Eddie Higgins-Piano, Milt Hinton-Bass, Bobby Rosengarden-Drums.
8. Fuyu No Yoru (Winters Night) by 101 Strings Orchestra from Songs Of The Season In Japan (Alshire S-5019, Stereo). Last track from this one I have for you.
9. Snowfall, this time by LeRoy Holmes And His Orchestra, featuring a piano solo by Dick Hyman, from Theme Songs Of The Great Swing Bands (MGM E3708, Stereo, 1958). Dick Hyman must really like this track. Over the years, I've probably shared out maybe five different versions with his name attached somehow.
10. Toyland by the Roger Wagner Chorale from Victor Herbert On Stage (Capitol W1707, Mono, 1962). Have I shared this before? Yes, yes I have.
11. Greensleeves by Roger Williams from the English vinyl With These Hands (London (UK) SAH-R 6065, Stereo, 1959). Second and final track from this LP, and probably from Roger Williams, at least for the month.
12. Angels We Have Heard On High by Larry Seidel from The Glory Of God's Seasons (Grace Unlimited GU-002, Stereo). Third and final track from this guy and this LP.
13. The Skaters by The Carnegie Pops Orchestra, Conducted By David Broekman from Carnegie Pops Program (Columbia Masterworks ML 4118, Mono, 1949). This is going back to one of the first LP records ever released...
14. The Bells Of St. Mary's by Kenny Baker from Song Hits Through The Years (RCA Camden CAL-131, Mono). Not the first Kenny Baker track this month.
15. The Wooden Soldier And The China Doll by Joe "Fingers" Carr And His Swingin' String Band from his self-titled album (Capitol T1217, Mono, 1959). Is this a rerun? I'm thinking maybe I've shared this before, but from a comp, not this LP. Or maybe I passed it up without realizing the Christmas possibility. Oh, well...
That's it for tonight. See you tomorrow. Oh, wait, you probably want the download link. There you go.
Can I just say how happy I've been with the sound quality of this years shares? ClickRepair really works miracles with music from vinyl!
1. Nutcracker Suite, a rerun from Les Brown and His Band Of Renown from the LP Concert Modern (Capitol ST959, Stereo, 1958). At least this time I found it in stereo.
2. The First Noel by The Lutheran Seminary Chorus, Henry Veld-Conductor, from To The Glory Of God... (Delta XCTV 96965/96966, Pressed by Columbia Record Productions, Mono). This may be the last of the church group recordings I have for the year. At the very least, it's the last one I have from this particular group.
3. A Ceremony Of Carols, OP. 28 (A Grouping Of Five Carols) by The Augustana Choir-Henry Veld Conductor, from Augustana Choir (Word W-4005-LP, Red Vinyl, Mono, 1956). Notice anything similar between this and the last track, like maybe the same guy leading the group?
4. Hallelujah Chorus by the Trinidad Tripoli Steel Band from Liberace Presents The Trinidad Tripoli Steel Band (Arc ACS 5032, Stereo, 1969). This may be the same suys I shared before playing the same song, only released under a different name. But the Liberace tie-in makes it so much better here, even if it's exactly the same music.
5. Dance Of The Sugar-Plum Fairy by Russ Case And His Orchestra from Dances Wild (Vik (RCA) LX-1085, Mono, 1957). You saw another track from this LP already this month.
6. Holiday by The Four Freshmen from Voices In Modern (Capitol T522, Mono, 1954). This is the second track from an LP with the word Modern at the end of it tonight. Must have been a trend.
7. Sleigh Ride by Eddie Higgins from By Request (Statitas SLP 8079, Stereo, 1986). The full credits are Eddie Higgins-Piano, Milt Hinton-Bass, Bobby Rosengarden-Drums.
8. Fuyu No Yoru (Winters Night) by 101 Strings Orchestra from Songs Of The Season In Japan (Alshire S-5019, Stereo). Last track from this one I have for you.
9. Snowfall, this time by LeRoy Holmes And His Orchestra, featuring a piano solo by Dick Hyman, from Theme Songs Of The Great Swing Bands (MGM E3708, Stereo, 1958). Dick Hyman must really like this track. Over the years, I've probably shared out maybe five different versions with his name attached somehow.
10. Toyland by the Roger Wagner Chorale from Victor Herbert On Stage (Capitol W1707, Mono, 1962). Have I shared this before? Yes, yes I have.
11. Greensleeves by Roger Williams from the English vinyl With These Hands (London (UK) SAH-R 6065, Stereo, 1959). Second and final track from this LP, and probably from Roger Williams, at least for the month.
12. Angels We Have Heard On High by Larry Seidel from The Glory Of God's Seasons (Grace Unlimited GU-002, Stereo). Third and final track from this guy and this LP.
13. The Skaters by The Carnegie Pops Orchestra, Conducted By David Broekman from Carnegie Pops Program (Columbia Masterworks ML 4118, Mono, 1949). This is going back to one of the first LP records ever released...
14. The Bells Of St. Mary's by Kenny Baker from Song Hits Through The Years (RCA Camden CAL-131, Mono). Not the first Kenny Baker track this month.
15. The Wooden Soldier And The China Doll by Joe "Fingers" Carr And His Swingin' String Band from his self-titled album (Capitol T1217, Mono, 1959). Is this a rerun? I'm thinking maybe I've shared this before, but from a comp, not this LP. Or maybe I passed it up without realizing the Christmas possibility. Oh, well...
That's it for tonight. See you tomorrow. Oh, wait, you probably want the download link. There you go.
Can I just say how happy I've been with the sound quality of this years shares? ClickRepair really works miracles with music from vinyl!
Kamis, 28 Juli 2011
Christmas In July 2011-Day 28
Whew, 28 days, that's a long time... Not many days left, though. Here we go...
1. Sleigh Ride by Bing Crosby With The Pete Moore Orchestra-Vocal Backing: The Johnny Evans Singers, from the last album he recorded before his death, Seasons (Polydor PD-1-6128, Stereo, 1977). Seems quite fitting that the man who practically invented the popular Christmas song should record a Christmas song among his final recordings.
2. The Bells Of St. Mary's by Charles T. Chapman from the only 7" of the season, A Carillon Recital From The Luray Singing Tower, Luray, Virginia (Lauck & Co 7" 45 RPM EPM-101, Mono). This is a 4-song EP recorded from the Carillon near Luray Caverns in VA. You knew I couldn't go long without throwing in some music on the carillon.
3. Hallelujah Gathering by David Carroll And His Orchestra, Vocal Sounds By The Dick Williams Singers from Happy Feet (Mercury MG 20846, Mono, 1964). This has been in the stack for a couple of years, and I finally recorded it last night. Not bad. I guess this was old-school bandsmens answer to the The Beatles.
4. My Favorite Things again, this time performed by Alfred Newman And His Orchestra from Alfred Newman Conducts Selections From Fiorello! & The Sound Of Music (Capitol T 1343, Mono, 1960). I'm running out of things to say about the umpteenth version I've shared of a song that is barely related to anything Christmas. Sorry.
5. Snowfall, by none other than Claude Thornhill And His Orchestra from Dinner For Two (RCA Camden CAL 307, Mono, 1956). I'm not positive, but I think this may be the actual hit version, collected up on a budget record.
6 & 7. Toyland-March Of The Toys, in both stereo and mono by The Silver Strings, Directed By Aron Michelle, from the LP The Wonderful Warm Mood Of Victor Herbert (Hi-Fi Sales, Library In Sound 9902, Mono or Valiant V-4914, Stereo). Funny story. I was all excited because I found the mono copy of this LP, still sealed in plastic. I brought it home and recorded it, but the cover kept bugging me, I knew I'd seen it before. So I plundered the record collection until I found where I'd seen it before, which turned out to be a stereo copy on a slightly different label with a slightly different title. So I went ahead and recorded the stereo copy, and guess what? Two different versions! One is accented with a piano and the other with a guitar. Will wonders never cease!
8. Waltz Of The Flowers, another track from the record Ballets For Children (Twinkle (Premier) TW-41, Mono) for which I do not know the artist. I probably shouldn't even record stuff like this, but you never know...
9. Angels We Have Heard On High by The Choir Of Saint Luke's Church-Richard Webster, Organist & Director With The Pritzen Brass Ensemble-Mitchell Arnold, Music Director from Music From Saint Luke's (St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Evanston, IL 62281, Stereo, 1981). It's so late in the month I'm even running out of tracks like these.
10. The Doll Dance by Leo Addeo And His Orchestra from one of his two contributions to the Stereo Action series, The Music Goes 'Round And 'Round (RCA Victor LSA-2353, Stereo, 1961). The music just goes 'round and 'round the room, then 'round and 'round in your head...
11. Greensleeves, in a vocal, non-Christmas version, by Jane Morgan with orchestra directed by Nick Perito, from the album Lady Jane (Kapp KS-3191, Stereo, 1960). I guess this just goes to prove the old adage, you can't have too much Jane Morgan.
12. Holiday For Lovers (which turns out to be about the vacation type of holiday, sorry) by Mitch Miller And His Sing-Along Chorus from a collection of soundtrack singles, An All Star Parade-Hits From The Movies (Columbia CS 8218, Stereo, 1960). You never know what you're going to get when you pick up a collection like this. Some of them are gold, some just tin.
13. March Of The Toys by Bill Thompson At The Mighty Wurlitzer Pipe Organ from The Music Of Victor Herbert (Sutton SSU 225, Stereo). Yawn.
14. On A December Night, credited to Pope John Paul II, but I don't hear anything here that sounds like a pontiff. Perhaps he sang in the background or something, but there's no other credit on the LP Pope John Paul II Sings At The Festival Of Sacrosong (EOM Records/Infinity Records INF 9899, Stereo, 1979). I believe this is about the birth of Jesus, but it's hard to tell. I think it's sung in Polish, then for some reason it was translated into German, then into English for the liners notes. Your mileage may very, but it's not bad.
15. Snowbird (yes, it's the Anne Murray song, as someone mentioned in the comments) by Franck Pourcel from Theme From Love Story (Paramount PAS-5022, Stereo, 1971). Not too bad.
16. Sweet Little Jesus Boy, the only rerun I know of this evening, by John Raitt, Orchestra Conducted By Pete King from Under Open Skies (Capitol ST1058, Stereo, 1958). Nice song.
And that's it. Here's the download link, come back Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the big weekend wrap-up of this year's Christmas In July!
1. Sleigh Ride by Bing Crosby With The Pete Moore Orchestra-Vocal Backing: The Johnny Evans Singers, from the last album he recorded before his death, Seasons (Polydor PD-1-6128, Stereo, 1977). Seems quite fitting that the man who practically invented the popular Christmas song should record a Christmas song among his final recordings.
2. The Bells Of St. Mary's by Charles T. Chapman from the only 7" of the season, A Carillon Recital From The Luray Singing Tower, Luray, Virginia (Lauck & Co 7" 45 RPM EPM-101, Mono). This is a 4-song EP recorded from the Carillon near Luray Caverns in VA. You knew I couldn't go long without throwing in some music on the carillon.
3. Hallelujah Gathering by David Carroll And His Orchestra, Vocal Sounds By The Dick Williams Singers from Happy Feet (Mercury MG 20846, Mono, 1964). This has been in the stack for a couple of years, and I finally recorded it last night. Not bad. I guess this was old-school bandsmens answer to the The Beatles.
4. My Favorite Things again, this time performed by Alfred Newman And His Orchestra from Alfred Newman Conducts Selections From Fiorello! & The Sound Of Music (Capitol T 1343, Mono, 1960). I'm running out of things to say about the umpteenth version I've shared of a song that is barely related to anything Christmas. Sorry.
5. Snowfall, by none other than Claude Thornhill And His Orchestra from Dinner For Two (RCA Camden CAL 307, Mono, 1956). I'm not positive, but I think this may be the actual hit version, collected up on a budget record.
6 & 7. Toyland-March Of The Toys, in both stereo and mono by The Silver Strings, Directed By Aron Michelle, from the LP The Wonderful Warm Mood Of Victor Herbert (Hi-Fi Sales, Library In Sound 9902, Mono or Valiant V-4914, Stereo). Funny story. I was all excited because I found the mono copy of this LP, still sealed in plastic. I brought it home and recorded it, but the cover kept bugging me, I knew I'd seen it before. So I plundered the record collection until I found where I'd seen it before, which turned out to be a stereo copy on a slightly different label with a slightly different title. So I went ahead and recorded the stereo copy, and guess what? Two different versions! One is accented with a piano and the other with a guitar. Will wonders never cease!
8. Waltz Of The Flowers, another track from the record Ballets For Children (Twinkle (Premier) TW-41, Mono) for which I do not know the artist. I probably shouldn't even record stuff like this, but you never know...
9. Angels We Have Heard On High by The Choir Of Saint Luke's Church-Richard Webster, Organist & Director With The Pritzen Brass Ensemble-Mitchell Arnold, Music Director from Music From Saint Luke's (St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Evanston, IL 62281, Stereo, 1981). It's so late in the month I'm even running out of tracks like these.
10. The Doll Dance by Leo Addeo And His Orchestra from one of his two contributions to the Stereo Action series, The Music Goes 'Round And 'Round (RCA Victor LSA-2353, Stereo, 1961). The music just goes 'round and 'round the room, then 'round and 'round in your head...
11. Greensleeves, in a vocal, non-Christmas version, by Jane Morgan with orchestra directed by Nick Perito, from the album Lady Jane (Kapp KS-3191, Stereo, 1960). I guess this just goes to prove the old adage, you can't have too much Jane Morgan.
12. Holiday For Lovers (which turns out to be about the vacation type of holiday, sorry) by Mitch Miller And His Sing-Along Chorus from a collection of soundtrack singles, An All Star Parade-Hits From The Movies (Columbia CS 8218, Stereo, 1960). You never know what you're going to get when you pick up a collection like this. Some of them are gold, some just tin.
13. March Of The Toys by Bill Thompson At The Mighty Wurlitzer Pipe Organ from The Music Of Victor Herbert (Sutton SSU 225, Stereo). Yawn.
14. On A December Night, credited to Pope John Paul II, but I don't hear anything here that sounds like a pontiff. Perhaps he sang in the background or something, but there's no other credit on the LP Pope John Paul II Sings At The Festival Of Sacrosong (EOM Records/Infinity Records INF 9899, Stereo, 1979). I believe this is about the birth of Jesus, but it's hard to tell. I think it's sung in Polish, then for some reason it was translated into German, then into English for the liners notes. Your mileage may very, but it's not bad.
15. Snowbird (yes, it's the Anne Murray song, as someone mentioned in the comments) by Franck Pourcel from Theme From Love Story (Paramount PAS-5022, Stereo, 1971). Not too bad.
16. Sweet Little Jesus Boy, the only rerun I know of this evening, by John Raitt, Orchestra Conducted By Pete King from Under Open Skies (Capitol ST1058, Stereo, 1958). Nice song.
And that's it. Here's the download link, come back Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the big weekend wrap-up of this year's Christmas In July!
Rabu, 27 Juli 2011
Christmas In July 2011-Day 27
Day 27. Time flies when you're having fun. We'll be wrapping this thing up soon, and I've got a lot of stuff I still want to share. For that matter, I've still got a lot of stuff I want to record. Remember that shelf I showed you earlier? Well, the shelf above it is now almost half full of records I've recorded for you. Hopefully, when the month is over, I'll show you a picture of the whole thing and you can see what a massive sampling of music I've given you. But I've still got a few nights to go, so let me get this one out of the way tonight.
1. Santa Claus Calling by Jackie Kannon from Songs For The John (Roulette SR 25187, Stereo, 1962). Yes, you read that right, Songs For The John. It's a little comedy bit from an album featuring a plunger on the front cover. I've got a handful of comedy bits and songs for you tonight, a couple are new but most of them are reruns from earlier years.
2. A Christmas Carol by Tom Lehrer from An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer (Recorded During A Concert Performance) (Lehrer TL 202, Mono, 1959). Good stuff in the same vein as Green Christmas by Stan Freeburg, but not as well known.
3. Merry Christmas, Doctor by Mike Nichols And Elaine May from The Best Of Mike Nichols And Elaine May (Mercury MG-20997, Mono, 1965). Not from the same LP, but still a rerun. And still not very funny to my ears. Hmm, can't find where I shared this one before, but I know I did. Google must be having a bad day.
4. Xmas In Mt. Idy by Charlie Weaver, Music Under The Direction Of Charles (Puddin' Head) Dant And The Mt. Idy Symphonette, a semi-funny bit from Charlie Weaver Sings For His People (Columbia CL 1345, Mono, 1959). Another rerun, but I'm sure it sounds better this go-round.
5. The Nutcracker Suite (Story) by an unknown artist from an LP I found in the sleeve for something entirely unrelated. The label didn't identify an artist but it did tell us the title was Ballets For Children (Twinkle (Premier) TW-41, Mono). Certainly a chopped up version of the story.
6. Holiday by Mariano And The Unbelievables, an instrumental cover of the Bee Gees tune, from 25th Hour (Capitol ST 2875, Stereo, 1968). Interesting, veddy interesting.
7. Holiday (Love Theme) by Lee Holdridge from the soundtrack album The Other Side Of The Mountain Part 2 (MCA MCA-2335, Stereo, 1978). Obscure, yes. Christmas, no.
8. Toyland by Jane Conners With Bill Anders & Jack Mitchell & The Happy Time Orchestra from Music From Victor Herbert's Babes In Toyland (Happy Time (Pickwick) HT-1002, Mono). Another kiddie album with another Victor Herbert cover. Sigh... And that sudden jump in there is the way it's recorded, or maybe edited. It's not a skip, and I didn't do it. I think they chopped together two different recordings.
9. Ave Maria (Schubert) by Carmen Dragon Conducting The Capitol Symphony Orchestra from the various artists collection Melodies Of The Masters-Volume VI: Music Of Reflection (Capitol SA 8568, Stereo, 1961). Pretty sure this is a rerun, but from a different LP. This is part of a series of albums, each of which brings together a series of classical recordings covering similar themes. I don't have the whole series, but I'm working on it. Nope, doesn't appear to be a rerun, or if it is, I can't find where I shared it before. Good.
10. Greensleeves, a nice version by Isaac Stern, Milton Katims Conducting The Columbia Symphony Orchestra from Humoresque (Columbia Masterworks MS 6825, Stereo, 1965). I shared another track from this LP earlier in the month, and explained my confusion with the sleeve not matching the record label.
11. Of The Father's Heart Begotten (Corde Natus Ex Parentis) by The Choir Of Saint Luke's Church-Richard Webster, Organist & Director With The Pritzen Brass Ensemble-Mitchell Arnold, Music Director, taken from their LP Music From Saint Luke's (St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Evanston, IL 62281, Stereo, 1981). The last track from this that I'm sharing this year, I think.
12. Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers From "Chauve Souris" by Richard Hayman And His Orchestra from You're Just In Love (Ambassador (By Arrangement With Mercury) S/98059, Stereo). I think this is a re-issued track from Mr. Hayman and company, as it seems to be identical to another version I've shared before.
13. Schlafendes Jesuskind (Sleeping Christ Child), another track by Erich Kunz With The Vienna State Opera Orchestra-Anton Paulik, Conductor from his LP Erich Kunz Sings Best Loved German Songs By The Great Composers (Vanguard VRS-1063, Stereo, 1961). Maybe if it weren't sung in German...
14. Schneeflockchen, Weibrockchen (Little Snowflake, Little White Skirt), more German singing, this time from little girls that were members of Erich Bender Children's Choir, recorded from The Most Beautiful German Children's Songs (Philips PHS 600-031, Stereo, 1962). Sweet.
15. Sing We Now Of Jesus by St. George's Choir Of Men And Boys, Frederick Monks-Master Of The Choristers from The Music Of Christmas, Lent And Easter (St. George's Church, Schenectady, NY SG102666, Stereo). Another nice selection from this LP, and probably the last.
16. Sleigh Ride by Living Strings from their LP Holiday For Strings (RCA Camden CAS-760, Stereo, 1963). If I'd heard this version before, I didn't remember it. As the liner notes say, it's "vigorously updated with a twist rhythm".
17. Twelve Days Of Christmas, another comedy track, and something I shouldn't be sharing.
That's it, seventeen tracks, a couple more than usual, but some of these are a little short. Lots more to go, but here's the download link for this evening. See you again tomorrow!
1. Santa Claus Calling by Jackie Kannon from Songs For The John (Roulette SR 25187, Stereo, 1962). Yes, you read that right, Songs For The John. It's a little comedy bit from an album featuring a plunger on the front cover. I've got a handful of comedy bits and songs for you tonight, a couple are new but most of them are reruns from earlier years.
2. A Christmas Carol by Tom Lehrer from An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer (Recorded During A Concert Performance) (Lehrer TL 202, Mono, 1959). Good stuff in the same vein as Green Christmas by Stan Freeburg, but not as well known.
3. Merry Christmas, Doctor by Mike Nichols And Elaine May from The Best Of Mike Nichols And Elaine May (Mercury MG-20997, Mono, 1965). Not from the same LP, but still a rerun. And still not very funny to my ears. Hmm, can't find where I shared this one before, but I know I did. Google must be having a bad day.
4. Xmas In Mt. Idy by Charlie Weaver, Music Under The Direction Of Charles (Puddin' Head) Dant And The Mt. Idy Symphonette, a semi-funny bit from Charlie Weaver Sings For His People (Columbia CL 1345, Mono, 1959). Another rerun, but I'm sure it sounds better this go-round.
5. The Nutcracker Suite (Story) by an unknown artist from an LP I found in the sleeve for something entirely unrelated. The label didn't identify an artist but it did tell us the title was Ballets For Children (Twinkle (Premier) TW-41, Mono). Certainly a chopped up version of the story.
6. Holiday by Mariano And The Unbelievables, an instrumental cover of the Bee Gees tune, from 25th Hour (Capitol ST 2875, Stereo, 1968). Interesting, veddy interesting.
7. Holiday (Love Theme) by Lee Holdridge from the soundtrack album The Other Side Of The Mountain Part 2 (MCA MCA-2335, Stereo, 1978). Obscure, yes. Christmas, no.
8. Toyland by Jane Conners With Bill Anders & Jack Mitchell & The Happy Time Orchestra from Music From Victor Herbert's Babes In Toyland (Happy Time (Pickwick) HT-1002, Mono). Another kiddie album with another Victor Herbert cover. Sigh... And that sudden jump in there is the way it's recorded, or maybe edited. It's not a skip, and I didn't do it. I think they chopped together two different recordings.
9. Ave Maria (Schubert) by Carmen Dragon Conducting The Capitol Symphony Orchestra from the various artists collection Melodies Of The Masters-Volume VI: Music Of Reflection (Capitol SA 8568, Stereo, 1961). Pretty sure this is a rerun, but from a different LP. This is part of a series of albums, each of which brings together a series of classical recordings covering similar themes. I don't have the whole series, but I'm working on it. Nope, doesn't appear to be a rerun, or if it is, I can't find where I shared it before. Good.
10. Greensleeves, a nice version by Isaac Stern, Milton Katims Conducting The Columbia Symphony Orchestra from Humoresque (Columbia Masterworks MS 6825, Stereo, 1965). I shared another track from this LP earlier in the month, and explained my confusion with the sleeve not matching the record label.
11. Of The Father's Heart Begotten (Corde Natus Ex Parentis) by The Choir Of Saint Luke's Church-Richard Webster, Organist & Director With The Pritzen Brass Ensemble-Mitchell Arnold, Music Director, taken from their LP Music From Saint Luke's (St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Evanston, IL 62281, Stereo, 1981). The last track from this that I'm sharing this year, I think.
12. Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers From "Chauve Souris" by Richard Hayman And His Orchestra from You're Just In Love (Ambassador (By Arrangement With Mercury) S/98059, Stereo). I think this is a re-issued track from Mr. Hayman and company, as it seems to be identical to another version I've shared before.
13. Schlafendes Jesuskind (Sleeping Christ Child), another track by Erich Kunz With The Vienna State Opera Orchestra-Anton Paulik, Conductor from his LP Erich Kunz Sings Best Loved German Songs By The Great Composers (Vanguard VRS-1063, Stereo, 1961). Maybe if it weren't sung in German...
14. Schneeflockchen, Weibrockchen (Little Snowflake, Little White Skirt), more German singing, this time from little girls that were members of Erich Bender Children's Choir, recorded from The Most Beautiful German Children's Songs (Philips PHS 600-031, Stereo, 1962). Sweet.
15. Sing We Now Of Jesus by St. George's Choir Of Men And Boys, Frederick Monks-Master Of The Choristers from The Music Of Christmas, Lent And Easter (St. George's Church, Schenectady, NY SG102666, Stereo). Another nice selection from this LP, and probably the last.
16. Sleigh Ride by Living Strings from their LP Holiday For Strings (RCA Camden CAS-760, Stereo, 1963). If I'd heard this version before, I didn't remember it. As the liner notes say, it's "vigorously updated with a twist rhythm".
17. Twelve Days Of Christmas, another comedy track, and something I shouldn't be sharing.
That's it, seventeen tracks, a couple more than usual, but some of these are a little short. Lots more to go, but here's the download link for this evening. See you again tomorrow!
Selasa, 26 Juli 2011
Christmas In July 2011-Day 26
Day 26, not far now. If my count is right, today is the day I pass 300 songs, so it's probably the most voluminous Christmas in July ever. And with just under a week to go, who knows where we'll top out at. Keep those cards and letters coming, they're great encouragement.
1. Ave Maria! O Maiden, O Mother-Slovak Hymn by The St. Elizabeth Choir-L.P. Valentino, Choir Director from The St. Elizabeth Choir Sings At The Vatican Pavilion (St. Elizabeth, South Huntington, NY, No Label 111765, Mono, 1965). Still another variation on Ave Maria.
2. O Tannenbaum, great version from The Roger Wagner Chorale from Folk Songs Of The Old World (Capitol 2xLP PBR-8345, Mono, 1956). This is from the double LP set in a box with a book, but I've also seen the records packaged singly in normal jackets. But I went all out for you and got the fancy box. Actually, it looks like I shared this from one of those single LP versions, back in 2008.
3. Summer Frost, sort of appropriate, I think, from Count Basie And His Orchestra from Back With Basie-More Hit Performances Of The '60's (Roulette R 52113, Mono, 1964). This is by the same guy, Frank Wess, who wrote the other song I shared with you from this LP earlier.
4. Winter Nocturne by Charles Dorian And His Orchestra, another great track from the LP Calendar Sketches (Dot DLP-3046, Mono, 1957). I think this is the last of the tracks I have to share with you from this record.
5. Greensleeves, featuring extended drum solo, by Buddy Rich Big Band-Rick Stepton, Trombone Solo from Buddy & Soul-Recorded Live In Hollywood At The Whiskey A Go-Go (World Pacific Jazz ST-20158, Stereo, 1969). If you like drum solos with your Christmas music, this is it!
6. I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony), the hit version, by The Hillside Singers (including Mary Mayo) from I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (Metromedia KMD 1051, Stereo, 1971). You don't hear this song enough.
7. It's A Holiday by Kay Lande, Alan Cole, Hunter Payne And The Carillon Singers from the very descriptively titled Songs About: The Weather, The Four Seasons, What Time Is It?, The Days Of The Week, Holidays (Children's Records Of America CRA 20433, Stereo, 1974).
8. My Favorite Things by The Hi-Lo's, Orchestra Conducted By Warren Barker from Broadway Playbill (Columbia CS 8213, Stereo, 1960). Sure enough, another rerun. I knew this one couldn't have escaped my notice until this year. I've shared out so much over the years that I've forgotten a lot of it.
9. Parade Of The Milk Bottle Caps, not at all a Christmas song but a nice title, by RCA-assembled studio supergroup The Big 18 and their second album More Live Echoes Of The Swinging Bands (RCA Victor LSP-1983, Stereo, 1959).
10. Snowbird By Burl Ives from an odd LP on Bell, Time (Bell 6055, Stereo, 1971). I say odd because of the musical backing, very un-Burl-like. Is this a Christmas song? No, not at all, but it's a bit seasonal, and it has snow in the title. I've posted worse, like, oh say, Parade Of The Milk Bottle Caps.
11. That Man Over There by Paul Reed and Chorus from the original Broadway soundtrack of Here's Love (Columbia Masterworks KOS 2400, Stereo, 1963). This LP comes with a gatefold sleeve and few pages of pictures from the production. Nice to look and listen.
12. Torches performed by The Choir Of Saint Luke's Church-Richard Webster, Organist & Director With The Pritzen Brass Ensemble-Mitchell Arnold, Music Director from the imaginatively titled Music From Saint Luke's (St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Evanston, IL 62281, Stereo, 1981).
13. Toyland by Bill Thompson At The Mighty Wurlitzer Pipe Organ from The Music Of Victor Herbert (Sutton SSU 225, Stereo), a popular album title among budget labels.
14. Verbum Caro (The Word Was Made Flesh) by St. George's Choir Of Men And Boys, Frederick Monks-Master Of The Choristers from The Music Of Christmas, Lent And Easter (St. George's Church, Schenectady, NY SG102666, Stereo). Good thing they told me on the back of the sleeve that this was a Christmas song.
15. The Wooden Soldier And The Chine Doll-Rio Rita-I Miss My Swiss, another medley from Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra from that LP The Champagne Music Of Lawrence Welk (Dot DLP 25342, Stereo, 1961). I first shared a track from this one with you the other day. I remember that I found this sleeve with the wrong Welk record inside, but I knew I'd seen the sleeve for the record I did find. So I had to find it again, and sure enough, it had the record in it that I wanted. I just had to pull the old switcheroo and I was good to go.
That's that, fifteen more great tracks. Here's the download link, now I have to go back and work on that skimpy post from yesterday.
1. Ave Maria! O Maiden, O Mother-Slovak Hymn by The St. Elizabeth Choir-L.P. Valentino, Choir Director from The St. Elizabeth Choir Sings At The Vatican Pavilion (St. Elizabeth, South Huntington, NY, No Label 111765, Mono, 1965). Still another variation on Ave Maria.
2. O Tannenbaum, great version from The Roger Wagner Chorale from Folk Songs Of The Old World (Capitol 2xLP PBR-8345, Mono, 1956). This is from the double LP set in a box with a book, but I've also seen the records packaged singly in normal jackets. But I went all out for you and got the fancy box. Actually, it looks like I shared this from one of those single LP versions, back in 2008.
3. Summer Frost, sort of appropriate, I think, from Count Basie And His Orchestra from Back With Basie-More Hit Performances Of The '60's (Roulette R 52113, Mono, 1964). This is by the same guy, Frank Wess, who wrote the other song I shared with you from this LP earlier.
4. Winter Nocturne by Charles Dorian And His Orchestra, another great track from the LP Calendar Sketches (Dot DLP-3046, Mono, 1957). I think this is the last of the tracks I have to share with you from this record.
5. Greensleeves, featuring extended drum solo, by Buddy Rich Big Band-Rick Stepton, Trombone Solo from Buddy & Soul-Recorded Live In Hollywood At The Whiskey A Go-Go (World Pacific Jazz ST-20158, Stereo, 1969). If you like drum solos with your Christmas music, this is it!
6. I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony), the hit version, by The Hillside Singers (including Mary Mayo) from I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (Metromedia KMD 1051, Stereo, 1971). You don't hear this song enough.
7. It's A Holiday by Kay Lande, Alan Cole, Hunter Payne And The Carillon Singers from the very descriptively titled Songs About: The Weather, The Four Seasons, What Time Is It?, The Days Of The Week, Holidays (Children's Records Of America CRA 20433, Stereo, 1974).
8. My Favorite Things by The Hi-Lo's, Orchestra Conducted By Warren Barker from Broadway Playbill (Columbia CS 8213, Stereo, 1960). Sure enough, another rerun. I knew this one couldn't have escaped my notice until this year. I've shared out so much over the years that I've forgotten a lot of it.
9. Parade Of The Milk Bottle Caps, not at all a Christmas song but a nice title, by RCA-assembled studio supergroup The Big 18 and their second album More Live Echoes Of The Swinging Bands (RCA Victor LSP-1983, Stereo, 1959).
10. Snowbird By Burl Ives from an odd LP on Bell, Time (Bell 6055, Stereo, 1971). I say odd because of the musical backing, very un-Burl-like. Is this a Christmas song? No, not at all, but it's a bit seasonal, and it has snow in the title. I've posted worse, like, oh say, Parade Of The Milk Bottle Caps.
11. That Man Over There by Paul Reed and Chorus from the original Broadway soundtrack of Here's Love (Columbia Masterworks KOS 2400, Stereo, 1963). This LP comes with a gatefold sleeve and few pages of pictures from the production. Nice to look and listen.
12. Torches performed by The Choir Of Saint Luke's Church-Richard Webster, Organist & Director With The Pritzen Brass Ensemble-Mitchell Arnold, Music Director from the imaginatively titled Music From Saint Luke's (St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Evanston, IL 62281, Stereo, 1981).
13. Toyland by Bill Thompson At The Mighty Wurlitzer Pipe Organ from The Music Of Victor Herbert (Sutton SSU 225, Stereo), a popular album title among budget labels.
14. Verbum Caro (The Word Was Made Flesh) by St. George's Choir Of Men And Boys, Frederick Monks-Master Of The Choristers from The Music Of Christmas, Lent And Easter (St. George's Church, Schenectady, NY SG102666, Stereo). Good thing they told me on the back of the sleeve that this was a Christmas song.
15. The Wooden Soldier And The Chine Doll-Rio Rita-I Miss My Swiss, another medley from Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra from that LP The Champagne Music Of Lawrence Welk (Dot DLP 25342, Stereo, 1961). I first shared a track from this one with you the other day. I remember that I found this sleeve with the wrong Welk record inside, but I knew I'd seen the sleeve for the record I did find. So I had to find it again, and sure enough, it had the record in it that I wanted. I just had to pull the old switcheroo and I was good to go.
That's that, fifteen more great tracks. Here's the download link, now I have to go back and work on that skimpy post from yesterday.
Senin, 25 Juli 2011
Christmas In July 2011-Day 25
Quick one tonight, got other stuff to do...
1. Ave Maria (Franck)
2. Away In A Manger
3. Cold, Cold Heart
4. Greensleeves
5. Handel's Alleluia Chorus
6. June In January
7. The Old Woman Who Lived In A Shoe; The Buffoons (From The Nutcracker, Act II)
8. Snowfields
9. The Swingin' Shepherd Blues
10. White Christmas
11. Epiphanias-Epiphany (The Three Holy Magi)
12. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
13. I Wonder As I Wander
14. My Favorite Things
15. The Nicene Creed (Credo)
16. Sugar Plums
I'll try to get artists and descriptions up on these someday, but for now I gotta run. Here's the download link, have at it!
1. Ave Maria (Franck)
2. Away In A Manger
3. Cold, Cold Heart
4. Greensleeves
5. Handel's Alleluia Chorus
6. June In January
7. The Old Woman Who Lived In A Shoe; The Buffoons (From The Nutcracker, Act II)
8. Snowfields
9. The Swingin' Shepherd Blues
10. White Christmas
11. Epiphanias-Epiphany (The Three Holy Magi)
12. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
13. I Wonder As I Wander
14. My Favorite Things
15. The Nicene Creed (Credo)
16. Sugar Plums
I'll try to get artists and descriptions up on these someday, but for now I gotta run. Here's the download link, have at it!
Minggu, 24 Juli 2011
Christmas In July 2011-Day 24
What day is this? They're all starting to run together at this point. Thankfully, I've got enough stuff in the can already that I barely need to think about it, I can just post willy-nilly. Most years I get to this point and I have to record all my stuff then immediately put it up, but not this go-round. So let's see what's in the stack tonight.
1. Overture-The Skaters Waltz, another great track from Pete King, His Orchestra And Chorus from that soundtrack LP Shipstads & Jophnson Ice Follies Of 1967-31st Edition (Dot SLP 3757, Mono, 1967). More greatness.
2. Sleigh Ride on the organ of Richard Ellsasser from Leroy Anderson Favorites-Richard Ellsasser Playing The Baldwin Electronic Organ (MGM 3174, Mono, 1955). I had planned to give you another track from Richard Ellsasser this month, but when I took the record from the sleeve, it was the wrong piece of vinyl. I hate when that happens!
3. Wedding Of The Painted Doll by Paul Renard from The Many Keyboards Of The Amazing Paul Renard (Riverside RLP 97507, Stereo, 1961). In this case, I think the keyboard is from a harpsichord.
4. Noël by Howard Hanson Conducting The Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra, a modern piece that may or may not have anything to do with Christmas. This is from the LP Chadwick: Symphonic Sketches-Suite For Orchestra (Mercury MG50104, Mono, 1956).
5. Oshogatsu-Yuki (Snow And New Year) by 101 Strings, Conducted By Richard Muller-Lampertz, Koto Solos By Shinichi Yuize from Songs Of The Seasons In Japan (Alshire S-5019, Stereo). Another great seasonal song from this LP, and I think I have one more waiting in the wings
6. Tell It On The Mountain from The Kingston Trio and that budget LP The Patriot Game (Pickwick SPC-3297, Stereo, 1972) from which I shared a track earlier in the month.
7. Holiday by Tom Grierson from RKO Palace Favorites (Deroy ADM 114, Stereo). Nothing at all related to say here...sorry.
8. June In January by the immortal Bing Crosby With The Pete Moore Orchestra from the last record he made before his death, Seasons (Polydor PD-1-6128, Stereo, 1977).
9. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm by Poliakin, His Orchestra And Chorale from Irving Berlin-Great Man Of American Music-A New Interpretation (Everest SDBR 3058, Stereo, 1960). I think this is a rerun, only now it's from the original LP, not a collection of hits.
10. Swinger's Holiday by Marty Paich from, of all things, the soundtrack to an Ann-Margret movie. The album is called Songs From "The Swinger" And Other Swingin' Songs (RCA Victor LPM-3710, Mono, 1966). This is one of the few instrumental tracks on the album, all the rest actually feature Ann singing.
11. Silver Bells by Leon McAuliff And His Cimarron Boys from Take Off (Dot DLP 3139, Mono, 1958). This track was confusing me for a while, because it's not the Christmas Silver Bells that you're familiar with, even though it's credited to Livingston-Evans. Then I found the song by Arthur 'Guitar Boogie' Smith called Silver Bells, and I think it's a cover of that, only mis-credited.
12. Baby It's Cold Outside by Joanie Sommers With Stan Applebaum from Sommers' Seasons (Warner Bros WS1504, Stereo, 1963). This is the third and final track from this LP I've got for you. All winners on this one!
13. Christmas In Killarney, a great rerun from Ruby Murray with Norrie Paramor's Music from the LP Irish (And Proud Of It) (Capitol ST 10327, Stereo, 1962). I shared a track from this album earlier in the month that I didn't share the first time around, so be sure you don't miss that.
14. Snowfall by Roger Williams From With These Hands (London (UK) SAH-R 6065, Stereo, 1959). Nothing witty here either. I'm losing my touch, I think...
15. Christmas In Killarney (which means I've shared the same song twice in a day again...) by The Bill Shepherd Singers, a rerun from Irish Sing-Along (Decca DL 74053, Stereo, 1963), this time around it's in stereo.
Another day, another 15 tracks of Christmas. Hope this helps you beat the July heat. Here's the download link, catch you again tomorrow.
1. Overture-The Skaters Waltz, another great track from Pete King, His Orchestra And Chorus from that soundtrack LP Shipstads & Jophnson Ice Follies Of 1967-31st Edition (Dot SLP 3757, Mono, 1967). More greatness.
2. Sleigh Ride on the organ of Richard Ellsasser from Leroy Anderson Favorites-Richard Ellsasser Playing The Baldwin Electronic Organ (MGM 3174, Mono, 1955). I had planned to give you another track from Richard Ellsasser this month, but when I took the record from the sleeve, it was the wrong piece of vinyl. I hate when that happens!
3. Wedding Of The Painted Doll by Paul Renard from The Many Keyboards Of The Amazing Paul Renard (Riverside RLP 97507, Stereo, 1961). In this case, I think the keyboard is from a harpsichord.
4. Noël by Howard Hanson Conducting The Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra, a modern piece that may or may not have anything to do with Christmas. This is from the LP Chadwick: Symphonic Sketches-Suite For Orchestra (Mercury MG50104, Mono, 1956).
5. Oshogatsu-Yuki (Snow And New Year) by 101 Strings, Conducted By Richard Muller-Lampertz, Koto Solos By Shinichi Yuize from Songs Of The Seasons In Japan (Alshire S-5019, Stereo). Another great seasonal song from this LP, and I think I have one more waiting in the wings
6. Tell It On The Mountain from The Kingston Trio and that budget LP The Patriot Game (Pickwick SPC-3297, Stereo, 1972) from which I shared a track earlier in the month.
7. Holiday by Tom Grierson from RKO Palace Favorites (Deroy ADM 114, Stereo). Nothing at all related to say here...sorry.
8. June In January by the immortal Bing Crosby With The Pete Moore Orchestra from the last record he made before his death, Seasons (Polydor PD-1-6128, Stereo, 1977).
9. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm by Poliakin, His Orchestra And Chorale from Irving Berlin-Great Man Of American Music-A New Interpretation (Everest SDBR 3058, Stereo, 1960). I think this is a rerun, only now it's from the original LP, not a collection of hits.
10. Swinger's Holiday by Marty Paich from, of all things, the soundtrack to an Ann-Margret movie. The album is called Songs From "The Swinger" And Other Swingin' Songs (RCA Victor LPM-3710, Mono, 1966). This is one of the few instrumental tracks on the album, all the rest actually feature Ann singing.
11. Silver Bells by Leon McAuliff And His Cimarron Boys from Take Off (Dot DLP 3139, Mono, 1958). This track was confusing me for a while, because it's not the Christmas Silver Bells that you're familiar with, even though it's credited to Livingston-Evans. Then I found the song by Arthur 'Guitar Boogie' Smith called Silver Bells, and I think it's a cover of that, only mis-credited.
12. Baby It's Cold Outside by Joanie Sommers With Stan Applebaum from Sommers' Seasons (Warner Bros WS1504, Stereo, 1963). This is the third and final track from this LP I've got for you. All winners on this one!
13. Christmas In Killarney, a great rerun from Ruby Murray with Norrie Paramor's Music from the LP Irish (And Proud Of It) (Capitol ST 10327, Stereo, 1962). I shared a track from this album earlier in the month that I didn't share the first time around, so be sure you don't miss that.
14. Snowfall by Roger Williams From With These Hands (London (UK) SAH-R 6065, Stereo, 1959). Nothing witty here either. I'm losing my touch, I think...
15. Christmas In Killarney (which means I've shared the same song twice in a day again...) by The Bill Shepherd Singers, a rerun from Irish Sing-Along (Decca DL 74053, Stereo, 1963), this time around it's in stereo.
Another day, another 15 tracks of Christmas. Hope this helps you beat the July heat. Here's the download link, catch you again tomorrow.
Sabtu, 23 Juli 2011
Christmas In July 2011-Day 23
In honor of my finding a whole stack of great records today for Christmas in July, and then getting a whole bunch of them ripped, you're getting twenty different tracks tonight from 20 different records. I can't tell you how many hours of work that represents, because if I sat down and figured it out, it would be too depressing. So I'm going to pretend that it took me five minutes and now I'm done. So here, without further ado, are more Christmas songs than on your typical Christmas album.
1. Alaskan Rag by John Arpin from The Other Side Of Ragtime (Scroll LSCR-103, Produced In Cooperation With The Ragtime Society, Mono, 1966). OK, so a song about Alaska is not very Christmassy, but at least it's cold...
2. Ave Maria-Arcadelt by The St. Elizabeth Choir-L.P. Valentino, Choir Director from The St. Elizabeth Choir Sings At The Vatican Pavilion (St. Elizabeth, South Huntington, NY, No Label 111765, Mono, 1965). Is this another different version of Ave Maria? Hard to believe...
3. Blue Christmas by The Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Mitchell Powell from the original soundtrack to the Billy Wilder film The Apartment (United Artists UAL 3105, Mono, 1960). This is a rerun but I couldn't resist when I saw another copy of the record. Unfortunately, it looks like my original share was a stereo copy and this one is mono. It'll have to do for now, though. And this isn't the song you think it is...
4. Dancing Snowflakes by Charles Dorian And His Orchestra from the LP Calendar Sketches (Dot DLP-3046, Mono, 1957). This was one of the records I found today, and probably the one I was most excited about. It features an entire suite of songs about the seasons, including three great winter tunes. The front of the jacket promised four wintertime songs, but the back and the label itself only list three. But they're all good.
5. Danses Caracteristiques From Nutcracker Suite by Leonard Bernstein With The New York Philharmonic from Leonard Bernstein Conducts For Young People (Columbia Masterworks ML 5841, Mono, 1963). Six of the dances from The Nutcracker, all rolled up into one long sequence.
6. December by Cicero Pig With Sandpiper Chorus & Orchestra from Bugs Bunny Songfest (Golden LP 71, Mono, 1961). Interesting little item here, with all the voices performed by Mel Blanc himself. The second side is a collection of 12 songs about all the months of the year. I've no idea who Cicero Pig was, so I looked him up. Apparently, he's Porky's nephew, or maybe Petunia's. A nice song for anyone who's birthday is in December. Not true, but nice.
7. June In January from Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians from Movieland Melodies (Decca DL 8895, Mono, 1955). Nice vocal version, but Guy puts me to sleep.
8. Peppermint Pipes by Count Basie And His Orchestra from Back With Basie-More Hit Performances Of The '60's (Roulette R 52113, Mono, 1964). If I could get away with Clarinet Candy the other day, I think this should count, too.
9. Shan Shan Uma (Jingle Horse) by Takarazuka Dance Theatre from the self-titled LP (Columbia 'Adventures In Sound' WL 163, Mono, 1959). The liner notes tell me that this track has nothing to do with Christmas, but the sleigh bells say otherwise...
10. Baby, It's Cold Outside as re-imagined by The Stereo Brass Choir from Stereo Dialogue For Brass (Columbia CS 8290, Stereo, 1960). Someday I need to put all these wild experiments in stereo together into one Christmas collection.
11. Candy Candy Polka by Happy Louie And His Polka Band from Candy Candy Polka (Dyno DLP 5003, Stereo). Another candy song!
12. Doll Dance by Vincent Lopez And His Orchestra from Nola And Other Piano Instrumentals (Carlton STLP 12/302, Stereo, 1959). Good stuff, if not at all Christmas.
13. Green Sleeves by Oscar Clinton And His Orchestra from A Salute To The Great Band Leaders (Spin-O-Rame S-27, Stereo). Probably not worth the effort.
14. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring on the organ by Fenner Douglass from Fenner Douglass On The Flentrop, Duke University Chapel (Gothis 38114, Stereo, 1984). I'm running out of things to say. I guess I could mention that this is the second track from this LP I've shared.
15. The Month Of January by Tommy Makem from Songs Of Tommy Makem (Tradition (Everest) TLP 1044, Stereo, 1961). You probably know Tommy Makem from his work with The Clancy Brothers. And if you don't have The Clancy Brothers Christmas album in your collection, go find a copy.
16. Pine Cones And Holly Berries (With It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas) by Laurence Naismith, Janis Paige & Fred Gwynne from the original Broadway soundtrack to Meredith Willson's Here's Love (Columbia Masterworks KOS 2400, Stereo, 1963). Been looking for this for quite a while and finally found it today. Good luck finding any other holiday tunes from Fred Gwynne, who you may know as Herman Munster. (Although now that I think about it, there may have been a couple of soundbytes from that show...)
17. The Sad, Sad Rocking Horse by David Rose And His Orchestra, another track from the album Cimarron And Other Great Songs (MGM SE3953, Stereo, 1961). I think I've shared this out before from a different LP. I always jump at the chance to share some David Rose.
18. Wedding Of The Painted Doll-Broadway Melody-Doll Dance, a medley from Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra from The Champagne Music Of Lawrence Welk (Dot DLP 25342, Stereo, 1961). Turns out all the songs were written or co-written by someone named Freed.
19. Winter Dreams by Carl Stevens And His Orchestra, from another of those great percussion LPs, Skin And Bones (Mercury MG 20365, Mono, 1958). I was excited to find something on here that I could shoehorn into Christmas In July.
20. Child Of Winter (Christmas Song), an unexpected treat from The Beach Boys. I dug this up one of those old Warner Brothers loss-leader double LPs from the seventies, The Works (Warner Bros 2xLP PRO 610, Stereo, 1975). Seemed like an odd place to find a Christmas song, especially one so little known, but there it was. I guess this was originally a single from the Beach Boys sometime in the early seventies that went nowhere. I think it's been added to some of their Christmas collections since then, but it's still not something you hear very often.
And that's it. Twenty songs, two seconds shy of an hour of music in there for you. Hope you enjoy it. Here's the download link, I'll be back tomorrow with more, but probably not quite this much more.
1. Alaskan Rag by John Arpin from The Other Side Of Ragtime (Scroll LSCR-103, Produced In Cooperation With The Ragtime Society, Mono, 1966). OK, so a song about Alaska is not very Christmassy, but at least it's cold...
2. Ave Maria-Arcadelt by The St. Elizabeth Choir-L.P. Valentino, Choir Director from The St. Elizabeth Choir Sings At The Vatican Pavilion (St. Elizabeth, South Huntington, NY, No Label 111765, Mono, 1965). Is this another different version of Ave Maria? Hard to believe...
3. Blue Christmas by The Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Mitchell Powell from the original soundtrack to the Billy Wilder film The Apartment (United Artists UAL 3105, Mono, 1960). This is a rerun but I couldn't resist when I saw another copy of the record. Unfortunately, it looks like my original share was a stereo copy and this one is mono. It'll have to do for now, though. And this isn't the song you think it is...
4. Dancing Snowflakes by Charles Dorian And His Orchestra from the LP Calendar Sketches (Dot DLP-3046, Mono, 1957). This was one of the records I found today, and probably the one I was most excited about. It features an entire suite of songs about the seasons, including three great winter tunes. The front of the jacket promised four wintertime songs, but the back and the label itself only list three. But they're all good.
5. Danses Caracteristiques From Nutcracker Suite by Leonard Bernstein With The New York Philharmonic from Leonard Bernstein Conducts For Young People (Columbia Masterworks ML 5841, Mono, 1963). Six of the dances from The Nutcracker, all rolled up into one long sequence.
6. December by Cicero Pig With Sandpiper Chorus & Orchestra from Bugs Bunny Songfest (Golden LP 71, Mono, 1961). Interesting little item here, with all the voices performed by Mel Blanc himself. The second side is a collection of 12 songs about all the months of the year. I've no idea who Cicero Pig was, so I looked him up. Apparently, he's Porky's nephew, or maybe Petunia's. A nice song for anyone who's birthday is in December. Not true, but nice.
7. June In January from Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians from Movieland Melodies (Decca DL 8895, Mono, 1955). Nice vocal version, but Guy puts me to sleep.
8. Peppermint Pipes by Count Basie And His Orchestra from Back With Basie-More Hit Performances Of The '60's (Roulette R 52113, Mono, 1964). If I could get away with Clarinet Candy the other day, I think this should count, too.
9. Shan Shan Uma (Jingle Horse) by Takarazuka Dance Theatre from the self-titled LP (Columbia 'Adventures In Sound' WL 163, Mono, 1959). The liner notes tell me that this track has nothing to do with Christmas, but the sleigh bells say otherwise...
10. Baby, It's Cold Outside as re-imagined by The Stereo Brass Choir from Stereo Dialogue For Brass (Columbia CS 8290, Stereo, 1960). Someday I need to put all these wild experiments in stereo together into one Christmas collection.
11. Candy Candy Polka by Happy Louie And His Polka Band from Candy Candy Polka (Dyno DLP 5003, Stereo). Another candy song!
12. Doll Dance by Vincent Lopez And His Orchestra from Nola And Other Piano Instrumentals (Carlton STLP 12/302, Stereo, 1959). Good stuff, if not at all Christmas.
13. Green Sleeves by Oscar Clinton And His Orchestra from A Salute To The Great Band Leaders (Spin-O-Rame S-27, Stereo). Probably not worth the effort.
14. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring on the organ by Fenner Douglass from Fenner Douglass On The Flentrop, Duke University Chapel (Gothis 38114, Stereo, 1984). I'm running out of things to say. I guess I could mention that this is the second track from this LP I've shared.
15. The Month Of January by Tommy Makem from Songs Of Tommy Makem (Tradition (Everest) TLP 1044, Stereo, 1961). You probably know Tommy Makem from his work with The Clancy Brothers. And if you don't have The Clancy Brothers Christmas album in your collection, go find a copy.
16. Pine Cones And Holly Berries (With It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas) by Laurence Naismith, Janis Paige & Fred Gwynne from the original Broadway soundtrack to Meredith Willson's Here's Love (Columbia Masterworks KOS 2400, Stereo, 1963). Been looking for this for quite a while and finally found it today. Good luck finding any other holiday tunes from Fred Gwynne, who you may know as Herman Munster. (Although now that I think about it, there may have been a couple of soundbytes from that show...)
17. The Sad, Sad Rocking Horse by David Rose And His Orchestra, another track from the album Cimarron And Other Great Songs (MGM SE3953, Stereo, 1961). I think I've shared this out before from a different LP. I always jump at the chance to share some David Rose.
18. Wedding Of The Painted Doll-Broadway Melody-Doll Dance, a medley from Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra from The Champagne Music Of Lawrence Welk (Dot DLP 25342, Stereo, 1961). Turns out all the songs were written or co-written by someone named Freed.
19. Winter Dreams by Carl Stevens And His Orchestra, from another of those great percussion LPs, Skin And Bones (Mercury MG 20365, Mono, 1958). I was excited to find something on here that I could shoehorn into Christmas In July.
20. Child Of Winter (Christmas Song), an unexpected treat from The Beach Boys. I dug this up one of those old Warner Brothers loss-leader double LPs from the seventies, The Works (Warner Bros 2xLP PRO 610, Stereo, 1975). Seemed like an odd place to find a Christmas song, especially one so little known, but there it was. I guess this was originally a single from the Beach Boys sometime in the early seventies that went nowhere. I think it's been added to some of their Christmas collections since then, but it's still not something you hear very often.
And that's it. Twenty songs, two seconds shy of an hour of music in there for you. Hope you enjoy it. Here's the download link, I'll be back tomorrow with more, but probably not quite this much more.
Jumat, 22 Juli 2011
Christmas In July 2011-Day 22
Getting a bit of a late start tonight. I've spent the last couple of hours trying to get this badly scratched record to play without skipping all over the place, but I think it's a lost cause. I've had pretty good luck this year with most of the stuff I put on the platter playing just fine, but the gouges on this one in two spots are just terrible. And they arc in just the right direction that the needle just follows them right along instead of the groove. Other than those two spots it plays fine, though. I'd tell you what it is, but I might still do something with it later... Anyhow, let's see what's in the shared folder tonight, shall we?
1. Alpine Boogie, a rerun non-Christmas tracks from Ted Heath And His Music from the LP Big Band Beat (Richmond (London) B 20034, Mono). Sounds really good thanks to ClickRepair!
2. Ave Maria (Hamma) by Novitiate Choir Of 1963-64, Conductor-S. Marie Cecile, O.P. from Investiture Of A Dominican Sister (Queen Of The Rosary Novitiate, Dominican Sisters Of The Holy Cross, Amityville, LI (NY) QR-1000, Mono, 1964). Is this a version of Ave Maria that we haven't heard before? I think so, but I can't be sure. I hear so many of them, they all run together.
3. The March Of The Toys in a great vocal version by Jane Conners With Bill Anders & Jack Mitchell & The Happy Time Orchestra from the kiddie record Music From Victor Herbert's Babes In Toyland (Happy Time (Pickwick) HT-1002, Mono). I don't really think you hear all of those folks on it since you only hear one guy singing, but they're all listed on the label and I had no way of knowing who was singing what.
4. Ring The Bells by Johnny Hall with Aunt Bertha And The Children's Bible Hour Staff from His Story In Song (Singcord ZLP 861S, Mono). Still got tracks to go on this one, and you heard it here earlier.
5. Autumn Holiday by the great David Rose And His Orchestra. I know Christmas is in Winter, but I couldn't resist anything from David Rose that I thought stood even a whisper of a chance of fitting in here. This is from his LP Cimarron And Other Great Songs (MGM SE3953, Stereo, 1961).
6. Chorale-Prelude: From Heaven Above To Earth I Come By Samuel Roberts, Jr. from The Music Of Christmas, Lent And Easter (St. George's Church, Schenectady, NY SG102666, Stereo). I think we heard from this one a few days ago...
7. The Four Seasons by Kay Lande, Alan Cole And The Carillon Singers from another kiddie LP, Songs About: The Weather, The Four Seasons, What Time Is It?, The Days Of The Week, Holidays (Children's Records Of America CRA 20433, Stereo, 1974). There's a little bit of winter in here somewhere...
8. Hallelujah by The Wesleyan Ringers, Lloyd R. Pilkington-Director, who we haven't heard from in a little while here. This is still from the same album, though, The Glory of Bells (Silver Crest Custom STJ-111882, St. John's United Methodist Church, Hazlet, NJ, Stereo). I think I've got a couple of handbell albums in the stack to record for Chirstmas, so if you like this sort of thing, come back in December.
9. Maria Wiegenlied (The Virgin's Slumber Song) by Erich Kunz With The Vienna State Opera Orchestra-Anton Paulik, Conductor from the album Erich Kunz Sings Best Loved German Songs By The Great Composers (Vanguard VRS-1063, Stereo, 1961). Yes, it's in German. But lucky for me, the lyrics are in English on the back of the sleeve.
10. My Favorite Things by Ronnie Aldrich And His Two Pianos from Stage And Screen Spectacular: All-Time Favorites (London Phase 4 SPD 12, Stereo). I think this is a later collection of tunes from earlier records on Phase 4. I couldn't find much info about it on the interwebs.
11. Swingin' Skaters by the ripoff group Percussion All Stars and the ripoff LP Velvet Brass And Percussion (AKA Dynamic Percussion on the vinyl) (Crown CST 230, Stereo, 1961). However, even though I used the word ripoff twice, this is a really nice version of The Skater's Waltz! I almost threw this LP back on the rack a couple of nights ago, but I didn't and I'm glad. There were even some other good tracks on there that I ripped for myself. You'll be surprised, I think.
12. We Need A Little Christmas by Lucille Ball And Cast from Mame (Warner Bros W 2773, Stereo, 1974). Yep, Lucy sings. She was fairly old by this point, though, and I think it shows unfavorably in her voice. But perhaps that's what Mame would sound like, I don't know.
13. Come To The Manger by The Augustana Choir-Henry Veld, Conductor from the LP Augustana Choir (Word W-4005-LP, Red Vinyl, Mono, 1956). I'll buy a lot of things on red vinyl just for the pretty record, but this one had some good stuff. Maybe I'll record these folks' Christmas record on RCA for Christmas this year...
14. Miss O'Leary's Irish Fruit Cake by Ruby Murray With Norrie Paramor's Music from the LP Irish (And Proud Of It) (Capitol ST 10327, Stereo, 1962). I've shared a couple of tracks from this LP in past years (in mono), but I never noticed that there was a song on here about fruit cake. I don't think there are enough songs out there about fruit cakes, clearly a Christmas tradition that's being cruelly overlooked.
15. Winter Wonderland by Pete King, His Orchestra And Chorus from Shipstads & Johnson Ice Follies Of 1967-31st Edition (Dot DLP 3757, Mono, 1967). Another great track from this soundtrack to the Ice Follies, which I guess aren't the same as the Ice Capades, but close enough.
That's it, fifteen more tracks for your July pleasure. Here's the download link, have a good night. I'm off to bed now.
1. Alpine Boogie, a rerun non-Christmas tracks from Ted Heath And His Music from the LP Big Band Beat (Richmond (London) B 20034, Mono). Sounds really good thanks to ClickRepair!
2. Ave Maria (Hamma) by Novitiate Choir Of 1963-64, Conductor-S. Marie Cecile, O.P. from Investiture Of A Dominican Sister (Queen Of The Rosary Novitiate, Dominican Sisters Of The Holy Cross, Amityville, LI (NY) QR-1000, Mono, 1964). Is this a version of Ave Maria that we haven't heard before? I think so, but I can't be sure. I hear so many of them, they all run together.
3. The March Of The Toys in a great vocal version by Jane Conners With Bill Anders & Jack Mitchell & The Happy Time Orchestra from the kiddie record Music From Victor Herbert's Babes In Toyland (Happy Time (Pickwick) HT-1002, Mono). I don't really think you hear all of those folks on it since you only hear one guy singing, but they're all listed on the label and I had no way of knowing who was singing what.
4. Ring The Bells by Johnny Hall with Aunt Bertha And The Children's Bible Hour Staff from His Story In Song (Singcord ZLP 861S, Mono). Still got tracks to go on this one, and you heard it here earlier.
5. Autumn Holiday by the great David Rose And His Orchestra. I know Christmas is in Winter, but I couldn't resist anything from David Rose that I thought stood even a whisper of a chance of fitting in here. This is from his LP Cimarron And Other Great Songs (MGM SE3953, Stereo, 1961).
6. Chorale-Prelude: From Heaven Above To Earth I Come By Samuel Roberts, Jr. from The Music Of Christmas, Lent And Easter (St. George's Church, Schenectady, NY SG102666, Stereo). I think we heard from this one a few days ago...
7. The Four Seasons by Kay Lande, Alan Cole And The Carillon Singers from another kiddie LP, Songs About: The Weather, The Four Seasons, What Time Is It?, The Days Of The Week, Holidays (Children's Records Of America CRA 20433, Stereo, 1974). There's a little bit of winter in here somewhere...
8. Hallelujah by The Wesleyan Ringers, Lloyd R. Pilkington-Director, who we haven't heard from in a little while here. This is still from the same album, though, The Glory of Bells (Silver Crest Custom STJ-111882, St. John's United Methodist Church, Hazlet, NJ, Stereo). I think I've got a couple of handbell albums in the stack to record for Chirstmas, so if you like this sort of thing, come back in December.
9. Maria Wiegenlied (The Virgin's Slumber Song) by Erich Kunz With The Vienna State Opera Orchestra-Anton Paulik, Conductor from the album Erich Kunz Sings Best Loved German Songs By The Great Composers (Vanguard VRS-1063, Stereo, 1961). Yes, it's in German. But lucky for me, the lyrics are in English on the back of the sleeve.
10. My Favorite Things by Ronnie Aldrich And His Two Pianos from Stage And Screen Spectacular: All-Time Favorites (London Phase 4 SPD 12, Stereo). I think this is a later collection of tunes from earlier records on Phase 4. I couldn't find much info about it on the interwebs.
11. Swingin' Skaters by the ripoff group Percussion All Stars and the ripoff LP Velvet Brass And Percussion (AKA Dynamic Percussion on the vinyl) (Crown CST 230, Stereo, 1961). However, even though I used the word ripoff twice, this is a really nice version of The Skater's Waltz! I almost threw this LP back on the rack a couple of nights ago, but I didn't and I'm glad. There were even some other good tracks on there that I ripped for myself. You'll be surprised, I think.
12. We Need A Little Christmas by Lucille Ball And Cast from Mame (Warner Bros W 2773, Stereo, 1974). Yep, Lucy sings. She was fairly old by this point, though, and I think it shows unfavorably in her voice. But perhaps that's what Mame would sound like, I don't know.
13. Come To The Manger by The Augustana Choir-Henry Veld, Conductor from the LP Augustana Choir (Word W-4005-LP, Red Vinyl, Mono, 1956). I'll buy a lot of things on red vinyl just for the pretty record, but this one had some good stuff. Maybe I'll record these folks' Christmas record on RCA for Christmas this year...
14. Miss O'Leary's Irish Fruit Cake by Ruby Murray With Norrie Paramor's Music from the LP Irish (And Proud Of It) (Capitol ST 10327, Stereo, 1962). I've shared a couple of tracks from this LP in past years (in mono), but I never noticed that there was a song on here about fruit cake. I don't think there are enough songs out there about fruit cakes, clearly a Christmas tradition that's being cruelly overlooked.
15. Winter Wonderland by Pete King, His Orchestra And Chorus from Shipstads & Johnson Ice Follies Of 1967-31st Edition (Dot DLP 3757, Mono, 1967). Another great track from this soundtrack to the Ice Follies, which I guess aren't the same as the Ice Capades, but close enough.
That's it, fifteen more tracks for your July pleasure. Here's the download link, have a good night. I'm off to bed now.
Kamis, 21 Juli 2011
Christmas In July 2011-Day 21
Day 21... Before I jump in with tonight's shares, I wanted to find out if anybody had any favorite tracks so far? I know it's still a ways to the end, and I promised that I'd saved some real goodies for the end, but is there anything you've heard that really turned you on? I don't think I've found any truly great tracks this year, I'm afraid. Most years I find one song that really makes it all worth the trouble, and it's usually you guys that tell me which track that is. Well, usually it's Stubby that tells me which one it is, but other folks have opinions, too. Faves from previous years include The Mills Brothers with Count Basie, Eydie Gorme, Brook Benton, Sarah Vaughn & Billy Eckstine and others that I'm sure are escaping my memory. Anyhow, let me know what you think, unless you're downloading these and putting them aside in a file to save them for Christmas time. Where's the fun in that? It's July, time for Christmas music! OK, enough noise, let's jump in to a great selection of tracks for tonight.
1. Baby, It's Cold Outside by Marty Gold And His Orchestra, a rerun I pulled from one of those great Stereo Action LPs, Stereo Action Goes Hollywood (RCA Victor LSA-2381, Stereo, 1961). Well worth a re-visit.
2. Chree-See-Mus by The King Sisters And The Children from the collection of King family tracks, Love At Home (Capitol T2352, Mono, 1965). There's a bit of a story behind this track. I first found a version of the song on a single by Commander Shea School Boy's Choir. Great tune, great version. Then The King Of Jingaling over at FaLaLaLaLa digs up this version by The King Sisters from a 7" single and shared it. He later even sent me the single as a thank-you for turning him on to such a great song. Then when I saw the song on this collection in amongst the non-Christmas stuff, I knew I had to share it here again. This is the sort of thing that I dream about finding.
3. Flight Of The Bumblebee by Trio Raisner from Hi-Fi Harmonica (Decca DL 8342, Mono, 1958). I know, it has nothing at all to do with Christmas, but I thought this was just such a great LP that I wanted to grab something off of it and share.
4. Go Where I Send Thee by The Kingston Trio from the budget collection The Patriot Game (Pickwick SPC-3297, Stereo, 1972). I didn't dig deep enough into the Kinston Trio discography to find out where this song originally came from, but it doesn't matter. Great Christmas tune and I'm sharing it here.
5. Greensleeves by Liberace And Gordon Robinson from The Magic Pianos Of Liberace And Gordon Robinson (Coral CRL 57305, Stereo, 1960). I don't know if the dual piano treatment really adds anything to this song, but getting to share anything by Liberace is always a bonus.
6. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm by Machito And His Orchestra from Irving Berlin In Latin America (Forum Circle SF 9040, Stereo, 1966). A rerun, but again, well worth returning to. Isn't Machito an alias for someone else, someone who shouldn't have been releasing records like this? Nope, I must be thinking of someone else...
7. June In January by The Ray Charles Singers from their album Lovelier Than Ever (Metro (MGM) M-562, Mono, 1966). Both June and January are a little bit out of my time period of July and December, but I'm going to let it slide for the other Ray Charles.
8. My Favorite Things by Dick Contino from Dick Contino Plays & Sings The Hits (Dot DLP 3639, Mono, 1965). Gotta love the accordion.
9. Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers from Miss Inez and her album Miss Inez Plays The Conn Organ (Tibia Tone 11657 (Dallas, TX), Mono). I think Miss Inez (Brown Teddlie) was a radio or TV personality in Texas when this was released. To the Google!
10. The Skater's Waltz by Edmundo Ros And His Orchestra from the LP Heading South...Of The Border (London Phase 4 SP 44153, Stereo, 1971). Someday I should put together a Christmas collection of all Phase 4 stuff. This one may be a rerun, I'm not sure.
11. Sleigh Ride, more accordion, this time from Mogens Ellegaard And His Orchestra and his album Accordion Time (Vox STVX 426.090, Stereo, 1959). Nice!
12. Snowflake Breakdown by Gerry Robichaud from 16 Great Fiddle Tunes By 16 Great Fiddlers (Banff RBS 1123, Mono). From accordions to fiddles, we gather it all here at Ernie (Not Bert)!
13. 'Twas The Night Before Christmas by Morgana King from Everybody Loves Saturday Night (Ascot AM 13020, Mono, 1965). This is the sort of thing I hunt for, a bona-fide Christmas song that few folks have ever heard. And done to the tune of On Top Of Spaghetti, no less!
14. Warm Winter by Sylvia De Sayles, Conducted By Peter Matz from the vinyl The Best Is Yet To Come (Regina R 296, Mono, 1964). Another great tune that really makes my search worthwhile.
15. Winter In New England by Joanie Sommers, Arranged And Conducted By Stan Applebaum from Sommers' Seasons (Warner Bros WS1504, Stereo, 1963). Third great tune in a row!
And that's it, 15 more tracks. I'm tired of typing. Here's the download link, see you tomorrow.
1. Baby, It's Cold Outside by Marty Gold And His Orchestra, a rerun I pulled from one of those great Stereo Action LPs, Stereo Action Goes Hollywood (RCA Victor LSA-2381, Stereo, 1961). Well worth a re-visit.
2. Chree-See-Mus by The King Sisters And The Children from the collection of King family tracks, Love At Home (Capitol T2352, Mono, 1965). There's a bit of a story behind this track. I first found a version of the song on a single by Commander Shea School Boy's Choir. Great tune, great version. Then The King Of Jingaling over at FaLaLaLaLa digs up this version by The King Sisters from a 7" single and shared it. He later even sent me the single as a thank-you for turning him on to such a great song. Then when I saw the song on this collection in amongst the non-Christmas stuff, I knew I had to share it here again. This is the sort of thing that I dream about finding.
3. Flight Of The Bumblebee by Trio Raisner from Hi-Fi Harmonica (Decca DL 8342, Mono, 1958). I know, it has nothing at all to do with Christmas, but I thought this was just such a great LP that I wanted to grab something off of it and share.
4. Go Where I Send Thee by The Kingston Trio from the budget collection The Patriot Game (Pickwick SPC-3297, Stereo, 1972). I didn't dig deep enough into the Kinston Trio discography to find out where this song originally came from, but it doesn't matter. Great Christmas tune and I'm sharing it here.
5. Greensleeves by Liberace And Gordon Robinson from The Magic Pianos Of Liberace And Gordon Robinson (Coral CRL 57305, Stereo, 1960). I don't know if the dual piano treatment really adds anything to this song, but getting to share anything by Liberace is always a bonus.
6. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm by Machito And His Orchestra from Irving Berlin In Latin America (Forum Circle SF 9040, Stereo, 1966). A rerun, but again, well worth returning to. Isn't Machito an alias for someone else, someone who shouldn't have been releasing records like this? Nope, I must be thinking of someone else...
7. June In January by The Ray Charles Singers from their album Lovelier Than Ever (Metro (MGM) M-562, Mono, 1966). Both June and January are a little bit out of my time period of July and December, but I'm going to let it slide for the other Ray Charles.
8. My Favorite Things by Dick Contino from Dick Contino Plays & Sings The Hits (Dot DLP 3639, Mono, 1965). Gotta love the accordion.
9. Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers from Miss Inez and her album Miss Inez Plays The Conn Organ (Tibia Tone 11657 (Dallas, TX), Mono). I think Miss Inez (Brown Teddlie) was a radio or TV personality in Texas when this was released. To the Google!
10. The Skater's Waltz by Edmundo Ros And His Orchestra from the LP Heading South...Of The Border (London Phase 4 SP 44153, Stereo, 1971). Someday I should put together a Christmas collection of all Phase 4 stuff. This one may be a rerun, I'm not sure.
11. Sleigh Ride, more accordion, this time from Mogens Ellegaard And His Orchestra and his album Accordion Time (Vox STVX 426.090, Stereo, 1959). Nice!
12. Snowflake Breakdown by Gerry Robichaud from 16 Great Fiddle Tunes By 16 Great Fiddlers (Banff RBS 1123, Mono). From accordions to fiddles, we gather it all here at Ernie (Not Bert)!
13. 'Twas The Night Before Christmas by Morgana King from Everybody Loves Saturday Night (Ascot AM 13020, Mono, 1965). This is the sort of thing I hunt for, a bona-fide Christmas song that few folks have ever heard. And done to the tune of On Top Of Spaghetti, no less!
14. Warm Winter by Sylvia De Sayles, Conducted By Peter Matz from the vinyl The Best Is Yet To Come (Regina R 296, Mono, 1964). Another great tune that really makes my search worthwhile.
15. Winter In New England by Joanie Sommers, Arranged And Conducted By Stan Applebaum from Sommers' Seasons (Warner Bros WS1504, Stereo, 1963). Third great tune in a row!
And that's it, 15 more tracks. I'm tired of typing. Here's the download link, see you tomorrow.
Rabu, 20 Juli 2011
Christmas In July 2011-Day 20
Two thirds of the way through the month, this is day 20.If I'm counting correctly, this puts us over the 200 song mark by a bit of a margin, so it's safe to say this is going to be our biggest, and possibly best, Christmas in July ever. And it's about time, too, I mean, what is this, year six? 'Bout time I get it right. Let's begin...
1. The Bell's Of St. Mary's, another one of those things I shouldn't share, but here it is.
2. March Of The Toys by Mantovani And His Orchestra from The Music Of Victor Herbert (London LL 746, Mono, 1953).
3. Three Mocking Birds (American Folk Tune) by the Drexel Hill Junior High School Choir from Drexel Hill Junior High School Music Concerts 1965-1966 (Recorded Publications Company Z-71661/2, Mono, 1966). Another song that was unknown to me before I heard it here.
4 & 5. What A World We'd Have If Christmas Lasted All Year Long, Regular & Instrumental, by Hap Palmer from his album Holiday Songs And Rhythms (Activity Records AR-538, Mono, 1971). Another pair of tracks from this album you heard from earlier. You'll also hear from it again, but not this month...
6. Ave Maria-Schubert by Isaac Stern with Milton Katims Conducting The Columbia Symphony Orchestra, I think from Humoresque (Columbia Masterworks MS 6825, Stereo, 1965). I say I think this is where it's from because the record I pulled out didn't match the sleeve exactly. The artist and songs were the same, but the sleeve gave a different title for the album, and it said mono.
7. A Hazy Shade Of Winter by Arthur Fiedler And The Boston Pops from Arthur Fiedler And The Boston Pops Play The Music Of Paul Simon (Polydor PD 5018, Stereo, 1972). Finding an Arthur Fiedler record on any label other than RCA Victor just strikes me as odd...
8. Holiday Waltz By Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra from Waltz Time (Dot SLP 25499, Stereo, 1963). Don't laugh, Larry Welk made some of the greatest Christmas records ever. He wasn't all champagne music and PBS!
9. In Dulci Jubilo by Fenner Douglas from Fenner Douglass On The Flentrop, Duke University Chapel (NC) (Gothis 38114, Stereo, 1984). Because you needed more classical Christmas on the big organ.
10. March Of The Toys-Toyland by Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra-James Walker, Conductor, another song from Wonderful World Of Music For Children (Reader's Digest 6xLP RDS38-M, Stereo)
11. Natividad (The Nativity) by George Hamilton IV, a pleasant country surprise from Down Home In The Country (RCA Victor LSP-4435, Stereo, 1970). Nice.
12. Sleigh Ride by Ira Wright And His Orchestra from The Great Stereo Pops Of Leroy Anderson (Rondo-Lette SA 86, Stereo, 1959). I thought for sure I'd shared this one out before, but I can't seem to find it. It's a budget label release, so there's a good chance it's shared out under someone else's name somewhere.
13. Troika by Grand Fantastic Strings from the LP Polyushka-Polye (RCA (Japan) JRX-108, Stereo, 1973). This is not the Midnight Sleighride song, but it's still good. The record has been in the pile to record for years and years, but I never threw it on the turntable before tonight. My loss, I guess, this is interesting stuff.
That's it for tonight, thirteen more tracks, only a few hundred more to go before the end of the month. OK, that may be a bit of an exaggeration, but not much. Here's the download link, come back tomorrow for a further fix of Christmas in July.
PS-the first share of the month just topped out at a little over 100 downloads, so congratulations to me! Now, if all of those people would come back and get the rest of the shares I've offered this month...
1. The Bell's Of St. Mary's, another one of those things I shouldn't share, but here it is.
2. March Of The Toys by Mantovani And His Orchestra from The Music Of Victor Herbert (London LL 746, Mono, 1953).
3. Three Mocking Birds (American Folk Tune) by the Drexel Hill Junior High School Choir from Drexel Hill Junior High School Music Concerts 1965-1966 (Recorded Publications Company Z-71661/2, Mono, 1966). Another song that was unknown to me before I heard it here.
4 & 5. What A World We'd Have If Christmas Lasted All Year Long, Regular & Instrumental, by Hap Palmer from his album Holiday Songs And Rhythms (Activity Records AR-538, Mono, 1971). Another pair of tracks from this album you heard from earlier. You'll also hear from it again, but not this month...
6. Ave Maria-Schubert by Isaac Stern with Milton Katims Conducting The Columbia Symphony Orchestra, I think from Humoresque (Columbia Masterworks MS 6825, Stereo, 1965). I say I think this is where it's from because the record I pulled out didn't match the sleeve exactly. The artist and songs were the same, but the sleeve gave a different title for the album, and it said mono.
7. A Hazy Shade Of Winter by Arthur Fiedler And The Boston Pops from Arthur Fiedler And The Boston Pops Play The Music Of Paul Simon (Polydor PD 5018, Stereo, 1972). Finding an Arthur Fiedler record on any label other than RCA Victor just strikes me as odd...
8. Holiday Waltz By Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra from Waltz Time (Dot SLP 25499, Stereo, 1963). Don't laugh, Larry Welk made some of the greatest Christmas records ever. He wasn't all champagne music and PBS!
9. In Dulci Jubilo by Fenner Douglas from Fenner Douglass On The Flentrop, Duke University Chapel (NC) (Gothis 38114, Stereo, 1984). Because you needed more classical Christmas on the big organ.
10. March Of The Toys-Toyland by Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra-James Walker, Conductor, another song from Wonderful World Of Music For Children (Reader's Digest 6xLP RDS38-M, Stereo)
11. Natividad (The Nativity) by George Hamilton IV, a pleasant country surprise from Down Home In The Country (RCA Victor LSP-4435, Stereo, 1970). Nice.
12. Sleigh Ride by Ira Wright And His Orchestra from The Great Stereo Pops Of Leroy Anderson (Rondo-Lette SA 86, Stereo, 1959). I thought for sure I'd shared this one out before, but I can't seem to find it. It's a budget label release, so there's a good chance it's shared out under someone else's name somewhere.
13. Troika by Grand Fantastic Strings from the LP Polyushka-Polye (RCA (Japan) JRX-108, Stereo, 1973). This is not the Midnight Sleighride song, but it's still good. The record has been in the pile to record for years and years, but I never threw it on the turntable before tonight. My loss, I guess, this is interesting stuff.
That's it for tonight, thirteen more tracks, only a few hundred more to go before the end of the month. OK, that may be a bit of an exaggeration, but not much. Here's the download link, come back tomorrow for a further fix of Christmas in July.
PS-the first share of the month just topped out at a little over 100 downloads, so congratulations to me! Now, if all of those people would come back and get the rest of the shares I've offered this month...
THE FRAME (long version)
We (Nils Ringmar and me) made this short film for Giorgio Armani's eyewear line: Frames of Line.
The stunning music is by Swedish artist Leo Leoson.
Selasa, 19 Juli 2011
Let Me Stand Next To Your Fire
Here's another photo I should have shared with you way back when. This was at Rockabilly Ruckus, an annual concert at Skipper's Smokehouse where they bring in a couple dozen bands and play variations on rockabilly all day and most of the night. At one point, the Psycho Devilles came onstage, and who knew what was about to happen... I'd wondered why this guy's bass had a big stainless steel skin on one side, and as soon as he picked up that can of lighter fluid, I knew what was about to go down. I crouched down in a good spot with my camera and let the rapid-fire picture taking commence. This was probably my best shot of the night. I think I was trying to share my pictures of that night with you when Blogger decided to quit working for a while. By the time it got back to normal, I'd lost the urge to share.
The Face Of Evil
I was thinking earlier today that there are a lot of pictures I haven't shared with you this year, since I've been neglecting the blog a lot. First one that came to mind was from my visit to DC back in April and this grotesque at The National Cathedral. Yes, that's Darth Vader peering down at you from way up high on the side of the church. He's hard to spot, but I managed it on this, my second trip to find him. It took a whole lot of lens to get this shot, and I'm not perfectly happy with it, but it will do. If you've got a little time to spend in DC, the National Cathedral is well worth the trip.
Christmas In July 2011-Day 19
Day 19, and back to the random collection of tracks I usually share out each and every day, no more of that cheating by bringing you a bunch of songs from the same record. But it sure was nice to get to bed early last night... Anyhow, let's begin.
1. Messiahmas Carol by The Liberated Wailing Wall from the record We Were Like Dreamers (Jews For Jesus/Hineni H-1002, Stereo, 1976). I don't know what this whole Jews For Jesus thing is/was about. I see the records they put out fairly often but I don't pay a whole lot of attention. Thankfully I picked this one up and spotted a track I could share with you.
2. Silver Bells by Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith from Original Guitar Boogie (Dot DLP 25600, Stereo, 1965). Ummm, it's not Silver Bells as in Bob Hope, this is an original by Arthur Smith. Close enough for my purposes, though.
3. Skater's Boogie by Jo Ann Castle from her album Ragtime Melodies (Hamilton (Dot) HLP 12126, Stereo, 1964). This is a rerun, but it's a good song to repeat. Hmm, looks like I pulled it from a different record this time. I bet this is a budget re-issue of that other one.
4. Toyland by Jane Morgan, Orchestra Directed By Frank Hunter from Great Songs From The Great Shows Of The Century (Kapp 2xLP KX-5006-S, Stereo, 1958). Good one. She sings a verse I don't think I'd heard before. This appears to be part of a series of Kapp albums I see a lot, Great Songs of this-and-that. I'd seen four or five of those but never this one.
5. March Of The Toys by George Melachrino And His Orchestra from The Music Of Victor Herbert (RCA Victor LSP-2129, Stereo, 1960). How else do you follow up Toyland but with something else by Victor Herbert from the same musical. I think this is a rerun if memory serves (or not, I can't find it if I ever did share it out...). So far, this is the only track that I've accidentally recorded twice this year. Somehow I got two copies of the record in my stack, and they weren't together, and sure enough, they both got recorded at different times. I think this is the better one.
6. White Christmas by Connee Boswell, Orchestra Conducted By Warren Vincent from the album The New Sound Of Connee Boswell (Design (Pickwick) DCF-1023, Stereo, 1960). Now this one I know is a rerun. I remember sharing it out and having no idea who Connee Boswell was. Wait a minute, I've already shared this out this month already! Sheesh, I'm really slipping tonight.
7. Christmastime In Ireland, another rerun, this time from Ruby Murray With Norrie Paramor's Music from the LP Irish (And Proud Of It) (Capitol ST 10327, Stereo, 1962). It's such a great song, I had to bring it back, and I think this may be the first appearance here in stereo (but I'm not sure of anything tonight, to tell you the truth). More from this one to come!
8. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm, yet another rerun, but what a great version by Sarah Vaughn & Billy Eckstine With Orchestra By Hal Mooney from The Best Of Irving Berlin (Mercury MG 20316, Mono, 1957). I think when Stereo came along in 1958, a lot of the great music recorded between the advent of hi-fi in 1949 and then suddenly was looked upon as obsolete. And the things that were released really close to that magic date of 1958 never had a chance to grow into the public consciousness, so much more of it has been forgotten and overlooked than some other music. But that's just my opinion.
9. The Chipmunk Song, one more rerun, this time from Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra from Golden Hits (Dot DLP 25201, Stereo, 1959). Nice little version of this classic, so there's no harm in bringing it back.
10. Sleighride by Pete King, His Orchestra And Chorus from the very interesting LP Shipstads & Johnson Ice Follies Of 1967-31st Edition (Dot DLP 3757, Mono, 1967). I found this at a flea market sometime this past spring and I nearly fell over. It's not too often I see something completely new and unexpected, but this was it. The soundtrack to the ice follies, done by a great Christmas artist like Pete King, and with plenty of tracks for Christmas in July! I paid my fifty cents and rushed it home. I may even have recorded tracks from it that night. The sleeve is in rough shape but it recorded OK.
11. My Favorite Things by Woody Herman And His Swinging Herd from the LP My Kind Of Broadway (Columbia CL 2357, Mono, 1965). This is awful late for big band music, but here it is...
12. Hark, The Herald Angels Sing performed by Larry Seidel from The Glory Of God's Seasons (Grace Unlimited GU-002, Stereo). You've seen music from this one earlier in the month.
13. Sleigh Ride In July by the great Lena Horne With Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra from her LP Songs By Johnny Burke And Jimmy Van Heusen (RCA Victor LSP-1895, Stereo, 1959). No, this isn't really a Christmas song, but it sounds like a Christmas song, and it mentions July! How great is that?
14. And bringing up the rear is the greatest version of Ave Maria you'll hear all year. From the LP Virginia Belmont's Famous Singing Birds (Virginia Belmont Enterprises VB-713, Stereo), this is Virginia Belmont & Her Birds, Vocal Solo By George Sawtelle. Yes, that's right, it's birds. Birds singing. Unfortunately, they don't know the tune, so George has to do most of the singing, but you'll enjoy it.
That's it. 13 tracks (plus one duplicate), many of them reruns from the past, but most of them are new. They all make up a great collection of Christmas in July. Here's the download link, now get jiggy with it!
Almost forgot, I dropped a bonus, non-holiday track in there for you again. It's Jo Ann Castle from the same LP as the Christmas track above, neat little song called Honky Tonk Twist.
1. Messiahmas Carol by The Liberated Wailing Wall from the record We Were Like Dreamers (Jews For Jesus/Hineni H-1002, Stereo, 1976). I don't know what this whole Jews For Jesus thing is/was about. I see the records they put out fairly often but I don't pay a whole lot of attention. Thankfully I picked this one up and spotted a track I could share with you.
2. Silver Bells by Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith from Original Guitar Boogie (Dot DLP 25600, Stereo, 1965). Ummm, it's not Silver Bells as in Bob Hope, this is an original by Arthur Smith. Close enough for my purposes, though.
3. Skater's Boogie by Jo Ann Castle from her album Ragtime Melodies (Hamilton (Dot) HLP 12126, Stereo, 1964). This is a rerun, but it's a good song to repeat. Hmm, looks like I pulled it from a different record this time. I bet this is a budget re-issue of that other one.
4. Toyland by Jane Morgan, Orchestra Directed By Frank Hunter from Great Songs From The Great Shows Of The Century (Kapp 2xLP KX-5006-S, Stereo, 1958). Good one. She sings a verse I don't think I'd heard before. This appears to be part of a series of Kapp albums I see a lot, Great Songs of this-and-that. I'd seen four or five of those but never this one.
5. March Of The Toys by George Melachrino And His Orchestra from The Music Of Victor Herbert (RCA Victor LSP-2129, Stereo, 1960). How else do you follow up Toyland but with something else by Victor Herbert from the same musical. I think this is a rerun if memory serves (or not, I can't find it if I ever did share it out...). So far, this is the only track that I've accidentally recorded twice this year. Somehow I got two copies of the record in my stack, and they weren't together, and sure enough, they both got recorded at different times. I think this is the better one.
6. White Christmas by Connee Boswell, Orchestra Conducted By Warren Vincent from the album The New Sound Of Connee Boswell (Design (Pickwick) DCF-1023, Stereo, 1960). Now this one I know is a rerun. I remember sharing it out and having no idea who Connee Boswell was. Wait a minute, I've already shared this out this month already! Sheesh, I'm really slipping tonight.
7. Christmastime In Ireland, another rerun, this time from Ruby Murray With Norrie Paramor's Music from the LP Irish (And Proud Of It) (Capitol ST 10327, Stereo, 1962). It's such a great song, I had to bring it back, and I think this may be the first appearance here in stereo (but I'm not sure of anything tonight, to tell you the truth). More from this one to come!
8. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm, yet another rerun, but what a great version by Sarah Vaughn & Billy Eckstine With Orchestra By Hal Mooney from The Best Of Irving Berlin (Mercury MG 20316, Mono, 1957). I think when Stereo came along in 1958, a lot of the great music recorded between the advent of hi-fi in 1949 and then suddenly was looked upon as obsolete. And the things that were released really close to that magic date of 1958 never had a chance to grow into the public consciousness, so much more of it has been forgotten and overlooked than some other music. But that's just my opinion.
9. The Chipmunk Song, one more rerun, this time from Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra from Golden Hits (Dot DLP 25201, Stereo, 1959). Nice little version of this classic, so there's no harm in bringing it back.
10. Sleighride by Pete King, His Orchestra And Chorus from the very interesting LP Shipstads & Johnson Ice Follies Of 1967-31st Edition (Dot DLP 3757, Mono, 1967). I found this at a flea market sometime this past spring and I nearly fell over. It's not too often I see something completely new and unexpected, but this was it. The soundtrack to the ice follies, done by a great Christmas artist like Pete King, and with plenty of tracks for Christmas in July! I paid my fifty cents and rushed it home. I may even have recorded tracks from it that night. The sleeve is in rough shape but it recorded OK.
11. My Favorite Things by Woody Herman And His Swinging Herd from the LP My Kind Of Broadway (Columbia CL 2357, Mono, 1965). This is awful late for big band music, but here it is...
12. Hark, The Herald Angels Sing performed by Larry Seidel from The Glory Of God's Seasons (Grace Unlimited GU-002, Stereo). You've seen music from this one earlier in the month.
13. Sleigh Ride In July by the great Lena Horne With Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra from her LP Songs By Johnny Burke And Jimmy Van Heusen (RCA Victor LSP-1895, Stereo, 1959). No, this isn't really a Christmas song, but it sounds like a Christmas song, and it mentions July! How great is that?
14. And bringing up the rear is the greatest version of Ave Maria you'll hear all year. From the LP Virginia Belmont's Famous Singing Birds (Virginia Belmont Enterprises VB-713, Stereo), this is Virginia Belmont & Her Birds, Vocal Solo By George Sawtelle. Yes, that's right, it's birds. Birds singing. Unfortunately, they don't know the tune, so George has to do most of the singing, but you'll enjoy it.
That's it. 13 tracks (plus one duplicate), many of them reruns from the past, but most of them are new. They all make up a great collection of Christmas in July. Here's the download link, now get jiggy with it!
Almost forgot, I dropped a bonus, non-holiday track in there for you again. It's Jo Ann Castle from the same LP as the Christmas track above, neat little song called Honky Tonk Twist.
LONDON - olivia, reza, tahira & ella - shepherd's bush, 07/19/11
Watch the short film I did with Nils Ringmar for Giorgio - Armani Frames of Life:
The Frame (short version)
Senin, 18 Juli 2011
Christmas In July 2011-Day 18
Day eighteen, and I'm either giving you a special treat or I'm cheaping out tonight. All the tracks this evening, all 19 of them, are from the same 4 record set entitled 101 Best Loved Songs Of Faith And Inspiration (Album Set Productions 4xLP GT15, Stereo). It's performed by various groups and individuals, all under the banner of The United States Coast Guard Academy Chorus. One entire side of one record was Christmas music, and then each of the other three records had a song or two that easily fit into the Christmas mold. So I ripped them all and I'm giving them to you tonight in one big pile. Here's a list of artists and songs for you.
Mary Langdon-Ave Maria
New London Trio-Go Tell It On The Mountain
Carol Fiske-Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring
Cadet Quintet-Ave Maria
Faculty Quartet-O Sanctissima
New London Chorale-O Come O Come Emmanuel
Cadet Choirs-Lo How A Rose
New London Chorale-O Come All Ye Faithful
Hilde Selin-I Wonder As I Wander
Idlers-O Little Town Of Bethlehem
New London Trio-Coventry Carol
Idlers-Brothers Lift Your Voices
Idlers-Do You Hear What I Hear
New London Chorale-Deck The Halls
Cadet Quartet-We'll Dress The House
Idlers-God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Mary Langdon-Away In A Manger
New London Chorale-I Did Not Go To Bethlehem
All Cadet Singers-Silent Night
Lots of different styles in there, more than you might expect. I'm certain there's something in there you will really like. Here's the download link, go get it!
Mary Langdon-Ave Maria
New London Trio-Go Tell It On The Mountain
Carol Fiske-Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring
Cadet Quintet-Ave Maria
Faculty Quartet-O Sanctissima
New London Chorale-O Come O Come Emmanuel
Cadet Choirs-Lo How A Rose
New London Chorale-O Come All Ye Faithful
Hilde Selin-I Wonder As I Wander
Idlers-O Little Town Of Bethlehem
New London Trio-Coventry Carol
Idlers-Brothers Lift Your Voices
Idlers-Do You Hear What I Hear
New London Chorale-Deck The Halls
Cadet Quartet-We'll Dress The House
Idlers-God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Mary Langdon-Away In A Manger
New London Chorale-I Did Not Go To Bethlehem
All Cadet Singers-Silent Night
Lots of different styles in there, more than you might expect. I'm certain there's something in there you will really like. Here's the download link, go get it!
Minggu, 17 Juli 2011
Christmas In July 2011-Day 17
Before I jump into tonight's shares, I wanted to show you that I've already filled up an entire shelf with records I've recorded from this month. Every record on that shelf is either something I've recorded a song from, or a duplicate copy of something I recorded. (About 20% of the time I have two copies of a given record to record, so I get to choose the one that looks the best.) I didn't realize I had recorded so much until I ran out of room and had to start a second shelf. Those four or five you see on the left end of the shelf above the center one are more stuff I've recorded, and that stack has grown since I took this picture this afternoon. It's turning out to be a really good July around here. So let's jump in, shall we?
1. Carol Of The Bells (Ukranian Carol) by the Drexel Hill Junior High School Handbell Choir from the LP Drexel Hill Junior High School Music Concerts 1965-1966 (Recorded Publications Company Z-71661/2, Mono, 1966). I know I make fun of these guys alot, but this is actually pretty good. And short.
2. Clarinet Candy by Leroy Anderson Conducting His Orchestra from his album The New Music Of Leroy Anderson (Decca DL 4335, Mono, 1962). Sort of a play on the Pete Fountain Christmas song, Candy Clarinet. Or at least that's what I was thinking when I threw it in here for you.
3. Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers by Red Nichols And His Pennies from The Pennies Jump (Craftsmen (PRI) C 8064, Mono). It's a cheap-o label, but it's a nice version. I'll take what I can get, where I can get it, and when.
4. Troika (From "Lieutenant Kije") by The Philadelphia Orchestra With Eugene Ormandy from Spectaculars! (Columbia Masterworks ML 6139, Mono, 1965). It's not Sauter-Finegan, but it will do.
5. The Bells Of St Mary's by Jerry Burke and the album Golden Organ Hits (Dot DLP 25541, Stereo, 1964). Is this a rerun? I guess not, but it sure sounds familiar.
6. Charlie's Waiting For The Snow by Carol Hall from her album Beads And Feathers (Elektra EKS-75018, Stereo, 1972). I think I've shared out quite a few of these late-60's, early 70's folkie tracks this year. I should put them into their own collection sometime.
7. Greensleeves by the possibly non-existent Bob Freedman Orchestra from the LP Big Band Swings The Classics (Omega OSL 120/PLS 3021, Stereo). Does this even sound like Greensleeves to you? Something is afoot here, and I think it might be some cheap-label screw-up.
8. I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (with a little bit of What The World Needs Now thrown in for good measure) by the Seventh Army Soldier Chorus from the album We Believe In Music (US EUCOM Public Affairs Office United States European Command, Stuttgart, Germany, Stereo). This appears to be a promo thing put out by the US European Command sometime in the early seventies. I always get excited when I find these, I don't know why.
9. Nutcracker Suite: March, Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy, Russian Dance, Chinese Dance, Dance Of The Reed Flutes by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra-James Walker, Conductor from the 6 record set Wonderful World Of Music For Children (Reader's Digest 6xLP RDS38-M, Stereo). I hadn't brought you any tracks from this mammoth collection in a while, so I figured you were due.
10. Tell Me Shepherd by St. George's Choir Of Men And Boys, Frederick Monks-Master Of The Choristers, the album is The Music Of Christmas, Lent And Easter (St. George's Church, Schenectady, NY SG102666, Stereo). Something I hadn't heard before.
11. Luther's Cradle Hymn by The All Churches Children's Choir from their album Sunday School Songs (RCA Camden CAS-1062, Stereo, 1965). Nice version.
12. The Bells Of St. Mary's (crap, I duplicated a song...) by Roger King Mozian and his LP Spectacular Brass (MGM E3844, Mono, 1960). I was trying not to duplicate songs in a single post, but now I've gone and messed up. Oh, well, hope you like both versions.
13. Fuyu Geshiki (Japanese Snowflakes) by 101 Strings, Conducted By Richard Müller-Lampertz, Koto Solos By Shinichi Yuize. This is from their album Songs Of The Seasons In Japan (Alshire S-5019, Stereo). Got a couple more tracks from this one to share with you yet, all good stuff.
14. A Marshmallow World by Jacky Noguez And His Orchestra from the LP Dance Along With Jacky Noguez (Jamie JLP 70-3013, Mono, 1960). I don't think you hear this song enough. There should be more versions of it out there.
15. Jingle Bells by Milton Kaye from the album Nickelodeon And Calliope-Hiccups From The Gaslight Era (Cook 10350, Mono), specifically, side 2-On The Steam Calliope-Circus And Showboat Tunes Played By Milton Kaye. Nice little version to round out tonight's shares.
That's it, another 15 tracks. I can't keep doing this many forever, but I'm trying to make up for some of those early days this month with only 5 or 6 songs. We'll see how long the music flows like rain around here. But in the meantime, here's the download link, hope you had a good weekend and I will see you tomorrow.
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