Frank Chacksfield - Hawaii - Promo

Artist Name: Frank Chacksfield And His Orchestra

Title: Hawaii

Record Label: London [Phase 4 Stereo]

Catalog Number: SP 44087

Format: Vinyl, LP, Mono, Album, Promo

Country: U.S.A.

Year: 1967

Genre: Big Band

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TRACKLISTING:

A-Side

A1 [2:12] Hawaiian War Chant

A2 [3:39] Maroi Farewell Song

A3 [3:25] Red Sails In The Sunset

A4 [2:40] On The Beach At Waikiki

A5 [2:57] Sweet Leilani

A6 [3:47] Bali Ha'i

B-Side

B1 [2:30] Hawaiian Wedding Song

B2 [2:10] Coco-Nut

B3 [2:24] Blue Hawaii

B4 [2:07] My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua

B5 [3:12] The Moon Of Manakoora

B6 [2:15] Aloha, Oe!

Playing Time.........: 00:33:18

CREDITS:

Engineer: Arthur Lilley

Producer: Tony D'Amato

COMPANIES:

Record Company: London Records, Inc.

MATRIX NUMBERS:

A side center label: 7367

B side center label: 7368

A side run-out stamped: ARL7367T1 I

B side run-out stamped: ARL7368T2 I

RIGHTS SOCIETIES:

ASCAP

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

Promotional Mono LP Not For Sale

Made in U.S.A.

LINER NOTES:

Imagine that you are in Hawaii a long time ago, a time when there was no tourist trade as such but native (Polynesian) Hawaiians leading a life comprised primarily of agriculture. fishing, and feasts to celebrate the gods in whose legends they had great belief.

In the stillness of the star-laden night broken only by the crashing of the ocean waves, a group of people gather - the graceful women wearing a skirt called a pa-u and a shawl or kihei, and the men attired in their malos or loin cloths. All of the clothing has been made by the women and is of kapa, the inner bark of certain trees and plants found on the island. Many of the pa-us, kiheis, and malos are colorful, for they have been dyed and some have been stamped with designs of brilliant colors.

The instruments they used - the nose flute, the whistling hokeo, the ukeke (musical bow), and the pu (resonant conch shell) - are now to be found in museums. In their place are the ukulele and steel guitar which give Hawaiian music the tone and feeling that it had in the past.

A luau is born; music, singing, and the sound of ti-leaf skirts swaying cover the silence with a rhythmic beauty which is Hawaii's alone. You are attracted by the pulsating rhythms of "Hawaiian War Chant" which drift through the quiet night, and come to hear and see one of the most exciting events you are ever to witness. If this is your first luau, it should be explained that the luau is an exotic ceremonial feast of which the principle constituents are music, dance, and food. As you near the feast, the smell of pig roasting in an imu (or oven) on a bed of taro and ti leaves as the aromas from laulau and lomilomi promise a succulent and enjoyable meal.

But it is impossible to think of food alone, for the hula is being danced by many beautiful girls in ti-leaf skirts. The dance is essentially religious, with each hand and arm movement having a special meaning and the single dance as a whole portraying one of the legends of the gods, a ballad, or a whole chronicle.

Now another dance has begun, that belonging to the "Maori Farewell Song." And so the luau will continue until it is time to say Aloha, Oe!

The Dukes of Dixieland Featuring Pete Fountain (Reissue)

Artist Name: The Dukes Of Dixieland
Title: The Dukes of Dixieland Featuring Pete Fountain
Record Label: RCA Victor
Catalog Number: LSP-2097(e)
Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo, Album, Duophonic, Reissue
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 

Genre: Dixieland
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TRACKLISTING:
A-Side
A1 [3:30] At The Jazz Band Ball
A2 [3:23] Beale Street Blues
A3 [4:30] Muskrat Ramble
A4 [2:53] Blue Prelude
A5 [4:15] That's A-Plenty
A6 [3:26] Original Dixieland One-Step
B-Side
B1 [3:43] Panama
B2 [2:54] Wolverine Blues
B3 [3:20] Fidgety Feet
B4 [6:51] Tin Roof Blues
B5 [3:36] Tiger Rag
B6 [3:53] When The Saints Go Marching In

Playing Time.........: 00:22:14

CREDITS:

Trumpet: Frankie Assunto
Trombone: Freddie Assunto
Clarinet: Pete Fountain
Piano: Artie Seelig
Bass: Bill Potter
Drums: Roger Johnston

COMPANIES:

Record Company: RCA Corporation

MATRIX NUMBERS:
A side center label: M2PY-3092
B side center label: M2PY-3093
A side run-out stamped: M2P43092-6S-AIF R
B side run-out stamped: M2P4-3093-6S-AIK R

RIGHTS SOCIETIES:

ASCAP: (tracks: A1-A5, B1-B5)

BMI: (track: A6)

ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Originally released as XLA-1025 "At the Jazz Band Ball" on 78s in 1955.

Dynaflex

Made in U.S.A.

On front cover: © RCA Printed in U.S.A.
On back cover: © by Radio Corporation Of America, 1961

LINER NOTES:

The Dukes of Dixieland obviously get a tremendous wallop out of music-making. They have always been able to kick into the ensembles like the liner United States plowing into twenty-foot waves. But it was during the time that they were spark-plugged by the hard-driving, albeit soulful and expressive, clarinet of Pete Fountain that they were in their peak form. Here are The Dukes as they were heard during their finest period—the era when their unbeatable combination of great enthusiasm and enormous ability made theirs one of the truly fine jazz groups of all time.

FROM THE ORIGINATORS OF ELECTRONICALLY REPROCESSED STEREO

This record is the result of lengthy research and experimentation in the development of an electronic process that transforms monophonic recordings to two-channel recordings with stereophonic characteristic. By means of this unique electronic process, developed by RCA Victor, yesterday's irreplaceable recorded performances  take on the spacious depth of sound that the stereo phonograph of today is capable of reproducing, while still preserving the artistic intent of the original performance.

IMPORTANT! RCA Victor's monophonic records can be played on stereophonic phonographs. RCA Victor's electronically reprocessed records with two-channel stereophonic characteristics (Stereo/Electronically Reprocessed) must be played on phonographs equipped for stereophonic reproduction. RCA Victor's MIRACLE SURFACE stereophonic records contain 317X, the antistatic ingredient which helps keep records dust free, helps prevent surface noise and helps insure faithful sound reproduction.

Dick Haymes - Serenade

Artist Name: Dick Haymes

Title: Serenade

Record Label: Decca

Catalog Number: DL 5341

Format: 10", Vinyl, LP, Mono, Album

Country: U.S.A.

Year: 1951

Genre: Traditional Pop

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TRACKLISTING:

A-Side

A1 It Might As Well Be Spring         

A2 It's A Grand Night For Singing   

A3 It's Magic

A4 Searching Wind   

B-Side

B1 When I'm Not Near The Girl I Love        

B2 My Future Just Passed     

B3 Some Hearts Sing

B4 Our Waltz

CREDITS:

Orchestra: Victor Young And His Orchestra (tracks: A1,B4), Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra (tracks: A3, B1)
Orchestra Directed By: Earle Hagen (tracks: A2, B3)
Chorus Directed By: Earle Hagen (track: A2)
Vocal Trio: Les Paul Trio (track: B2)

COMPANIES:

Manufactured By: Decca Records, Inc.

MATRIX NUMBERS:

A side center label: MG 2106

B side center label: MG 2107

A side run-out stamped: MG2106T2 3

B side run-out stamped: MG2107T2 3

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

Copyright 1951, Decca Records, Inc.

Made in U.S.A.
Printed in U.S.A.

LINER NOTES:

About the songs . . .

The melodic tones of Dick Haymes' resonant baritone voice have long created a sonorous setting of romance around every tune he has sung, He is endowed with that ease of interpretation a casual flowing style, and a pure lyrical charm which have made favorites of "It's A Grand Night for Singing" and "It Might As Well be Spring," songs he made famous in “State Fair.“ In this collection. Dick combines the warmth of these melodies and others such as "Our Waltz" and "It's Magic" with the rollicking good humor of “When I'm not Near the Girl I Love" and brings to each listener a "Serenade" to be remembered.

About Dick Haymes . . .

Topnotchers in any field have in common the ability to convey on impression of effortless ease, to make their skill seem commonplace. Dick Haymes has that ability - the kind of style that leads his listeners to believe they could chime right in and duplicate his tonal quality and his interpretive expression. But, it Dick's song delivery makes you say to yourself "I could do that, too,” don't fall into the error at thinking it's quite as easy as it sounds!

Dick had on early lead on the average vocal aspirant. His mother, Marguerite Haymes, was a well-known concert singer. veteran of many successful world tours. Once she had satisfied herself that her youngster had the necessary natural vocal equipment, he became her first and foremost pupil. By the time he was sixteen, the quality of Dick's voice and his mastery of technique were such that he attracted the attention of Johnny Johnson, whose band was playing at a Monmouth, New Jersey, resort hotel where Dick was having fun in an amateur musical production. Johnny offered the sixteen-year-old the singing spot with his orchestra for the remainder of the summer season. Dick accepted and thereby became the youngest band vocalist in the United States. But when school hells rang again in the fall he had to be content to step out of "professional" ranks to organize his own high school orchestra.

Finishing school, Dick headed for California and a variety of jobs, including movie extra, horse-opera bit player, radio singer, deep-sea fishing guide, bandleader. and songwriter. He was no world-healer in any of these categories but, as Dick himself puts it: "I can honestly say I don't know whether my successes or my failures have made me what I am today." In I939, Dick decided to shower New York City with the fruits of his songwriting labors. He headed East and approached trumpeter Harry James. Harry's reactions were swift: "Your songs are lousy." he grinned, "But I'll buy that voice of yours."

From that time, Haymes went on up the ladder, rung by rung, success after success. He sang with James, with Benny Goodman, and Tommy Dorsey. In 1942, he got his chance in Hollywood with "DuBarry Was A Lady." After a couple of minor parts, in which his personality registered as strikingly as did his voice. Dick was given the lead in "Where Irish Eyes Are Smiling." He's been starred by Twentieth ever since - in "Diamond Horseshoe," and then in "State Fair," one of the most successful films of I945 and, incidentally, one of Decca's most successful albums, with Dick singing the grand Rodgers-Hammerstein tunes from the picture. Next came the hit movie "Do You Love Me," followed by "The Shocking Miss Pilgrim," and "Carnival In Costa Rica,” among others. He starred in night clubs and recorded for Decca; his records sold so widely that Haymes won the title "King of the Juke Boxes." In "Diamond Horseshoe" Haymes played opposite his former boss's lovely wife and wired Harry James: "Is it true that you married my best girl, Betty Grable?" In "Do You Love Me" he played the part of a crooner - a crooner who sings with Harry James's band! His roles multiplied in bewildering progression. And the chapters of the Haymes success story are still at the beginning of the book.

This Decca Long Play Microgroove Unbreakable Record can be played only on 33 ⅓ RPM instruments. For maximum protection it should be kept in this envelope, away from heat.