File Under Spy!

Here are a couple of olde tyme albums of covers of spy tunes.  They be lotsa fun.

You can thank Columbia Special Products for this one.

Swingin' Sounds for Secret Agents:

1)  Percy Faith - Thunderball    

2)  Mel Tormé - Secret Agent Man    

3)  Village Stompers - From Russia With Love    

4)  John Barry - The James Bond Theme    

5)  David Lloyd - 007    

6)  Bobby Vinton - Goldfinger    

7)  John Barry - Ipcress File    

8)  Ray Conniff - Third Man Theme    

9)  David Lloyd - On Her Majesty's Secret Service    

10)  Orchestra U.S.A. - The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 

According to contemporary photos, the guitar of Billy Strange was no larger than normal.

Secret Agent File:

1 Thunderball

2 A Man Alone

3 9th Man Theme

4 I Spy

5 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Theme

6 The James Bond Theme

7 Our Man Flint

8 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

9 Run Spy Run

10 Get Smart

11 007 Theme

12 Goldfinger

If you're like me, you can still get some big thrills from these ole platters.

PS see you Thursday, when we'll begin this year's JULY SPOCKEBRATION, celebrating our country's birthday!

  

Wish I Could Perform Like That

Prepare to be amazed!

The Performing Piano (55:20)

01 - Minuet in G - Paderewski - performed by  Ignace Paderewski  (3:50)

02 - The Beautiful Blue Danube - Strauss   (arr Schulz-Evler) - performed by  Josef Lhévinne  (8:41)

03 - La Campanella (The Bells) - Paganini   (arr Liszt) -performed by  Josef Lhévinne  (5:08)

04 - Scherzo, Op 39, No 3 - Chopin -performed by  Sergei Rachmaninoff  (10:03)

05 - Invitation to the Dance - von Weber -performed by  Artur Schnabel  (7:25)

06 - Hungarian Rhapsody 2 - Liszt -performed by  Alfred Cortot  (7:58)

07 - Mazeppa - Liszt - performed by  Erwin Nyiregyházi  (8:04)

08 - Prelude in C Sharp Minor - Rachmaninoff - performed by  Sergei Rachmaninoff  (4:12)

 The Performing Piano II (70:14)

01 - Moonlight Sonata 1 - Beethoven - Lhévinne (6:35)
02 - Moonlight Sonata 2 - Beethoven - Lhévinne (1:58)
03 - Moonlight Sonata 3 - Beethoven - Lhévinne (5:24)
04 - Valse Caprice in Eb - Rubinstein - Rosenthal (5:41)
05 - Gypsy Rondo - Brahms - von Dohnányi (6:15)
06 - Valse Leute - Delibes - von Dohnányi (5:18)
07 - Spinning Song - Mendelssohn - Rachmaninoff (1:57)
08 - Were I a Bird - von Henselt - Rachmaninoff (1:58)
09 - Troika - Tchaikovsky - Rachmaninoff (3:45)
10 - Barcarolle #2 - Rubinstein - Rachmaninoff (4:54)
11 - Etude #6 - Rachmaninoff - Rachmaninoff (3:04)
12 - Concerto in A Minor 1 - Grieg - Volavy (10:59)
13 - Concerto in A Minor 2 - Grieg - Volavy (5:19)
14 - Concerto in A Minor 3 - Grieg - Volavy (7:07)

These early piano rolls provide astounding musical realities from long ago. See you Monday!

  

Stretch 'Em! Make 'Em Your Own!

Here we have a wondrous piece of musical taffy from the Beatles Remixers Group,  BRG-02 - Rubber Sounds:

01 - Drive My Car - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

02 - Norwegian Wood - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

03 - You Won't See Me - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

04 - Nowhere Man - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

05 - Think for Yourself - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

06 - The Word - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

07 - Michelle - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

08 - What Goes On - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

09 - Girl - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

10 - I'm Looking Through You - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

11 - In My Life - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

12 - Wait - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

13 - If I Needed Someone - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

14 - Run for Your Life - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

15 - Norwegian Wood - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

16 - I'm Looking Through You - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

17 - Girl - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

18 - Think for Yourself - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

19 - The Word - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

20 - Drive My Car - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

21 - If I Needed Someone - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

22 - Michelle - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

23 - In My Life - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

24 - Nowhere Man - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

BRG-02 - Rubber Sounds

As the front art says, these are remixes of the stereo tracks from which the "original" versions were built.  Have fun cruisin' Saturn in your 88!  See you Thursday.

 

No Phlegm-ish Jokes, Just Fine Music

RE-POST FROM 2016:

This 1962 LP will be fun for you, if you're a fan of music made while our musical rules were still forming.  By turns labyrinthine and straightforward, lilting and harsh, it comes and passes, wishing only a few moments of your time.

Tielman Susato: Suite of Dances

1.  I. Basse danse "La mourisque"

     II. Branle and "Fagot"

2.  III. Two Rondes

     IV. Basse danse and Reprise

     V. Allemaingne and Recoupe

3.  VI. Pavane "Mille regretz"

     VII. Pavane "La bataille"

4.  Lodovico Viadana:  Canzon "La Padovana" (a 8)

5.  Andrea Gabrieli:  Ricercar del Duodecimo Tuono (a 4)

6.  Giovanni Battista Grillo:  Canzon (a 4)

7.  Giovanni Gabrieli:  Canzon terza (a 4)

8.  Florentio Maschera:  Canzon "La Fontana" (a 4)

9.  Giovanni Gabrieli:  Canzon quarta (a 4)

10.  Canzon Septimi Toni (a 8)

Renaissance Festival Music - Flemish Dances and Venetian Music

We are taking off Thursday due to working on Soonercon.  You should come to Oklahoma and join us!

  

I'll Space Out If You Will

 

This 1978 cover album is credited to "The Galactic Force Band."  This is the only release from "The galactic Force Band," so I suspect this was a studio group, perhaps assembled by a producer/arranger at the label.

1. The Conversation (Theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind)

2. Theme From 2001

3. Cantina Band from Star Wars

4. Space Dust

5. Main Title from Star Wars

6. Main Title Theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind

7. Theme from Star Trek

8. Galactic Go Go

Spaced Out Disco

But it's lotsa fun, campers!

See you Monday.

  

Be a Good Spy

This here 1965 gem is by a guitar wizard who was hampered by 1960s musical trends.  But it's a lot of fun.

Sounds For Spies And Private Eyes

1. Theme From The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

2. The Fugitive Theme

3. Secret Agent Man

4. Underwater Chase

5. The Third Man Theme

6. Slaughter On Tenth Avenue

7. Man Of Mystery

8. The Bronze Doll

9. Goldfinger

10. The Eye In Flat Five

11. A Quiet Thing

But as with many cover albums there are some filler "originals."

See you Thursday!

  

Still as Much Fun as 1966!

This here is one of my personal old-time favorites, bought by Mom for her youngest because she knew I loved ole Supes, and because she knew the musical from having read the text as published in an annual “best of” volume from the library.

According to Discogs, this “cover” record is a 1966 release.

01. It's Superman (1:56)
02. You've Got Possibilities (1:51)
03. Man of Steel (2:08)
04. Kryptonite (2:44)
05. Fortress of Solitude (2:21)
06. Mr. Mxyzptlk (2:04)
07. Bizarro Boogie (2:39)
08. Curse of the Double L (2:24)
09. Clark Kent's Secret Identity (3:04)
10. Metropolis by Night (2:37)

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman

Only the first two tracks are from the musical. The rest are fillers, in a style well known to fans of 1960s “cover” records. I was able to recognize most of them:

03 - Man of Steel -- “Streets of Laredo”
04 - Kryptonite - “Sweet Betsy from Pike”
06 - Mr. Mxyzptlk -- unidentified, but I like the guitar “booinnng!” sound in a track named for a trickster.
07 - Bizarro Boogie -- similar to “Blue-Tailed Fly” and even Monty Python’s “Lumberjack Song”!
08 - Curse of the Double L -- This one riffs on the song of the Volga Boatmen.
09 - Clark Kent’s Secret Identity -- This one’s a version of “the worms crawl in, the worms crawl out.”
10 - Metropolis by Night -- It’s a hep version of the folk song “Cindy.”

You have to admit that the titles of these fillers are pretty exemplary of Super topics!

Have fun, my friends!  I know I did when re-listening a few minutes ago.  See you on Monday!

  

Twice the Retro Sizzle

Here are two old-fashioned re-ups from older posts, which have now-dead links.  Resurrected for you!

Toni Carroll Sings Hits of the Roaring 20s

1  I'm Just Wild About Harry

2  Doodle-Doo-Doo

3  Hand Me Down My Walking Cane

4  Bill Bailey

5  Under The Bamboo Tree

6  Hello My Baby

7  Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee

8  Ida

9  Careless Love

10  Five Foot Two

More Hawaii Calls: Greatest Hits

01 - Hawaii (Main Title)

02 - Tiny Bubbles

03 - Lahainaluna

04 - Kilakila Haleakala

05 - The Windward Side

06 - Heavenly Islands

07 - One Paddle, Two Paddle

08 - A Song of Old Hawaii

09 - Pagan Love Song

10 - Old Plantation

11 - Seven Days in Waikiki

12 - To You, Sweetheart, Aloha

I'll be honest.  It's been so long that I can't tell you how charming or cringe-inducing these performances might be.  Let me know ...