Teasing the Korean

Hurricanes mean rum cocktails - until the ice melts, at least - and exotica. I will post today's playlist as it occurs. But first, there's work to do!

I have read that a trend among more recent hurricanes has been to maintain intensity over land, so that may be a possibility.

Yeah, the path has shifted slightly west, but it is still too close for comfort. And considering all the hurricanes I've lived through that changed paths at the last minute, I don't take anything for granted.

Do you know if these were ever released on CD? Also, do you know if these were the same recordings that were later overdubbed with percussion by Frank Capp to cash in the percussion fad?

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Prepping for the storm. The worst is supposed to be Tuesday night into Wednesday. Positive vibes to @Stonewall15 and @Dan Gould and anyone else I may have missed.

So we listened to their second album, Make Someone Happy, yesterday. I can see why this group perhaps struggled to find an audience. Some of the tracks are indeed in a proto-jefferson Airplane folk/psych vibe, while other tracks seem to be in a Sandpipers/adult contemporary bag. The album works well enough on its own terms 56 years later, but it may have been hard to market at the time. This was the last album with the original female vocalist. She was replaced for the third and fourth albums (which I've never heard).

I should have thought to tape them and watch them later in the day. Slow learner!

This wasn't marketed to jazz fans per se. It was marketed to big band/swing fans who wanted to hear hi-fi versions of low-fi swing hits. There was clearly a market for this stuff, based on the numbers I've seen in thrift stores.

Did not know that!

It was all happening concurrently. Don Ellis was playing original compositions in 7/4, while Time/Life was selling The Swing Era, a box set of hi-fi recreations of swing-era material, transcribed and arranged by Billy May. This set must have been huge, based on the sheer numbers of copies that I have encountered in thrift stores over the decades. Both extremes fed into the hype while profiting from the hype, regardless of intention.

The Hellers - Singers...Talkers...Players...Swingers...& Doers (Command) A totally whacked album! He was an arranger. Not sure if we was directly connected with the show, or if the album was a promotional tie-in. I should revisit this album. The cover art and the Rhodes were both stumbling blocks for me. I do like electric pianos in other contexts, though.

I think the GAS resurgence spanned generations. On the one hand, GAS albums by artists like Nilsson, Willie Nelson, and Linda Ronstadt were probably geared toward a younger audience. On the other hand, the birth of the AM "Music of Your Life" format and records by Mel Torme and Rosemary Clooney to the Concord Label were probably geared toward an older audience. (I think the Concord label in general was designed to reach a certain audience of older adults who liked jazz and standards.) Then you had the Broadway revival of 42nd Street and musicals based on the songs of Fats (Ain't Misbehavin') and Duke (Sophisticated Ladies), which collectively must have reached older and younger audiences. Ditto for Woody Allen's soundtracks to Manhattan and Stardust Memories, the films of which must have also reached wide audiences. So I get the impression that the GAS resurgence was happening on a number of levels.

That's great, but too early to drink champagne! 😹

I agree with your vocals/instrumentals assessment, but there was some crossover, inasmuch as some big band instrumentals had lyrics written later (e.g., Ellington) and many (certainly not all) of the swing era tunes followed pop song AABA or ABAC formats, so I think the two reinforced each other in this regard. I do think there is a distinction that came later between the big band ensemble format and big band style, such as swing music. This must have been one of the reasons that many band leaders preferred the phrase "jazz orchestra," correct? A connotation developed between the descriptor "big bands" and swing era music.

Thank you! Looking forward to catching one that is not on while I'm either asleep or too groggy to turn on the TV!

Thanks. The Forumula 1 site indicated two races today, one for late morning. Are races scheduled and then cancelled for some reason?

Is there a link between the early/mid 1970s big-bands-are-coming-back hype and the resurgence in popularity of the Great American Songbook in the late-70s/early 80s? Could the latter be viewed in any way as a continuation or evolutionary offshoot of the former?

Is that the race that was on at 8am EST today? I thought there was another race following, but I couldn't find it on ESPN.

Right, but music downloads are different in that regard.

I guess those of us who came up in the LP era have been conditioned to experience music in 15-20-minute chunks. Sometimes, the first track on side 2 does not necessarily sound great directly after the last track on side 1. Early in the CD era, I would find myself drifting off at about the 75% mark, which would have once been the middle of side 2.

I like having a physical collection too. I like knowing that my LPs do not contain digital watermarks, and that a corporation cannot pull them from the shelves on a whim. Of course, the flip side is that we have hurricanes here.

For those of us who don't do Spotify, do the listings here correspond to what is being released?

An Outer Space playlist I curated. Designed to be played on shuffle. The Control Voice - Long Version Dominic Frontiere The Outer Limits (Disc 1) Main Title - Version #1 Dominic Frontiere The Outer Limits (Disc 1) Moon Moods Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman Music Out of the Moon Out of This World Kenyon Hopkins Shock, Panic and Nightmare Robot Monster Movie Trailer Destination Forbidden Planet ∙ 37 Outer Space Shock Treatments Gort Bernard Herrmann The Day The Earth Stood Still Monsters of Jupiter Russ Garcia Fantastica (Stereo) Lunarville Barry Gray Captain Scarlet 02 - Gayway to Heaven - Attilio Mineo 08 - On the Dark Side of the Moon - Frank Comstock President speech Prisoner File 3 - Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling, The Girl Who Was Death, Once Upon a Time, Fall Out Forbidden Planet David Rose & His Orchestra Destination Forbidden Planet ∙ 37 Outer Space Shock Treatments Misty Moon Blues Warren Baker Outer Space Vinyl Space Sation Walter Schumann Outer Space Vinyl The Wing Thing Raymond Scott Manhattan Research, Inc. [Disc 2] The Cage Edit Alexander Courage Outer Space Vinyl Planetarium Ray Heindorf & The Warner Brothers Orchestra A Tribute To James Dean Space Observatory 3 Barry Gray Thunderbirds 2 Star Trek Complete Alexander Courage Outer Space Vinyl Saturday Night On Saturn Les Baxter Space Escapade Maid of the moon Dick Hyman & Mary Mayo Greatest Hits From Outer Space v a Northern Lights Roland Kovac Orchester Trip To The Mars Klaatu Bernard Herrmann The Day The Earth Stood Still Dissevelt - Whirling Philips Research Laboratories 1956-1963 Early Dutch Electronic Music (cd1) General Motors: Futurama Raymond Scott Manhattan Research, Inc. [Disc 2] Woman In Space Mel Henke La Dolce Henke Welcoming Processional Walter Schumann Outer Space Vinyl Nightmare Dominic Frontiere Outer Space Vinyl Twilight Zone Complete 2 Marius Constant Outer Space Vinyl Space Station Marty Gold Outer Space Vinyl Destination Space Ray Martin Outer Space Vinyl From Another World Sid Bass From Another World The Comets Walter Schumann Outer Space Vinyl Main Title Johnny Williams Lost in Space: 50th Anniversary Soundtrack Collection This Room Is My Castle of Quiet Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman Music for Peace of Mind Kid Baltan - Song of the Second Moon Philips Research Laboratories 1956-1963 Early Dutch Electronic Music (cd1) Visitors From Space (From "It Came From Outer Space") Dick Jacobs Orchestra Destination Forbidden Planet ∙ 37 Outer Space Shock Treatments Milky Way Roland Kovac Orchester Trip To The Mars Prelude and Outer Space Bernard Herrmann The Day The Earth Stood Still Control Voice Sign Off Dominic Frontiere The Outer Limits (Disc 3) End Credits - Long Version Dominic Frontiere The Outer Limits (Disc 1) Invaders From Mars Movie Trailer Destination Forbidden Planet ∙ 37 Outer Space Shock Treatments Radar Men From The Moon Movie Trailer Destination Forbidden Planet ∙ 37 Outer Space Shock Treatments Water Creatures of Astra Russ Garcia Fantastica (Stereo) Venus Russ Garcia Fantastica (Stereo) Red Sands of Mars Russ Garcia Fantastica (Stereo) Space Station Docking Jerry Goldsmith & The Nat'l Philharmonic Orchestra Alex North's 2001 - The Legendary Original Score The Twilight Zone Buddy Morrow Impact/Double Impact CHECKMATE: Spaceways Ole Jensen And The Melodi Light Orchestra The Prisoner 50th Anniversary Edition: Original Soundtrack & Library Music [Disc 3] CHECKMATE: Zero Minus Sixty Ole Jensen And The Melodi Light Orchestra The Prisoner 50th Anniversary Edition: Original Soundtrack & Library Music [Disc 3] DANCE OF THE DEAD: Univers Sideral Paul Bonneau Et Son Grand Orchestre The Prisoner 50th Anniversary Edition: Original Soundtrack & Library Music [Disc 3] THE CHIMES OF BIG BEN: Radio Location John, Michael/New Era Symphonic Band The Prisoner 50th Anniversary Edition: Original Soundtrack & Library Music [Disc 3] THE CHIMES OF BIG BEN: Ionosphere Robert Farnon: Queen's Hall Light Orchestra The Prisoner 50th Anniversary Edition: Original Soundtrack & Library Music [Disc 3] THE GIRL WHO WAS DEATH: Blast Off Roger Roger And His Champs Elysees Orchestra The Prisoner 50th Anniversary Edition: Original Soundtrack & Library Music Remastered [Disc 5] THE GIRL WHO WAS DEATH: Fond Des Mers [Bottom Of The Sea] Paul Bonneau Et Son Grand Orchestre The Prisoner 50th Anniversary Edition: Original Soundtrack & Library Music Remastered [Disc 5] FALL OUT: Drumnastics No 3 - 3: Reverse space waves Percussion Ensemble, Robert Farnon The Prisoner 50th Anniversary Edition: Original Soundtrack & Library Music Remastered [Disc 5] FALL OUT: Lost In Atlantis Ole Jensen And The Melodi Light Orchestra The Prisoner 50th Anniversary Edition: Original Soundtrack & Library Music Remastered [Disc 5] FALL OUT: Lunar Landscape Roger Roger And His Champs Elysees Orchestra The Prisoner 50th Anniversary Edition: Original Soundtrack & Library Music Remastered [Disc 5] Seance Robert Colbert Dark Shadows Dark Shadows

So, I am listening to the record tonight. Side 1 features a blues played in a few different styles, including dixie, by a small jazz combo. Side, 2, more of the same. They are now finally getting into the swing era. OK, now we are getting into bebop. Now, some cool, with flute playing blues in a slower tempo. Now, some Horace Silver funk/hard bop. Overall, nothing too earth-shattering. Anyone into jazz enough to want this book in the first place would probably have known about most of this stuff already. Still, I'm glad I held onto the record.