MA-58 - Ridin' with the Reaper

 

In celebration of Walpurgisnacht, which was last Friday night, here's a spooky little comp of teenage death songs, and others, in which "hitting the road" ends fatally for somebody.  The tracks:

 

01 - Two Hour Honeymoon - Paul Hampton - 1960  (3:12)

02 - The Carroll County Accident - Bobby & Laurie - 1969  (2:45)

03 - Car Crash - Avengers - 1977  (4:19)

04 - Chapel Bells Ringing - Gene Summers - 1962  (2:28)

05 - A Young Man Is Gone - The Beach Boys - 1963  (2:17)

06 - Wreck on the Highway - Roy Acuff - 1942  (2:47)

07 - The Ballad of Thunder Road - Robert Mitchum - 1957  (2:28)

08 - BJ the DJ - Stonewall Jackson - 1964  (2:47)

09 - Tell Laura I Love Her - Ray Paterson - 1960  (2:53)

10 - Tell Tommy I Miss Him - Marilyn Michaels - 1960  (2:44)

11 - Angel of Death - Hank Williams - 1954  (2:28)

12 - No Return - The Third Rail - 1967  (1:56)

13 - Message from James Dean - Bill Hayes - 1956  (1:56)

14 - Crash - KaS Product - 1990  (3:06)

15 - Fireball Rolled a Seven - Dave Dudley - 1975  (2:37)

16 - Transfusion - Nervous Norvus - 1956  (2:26)

17 - Come to Me Johnny - Johnny Victor - 1962  (2:13)

18 - The Hero - Bernadette Carroll - 1964  (2:10)

19 - Phantom 309 - Red Sovine - 1964  (3:22)

20 - Hello, This Is Joannie - Paul Evans - 1977  (3:04)

21 - Terry - Twinkle (Lynn Ripley) - 1964  (3:09)

22 - Black Denim Trousers - The Cheers - 1955  (2:06)

23 - Chicken - The Cheers - 1957  (1:56)

24 - Pile-up on the Highway - Lisa Bade - 1978  (2:55)

25 - Teenage Cremation - Dean Davis - 1965  (1:46)

26 - The Beginning of My End - The Unifics - 1968  (3:17)

27 - Last Kiss - Wayne Cochran - 1962  (2:27)

28 - The Visitation - White Noise - 1969  (3:00)

29 - All I Have Left Is Johnny's Hubcap - MAD Twists Rock 'n' Roll - 1962  (2:23)

 When asked to name songs about motor-vehicle accidents, anybody can name “The Leader of the Pack,” or the Beatles’ “Don’t Pass Me By” or “Revolution 9.”  I’ve picked a few familiar tunes, and a lot of less-popular ones, including about those scar-crashed lovers Laura and Tommy, and a pair by the Cheers.  Buckle up now, and remember that cross traffic does not stop.

https://www.filefactory.com/file/zaskadbqw5m/MA-58.rar

See you on Thursday with the continuation of this year's MUSICAL MONTH OF MAY!

  

Let's Do Lunch!

 

This is a sublime mashup/remix in emulation of the Beatles Love project.  All info is here:  http://www.rutleslunch.net/

          Included is a PDF of the song-by-song listing.  The music is presented as a single track.

Out to LUNCH!

See you on Monday for the beginning of our Musical Month of May!

  

OLDIES ... But Goldies!

 I don't know how old they are ...

01 - Birthday - VM
02 - Your Mother Should Know - NR
03 - Bad to Me - Chaos Control
04 - Crazy Girl - Ferbeat
05 - That Bulldog Better Leave My Kitten Alone - TJT
06 - Long Tall Sally-Mean Mr Mustard-Oh Darling - Fab4John-NR-VM
07 - Piggies - Ferbeat
08 - Pity Jude - SB
09 - Revolucination - VM
10 - Oo You Please Don't Go - Chaos Control
11 - I Am the Walrus - Chaos Control
12 - Submarine Party - BM
13 - Pepperland Time - Chaos Control
14 - And Your Bird Can Sing - NR
15 - Catswalk - BM
16 - Helter Skelter - VM
17 - Why Don't We Do It in the Road - BM
18 - Long, Long, Long - SB
19 - I'm So Tired - VM
20 - Something - Ferbeat
21 - The End - VM
22 - Goodnight - SB

... But I think many are QUITE good!

  

BRG13 - A COLLECTION OF RGB OLDIES ... But Goldies!

See you on Thursday for the wrap-up of this Beatle-manic month.

  

CORRECTED LINK!!

BRG's Tuned to a Natural E 7

If this were Christmastime, I'd say, "Yule love it!"  You might anyway.

01. There's a Place - Beatles/GB (2:01)
02. A Hard Day’s Night - Beatles/VM (2:25)
03. Can't Buy Me Love - Beatles/VM (2:10)
04. Help! - Beatles/FerBeat (2:26)
05. Eight Days a Week - Beatles/GB (2:46)
06. It's Only Love - Beatles/GB (2:36)
07. Michelle - Beatles/SB (2:51)
08. And Your Bird Can Sing - Beatles/VM (2:00)
09. For No One in My Life - Beatles/unknown (1:57)
10. Eleanor Rigby - Beatles/FerBeat (2:04)
11. For No One - Beatles/SB (2:13)
12. Hello on the Wireless Machine - Beatles/Chaos Control (0:57)
13. Hello Goodbye - Beatles/VM (3:25)
14. Strawberry Fields Forever - Beatles/Chaos Control (2:59)
15. Cry Baby Cry - Beatles/SB (3:04)
16. Here Comes the Sun - Beatles/BDJ (3:05)
17. Because - Beatles/FerBeat (2:46)
18. Nowhere to Go - Beatles/TJT (3:51)
19. Don't Let the King Down - Beatles/TJT (2:33)
20. Rita Got a Helter Skelter Feeling - Beatles/TJT (2:27)
21. The End Minimix - Beatles/SB (1:19)
22. It's Johnny's Birthday - Beatles/BDJ (1:15)
23. Merry Xmas - Beatles/MD (3:35)
24. Wah Wah - Beatles/VM (5:13)
25. Band on the Run - Beatles/FerBeat (5:09)
26. Sea Ditty - Beatles/SB (2:41)
27. Mama You've Been on My Mind - Beatles/MD (3:22)

28. My Love - Beatles/VM (3:43) 

29. Can't Buy Me Love Rhythm Track - Beatles/VM (2:13)

Included is an 8-page booklet with notes from the mashers.

BRG18-TTANE07

See you on Monday, mavens!

  

More Than It's Cracked Up to Be!

This is a 2007 mash-up album of Sgt Pepper and many more disparate musical delights,  originally found here. However, it seems all the links from the original site are dead.

01. Cracked Pepper (4:20)
02. With a Little Glam (3:10)
03. Lucy at the River (4:00)
04. The Word Is Good (3:24)
05. Kelly Watch the Hole (3:25)
06. She's Slipping (4:36)
07. Love Kite (2:40)
08. It's Far Too Late (4:02)
09. Hawaii 64 (2:33)
10. Struttin' Rita (3:54)
11. Good Pressure (3:19)
12. Cracked Pepper (Reprise) (2:39)
13. A Sky Blue Rhapsody (6:04)

Also included is “These are the elements,” a text document explaining the source of the mashed-in stuff.  As always, I evened out the volume and added metadata.

This is a lot of fun, even though I couldn't quite recognize all of the recordings mashed herein.  All I can say about this is, WOW!

Cracked Pepper

See you on Thursday!

  

The Acetate or the Acid Test?

The story goes that engineer/producer Glyn Johns was recruited by someone at Apple to find a releasable album in the "Get Back" sessions.  He came up with a version which was sent as an acetate for approval.  Here's one version of the story.

01. Get Back (2:50)
02. The Walk (0:59)
03. Let It Be (4:05)
04. Teddy Boy (5:54)
05. Two of Us (3:57)
06. Don't Let Me Down (3:54)
07. I've Got a Feeling (3:01)
08. The Long and Winding Road (3:47)
09. For You Blue (3:06)

10. Dig A Pony (4:04) 

11. Get Back Reprise (2:57

It's not as polished as the Spector version, and much rougher, of course, than the McCartney version called Let It Be Naked.  But interesting nonetheless.

Get Back

We won't even get into the whole "get back to where you once belong" phrase as referring to Pakastani immigrants.

See you on Monday!

  

Everybody's Gotta Mutate!

The title for this post is stolen from a song in my comp MA-120 - Vacuum-Tube Predictionz.

This is just a lot of fun (to quote Bob Wills), by Andrew MacKenzie.  His blog post about Mutation.

1. Twisted Shout 4:11
2. Norwogian Weed 2:08
3. Assault On Pepper 8:51
4. Love From Abbey Road 7:40
5. Fabtasia 6:50

I think you'll like it too!

MUTATION 

See you on Thursday!

PS Thanks to all of you fine friends and fiends for pushing this blog past the 350K mark.  For the record, as of this date we've got material for about 250 more posts.  Onward into the musical future!

  

BRG-03 - The BRG Files Volume 01

From the antique year 2004, a two-disc set of meandering, messed-with Beatleriffic moo-sic.

Disc 1:
(Track 43, “Real Love,” has a hiccup about 1:35 – sorry folks!)

01 Thank You Girl (instrumental) – The Beatles / unknown remixer
02 All I Got to Do (instruments only snippet) – The Beatles / unknown remixer
03 Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand (instrumental) – The Beatles / unknown remixer
04 A Hard Day’s Night (remix) – The Beatles / Pixels of Tritec
05 If I Fell (isolation medley) – The Beatles / unknown remixer
06 I’ll Be Back (high harmony) – The Beatles / unknown remixer
07 Act Naturally (Paul harmony) – The Beatles / Veech
08 Dizzy Miss Lizzy (backing only) – The Beatles / Ariel Musick
09 Rain (Paul practises) – The Beatles / N Romero
10 Rain (high harmony) – The Beatles / SB
11 Drive My Car (split vocals - isolated riffs) – The Beatles / unknown remixer
12 You Won’t See Me (dual pianos) – The Beatles / SB
13 You Won’t See Me (organ) – The Beatles / SB
14 In My Life (solo vocal) – The Beatles / SB
15 In My Life (solo reverse double speed) – The Beatles / unknown remixer
16 In My Life (no piano solo) – The Beatles / unknown remixer
17 If I Needed Someone – The Beatles / unknown remixer
18 I’m Only Sleeping (guitar solo) – The Beatles / JK
19 Got to Get You into My Life (brass) – The Beatles / SB
20 Got to Get You into My Life (guitars) – The Beatles / Colinpilgrim
21 Tomorrow Never Knows (loops) – The Beatles / TJT
22 Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (vox) – The Beatles / TJT
23 Sgt Pepper Reprise – The Beatles / unknown remixer
24 A Day in the Life (vocal oops) – The Beatles / unknown remixer
25 A Day in the Life Ending (hum ending) – The Beatles / unknown remixer
26 Strawberry Fields Forever (drums & vocal mix) – The Beatles / Slipinsidethishouse
27 I Am the Walrus – The Beatles / unknown remixer
28 You Know My Name (Look up the Number) – The Beatles / unknown remixer
29 Across the Universe (stripped mix) – The Beatles / JK
30 Back in the USSR (split vocal) – The Beatles / SB
31 While My Guitar Gently Weeps (guitars) – The Beatles / SB
32 Martha My Dear – The Beatles / Pixels of Tritec
33 I’m So Tired – The Beatles / unknown remixer
34 Piggies – The Beatles / unknown remixer
35 Ballad of John and Yoko – The Beatles / Mirror Spock
36 Shoot Me – The Beatles / unknown remixer
37 Something – The Beatles / unknown remixer
38 Dear Boy (ghost vocals) – The Beatles / unknown remixer
39 Monkberry Moon Delight – The Beatles / unknown remixer
40 Wonderful Christmastime (short) – The Beatles / N Romero
41 Woman (FL+FR) – The Beatles / AR
42 Woman (center) – The Beatles / AR
43 Real Love – The Beatles / unknown remixer
44 Comfort Of Love (oops) – The Beatles / unknown remixer

Disc 2:
01 I Saw Her Standing There (mix) – The Beatles / unknown remixer
02 It Won’t Be Long (left channel stereo) – The Beatles / unknown remixer
03 It Won’t Be Long (short section mono to stereo) – The Beatles / unknown remixer
04 I Should Have Known Better – The Beatles / George Martini
05 Long Tall Sally – The Beatles / unknown remixer
06 What You’re Doing (Take 11 Remix) – The Beatles / George Martini
07 I Feel Fine – The Beatles / George Martini
08 That Means a Lot (stereo remix) – The Beatles / Fab4john
09 Yesterday (remix) – The Beatles / unknown remixer
10 You Won’t See Me (tempo fixed) – The Beatles / unknown remixer
11 Nowhere Man (stereo remix) – The Beatles / SB
12 In My Life (stereo vocals) – The Beatles / unknown remixer
13 Wait (new stereo mix) - The Beatles / Jason
14 Run for Your Life (stereo remix) – The Beatles / unknown remixer
15 Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds – The Beatles / unknown remixer
16 Magical Mystery Tour (take 4 cleaned up) – The Beatles / SB
17 Strawberry Fields Forever (remix fix) – The Beatles / unknown remixer
18 Ob-la-di Ob-la-da (reverb echo) – The Beatles / unknown remixer
19 Ob-la-di Ob-la-da (variegated) – The Beatles / unknown remixer
20 Happiness Is a Warm Gun – The Beatles / unknown remixer
21 Helter Skelter (played fast) – The Beatles / unknown remixer
22 Madman (remix) – The Beatles / FerBeaT
23 Suzy’s Parlour (stereo) - The Beatles / RG
24 Oh! Darling – The Beatles / TJT
25 Here Comes the Sun (fake 5.1) – The Beatles / unknown remixer
26 The End (playing with the pitch on guitar) – The Beatles / SB
27 Imagine - (RL+RR) – The Beatles / AR
28 Smile Away – The Beatles / unknown remixer
29 Blue Moon of Kentucky (extended mix) – The Beatles / The Lazenby

30 Never Get Over You (stereo remix) – The Beatles / FerBeat 

BRG-03

It's all in one file. As with some of the BRG releases, I added some things. I added metadata and named files to match the CD rear, and created disc art.

See you on Monday, fellow April Fools!

  

A Parallel-Universe Submarine

From Pear Records (ha-ha), it's a 2003 reassembly.

01. Yellow Submarine (2:41)
02. Hey Bulldog (3:25)
03. Eleanor Rigby (2:06)
04. Love You To (3:06)
05. All Together Now (2:10)
06. Lucy in The Sky with Diamonds (3:30)
07. Think for Yourself (2:15)
08. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1:54)
09. With a Little Help from My Friends (2:44)
10. Baby You're a Rich Man (3:04)
11. Only a Northern Song (3:22)
12. All You Need Is Love (4:18)
13. When I'm Sixty Four (2:49)
14. Nowhere Man (2:43)
15. It's All Too Much (8:16)
16. Hey Bulldog (3:05)
17. All You Need Is Love (4:02)
18. When I'm Sixty Four (2:39)
19. Nowhere Man (2:41)
20. It's All Too Much (8:11)
21. She Can Talk to Me #1 (1:24)
22. She Can Talk to Me #2 (1:57)

TAYS

See you Thursday!

  

A Musical Abomination

This April Fool's Day, the joke's on YOU!

Calling this "a parody" doesn't excuse its existence.

01 - She Loves You - Bugs, Daffy, Elmer, Taz
02 - The Fool on the Hill - Elmer Fudd
03 - Birthday - Daffy, Taz
04 - Hello Goodbye - Bugs, Daffy
05 - With a Little Help from My Friends - Elmer, Bugs
06 - It Won't Be Long - Bugs, Daffy, Elmer, Taz
07 - Yesterday - Daffy Duck
08 - Penny Lane - Bugs, Taz
09 - Help! - Yosemite Sam
10 - Can't Buy Me Love - Bugs, Daffy
11 - The Long and Winding Road - Road Runner

 It's so embarrassing to realize that the performers were old enough to refuse to do such a stupid, moronic concept, but did it for money anyway.

Stink the Beatles

It's a blessing that Mel Blanc and Arthur Q Bryan were long gone before this bit of filthy lucre-sucking appeared.

See you on Monday with perhaps some more interesting Beatle-esque nonsens.

  

A Stupendous Performance

I'm a sucker for piano transcriptions, for Berlioz's mad Symphonie Fantastique, and the Dies Irae, so this is right up my alley! Maybe yours too?

01. Reveries, Passions (14:01)
02. A Ball (6:07)
03. Scene in the Country (18:08)
04. March to the Scaffold (5:15) 

05. Dream of a Witches' Sabbath (10:13)

It's MAD, I tell you!

See you on Thursday, fellow madmen and madwomen!

  

Celebrate Spring with a Be-In!

It's an "Environments" release.  The first track is a "field recording" of a bunch of hippies in Central Park.  The second half is a bunch of wild sounds in sylvan Pennsylvania.

01. Be-In, Central Park, April 6, 1969 (33:53)
02. Dusk at New Hope, PA, August 14, 1970 (36:20)

Now you can be, too!

See you on Monday, if you can return to Earth by then.

  

Not Only Galant, But Effete!

I mean, really!  Isn't this guy so cute that he makes you want to puke?  

The selections, however, are topnotch:

01 - Gluck - Ballet Music from “Orfeo ed Euridice” (15:30)
02 - Rameau - Ballet Music from “Les Indes galantes” (3:31)
03 - CPE Bach - Minuets and Trios (5:38)
04 - Rameau - Dances from “Zoroastre” (16:46)
05 - Haydn - Minuet in G Major (2:18)
06 - Haydn - Minuet in E Major (2:09)
07 - Mozart - Five Contredanses (7:53)

Join the Galant Era! 

See you on Thursday.  Until then, please DON'T keep your wrist limp!

  

Ho Hum, Britannia!

A 2007 release.  For some reason this didn’t thrill me at all, although I was enchanted by the silliness of the title “Three Screaming Popes.” The only stuff I was familiar with, the Elgar, seemed not bombastic enough.

01. Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance March #4 In G, Op. 39/4 (4:40)
02. Maxwell Davies: An Orkney Wedding, With Sunrise (13:18)
03. Turnage: 3 Screaming Popes (16:02)
04. MacMillan: Brittania (12:42)
05. Britten: Sinfonia Da Requiem, Op. 20 - Lachrymosa (8:10)
06. Britten: Sinfonia Da Requiem, Op. 20 - Dies Irae (4:59)
07. Britten: Sinfonia Da Requiem, Op. 20 - Requiem Aeternam (6:16) 

08. Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance March #1 In D, Op. 39/1 (5:41)

Go go, Britannia!

See you on Monday.

  

Harp Me, I'm Irish!

It's a 1982 cassette, complete with a "legend" by Miss Woods herself.

01. The Legend (3:05)
02. In the Forest (3:01)
03. Dialogue with a Brook (2:05)
04. Lament (2:05)
05. Gypsy Mirage (2:29)
06. Gourenspur (4:15)
07. The Harper's Vision (4:53)
08. Morning Calm (3:29)
09. Forest March (3:35)
10. Metamorphosis (2:58)
11. Brandiswhiere's Triumphant Return (3:45)

The Harp of Brandiswhiere  

See you on the other side of Saint Paddy's Day!

  

Impressive Mouths

The Swingle Singers are always a worthwhile listen.

Whether or not you are entranced, you're sure to be impressed!

01. Rossini - William Tell Overture (2:59)
02. Henry VIII - Pastime With Good Company (2:21)
03. Debussy - Trois chansons I (1:53)
04. Debussy - Trois chansons II (1:47)
05. Debussy - Trois chansons III (2:06)
06. Lennon & McCartney - Fool on the Hill (4:55)
07. Lennon & McCartney - Lady Madonna (3:33)
08. Lennon & McCartney - Day Tripper (2:22)
09. Lennon & McCartney - Blackbird / I Will (4:50)
10. René, Scott, René - Someone’s Rocking My Dreamboat (2:57)
11. Gershwin - Summertime (3:28)
12. Sondheim - Another Hundred People (2:00)
13. Debussy - Clair de lune (4:41)
14. Mancini - Peter Gunn (2:35)
15. Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture (7:55)

1812

See you on Monday!

 

She's a Snooky One!

I bet Snooky was feisty, back in the day!

01. Listen to the Mockingbird (1:46)
02. Mystery of His Way (1:31)
03. Coming Home (1:25)
04. When It's Springtime in the Rockies (1:41)
05. Snooky's Waltz (2:16)
06. I'll Be There If Ever You Want Me (1:31)
07. Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain (2:09)
08. In the Mood / Huckle Buck (1:55)
09. You're the Only Star in My Blue Heaven / Old Faithful / Spinning Wheel (2:53)
10. Under the Double Eagle (2:11)
11. I Saw the Light / He Set Me Free (1:54)
12. Death Valley Waltz (1:36)
13. Las Gaviotes (1:44)
14. Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone (1:39)
15. Tavern in the Town (2:03)
16. The Entertainer (2:05)
17. Play a Simple Melody (1:23)
18. Playmate (1:54)
19. Zacatecas (1:45)
20. Before the Next Teardrop Falls (2:22)
21. Down in the Little Green Valley (1:46)
22. Tight or Wrong (1:29)
23. My Beautiful Annabel Lee (1:52)
24. There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere (1:55)
25. Wreck of Old 97 (1:37)
26. There's a Goldmine in the Sky (2:02)
27. Enjoy Yourself, It's Later than You Think (1:56)
28. Whispering (1:33)
29. Whispering Light (2:37)
30. When the Golden Leaves Begin to Fall (2:01)
31. Spanish Two Step (2:07)
32. Old Love Letters (1:51)
33. Weeping Heart (2:07)
34. Lily Dale (1:55)
35. Chiapanecas (1:34)
36. Harbor Lights (2:27)
37. Johnson Rag (1:35)

38. I Love Little Willy (1:51) 

39. Moonlight on the Colorado (1:53)

It's rollicking, barrelhouse-type stuff.  Have at it!

Snooky Keller - Music Preservation Project

See you on Thursday, snookums!

  

Get Playful with a Dayful

These are fine performances, but I was not impressed with the premiere of the title selection.


01. Dayful of Song (12:22)
02. Cuban Overture (10:36)
03. Promenade (2:49)
04. Rhapsody in Blue (16:58)

05. Lullaby (8:56) 

06. An American in Paris (18:27)

Dayful of Song

Let me know if you like it.

   

You Waltz, I'll Polk!

And-uh-WON-TOO-TREE ...

Ed Peterka died December 27, 2005, he was from Scotland, SD.

Some of these have (almost) pitch-free vocals in an unknown language—it sounds like Yiddish or some such. And some of the music sounds like the stereotypical Mexican oompah-band music that I can sometimes hear from my backyard.


01. In Love - Polka (2:58)
02. Black Gypsy - Waltz (3:49)
03. Hot Stuff - Polka (2:49)
04. Dutch Boy - Waltz (2:47)
05. If I Were a Bird - Polka (2:26)
06. Over Three Hills - Waltz (2:34)
07. Oneta - Polka (1:58)
08. My Dreamboat - Waltz (2:56)
09. Brown Pony - Polka (3:53)
10. Red Handkerchief - Waltz (2:52)
11. Three Yanks - Polka (2:35)
12. Carpenters - Waltz (2:53)

Peterka

See you on Thursday!

  

No Duo-vers!

This is interesting Romantic-type music.

01. Duo 1 - Allegro molto (5:59)
02. Duo 1 - Rondo. Allegretto (5:53)
03. Duo 2 - Allegro moderato (8:41)
04. Duo 2 - Presto (5:45)
05. Duo 3 - Allegro molto con espressione (6:27)
06. Duo 3 - Rondo (4:18)
07. Duo 4 - Adagio (3:51)
08. Duo 4 - Allegro (7:11)
09. Duo 5 - Allegro molto (6:22)
10. Duo 5 - Grazioso con Variazioni (4:14)
11. Duo 6 - Allegro maestoso (10:08)
12. Duo 6 - Rondo. Grazioso (3:41)

Six Duo Concertants

See you Monday!

  

Landowska Plays Bach

I bought one LP of this set in the early 1980s, assembled here for you from varying ources. That's why there are a few record ticks -- but no skips.

01. Partita 1 in B-flat - Prelude (1:54)
02. Partita 1 in B-flat - Allemande (1:25)
03. Partita 1 in B-flat - Courante (1:55)
04. Partita 1 in B-flat - Sarabande (3:22)
05. Partita 1 in B-flat - Menuets 1 and 2 (2:58)
06. Partita 1 in B-flat - Gigue (1:19)
07. Fantasia in C Minor (3:23)
08. French Suite 6 - Allemande (1:41)
09. French Suite 6 - Courante (0:53)
10. French Suite 6 - Sarabande (1:48)
11. French Suite 6 - Gavotte (0:41)
12. French Suite 6 - Polonaise (0:47)
13. French Suite 6 - Menuet (0:48)
14. French Suite 6 - Bourée (0:49)
15. French Suite 6 - Gigue (1:20)
16. Little Prelude - in C (1:47)
17. Little Prelude - in C Minor (0:55)
18. Little Prelude - in D Minor (1:48)
19. Little Prelude - in D (2:02)
20. Little Prelude - in E (0:49)
21. Little Prelude - in E Minor (1:52)
22. Little Prelude - in C (0:59)
23. Little Prelude - in C (0:39)
24. Little Prelude - in C Minor (0:57)
25. Fughetta in C Minor (1:42)
26. English Suite 2 - Prelude (4:16)
27. English Suite 2 - Allemande (2:37)
28. English Suite 2 - Courante (1:34)
29. English Suite 2 - Sarabande (4:12)
30. English Suite 2 - Bourees I and II (2:39)
31. English Suite 2 - Gigue (1:23)
32. English Suite 3 - Gavotte (3:13)
33. English Suite 5 - Passapieds (3:06)

34. WTC Book 1 Prelude and Fugue in C Minor (4:05) 

35. Toccata in D (12:37)

It's a lot of fun!

Landowska Plays Bach

See you on Thursday!

  

Don’t Get Your Hopes Up!

The cover photo shows a guy dressed like Bach, with a Gibson electric guitar.  SURPRISE!  Ain’t no guitar-playing on this thing!

But on the bright side, I got my head cleaned!  (There's gotta be a dirty joke in there somewhere!)

You may like harmonica stylings, but there's no accounting, as they say.

01 - Berceuse - Gabriel Fauré -  (3:51)
02 - Divertimento No 2 - W A Mozart -  (11:50)
03 - Clair de Lune - Claude Debussy -  (4:17)
04 - Sonata in G Minor - J S Bach -  (12:12)
05 - Romanian Folk Dances - Béla Bartók -  (6:12)
06 - Because - Lennon-McCartney -  (2:53)

Bach to Lennon

See you on Monday!

  

I've Got a Loverly Bunch of Madrigals

This 1974 cassette is so much fun!  Somewhere around the time of release, PBS carried a program which featured many of these songs being sung in similar arrangements.  Whether that show featured the King's Singers, I couldn't tell ya.  But I bet you enjoy this!

01 - Now is the month of maying - Thomas Morley - 1595   (1:50)

02 - Four arms, two necks, one wreathing - Thomas Weelkes - 1608   (1:56)

03 - Hark all ye lovely saints above - Thomas Weelkes - 1598   (2:55)

04 - Since Robin Hood - Thomas Weelkes - 1608   (1:05)

05 - Though Philomena lost her love - Thomas Morley - 1602   (0:55)

06 - O wretched man - John Wilbye - 1609   (3:35)

07 - Weep, o mine eyes - John Bennet - 1599   (2:18)

08 - The nightingale, the organ of delight - Thomas Weelkes - 1608   (1:01)

09 - Come, sirrah Jack, ho! - Thomas Weelkes - 1608   (1:55)

10 - Cruel, behold my heavy ending - John Wilbye - 1598   (2:53)

11 - Fair Phyllis I saw sitting all alone - John Farmer - 1599   (1:15)

12 - L'ultimo di di Maggio - Sebastiano Festa - 1526   (1:28)

13 - Mentre il cucolo - Guiseppe Ciamo - 1584   (1:19)

13 - Un cavalier di Spagna - Pietro da Hosta - 1526   (1:11)

14 - Vessozi augelli - Giaches de Wert - 1586   (2:15)

15 - Valle, che de lamenti miei - Giaches de Wert - 1588   (6:26)

17 - Chi la gagliarda - Giovan da Nola - 1541   (2:46)

18 - Chi chi li chi - anonymous - 1555   (2:12)

19 - Contrappunto bestiale alla mente - Adriano Banchieri - 1608   (1:02)

20 - Mascherata de Cacciatori - Giovanni Gastoldi - 1591   (1:57)

21 - Matona mia cara - Orlando di Lasso - 1581   (2:37)

Madrigal Collection

See you on Thursday with more things you may love!  Happy Valentine's to all!