Tele House Presents Love, Italian Style [Double LP] [1973] RCA Special Products PRS-438

 

A very nice selection of both vocal and instrumental Italian love songs!  ~Gipsy Dancer~  😍

Ron Ayres, Piano and Rhythm • Friendly Persuasion [1962] Richmond Percussive Stereo Series/London Records RPS 39008

 

The Richmond was a London-owned budget label that released albums in the United States from 1958 to 1963. The albums were often abridged versions of albums previously issued on the London label, and sold for $1.98 each. In addition to mono and stereo vinyl albums, many of the numbers were issued on reel-to-reel tape. 

The Richmond Percussive Stereo series used a white label with a light blue field starting above the center hole. Print was black. The series was printed in England and sold both in the UK and US, selling for $3.98 here. The first 12 albums were all issued in a group during the week of August 11, 1962, but apparently did not sell as well as London had hoped, because, after the first 12, the series was abandoned in the US.

Bela Babai ("King of The Gypsy Violin") and His Orchestra • Gypsy Moods [1957] Epic Records LN 3363

 

Billboard July 1, 1957:

"A virtuoso performance in schmaltz.  The sound of Babai's violin, the cymbalom (cimbalom), cellos, etc., will make women desert their husbands and mothers their babies.  Dealers with buyers addicted to this Romany music should by all means stock this item.  It is authentic, throbbing, and full of fire.  Strong men will smash seltzer bottles on the floor.  Included are Monte's "Czardas," "Fly My Swallow," and the pseudo-gypsy "Le Canari" ("Hot Canary")."

Billy Rowland and His Thumbtack Piano • They Laughed When I Sat Down [1958] RCA Victor ‎Living Stereo LSP-1872

 

The liner notes are superbly funny! Read them and chuckle!  ~Gipsy Dancer~  😊

A Musical Tour Around The World . . . And Beyond [Double LP] [1976] London Phase 4 Stereo Spectacular! SQBE-94251 (Auto Sequenced)

 

". . . a musical globe-trotters adventure nonpareil!"

The Magical World of Melody [Reader's Digest 10 LP Box Set] [1964] Reader's Digest RD16-K (Auto Sequenced)

 

"The best-loved melodies by 20 of the world's most popular composers"

Scans of the 24-page booklet are included! (1000 dpi resolution)

Music With Sound Time Series 2000 Demonstration Record [1961] Time Records Series 2000 TSD-3

 

Another group of fine selections from the Time Records Series 2000.

New Sounds! Time Series 2000 Demonstration Record [1961] Time Records Series 2000 TSD-2

 

Selections are taken from the following Times Series 2000 albums:

S/2018 - Cha Chas For Dancing

S/2014 - Bongos and Brass

S/2015 - Rodgers and Hart Percussion and Strings

S/2012 - Jerome Kern Flutes and Percussion

S/2016 - Pin Point Percussion

S/2017 - Marches Brass and Percussion

S/2006 - Percussion Español

S/2010 - Gershwin and Guitars

S/2001 - Flutes and Percussion

S/2005 - The Passion of Paris

S/2009 - Cole Porter In Percussion

S/2008 - Voices In Song and Percussion

Let Us Entertain You [1968] RCA Victor PRS-278 (Prepared by RCA expressly for Magnavox)

 

Another stereo demonstration album!  Enjoy!

Admiral Stereophonic Demonstration Record [1963] Decca Records DL 734212

 

Note:  There is a brief balance test after Track 10 and Track 16.

Admiral Stereophonic Demonstration Record [1965] Decca DL 738241

 

Welcome to the world of stereo demonstration records!

"The stereo selections on Admiral's stereophonic demonstration album have been recorded from the finest stereophonic albums available and feature a complete range from pops to classical played the Admiral stereo way, with full separation and startling realism that only Admiral with the exclusive phantom third channel can give you."  [Excerpt liner notes]

Roger Williams • Themes From Great Movies [1970] Kapp Records KS-3629

 

Requested by Eliane.  Enjoy!  😍

Marvin Ash and The Dixie Blue Blowers • New Orleans At Midnight [1956] Decca Records DL 8346

 

Marvin Ash was a superior string/stride player who brought his own sound and enthusiasm to prebop jazz. Ash grew up in Kansas City and played in local bands including those of Wallie Stoeffer, Connie Conrad, Herman Waldman, and Jack Crawford. After a period of living in Tulsa (1936-42) and working on the radio, he moved permanently to Los Angeles in 1942. Ash spent some time working with Wingy Manone and occasionally appeared with all-star bands but spent most of his career playing in small combos. Influenced by such pianists as James P. Johnson, Fats Waller, and Joe Sullivan, Ash may have only been three years older than Dizzy Gillespie but he certainly belonged to an earlier musical generation. Since he was based in Los Angeles, Ash did extensive work in the studios and worked for the Walt Disney music department. He had opportunities to play with Jack Teagarden, Matty Matlock, and Pete Daily.

Marvin Ash recorded as a leader for Mirror (1946-47), Jump, Capitol, Jazz Man, and finally for Decca in 1956. In later years he played piano at a small bar located in a bowling alley, happily performing prewar classics.  [AllMusic]

André Previn • Hollywood At Midnight [1956] Decca Records DL 8341

 

The conductor, composer, and pianist André Previn was not only among the most charismatic performers of his day but also enjoyed one of the greatest classical-music lives since Berlioz and Liszt – and one that did not grow less eventful with old age. His pedigree was unique: no other Oscar-winning conductor-composer from the Hollywood film studios became equally successful in the strictly classical world of the London Symphony Orchestra – which Previn headed from 1968 to 1979 – while also maintaining a side career as a jazz pianist.

Dante Varela and His Orchestra • Rio At Midnight [1956] Decca Records DL 8334

Tracklist:

01 Amor

02 Quizás, Quizás, Quizás (Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps)

03 Baía (No Baixa do Sapateiro)

04 The Romantic Cha-Cha-Cha

05 The Peanut Vendor (El Manisero)

06 Noche de Ronda

07 Baa-Too-Kee

08 Adiós

09 Misirlou

10 El Coco

11 Come Closer To Me (Acércate Más)

12 Estrellita

13 La Paloma

14 Cavaquinho (Cava-Keen-Yo)

Ellis Larkins • Manhattan At Midnight [1956] Decca Records DL 8303

 

Ellis Larkins, a jazz pianist, was best known for his understated elegance as an improviser and his sensitivity as an accompanist.

Ellis Lane Larkins was born into a musical family in Baltimore on May 15, 1923. His mother was a pianist, and his father, who earned his living as a janitor, played violin with the Baltimore City Colored Orchestra. When Mr. Larkins was 6, his father began giving him piano lessons, and within a few years he, too, was playing with the orchestra.

Skitch Henderson, His Piano and Orchestra • London At Midnight [1956] Decca Records DL 8302

 

Decca Records At Midnight Series - 1956

Skitch Henderson, His Piano and Orchestra • London At Midnight [1956]

Decca Records DL 8302

Ellis Larkins • Manhattan At Midnight [1956]

Decca Records DL 8303

Dante Varela and His Orchestra • Rio At Midnight [1956]

Decca Records DL 8334

Skitch Henderson, His Piano and Orchestra • Paris At Midnight [1956]

Decca Records DL 8339

André Previn • Hollywood At Midnight [1956]

Decca Records DL 8341

Marvin Ash and The Dixie Blue Blowers • New Orleans At Midnight [1956]

Decca Records DL 8346

Carmen Cavallaro • Rome At Midnight [1956]

Decca Records DL 8359

Dick Hyman's Century of Jazz Piano [5 CD Set + DVD] [2009] Arbors Records, Inc. ARCD 19348 (Arbors Piano Series Volume 20)

 

Happy Birthday Dick Hyman - 96 years young!

Dick Hyman's Century of Jazz Piano was originally issued as two separate CD-R discs to allow jazz piano students and fans to hear many different styles of jazz as performed by the veteran pianist. Repackaged as a five-CD set with a separate DVD for reissue by Arbors, this improved edition has the ability to play in conventional CD and DVD players as well. Hyman has long been recognized as a very versatile player who is capable of playing any style in jazz history, one of a handful of artists who has such an ability. 

Dick Hyman • The Age of Electronicus [1969] Command Records 946 S

 

Electronicus boasts the obligatory Beatles covers (“Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” and “Blackbird”), two Booker T. & The M.G.’s cuts (“Time Is Tight” and “Green Onions”), Hair show-stopper “Aquarius,” an interpretation of James Brown’s “Give It Up Or Turn It Loose,” a rendition of Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now,” and merely one original. Sure, Electronicus smacks of Moog-hysteria cash-in, but Hyman’s inventiveness with this familiar and relatively eclectic material raises the record high above most of its counterparts now moldering in bargain bins. [Jive Time Records]

Tracklist: 

01 Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

02 Give It Up Or Turn It Loose

03 Blackbird

04 Aquarius

05 Green Onions

06 Kolumbo

07 Time Is Tight

08 Alfie

09 Both Sides Now

Arranged and Produced by Dick Hyman 

Moog: The Electric Eclectics of Dick Hyman [1969] Command 938-S

 

In the late '60s, pianist Dick Hyman, famous for "Moritat, Theme from Threepenny Opera," experimented with various keyboard instruments, including Baldwin and Lowrey organs. This release was his first with what was then a completely newfangled machine, the Moog synthesizer. Hyman took the Moog by the horns and milked it for all it was worth on nine originals, including the monster hit single "The Minotaur" (which inspired Emerson, Lake, and Palmer's "Lucky Man").

Dick Hyman • Scott Joplin: The Complete Works For Piano [5 LP Set] [1975] RCA Red Seal CRL5-1106

 

Dick Hyman...An American jazz pianist/keyboardist and composer "who is best known for his versatility with jazz piano styles". 

Scott Joplin...An African-American composer and pianist.  Joplin was dubbed "The King of Ragtime". One of his first pieces, Maple Leaf Rag, became ragtime's first and most influential hit.