What are you listening to? (V)Music

[mustafur]

 

[Hotnuma]

Babe Ruth - The Mexican - 1975

 

[990cc]

 

[Serge.D]

 

[Dotini]

"Stranger on the Shore", here arranged for small orchestra

is a piece for clarinet written by Acker Bilk for his young daughter and originally named "Jenny" after her.[1] The tune was written on a single scrap of paper by Bilk and handed over to Leon Young (1916-1991) who crafted the string arrangement, including the characteristic harmonic shifts at the very end.[2]

The recording was subsequently used as the theme tune of a BBC TV drama serial for young people, Stranger on the Shore.[3] It was first released in 1961 in the UK, and then in the US, and reached number 1 in the US and number 2 in the UK.[4]

In May 1969, the crew of Apollo 10 took "Stranger on the Shore" on their mission to the moon. Gene Cernan, a member of the crew, included the tune on a cassette tape used in the command module of the Apollo spacecraft.

 

[Adamgp]

 

[990cc]

 

[Populuxe]

 

[TexRex]

 

[MOPARbarrett5]

 

[TexRex]

 

[Sage Ages]

 

[Serge.D]

 

[TexRex]

 

[kolio]

All It Would Take - Semisonic

Just now getting around to listening to the new stuff they put out this year.

I'd love to hear this song arranged for a slow piano melody.

 

[Vegard]

 

[TexRex]

 

[GTvsForza]

I think I need help, 2020 messed with my sanity

 

[TexRex]

 

[JockeP22]

 

[Dotini]

Lonely Weekends - The Fairlanes (fictitious)

Add this platter to the stack of recordings that feature the vocal talents of the Blossoms under a fictitious group name. The prominent voice joining the ensemble appears to be that of Gloria Jean Hargis who fronted the Victorians and Vik E. Lee on Liberty as well as a lone single on A&M as Gloria Melbourne. This Johnny Rivers production of the Charlie Rich tune, 'Lonely Weekends', gets a powerhouse treatment with L.A.'s 'Wrecking Crew' playing a brilliantly, percussive backing track enveloped in that magical, Gold Star Studios echo.

Hold Me Tight - Suppressed masterclass cover of Lennon/McCartney classic featuring the "Treasures" (fictitious), featuring the locked-in drums of the legendary Hal Blaine.

An early throw away tune entitled, 'Hold Me Tight' by the legendary John Lennon and Paul McCartney was given the 'Wall Of Sound' treatment by producer, Phil Spector with the vocals of Pete Anders and Vini Poncia. The duo had been kicking around in the east coast music biz since 1957 initially singing in the group, the Videls. They found that they worked together well composing songs which led to them acquiring an office at the Brill Building in New York City where they pitched their songs. Phil Spector heard some of their work and the three began writing together. Some wonderful things were recorded by the Ronettes, Darlene Love and the Lovelites as well as this lone 'Treasures' recording. Anders and Poncia eventually moved on forming a group, the Tradewinds which garnered some decent record sales with the then newly formed, Red Bird label. The two continued through the decades composing, performing and recording individually until Pete Anders sadly passed away at the age of 74 in 2016.

 

[Serge.D]

 

[Populuxe]

 

[JockeP22]

Spoiler: The Doors

 

[Vegard]

 

[TexRex]

I don't listen to nearly enough Jobriath and I'd wager others here are guilty of the same. What say we remedy that together?



It's a shame he couldn't stick around longer.

 

[kolio]

I don't listen to nearly enough Jobriath and I'd wager others here are guilty of the same. What say we remedy that together?



It's a shame he couldn't stick around longer.

Admittedly, I have never heard of this guy before. I love the second song you posted there.

Being unfamiliar, I took to the Spotify bio and a bit of interesting (and of course sad) story there.

 

[TexRex]

Admittedly, I have never heard of this guy before. I love the second song you posted there.

Being unfamiliar, I took to the Spotify bio and a bit of interesting (and of course sad) story there.

I didn't know who he was ten years ago, and I likely still wouldn't if it wasn't for Morrissey championing the reissue of his works. I now have everything that was commercially released on vinyl, but my most recent acquisition was just this year before the pandemic really hit.

 

[Populuxe]

Admittedly, I have never heard of this guy before. I love the second song you posted there.

Being unfamiliar, I took to the Spotify bio and a bit of interesting (and of course sad) story there.

I'm in the same boat. Never heard of him until today. I guess I've got my weekend assignment now.

 

[TexRex]

Joe Walsh turns 73 today. Happy Annibirthary, Joe! I hope life continues to be good to you.



Also, Norman Greenbaum turns 78 today.



Speaking of spirits in the sky, sadly there are those who aren't around to celebrate birthdays today, including Kevin Gilbert, Duane Allman and, as of last year, Dr. John.