More Gems From The RCA Living Stereo Popular Catalog
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- Let's take a deeper look into RCA's Living Stereo Popular catalog with a bakers dozen of true GEMS within the wild world of Living Stereo Popular.
As promised, due to popular demand, I present my second installment in the Living Stereo Popular series. Some very high caliber talent is here, including Esquivel, Mancini, Belafonte, and Atkins. There are a few fun oddities that are rarely seen anywhere as well. My final pick is a real beauty.
As I organized my vault to select these titles, I saw dozens more that I'd love to tell you about. If you want more, just let me know!
Link to the first Living Stereo Popular video:
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I also like the RCA Camden Living Stereo , Living Strings Music of...series back in the early 60's.
These were mentioned by another viewer of the first video in this series. I don't have any but I may try and get a few to try out. Thanks for mentioning them.
I have several and most sound amazing!
@@ComicRhemaGreat to hear that. I know a couple are really more in demand, but if you have a favorite I'm looking for titles to buy from that series!
Thanks Scott. For those of us that are not aware of the RCA catalogue possibilities this is pure gold dust info. A real audiophile intel briefing.
On soundtracks of obscure films I sometimes use them as background music while reading novels and other books for pleasure. They add a dimension of immersion that classical cannot touch as familiar classics can be distracting, you always know what's coming, while soundtracks of cinema can draw you in to the written wordscape of an exciting novel.
Thank you so much for watching and commenting. Your thoughts about soundtracks are illuminating and interesting. It's true that the less familiar can be a delight, and do work well in the background. Also a nice gateway to orchestrated music, that is not necessarily classical.
The diversity of your collection still continues to amaze me. Bravo, Scott. Another gem of a video.
Thank you Anthony! The vault keeps on giving! Thanks for taking a moment to watch this one!
@@ThePressingMatters listened to the Esquivel and Mr. Lucky (original) this morning. Fun stuff.
How would you have liked to have been in Esquivel's orchestra, lol. He's a trip! Mad genius!
This will be so helpful.I am a transplanted Jersey girl to Nashville in 2008, where there are three thrift stores with records and CDs within 10 minutes drive of me. Even greater is the jumbo size McKays, The whole second floor is devoted to all manner of 'second-eared' audio media. There are thousands of records, from rare Beatles for big bucks to the bargain bin boxes on the floor, mostly a dollar apiece. These are where I look for hidden gems of the early to mid sixties such as you feature here. Have found boxed sets of Readers digest and Longines for 3 bucks or less. I never cared about the history of the companies in my youth, but now as a baby boomer I am interested in how they came to be. Having said that, I will watch this video and I will feel lucky. ;)
I'm so glad you discovered the channel. The upcoming content will be very helpful in your treasure hunts!
The Living Stereo catalog is amazing. Got a few of these. Great video.
Thanks so much. There is a part one too if you haven't seen it yet.
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I'll probably do one more before moving on to another vintage label.
Thankyou for introducing me to that Jesse Belvin album .... what a voice. I'm going to have to listen to the rest now
It's a very unique voice, just beautiful, and he really hit his stride here with laid back phrasing and a jazzy feel. Glad I helped you discover him.
THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO! Please post more!!
You're welcome! There will be more to come, but be sure to see the first one!
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Awesome again!
I am glad you enjoyed watching this one as well. There are more of course and I will do a third one at some point, but next I want to cover a different label with a very interesting history.
"March Of The Cue Balls" from Mr Lucky will blow your mind on the right system!!!
I will double check that one!
Scott another absolutely outstanding video. Please do more. This was outstanding and so informative.
Thank you John,
The positive feedback really makes my day and lets me know I'm on the right path. Another one coming up, and 3 very interesting related videos too!
Yes! You have absolutely made my day with this video! I am thrilled to pieces with your inclusion Desmond Blue. A few years ago I found a copy at an out of town record shop and fell in love with it right on the spot. I would love to see a part 3! If you ever have an interest in making a video about Exotica/Space Age records, I would love to see that too!
Hi Cason! Well you made my day with your comment. Thank you so much for watching! I love Desmond Blue since I first bought the Classic reissue when it came out, later finding the original which is pretty magical. I have an Exotica video coming this week!
Stay tuned and be sure to catch the first LSP episode here:
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I wish you had a radio/net show that you could play your selections. Thank you for your videos.
I know. The copyright flags go right up, even for a few seconds of music. Best I can do in this format is linking to a file, usually in a sound comparison.
Great one Scott! You were right all gems. You inspired me to make a video now. I’m only missing the Ripper. Never have seen it. Hope all is well, and glad you’re safe from traveling. God bless
Inspiration is what it's all about! I'll be looking for your video on the Soundtracks of Living Stereo!
That's a good angle too!
😊MORE. MORE.MORE! thanks very much...enjoyable
Thank you for watching, Craig, I will do more and make sure you catch the first episode!
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Let me know if you have any favorites you want to see mentioned! I'll cover it in a future episode.
@@ThePressingMatters thanks for your reply, love to hear anything about Astrud Gilberto. The queen of Latin. I'm learning alot from your channel, thanks alot for what you do!
She did several albums for Verve, so I'll see if I can track a few down.
Hi Scott,
Great video! I love Living Stereo. What a great series. you mentioned a lot of gems 💎, some I know and some I don’t.
Beautiful work
Bravo
Thank you so much Scott
Thank you Joey, One of the great supporters of The Pressing Matters!
You are the best!
Thanks for doing another video on RCA Living Stereo. In addition to the interesting audio matters, the art and graphic design on the front jackets is just amazing.
I didn’t know of your Chet Atkins “spotlight” video until you mentioned it in this one, so I gave that a view and have a separate comment with it.
That's wonderful, thank you for checking out both videos. I agree, the artwork is a nice bonus!
I,m a Sound of music tragic, I own over 75 copies of the RCA Rel,from Around the Globe, all but your fave '''Living stereo'...lol
What do I think? Yes, more of this. Your calm demeanor makes you perfectly suited for this. If you had a stack of 50 albums, I would have watched it all.
I took notes. I haven't heard some of these. When you reveal the cover art, please do remember to always show the back of the cover. Because: I like to pause the video sometimes, and zoom in to have a quick look at the track listing or other notes. And, the black and white art on the backs of some of the covers is also worth some appreciation.
The RCA Living Stereo album series was never more alive, than when they issued Ann-Margret's debut album "And Here She Is!", with Marty Paich. LSP2399. That was a great album, but unfortunately her 2nd and 3rd albums were a different style. However, things came together again for her 4th album, "Bachelor's Paradise" LSP2659. A great song selection, and her mood is very relaxed. It's a perfect counterpoint to the first album, which was bursting with energy. It's a shame her singing seemed to get less attention that her beauty, because she had a unique, identifiable voice. She did record very regularly for RCA, but those two albums deserve higher status than they currently have. (She made a great disco album in 1980 for MCA, both her performance and the production are mesmerizing). Anyway ...I think so. When I think of RCA Living Stereo, I think of Ann-Margret (and Della Reese) first (and second).
Truly excellent video. Now, I hope I can find that Poe album posted somewhere on TH-cam. How did I never know about it before?!
Hi Craig,
Thanks so much for watching this video and for the thoughtful comment! Where to start?
First, I really appreciate tbt feedback on my presentation style. That really helps me on perfecting my approach.
Am Margaret was a powerhouse talent, and I'd love to get ahold of those two albums. I do have the disco album due for a reappraisal. I recently saw a screen test of her singing and it was mesmerizing! She certainly had "it"
Poe For Moderns is pretty elusive. I hope you get to hear some of it. If I can find any links I will post them.
Good tip on the back covers. I'll start including them when I can.
So glad you liked this video, and make sure to see the first one too, about a month ago.
So many great albums! I have the Chet Atkins Workshop. I can't remember if I showed it in my video response last time. Pretty sure I showed Belafonte returns to Carnegie Hall. Thanks for sharing!
Workshop has the most wonderful sound. Engineer Bill Porter was amazing! That bass line in Lambeth Walk is great. You're welcome to let people know the name of your channel, although you can't leave a link.
Your two Chet Atkins album choices are great albums. My favorite album by him is "Pops Goes Country" with the Boston Pops Orchestra. I recorded it live from FM in 1966. In fact, I have every album he recorded on CD. It has taken years to collect them all, but my collection of his recordings its complete.The first time I heard Belafonte's "Return To Carnegie Hall" sealed my liking of his recordings. My friend had in on reel-to-reel tape and that was the first time I had heard STEREO. The sound was extremely life-like. Maybe because it was on tape. In any case I saved up and purchased a stereo tape recorder and started my music collection of reel tapes until CDs came out. I replaced everything I owned with its equivalent CD. Keep up the good reporting on your TH-cam channel.
Wait!! Do you still have your reel tapes?!?
I'm working on a video about the old reels of the 60's
@@ThePressingMatters I sold them all a few years ago to get money for a CD recorder. Now I record CDs from TH-cam and vinyl I find in yard sales and used record stores. Using Audacity I remove clicks and edit the songs which I burn to a CD with 3 or 4 seconds of space in-between tracks. I add titles and artist information.
@@robertbrumbaugh4634 That's a good way to go too. I know someone else who is doing this.
Yes, please continue - great series! I think RCA were so smart to put the Living Stereo strip at the top, as when I'm thumbing through record bins I ALWAYS stop and look when I see that graphic. So much good stuff there.
Thank you for watching and commenting. I will do another episode. As I was sorting through my vault I saw lots more of these to talk about.
I agree, I always stop my flipping when I see the magic Living Stereo banner! And I always bought them, even if it was bagpipe music (I'll cover that one in a future episode)!!!
So much fun! Let me know if you've got a favorite, and I'll try to include it next time!
@@ThePressingMatters Let's see...
Stereo for the Joy of It - box set
Esquivel - Exploring New Sounds in Stereo
Ames Brothers - Destination Moon
Belafonte - My Lord What a Mornin'
Henri Rene - Riot in Rhythm (sound quality a bit hollow on my copy, but fun)
I also think the artwork on most of these is top notch, especially the use of very saturated colors. Eye catching, for sure.
And I have Esquivel's Latinesque on reel to reel and it's fantastic. Not LS, but very dynamic.
@@elfman121 On I remember when I found Stereo For The Joy Of It. I had most of the records already, and I sold mine in a moment of need.
The two Esquivel titles are certainly going to come up in future videos - they are both right up there. There's a few other labels that will get some coverage too, more in depth artist spotlights and coming next week something about the Exotica craze! Stay tuned!
Love it! I have all of these except the Poe, Belvin and Desmond. If I see the Living Stereo banner in the bins I pick it up, sometimes even if I have another copy. I was just going through my Stereo Action LP's the other night. I swear that my copy of Lucky Goes Latin has the banner at the top and a different cover...but it could be failing memory! I rip these all to my hard drive and burn CD's from them to listen in the car. I have one CD booklet with 40 CD's, each with two albums, of the Command series. Can't wait to see what you show next!
Thank you! Love to see your comments. Thanks for being an active part of this community, sharing your knowledge with us.
There are 3 videos in the works and I think you'll be surprised and delighted!
I have about half of those you showed. I have the Desmond but I didn't remember that it was Living Stereo. You've got me watching for them now.
That's what I love about TH-cam is being inspired by others passion for things. I hope that came across in my video. Will be in the lookout for yours.
I like the Living Stereo Sons of thee Pioneers Cool Water
Funny you should mention that because I just found a copy on my vacation and it will be in the next batch of titles! Make sure you check out the first video on this subject if you have t already. It was a fun one
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Desmond wrote time out I think .great video
Thank you for the info John. You can definitely recognize his sound. It's unmistakable to anyone who's heard Time Out. Glad you enjoyed the video!
Desmond also once said he wanted his playing to sound like a dry martini
That's an apt description!!
Great video Scott! Not sure how you classify them, but the Victory at Sea records fit in here somewhere. My favorite Chet Atkins album is Progressive Pickin’ - fine sound and not as overproduced as many.
Thank you! I'll have to reassess Progressive Pickin'. I don't think I spent enough time with it when I did my Chet Atkins video.
Victory At Sea is an odd one, I think all three volumes are in the LSC classical series, yet it was of course a popular film score. I'll be sure to start bringing them in to future videos.
Thanks so much for watching! Hope you saw the first edition too
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I once had that Buddy Morrow/Poe L.P. (mono, sadly). As I remember there was brief narration by some high school English teacher.
Is there? I guess I didn't make it all the way through. It must be further on in the record! Crazy album with some cool music. That cover though I think is the star of the show. The title too.
Thank you so much for watching and commenting. Make sure you catch the first episode if you haven't seen it!
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I'm really looking forward to this one, Scott. 💪👊
Do you like this thumbnail? Some interesting titles!
I expect a robust discussion my friend! I think our back and forth comments catapulted that first video to a major success!
@@ThePressingMatters I'm very glad to hear about the success of the last video. 👍👍👍 I look forward to what people have to say about the next one. 🤔 I'm sure that it will be just as successful.
@@ThePressingMatters The best word to describe your thumb nail for the video is "tantalizing". It peaked my interest right away. It looks like some great LS titles.👍👍👍
@@audiophileman7047 Perfect! I had a feeling for us Living Steteo enthusiasts, those four would peak the interest. I hope you'll love the rest of my choices as well. This one's a little different in that I consider ALL the selections this time to be high quality gems from the catalog!
I really enjoyed this video like the last one. 👏👏👏 You're on a roll, audiophile brother! 👍👍👍 Some of your picks are really good ones as Halloween approaches. 🎃 Esquivel, Poe for Moderns, and the Jack The Ripper titles really give that Halloween vibe. All three album covers for those albums are great! 😻 Poe is one of my favorite authors, so there's a real connection there for me. I've seen many of the titles you showed in the wild and was interested in them. Unfortunately some of the records weren't in good shape, so I passed on them. If my memory serves me well, I think that I have a few of the albums, especially one or both of the Mr. Lucky albums. I'm an old electronics test equipment fan, since I like to work on vintage electronics. I would buy the Chet Atkins' Workshop album for just the cover; the red guitar he's holding is one sexy guitar.😻 I picked up two Chet LSP albums recently. One is Guitar Country, and the other is Chet Atkins Picks The Beatles (another cool cover). I did see The Other Chet Atkins album and passed on it. I may have to go back for that one, but somebody else probably grabbed it. I would certainly like to see more LSP picks from you in a future video and thanks for continuing to cover this outstanding series! 💪👊
Thanks again for the great informative comment. I'm so glad you liked this one too!
@@ThePressingMatters Sure, you bet.
I once had Picks on the Beatles, but it wasn't in top shape. I let it go unfortunately. Hope you can locate The Other Chet Atkins. Really nice record.
Would love to see another in the series, so how many individual vinyl titles do you now have inc duplicates ? And yes it’s the U.K. to answer your last Q. Great video
Hi! Welcome back! I will do another but want to get to a couple of other interesting labels from around this time.
I haven't counted my collection in some time but I suppose it's over 4,000 easily. Must downsize very soon!
@@ThePressingMatters the only time you need to downsize is when you can’t see your feet looking down, otherwise take pleasure in the collection. I can just sit in my vinyl library room I’ve created and feel a calm wash over me with no music on.
I suppose I would feel calm too of it was well organized. My listening room is, but I'm working on sorting the dupes and second tier stuff in my garage. Something's gotta give if I keep on adding titles, and I prefer new or minty records. Still, it's great that I kept all this stuff, so that I can share some insights into it with the viewers.
A fascinating and enlightening video as usual! Do you know if there is a comprehensive list of all Living Stereo releases? I used to think it was limited to the classical genre, but clearly I’m wrong!
I did find a listing of Living Stereo Popular, someone who is preparing a book. Let me see if I can find that link and I'll post it here.
www.bsnpubs.com/rca/rca/rca%20preview.html
@@ThePressingMatters thank you! I do have Bellafonte Sings the Blues and at Carnegie Hall, as well as Elvis 24 karat gold, but I always thought those were one offs from the series. I had no idea it was such an exciting and diverse collection of genres.
@@chrismckee4154 The last record shown, the Paul Desmond With Strings gets a strong recommendation from me. I would consider that one if you like Desmond's sound, and would like to hear it in a lush contemplative mood.
Enjoyed your second presentation on the RCA Victor LSP releases. Fantastic, please do another one. I recently found a couple of the Dinner Music series, French and Chinese. Some west coast jazz LSPs include Shorty Rogers, Sonny Rollins and Marty Paich. I used to underestimate Hugo Montenegro, but not anymore. I could go on but I'll leave it at that.
Thank you for watching this one Mark! I will definitely do another, but might take a short detour into another label from this time period before returning to LSP. "The Music for....." series is the epitome of functional mood music! It's fun to collect those. I wasn't aware of an international themed dinner music series! Always something to learn. Would you recommend a Hugo Montenegro record for me?
@@ThePressingMatters A recommended Hugo Montenegro LP is "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" LSP-3927, One of my favorite Hugo Winterhalter LPs is "Wish You Were Here" LSP-1904, and have you heard Dennis Farnon's "Caution! Men Swinging" LSP-1495. Yesterday I found a copy of Al Hirt's Trumpet and Strings, LSP-2584, with orchestra arranged and conducted by Marty Paich and recorded by the great Al Schmidt. A well detailed recording with a very deep soundstage. All this for $1.
@@markevans7969 Awesome recommendations! I almost included that Hugo Montenegro record in this episode. I'll definitely give it a fresh listen and include it in the next one!
Please do more. After your first one I put up a video showing 10 records. I have quite a few but they are filed such that they are hard for me to find.
Hi Richard! I had to take thousands of unsorted records out and start organizing them by label and catalog number to start rounding up a box of RCa LSP. It was a mess for a minute!
I'm going to move on to some other labels before coming ack to this well!
What's the name of your channel? You can't post a link but you can post the name, so others can find your video!
@@ThePressingMatters My channel is The @ you see here.
Ok thank you Richard!
10:01 BOUGHT MY COPY M- @$6 ATKINS' Workshop. The Record Exchange, on Gravois Rd, St Louis. July 88, on a Greayhound trip ...The store had tons of stuff very cheap, almost all J.Browns, for ex.$15 max 4 the rarest one = An era gone by ...pre-web
= So it goes - Kurt Vonnegut ..
It funny how we can remember exactly where we found something! I do too. Especially my Chet Atkins albums. You got a rest deal. I once saw that title for $150 at a record store in Greenwich Village right before the internet happened. I couldn't imagine paying that much. I found mine in South Beach for a dollar at a thrift I used to haunt.
Thanks for watching!
Fantastic overview series and looking forward to the Action follow-on. Is the Esquivel Other Worlds original press worth getting if you have the Audio Fidelity ?
Thank you! I'm really looking forward to the Stereo Action series video too! It will be fun to revisit them.
I could not locate my original Esquivel OWOS for this video. I definitely have it though. As soon as I find it I will let you know right here.
Thanks for that tip on Lucky Goes Latin and the LSP Desmond LP will look for that; I got his A+M half speed discs and Love those. I remember Buddy Morrow had one called "Night Train" and as a child was very fond of that one, so much so I broke the rules and got in trouble.
Chet in Hollywood came in two jackets, I dunno why RCA changed it... Perhaps because she was standing at Hollywood and Vine?
If you do not have LSP-1929 "Musically MAD" by Bernie Green it's worth seeking if just for the cover art. Also, if you dig real eerie soundz try "Shock" by Creed Taylor Orch. and the follow-up "Panic: Son of Shock" these are on ABC Paramount.
The interesting thing about Chet Atkins in Hollywood and Mr Guitar is that a couple of years after the first version a new version with a different "girl cover" appeared. At least in the case of In Hollywood, the main guitar tracks were redone by Chet. Not that the old ones were bad, but Chet wanted a redo. They let him do it!
I will keep an eye out for Musically MAD. I'm aware of Shock, but I've not yet found a copy in good shape.. thanks for the suggestions!
@@ThePressingMatters Thats cool. If Chet didnt change the score and did them the same you probably cant tell one from the other!
@fueledbylove Yeah the backing is the same but only if you've heard the original all your life you'll spot the difference.
Chet had a lot of pull!
Many soundtracks were rel on ''Living stereo'
Great video, Scott!
Question: Many of these are rare and lesser-known. How did you come to know about these? Or, did you go on a Living Stereo buying spree and just pick up titles that looked interesting? (I've done that, for sure!)
Hope all is well with you!
Best,
Ron from Kenosha
Hi Ron!
99 percent of these were from the thrift shops back in the day when everyone was dumping their records. I always picked up anything with a Living Stereo banner so yes it was a life long spree!
Thank you so much for watching and commenting Ron.
Take care my friend.
Scott
oh man we never see these much in tokyo :(
I thought a lot of the US pressings made their way there. That might be more for classical and jazz though.
Two of my favorite ones are Abbe Lane With Tito Puente And His Orchestra - Be Mine Tonight and
Della Reese - Della Della Cha Cha Cha. :-)
Two that I don't have! And I don't think I ever have seen them either. Now I'll be on the lookout!
@@ThePressingMatters I have them on CD and one on vinyl. I'll keep an eye out for you.
Awesome! I appreciate it!
@@ThePressingMatters Do you have: Rosemary Clooney, Perez Prado - A Touch Of Tabasco
No, I've never seen an original, but I almost have purchased the ORG 45 a few times. I wonder if it's still available. It was even on sale for a while.
Please do Stereo Action! I have a few of those.
Oh, you picked up on my hint!!!
Yes a Stereo Action one is coming, I am just trying to locate all of them in my unsorted area. I've found 5 at least. Can't wait to start listening and evaluate which are the best!
Which is your favorite of those you have?
@@ThePressingMatters I know you don't like The Three Suns but I just picked one up the other day but it's scratched to death. I have tried to clean it up - it's better but still doesn't play thru so it may have to just be retired to the recycling bin. What I heard, however, was really cool even though the idea of Stereo Actions seems to be more of a novelty than something "serious" like Living Stereo.
I have a Stereo action sampler which has Marty Gold, Vic Schoen, Henri Rene and many others on it. That one is near mint.
I hope you talk about the very unique packaging of these records! Really second to none as far as quality presentation.
@@Bigbadwhitecracker Yes I will. I have Movin and Groovin with the Three Suns, the compilation LP and several others! Can't wait to do it!
Wish I could find some of the titles locally - have the Chet Atkins in Mono at least but fortunately have his Workshop in stereo and it is in close to mint condition and quite glad to have found it at a record store for around 10.00. Going to be interesting locating a number of the uncommon titles locally so the search will be on. Have the Paul Desmond title too and concur, a very nice recording.
Perhaps you might consider doing a video on the Columbia 6 eye releases, Warners Vitaphone, early Decca as well as Mercury Stereo and popular music from them. I find that the Command and Project 3 labels with Enoch Light quite good as well with artists such as Tony Mottla, The Ray Charles Singers and many others very well produced. In fact I am always on the lookout for them including those from Audio Fidelity and United Artists Ultra Audio " Wall To Wall Sound "
Like others I appreciate the effort as well as background on the albums you showcase, some others in the RCA Living Stereo catalog I have that you might be aware of are Bob Thompson " On The Rocks " , Morton Gould " Coffee Time ", Richard Rogers " Victory At Sea ", Gene Bianco " Harp, Skip & Jump " ,Sid Bass " With Bells On " and others which you may be aware of and perhaps not quite at the top but certainly entertaining.
Anyway, plenty of unique albums out there from the late 1950's into the early 1960's, which reminds me of The Harmonicats and their Columbia 6 eye series, never knew of them and decided to give one a listen and discovered they were quite talented. Another very nice analog recording during the tube based mastering era is one by Les Paul and Mary Ford on Columbia called " Warm and Wonderful, half instrumental with some singing as well but great sounding laid back acoustic recording.
Thanks so much for watching and commenting! I hope some of these turn up in your searches!
I am
Planning episodes on several of the labels you mention. Stay tuned for a very interesting video on Enoch Light, and other high fidelity labels. I'll have something on Exotica soon.
Great suggestions. Can't wait to score another Bob Thompson album!
@@ThePressingMatters Ah yes, the Exotica period - Martin Denny and Arthur Lyman come to mind. There is a collaboration between Denny and Si Zentner titled Exotica Suite ( Liberty Premier LSS - 14020 ) and another album is Pagan Festival by Dominic Frontiere ( Columbia CS 8084 ). One could possibly include Paul Horn's " Impressions of Cleopatra " ( Columbia CS 8850 ). Unrelated but interesting is the music of Kurt Weill conducted by Maurice Levine ( Warner Bros. WS 1313 ).
So much great music one can discover from the past, and the best part is that many can be eventually found for not too much. I have not made a concerted effort and managed to add these records and many others in the last 5 years. I might finally decide to visit more record stores and see what I can find once I compile a list.
I should mention two other Henry Mancini Living Stereo releases - Combo! (RCA LSP 2258 ) which has more of that Peter Gunn sound and " The Blues and the Beat " ( RCA LSP- 2147 ) which I never tire of, they go well with Mr Lucky, Mr Lucky Goes Latin as well as Peter Gunn of course. Must not forget the soundtrack to "Gunn.. Number One! " by Blake Edwards ( RCA LSP -3840 ).
Perhaps as your series continues and expands we could have the movie music of John Barry, I really enjoy quite a few such as Midnight Cowboy, his Bond scores and the Black Hole. One could possibly spotlight the spy / crime theme tv scores such as I Spy, 77 Sunset Strip, M Squad, Naked City, Richard Diamond, Man From Uncle and Mission Impossible to name a few.
Interestingly among genres the period that gave us what has been referred to as blaxploitation is quite fascinating, I continue to expand my own library including Shaft, Shaft In Africa, Super Fly, Super Fly TNT, Come Back Charleston Blue and Hell Up In Harlem and hope to add others. Some really great music.
Another unique composer of film and non film music is Lalo Schifrin with two iconic scores Bullitt and Dirty Harry, I think he is quite worthy of being showcased. Just a few suggestions!
All great suggestions! Thank you. I appreciate all the thought that went onto this comment.
Hey Scott, I'm a subscriber and love and look forward to all of your vids. Really enjoy them all. Very in-depth bringing out hidden gems. I'm curious if you've ever listened to Eddie Jefferson? He never get any pub. I think he's so underrated and deserves someone like you to talk about. Check him out on there I go again Prestige 24095
Hi,Tthank you so much for being a subscriber and I'm so glad you commented on this video. These overviews are fun for me to do.
I have to admit I'm not aware of Eddie Jefferson. I assume he is in the jazz genre being on Prestige. What instrument does he play?
Sings. Scat, straight ahead jazz. He's so so good. In the vain of Manhattan transfer, Lambert, Hendricks and Ross.
@@rc519299 Ohhh ok that is interesting. I'll see if I can locate something to stream. Thanks!
It's es-ki-vel, not es-kwi-vel; otherwise a great video.
Thank you for the correction and the compliment. I don't think I've ever heard it pronounced at all. I'm usually talking to myself about such artists! Lol