No Beans -- Strictly Campfire

Here's another of them there performance souvenirs.  Ya go to a show and then on the way out you kin buy you somethin' to remember it by.

This was released in 1988.  You can go to this site for info about Kim O'Connor's act.  But you can't see him in person, for in 2011 he headed to that great Round-Up in the Sky.  Adios, pardner!

01. Old Chisholm Trail (3:09)

02. Cool Water (2:08)
03. Sioux City Sue (2:45)
04. Cattle Call / Git Along Little Dogie (4:15)
05. Back in the Saddle (1:30)
06. They Call the Wind Maria (3:18)
07. Red River Valley (3:42)
08. Buffalo Gals (1:14)
09. Streets of Laredo (2:36)
10. Ghost Riders in the Sky (3:18)
11. High Noon (2:14)
12. Don't Fence Me In (1:51)
13. Tumbling Tumbleweeds (2:13)
14. Rawhide / My Girl (2:09)

Strictly Campfire

I think you'll like the trip out west with Kim and his crew.

See you on Thursday, campers!

Stirring Modern Music

This moving work is a modern symphony which also memorializes some of Corigliano's friends or acquaintances who have fallen to AIDS.

01 - Of Rage and Remembrance Chaconne based on S1-03

02 - Symphony No. 1 Apologue Of Rage and Remembrance

03 - Symphony No. 1 Tarantella

04 - Symphony No. 1 Chaconne

05 - Symphony No. 1 Epilogue

Rage and Remembrance

I imagine you will be moved too.

See you on Monday!
 

From a Great American

You can never have enough marches, right?  And these certainly roar like a lion.

01. King Cotton (2:37)

02. Hands Across the Sea (2:51)
03. Solid Men to the Front (3:57)
04. The Gladiator (2:36)
05. The Royal Welsh Fusiliers (2:34)
06. Marquette University (2:46)
07. The Rifle Regiment (3:17)
08. Semper Fidelis (2:35)
09. The Legionnaires (2:47)
10. The Northern Pines (3:38)
11. The Belle of Chicago (2:13)
12. The Daughters of Texas (3:19)
13. The Gallant Seventh (2:32)
14. Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (3:20)
15. The Invisible Eagle (3:25)
16. Golden Jubilee (3:33)
17. New York Hippodrome (3:56)
18. Manhattan Beach (2:10)
19. The Pride of the Wolverines (3:41)
20. The Gridiron Club (3:21)
21. The Liberty Bell (3:20)

John Philip Sousa - Great American Marches Vol 11

See you on Thursday!

That's the Spirit!

Volume 1 of this series was shared in January of this year.

Here are more recordings of playbacks from "Legendary Masters."

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)

Spook it baby!

See you on Monday!

The Tape That Would Not Rewind!

Bought last month on cassette, this devilish critter peeved me to no end.

Before playing an unfamiliar tape, of course, one should fast-forward to the end of Side One and then rewind to the beginning.  This provides a little shakedown for the mechanism and helps rectify any off-kilter bits.

But this fiendish device WOULD NOT move in any direction.  It would sputter along for a few seconds and then lock up.  Swapping front-and-back tape insertion, using rewind for the opposite side, slamming the tape down on both sides to try and settle any wacky alignment -- NOTHING would make this puppy FF or REW.

I finally hand-wound the thing to the beginning and simply PLAYED it.  And gosh-a-whillickers, it done did purty good!

To see all the partitions of some of these long pieces, consult the cassette scans, or the above Discogs listing.


Battles for Brass (48:25)



01. William Byrd - The Battell (23:22)

02. Adriano Banchieri - Fantasia: Udite, Ecco Le Trombe (1:47)

03. Johann Kuhnau - Biblical Sonata No 1: The Battle Between David and Goliath (15:12)

04. John Jenkins - Fantasia: Newark Siege (5:45)

05. G F Handel - La Réjouissance (2:19)

Now YOU get the benefit of the hassle.

See you on Thursday!
 

I Like Plaid Better

This 1989 album is supposed to take you to cosmic places when you listen to it.  I say, "Ehhh."

Now, Jonn Serrie.  THAT's groovy space music!

That's not to say that Markoe's not a gazillion lightyears past anything I could do.  But as a consumer, I'm not thrilled.  You may feel differently.  After all, that's what makes America great!

01. The Pleiades (3:06)

02. Stars on a Clear Night (4:06)
03. Extraterrestrial Encounter (4:28)
04. Pleiadian Harp (2:25)
05. Journey Through the Stars (2:57)
06. Awakening (5:01)
07. A New Vision of Time (2:32)
08. In the Temple of Initiation (3:08)
09. Sacred Ceremony in the Cave of Windchimes (6:05)
10. Prayer for Earth (2:23)
11. Journey Home (3:48)
12. The Pleiades (Reprise) (3:15)

Try it yourself.

See you on Monday, campers!

All the Day Long: A Collection of Unaccompanied Hymns

This is stirring music.  The human voice by itself is the greatest instrument.  These "unprofessional" performances ought to get you "right here," regardless of your membership in the fellowship of the Son.

01. When Morning Gilds the Skies (2:46)

02. To Thy Pastures Fair and Large (1:54)

03. For the Beauty of the Earth (2:00)

04. On the Mountain Top (2:11)

05. O Worship the King (2:10)

06. O God, Our Help in Ages Past (1:28)

07. Fairest Lord Jesus (2:21)

08. A Mighty Fortress (2:25)

09. When We All Get to Heaven (2:09)

10. Blessed Assurance (2:16)

11. More Love to Thee (2:50)

12. Nearer, My God, to Thee (2:24)

13. O Love That Will Not Let Me Go (2:35)

14. Be Still, My Soul (2:47)

15. Now the Day Is Over (1:19)

16. The Lord Bless You and Keep You (1:22)

All the Day Long

See you on Thursday.
 

Beatles Remixers Group: Tuned to a Natural E, 5XXXX --- no, volume 2

More wonderfulness from the Beatles Remixers Group.

1 Tuned To A Natural E Reprise  

2 Bad To Me  

3 Money  

4 Day Tripper  

5 The Night Before  

6 That Bulldog Better Leave My Kitten Alone  

7 Think For Yourself  

8 Tax My Car  

9 Got To Get You Into My Life  

10 She's Leaving Yesterday  

11 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band  

12 With A Little Help From My Friends  

13 Strawberry Fields Forever  

14 Strawburied Fields Fornever  

15 I Am The Walrus  

16 Goodnight Naked  

17 Here Comes The Sun  

18 I Me Mine  

19 Maybe I'm Amazed  

20 I Don't Wanna Do It  

21 Real Love  

22 Only Pepper Weeps  

23 At The Mercy  

24 Barber Of Seville

It's up to you to discover the marvelousness of it all.

It's BRG-02

See you on Monday!

  

A Bach Festival for Brass & Organ

Here's a 1986 cassette.  Some is brass only, some organ only.  It's up to YOU to figure out which!

01. Jauchzet, frohlocket! (Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248) (6:17)

02. Wie will ich mich freuen (Cantata BWV 146) (5:21)

03. Sleepers, Wake! (Cantata BWV 140)   (4:24)

04. Concerto & Alleluja (Cantata BWV 142) (2:22)

05. Three Chorales: Nun Lob', mein Seel', der Herrn - Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern - In dulci jubilo  (3:42) 

06. In Dulci Jubilo, BWV 729 (2:28) 

07. Nun danket Alle Gott (Cantata BWV 79) (1:56)

08. Sinfonia (Cantata BWV 29) (4:17)

09. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring (Cantata BWV 147) (3:09)

10. Sinfonia (Easter Oratorio, BWV 249) (3:39)

11. Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr', BWV 664 (5:13) 

12. Three Chorales: Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr' - Christ lag in Todesbanden - O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden (3:40) 

13. Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten (Cantata BWV 78)  (4:28)

14. Sheep May Safely Graze (Cantata BWV 208) (4:58)

15. Wir glauben all' in einem Gott, BWV 680 (3:54)

16. A Mighty Fortress Is Our God (Cantata BWV 80) (6:01)

Big Brass Festival

See you on Thursday!
 

Astounding British Music

GREENSLEEVES: The Beautiful Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams and Eric Coates

Some of this may be considered "light" music, particularly the Coates piece which closes the concert, but this is all just delicious in composition and performance.

This version of the "English Folk Song Suite" is the best.  Likewise the Greensleeves Fantasia. v Just superb.

Ralph Vaughan Williams

01 - Fantasia on "Greensleeves"  (5:17)

Flute: H. Bennet

02 - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis  (16:04)

Cello: Harvey Shapiro

Viola: Walter Trampler

Violin: Harold Kohon, Max Pollikoff   

English Folk Song Suite:

03 - 1 March ("Seventeen Come Sunday")  (3:01)

04 - 2 Intermezzo ("My Bonny Boy")  (3:56)

05 - 3 March ("Folk Songs from Somerset")  (3:20)

Eric Coates

London Every Day:

06 - 1 Covent Garden (Tarantelle)  (4:49)

07 - 2 Westminster (Meditation)  (5:25)

08 - 3 Knightsbridge (March)  (4:18)

Cello: Harvey Shapiro

I bought the LP thirty or so years ago, lost it, and finally tracked down its info.  I bought a lovely, clean copy on Discogs, and here we are.

Hope you enjoy.

Greensleeves

See you on Monday!

Can Pretty Music Be Boring? Yes It Can!

Besides the amazing fact noted in the title of this post, another one is the seeming anonymity it bears.

The ONLY online reference I have found for this somnolent jewel is here.  And I'll be shot if I can even figure out what this website it.  A radio station?  A music store?  A darkweb hidden weapons sales platform?

Anyway, here are the tracks to this competent but dronish selection:

01. Ash Grove (Let All Things Now Living) (2:33)

02. Scarborough Fair (2:10)

03. Morning Has Broken (2:53)

04. Si Bheag, Si Mhor (3:48)

05. British Melodies: The Minstrel Boy / Country Gardens (3:15)

06. Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (2:44)

07. Dances of Early New England: Over the Waterfall / Going to Boston (2:45)

08. Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen (2:45)

09. Early American Melodies: Rose Tree / Chinquapin (2:47)

10. Be Thou My Vision (2:57)

I challenge you to appreciate it.

See you again on Thursday, fiends and neighbors!
 

The Angels Are Bored -- You Will Be, Too

This 1994 album will tear you in half.  On one hand, you will be bored to tears.  On the other hand, you won't be able to pass out from ennui because you are in a state of dread to see how long things will drag on.

01. Two Angels on a Cloud (8:58)

02. Angel Harps and Voices (7:06)

03. Love Theme (6:51)

04. Angels of the Sunset (4:45)

05. Angels of the Dawn (4:09)

06. Angels of the Forrest (5:00)

07. Medieval Angels (4:57)

08. Baroque Angels (4:28)

The angels are on a cloud, but you are on the edge of your seat.  I'm not saying that I could do better, but surely somebody could enliven things better than this.

See for yourself.  It's a love letter to your musical taste buds!

Taste it, bud!

See you on Monday.  Don't get sick eating Valentine's candy!

Big Screen Sound

This 1984 CD was tailored to showcase the amazing, thrilling, new-new-NEW technology of the Compact Disc.

01. Utah Symphony Orchestra - Kojian - 20th Century Fox Cinemascope Fanfare (0:22)
02. Utah Symphony Orchestra - Kojian - The Empire Strikes Back: The Imperial March (2:55)
03. Utah Symphony Orchestra - Kojian - The Empire Strikes Back: Yoda's Theme (3:18)
04. London Studio Symphony Orchestra - Johnson - North by Northwest: Main Title (3:17)
05. Utah Symphony Orchestra - Kojian - The Adventures of Robin Hood: Main Title (1:35)
06. Utah Symphony Orchestra - Kojian - The Adventures of Robin Hood: Ambush in Sherwood (3:06)
07. Utah Symphony Orchestra - Kojian - Star Wars: Princess Leia's Theme (4:25)
08. Utah Symphony Orchestra - Kojian - Star Wars: Here They Come (2:08)
09. London Symphony Orchestra - Horner - Brainstorm: Michael's Gift to Karen (6:52)
10. London Studio Symphony Orchestra - Johnson - First Men in the Moon: Main Title (2:36)
11. London Studio Symphony Orchestra - Johnson - Dr. Strangelove: The Bomb Run (2:34)
12. London Studio Symphony Orchestra - Johnson - Hedda: Main Title (3:39)
13. Utah Symphony Orchestra - Kojian - Return of the Jedi: Parade of the Ewoks (3:34)
14. National Philharmonic Orchestra - Gerhardt - Kings Row: Finale (1:32)
15. Utah Symphony Orchestra - Kojian - Return of the Jedi: Darth Vader's Death (2:54)

The performances are fine.

The track listing above and in the file are correct.  The track listing on the CD rear is incorrect.

Note the creative spelling of Darth "Vadar."

Big Screen Sound

This is also one of the first CDs I bought about 25 years ago, at a pawn shop, for the ungodly price of probably 5 bucks.

See you on Thursday, me hearties!

Paganini on Guitar-ini

This here is a 1992 recording of Fisk's own transcriptions of stupendous violin caprices of that devilish master Paganini.

01. Capriccio No. 1 in E Major (2:20)

02. Capriccio No. 2 in B Minor (2:59)

03. Capriccio No. 3 in E Minor (3:54)

04. Capriccio No. 4 in C Minor (6:54)

05. Capriccio No. 5 in A Minor (2:50)

06. Capriccio No. 6 in G Minor (7:35)

07. Capriccio No. 7 in A Minor (3:22)

08. Capriccio No. 8 in E-Flat Major (3:15)

09. Capriccio No. 9 in E Major (3:04)

10. Capriccio No. 10 in G Minor (2:22)

11. Capriccio No. 11 in C Major (4:26)

12. Capriccio No. 12 in A-Flat Major (2:35)

13. Capriccio No. 13 in B-Flat Major (2:29)

14. Capriccio No. 14 in E-Flat Major (1:00)

15. Capriccio No. 15 in E Minor (2:53)

16. Capriccio No. 16 in G Minor (1:28)

17. Capriccio No. 17 in E-Flat Major (3:28)

18. Capriccio No. 18 in C Major (2:40)

19. Capriccio No. 19 in E-Flat Major (2:44)

20. Capriccio No. 20 in D Major (3:26)

21. Capriccio No. 21 in A Major (3:22)

22. Capriccio No. 22 in F Major (2:20)

23. Capriccio No. 23 in E-Flat Minor (3:40)

24. Capriccio No. 24 in A Minor (4:18)

I have no idea on Earth how much practicing it takes to become this proficient at ANYTHING.  and on this Earth, I will NEVER know!

Paganini: 24 Caprices

See you on Monday, meine Freunde!

  

Get Ready for Valentine's with MA-116 - Strange Love Tales

Yes, it's a conglomeration of songs in which the course of true love don't quite run true-to-societal norms …

Some people may say it's wrong, but other people are all for such things.  Or at least all for songs about such things.

01 - I'm in Love with My Car - Queen   1975  (3:10)

02 - TV Love - Simpletones   1981  (1:37)

03 - You Wanna Be Your Lover - Bilbo   1978  (2:40)

04 - The Girl and the Robot - Röyksopp   2009  (4:05)

05 - Paper Doll - The Mills Brothers   1958  (2:35)

06 - I Love Rock'n'Roll - Zombina and the Skeletones   2004  (1:36)

07 - Cold Ethyl - Alice Cooper   1975  (2:53)

08 - My Baby's Got a Crush on Frankenstein - Soupy Sales   1962  (1:58)

09 - Strange Love - Berlin   1982  (3:58)

10 - I Love an Ape - Alisa   1982  (1:39)

11 - Rubber Girl - The Pukka Orchestra   1984  (4:37)

12 - The Masochism Tango - Tom Lehrer   1966  (3:04)

13 - Ben - Michael Jackson   1972  (2:45)

14 - Robosexual - Sterling   1980  (2:35)

15 - Window Love - Hesitations   1982  (2:21)

16 - Animated Lover - Edge of the Wedge   1984  (3:33)

17 - My Girlfriend's Dead - Ian North   1980  (2:31)

18 - High Heel Shoes - The Moderates   1980  (3:41)

19 - I Want My Baby Back - Jimmy Cross   1965  (3:30)

20 - Marvin I Love You - Marvin the Paranoid Android   1981  (3:47)

21 - Nun - The Knobs   1984  (2:25)

22 - Octopus Woman Please Let Me Go - Dick Kent   1978  (2:34)

23 - The Pimple Popping Fetish Song (or, Let Me See Your Back) - Moobie Theatre   2009  (1:39)

24 - Magazine Girl - The Rousers   1980  (2:45)

25 - Robot Man - Connie Francis   1960  (1:51)

26 - Ape Man - Zombina and the Skeletones   2002  (2:37)

27 - Love on an Eleven Year Old Level - The GTO's   1969  (1:19)

28 - Dead Girls Don't Say No - The Inspectors   1985  (3:35)

I make no comments about the subjects of these songs, except to be thankful that my love breaks no laws.

https://www.filefactory.com/file/73sjqi4689uo/MA-116.rar

Don't forget to share the love this February!   See you next Thursday.