Today we have a second autumn-themed mix from David Federman, an answer to the Great Sleeping Beauty Mystery, and a reup from ex-Cugat canary Abbe Lane.
'Lost Summer Love'
David has dubbed his latest compilation "Lost Summer Love." He writes, "This is an autumn-themed mix, meant to augment the almost sacred sense of loss that comes every September and October."
In five parts, it is typically eclectic, ranging from Chet Baker to Hal Kemp to the Glasgow Orpheus Choir. I am particularly fond of the two versions of the superb but forgotten melody, "It All Comes Back to Me Now," both by the superb but almost forgotten vocalist David Allyn - one at the beginning of his career and one from an later, unreleased Warner Bros. LP.
The download includes 33 songs in all, along with David's commentary.
The 'Sleeping Beauty' Mystery Solved
The subhead above may sound like the title of an Erle Stanley Gardner novel, but it actually relates to the who-directed-it mystery involving conductor Nicolai Malko's RCA Bluebird LP of excerpts from Tchaikovsky's ballet music for The Sleeping Beauty.
I posted the LP not long ago, only to have a knowledgeable fellow say that there was some dispute as to whether Malko did actually conduct the excerpts. Some people apparently claimed that they were a reprint of Constant Lambert's 1938 Sadler's Wells recordings instead.
I was familiar with the Lambert recordings - and plan to post them here soon - and that contrarian thesis did not seem right to me. For one thing, the excerpts on LP included a piece that Lambert didn't record in 1938. And the excerpts he did record then did not seem to be the same as the ones on the LP.
Since then, all the evidence that has been submitted (i.e., the original 78s and 45s containing the Malko recordings) have supported the conclusion that the LP is indeed the complete set of Malko excerpts. I believe it is the only place they can be found in toto.
Why the confusion? I suspect that RCA did initially issue the Bluebird LP with Lambert's recordings in place of Malko's. They apparently corrected the mistake in a subsequent pressing - the one I own and posted.
Abbe Lane Reup
One quick reup today - Abbe Lane's RCA LP Where There's a Man, from 1959. Abbe, at one time a Xavier Cugat singer and wife, wasn't a great vocalist, but she was a great deal of fun, as this album demonstrates. I think Miss Lane must has a steady following - this is the second time a reup has been requested. Follow this link to the original post.
'Lost Summer Love'
David has dubbed his latest compilation "Lost Summer Love." He writes, "This is an autumn-themed mix, meant to augment the almost sacred sense of loss that comes every September and October."
In five parts, it is typically eclectic, ranging from Chet Baker to Hal Kemp to the Glasgow Orpheus Choir. I am particularly fond of the two versions of the superb but forgotten melody, "It All Comes Back to Me Now," both by the superb but almost forgotten vocalist David Allyn - one at the beginning of his career and one from an later, unreleased Warner Bros. LP.
The download includes 33 songs in all, along with David's commentary.
The 'Sleeping Beauty' Mystery Solved
The subhead above may sound like the title of an Erle Stanley Gardner novel, but it actually relates to the who-directed-it mystery involving conductor Nicolai Malko's RCA Bluebird LP of excerpts from Tchaikovsky's ballet music for The Sleeping Beauty.
I posted the LP not long ago, only to have a knowledgeable fellow say that there was some dispute as to whether Malko did actually conduct the excerpts. Some people apparently claimed that they were a reprint of Constant Lambert's 1938 Sadler's Wells recordings instead.
I was familiar with the Lambert recordings - and plan to post them here soon - and that contrarian thesis did not seem right to me. For one thing, the excerpts on LP included a piece that Lambert didn't record in 1938. And the excerpts he did record then did not seem to be the same as the ones on the LP.
Since then, all the evidence that has been submitted (i.e., the original 78s and 45s containing the Malko recordings) have supported the conclusion that the LP is indeed the complete set of Malko excerpts. I believe it is the only place they can be found in toto.
Why the confusion? I suspect that RCA did initially issue the Bluebird LP with Lambert's recordings in place of Malko's. They apparently corrected the mistake in a subsequent pressing - the one I own and posted.
Abbe Lane Reup
One quick reup today - Abbe Lane's RCA LP Where There's a Man, from 1959. Abbe, at one time a Xavier Cugat singer and wife, wasn't a great vocalist, but she was a great deal of fun, as this album demonstrates. I think Miss Lane must has a steady following - this is the second time a reup has been requested. Follow this link to the original post.