Strange--the 1973 Al Caiola Magnificent Seven file is gone. From Box.net, I mean. I still have the vinyl, luckily. Apologies to those who have encountered the "no shared files" message on that one. I must have deleted it in error, though I don't know why I would have deleted it. (Oh. In error. Never mind.)
But do I know why I do anything? No, I guess not. Case closed.
Then again.... This could be another (echo chamber) Mystery of the Unknown!!! (Chromatically descending muted trumpets: Wah, wah, wah, wah, wahhhhhhh).
And today's installment of Mysteries of the Unknown is brought to you by Raymond Paige and His Orchestra. Oh, and his Youth Orchestra, too. The cover of the LP in question (on RCA Camden) had me going nuts trying to figure out who the "American Youth Orchestra" was--that's how they chose to credit the YO sides. The American Youth Orchestra. Which, of course, had me wondering if they meant Leopold Stokowski's All-American Youth Orchestra from the same period. I did not know.
To the rescue--several Paige listings by a Canadian record dealer that confirmed the "American Youth Orchestra" sides were recorded by Raymond Paige's "Youth Orchestra." Whew. Case closed.
Or could it be another.... (Never mind.)
What we have here are some top-floor examples of 1940 (and 1941) elevator music. Easy listening. Lounge. Light orchestra. Call it what you choose to call it. It's smooth and light. And decades before light was spelled "lite." I think, anyway. Actually, I'm not sure.
Another Mystery of the, etc.?? (Hit it, Raymond):
Stardust (Hoagy Carmichael)--Raymond Paige and His Orchestra, 1940. From RCA Camden LP Stardust.
Andalucia (The Breeze and I; Camarata)--Raymond Paige and His Orchestra, 1940.
Thru' the South--Raymond Paige and His Youth Orchestra, 1941.
That last title was downright spooky. I love it.
Lee
Friday, February 02, 2007
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2 comments:
Hey Lee
Great stuff. It reminds me of the music on a 10"LP by Andre Kostelanetz I own. Recorded in the 40's no doubt but repackaged as LP in the early 50's. Great job as always.
Luis
Luis,
Thanks, and Kosty was the first person I thought of, too. If Raymond had added five more string players, he'd have sounded exactly like Andre, and vice-versa.
Yes, a lot of 40s Kostelanetz material was reissued and re-re-reissued, as you probably know. His early-40s recording of Grofe's "Grand Canyon," for instance, stayed in print until at least as late as 1966 on the Harmony label.
It would take 100 years, minimum, to document every pressing of his early stuff (on 78, then on 45 rpm boxed sets, then 10" LPs, then 12", then Masterworks to the "CL" series, and so on). Record buyers of the mid-Fifties must have wondered why some recent CL-series LPs sounded anything but hi-fi while others sounded up to date. They'd conclude that Columbia's engineering standards were all over the place.
When, in fact, some of those older recordings sound awesome for their day!
Lee
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