Teasing the Korean

Latin Fever - Herbie Mann - Atlantic (mono)

Jazza Nova - Paulo Alencar - Atco (mono)

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The United States of America - Columbia stereo (Sundazed reissue).

In my ideal parallel universe, the above image would have been the cover of "Meet the Beatles."

I have a fair amount of Kraftwerk but don't think I have anything with Dinger or Rother. Which albums are they on? I think "Autobahn" is the earliest one I have.

Thank you for those links, Jazzlog. Has anyone heard the collection "A Musical Thrill?" http://www.amazon.com/Musical-Thrill-Hi-Lo...6836&sr=1-1 It's a double CD on the Jasmine label, collecting all of the Hi-Lo's Trend and Starlight recordings. I was wondering about the sound quality.

Still on a Hi-Lo's jag. I just spun: Now Hear This! - Columbia 6 eye mono. Still have more Trend and Starlight stuff to play before I get to my two favorites...

Did Bob Strasen ever participate in any of the Hi-Lo's reunions over the years?

The Hi-Los - Love Nest - Columbia 6 eye mono. Arrangements by Frank Comstock. This is an INCREDIBLY beautiful album - all ballads, and nowhere near as hyper as most of their records from this period. One track has double-tracked vocals, and as such is a precursor to the Singers Unlimited and Beach Boys.

Purists may not like this suggestion, but several arrangements on Mancini's "Peter Gunn" album feature a big band with rhythm, trombones, trumpets and french horns. These arrangements also feature a single sax for solo lines. The horns over the trombones is an especially effective sound, as heard on "Dreamsville."

Daktari - Shelly Manne - Atlantic red & purple label, mono. The chimp on this show had an impressive career. She played Debbie the Bloop on "Lost in Space" and Mata Hari on "Lancelot Link Secret Chimp." The makeup department on "Planet of the Apes" also used an impression of her face for the chimp masks for those films. Quite a run, huh?

The Hi-Los - Broadway Playbill - Columbia (6 eye mono). Not one of their better albums, IMHO.

The Hi-Los Happen to Folk Songs - Reprise Stereo w/Billy May Amazing a capella version of "Molly Malone." Hilarious cover art:

The Hi-Los on Hand - Kapp (mono) Compilation of their early stuff from the Trend label, all of which ended up with MCA (AFAIK).

I'm still looking for a copy of Shorty Meets Tarzan. When will I find one?

Great Hi Los website: http://www.thehi-los.com/

Egberto Gismonti - Danca de Cabecas - ECM

I'll never forget that night that I had drinks with Clifford Brown and Max Roach. Max said, "O, these eclipses do portend these divisions," to which Brown replied, "I should have been that I am, had the maidenliest star in the firmament twinkled on my bastardising." Those guys were a couple of cards. Are they still recording?

Featuring the Hi Los - Sutton stereo (fake stereo, methinks) Early material from labels like Trend. Actually, a couple of tracks are out of phase true stereo.

Capitol rainbow (side logo), mono. Early Capitol stereo sessions were recorded with completely different mic setups and mixes. The mono version of this album has much more fullness and presence than the stereo. This copy is PRISTINE! Love the opening "wooosh" you hear in the lead-in groove on Capitol mono LPs of this vintage.

Sometime in the early-mid 80s, I remember a ripped John Phillips stumbling onto David Letterman's show. He said that Clark Burroughs was the greatest tenor ever. I'm inclined to agree.

Columbia 6-eye mono (my Dad's copy). RIP Gene Puerling. And also my Dad, who loved the Hi-Los.

Agree completely. Puerling seemed to be more about reharmonizing with the Singers Unlimited, and creating a lot of sustained, impressionistic sorts of chords and effects. Yes, I hear the "youthful arrogance" in the Hi-Los. My dad had some of the really early stuff from the Trend label (45s like "They Didn't Believe Me") but also some of the early Columbia LPs, mostly with (the great) Frank Comstock. My Dad (who was a WWII era guy and a professional group singer) also said that the Columbia stuff wasn't as good as the earlier stuff. I always liked the Columbia stuff just as well, and "The Hi Los and All That Jazz" has always been a favorite. Luckily, I've inherited my Dad's records, though I wish he were around to appreciate them with me. I should also add that I listen to SI and the HLs when I'm in completely different moods. SI would be good hangover music, but listening to the HLs with a hangover would be torture.