She's Wild! She's Cool! She's a Spy! She's a Girl!

And she looks spiffy in go-go boots, especially the white-vinyl kind.

This 1966 album swings a bit in the same campy, wants-to-be-hep style as the show did.

01. Jerry Goldsmith - The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1:33)

02. Dave Grusin - Shall We Gather at the Boat Dock (2:14)

03. Dave Grusin - Out of the Frying Pan (2:07)

04. Dave Grusin - April (2:22)

05. Dave Grusin - Mother Muffin (2:07)

06. Teddy Randazzo - Movin' On (2:15)

07. Dave Grusin - The GirlfFrom U.N.C.L.E. (2:38)

08. Richard Shores - Sneaky Search (2:54)

09. Dave Grusin - Somewhere in Greece (2:07)

10. Teddy Randazzo - The Countess (2:58)

11. Richard Shores - Bomb Scare (2:23)

12. Dave Grusin - Follow the T.H.R.U.S.H. (2:26)

It's still rots o' fun.

The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. 

See you Thursday!
  

Salute to Cousin Frank

Actually, Frank was my cousin-in-law.

This is his 1990 release.

01. White Pontiac (6:09)

02. Mean to Me (4:41)

03. Slow Dancin' (6:14)

04. People (6:48)

05. Fly Me to the Moon (5:25)

06. Darn that Dream (5:47)

07. Soon It's Gonna Rain (5:09)

08. Persevere (5:22)

Frank passed in 2004.  Here's a photo of him at a 2001 family gathering.

Per-se-vere 

See you Monday.  Don't quit on me!

 

Don't Drop That Orb!

Until the orb shines again, have fun ridin' down memory lane with Brisco.

VA - Adventures of Brisco County OST

 

 

01 - Main Title - Randy Edelman

 

“No Man’s Land”

(Stephen Graziano)

02 - Brisco Rides

03 - Tumbling

04 - Battle Wagon Arrives

05 - Attack on the Town Pt  1

06 - Future vs Future

 

“Brisco in Jalisco”

(Stephen Graziano)

07 - Cheating at Cards

08 - Map Transition

09 - The Battle

10 - Ambush

11 - Finale

 

“Socrates’ Sister”

(Stephen Graziano)

12 - Chasing Randolph

13 - Science

14 - The Wagon

15 - Confrontation

 

“Riverboat”

(Velton Ray Bunch)

16 - The Hard Way

17 - Brisco Helps Wylie

18 - The Con

19 - The Boxing Match

 

“Pirates!”

(Stephen Graziano)

20 - Pirates of Nevada

21 - The Bravest Man

22 - Bar Fight

23 - Confrontation

24 - Finale

 

“Senior Spirit”

(Velton Ray Bunch)

25 - Bly Takes Jason

26 - Faith

27 - The Wrong Orb

 

 

“Brisco for the Defense”

(Stephen Graziano)

28 - Brisco

29 - Cattle Drive

30 - Finale

 

“Showdown”

(Velton Ray Bunch)

31 - Bar Fight

32 - Does This Work Ever End

33 - The Swimming Hole

34 - Showdown

 

“Crystal Hawks”

(Velton Ray Bunch)

35 - Brisco in the Rain

36 - Meet Crystal Hawks

37 - Street Chase

38 - Brisco’s Destiny

39 - Brisco vs Bly

 

40 - End Credits - Randy Edelman

County

See you Thursday, fellow Brisco-neers!

  

A Fun Trip to the Delta

This is a 1980 release I first purchased as an LP.

RAINBOW DELTA:

01. Frank Stella by Starlight (3:21)

02. Unacceptable Dance Styles (2:11)

03. Take the 5:10 to Dreamland (5:53)

04. La Grange Point Five (6:34)

DRACONIAN MEASURES:

05. Arrival Music (6:57)

06. Ravel Goes to Germany (3:50)

07. Hobbits Are Dancing (4:45)

08. Clouds / Blue Skies (3:40)

I have no information on whether the critters mentioned in the title of Track 7 are dancing because their feet are on fire.

Rainbow Delta

Hope you too enjoy!

  

Jade! Dr Zin! Mutants! What Else Could You Want?

Here is John Debney's 1993 score for the fun little made-for-TV Jonny's Golden Quest.

01. Jonny and His Mom / Main Theme (2:11)

02. Fond Memories of Mom (1:33)

03. Dr. Zin's Lair (3:44)

04. Jonny Couldn't Save His Mom (4:50)

05. Jonny Reflects (2:52)

06. Jonny and Hadji Escape in Brazil (2:29)

07. Ice Sailing in Japan (1:31)

08. Escape in Rome (2:14)

09. Discovering Dr. Zin's Lab (4:22)

10. Jonny Decides to Act (1:11)

11. Destruction of Dr. Zin (7:35)

12. Fond Farewells / End Title (3:04)

Jonny's Golden Quest

Tell Bandit to stop yipping, I'm trying to sleep here!  See you Thursday.

  

Grand Ragtime from an American Master

This is a 1973 album cadged from my mom.

01. On the Lamb (2:53)

02. Burnt Fingers (4:47)

03. Sleight of Hand (3:14)

04. Scott Joplin's Victory (7:45)

05. Ragtime Turtledove (3:59)

06. Behemoth Two-step (3:42)

07. Onion Skin Rag (2:32)

08. Queen of Sheba Slow Drag and Stomp (5:35)

09. Sleepwalker's Shuffle (3:56)

10. Nightmare Fantasy Rag - A Night on Rag Mountain (9:03)

11. Morning Reveries (4:14)

Albright fell into the ragtime business and helped popularize it in solo and group recordings.  Another of his releases is here.

Albright Plays Albright

You'll just eat it up!  My favorite is the staggering Track 10.  What's yours?

See you Monday for some more fun!

  

Prepare to Fall Under His Spell!

This 1981 album isn't really dronish or monotonous, but you may fall under its spell anyway.

01. Cycle Song (7:02)

02. Cycle One: Namaste (4:04)

03. Fly (9:13)

04. Ode (6:49)

05. Cycle Two: Trio (5:24)

06. Cycle Three: Quintet And Coda (7:45)

07. Jessica's Sunwheel (5:20)

Yes, it cycles, it pinwheels, you just try and not be fascinated.

Cycles -- David Darling 

By the way, welcome to this year's APRIL FUN at the Record Round-Up!  This month is just about stuff which tickles me in some way ... not that every other month ain;t got something up its tricky sleeve ...  See you back on Thursday, fellow fun seekers!

Come to Carolan's Cottage -- You'll Like It

While the stone cottage seen on the CD cover may be drafty, the music should keep you warmed up!

01. Fanny Power (4:37)

02. Planxty Crilly (2:10)

03. Squire Wood's Lamentation on the Refusal of His Halfpence (3:50)

04. James Plunkett (1:50)

05. Carolan's Cottage (4:35)

06. Sir Festus Burke (2:31)

07. Bridget Cruise, Fourth Air (3:03)

08. Carolan's Quarrel with the Landlady (2:59)

09. Edward Corcoran (3:28)

10. Thomas Burke (3:16)

11. Morgan Magan (3:13)

12. Carolan's Receipt, or Dr. John Stafford (3:10)

It’s a 1986 release.  All of the Celtic charm, none of the Celtic irritating drone or whine!  Also included is a one-page catalog of sorts.

Carolan's Cottage

See you on Monday for some April Fun!

  

A Penultimate Song

This is the last of my albums of Mary O'Hara's beautiful singing and playing.

It's a 1982 release.

01. My Lagan Love (4:00)

02. Kitty of Coleraine (1:49)

03. A Soft Day (2:11)

04. Óró Mo Bháidin (Óró My Little Boat) (3:20)

05. Young Brigid O'Malley (2:39)

06. Danny Boy (3:13)

07. The Spanish Lady (2:19)

08. She Moved Through the Fair (3:15)

09. The Gartan Mother's Lullaby (3:26)

10. The Fairy Tree (2:11)

11. Ailiú Éanai (2:53)

12. Bring Me a Shawl from Galway (3:21)

13. Down by the Sally Gardens (2:54)

14. The Song of Glendun (4:08)

15. An Peata Circe (The Pet Hen) (1:26)

16. The Quiet Land of Erin (3:28)

A couple of tracks are repeats from earlier albums, but with different performances.  Enchanting!

A Song for Ireland 

See you on Thursday for the last of our Irish-tinged posts!

  

Why Isn't That Piano Sinking?

I mean, a grand piano sitting out on an Irish countryside, why aren't there any tracks from dragging the thing? Could this thing be staged? Perish the thought!

01. Danny Boy (3:58)

02. Spancil Hill (4:40)

03. The Bride's Return (4:38)

04. O'Neill's March (2:34)

05. Galway Bay (5:15)

06. From Clare to Here (4:34)

07. Only Our Rivers Run Free (5:46)

08. Tóg go bog é (Take It Easy) (3:35)

09. Dublin in the Rare 'Oul Times/ Molly Malone (4:26)

10. Star of the County Down (5:50)

11. Scenes of Antrim (4:16)

12. The Reel of Timothy O'Neill (2:24)

13. Carrickfergus (4:25)

14. The Town I Loved So Well (3:11)

15. The Meeting of the Waters (3:27)

A 1996 release that’s by turns beguiling and ponderous.  Mr O’Neill should not be singing (the overlong Track 7).  

The Meeting of the Waters

See you Monday!

  

And a Mighty Fine One It Is!

Well, top o' the morning to ya.  This here is a great collection of songs, played and sung by that wondrous lady.

01. An Crann Ubhall (The Apple Tree) (1:29)

02. She Lived Beside the Anner (3:05)

03. Cucuin A Chuaichin (Cuckoo Little Cuckoo) (1:43)

04. Kitty of Coleraine (1:48)

05. Roisin Dubh (Dark Rosaleen) (2:58)

06. Down by the Sally Gardens (2:24)

07. Luibin O Luth (2:28)

08. I Will Walk with My Love (2:22)

09. Seothin Seo (3:09)

10. The Parting (2:11)

11. s Ar Eirinn Ni N-Eosfhainn Ce H-I (And for Ireland I'd Not Tell Her Name) (3:35)

12. The Last Rose of Summer (3:55)

13. Sean 'Sa Bhriste Leathair (John and His Leather Breeches) (1:36)

14. Young Brigid O'Malley (2:34)

15. Deus Meus (My God) (2:22)

16. I Know My Love (2:58)

17. Sliabh Geal Gcua Ne Feile (Bright Mountain) (2:47)

18. Trotting to the Fair (1:48)

I think you'll think so, too.

Mary O'Hara's Ireland 

See you Thursday!

  

Sing Along If You're Still Sober!

Cheap shot, but playing to stereotypes with that one, I confess.

01. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (2:29)

02. Mother Machree (2:25)

03. Molly Malone (3:03)

04. A Little Bit of Heaven (3:48)

05. I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen (3:04)

06. Shenanigans (1:48)

07. Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby) (2:38)

08. The Rose of Tralee (3:21)

09. Kerry Dance (2:44)

10. Come Back to Erin (4:20)

11. The Girl I Left Behind Me (1:39)

12. Christmas in Killarney (2:20)

There really was a Bill Shepherd Singers (I never heard of them).  Painted in reverb, this offering seems super-sincere, and therefore nowadays it comes off as very cheesy.  A men's-glee-club-type of jovial nightmare.

Irish Sing-Along 

Keep singin' 'til Monday!  See you then, with something a bit more heavenly.

  

A Voice Bringing Magic

I bought this LP at the OCU bookstore in 1974 and never repented for a second.  I fell in love with Mary O'Hara's voice and playing.  if you don't, then I scorn ye!

01. Haigh Didil Dum (1:11)

02. Carraig Donn (3:29)

03. The Frog Song (2:12)

04. Oro Mo Bhaidin (3:29)

05. Jackets Green (1:25)

06. Seoladh Na Ngamhna (Driving the Calves) (2:52)

07. Wexford Mummer's Song (2:17)

08. Sliabh Na Mban (The Mountain of the Women) (2:45)

09. The Gartan Mother's Lullaby (3:37)

10. Down by the Glenside (2:21)

11. Maidrin Ruadh (The Little Fox) (2:05)

12. Silent O Moyle (The Song of Fionnuala) (3:00)

13. Dia Luain Dia Mairt (Monday, Tuesday) (2:22)

14. Farewell, But Whenever (4:16)

15. The Leprechaun (1:23)

16. Na Leanbhai I Mveithil (The Children in Bethlehem) (2:00)

17. The Famine Song (2:20)

18. She Didn't Dance (1:50)

Songs of Ireland 

The album that won my romantic heart to her firm yet vulnerable voice and stark playing.  You'll be won over, too.

See you Thursday!

  

Unsatisfying Sampler

This is the worst kind of collection, only a few snippets of each song before changing to another one.  GRRRR!  Who is this supposed to appeal to?

Supposedly this accompanied a book with lyrics and guitar chords.  But what good is only thirty seconds of a song before the track segues to a different one?

After minutes of pains-taking research, I have come up with the titles of all the snippets included herein:

01 - Galway Shawl / Slievenamon / I Never Will Marry / Spancil Hill / Tied Up with a Black Velvet Band / Snowy Breasted Pearl / The Wild Colonial Boy / Love Is Pleasing

02 - Nora / Avondale / Danny Boy / The Winter It Is Past / The Dying Rebel / Bunch of Thyme

03 - The Minstrel Boy / Kelly of Killane / The Holy Ground / I'll Tell Me Ma / Risin’ of the Moon / Henry My Son / Dicey Reilly 

04 - Paddy’s Green Shamrock Shore / An Old Man Came Courting Me / Shores of Americae / The Dear Little Shamrock / The Cliffs of Dooneen / The Connemara Cradle Song / Spinning Wheel / Zoological Gardens / The Wild Rover

05 - Whiskey in a Jar / Waxie's Dargle / Rare Old Mountain Dew / The Spanish Lady / The Star of the County Down / Old Maid in the Garret / 

06 - Sweet Carnlough Bay / Easy and Slow / James Connolly / The West's Asleep / The Maid from Buncloudy / Father Murphy / Believe Me, If All These Endearing Young Charms / The Rose of Tralee

07 - Galway Races / Old Woman from Wexford / Golden Jubilee / Home Boys Home

08 - Down by the Salley Gardens / Slieve Gallon Braes / The Butcher Boy / Banna Strand / The Rose of Mooncoin / The Mountains of Mourne / Tis the Last Rose of Summer

09 - Molly Malone / Down by the Glenside / Carrickfergus / Skibbereen / Twenty-One Years / The Boston Burglar / Three Lovely Lassies from Kimmage / Do You Want Your Old Lobby Washed Down

10 - Will You Come to the Bower / Let Him Go, Let Him Tarry / The Boys of Wexford / The Foggy Dew / The Merry Ploughboy / The Irish Rover / A Nation Once Again

Don’t hold this one against poor old Ireland!

An over-crowded collection

As you can tell by the printing on the cassette, this is the companion to a book.

Good Luck!  See you Monday for something divine.

  

Welcome to a Taste of the Aulde Sod!

Well, I ain't really that sentimental about me dear ol' (partial) native home of Ireland, but I came across enough material to fill up this month. So grin and bear it, fellow shamrock-sniffers!

This here's a 1963 LP ripped and coddled by meself.

01. Birthday of St Patrick (1:57)

02. Slattery’s Mounted Fut (3:01)

03. Rose of Arranmore (2:24)

04. Irish Jaunting Car (2:01)

05. Shamus O’Brien (2:16)

06. I’ll Remember You, Love, in My Prayers (3:22)

07. Killeater Fair (2:44)

08. The Wild Colonial Boy (3:10)

09. Typical Irishman (2:58)

10. Spinning Wheel (3:04)

11. Sweet Marie (2:27)

12. Cottage by the Lea (3:37)

13. Norah Dailey (2:03)

Rare Songs of Old Ireland 

Faith and begorrah, it’s a tear-evoking, over-emotional trip to memories you may never have had, either!

See ye Thursday!

  

Swing It!

This is a fine 1991 compilation from a foundational Gospel group.

01. Swing Down, Chariot (3:30)

02. The Sun Didn't Shine (2:09)

03. Hush (3:12)

04. Jezebel (2:48)

05. Moses Smote the Water (2:32)

06. Shadrack (2:36)

07. Atom and Evil (3:19)

08. High, Low and Wide (2:36)

09. Daniel Saw the Stone (2:43)

10. Hold the Wind (2:44)

11. Pray for the Lights to Go Out (3:01)

12. God Told Nicodemus (2:33)

13. No Restricted Signs (Up in Heaven) (2:59)

14. Anyhow (2:39)

15. Didn't It Rain (2:25)

16. God's Gonna Cut 'Em Down (2:33)

17. My Time Done Come (2:43)

18. Listen to the Lambs (2:54)

19. Wade in the Water (2:45)

20. Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho (2:39)

My first acquaintance with the Golden Gate Quartet was "Atom and Evil," the opening track of the soundtrack album of The Atomic Cafe. The version on this collection is a different recording.

Another fine song is Track 13.  I'm not the only one who liked it.  SF author Philip José Farmer references "No Restricted Signs" in River of Eternity, the novel which was the first version of his Riverworld concept. Info about THAT confluence here, on the Super Blog.

Swing Down, Chariot!

See you on Monday for a month of music tied to St Patrick's Day!

  

Not Too Private, I Hope

This is a thrift-store find, as bare-bones as it looks.  Cassette was not labeled, only the insert has any info.

01. Eagle Dance (0:22)

02. Shawl Dance (2:12)

03. Fancy Dance (1:17)

04. Two Worlds, One Heartbeat (1:24)

05. Nighthawk and Butterfly (4:25)

06. A Love Scene (4:24)

07. A Meeting of Hearts (4:21)

08. A Lover Dies (3:31)

09. Imaginary Love (3:37)

10. Bliss Waltz (5:16)

11. It's Only Love (5:11)

12. Freefall (5:16)

13. Circles and Spheres (6:31)

14. Curves and Zigzags (8:40)

15. Triangles (7:43)

16. Parallels and Cylinders (7:44)

17. Finale (9:16)

18. Firewalking (3:45)

Private Collections #1 

Steve McLinn, aka Ojas, has produced some fine music over the years.  Listen to this sampler and then seek out some to buy for yourself!

http://www.ojasmusic.com/

See you Thursday.

  

Where's Your Sunglasses Boy?

A 1983 album of typical New Age folderal from a master. You might have heard some of this on Music from the Hearts of Space. I recognized Tracks Three and Six that way.

01. Sun Singer Theme (0:45)
02. Hymn To The Sun (4:23)
03. Dolphin Morning (4:26)
04. Reflections in a Summer Pond (2:26)
05. Dancing Particles (5:27)
06. Winter's Dream (5:32)
07. Heaven Within (4:09)
08. Big Ben's Bolero (5:12)
09. Sun Singer (3:59)

Sun Singer

The problem with nature worship, of course, is that nature is as fickle and transient as any other tangible thing. Nature can represent or inspire us to search for the divine. But, like carnal love or like art or food, it is a manifestation of goodness, not the source of the good.

Enjoy these emanations!  See you Monday.