Liner Notes

This is truly an interesting find in my dad’s collection. We know by now my dad’s love for the Dixieland style of music. So it’s not surprising I found this record in the stacks.

But what was surprising is that this recording was made by seven musicians that had never played together before. You most certainly can’t tell. And they’re not exactly household names.

So, get ready to hear what it must have sounded like rollin’ down the Mississippi River in the late 19th and early 20th century in Volume 195: Delta Dixieland.

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Delta Kings – Down The River With The Delta Kings
Label: Down South Records – DS 201
Format: Vinyl, LP
Released: 1958
Genre: Jazz, Blues
Style: Dixieland

We will hear 6 of the 10 songs on this album.

Ole Man River
written by Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II

Beautiful Ohio
written by Ballard MacDonald, Robert King
First released in 1919

‘Way Down Upon The Swanee River
Old Folks at Home written by Stephen Foster

Waitin’ For The Robert E. Lee
written by L. Wolfe Gilbert, Lewis F. Muir

Up That Lazy River
by Hoagy Carmichael and Sidney Arodin

Down By The Riverside (I Ain’t Goin’ to Study War No More)
A traditional song first recorded in 1920

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Liner Notes

I’m not sure why, but the episodes that feature Ray Conniff music have been among the most popular…by far. Maybe because his music is so enjoyable. Maybe because his music is laid back and brings back memories of better times, or what are assumed to be better times.

But Conniff’s music had a very unique sound because of how he treated vocals in many of his songs. He used voices as instruments as they sang wordless notes. But on this record? They use their real words.

So get ready to hear some sweet music with that unique Conniff vocal arrangement in Volume 194: Ray’s Honey.

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Ray Conniff And The Singers – Honey
Label: Columbia – CS 9661
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Pitman Pressing
Released: 1968
Genre: Jazz
Style: Easy Listening

We will play 7 of the 11 songs on the album.

Honey (I Miss You)
Written-By – Bobby Russell

Gentle On My Mind
Written-By – John Hartford

Spanish Eyes
Written-By – Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder

I Say A Little Prayer
Written-By – Burt Bacharach and Hal David

The Look Of Love (From “Casino Royale”)
Written-By – Burt Bacharach and Hal David

Sound Of Silence
Written-By – Paul Simon

Goin’ Out Of My Head
Written-By – Bobby Weinstein and Teddy Randazzo

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Liner Notes

We slide now quite nicely into the second record of a two album set of popular New York City Jazz musicians taking their music around the U.S. In fact, according to the album back cover, they performed in front of 200 thousand fans during 37 concerts in 25 cities. This is one of those concerts.

So get ready to hear the East-West Coast All Stars with music refined at a famed jazz club named after one of the best saxophonists that ever lived in Volume 193: Birdland Stars Tour 2.

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The Birdland Stars – The Birdland Stars On Tour Vol. 2
Label: RCA Victor – LPM-1328
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
Released: 1956
Genre: Jazz
Style: Hard Bop

Recorded February 27, 1956, Webster Hall, New York

We will hear 4 of 6 songs from this record.

Hip Boots!
Written-By – Ernie Wilkins

Ah Funky New Baby
Written-By – Manny Albam

Playboy
Written-By – Ernie Wilkins

Birdland Fantasy
Written-By – Ernie Wilkins

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Liner Notes

Here is the first of two from Doris my dad had. And it’s just some downright pretty music. She’s got a soft, delicate voice. I can see why Colonel Potter fell in love with her. But that’s a story for later in the episode.

A car accident cut her budding dancing career short, but she showed off her voice on radio in Cincinnati and ended up attaining fame in both music and movies.

So get ready to hear one of the most popular and acclaimed singers of the 20th century in Volume 192: Day Dreaming.

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Doris Day – Day Dreams
Label: Columbia – CL 624
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Released: Jun 13, 1955
Genre: Pop
Style: Vocal

We will hear 6 of the 12 songs from this album.

Bewitched
Written-By – Rodgers & Hart

Sometimes I’m Happy
Music By – Vincent Youmans
Words By – Irving Caesar

I Didn’t Know What Time It Was (GREAT lyrics)
Written-By – Rodgers & Hart

I’ve Only Myself To Blame
Written-By – David Mann, Redd Evans

Darn That Dream (such language Doris)
Written-By – Eddie Delange, Jimmy Van Heusen

Imagination
Music By – Jimmy Van Heusen
Words By – Johnny Burke

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Liner Notes

This album is the epitome of extended music.

These melodies had been recorded before, but the technology of the 78 RPM kept them limited in length. Once the opportunity to put more music on one disk became available with the new Long Playing technology of the 1950s, most musicians were adding more songs to put together an album.

Not this episode’s featured artist. He kept adding to the songs on this album. Just when you think the tune is getting ready to conclude, it heads off in a different direction. In doing so Duke has created absolute masterpieces.

And because of the length of these recordings, we’ll only hear three songs on this episode.

So, get ready to hear uncut concert arrangements by one of the most prolific composers in history in Volume 191: Master Ellington.

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Duke Ellington And His Orchestra – Masterpieces By Ellington
Label: Columbia Special Products – JCL 825
Series: Collectors’ Series
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono (originally released in 1951)
Released: 1973
Genre: Jazz
Style: Swing, Big Band

Recorded December 19, 1950

These are uncut concert arrangements.

All music written by Duke Ellington, arranged by Ellington and Billy Strayhorn.

Sophisticated Lady
Solitude
The Tattooed Bride

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Liner Notes

Here’s an artist dwelling in my father’s collection we haven’t heard from yet. We’ll be hearing selections from the first of three Billy Vaughn records he had.

This record isn’t just filled with the pop hits Vaughn would arrange and record for orchestra to be played on those easy listening radio stations. These are standards. In fact, the hit recordings of these songs sold a lot of records.

So, get ready to hear 7 tunes that were recorded over 1,200 times combined over the years in Volume 190: Billy’s Million Sellers.

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Billy Vaughn – Billy Vaughn Plays The Million Sellers
Label: Dot Records – DLP 3119
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Released: 1958
Genre: Jazz, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Easy Listening

We will hear 7 of the 12 songs on this album.

Holiday For Strings
written by David Rose

Canadian Sunset
written by Eddie Heywood

Tonight We Love
written by Freddy Martin, Ray Austin

Fascination
written by Fermo Dante Marchetti

In The Mood
Written by Joe Garland, Jimmy Dale, Wingy Manone, Andy Razaf

Around The World
Music written by Victor Young

So Rare
written by Jerry Herst, Jack Sharpe

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