A Festival of England

 

It's a two-cassette album of stiff-upper-lip and/or mystical evocations of Ye Olde Homeland, officially sanctioned by Britannia herself.

A Festival of England, Disc 1 (63:17)
01 - Pomp and Circumstance March 1 - Elgar (7:07)
02 - Imperial March - Elgar (4:23)
03 - Pomp and Circumstance March 4 - Elgar (5:20)
04 - Orb and Sceptre Coronation March - Walton (7:28)
05 - Coronation March 1953 - Bax (6:41)
06 - Variations on an Original Theme, "Enigma" - Elgar (32:17)

A Festival of England, Disc 2 (56:04)
01 - Tintagel - Bax (13:30)
02 - A Shropshire Lad - Butterworth (8:39)
03 - The Banks of Green Willow - Butterworth (5:23)
04 - Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis - Vaughan Williams (16:58)
05 - Fantasia on Greensleeves - Vaughan Williams (4:57) 06 - On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring - Delius (6:37)

All wrapped up for you in one fat file.

See you right back here on Thursday, October 1st, for the commencement of SPOOKY SPOCK-TOBER!

  

Narcissus Beware!

It's cosmic, baby!  You got your bells and your echoey voices and everything.

01. Crossing the Line (11:30)
02. Spacelights (2:31)
03. Adrift (4:48)
04. Starfires (3:20)

05. Ascension of the Subtle Body (3:54) 

06. The Empty Mirror (26:00)

I hope you have fun spacing out with this one.

Tibetan III

See you on Monday!  And welcome to Fall!  Spooky Spock-Tober is just around the corner!

   

The Pre-Fab Four Roll Again!

Yes, these are stripped-down, alternate versions of the songs heard on the Rutles' TV special and its concomitant album.

01. Baby Let Me Be (2:09)
02. Blue Suede Schubert (2:21)
03. Between Us (2:31)
04. It's Looking Good (1:58)
05. Goose Step Mama (2:35)
06. I Must Be in Love (2:19)
07. We've Arrived (and to Prove It We're Here) (2:05)
08. Now She's Left You (1:46)
09. Number One (2:42)
10. Love Life (2:17)
11. Good Times Roll (3:11)
12. Doubleback Alley (3:13)
13. Piggy in the Middle (2:48)
14. Let's Be Natural (2:26)
15. Get Up and Go (3:29)
16. Living in Hope (2:37)
17. Plenty of Time (3:35)

The Savage Young Rutles 

See you on Thursday!

   

A Red Boot!

This bootleg has been churning around awhile.  I came across it on a defunct forum.  I leveled the volume and named the files.

All I can tell you is that SOME of the music is not found in the commercial release of The Flash soundtrack by the late, great Shirley Walker.

Trial of the Trickster

01. The Flash Opening Titles (1:35)

02.  Trial of the Trickster (1:52)

03.  Love Letters (0:52)

04.  Escape (1:24)

05.  Clarx Toys (0:25)

06.  Impressive Resume (0:41)

07.  Prank (1:43)

08.  Terror (0:25)

09.  Trap (3:06)

10.  Brain Wash (1:08)

11.  Evil Partners (2:26)

12.  Nag Nag Nag (0:29)

13.  To the Courthouse (0:11)

14.  Court Theme (0:20)

15.  Good Flash Again (1:28)

16.  Escaping Again (1:14)

17.  Chasing the Trickster (1:31)

18.  Maximum Isolation Cell (0:45)

19.  Home of The Flash (0:26)

Captain Cold

 20.  St. Diogenes Club (0:44)

21.  Frozen Dead Guys (0:51)

22.  Three Bombs Trap (1:39)

23.  Captain Cold (0:33)

24.  Deadly Snowball (1:34)

25.  Terry's Trap (0:49)

26.  The Flash and Terry in Trouble (0:57)

27.  Frozen Flash / Tina to the Rescue (0:44)

28.  I Won't Let You Die (1:04)

29.  Terry's Apartment Attack (1:09)

30.  Prison Escape (1:16)

31.  New Weapons (0:24)

32.  Frozen Bus (0:33)

33.  Captain Cold Attack (0:25)

34.  Final Battle (1:14)

I added series opening and closing credits at the beginning and the end of the disc.

Flash Out!

See you on Monday.

Canadian Brass Plays George Gershwin

It's up to you to decide if it's a good idea.

01. Strike Up the Band! (3:11)
02. Someone to Watch Over Me (2:42)
03. The Rhythm Series (Medley): Clap Yo’ Hands / Fidgety Feet / Fascinating Rhythm / I Got Rhythm (3:34)
04. A Foggy Day / Nice Work If You Can Get It (3:19)
05. The Man I Love (3:06)
06. Rialto Ripples (2:12)
07. Preludes for Piano: No. 1. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso (1:42)
08. Preludes for Piano: No. 2. Andante con moto e poco rubato (3:43)
09. Preludes for Piano: No. 3. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso (1:17)
10. Porgy and Bess (Suite): Introduction / Jasbo Brown Blues / Summertime (6:49)
11. Porgy and Bess (Suite): It Ain’t Necessarily So (4:56)
12. Porgy and Bess (Suite): Bess, You Is My Woman Now (4:09)
13. Porgy and Bess (Suite): I Loves You, Porgy (2:54)
14. Porgy and Bess (Suite): A Woman Is a Sometime Thing / I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’ (2:57)
15. Porgy and Bess (Suite): Oh, Lawd, I’m on My Way (3:18)

Strike it already!

See you on Thursday!

Inspired by Lord of the Rings

It's a 1972 album by Bo Hansson.  It's moody prog-rock, mainly organ and synth, with percussion and other instruments along for the ride.  These are musical impressions, "inspired" by LOTR.  I bought the LP in 1973 or so.  This is from a reissue.

01. Leaving Shire (3:31)
02. The Old Forest & Tom Bombadil (3:44)
03. Fog on the Barrow-Downs (2:31)
04. The Black Riders & The Flight to the Ford (4:08)
05. At the House of Elrond & The Ring Goes South (4:43)
06. A Journey in the Dark (1:13)
07. Lothlorien (4:01)
08. Shadowfax (0:50)
09. The Horns of Rohan & The Battle of the Pelennor Fields (4:00)
10. Dreams in the House of Healings (1:59)
11. Homeward Bound & The Scouring of the Shire (2:56)
12. The Grey Havens (5:08)
13. Early Sketches from Middle Earth (8:52)

Music Inspired by Lord of the Rings

Maybe you'll like it.  Or at least be haunted by it, as I am.  See you on Monday!
 

More Good Music from a Crummy Label

Yes, it's another collection of good music presented by the incompetent doodooheads at Sine Qua Non.  And as note in this previous post, the doofusses can't even get their labelling correct.

You see, there are SIX tracks on Side 2 of this tape. The cassette liner omits the fourth song.  But yours truly has spared no brain cell to identify "Baltimore Todolo."

01. Solace (A Mexican Serenade) (4:23)

02. Something Doing - a Ragtime Two-Step (3:34)
03. Augustan Club Waltz (4:27)
04. Heliotrope Bouquet - a Slow Drag Two-Step (3:51)
05. Pleasant Moments - a Ragtime Waltz (3:06)
06. Stoptime Rag (2:07)
07. Daddy Won't You Please Come Home (3:48)
08. Troublesome Ivories - a Ragtime Rag (2:39)
09. My Handyman Ain't Handy No More (4:07)
10. Baltimore Todolo (2:52)
11. Memories of You (3:55)
12. Poor Katie Red (Eubie's Slow Drag) (4:22)
 
Peabody Ragtime Ensemble - Ragtime Band

Let me know if it's fun for you, too!  See you Thursday.

  

Will the World Love Their Interesting Enunciations?

This is a fun and sometimes touching album.

01. Reach Your Hand (2:12)

02. Everything Is Beautiful (3:00)
03. Hymn Medley 01 (5:32)
04. Voglein im Hohen Baum (1:55)
05. The Flight of the Bumblebee (1:24)
06. The Swan (2:46)
07. Stars and Stripes Forever (2:18)
08. Hymn Medley 02 (6:01)
09. I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (2:28)
10. O Shenandoah (2:01)
11. Down from His Glory (2:10)
12. Put Your Hand in the Hand (2:43)
13. Amazing Grace (1:18)

This despite the stereotypical 1970s orchestral arrangements (by Ralph Carmichael of 1970s expertise).  The voices are charming and disarming -- as intended by the marketing staff.

Of interest to me was that Track 11, "Down from His Glory," is not listed in the passenger manifest -- I mean, the LP track listing on the back.  You'll see for yourself in the scan.

The Korean Children's Choir - To the World with Love

See you on Monday, toodle-oo until then!