See You On Monday, October 1st!

… for the beginning of 

SPOOKY SPOCK-TOBER!

Era: The 30s by Frankie Carle

This 1968 LP is a fun re-creation of some hits of the 1930s.
01. The Very Thought of You (2:16)
02. It's a Lonesome Old Town (2:41)
03. Minnie the Moocher (2:52)
04. Got a Date with an Angel (2:07)
05. You're Just a Dream Come True (2:08)
06. My Blue Heaven (3:13)
07. Stop Look and Listen (3:11)
08. I'll Love You in My Dreams (2:23)
09. My Twilight Dream (3:04)
10. Casa Loma Stomp (3:02)
11. Melody of Love (2:39)
12. Sweethearts on Parade (2:40)
Era: The 30s

That's all, friends, until October 1st, when we will begin this year's

SPOOKY SPOCK-TOBER!

Beautiful Melody by Cheng

It's beautiful, trust me!

Good luck tracking any info about this puppy down.  Go on, I dare you.

These are the BMs (Beautiful Melodies):

01. Living on the Water (2:46)

02. A Girl Waiting for You (4:53)

03. Tune from the Far Sea (3:17)

04. Plum Flower's Blossom (3:28)

05. What Can I Do (2:21)

06. Sweet Heart (1:58)

07. Look and Sea (3:24)

08. Please Don’t Visit —— (3:29)

09. Forget About Him (2:30)

10. Darling in the Front (2:10)

11. Don't Care Who You Are (4:32)

12. What Should You Say (2:49)

Beautiful Melodies

See you on Monday, my possibly Indonesian friends!

Re-Post: The Kynge's Musicke

The link from this 2014 post is long dead.

Early Tudor Dances and Fantasias

01 - Three Popular Dances (Anonymous)

La bounette

La doun cella

La chymyse

02 - Six Fantasias

Henry VIII:  Tanndernaken

Robert White:  In nomine

Thomas Tallis:  A point - Veni redemptor - Clarifica me pater

John Mundy: Tres partes in una

03 - William Cornysh:  Fantasia: Fa la sol

04 -  Master Newman:  Pavane

Anonymous:  Galliard

05 - William Byrd:  Fantasia

Elizabethan Popular Tunes and Consort Music

06 - William Byrd:  My Lord of Oxenford's March

John Dowland:  Frog Galliard

07 - Elway Bevin:  Browning

John Ward:  Arye

08 - William Byrd:  O Mistress Mine

09 - John Ward:  Fantasia

10 - Giles Farnaby:   Rosasolis

John Dowland:  Lachrymae Triste

11 - John Coperario:  Fantasi

Have fun in the past!

See you Thursday.
 

Those Wonderful Years: Happy Days Are Here Again

This fun little comp is from a thrift-store cassette.

01 - Happy Days Are Here Again - Ben Selvin & His Orchestra - 1930   (2:39)

02 - The Continental - Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - 1934   (2:45)

03 - Alexander's Ragtime Band - Bing Crosby, Connee Boswell - 1938   (3:08)

04 - Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen (Means You're Grand) - The Andrews Sisters - 1937   (3:07)

05 - Shuffle Off To Buffalo - Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - 1933   (3:08)

06 - Little Brown Jug - Glenn Miller - 1939   (2:49)

07 - All of Me - Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - 1931   (3:18)

08 - Goody Goody - Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - 1936   (2:32)

09 - Jeepers Creepers - Al Donahue and His Orchestra - 1939   (2:17)

10 - The Music Goes ’Round & Around - Riley-Farley & Their Onyx Club Boys - 1936   (2:58)

11 - Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight) - Bing Crosby, Connee Boswell - 1937   (2:46)

12 - Tiger Rag - The Mills Brothers - 1931   (1:47)

13 - Scatter-Brain - Frankie Masters and His Orchestra - 1939   (2:45)

14 - Lullaby of Broadway - Dorsey Brothers’ Orchestra - 1935   (2:50)

So start poppin' those hits!

Happy Days

See you on Monday!

Re-Post: Celebrate Life!

As a junior in high school in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, I was in our MYF (Methodist Youth Fellowship).  At First Methodist Church in Bartlesville we put on several musicals, such as Lightshine, Godspell, and the like.

A few blocks away, First Baptist Church had its own youth and music department, of course.  It must have been some mutual friends at school that steered me to their preparations to put on a musical called Celebrate Life.

Turns out they could use me.  The show is narrated by the four Gospel writers, and I (of course) ended up with Mark's lines.  I also played guitar in the second number, "Processional."

The company of about twenty to thirty (lots of chorus and some soloists) performed to an accompaniment tape.  This was in 1972-1973, and they used a reel-to-reel machine.

After a few performances, we went on the road!  We hopped on a bus and went on a performance tour of several towns in the SE USA.  We would perform at a Baptist Church; the church members would very graciously put all of us teenagers up for the night in various homes; and we would trundle on to the next stop half a day away.  Of course there was an altar call at the end of every performance.

 I can't tell you where we went – my memory books are in the attic – but we ended up at Nashville's Opryland USA.  This was when it was still an amusement park!  Then we wended our way home.

A year or two ago I came across a double LP of  Celebrate Life! – evidently from the publisher as a performance example I guess – but like a doofus I didn't buy it.  Shame on me!  Still ...

I was thrilled, a month or two ago, to come across several YouTube channels featuring performances.  This musical, by Buryl Red and Ragan Courtney, is evidently still important to other people, too!

Through a series of investigations I came across somebody who has access to the album and is willing to share with you.

01. Prelude (Instrumental) (4:34)
02. Processional (1:55)
03. Dialogue (0:42)
04. The Truth Shall Make You Free (4:05)
05. Dialogue - Hail O Blessed One (3:46)
06. Dialogue (0:30)
07. Song of Mary (3:08)
08. There Is a Great Joy Coming (3:41)
09. Dialogue - Hello Baby (4:53)
10. Dialogue - The Three Kings (6:59)
11. After This He Went Journeying (0:30)
12. Dialogue (2:01)
13. I Quietly Turned to You (4:09)
14. Dialogue - After This He Went Journeying (1:08)
15. Dialogue - The Disciples' Prayer (2:35)
16. Dialogue (1:37)
17. In Remembrance (3:50)
18. Dialogue - Carry Him Gently (5:37)
19. Dialogue - He Is Alive - Easter Hymn (6:09)
20. He Is Alive (Reprise) (1:35)
21. Dialogue - Prayer for Peace (2:50)
22. Postlude (Instrumental) (2:02)

Celebrate Life!

See you on Thursday!

Tuned to a Natural E, 4

Another installment of the boffo series from the Beatles Remixers Group.

4-1 From Me To You  
4-2 I Long To Hold Tall Sally  
4-3 I'm A Loser  
4-4 I'm Looking Through You  
4-5 A Fly On The Wall '65  
4-6 Crazy Girl  
4-7 Tomorrow Never Knoise  
4-8 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band  
4-9 With A Little Help From My Friends  
4-10 Mr. Kite  
4-11 A Day In The Life  
4-12 Flying Time Is Here Again  
4-13 Blue Jay Way  
4-14 More Love  
4-15 Aerial Tour Instrumental  
4-16 Lady Bulldog  
4-17 Hey Sun King  
4-18 Revolution  
4-19 Get George Back  
4-20 A Case Of The Blues  
4-21 Real Love  
4-22 Pepperland Time  
4-23 Me And My Montage

It'll be a fab time!

TTANE 4

See you on Monday.
 

Re-Post: Music Inspired by 2001: A Space Odyssey

This is an upgrade from previous versions.  I was able to track down cleaner versions of all the tracks and performances on this LP -- all but two, that is.  Those two are from a new rip of the LP with a much-improved sound.

01. Richard Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra (1:38)

02. Leo Delibes - Coppélia (2:27)

03. György Ligeti - Lontano (6:34)

04. Anton Webern - Entflieht auf Leichten Kähnen (2:17)

05. Richard Strauss - Waltzes from Der Rosenkavalier (7:46)

06. Richard Strauss - Thus Sprach Zarathustra (Part 2) (2:45)

07. György Ligeti - Volumina  (3:30)

08. Aram Khachaturian - Berceuse (4:20)

09. György Ligeti - Requiem (5:13)

10. Charles Gounod - Margarethe (4:20)

I hope you'll like the result.

2021 link

See you on Thursday!

Nothing But Sitar Wars

Supposedly this cassette was released in 1977.  Dubbed fresh for you, less than twelve hours ago!

01. One by Three (2:43)

02. People (3:42)

03. Free for All (4:19)

04. Good Evening (3:15)

05. Tantalisation (3:29)

06. Hi Tides (4:36)

07. How Can I Be Happy (3:19)

08. Persuasion (3:41)

09. Yesterday Gone (4:31)

10. Sometimes in Morning (4:06)

11. Velvet Touch (4:19)

12. Beautiful Day Today (4:23)

13. I'll Come Along (4:09)

14. In Your Arms (3:29)

15. Festival (3:41)

Some of the percussion sounds exactly like a rhythm setting on a 1970s Hammond organ or something.  But I bet it's all real, live acoustics.

Another bemusing facet is that some of the selections feature Lionel-Hampton-like vibes!

Can you dig it, sirs?

See you on Monday!
  

Songs and Dances of the British Isles

Here's a 1983 cassette of:  guess what?!?

And unlike a lot of dulcimer stuff, this is fun and interestingly arranged and played.  Not droning, boring, up-and-down the scale like some stuff I have even myself posted.  Ahem …

Another interesting feature is that you can buy sheet music for this album:

https://www.amazon.com/Songs-Dances-British-Isles-Frodsham/dp/B01GYQV106 

 

These are the tunes:

01. Trois Chansons Pour Les Enfantes (1:26)

02. Ae Fond Kiss (4:17)

03. Salonika (2:43)

04. Tripping Up the Stairs / The Connaughtman’s Rambles (2:19)

05. Bedlam Boys (4:37)

06. Be Back Soon (2:34)

07. Morgan Magan (2:27)

08. I Was a Young Man (2:37)

09. Foud Sword Dances (4:04)

10. Nottamun Town (2:51)

11. Black Jack David (2:46)

12. The Frost Is All Over / Sixpenny Money (2:26)

13. When You Wish Upon a Star (1:20)

Another thing that's kind of funny is that the cover photograph of Frodsham looks a lot like the way I did in 1983.

Gi'e it a wee listen.

And I'll see you on Thursday.

Rule Britannia - Nimbus Records

This 1989 CD is a fine catenation of Anglophilia.

01. 'Trumpet Aire' and 'Symphony of flatt trumpits' - Jeremiah Clarke (3:13)

02. I Overture - 'Mr Handel's Water Piece'  (1:29)

03. II Gigue (Allegro) - 'Mr Handel's Water Piece'  (1:53)

04. III Aire (Menuetto) - 'Mr Handel's Water Piece'  (1:32)

05. IV March I (Bourée)- March II - 'Mr Handel's Water Piece'  (2:19)

06. 'The Choice of Hercules': I Overture (Largo-Allegro) - John Stanley (2:54)

07. 'The Choice of Hercules': II March - John Stanley (1:45)

08. 'Europe revells in ye Peace' - John Eccles (2:24)

09. 'Suite de Clairque': I Prelude - The Duke of Gloster's March - Minuet & Sybelle - March (reprise) - Jeremiah Clarke (3:25)

10. 'Suite de Clairque': II Serenade & Ecossaise - Jeremiah Clarke (2:21)

11. 'Suite de Clairque': III Bourrée & Hornpipe - Jeremiah Clarke (1:42)

12. 'Suite de Clairque': IV Gigue - Jeremiah Clarke (0:43)

13. 'Suite de Clairque': V Rondeau: The Prince of Denmark's March - Jeremiah Clarke (2:13)

14. 'The Fairy Queen': I Introduction - Canzona - Henry Purcell (1:37)

15. 'The Fairy Queen': II Adagio - Henry Purcell (1:36)

16. 'The Fairy Queen': III Battle (Allegro) - Pastoral - Battle - Henry Purcell (2:33)

17. 'The Indian Queen': Trumpet Overture to Act II - Henry Purcell (2:34)

18.  'Sonata in E', Op. 3, No. 5: I Allegro - William Corbett (1:25)

19.  'Sonata in E', Op. 3, No. 5: II Largo - William Corbett (1:33)

20.  'Sonata in E', Op. 3, No. 5: III Giga: Allegro - William Corbett (0:57)

21. 'Atalanta: Overture': I Adagio - Allegro - George Frideric Handel (3:32)

22. 'Atalanta: Overture': II Andante - George Frideric Handel (1:59)

23. 'The Judgment of Paris': Recitative and Chorus - John Eccles (3:16)

24. 'Come ye Sons of Art': I Symphony (Largo - Allegro) - Henry Purcell (1:38)

25. 'Come ye Sons of Art': II Adagio - Henry Purcell (1:34)

26. 'Come ye Sons of Art': III Ritornello - Chorus - Henry Purcell (1:23)

27. 'Funeral Music for Queen Mary': I March - Henry Purcell (2:13)

28. 'Funeral Music for Queen Mary': II Canzona - Henry Purcell (2:01)

29. 'Funeral Music for Queen Mary': III March (reprise) - Henry Purcell (1:21)

30. 'Rule Britannia from Alfred' - Thomas Augustine Arne (5:15)

Included are scans of the 12-page booklet also.

Veddy Brditish, wot?

I'll see thee again on Monday next, old pip!
 

Master of the Gipsy Violin

Yes, it's another cassette of unknown provenance, with Gypsy music!

Doesn't this fellow look like Walt Disney (or Mel Blanc)?

This 1966 album (released on tape in 1981) was tracked down through a translation of a Discogs page.

However, the Discogs page inaccurately has 4 tracks on side 2, there are FIVE, as proven by that page’s LP images as well as tape insert’s listing

And, here, according to Google Translate, is what the track titles work out to be, in English:

01     Primate imagination    

02     Advertising dance / Csárdás Rhapsody

03     Sad Song / Since Six Days Sounds The Song ...

04     Irene Serenade

05     Hora

06     Lavotta Serenade

07 - Hour of the Shepherds

08 III. Csárdás Scene

09 - Not true, you already say it to another ... / do not speak bad about me / landlady, beautiful landlady ... / end, end already over

10 - A letter came from my little village ... / the woman left me ... / my boots creak ... / blue eyes has my sweetheart / banda-csárdás

11 - Solemn Palotástanz

12 - I Ask A Flower ... / I Do not Believe, That Once Again / Stork, Stork ... / Do You Hear Song, Joyful Bird / It Was Night, When I Was Born / Man Says, That The Lenz Is Blooming / At Us, My sweetheart / I guilty none

But never fear, campers.  The provided CD art is a faithful reproduction of the actual whatever-language titles.  What the heck, why not give it here, too?

Zándor Lakatos and His Gipsy Band

Master of the Gipsy Violin - 1981

01 - Primás fantázia   (4:09)

02 - A-dúr verbunkos - Csárdás rapszódia   (3:15)

03 - f-moll kersegö - Hat nap óta szól a nóta   (3:46)

04 - Irenéne szerenád   (2:05)

05 - Hóra   (2:24)

06 - Lavotta szerenád   (2:32)

07 - A pásztor horája   (1:48)

08 - III csárdajelenet   (6:26)

09 - Ugy-e, most már másnak mondod - Ne szidjatok soha engem

- Koscmárosné eszem azta a - Vége, vége, vége már   (7:13)

10 - Levél jött a kis falumból - Elhagyott az asszony - Csikorgós a

csimám - Az én rózsám kékszemü - Banda csárdás (ism

szerzö)   (5:47)

11 - Diszpalotás   (3:11)

12 - Megkérdeztem egy virágtól - Nem hiszem, hogy mégegyszer

is - Gólya, gólya - Hallod-e, nótáskedvü kismadár   (4:58)

13 - Éjszaka volt, amikor én születtem - Azt mondják, hogy tayasz

nyilik - Már minálunk babam - Nem vagyok én senkinek sem

adósa   (5:06)

Can you handle this much excitement? I bet you can!

See you on Thursday.