What rock music are you listening to? Non-Jazz, Non-Classical.

[Dub Modal]

And now: 

Disc 1 of this fantastic comp. 

[Dub Modal]

Another excellent comp, even though Jet Star isn't the greatest label. 

[duaneiac]

A recent purchase for me, this is one of the better Ben Bagley productions.  "Contemporary" in this case meant mainly Kander & Ebb and Schmidt & Jones, although Jerry Herman is represented by one track and the song "Here i Come " is credited to Sheldon Harnick with music by Will Irwin and Louis Bellson (!).  One of Katherine Hepburn's three vocals was excavated from the show New Faces of 1932 -- so, contemporary for her, I guess.  Ms. Hepburn's vocals are an acquired taste to be sure, but her appearance on one of his previous Cole Porter albums, Mr. Bagley writes, "accounted for over five times as many record sales as I normally have", so there's that at least.

One of the most pleasant surprises here is discovering how good a singer Alan Arkin was!  Too bad musicals were out of style when he was a movie star.  Go ahead and listen to this Kander & Ebb number without imagining some Bob Fosse style choreography, I dare you.

One of the bonus tracks added for the CD version of the original LP is a lovely Jones & Schmidt tune called "Earthly Paradise".  It's sort of the antithesis to their most famous tune, "Try To Remember".  I could not find the vocal version by Patricia Hoag featured on this album, but here is an excellent solo piano version of the tune by its composer, Harvery Schmidt --

 

Edited July 21, 2021 by duaneiac

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6 hours ago, duaneiac said:

Aptly title ....

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[BFrank]

On 7/22/2021 at 7:57 AM, soulpope said:

GOOD one! Haven't heard it in a long time.

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[Bluesnik]

I think she also made an American album. But I like this one much more. She is, of course, Wanda de Sah. Or Sa, as some prefer it.

[jlhoots]

3 hours ago, Bluesnik said:

I think she also made an American album. But I like this one much more. She is, of course, Wanda de Sah. Or Sa, as some prefer it.

Nice cover - BUT I know nothing about the music.

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[Bluesnik]

18 hours ago, jlhoots said:

Nice cover - BUT I know nothing about the music.

It's bossa, on an album produced by Roberto Menescal in 1964. Menescal was known for his own bands.

5 hours ago, soulpope said:

Very great title.

[BFrank]

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[ghost of miles]

A good Paul Westerberg solo collection that I pull out every couple of years—often (though not this time)—as a coda to a Replacements binge.

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[ghost of miles]

Disc 1:

 

Edited July 28, 2021 by ghost of miles

[Bluesnik]

Particularly to Bobbie Brown Goes Down.

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