From 1983, Celtic Stone

This cassette is a fine example of a modern-day take on music from the Aulde Countrie.  "Modern" meaning 1983, that is.

Here's an "unnofficial" home page for Celtic Stone, which may or may not be the name of Clauss & Llewellyn's "group."

Here's a similar page of notes for this particular album.

The selections are:

01. Little Beggarman (with "The Red-Haired Boy") (2:52)

02. Drowsy Maggie (2:18)

03. Pedding Up the Hill / Merrily Kiss the Quaker (3:17)

04. Flowering Wolves (The Flowers of Edinborough / Howling Wolves) (2:22)

05. John Barleycorn (7:23)

06. The Irish Washerwoman / Swallowtail Jig (2:08)

07. Slides (The Ballyfin Slide, O'Keefe's Slide, The Cock of the North) (2:05)

08. Do You Love an Apple? (3:38)

09. Irish Polkas (The Jenny Lind Polka, Dennis Murphy's Polka, Maurice Manley's Polka) (3:26)

10. Gerryowen / Brian Boru's March (4:13)

11. Two Magicians (5:04)

12. The Black Nag (2:46)

And now you can start reelin' and jiggin' yourself!
 

Recognizing Vets and the Military -- THANK YOU

My dad's side of the family is well represented in the forces of the USA.  Dad's father served in the stables during WWI;  Dad was in the Army Air Corps; his brother Harold (who I never met) died on a ship in the Mediterranean during WWII.

My brother-in-law served in Vietnam, and a nephew-in-law was one of President Reagan's bodyguard detail once.

To them, and all who have served, you've got my highest thanks and admiration for that service.

Now, whether or not they would appreciate this olde-tyme Military Edition of the Record Round-Up, eh? who knows?

From The Company of Military Historians comes this LP.

Side 1, Tracks 1-12 of this CD, are instrumental, bugle calls and the like.  You know, before text alerts soldiers were given instructions by memorizing a series of different toots on a metal, cornicular instrument.

The discerning listener will recognize melodies used in such venues as Dudley Do-Right, and the wake-up calls and "lights-up" standards of American pop culture (back when we had one).

Side 2. Tracks 13-20, are vocal selections.

01. The Young Recruit (4:37)

02. Hail Columbia (1:43)

03. Garryowen (1:02)

04. Quicksteps 1 2 3 4 5 (4:30)

05. Reveille - Stable Call (0:35)

06. Mess - Sick Call - Fatigue (0:38)

07. Assembly of the Trumpeters - Assembly of Guard Details - Officers' Call (0:33)

08. Watering Call - Drill Call - First Sergeant's Call - Recall (0:29)

09. School Call - Church Call - Fire Call (0:53)

10. Assembly - Adjutant's Call - Boots and Saddles - To Arms (0:41)

11. Retreat - To the Colors (1:12)

12. Tattoo - Extinguish Lights (1:32)

13. Regular Army, O (3:19)

14. Garryowen (2:10)

15. Buffalo Soldiers (1:05)

16. O'Reilly's Gone to Hell (2:38)

17. Fiddler's Green (1:16)

18. Old Arizona Again (1:53)

19. Revelry of the Dying (2:06)

20. The Girl I Left Behind Me (1:33)

Also included is a four-page PDF booklet of the liner notes.

 

SaH-LUUTE!

Legendary Masters of the Piano

This is a three-LP set, first released in 1963, from Book-of-the-Month club, via my mom.  Its origin is this:

Various composers and famous performers played compositions  on a Welte reproducing piano, which preserved those performances down to the keystrokes and timing.

CONTENTS OF THE ALBUM

Band	Performing Artist	Composer	Composition
	Side 1
1	JOSEF HOFMANN	MENDELSSOHN	Rondo capriccioso,0p. 14
2	TERESA CARREÑO	LISZT	Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6
3	TERESA CARREÑO	CHOPIN	Nocturne in G,  Op. 37, No. 2
	Side 2
1	XAVER SCHARWENKA	BEETHOVEN	Sonata in E minor, Op. 90 —First Movement
2	ALFRED GRÜNFELD	SCHUMANN	Traumerei, Op. 15, No. 7
3	VLADIMIR DE PACHMANN	CHOPIN	Waltz in C sharp minor,  Op. 64, No. 2
4	VLADIMIR DE PACHMANN	CHOPIN	Waltz in D flat,  Op. 64, No. 1
5	JOSEF LHEVINNE	SCRIABIN	Nocturne for the Left Hand,  Op. 9, No. 2
6	JOSEF LHEVINNE	CZERNY	Octave Etude,  Op. 740, No. 5
	Side 3
1	CLAUDE DEBUSSY	DEBUSSY	La plus que lente
2	MAURICE RAVEL	RAVEL	Sonatine —First Movement
3	CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS	SAINT-SAËNS	Gavotte in F,  Op. 90, No. 3
4	GABRIEL FAURÉ	FAURE	Barcarolle in A minor,  Op. 26
5	EDVARD GRIEG	GRIEG	Butterfly,  Op. 43, No. 1
6	ALEXANDER SCRIABIN	SCRIABIN	Etude,  Op. 8, No. 12
	Side 4
1	ENRIQUE GRANADOS	GRANADOS	Spanish Dance No. 5
2	GUSTAV MAHLER	MAHLER	"Ich ging mit Lust durch  einen grünen Wald"  from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
3	RICHARD STRAUSS	RICHARD STRAUSS	Fragments from Salome
4	OSSIP GABRILOWITSCH	CHOPIN	Mazurka in B minor,  Op. 33, No. 4
5	EUGEN D'ALBERT	LISZT -D'ALBERT	Liebestraum in A
	Side 5
1	THEODOR LESCHETIZKY	MOZART	Fantasia in C minor,  K. 475
2	THEODOR LESCHETIZKY	CHOPIN	Nocturne in D flat,  Op. 27, No. 2
	Side 6
1	IGNACE JAN PADEREWSKI	CHOPIN	Ballade No. 3 in A flat,  Op. 47
2	FERRUCCIO BUSONI	CHOPIN	Prelude in D flat,  Op. 28, No. 15
3	FERRUCCIO BUSONI	VERDI-LISZT	Rigoletto Paraphrase

--Split into two discs.

Being a dub of older LPs, there is some background noise.  But the music is stirring, thrilling, enchanting!

Disc 01 and Disc 02.

See you Thursday!
 

The Cover Pays for It All!

You can't say that this gal doesn't have a sense of humor!

I've found one listing describing this LP as a 1963 release.  I can't say that these arrangements fulfill my notion of "Dixieland," but they are good in their way.

And you have to give HUGE "winning!" points for the gal on the cover!  This is a Miss Liberty I like -- halfway between a coy wave and blacking your eye...

01. Columbia the Gem of the Ocean (2:55)

02. Chicago (2:24)

03. I'm Coming Virginia (3:22)

04. Royal Garden Blues (2:22)

05. The Lonesome Road (6:17)

06. You Are My Sunshine (2:58)

07. Too Marvelous for Words (4:12)

08. Blues in the Night (3:42)

09. Blue Skies (2:13)

10. Midnight in Moscow (2:53)

Give 'er a spin! 

  

Ray Martin: Thunderball and Other Thriller Music

This "orchestra" may be more like a eight-man combo, it's hard to tell.  Dig those crazy patter vocalizations in this  1965 release.  ! 

01 - Thunderball (from the film “Thunderball”)

02 - The Knack (from the film “The Knack”)

03 - Theme from “The F.B.I.”

04 - A Man Alone (from the film “The Ipcress File”)

05 - Theme from “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.”

06 - Mister Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (from the film “Thunderball”)

07 - Theme for “Honey West”

08 - I Spy (from the TV show “I Spy”)

09 - Theme from “Trials of O'Brien”

10 - The Young Set (from the film “The Young Set”)

Thrill!