Teasing the Korean

RIP. A big part of my teenage years. Tomorrow, I will spin Bernard Herrmann's Fahrenheit 451 score in his honor.

I was obsessed with Dark Shadows as a kid. I loved Barnabas and Quentin. And Angelique. The Dark Shadows LP on Philips was my first soundtrack album and was a gateway into experimental, dissonant orchestral music. I also had, and still have, the Viewmaster reels. When the show was cancelled in 1971, I was crushed, especially right after the Beatles broke up. When my wife and I got together in the mid 1990s, the show was being repeated on the SciFi Channel. I had no idea they'd saved all the shows. We subsequently started buying the DVDs. I have all the soundtrack CDs and love Robert Cobert's music. He also did music for the Night Stalker and Burnt Offerings. Yes, the show has all sorts of problems, but that is part of its charm. I have no interest in seeing the Tim Burton travesty.

These days I find myself getting endlessly lost on Youtube watching TV appearances by the great pop and jazz singers of this period. I love everything about these clips - the songs, the sets, the fashions. As a kid, all of this represented the mysterious and elegant world of adulthood.

The chart is virtually identical to Axel Stordah's instrumental version on his great Dot exotica album "Jasmine and Jade," circa 1960. I wonder if he wrote the chart for this TV show and then recycled it for the album, or vice versa. I tried to find it on Youtube. There are two other tracks from the album but not Baubles.

Great idea. I think I'll post a similar thread in each sub-forum just to be sure everyone gets the message.

At first glance, I thought it was Herb Alpert!

I think the "Horizontal" LP is their masterpiece. Here is a live version of "And the Sun Will Shine" from the late 1990s: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0g057a4JeQ&feature=related

I'm spinning, back to back, the mono and stereo versions of "Rhythm Meets Rugolo." The mono has more presence in the rhythm section, but the stereo has nice room ambiance, even though the balance is off at times. Such cool music...

SPOILER ALERT: I just finished the novel. I was surprised that a lot of the plot/content around Michael in Godfather II was not in the novel at all (Roth, Miami, Fredo's murder, etc). Was much of that story written specifically for the film?

That's it, a.k.a. Naked City. (There were two Naked City themes; Somewhere in the Night was one of them).

You can get one really amazing album out of those two albums. I agree that's the weakest track of the bunch.

When you make a record as good as "Warmth of the Sun" or "Let Him Run Wild," I'll be first in line to buy it. Promise.

Thanks for the reply. Very helpful. As for the LP length, mono LPs in the 1950s often clocked in at 40-45 minutes, sometimes as much as 50 minutes. Sinatra's early Capitol albums had 8 songs per side. Shorter LP lengths became more common in the stereo era, with apprehension about groove cramming and inner groove distortion. So, based on Capitol mono LP lengths in 1956, Cuban Fire runs a tad short. Still, it's a lot of music compacted into 31 minutes.

The original LP of Cuban Fire has six tracks. There is a seventh track called "Tres Corazones" that was recorded and eventually released on the CD. The original LP clocks in at only 31 minutes; adding this seventh track would have made the LP only 34+ minutes. Does anyone know why this was left off the original LP? Also, is it intended as the last tune in the sequence, or was it supposed to fit in someplace else?

Looking forward to seeing this film. Music Licensing costs have delayed its release. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/26/movies/wrecking-crew-film-focuses-on-session-players.html?pagewanted=all

How sad that the guy who scored "The Saint" and "Danger Man" had to end up collaborating with the likes of Pete Townshend.

Canterbury bands are in the "good" column. Most popular stuff is in the "not so good" column.

A place to begin: Some artists used straightforward song forms and simply pasted on orchestras or added, after the fact, unnecessary orchestral or instrumental interludes that were not intrinsic to the structure of the song forms. The better artists experimented with unusual structures that included longer thematic development more akin to traditional "classical" composing.

Al is on a couple of the early singles, probably "Surfin'" and "Surfin' Safari." He may also be on a few other tracks on the first album, even though David Marks is in the photos. Even though he was at school, Al was still marginally involved that first year. I think he did a few recording sessions when he was in town. And there was at least one concert, and there is a photo, where Brian couldn't make it, and both Al and David Marks played the gig. How is that for foreshadowing? The remarkable thing about Al, for me, is how his voice blended so well with the Wilsons, even though he is not a blood relative. He used to sing right under Brian when they did the 4-voice Freshman-styled stuff. His voice was like a perfect combination of Brian and Carl, and he would frequently handle their lead parts live at shows they didn't play. I'm curious to hear what he sounds like now. And I simply cannot wait to hear "Don't Back Down" live!

Just kicked off in Tucson. Mike, Brian, Al, Bruce, David Marks. Brian's backing band. Here is the set list: "Do It Again" "Catch A Wave" "Don't Back Down" "Surfin' Safari" "Surfer Girl" "The Little Girl I Once Knew" "Wendy" "Then He Kissed Me" (Phil Spector/The Crystals) "This Whole World" "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" (Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers) "When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)" "You're So Good to Me" "In Them Old Cottonfields Back Home" "Be True to Your School" "Disney Girls" "Please Let Me Wonder" "Don't Worry Baby" "Little Honda" "Little Deuce Coupe" "409" "Shut Down" "I Get Around" "Sloop John B" "Wouldn't It Be Nice" "Forever" "Sail On Sailor" "Heroes and Villains" "In My Room" "All This Is That" "God Only Knows" "That's Why God Made the Radio" "California Dreaming" (The Mamas and the Papas) "California Girls" "Dance Dance Dance" "All Summer Long" "Help Me Rhonda" "Rock and Roll Music" (Chuck Berry) "Barbara Ann" "Surfin' U.S.A." Encore: "Kokomo" "Good Vibrations" "Fun Fun Fun" Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/beach-boys-kick-off-50th-anniversary-tour-in-tucson-20120425#ixzz1t72gvLJS

Yes, generally a combination of a ballsy mono mix, more compression than the LP version, the wider 45 grooves, and the faster RPMs. Sometimes mono 45s received a dedicated mix in addition to the mono LP version. I have old mono 45s that have never sounded as good on mono LP or on CD.