Teasing the Korean

OOOOHHH!!! Is this the actual soundtrack or a knock-off?

Assuming you like Frank on Capitol, you owe it to yourself to check out two early Frank Reprise albums, "Ring a Ding" with the Great Johnny Mandel, and "Swingin' Brass" with Neal Hefti. These are among the greatest albums of his career, period. He also did his superb bossa album with Jobim and Claus Ogerman on Reprise. As for the June Christy, it's neither as great as you would hope nor as bad as you would expect.

You have not lived until you've heard "Think for Yourself" in mono. So I am Ok, it happens I have an original Parlophone mono copy of the record. The mono of that tune KICKS, doesn't it?

Ask Porcy which mono Beatles he needs and offer them to him!

You have not lived until you've heard "Think for Yourself" in mono.

I hear you, but I find it pretty tasteless that they don't bother to mention her name and call her simply "The Handless Organist." You probably have to read the liner notes to find her name. It's one thing to feature someone with a disability, and it's another thing to exploit him or her like a circus side show. As a side note, this happens frequently with soundtrack albums. They tell you that Shelly Hack and Telly Savalis star in the movie in big bold print, but then you have to read the fine print to find out Vic Mizzy scored it. That's been a pet peeve of mine.

Cal Tjader - Greatest Hits Vol. 2 - Fantasy (stereo, brown label 70s reissue). A nice one-stop shopping collection. I think I have more albums by Cal Tjader than any other single artist. At least 30 of them, spread out over at least 5 sections of my record accumulation. De-flowered a brand new Grado stylus with this album tonight!

Positive Vibes - in both senses of the word!

There are significant numbers of kids into so-called "classic rock," WAY more than than the numbers of kids when classic rock was current who listened to music from, say, the 1930s and 40s. I say this merely as an observation. I could care less what these kids listen to.

Positive vibes.

Yes, and Richard Marx is the son of Dick Marx, who played piano with John Frigo, Ken Nordine, and others. Amazing.

HAS cheezburger.

My wife got all excited when she married me because I have all these Small Faces/Who/Kinks etc. records. Then, once she moved in, she said it was like living with a Dad who just wanted to listen to jazz records and "none of that loud teenage stuff." She has a punk/new wave radio show at the station where she works, so I told her to take all the punk and new wave records to her office. I never listened to them, and we also needed the shelf space for all the jazz, latin, soundtrack, bossa, etc. records. If it weren't for her, I'd have unloaded all the rock and pop records ages ago. But I would have kept the mono Kinks and mono Beach Boys albums. Still, it's nice to occasionally hear Terry Reid or the Blues Magoos (in mono) on a Saturday afternoon.

It all went to hell after "Wild World."

Their track "Memory Band" from their first album is AMAZING and in regular rotation when I dj.

I hear that they removed the reverb for the CD. Is this true? If so, that's too bad; The reverb sets the mood.

Olatunji - Zungo! Afro Percussion - Columbia (6 eye mono) Arrangements by Rayburn Wright Featuring Olatunji's group alongside such hipsters as Yusef Lateef, Clark Terry, George Duvivier, Montego Joe and Ray Barretto. Overall, his most satisfying album (IMHO).

Because B3s are going into the public domain next year and we'll be able to buy them for pennies on the dollar. Not sure about the Leslies though.

Martin Denny - Latin Village - Liberty (mono) Arrangements by Bob Florence and Robert Drasnin.

Jo Stafford has amazing breath control. It's astonishing sometimes to hear the long phrases she sings, over a wide note range, at such a quiet volume, and in one breath. There is something about her voice that just hits me and it's like I never want to hear any other singer again. Check out her version of the Schwartz/Dietz tune "Something to Remember You By" on the Columbia album "Jo Stafford Sings Broadway's Best." It's the definitive version of that tune. Another thumbs up for "Jo + Jazz," which came up recently in my thread about "jazz" albums by pop singers.

Gary McFarland is great - I have nearly everything he did. That documentary is worth checking out. Bill's list leaves out tracks from essential albums like "The In Sound" and "Scorpio and Other Signs."

Francis Lai - A Man & A Woman OST - UA black label, mono.

Who will conduct?

Bastille Day. Michel Legrand - The Thomas Crown Affair OST - UA (orange and purple stereo).

Nothing like it to get that authentic, grainy sound. TWICE. On one record.