Gibson Les Paul Goddess

The Goddess packs all the punch of a traditional Les Paul in a light, streamlined body. Comfortable enough to play all night, tough enough to rock the house. Available in stunning burst finishes. Includes Gibson hardshell black reptile pattern case.

Features:

• Figured maple top
• Lightweight mahogany body with reduced size
• Single-ply top binding
• Mahogany neck with 1960 slim taper profile
• Ebony fingerboard
• Trapezoid fingerboard inlays
• White fingerboard binding
• Chrome hardware
• Tune-o-matic bridge
• Chrome top hat inobs
• Auto trim tuners
• 490R neck pickup
• 498T bridge pickup
• One volume, one tone, 3-way switch
  

Specs:

• Peghead Pitch: 17ø
• Thickness at 1st Fret: 0.775"
• Thickness at 12th Fret: 0.875"
• Heel Length: 0.625"
• Neck Joint Location: 16th fret
• Scale: 24-3/4"
• Total Length: 18.157"
• Number of Frets: 22
• Nut Width: 1.695"
• Width at 12th Fret: 2.176"

Bert Kaempfert - Happy Wonderland Vol 2

Special delivery from the Pizza Man!!

Record two of this Bert Kaempfert best-of collection courtesy of Licorice Pizza. I didn't have the second record, but my trans-pacific connection just happened to have a copy lying around and sent me the raw mp3 files which I prepped for your listening plaesure and re-upped.

No cover, so I just popped the scans from record one into the package...


01 - Danke Schoen
02 - Solitude
03 - Dont' Forbid Me
04 - Trumpet In The Night
05 - Only Thowe In Love
06 - Stardust
07 - I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You
08 - Without Your Love
09 - Don't Talk To Me
10 - Now And Forver
11 - Midnight Snack
12 - Moonglow

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Ray Conniff - The Impossible Dream

01 - The Impossible Dream
02 - None But The Lonely Heart
03 - Younger Than Sprringtime
04 - Love Theme From 'Romeo And Juliet'
05 - Easy To Love
06 - People Will Say We're In Love
07 - Nocturne In Eb
08 - Hello Young Lovers
09 - Love Letters
10 - To My Love

Not much to say about this one - check out the back cover for a good bio of Ray...

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Paul Mauriat - From Paris With Love

A slice of lounge 'A La Fancaise'. English translations of the track titles are on the back cover. I think I preferred the original cover...

01 - La Goualante Du Pauvre Jean.mp3
02 - Les Feuilles Mortes.mp3
03 - La Seine.mp3
04 - Parlez-Moi D'Amour.mp3
05 - Fascination.mp3
06 - Mon Homme.mp3
07 - C'est Si Bon.mp3
08 - Sous Les Ponts De Paris.mp3
09 - La Vie En Rose.mp3
10 - Moulin Rouge.mp3
11 - Domino.mp3
12 - La Mer.mp3

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Doris Day - Que Sera Sera

Just to celebrate the successful overcoming of the multudious problems involved with setting up a new computer (three rebuilds to try and get my esoteric studio sound card to work...) I'm putting up a second post for today.

Before Doris Day (who, by the way, was born Doris van Kappelhoff) became a famous actress, she was a swing-band singer, and a pretty good one too.

This album provides a fine sampler of the vocal style and taste of dear Doris. Silky smooth - like a musical version of a midnight martini...

01 - Singing In The Rain
02 - Close Your Eyes
03 - It's Easy To Remember
04 - If I Give My Heart To You
05 - That Old Feeling
06 - Que Sera Sera
07 - Time To Say Goodnight
08 - Moonglow
09 - The Lamp Is Low

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Bert Kaempfert - Yesterday And Today

A piece of the later Bert today, and a pretty groovy one too. This a collection of six Bert originals, and six arrangements of fifties rhythm'n'blues hits hails from 1973 and showcases Bert's mature style. There's a sophistication to the arrangements that is missing from some of his earlier albums, but the trademark trumpets are still swingin' and that clipped bass sound is still in evidence.

BTW thanks to all the folks that have left comments - In particular Douglas from Paris who left a glowing comment (on the very first post) and of course that bon-vivant of the bloggoshere Lounge Tracks who kindly left instructions on how to prepare (and dispose of) a Velvet Martini - and I thought I just made it up...

01 - Blueberry Hill
02 - Time To Love
03 - Love Me Tender
04 - I Will Never Stop Loving You
05 - Who's Sorry Now
06 - I Remember Loving You
07 - Everybody Loves Somebody
08 - You Turned My World Around
09 - Night Train
10 - Nightcap
11 - Rebel Rouser
12 - Children Of Peace

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Bert Kaempfert - Great Orchestras Of The World

Hello chaps... It's been a while since my last post as I've been breaking in a new computer, with all the attendant heartache.... Still here's another in our "fun With Bert" series - another Australian best-of compilation. Lot's of good tunes here, and smooth as a velvet martini (whatever that is).

01 - Spanish Eyes
02 - Fascination
03 - Strangers In The Night
04 - Red Roses For A Blue Lady
05 - A Swingin' Safari
06 - Twilight Time
07 - Danke Schon
08 - The World We Knew
09 - Tenderly
10 - Stardust
11 - Blue Moon
12 - Afrikan Beat

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Gibson Robotic Les Paul

Gibson Demo video of the new Les Paul Robot self-tuning guitar.

Bert Kaempfert - Happy Wonderland

Volume 1 of a two disc best-of collection. (Alas I don' have vol 2). Serious collectors of Bert's music will probably have most of these tracks, but it makes a nice, sunny introduction to the Kaempfert style.

01 - That Happy Feeling
02 - Swingin' Safari
03 - Market Day
04 - Take Me
05 - Similau
06 - Zambesi
07 - Happy Trumpeter
08 - Tootie Flutie
09 - Afrikaan Beat
10 - Sunday In Madrid
11 - Black Beauty
12 - Skokiaan

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Gibson Les Paul Classic with Antique Mahogany Top and Scroll Logo

The Les Paul Classic Electric Guitar With Antique Mahogany Top Draws on the specifications that have made the Les Paul the most legendary electric guitar of all time, the Les Paul Classic Antique continues Gibson's popular Classic line with the vintage touches guitarists love. With a beautiful, antique mahogany top and acclaimed '57 Classic "Patent Applied For" humbuckers, this Les Paul Classic allows players to experience the power and performance of an original Les Paul at an affordable price.

Gibson Les Paul Classic with Antique Mahogany Top and Scroll Logo Specs:

• Top: carved mahogany
• Back: mahogany
• Binding: Antique
• Neck: set mahogany
• Neck profile: 1960s slim taper
• Peghead pitch: 17 degrees
• Neck joint location: 16th fret
• Fingerboard: rosewood
• Scale length: 24-3/4"
• No. of frets: 22
• Nut Width: 1.69"
• Radius: 12"
• Inlays: trapezoid on neck, Americana Gibson" Script on headstock
• Hardware: chrome
• Fingerboard inlay: antique
• Tailpiece: Stopbar
• Bridge: Tune-O-Matic
• Knobs: amber top hat
• Tuners: Green Key
• Pickguard: creme
• Pickups: 57 Classic "Patent Applied For" humbucker, uncovered with nickel polepieces
• Controls: two volume, two tone
• Switch: 3-way toggle
• Finish: Lacquer
• Case: Hardshell

Gibson Custom Shop Chambered 1958 Les Paul Reissue VOS

The Chambered 1958 Les Paul Reissue VOS (Vintage Original Spec) Electric Guitar from the Gibson Custom Shop has the great features, tone, and looks that made the original '58 Les Paul a classic, but with an ultra-light body! The Chambered '58 reissue guitar features a carved maple top, mahogany back, and one-piece mahogany neck with rounded '50's neck profile, single ply cream binding on the top and fingerboard, reissue trapezoid inlays, nickel plated hardware, and an original ABR-1 tune-o-matic bridge.

The Gibson Burstbucker Pickups used in the Chambered '58 are historically accurate "Patent Applied For" replicas with an airy tone and unbalanced coils. A medium output Burstbucker 1 is used in the neck position, while the Burstbucker 2 in the bridge position has a slightly hotter output. Both have unpolished magnets and non-potted coils like the original "Patent Applied For" pickups.

Gibson Custom Shop Chambered 1958 Les Paul Reissue VOS Specs:

• Body: Chambered mahogany with carved maple top
• Neck Material: 1-piece mahogany
• Neck Joint: Long neck tenon
• Neck Profile: Early '50s rounded
• Nut Width: 1-11/16"
• Scale: 24-3/4"
• Fingerboard: Rosewood
• Frets: 22
• Fingerboard Inlays: Vintage trapezoid
• Binding: Single-ply cream on top and neck
• Machine Heads: Vintage tulip
• Pickups: Burstbucker 1 (rhythm) and 2 (treble)
• Controls: 2 volume, 2 tone, 3-way switch
• Bridge: ABR-1 bridge with lightweight aluminum stopbar tailpiece
• Weight: 7.58 lbs
• Case Included: Custom Shop case

Gibson Custom Shop 1968 Les Paul Custom Chambered

The dual benefits of a lighter body and more resonance are achieved by the craftsmen at the Gibson Custom Shop by strategic placement of the chambers that are routed from the mahogany back. The result is a Les Paul that is not only easier on the shoulders so you can play all night long, but is actually louder, with more sustain.

The guitar's '57 Classic humbuckers output the smoothest, richest tone of any of the Gibson pickups.

the 1968 Les Paul Custom has long been a favorite of players and collectors with its distinctive style and long list of appointments. At top of the list is the soothing Antique Pelham Blue finish that actually looks green because it has been yellowed by the Gibson Custom Shop's antiquing treatment. Add to that the trademark split diamond headstock inlay and lavishly bound body.

Gibson's Custom Shop produces some of the finest electric guitars on earth. Using the best materials money can buy, a staff of skilled luthiers reproduce some of the greatest Gibsons of the past and create stunning new instruments for players and collectors who demand the best.

Gibson Custom Shop 1968 Les Paul Custom Chambered Specs:

• Carved maple top
• Chambered mahogany body
• Multi-ply white/black binding on top & back
• Nickel hardware
• ABR-1 bridge, stopbar tailpiece
• 1-piece mahogany neck w/long neck tenon
• 22-fret bound ebony fingerboard
• Pearl block inlays
• Rounded neck profile
• 24-3/4" scale length, 1 11/16" nut width
• Kidney bean tuners
• 57 Classic humbucking pickups
• 2 volume, 2 tone, 3-way selector switch
• Includes Custom Shop case, certificate of authenticity, and custom care kit

Gibson Les Paul Standard AAA Flame Maple Top

This stunning guitar features a AAA flame maple top in a natural finish that lets you see the beauty of the wood, and an exotic 3-piece flame maple neck. It has all the great sound and features of the Les Paul Standard, like BurstBucker Pro pickups, a tune-o-matic bridge, trapezoid inlaid rosewood fretboard and single-ply neck and body binding, but with upgraded gold hardware.

Gibson Les Paul Standard AAA Maple Top Specs:

• AAA flame maple top
• Mahogany body
• 3-piece flame maple neck
• 2 BurstBucker Pro humbucker pickups
• Tune-o-matic bridge
• Rosewood Fretboard
• Trapezoid inlays
• Single-ply neck & body binding
• Gold hardware

Peggy Lee - Bewitching-Lee

Peggy Lee's alluring tone, distinctive delivery, breath of material and ability to write many of her own songs made her one of the most captivating artists of the vocal era, from her breakthrough on the Benny Goodman hit "Why Don't You Do Right" to her many solo successes, singles including "Manana" and "Fever." This 1962 release is the first of Lee's greatest hits albums.

01 - Why Don't You Do Right
02 - Don't Smoke In Bed
03 - It's A Good Day
04 - Alright, Okay, You Win
05 - Golden Earings
06 - Hallelujah, I Just Love Him So
07 - Fever
08 - I Don't Know Enough About You
09 - Them There Eyes
10 - While We're Young
11 - Manana
12 - My Man

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Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Standard Full Gloss

This very limited edition of the Gibson Custom Shop, the 1959 Les Paul Standard Full Gloss Electric Guitar features several special touches created by our guitar buyer. First, he hand-picked the individual pieces of figured maple that would form the tops of each of these guitars. Each piece has a unique and especially vibrant character that really makes each of these guitars pop. Then he specified the special rare and unique finish that appears on the cover of "The Beauty of the Burst" book by Yasuhiko Iwanade (and again on page 75) and asked for it to be completed in a full-gloss to re-create the guitar as it would have appeared fresh from the factory in 1959. The sum of this collaboration is a stunning Les Paul with serious historic mojo.

The only major change to the Les Paul Standard in 1959 was the addition of wider, fatter jumbo frets which facilitated more dramatic bends. The real force of this change was not felt until the late 1960s when rock and blues players like Eric Clapton, Mike Bloomfield, and Peter Green began to discover the fat, warm voice of the '59 Standard. This moment in history marked the beginning of the idealization of the 1959 Les Paul Standard as the quintessential guitar in the minds of guitarists and collectors everywhere.

Using a combination of traditional hand craftsmanship and modern technology, the luthiers of the Gibson Custom Shop painstakingly reproduce the key elements that define cool, vintage instrument-stunning looks, flawless playability, and unsurpassed tone. Solid mahogany back, historically accurate long neck tenon for superior strength and sustain, period correct neck profiles, hardware and electronics, and 100% nitro-cellulose lacquer are all part of this special Gibson Custom Shop guitar.

Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Standard Full Gloss Specs:

• Body and Hardware
• Carved figured maple top
• Solid, non-weight relieved mahogany back
• Single-ply cream binding on top
• Thin toggle switch washer and jackplate
• Aged nickel hardware
• ABR-1 bridge, lightweight aluminum stopbar tailpiece
  
  Neck and Headstock
• One-piece mahogany neck with long neck tenon
• 22-fret rosewood fingerboard Acrylic trapezoid inlays (accurate shape and color)
• Single-ply cream binding
• 1959 rounded neck profile
• 24-3/4 inch scale length
• 1-11/16" nut width
• Holly headstock veneer
• Vintage tulip tuners
  
  Electronics and Strings
• BurstBucker 1 (rhythm) and
• BurstBucker 2 (treble) pickups
• CTS pots and bumble bee capacitors
• 2 volume and 2 tone controls
• 3-way selector switch
• Vintage Reissue .010 strings
• Includes Custom Shop case, certificate of authenticity, and custom care kit.

Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Standard Full Gloss Electric Guitar Features:

• Exact duplication of the 1959 carved top
• Elimination of the subtle gap on the pickguard and rhythm pickup
• Angle of neck pitch re-set to 1959 specs
• Exact same filler and stain as used in 1959
• Thinner lacquer to present exactly as a 1959 Les Paul did in finish and color
• The binding has been adjusted 50/1000 to duplicate the 1959 model

Gibson Custom Shop 1957 Les Paul Reissue with Wraparound Tailpiece

Limited edition Goldtop with Burstbuckers.

The beauty of the Gibson Custom Shop 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Reissue Electric Guitar will make your jaw drop. All the glowing vintage beauty of the deep metal-flake gold top with the thick, gorgeous tone of "Patent Applied For" humbuckers the first year they came out. Now called BurstBuckers (a 1 at the neck and a 2 at the bridge), they're joined to the original CTS pots and bumble bee caps for totally authentic Les Paul tone. Early '50s rounded neck profile provides vintage Gibson feel, too.

As if that weren't enough, Gibson has done something special with this model for players who like to palm mute strings - a wraparound bridge. If you like to chunk away with lots of power and plenty of tone, it just doesn't get any better than this guitar. But it's a limited edition, so you'd better hurry!

Gibson's Custom Shop produces some of the finest electric guitars on earth. Using the best materials money can buy, a staff of skilled luthiers reproduce some of the greatest Gibsons of the past and create stunning new instruments for players and collectors who demand the best.

Gibson Custom Shop 1957 Les Paul Reissue with Wraparound Tailpiece Specs:

• Mahogany body with carved maple top
• Early '50's rounded mahogany neck w/original-style truss rod route
• Rosewood fretboard with vintage trapezoid inlays
• 2 BurstBucker pickups
• Nickel hardware
• Wraparound tailpiece

Gibson Custom Shop Chambered Les Paul Class 5 Figured Top

The Chambered Les Paul Class 5 from the Gibson Custom Shop has the great features, tone, and looks that made the original Les Paul a classic, but with an ultra-light body and gorgeous carved figured maple top! It features a mahogany back, and one-piece mahogany neck with rounded '50's neck profile, single ply cream binding on the top and fingerboard, reissue trapezoid inlays, nickel plated hardware, and an original ABR-1 tune-o-matic bridge.

The Gibson Burstbucker Pickups are historically accurate "Patent Applied For" replicas with an airy tone and unbalanced coils. A medium output Burstbucker 2 is used in the neck position, while the Burstbucker 3 in the bridge position has a slightly hotter output. Both have unpolished magnets and non-potted coils like the original "Patent Applied For" pickups.

Gibson Custom Shop Chambered Les Paul Class 5 Figured Top Specs:

• Body Wood: Mahogany
• Top wood: Figured Maple
• Scale Length: 34-3/4"
• Neck Joint: Set-in
• Neck Wood: Mahogany
• Fretboard: Rosewood
• Neck Shape: 50's
• Frets: 22
• Nut Width: 1-11/16"
• Fretboard Radius: 12
• Bridge: Fixed
• Pickup Bridge: Burstbucker 3
• Pickup Neck: Burstbucker 2
• Controls: Volume / Volume / Tone / Tone
• Tuners: Kluson
• Hardware color: Nickel
• Pickup selector: 3-way
• Finish: Lacquer

Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul Super Custom

The Gibson Les Paul Super Custom Electric Guitar has the features you've come to expect: a one-piece mahogany neck, carved maple top, and an ebony fingerboard, plus one that might surprise you. Instead of a mahogany body, the Super Custom is solid maple. Adding a bit more brightness to the overall tone, this Gibson Les Paul is perfect as a lead guitar or for adding a slight jangle to your rhythm. A pair of '57 Classic humbuckers dish out trademark tone via dual tone and volume controls and 3-way switching. Gibson also includes a tune-o-matic bridge, stopbar tailpiece and gold hardware.

Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul Super Custom Specs:

• Body Wood: Maple
• Top wood: Maple
• Scale Length: 33-3/4"
• Neck Joint: Set-in
• Neck Wood: Maple
• Fretboard: Ebony
• Neck Shape: C-Shape
• Frets: 22
• Nut Width: 1-11/16"
• Fretboard Radius: 12
• Bridge: Fixed
• Pickup Bridge: '57 Classic Humbucker
• Pickup Neck: '57 Classic Humbucker
• Controls: Volume / Volume / Tone / Tone
• Tuners: Grover
• Hardware color: Gold
• Pickup selector: 3-way
• Finish: Lacquer

Gibson Custom Shop 1958 Les Paul Reissue Plain Top VOS

The 1958 Les Paul Reissue VOS (Vintage Original Spec) Electric Guitar from the Gibson Custom Shop has the great features, tone, and looks that made the original '58 Les Paul a classic, but with a plain top for "workhorse" comfort and feel. Features a maple top, mahogany back, and one-piece set-in mahogany neck with rounded '50s neck profile, nickel plated hardware, and an original ABR-1 tune-o-matic bridge.

The Gibson Burstbucker Pickups used are historically accurate "Patent Applied For" replicas with an airy tone and unbalanced coils. A medium output Burstbucker 1 is used in the neck position, while the Burstbucker 2 in the bridge position has a slightly hotter output. Both have unpolished magnets and non-potted coils like the original "Patent Applied For" pickups.

Like all VOS (Vintage Original Spec) Series instruments, the 1958 Les Paul Reissue Plain Top VOS is handcrafted for comfort and playability in the Gibson Custom Shop. The construction, neck profile, hardware, and electronics are period accurate, and a special nitrocellulose finish treatment gives it the patina of a gently aged vintage guitar. Includes Gibson Custom Shop case, a certificate of authenticity, and custom care kit.

Specs:

• Body Wood: Mahogany
• Top wood: Maple
• Scale Length: 28-3/4"
• Neck Joint: Set-in
• Neck Wood: Mahogany
• Fretboard: Rosewood
• Neck Shape: 50's
• Frets: 22
• Nut Width: 1-11/16"
• Fretboard Radius: 12
• Bridge: Fixed
• Pickup Bridge: Burstbucker 2
• Pickup Neck: Burstbucker 1
• Controls: Volume / Volume / Tone / Tone
• Tuners: Kluson
• Hardware color: Nickel
• Pickup selector: 3-way
• Finish: Lacquer

Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul Spotlight Flame

1983 was a year of change for Gibson, when it first began to concentrate on reissuing vintage spec instruments. While we're all vintage-crazy now, this was a fairly new idea then. They knew that to get the necessary attention, they would have to do something special. The Spotlight was the answer. Using contrasting, figured woods, Gibson's Les Paul Spotlight guitars did indeed cause a lot of players to give them a second look.

Gibson now brings back the Spotlight in beautiful flame maple, with all the vintage features you love: C-shaped mahogany set neck and mahogany body, '57 Classic Humbucker pickups, Grover tuners, gold hardware and a sweet lacquer finish.

Specs:

• Body Wood: Mahogany
• Top wood: Maple
• Scale Length: 32-3/4"
• Neck Joint: Set-in
• Neck Wood: Mahogany
• Fretboard: Rosewood
• Neck Shape: C-Shape
• Frets: 22
• Nut Width: 1-11/16"
• Fretboard Radius: 12
• Bridge: Fixed
• Pickup Bridge: '57 Classic Humbucker
• Pickup Neck: '57 Classic Humbucker
• Controls: Volume / Volume / Tone / Tone
• Tuners: Grover
• Hardware color: Gold
• Pickup selector: 3-way
• Finish: Lacquer

Maurice Larcange - Weekend Musette

Don't be put off by the rather battered cover of this album. Maurice Larcange and his orchestra serve up a delightful slice of easy-listening a-la Francais. As I pointed out in a previous post, I am rather partial to the films of Jaques Tati. If the whimsical soundtracks of his movies are to your taste, then you will love this album. Plus, it has another version of 'Mon Oncle' to add to your collection...

01 - Pablito
02 - Irish Ballad
03 - Qui Qui Casque
04 - Forward The Music
05 - Paris Told Me
06 - As Long As You Will Always love Me Like This
07 - That's Love
08 - Your Accordian
09 - My Uncle
10 - Cow Of Java
11 - The Ballet Of Hearts
12 - Patricia

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Bert Kaempfert - Orange Coloured Sky

ORANGE COLORED SKY, surely one of Bert Kaempfert’s loveliest albums, was recorded in November 1970. The album was the first of his productions to use multi-track recording technique (eight sound tracks) and has everything that the name of Bert Kaempfert conjures up: his typical rhythm with its pithy bass, smooth-as-silk arrangements for strings and chorus, stereo-like entries of the winds from the right and left, and plenty of trumpet solos.

The six new compositions by the Bert Kaempfert and Herbert Rehbein team range from pleasantly easy-going numbers such as Tea And Trumpets and Friends and the more gentle While The Children Sleep to the shuffle of Wake Up And Live.

Also heard on this disc are new and old hits by other composers covering a time-span of 50 years. Bye Bye Blackbird and In Apple Blossom Time are typical “Tin Pan Alley” songs from the ‘20s: the latter was one of the most popular hits of its day and later a great success for the Andrew Sisters.

The title-number Orange Colored Sky, composed by the accordion-playing band-leader Milton DeLugg, became famous in the 1950s in vocal versions by Nat “King” Cole and Betty Hutton; Cracklin’ Rosie was Neil Diamond’s very first Number 1 hit in the 1970s; and the rock group Blood, Sweat & Tears landed in the Top 20 with Hi-De-Ho.

From The Bert Kaempfert Website

01 - Cracklin' Rosie
02 - My love
03 - Don't Go
04 - Tea And Trumpets
05 - Friends
06 - While The Children Sleep
07 - In Apple Blossom Time
08 - Snowbird
09 - Hi-De-Ho
10 - Bye Bye Blackbird
11 - Orange Coloured Sky
12 - Wake Up And Live

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Jake Concepcion - Sexy Saxes

I think it's time for a couple of "Instruments Behaving Badly" themed album covers...

The smouldering sax of Monsieur Jake belts out an array of standards accompanied, as the title points out, by his orchestra.

About Jake I can tell you little, except that he appeared as a sideman in a couple of Cantopop albums by Leslie Cheung. Perhaps one of our oh-so-knowledgeable readers has some more info...

01 - Harlem Nocturne
02 - Autumn Leaves
03 - Tara's Theme From 'Gone With The Wind'
04 - Harbour Lights
05 - Annie Laurie
06 - My Funny Valentine
07 - Red Sails In The Sunset
08 - Danny Boy
09 - Summertime
10 - Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
11 - September Song
12 - Misty

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p.s. any of you who have been following the dialog between Musical Interval and self will know that there has been a glitch with a couple of posts that prevented them from playing properly in Windows Media 9. I have re-posted the Swingle Singers post, and the links on that post now point to the updated versions.

Music In The Latin Manner

Here's another one from our friends at Reader's Digest, also in glorious mono. Nonetheless there's some seriously good listening here as Mario Ruiz Armengol and Chucho Ferrer unchain their orchestras and crank up the bongos. I have no idea when this record was made - any listeners out there with a copy in their archives?


01 - Chucho Ferrer And His Orchestra - Celito Lindo
02 - Mario Ruiz And His Orchestra - Cachita
03 - Mario Ruiz And His Orchestra - Jurame
04 - Mario Ruiz And His Orchestra - Ay, Ay, Ay
05 - Chucho Ferrer And His Orchestra - Ansiedad
06 - Mario Ruiz And His Orchestra - Lamento Borincano
07 - Chucho Ferrer And His Orchestra - Adios Pampa Mia
08 - Mario Ruiz And His Orchestra - Maria La O
09 - Mario Ruiz And His Orchestra - Mis Flores Negras
10 - Chucho Ferrer And His Orchestra - Alma Llanera


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King Records - Dynamic Sound Showcase

One of the advantages of living Down Under is that you come across records that haven't had a lot of exposure in other parts of the globe. Japanese label King records put together a couple of samplers for it 'Super Dynamic Stereo' recording process in the early 1970's. Curiously enough, the two records I came across each have the same side A, but different side B's.

I have combined the three sides into a single post to give you a taste of the Japanese lounge scene. And, let me tell you, some of these guys are hot. Nobuo Hara And His Sharps And Flats could give Enoch Light a run for his money IMHO, and the tracks where the SDS All Stars and Nobuo Hara team up are some of the fattest big band sounds I have heard. I am also a bit of a Jaques Tati nut, so the inclusion of the theme from 'Mon Oncle' is a definite bonus. All in all, well worth a listen.


01 - SDS All Stars - Bridge On The River Kwai (Interpolating Colonel Bogey)
02 - Tokyo Cuban Boys - Oye Negra
03 - Sharps and Flats and All Stars - Chatanooga Choo-Choo
04 - Nobuo Hara And His Sharps And Flats - La Cumparista
05 - The Band Society Of Tokyo - The Marines Hymn
06 - Leon Pops Orchestra - Blue Hawaii
07 - SDS All Stars - Mon Oncle
08 - SHiro Michi And His Group - Dance Of The Sugar-Plum Fairy
09 - Sharps and Flats and All Stars - Moonlight Serenade
10 - Poss Miyasaki And His Coney Islanders - My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua
11 - Tokyo Cuban Boys - Cumana
12 - Nobuo Hara And His Sharps And Flats - Blue Tango
13 - Nobuo Hara And His Sharps And Flats - Mack The Knife
14 - Nobuo Hara And His Sharps And Flats - Ol' Man River
15 - Leon Pops Orchestra - Lovely Hula Hands
16 - Leon Pops Orchestra - Isle Of Capri
17 - Leon Pops Orchestra - Londonderry Air
18 - The Band Society Of Tokyo - Washington Post March

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Swingle Singers - Swingle II Baroque

More Swingling, this time from the 1970's, and with a bass and keyboards accompanying those distinctive voices. This album also receives an honourable mention in the Mr Snookles "Most Attractive Album Cover" awards. Sadly the back cover is damaged, but I included a scan as it has portraits of the Swingles, so you can put a face to the voice...

01 - The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba
02 - Air On The G String
03 - Water Music
04 - Largo
05 - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
06 - Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
07 - Concerto Grosso Op 6 No. 1
08 - Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
09 - Organ Fugue BWV 578

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Easy Listening

The title says it all...

A double album of 20 titles from the Polydor label.


01 - James Last - Cecilia
02 - Roberto Delgado - Island In The Sun
03 - Luxembourg Pop Orchestra - Indian Summer
04 - Big Ben Banjo Band - Yellow Rose Of Texas; Walkin' The Floor Over You; Lonesome Number One
05 - John Scott Orchestra - Theme From 'Elvira Madigan'
06 - Bert Kaempfert - Something
07 - Alfred Hause - Hernando's Hideaway
08 - Marek And Vacek - Black Eyes
09 - Fritz Schulz-Riechel - Tea For Two
10 - Norrie Paramour - Plaisir D'Amour
11 - Big Ben Hawaiian Band - I Was Born Under A Wand'rin' Star
12 - James Last - Elizabethan Serenade
13 - Max Gregor - Moon River
14 - Tommy Reilly And Kai Warner - Quando, Quando, Quando
15 - Gunther Kallmann Choir - Daydream
16 - Horst Wendes Accordian Band - Those Were The Days
17 - Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra - Gente
18 - Augusto Alguero Orchestra - I Say A Little Prayer
19 - Nick Ingmann Orchestra And Chorus - Moonlight Sonata
20 - Kai Warner Orchestra - Don't Forget To Remember; Winter World Of Love

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Charlie Byrd - Travellin' Man

Here's a nice 'unplugged' album from Charlie Byrd. Recorded live at the showboat, it features Charlie playing jazz on his classical guitar. Quiet, slightly folksy and with a fair smattering of Charlie's original tunes.

01 - Mama I'll Be Home Someday
02 - Folks Who Live On The Hill; Yesterdays
03 - Blues For Felix
04 - U.M.M.G
05 - I Hear A Rhapsody
06 - In The Name Of Love
07 - I Will Wait For You
08 - Do I Hear A Waltz
09 - Travellin' Man
10 - Nuages
11 - Squeeze Me

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Gibson Les Paul Supreme Gold Top

Custom binding all around is just the start of the Gibson Les Paul Supreme Gold Electric Guitar's distinctive looks. Feast your eyes on the deluxe pearl-on-ebony fingerboard inlays; gold frets; and an abalone, pearl, and brass globe inlaid on the Gibson LP headstock. The classic and much loved Gold Top finish has never looked better, and the mahogany back adds warm and resonance to the already sweet tone. A chambered Les Paul Guitar body takes a load off your shoulder and enhances resonance to aid the 490R and 498T alnico humbuckers in generating miles of smooth sustain. The Les Paul Supreme Electric Guitar includes a Gibson hardshell case.

Gibson Les Paul Supreme Gold Specs:

• Maple top and back
• Gold Top finish
• Chambered mahogany body
• Mahogany neck with ebony fretboard
• Custom binding on top, back, fretboard, and headstock
• Abalone, pearl, and brass globe headstock inlay
• 24-3/4" scale
• 1-11/16" nut width
• 490R and 498T alnico humbuckers
• 2 volume
• 2 tone
• 3-way selector
• Tune-o-matic bridge with stopbar tailpiece
• Gold hardware

Hi Fi Stereo - Golden Sounds Of Classics

Compilation of easy classics from various Teutonic composers. Repackaged for the Australian market, featuring a front cover with two young people who appear to be wearing curtains...

Couple of skips in tracks 1 and 7 due to grand-canyon size gashes in the vinyl...

01 - James Last - Sabre Dance
02 - Hans Carste - Minuet
03 - Heinz Schlactner - La Traviata
04 - Alfred Hause - Serenade
05 - Fritz Schulz-Reichel - Hungarian Dances 5 & 6
06 - Hans Carste - Spring Song
07 - Kai Warner - In A Persian Market
08 - Marek And Vacek - Liebestraum
09 - Kurt Edelhagen - Serenade
10 - Orchester Orlando - Melody In F
11 - Arnold Scherbaum - Fur Elise
12 - Hans Carste - Nocturne In Eb Major

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Background Moods - Disc 9

Well we all new lounge-music lovers are sharing, caring folks who are alreadys ready to lend a hand when they see a fellow blogger in distress. So thanks and appreciation to Vinyl Treasures who has ripped and uploaded the missing disc of the Background Moods set.

So, why don't ya all just mosey on over to the new Vinyl Treasures site (http://vinyltreasures.blogspot.com/) and grab your copy.

The download link on this page contains the booklet pages for discs 9 and 10, which have been re-numbered so that all the pages from all discs are in the correct order.
Disc 9

Side 1
In A Latin Mood
01 - Rhumba Medley
02 - Bolero
03 - Mambo Jambo
04 - Tango Medley
o5 - Cha Cha Medley

Side 2
In A Dancing Mood

06 - Medium Foxtrot Medley
07 - Waltz Medley
08 - Slow Foxtrot Medley

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Backgound Moods - Disc 10

Well folks, here is disc 10 of the set. Sadly disc 9 had a major warp and I have been unable to rip it. I may be able to salvage some of the tracks, but it will take a little while.
Meantime, get in a syncopated mood, or a let's-get-away-from-it-all mood with disc 10.

Backgound Moods - Disc 10 Side 1
In A Syncopated Mood

01 - Fine And Sharp
02 - Manhattan
03 - Anything Goes
04 - Who Could Ask For Anything More
05 - Ain't Misbehavin'
06 - Oh, Lady Be Good


Backgound Moods - Disc 10 Side 2
In a Let's-Get-Away-From-It-all Mood

07 - Far Away Places
08 - Lets Get Away From It All
09 - Street Of Dreams
10 - C'est Si Bon
11 - How Deep Is The Ocean
12 - Anywhere I Wander

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Background Moods - Discs 7 and 8

Nearly there now.

More light classics to expand your musical horizons.





Background Moods Disc 7 Side 1
In A Spectacular Mood

01 - Slaughter On Tenth Avenue
02 - Spellbound Concerto
03 - James Bond Suite

Background Moods Disc 7 Side 2
In A Festive Mood

04 - Espana Rhapsody
05 - Dances From 'The Seasons'
06 - Russian Sailor's Dance

Background Moods Disc 8 Side 1
In A Soothing Mood

01 - The White Peacock
02 - Introduction To 'Kovantchina'
03 - Entr'acte No 1 From 'Rosamunde'
04 - Chopin from 'Carnaval'
05 - Dance Of The Blessed Spirits

Background Moods Disc 8 Side 2
In A Starlight Mood

06 - Stars Fell On Alabama
07 - Under A Blanket Of Blue
08 - The Lamp Is Low
09 - Stars In My Eyes
10 - Three Stars Will Shine Tonight
11 - My Shining Hour

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Background Moods - Discs 5 and 6

Some more light classics on disc 5, plus a bit of swing band jazz and a hint of exotica.

Get 'em while they're hot.




Disc 5 Side 1
In A Sparkling Mood

01 - Overture To 'The Silken Ladder'
02 - Four Scottish Dances
03 - The Constant Nymph

Disc 5 Side 2
In A Joyous Mood

04 - Topkapi
05 - The Sound Of Music
06 - Fiesta In Old Mexico
07 - Symphonie Moderne


Disc 6 Side 1
In A Swinging Mood

01 - In The Mood
02 - A String Of Pearls
02 - Limehouse Blues
03 - Chattanooga Choo-Choo
04 - Music Makers
05 - Just You, Just Me
06 - One O'Clock Jump

Disc 6 Side 2
In An Exotic Mood

07 - Miserlou
08 - Limehouse Blues
09 - Baubles Bangles And Beads
10 - Lotus Land
11 - Beyond The Blue Horizon

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ps Thanks to Mr (or Ms) Anonymous who reported the broken links to 'Al Caiola - Golden Hit Instrumentals'. These links have been fixed and the album can once again be downloaded from Rapidshare and Megaupload.

Background Moods - Discs 3 And 4

Time for your next instalment of Background Moods. Today we cover An intimate mood, a carefree mood, a romantic mood and a wistful mood.
For all you would-be pleasure programmers, hee are programs 3 and four - ready for you to use when you get all ten LPs.

Disc 3 Side 1 - In an Intimate Mood

01 - I'll Remember April
02 - Little White Lies
03 - Just In Time
04 - East Of The Sun
05 - You're A Sweetheart
06 - Exactly Like You
07 - Autumn Serenade

Disc 3 Side 2 - In an Carefree Mood

08 - Coppelia Waltz
09 - Cossack Dance
10 - Skater's Waltz
11 - Spanish Dance
12 - Scarf Dance
13 - Baroque Dance


Disc 4 Side 1 - In an Romantic Mood

01 - Laura
02 - Just One More Chance
03 - Witchcraft
04 - My Melancholy Baby
05 - The Time Is Now
06 - Be My Love

Disc 4 Side 2 - In an Wistful Mood

07 - Try A Little Tenderness
08 - Love Me Or Leave Me
09 - The Boy Next Door
10 - I've Got The World On A String
11 - How Little We Know
12 - Polka Dots And Moonbeams
13 - Can't Get Out Of This Mood

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Basil Henriques and the Waikiki Islanders

Remember this post from last month? If you downloaded it you would have heard a track by Basil Henriques, a laid-back Tiki version of 'Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You'.

Anyway to cut a long story short, Basil Henriques himself dropped by and left a comment on the post (and a complementary one at that).

Not only that, but Basil is still going strong, and his two Studio 2 albums have been re-released by EMI as a double album CD. So, why don't you drop by Basil's site www.waikiki-islanders.com and pick up a copy. At 10 quid for both albums it's a bargain. Mr Snookles has already ordered his copy...


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Lounge Tracks - Triple Whammy

A special guest post today from our friend, the bon vivant and serial Martini abuser, Mr Lounge Tracks himself. Here's what he has to say...

Last week I spoke of some shares for you and yours, so as promised here goes. It's a 3-pack special the first -2- are by the one and only Bud Shank who's the fella playing the flute in the background on The Mama's & The Papa's immortal California Dreaming This is his album with the same name and also features Chet Baker on loan from the Mariachi Brass.



Girl In Love is the followup from '67 and continues the trend set by his hit album 2 years earlier entitled "Michelle" with the same girl on the cover. Incidently, if anyone out there has "Michelle" please post it as I'd love to hear it and can't find it in my neck of the woods.


And finally, a bit of a holy grail find from Si Zentner. It's his often seen, rarely heard, Swinging Eye! which, I gotta say, I find underwhelming. The cover gets lots of attention but to me, that's the best part, and I'm a fan of the guy!


That's it Mr. Snookles, thanks for the invite and remember to keep on lounging'!

-Lounge Tracks
ps. almost martini time...

Background Moods

"And so we come to it, the great work of our age..." Gandalf - The Return Of The King.

Yep this is it, the big one. Ten, count 'em 10 LP's of lounge faves courtesy of the folks at Reader's Digest, in bandwidth-friendly mono.

Welcome to the world of 'Pleasure Programming'. I'll let the booklet tell you more...


Each of the 20 sides of this collection is programmed to evoke a particular mood. Designed to make use of the ultra-modern auto-disk changing record player, our Pleasure Programmers could put 5, 6, 7 or more records on their player at once, and then dine away the evening without having the tedium of that perfect intimate moment being spoiled by the music finishing prematurely. Here are the first two programs from the booklet.

Yes, all 10 disks are coming your way. The first two disks/four programs are in the first download, along with scans of the box-set cover and the corresponding sections of the booklet. Here's the tracklist for the first two LPs.

Disc 1 Side 1 - In A Moonlight Mood

01 - Moonlight Serenade.mp3
02 - How High The Moon.mp3
03 - Moonlight In Vermont.mp3
04 - By The Light Of The Silvery Moon.mp3
05 - Stairway To The Stars.mp3
06 - Moonlight Becomes You.mp3

Disc 1 Side 2 - In A Haunting Mood

07 - Songs My Mother Taught Me.mp3
08 - The Last Rose Of Summer.mp3
09 - The Dream Of Doretta.mp3
10 - Call The Ewes.mp3
11 - O Waly Waly.mp3
12 - A Little Story.mp3
13 - Humming Chorus.mp3

Disc 2 Side 1 - In A Bewitching Mood

01 - Makin' Whopee.mp3
02 - Bewitched.mp3
03 - Willow Weep For Me.mp3
04 - I Hadn't Anyone 'Til You.mp3
05 - And I Love Her.mp3
06 - It's Magic.mp3

Disc 2 Side 2 - In A Blues Mood

07 - The Birth Of The Blues.mp3
08 - The Man That Got Away.mp3
09 - Dreamsville.mp3
10 - I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues.mp3
11 - Ringo's Theme.mp3
12 - Blues In The Night.mp3

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