Teasing the Korean

I'm not a fan of high life, but I bought this years ago just for the bonus tracks. They are the best part of the album, IMHO.

Would that today's hacks who do music for commercials on Protools make music as artful as the hacks from the 50s and 60s.

If you like this album, be sure to pick up "Music to Listen to Red Norvo By" on Contemporary, which has an entire side dedicated to an extended Bill Smith composition.

I saw her live in the early 90s. Her voice was about an octave lower, but she could still deliver. I have several of her Atlantic albums that all need a bath on the VIP. This is my impetus. Thumbs up to Chris for recording Harry Revel's "Radar Blues" from the influential theremin album "Music Out of the Moon." RIP.

Assuming the mono box will be made available again, you get that, and then you pick up Abbey Road, Yellow Sub and Let it Be in stereo. That's everything. I would also get the White album in stereo, but it's on the box in mono. But if I had gone this long without the Beatles, I'd probably just use the money to buy jazz albums.

Absolutely NOT. You need mono. Although if you've gone this long without them, why start now?

Phil Moore and Leda Annest - Portrait of Leda - Columbia Adventures in Sound (gold label mono). Unbelievable album.

Yes, doing commercial jingles. My parents were group singers in New York and did this sort of work regularly all through the 50s and early 60s. Mundell Lowe, Eddie Safranski and Dick Hyman were among the regular musicians who played on these. They used to talk about Don Elliott simply as a colleague long before I'd ever encountered his name on a jazz LP. He was definitely involved - I think he was a composer and/or arranger for commercial jingle sessions, but my parents are no longer of this realm so I can't confirm. By the mid-60s, other towns like LA, Nashville, and Dallas became involved in commercial jingles, plus the styles had changed with the arrival of the Beatles and youth culture, so there was less of this sort of work for them in New York by then. But it still existed to some degree.

Yes. My parents worked with both of them frequently on commercials and sessions, so yeah, there would have been a natural connection with Don Elliott because of that.

My Dad had a Capitol 78 of "I've Got the World on a String." As many of you know, late-era 78s that were recorded on tape and pressed on modern vinyl, with those wide grooves, had the potential of sounding incredible. My Dad had this big tube mono hi-fi, and I swear to God this record used to JUMP out of those speakers, it was like Nelson Riddle's band was right there in the room. I have yet to hear a version of this tune on LP or CD that sounds anything close to this experience. The version on the 3-disc Capitol Years box set sounded like they were trying to suffocate it with a pillow.

"Bewitched" has a great verse that is recorded fairly often. Ten Cents a Dance" has two verses, both of which are indispensable. I've always liked the verse to "Glad to Be Unhappy," which Sinatra did on the "Wee Small Hours" album.

Don Elliott worked primarily in the ad biz in New York during the 50s and early 60s. I remember my parents talking about him. That would partially explain the Mundell Lowe/Dick Hyman connection too. This is one of my favorite record covers:

Assuming you're buying Beatles for Sale in stereo (not part of the box): That is by far their WORST stereo album. Completely lopsided mix with overwhelming vocals in the center, all of the instruments in one speaker, and like handclaps and an occasional out of tune guitar fill in the other. I have easy listening covers of Beatles tunes that rock way harder than that album. Pick up the 80s mono version on CD instead. IMHO.

Yet another reason that AAJ is such a worthless website.

I'm on a spy kick lately (I know, I'm "Teasing the Korean"). Sometimes disposable artifacts say more about a culture than its "art." Right now, I'm really interested in the Bond/spy knockoff LPs and am surprised at how good some of them are, especially the non-soundtrack stuff. Currently spinning: The Zero Zero Seven Band - James Bond Thrillers - Somerset (stereo) Arranged by the two main 101 Strings guys, Lowden and Kuhn. This one is hit or miss, but it has its moments.

Amazing that no one knows what an LP is anymore. Can't tell you how many times on eBay or elsewhere in recent years I've come across people calling a 45 or a 78 an "LP." I'm assuming these are digital babies who have come of age. Regardless of whether this particular article is a joke or not, learn what an LP is if you're going to write about music.

Hugo Montenegro - Come Spy With Me - RCA Victor (mono) Sounds Orchestral - Impressions of James Bond - Cameo/Parkway (mono)

Thanks for sharing.

Most of the younger players are not worth spending the time on. They may be excellent players, but they don't have their acts together as human beings. There are exceptions of course. I've encountered the types of behavior that you're describing more frequently with drummers than bassists though.

Did the extra tracks show up on the stereo reel tapes that were issued?

In the early days of stereo LPs, there were concerns about groove cramming. It was not too unusual to find stereo discs with one or two tracks fewer than the mono versions. For example, the stereo Les Baxter "Ports of Pleasure" does not contain "Spice Islands Sea Birds" or "Bangkok Cockfight" which are both on the mono LP.

Just watched this film last night. Curious.

To me, that would be like editing out Johnny Carson from the show. The band was such a HUGE part of that show, and must have provided a gateway into jazz for a number of the younger viewers. Thanks for sharing.

Better yet, you can sell your duplicates to me. Would you have any dupes from a label called Nessa?

Between all of us, we have everything, so there's nothing more to buy.