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More Merry Mervmas, Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle, Holiday Favorites (Gilmar)
DOWNLOAD: More Mervmas and Tu Scendi Dalle StelleI guess this will be my December 25 post (in fact, Christmas is nine minutes away). I would have revived more "banned" posts and put up a couple more...
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The Electro-Sonic Orchestra, c. Dick Jacobs, 1961. "Defies all restrictions"!
So, this 1961 album is either a revelation or a snooze, and I have yet to decide on that count. It demands multiple plays. But the liner notes are unambiguous in their acclaim: "The Electro-Sonic...
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Light music festival: "Exotic Music" (Andre Kostelanetz), plus "London...
I promised to get to Sammy Kaye (and, yes, musicman1979--it's his contribution to the twist-ploitation craze), and I will, but for today we have a light concert (aka, light music) post, all of the...
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A variation on the standard twist-ploitation album: "New Twists on Old...
Finally, my promised Sammy Kaye post--1962's New Twists on Old Favorites--and sorry it took so long. And, the big question: Do I like it? Did it please your blogger? I'm not sure, really. However,...
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Monday afternoon gospel: Smith's Sacred Singers (and two guests): 1926-1930
Of course, I'd hoped to have this up yesterday (Sunday), and I might have succeeded if the originals were in average-to-above condition. But sacred shellac of the late 1920s has a far lower...
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Stardust Melodies: Raymond Paige and His Orchestra, Raymond Paige's Young...
Sorry for my longer-than-planned absence. Today's offering is from the mood-music/easy-listening radio heyday, though these are reissued 78s, not airchecks. This appears to be the second edition of...
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Easter 2024!! Eddie Brandt, Jerome Hines, Smith's Sacred Singers, Collegiate...
Joyous Easter music, rescued from Workupload exile. As you can see, the bunnies are excited. A mix of secular and sacred, though many (most?) details of Easter were, at some point in time,...
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No bummed-out banjos here: "Those Happy Banjos"--Art Mooney and His Orch....
So, what do we call phrases like "happy banjos"? Are they an example of anthropomorphizing or personifying? (Clock ticking; buzzer.) Right! Personifying! In this case, we're talking the happy...
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More post-WII nostalgia: "Do You Remember?"--Morton Gould and His Orchestra,...
Internet sources give 1949 as the release year for this boxed set, despite the 1948 date on the cover. And, in fact, the matrix numbers for the 78 rpm set reveal that these were recorded in 1947....
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A (more or less) Tribute to The Fabulous Dorseys (Palace M-707, 1957)
My guess is that (Jaques) Fontanna's A Tribute to the Fabulous Dorseys is the least of the budget cash-ins--er, salutes--to the late Jimmy and Tommy to appear in the latter half of 1957 (though...
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Sunday evening gospel: The Conveyors Quartet--Lovest Thou Me... More Than...
Don't let the cover scare you: This is terrific country-gospel quartet singing, and this quartet has already seen time at this blog, though the earlier link is now kaput, thanks to Workupload. But...
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Repost: The Dorsey Touch--Maury Laws' Chorus and Orch., 1957
NOTE: My April 18, 1918 text, with a new link. Thanks for musican1979 for reminding me to revive this: So, why did I buy this Goodwill album? Well, after going through eight or nine boxes, I'd picked...
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Various Artists for May, 2024: Piano Red, Donna Lynn, The Checkers, Pat...
No particular theme to this VA playlist: From John D. Loudermilk to Piano Red (aka, Willie Lee Perryman, aka Dr. Feelgood), from Villa-Lobos to Julius Fucik to Carole King, and from Si Zentner to...
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Continental Juke Box No. 1--Wally Stott, The Melody Sisters, Michel Legrand,...
This made-in-Holland ten-incher showed up during my latest Goodwill trip, and how could I pass up that fabulous cover? And, it turns out, the music is terrific, too, especially if you're in the mood...
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Various Artists, Part 2, for May 2024--Red Prysock, The Regents, June Valli,...
Today is my annual "No way I can be that old!" day (67, this time around), so I'm celebrating with more various artists. That is to say, with another various-artists post. "More various artists" is...
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Who among us doesn't dig "That West Coast Sound"? (Modern Sound 561; 1966)
You have a choice: I Love that West Coast Sound, by The Jalopy Five or That West Coast Sound, by The Jalopy Five. That is, you can go by the front jacket or the back. And, of course, some of these...
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Hit Records filler/B-sides: A fun (and, hopefully, enlightening) survey
Wow--Blogger has made things even more of a hassle. It has added an utterly pointless extra step to uploading images from a PC. There's some reverse-logic idea that increasing the number of...
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Fourth of July music: "Grand Canyon Suite" (Grofe)--Andre Kostelanetz and His...
Imagine my excitement when I encountered--for the first time, ever--a MONAURAL copy of the 1966 Harmony reissue of the Andre Kostelanetz recording of the Grand Canyon Suite. Andre's marvelous reading...
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Happy Birthday, Merv: Let's Dance Tonight (1952)
Actually, Merv's birthday was the 6th, but I'm within a week. And I've been wanting to feature this 1952 EP set (which also appeared as a 10-inch LP) for some time. And the 1952 release year is...
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Thrift store shellac scores: "Ghost Riders in the Sky,""Cheroubtoul Rah."
"Thrift store shellac scores"--say that ten times. ("That, that, that, that...") Yes, we find some of the least usual shellac in thrift stores. Alongside the common-as-dust platters (Frankie Laine...
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