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The Last Of Shaw

Originally posted: Monday, January 13, 2020

Until reading the extensive liner notes to this release, I had forgotten that Artie Shaw had completely walked away from performing and recording in 1954. This 2 CD set gives us recordings of two of those performances. Artie has given various reasons why he quit performing. Perfectionism, bands that could not play at the same level as him and here in these liner notes, he explains that he wanted play different things but all the crowds wanted were the hits. He explains that and much more in the extensive notes that are part of the download. AllMusic gives it a good review as well: The double-CD sets contains a healthy share of the recordings the clarinetist made with his final Gramercy Five, a unit that included pianist Hank Jones, either Tal Farlow or Joe Puma on guitar and usually Joe Roland's vibes. Unlike his longtime competitor Benny Goodman, Shaw felt perfectly comfortable with younger modernists. In fact his own clarinet playing had evolved through the years and sometimes he hints strongly at Buddy DeFranco without losing his own musical personality during these 20 performances. This is very rewarding music that makes one especially regret that Artie Shaw chose to give up the clarinet after this band ran its course. Paul has given us the mother load of fine music and the man himself talking about the finer points of it. Thanks, Paul! Track List: 1.1 Imagination 1.2 Besame Mucho 1.3 My Funny Valentine 1.4 Too Marvelous For Words 1.5 I Can't Get Started 1.6 The Sad Sack 1.7 Dancing On The Ceiling 1.8 Someone To Watch Over Me 1.9 Mysterioso 1.10 The Chaser 2.1 Pied Piper Theme 2.2 Love Of My Life 2.3 Rough Ridin' 2.4 Yesterdays 2.5 Lyric 2.6 Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered 2.7 Lugubrious 2.8 S'posin' 2.9 Tenderly 2.10 When The Quail Come Back To San Quentin

#Artie Shaw #1992 #January 2020

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Sunday Strings - Getting Good Seats

Originally posted: Sunday, January 12, 2020

I saw that Swank Daddy posted Clebanoff and his Movie Themes a few days ago. It was then noticed that we had a Clebanoff album from 1959 as well, except he went to the theater rather than the movies. Over the summer of that year, Billboard and Mercury kept noting that "it was a strong album", but never reviewing it. That was one heck of a busy year in music, so that's not surprising it didn't get much ink. However, if you've always liked what Clebanoff did with his other subjects, he does a grand job on all these Broadway favorites. As the back cover says, it's a delectable music melange. Track List: A1 Love Look Away (From Flower Drum Song) A2 So In Love (From "Kiss Me Kate") A3 The Party's Over (From "The Bells Are Ringing") A4 Speak Low (From "One Touch Of Venus") A5 Till There Was You (From "Music Man") A6 Lady In Waiting (From "Goldilocks") B1 Mountain High-Valley Low (From "Lute Song") B2 Tonight (From "West Side Story") B3 Baubles, Bangles And Beads (From "Kismet") B4 I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face (From "My Fair Lady") B5 Bali Ha'I (From "South Pacific") B6 They Say It's Wonderful (From "Annie Get Your Gun")

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#Clebanoff Strings #hi-fi stereo #vinyl #west side story #music man #1959 #january 202

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Attention All Stereo and Hi-Fi Bugs

Originally posted: Saturday, January 11, 2020

To follow up from Mr. Dealer's promo album from yesterday, here's one album you as the customer could have wandered home with. A lot of labels were experimenting with many instruments and players. Medallion went with a room full of pianos. Billboard took notice:

I'm sure this has been posted before, but it's such good music and when I see these album in the bargain bin, it's obvious they need a new home. Which they've found. Enjoy. Track List: A1 Could Have Danced All Night A2 The Carousel Waltz A3 Sophisticated Lady A4 Ebb Tide A5 Holiday For Strings B1 Slaughter On Tenth Avenue B2 All The Things You Are B3 Wrong Note Rag B4 Intermezzo B5 A Waltz In A Swing Time B6 Sabre Dance

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#The Medallion Piano Quartet #stereophonic sound #vinyl #vinyl junkie #piano #1961 #january 2020

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Not For Sale!

Originally posted: Friday, January 10, 2020

That's right Mr. Dealer! You can sell more of everything listed above, and more! We're sure you sell all the accessories an audiophile would want. You'll sell more of whatever that is with this record! This is a nice sampler of what Kapp Records competitor to Command Records was putting out. Very high quality stereo that was done by folks that weren't household names. You've heard most of them before, now hear them in a different order. Imagine you're in your record store and you drop this platter on the sales floor turntable to generate some interest on a slow Saturday afternoon. I bet it would stir some folks into buying something, even if it's just the plastic inserts for 45 rpm records. Track List: A1 Cachita A2 The Love Nest A3 Cheek To Cheek A4 Makin' Woopee! A5 There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight / Are You From Dixie / Waiting For The Robert E. Lee / When The Saints Go Marching In A6 King Cotton B1 Beyond The Blue Horizon B2 The Continental B3 Dancing In The Dark B4 I Could Have Danced All Night B5 El Cumbanchero B6 Mambo Jambo

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#kapp records #vinyl #vinyl junkie #vinylmusic #not dated #january 2020 #various artists #stereo demonstrator

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Dinner Plans

Originally posted: Wednesday, January 8, 2020

A 1956 Columbia release that Billboard ignored and I presume sold to those interested in what was played at Maxim's in Paris. The record begins with Leo greeting the diners and then heading directly into what I think of as 20's and 30's swing music. It moves right along and I'm sure improved the digestion of those dining. Who was Leo? Léo Chauliac, real name Léon Chauliac (6 February 1913 – 27 October 1977) was a French jazz pianist, composer and conductor. A jazz pianist in the 1930s, Léo Chauliac was the accompanist of Charles Trenet from 1941 to 1943, a singer for whom he composed many popular songs. He rubbed shoulders and played with the greatest musicians of the time: Hubert Rostaing, Aimé Barelli, Alix Combelle and Henri Crolla. For a while, as conductor of the orchestra of the famous restaurant Maxim's, he was the conductor for some records by André Claveau and Jacqueline Danno. (Wikipedia) One interesting part of this live album; there's no clapping, much less acknowledgment from the diners that the band is even there. At the close, Leo say his good byes, and the diners continue on. Track List: A1 Ragtime A2 Walkin' My Baby Back Home A3 Didn't We A4 Pau De Arara A5 Manteca A6 Sax-Cantabile A7 Ruby A8 Gin And Tonic B1 Mambo A La Luz De La Luna B2 Mambo En Espagne B3 La Nina Popolf B4 Mood To Be Wooed B5 So In Love B6 'S Wonderful B7 Tell Me Why

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#Leo Chauliac #Dinner at Maxim's #vinyl #vinyl junkie #1956 vinyl #1956 #january 2020

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English Nostalgia

Originally posted: Monday, January 6, 2020

Paul brings us another beautiful album, this time with John Wilson conducting the music of Eric Coates. My first thought was that this was Light Music in it's purest form. From a 2001 review on Amazon: Just when I was beginning to regard the music of Eric Coates as a special pleasure now sealed off in a time warp only available to those with long memories and old recordings, along comes this splendid ASV release. Not only is the recording quality as bright and fresh as the morning dew, but the conductor is a mere 25 years old. John Wilson rescues and revives this light music from a bygone era with full confidence, perfect aplomb and total understanding. Older listeners with older recordings need not worry about duplicating items already in their collections. Most of the items here receive their first CD or LP listing, and some receive their first ever recording. Nothing, however, suggests there has been a scraping of the bottom of the barrel. Listen to any track, and every cadence, modulation, harmonic progression and nuance will evoke a distinctly English nostalgia. Thank you Paul, for this Light Music masterpiece! Track List: 1 Sweet Seventeen - Concert Valse (1954) 2 Summer Afternoon - Idyll (1924) 3 Impressions Of A Princess - Intermezzo (1956) 4 Salutate The Soldier - March (1944) Two Light Syncopated Pieces (1925) 5 Moon Magic 6 Rose Of Samarkand 7 For Your Delight - Serenade (1937) 8 The Unknown Singer - Interlude (1952) 9 I Sing To You - Souvenier (1940) 10 Coquette - Ballet Sketch (1920) 11 Over To You - March (1941) 12 Idyll (1913) 13 Under The Stars (1929) 14 By The Tamarisk - Intermezzo (1925) 15 Mirage - Romance (1927) 16 Last Love - Romance (1939) 17 The Green Land - (Rhodesian March) (1953)

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#Eric Coates #John Wilson #vinyl #vinyl junkie #Under the Stars #1997 #january 2020

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Sunday Strings - Cordes bon marché

Sunday, January 5, 2020

Yep, it's low budget string time! As to the origins of the Surrey label, BSN pubs cuts to the chase: Surrey Records was a reissue label from the mid-1960s. It was owned by Randy Wood, the one-time president of Vee-Jay Records (not the Randy Wood from Dot Records), and operated in Los Angeles. It made extensive use of the Horizon label masters for reissue purposes. So we have no clue to their origins other than if you attempt to ID them with the Shazam app it says the music was done by the Branon Strings Orchestra with a background showing it was performed by The Starlight Orchestra. Right. It's really in stereo, and the pressing is ok, with a skip during The Parisians. Despite it's pedigree (or lack of one), it's enjoyable romp through the standards having to do with France. Plus a real Mod girl on the cover. What more could you ask for? Track List: A1 The Last Time I Saw Paris A2 C'est Magnifique A3 Paris In The Spring A4 Paris Reverie A5 I Love Paris B1 Allez-vous-en B2 Song From Moulin Rouge B3 The Parisians B4 Paris Moonlight B5 Under Paris Skies

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#The Surrey Strings #Made in France #vinyl #vinyl junkie #low budget #1965 #january 2020

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The 1982 Alternative

Originally posted: Saturday, January 4, 2020

With the unexpected success of Larry Elgart's 1982 album Hooked On Swing over at RCA, Columbia decided to hop on that bandwagon, using the Les and Larry's original tracks set to a beat. Carol Steele was brought in for percussion and the producing team proceeded to tie 17 tracks of classic Elgart tracks together for some non-stop swing dancing. Close to non-stop; we managed to separate the tracks. Some songs have more added snaps or claps than others, but the whole album sounds fresh, a good pressing from a time when records were slowly being replaced by those shiny Compact Discs. Alternate versions of your favorites from what was an odd time for music. Track List: Camelot A String Of Pearls Cherokee Jersey Bounce Cocktails For Two Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella My Heart Belongs To Daddy Girl Watchers Little Brown Jug Opus One Look For The Silver Lining Begin The Beguine One O'Clock Jump Pick Yourself Up Woodchopper's Ball 'Deed I Do The Nearness Of You Skyliner

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#Les Elgart #Larry Elgart #SWINGTIME #vinyl #vinyl junkie #1982 #january 2020

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Selections From 1967

Originally Posted: Friday, January 3, 2020

A nice 10 track compilation of some the Elgart Brother's output on Columbia. Harmony picked from three albums all released in 1967. You can't really call their sound "Big Band" at this point, but it's still that unique Elgart sound that we've all come to love. Coming up soon is an Elgart album from the brief swing dancing revival of the early eighties. Track List: A1 What A Wonderful World A2 Begin The Beguine A3 Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella (On A Rainy Day) A4 These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) A5 Out Of Nowhere B1 Girl Watchers B2 Spanish Eyes B3 Camelot B4 Harlem Nocturne B5 In The Still Of The Night

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#Les Elgart #Larry Elgart #vinyl #vinyl junkie #big band #1967 #january 2020

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Adding Up To A Treat

Originally posted: Wednesday, January 1, 2020

With Andre dressed appropriately for the season, here's his 1966 take on the music of the moment. Billboard gave it a few words:

I snagged this album mainly as I was curious how he would handle things like What's New Pussycat?. The answer, he gives it a circus-like feel that is downright exuberant at times. As the review says, it all adds up to a treat. Track List: A1 The Shadow Of Your Smile A2 Forget Domani A3 The Sweetheart Tree A4 The Cincinnati Kid A5 I Will Wait For You A6 Love Theme From "Madame X" B1 Moment To Moment B2 Juliet's Theme B3 Lara's Theme B4 What's New Pussycat? B5 Ship Of Fools  

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#vinyl #vintage records #Andre Kostelanetz #vinyl junkie #1966 #january 2020

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Welcome Once Again My Friends

Originally posted: Wednesday, May 4, 2011

After what happened to our previous two blogs, I've decided to discard the Hooked On Stereophonic name and all of the baggage with it. I enlisted my family in the naming of this new blog and this one was declared the winner. With a header graphic executed by my oldest daughter, we are starting out fresh, with the same goal in mind. Old music, recorded from vinyl. You might see a CD once or twice a year, but that's about it. Easy listening, Big Band and some Jazz in Stereo and Mono. Crichton72 is still on board and will be sharing his rips along with us. The Living Series will come back to life as will the WRFM Files. Plus the announced but never begun series Retr-HOS-spect in which we go back and revisit old rips that we can improve upon. The cause of all the blogs being removed was narrowed down to the "Follow This Blog" feature that Blogger has. This feature has been removed here. Please don't attempt to do this. Also, I'd rather keep a very low profile, so the first rule of Vinyl Dinosaur is don't talk about Vinyl Dinosaur with the general internet population. I did not have a chance to save what was at HOS2 before it was removed, so C-72 and I will most likely post a few repeats to pick up where we left off. Then, full speed ahead. Also, I am aware that the initials of the blog are also known as an abbreviation for a sexually transmitted disease. My first thought was an advertising tag line, VD: Catch It! Yeah, that's in bad taste but it's funny.

#may 2011 #update