Some of my older, favorite LP's

S o m e o f m y o l d e r , f a v o r i t e L P ' s
Like most music-lovers, I could never be a "collector" of music, because I USE recordings over and over; the media suffers over time and usage, and the covers become worn from repeatedly dragging them out and putting them away. Nevertheless, these LP's have given me great joy over a period of up to 40 years. In some cases, I purchased certain LP's only because they happened to be available (such as at Midway Island's limited selection) and discovered music NEW to me, such as Dixieland. Another discovery, by accident, was Barbra Steisand, who I heard at Mr. Kelley's in Chicago, in June of 1963, and was awestruck. Obviously, she rapidly became known to all, but the personal experience led me to collect here first 7 albums. Having played the cornet in my early days, I've naturally been thrilled by good brass music. I was fortunate to hear Rafael Mendez, THE master technician, in person during college.

I have always been emotionally THRILLED by good music... affected as by nothing else... sometimes almost to tears. This is true to such an extent that the hair on my arms will stand at attention by merely mentally RECALLING music I love. Like many people, I suspect, not having continued and worked at music may be my greatest regret in life. That leaves me with the greatest admiration and envy for those who HAVE continued as musicians.

Below, you'll find just 32 albums, of great variety... some you know, and some you've probably never heard of. I've recorded them here simply because they ARE special to me.

Porgy and Bess Columbia Masterworks OS2016 Music by George Gershwin, Lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin, supervised and conducted by Andre Previn Overture Summertime A Woman Is a Sometime Thing The Wake: Gone, Gone, Gone; Porgy's Prayer My Man's Gone Now I Got Plenty o' Nothin' Bess, You Is My Woman Now Morning; Catfish Row Oh, I Can't Sit Down It Ain't Necessarily So I Ain't Got No Shame What You Want with Bess? Street Cries: Strawberry Woman; Crab Man I Loves You, Porgy A Red Headed Woman Calra, Clara There's a Boat That's Leavin' Soon for New York Oh, Where's My Bess? I'm on My Way	2001 a space odyssey MGM Records S1E-13 ST X Music from the motion picture sound track Also Sprach Zarathustra - Richard Strauss Requiem for Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, 2 Mixed Choirs and Orchestra - Gyorgy Ligeti Lux Aeterna - Gyorgy Ligeti The Blue Danue - Johann Strauss Gayne Ballet Suite - Khatchaturian Atmospheres - gyorgy Ligeti The Blue Danue - Johann Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra - Richard Strauss
Trumpet Spectacular -Rafael Mendez Decca Records DL 74351 with Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kurt Graunke Gallito - Arr: Rafael Mendez Flirtations of a Trumpet - Rafael Mendez Valse Surianao - Rafael Mendez Clarinet Polka - Arr: Rafael Mendez Nena - Rafael Mendez Bugler's Holiday - Leroy Anderson Concerto in E Flat for Trumpet and Orchestra - Haydn	The Trumpet Magic of Rafael Mendez Decca Records DL 74147 with Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kurt Graunke "The greatest trumpeter in the world!" These are the words the famous founder and conductor of the world renowned Goldman Band, the late Edwin Franko Goldman, used to describe the extraordinary artistry of Rafael Mendez. Aria from 'Tosca" - Puccini Moto Perpetuo - Paganini Londonderry Air - Traditional Sevillia Aria from 'Pagliacci' - Leoncavallo Fascination - F. D. Marchetti Clavelitos Romanza - Rafael Mendez Moraima - Mario Burrell, Arr: Rafael Mendez Farewell Granada - Arr.: Charles Koff
The Barbra Streisand Album Columbia Stereo 1963 CS 8807 Recorded when Streisand was only 20 years old. Arranged and Conducted by Peter Matz (I heard her sing in June '63 at Mr. Kelley's in Chicago - she was unbelievable!) Cry Me a River My Honey's Loving Arms I'll Tell the Man in the Street A Taste of Honey Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf Soon It's Gonna Rain Happy Days Are Here Again Keepin' Out of Mischief Now Much More Come to the Supermarket (In Old Peking) A Sleepin' Bee	The Second Barbra Streisand Album Columbia Stereo CS 8854 Arranged and Conducted by Peter Matz Any Place I Hang My Hat is Home - DeSylva, Brown & Henderson Right as the Rain - DeSylva, Brown & Henderson Down With Love - Chappell & Co. Who Will Buy? - Hollis Music, Inc. When the Sun Comes Out - Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc. Gotta Move - Columbine Music Corp. My Coloring Book - Sunbeam Music Corp. I Don't Care Much - Sunbeam Music Corp. Lover, Come Back to Me - Harms, Inc. I Stayed Too Long at the Fair - Tylerson Music Co. Like a Straw in the Wind - Arko Music Corp.
Barbra Streisand / The Third Album Columbia Stereo CS 8954 My Melancholy Baby Just In Time Taking a Chance On Love Bewitched (Bothered and Bewildered) Never Will I Marry As Time Goes By Draw Me A Circle It Had To Be You Make Believe I Had Myself A True Love	My Name is Barbra Columbia CL 2336 Arranged and Conducted by Peter Matz My Man Someone to Watch Over Me If You Were the Only Boy in the World Why Did I Choose You I've Got No Strings My Pa My Name Is Barbara A Kid Again I'm Five Where Is the Wonder Jenny Rebecca I Can See It Sweet Zoo
My Name Is Barbra, Two Columbia CL 2409 Arranged and Conducted by Peter Matz He Touched Me (From "Drat! The Cat!") The Shadow Of Your Smile Quiet Night I Got Plenty of Nothin' How Much of the Dream Comes True Second Hand Rose The Kind of Man a Woman Needs All That I Want Where's That Rainbow No More Songs for me Medley: Second Hand Rose, Give Me The Simple Life, I Got Plenty of Nothin', Brother Can You Spare a Dime, Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out, Second Hand Rose, The Best Things in Life Are Free	Barbra Streisand - People Columbia Stereo CS 9015 Arranged and Conducted by Peter Matz and Ray Ellis Absent Minded Me When in Rome (I Do as the Romans Do) Fine and Dandy Supper Time Will He Like Me How Does the Wine Taste? I'm All Smiles Autumn My Lord and Master Love Is a Bore Don't Like Goodbyes People
Je m'appelle Barbra Columbia Stereo CS 9347 Arranged and Conducted by Michel Legrand I Wish You Love Speak to Me of Love Love and Learn Once Upon a Summertime Martina Le Mur Free Again Autumn Leaves What Now My Love Ma Premiere Chanson Clopin Clopant I've Been Here	The Dukes of Dixieland Audio Fidelity AFLP 1823 Frank Assunto- trumpet, Fred Assunto - Trombone, Jac Assunto - trombone and banjo, Harold Cooper - clarinet, Stanley Mendelson - piano, John Edwards - drums, Bill Porter - tuba and string bass South Rampart Street Parade Down Yonder Washington and Lee Swing Robert E. Lee - toot toot tootsie Tail Gate Ramble Farewell Blues High Society Clarinet Marmalade When my Sugar Walks Down the Street Hot Time in the Old Town tonight Darktown Strutters Ball Alabama Jubilee
On Bourbon Street with the phenomenal Dukes of Dixieland - Volume 4 Audio Fidelity AFLP 5860 Frank Assunto- trumpet, Fred Assunto - Trombone, Jac Assunto - trombone and banjo, Jack Maheu - clarinet, Stanley Mendelson - piano, Tommy Rundell - drums, Bill Porter - tuba and string bass "Saints" Sensation Rag Chimes Blues St. James Infirmary Dippermouth Blues Memphis Blues New Orleans Funeral riverboat Shuffle Weary Blues Eccentric Royal Garden Blues Back Home in Indiana	The Dukes at Carnegie Hall Vol. 10 Audio Fidelity AFSD 5918 Frank Assunto- trumpet, Fred Assunto - Trombone, Jac Assunto - trombone and banjo, eugene Bolen - clarinet, Stanley Mendelson - piano, Norman D. Hawley - drums, Lowell L. Miller - tuba and string bass Royal Garden Blues (Introduction), Blues Tin Roof Blues Slide Frog Slide (Introducing Dad) 76 Trombones Muskrat Ramble Yellow Dog Blues (Applause and talk) Sweet Georgia Brown (Applause and talk) Final Applause
Live! Benny - Let's Dance Musical Heritage Society MHS Stereo 7412 Benny Goodman, Clarinet, and his Orchestra: Paul Cohen, Laurie Frink, John Eckert Randy Sandke (Trumpets) Matt Finders, Eddie Bert, Bobby Pring (Trombones) Chuck Wilson Jack Stuckey (Alto saxophones) Ken Poeplowski, Loren Schoenberg (Tenor saxophones) Dick Hyman (Piano) James Chrillo (Guitar) Bob Haggart (Bass) Louis Bellson (Drums) Let's Dance Don't Be That Way You Brought a New Kind of Love To Me King Porter Stomp (I Would Do Most) Anything For You (The) Blue Room Down South Camp Meetin' Stealin' Apples Goodbye	Ella Fitzgerald Sings - Count Basie Plays Pablo Jazz Classics, Musical Heritage Society MHD 7324M Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, Count Basie, Piano, the Count Basie Orchestra: Pete Minger, Sonny Cohn Ray Brown, Nolan Smith (Trumpets) Mel Wanzo, Bill Hughes, "Booty" Wood, Dennis Wilson (Trombones) Bobby Plater, Danny Turner, Kenny Hing, Eric Dixon, Charlie Fowlkes (Saxophones) John Clayton (Bass) Freddie Green (Guitar) Butch Miles (Drums) Honeysuckle Rose My Kind of Trouble Is You Teach Me Tonight Organ Grinder's Swing Don't Worry 'bout Me I'm Gettin' Sentimental over You Ain't Misbehavin' Just a Sittin' and a Rockin' Sweet Lorraine (Applause and talk) Final Applause
Frank Sinatra - all the way Capitol Full Dimensional Stereo SW 1538 All the Way High Hopes Talk to Me French Foreign Legion To Love and Be Loved River, Stay 'Way From My Door Witchcraft It's Over, It's Over, It's Over Ol' Mac Donald This Was My Love All My Tomorrow's Sleep Warm	Come swing with me! Frank Sinatra Capitol Full Dimensional Stereo SW 1594 Arranged and conducted by Billy May Day By Day Sentimental Journey Almost Like Being In Love Five Minutes More American Beauty Rose Yes Indeed! On The Sunny Side Of The Street Don't Take Your Love From Me That Old Black Magic Lover Paper Doll I've Heard That Song Before
ring-a-ding ding (Frank Sinatra) Reprise R0-1001 Arrangements and Orchestra Conducted by Johnny Mandel Ring-A-Ding Ding Let's Fall In Love Be Careful, It's My Heart A Foggy Day A Fine Romance In The Still Of The Night The Coffee Song When I Take My Sugar To Tea Let's Face the Music and Dance You'd Be So Easy To Love You and the Night and the Music I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm	Sinatra - She Shot Me Down Reprise FS-2305 Good Thing Going Hey Look, No Crying Thanks For The Memory A Long Night Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) Monday Morning Quarterback South - To A Warmer Place I Loved Her The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind (medley)
a somewhat new medium WORD JAZZ featuring Ken Nordine Dot DLP 3075 and the Fred Katz Group, Paul Horn on flute, piccolo, clarinet and sax. John Asano on guitar. Jimmy Bond on bass. Forest Horn on drums, bongos, timpani, gongs, and bells. What Time Is It? My Baby The Sound Museum The Vidiot Roger Hunger Is From Looks Like It's Going To Rain Flibberty Jib	Son Of Word Jazz Dot DPL 3096 featuring Ken Nordine and the Fred Katz Group: Fred Katz, Cello, Paul Horn, Woodwinds, John Pisano, Guitar, Harold Gaylor, Bass, Red Holt, Drums, Richard Marx, Piano The Smith Family Miss Cone Outer Space Down The Drain Secretary Bubble Gum Looking At Number Anytime, Anytime I Use To Think My Right Hand Was Uglier Than My Left The Bullfighter Junk Man
The Greatest of Nat King Cole Volume 1..... Dynamic House, Inc. Stereo SLB-6803 (manufactured by Capitol Records Autumn Leaves For Sentimental Reasons Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup The Sand And The Sea Stardust Impossible Faith Can Move Mountains A Blossom Fell Somewhere Along The Way Unforgettable If I Give My Heart To You Sweet Lorraine The Very Thought of You	... and Volume 2 (in one 2-LP album) Nature Boy Walking My Baby Back Home When I Fall In Love Too Young That Sunday That Summer Ballerina People It Happens To Be Me Pretend Smile Answer Me My Love L-O-V-E Ramblin' Rose
Frankie Laines's Greatest Hits Columbia Stereo CS 8636 Moonlight Gambler Jalousie High Noon Your Cheatin' Heart Some Day I Believe Jezebel Granada That Lucky Old Sun Rose, Rose, I Love You That's My Desire Answer Me	Blood, Sweat & Tears Greatest Hits Columbia Stereo PC 31170 You've Made Me So Very Happy I Can't Quit Her Go Down Gamblin' Hi=De=Ho Sometimes In Winter And When I Die Spinning Wheel Lisa, Listen To Me I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know Lucretia Mac Evil God Bless The Child
Malagueña - Carlos Montoya RCA Victor LSP-2380 recorded in concert April 18th, 1961 La Virgen De La Macarena Andalucía Lamento De Triana (Por Caña) Linares (Toque de Levante) Malagueña Jerez Medley: Folías Típicas Canarias; Campanilleros Aires De Genil Rafaeliyo	Stanley Jordan - Magic Touch Blue Note BT 85101 Stanley Jordan - Guitar, Wayne Brathwaite - Electric Bass, Pter Erskine - Drums, Sammy Figueroa - Percussion, Onaje Allan Gumbs - Keyboard, Introduction & Harmonic arrangement, Omar Hakim - Drums, Charnett Moffett - Acoustic Bass, Bugsy Moore - Percussion, Al Dimeola - Cymbals WARNING: Do not be deceived. Despite what your ears might tell you, there is only one guitarist on this album. And there are no guitar overdubs whatsoever. This may be comewhat difficult to grasp upon first hearing since there are clearly separate and independent guitar lines on the nine cuts herein. Eleanor Rigby (Lennon & McCartney) Freddie Freeloader (Miles Davis) Round Midnight (Thelonius Monk) All The Children (Stanley Jordan) The Lady In My Life (Rod Temperton) Angel (Jimi Hendrix) Fundance (Stanley Jordan) Return Expedition (Stanley Jordan) A Child Is Born (Thad Jones)
Tear Down The Walls! JOE & EDDIE G.N.P. Crescendo Records GNP 2005 Tear Down The Walls Goodnight Irene My Favorite Things I'm a Drifter Girl's In Summer Dresses Go Tell It On The Mountain Lonesome Road Jamaica Farewell I'm a Rake & A Ramblin' Boy One For The Money The Road Song The House Of The Rising Sun	Nat King Cole "A Many Splendored Thing" The Longines Symphonette Society Coquette I understand Spring Is Here In the Coool of the Day My Kind of Love I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good Warm and Willing There's A Lull in My Life Love Me As Though There Were No Tomorrow Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
The Incredible Kai Winding Trombones Impusle! Stereo A-3 Personnel: On Speak Low, Lil Darlin', Doodlin', Love Walked In, Mangos - Kai Winding and Johnny Messner (tenor trombone), Tony Studd and Paul Faulise (bass trombone), Ross Tompkins (piano), Bob Cranshaw (string bass), Al Beldini (drums), Ray Starling (mellophone), Olatunji (conga drum). On Michie (Fast) and Impulse substitute ephie Resnick for Johnny Messner. On Black Coffe, Michie (slow) and Bye, Bye, Blackbird substitute: Jimmy Knepper for Johnny Messner, Dick Lieb for Tony Studd, Bill Evans for Ross Tompkins, Ron Carter for Bob Cranshaw, Sticks Evans for Al Beldini. Speak Low (Kurt Weill-Ogden Nash) Lil Darlin' (Neal Hefti) Doodlin' (Horace Silver) Love Walked In (George & Ira Gershwin) Mangos (D. Libbey-Sid Wayne) Impuse (Kai Winding) Black Coffee (Paul F. Webster-Sonny Burke) Bye, Bye, Blackbird (Mort Dixon-Ray Henerson) Michie (slow) (Kai Winding) Michie (fast) (Kai Winding)	The Sound of Top Brass The Peter London Orchestra Medallion MS-7500 Cachita (Sancristobol-Hernandez) Among My Souvenirs (Leslie-Nicholls) Sabre Dance (Aram Khachaturian) Mambo #5 (Perez Prado) You Made Me Love You (McCarthy-Monaco) The Toy Trumpet (Mitchell-Pollack-Scott) Holiday for Strings (David Rose) I Can't Get Started (Gershwin-Duke) Poinciana (Song of the Tree) (Nat Simon) Mood Indigo (Bigard-Mills-Ellington) Parade of the Wooden Soldiers (Leon Jessel) Cuanto Le Gusta (Gilbert-Ruiz)

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