August 2008

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Record #15

31 August 2008 in Music by DJ Drew | No comments

Some peaceful love songs for the last day of summer on a Sunday.

           Dino
Italian Love Songs 

According to back cover, “it’s the album if Italian Love Songs that Dean Martin fans have been waiting for…”

Track listing-
Side One:

  1. Just Say I Love Her (Dicitencello Vuie)
  2. Arrivederci, Roma
  3. My Heart Reminds Me
  4. You’re Breaking My Heart (Mattinata)
  5. Non Dimenticar
  6. Return To Me (Ritorna a Me)

Side Two:

  1. Vieni Su
  2. On An Evening In Roma
  3. Pardon (Perdoname)
  4. Take Me Into Your Arms (Torna a Surriento)
  5. I Have But One Heart (‘O Marenariello)
  6. There’s No Tomorrow (O Sole Mio)

 

Produced by Dave Cavanaugh

 

Dino - Italian Love Sons

Dino - Italian Love Sons

Record #14

30 August 2008 in Music by DJ Drew | No comments

A perfect album for the Saturday football games!

The Fighting Spirit
       with the
All-American Band
       Vol. 13

A very strong and forceful start to the album; makes for a great listen that will put you into a “go get ‘em” mood! Then with the Romantic Overture the sound opens up into a more softer side. Overall, this is a great album for classic band and marching band music. Features a great deal of brass and big drums!

The album is directed by Robert A. Williams.
Track listing-
B.225:

  1. National Defense (Slawik)
  2. The Fighting Spirit (Jewell)
  3. Romantic Overture (Buchtel)
  4. You And Progress (King)
  5. El Querido Gayo (The Gay Lover) (Guentzel)

B.226:

  1. The Southerner (Alexander)
  2. The Checkered Flag (Jewel)
  3. The Crusaders (Buchtel)
  4. The Forest Ranger (Mesang)
  5. Royal Hippodrome  (King)
The Fighting Spirit - All American Band

The Fighting Spirit - All American Band (Vol. 13)

Record #13

29 August 2008 in Music by DJ Drew | 1 comment

A lovely Columbia record from 1972:

Andy Williams
Love Theme From “The Godfather”
(Speak Softly Love)

My Favorites:
- Love Theme From “The Godfather”
- Precious And Few (Awesome, I might add.)
- Everything I Own (Perfect theme for me tonight.)
- An Old Fashioned Love Song
- MacArthur Park (really, would you expect him to do a bad version?)
- Hurting Each Other
- Without You 

Track listing:
Side 1

  1. Love Theme From “The Godfather”
  2. Precious And Few
  3. Theme From “Summer of ’43″ (The Summer Knows)*
  4. Everything I Own*
  5. Until It’s Time For You To Go
  6. An Old Fashioned Love Song

Side 2

  1. MacArthur Park*
  2. Hurting Each Other
  3. Music From Across The Way**
  4. Without You
  5. Imagine

Arrangers- Al Caps, *Artie Butler, **Ernie Freeman
Engineers- Rafael O. Valentine, Peter Romano, Eric Prestidge
Produced by- Dick Glasser and Robert Andrew 

Andy Williams - Love Theme From "The Godfather"

Andy Williams - Love Theme From "The Godfather"

Playing on youtube: Love Theme From “The Godfather”

Record #12

28 August 2008 in Music by DJ Drew | No comments

Du Du Du Dee Du Dee Bop

I had never heard of this group before, but I like them! They are the Kirby Stone Four. According to wikipedia, this is a post WWII group from the New York area. Here is the link to their write up on AllMusic.

The Kirby Stone Touch
The Kirby Stone Four
Orchestra conducted by Jimmy Carroll

My favorites:
- Volare
- When The Sun Comes Out
- Everything’s Coming Up Roses
- Ti-Pi-Tin
- Lassus Trombone 
- Red Shoes 

Track listing:
 Side A:

  1. Volare
  2. When The Sun Comes Out
  3. Everything’s Coming Up Roses
  4. When Your Lover Has Gone
  5. Hambone
  6. Ti-Pi-Tin

Side B:

  1. I Love Paris
  2. Lullaby of Birdland
  3. Lassus Trombone
  4. I Love You
  5. Red Shoes
  6. Don’t Stop
The Kirby Stone Four - The Kirby Stone Touch

The Kirby Stone Four - The Kirby Stone Touch

 

Here they are on Youtube with a portable stereo phonograph:

Record #11

27 August 2008 in Music by DJ Drew | No comments

Capital Records presents in high fidelity the spectacular:

Nat King Cole
Dear Lonely Hearts
Music conducted by Belford Hendricks

This album was produced by Capital’s Lee Gillette who was mostly in charge of the pop department.

My favorites on the album:
- Dear Lonely Hearts
- Miss You
- Yearning (Just For You)
- All Over The World
- Oh, How I Miss You Tonight
- It’s A Lonesome Old Town (When You re Not Around)

Track listing-
Side one:

  1. Dear Lonely Hearts
  2. Miss You
  3. Why Should I Cry Over You
  4. Near You
  5. Yearning (Just For You)
  6. My First and Only Lover

Side two:

  1. All Over The World
  2. Oh, How I Miss You Tonight
  3. Lonesome And Sorry
  4. All By Myself
  5. Who’s Next In Line?
  6. It’s A Lonesome Old Town (When You’re Not Around) 
Nat King Cole - Dear Lonely Hearts

Nat King Cole - Dear Lonely Hearts

Here is a youtube sample, until you can visit the conservatory:

Record #10

26 August 2008 in Music by DJ Drew | No comments

Pure American and lovin it! The sounds of good ol’ Rock and Roll have been blaring. I love jammin to this group and it was a welcomed spit of the record collection.

Presenting Doug Clifford on the Drums; Stu Cook on the Bass; John Fogerty rocking out on the Guitar and Microphone; and Tom Fogerty with the Rhythm Guitar!

Willy and the Poor Boys
Creedence Clearwater Revival

Not a bad song to rock out to on the album!!
Arranged and produced by John Fogerty.

Track listing:
Side one:

  1. Down On The Corner
  2. It Came Out Of The Sky
  3. Cotton Fields
  4. Poorboy Shuffle
  5. Feelin’ Blue

Side two:

  1. Fortunate Son
  2. Don’t Look Now (It Ain’t You Or Me)
  3. The Midnight Special
  4. Side O’ The Road
  5. Effigy 
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy and the Poor Boys

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy and the Poor Boys

The two chart-toppers of the album on youtube-

Fortunate Son:

Down On The Corner:

Record #9

25 August 2008 in Music by DJ Drew | No comments

Today’s album from the Radio Corporation of America features two main points. In fact, it’s almost hard to decipher which is being promoted more on the album cover; The technology or the music? The album uses “Dynagroove” which is “The Magnificent New Sound Developed by RCA Victor.” For a mono album from 1963 it sounded pretty clean, so have most the other records I’ve checked out. So I’ll have to research what this technology they are bragging about is referring to.

Album: SOUNDPOWER!
Music to the Limits of Audibility
              Marty Gold
         and His Orchestra 

As I was listening to the album, I was impressed with an amazing trumpet solo on cut 4 of side 1. I also enjoyed cut 5 and 6 on the same side along with the following cuts on side 2... Scratch that all… This turned out to be a great easy listening album! I’m gonna have to keep an eye out for some of Gold’s earlier work.

Track listing:
Side 1: 

  1. I’ll Remember April
  2. Stella By Starlight
  3. The Moon Was Yellow
  4. The Terry Theme From “Lime-Light”
  5. Without A Song
  6. Harlem Nocturne (featuring Phil Bodner on alto sax)

Side 2

  1. Shangri-la
  2. A String Of Pearls
  3. I Left My Heart In San Francisco (opening solo by contrabass clarinet Stan Webb)
  4. I Concentrate On You (tuba Don Butterfield)
  5. Till There Was You (trumpet solo Mel Davis, alto saxophone solo Phil Bodner)
  6. Misty (Bob Alexander on the lush trombone, Mel Davis on the trumpet)
Marty Gold and His Orchestra

Marty Gold and His Orchestra

Record #8

24 August 2008 in Music by DJ Drew | No comments

 A perfect album for a Sunday!

Album: Ray Conniff
and his orchestra and chorus
“Concert In Rhythm”

This is the forth album in his Columbia collection and after listening to it, I hope to discover his three earlier albums aswell. Very light hearted and perfect with the paper and orange juice. I especially like how the chorus sounds more instrumental than vocal – a wordless chorus!

For this album, Conniff chose some nifty classics to rearrange. My favorite was his remake of Franz Schubert’s Serenade. But since the whole album is great, I am just going to include a full track listing.

Side A:

  1. Theme from Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto
  2. Theme from Swan Lake Ballet
  3. Theme from Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto
  4. Theme from Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony
  5. Theme from Ray Conniff Suite
  6. Theme from Romeo and Juliet

Side B:

  1. Rhapsody in Blue
  2. I’m Always Chasing Rainbows
  3. The Lamp Is Low
  4. Theme from Grand Canyon Suite
  5. My Reverie
  6. Serenade
Ray Conniff - Concert In Rhythm

Ray Conniff - Concert In Rhythm

Ray Conniff - Concert In Rhythm (back)

Ray Conniff - Concert In Rhythm (back)

Record #7

23 August 2008 in Music by DJ Drew | No comments

I’m starting to think this record collection has some life to it. This week is wrapping up right were it started, with Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra!

Album: Boston Pops / Arthur Fiedler
                          Star Dust

Fantastic album from 1963! Quite different than the Marches album which started the week, but some great music none the less.

My favorites:
Side 1 cut 3: Wunderbar
Side 1 cut 5: You and the Night and the Music
Side 1 cut 6: Clair de lune (Moonlight)
Side 2 cut 4: The Night Was Made For Love
Side 2 cut 6: The Glow Worm
 

Boston Pops / Arthur Fiedler - Star Dust

Boston Pops / Arthur Fiedler - Star Dust

Record #6

22 August 2008 in Music by DJ Drew | No comments

On Fridays we drink. And apparently we also sing along with Mitch.

Album: “Sentimental
Sing Along With Mitch
Mitch Miller and The Gang”

Can’t say I had a favorite sing along tonight. Although it felt like I was in a German beer garden… maybe I needed a German beer to go with the album?

The bonus was that Mitch included “special sing along lyrics” to make it easier for one to follow and sing along with him. Next karaoke night this album is coming out!

Mitch Miller and The Gang

Mitch Miller and The Gang

Special Sing Along Lyrics

Special Sing Along Lyrics

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