Robert Goulet- Always With You

So close to finishing this month up in one day. Must press on. I somewhat enjoyed writing this month’s post. Also, by the time you read this, barring another COVID flare up or war, I will be in Amsterdam for vacation. not even remotely prepared for that at time of writing. If you recall earlier in the month I let it be known that I was hung over. That is starting to ear of now. But must press on .I bought this for $4 , mostly for the song I am going to post. Toast.

From Columbia ( who I think had the most records on the blog this month) here is Robert Goulet with music by Frank DeVol, one of the big time arranger/conductor’s of the era. This came out in 1962. Good record. Here is my favorite which appears all over this blog , ” The Breeze and I”.

The Breeze and I

Charles K L Davis- Love Songs Of The Mediterranean

We have already established that I recently bought this. I paid $4 because of the woman on the cover .From 1961 and Everest Records.

Not sure how Charles K. L. Davis ( Honolulu, HI 1925-1991) got here but he did have impressive television work on the back cover. Also, the orchestra was conducted by David Terry. I was somewhat surprised as with all the foreign language songs, I was not expecting an American singer. Yes I know, despite having one of the most American names. Regardless, here is “Sous Le Ciel de Paris” or “Under Paris Skies”.

Sous Le Ciel de Paris

Terry Snyder- Terry Snyder’s World Of Sound

Here again is another new buy , In fact, let’s kill the anticipation. Only one record this week was not purchased within the last two months. I paid $4 for this. Good track list and more importantly, it has a good color scheme on the cover. Maybe I subconsciously remembered that Terry Snyder was a good drummer and band leader.

Really good album. YES. Really good album. Where to go with samples? Well, here is ” St Louis Blues”, “Honk Kong Blues”, and blog favorite, ” I Love Paris” . Why three samples? Seems like a lot. Well, I really wanted to highlight “Honk Kong Blues” which features a “Tricky Sam” trombone solo, a style popularized by Joe Nanton, tomboner for Duke Ellignton. It is time for this week Great Moments in Tromboning.

Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, born in New York City in 1904, did some things, and then became Duke Ellington’s ‘bone man in 1926. During this tenure, he became a visionary force behind the development of the plunger mute as well as the wah-wah sound it creates. along with Bubber Miley, they perfected the Harlem sound of the late 1920’s. It has also been referred to as dirty or growls, or in the case of Nanton’s own unique style, ” ya-ya”. Nanton remained in the band until his death from stroke in 1946. His loss in the band was irreplaceable. That has been Great Moments in Tromboning. Join us next time when we look at the time Jack Teagarden and Bix Beiderbecke fought over splitting a check. And is it weird to showcase trombone on a percussionist’s record? YES

St Louis Blues
Hong Kong Blues
I Love Paris

Baja Marimba Band- ST

Second self titled album this week. Second $1 in two days. From A&M in 1964, we have the Baja Marimba Band. I probably bought this for the low, low price.

So, originally I was not going to post “Charade” yesterday but then I noticed I chose only one sample from this record for consideration: ” Charade”. SO I think the point was to compare and contrast. Also, not sure why I would only record one sample. Seems there are some songs on this that I record regardless if they are good or bad. I suppose this would make a good time to point out that while I have been going on an orgy of recording whole albums for the last couple of months, I only did this once this month. See if you can find it. Also, just throw yet one more statement out there, I had an awfully hard time categorizing this record.

Charade

Henry Mancini- The Best of Mancini

Last month, I begged the question on Henry Mancini’s Best of Vol 2, whereas is this is Vol 2, how good is Vol 1. Well, we are about to find out with this RCA/ Victor record from 1964, for which I paid $1? For why? Probable because it is good as well as cheap. More than likely I got a 20% discount from Half Price on Memorial Day brining the grand total to 80 cents. Darn, I miss that sale.

Did I say last month? I did not realize it was last week. Now I feel bad about cramming Mancini down your throat. Well, too late now. Really is a good record with some of his great themes. One side of television. One side of movies. After listening to this, yeah, it is quite evident that Vol 2 is Vol 2 material. For a sample, I went to the big screen side with “Experiment in Terror”. Also, for reasons that will become apparent tomorrow, ” Charade”.

Experiment in Terror
Charade

101 Strings- Plus Guitars

I feel somewhat bad about posting two 101 Strings records in the same month, let alone the same week, but this is where we are and it is too late to turn back now. I bought this for $2, most likely because the snazzy pink packaging. Could this be from 1972? From the Astor Gold series of Audio Spectrum records?

This record was arranged by Monty Kelly, a conductor/ arranger of some note but not famous enough for his own Wikipedia page. Among other things, Kelly seemed to work on a lot of 101 Strings records. Regardless, here is “Cast Your Fate to the Wind”.

Cast Your Fate

101 Strings- The World’s Most Famous Tangos

Here is a record from Alshire in 1969 for which I paid $1. Probably because it sounded different at the time.

The album title does not lie. All the famous tangos are here. Decent enough record for a 101 Strings release. Here is “Adios Muchachos”.

Adios Muchachos

VA- What’s New? Vol 4.

Now we are cooking with fire. Might even finish this month today. Here is a 1959 sampler from Capitol for which I paid , could it be $1. Seems like this would have sat a long time for that price and I wanted to think I bought this more recently, but who can remember these days?

This record features a diverse line up including Nat Cole, Les Baxter, Tommy Sands, Guy Lombardo, and Hank Thompson. However, it is Dakota Station we are going with today and “Avalon”.

Avalon

Andy Williams- Born Free

Here is a 1967 Colombia record of popular singer Andy Williams for which I paid $1. I probably bought it for the excellent track list . Looks like I bought this around 2015 and it had been sitting for quite some time.

Lot of good tracks on here. For a sample, we are going with ” I Will Wait for you” Eat your heart out Nelson Muntz.

I WIll Wait For You

Tony Bennett- Tony Sings The Great Hits Of Today

Rounding up a week in where I have largely been posting newly purchased records, we have this which I bought for $6. From Columbia Records in 1969, it had a pretty decent track list.

Whereas Sinatra despised pop music, Tony Bennet has seemed to embrace it his whole career thru. Here is an early example of this with hit songs from the period. For a sample, here is “Here, There, & Everywhere”.

Here There and Everywhere