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LETS TALK ABOUT (BIG BAND) MUSIC - 5 - GUY LOMBARDO
"The aspiring bandleader will soon learn that the quickest way to incur the public's displeasure is to ignore its requests for songs. He will learn that 80% of his success will depend on his ability to play the songs the public wants to hear. The remaining 20% will depend on his style, personality, the breaks and various other factors."
LONGINES SYMPHONETTE SOCIETY
Label specializing in mail-order LP box sets of classical and easy listening music as well as releasing LPs of old time radio (OTR) programs (it was a subsidiary of the Longines watch company that also sold its own private-label stereo phonographs).
It purchased the record club edition rights to the catalog of Capitol Records from the label for its Capitol Record Club in 1968 and continued to press Capitol LPs for the club until 1975, when it was shut down.
It also had a rock and pop music subsidiary, Stereo Dimension Records. Its light music recordings (largely the work of British composer/conductor Robert Farnon recorded between ca.1964 and 1970 in Britain are highly regarded today and seriously sought after. Its records had the following disclaimer on the back covers of many of its albums and printed on its sleeves (which were the predecessor of modern polylined sleeves): "Every record bearing the name The Longines Symphonette Recording Society is guaranteed to be manufactured to the highest audio standards, from the finest available pure virgin vinyl materials, using the most modern and advanced recording equipment. Any defective recording which escapes the attention of our intensive quality control will be replaced upon request".
The Longines Symphonette was a pre-recorded classical music program broadcast nightly on many Mutual Broadcasting System stations from 1943 to 1949. It then moved to CBS where it was heard Sundays at 2pm from 1949 to 1957. The initial conductor was Macklin Marrow, followed for most of the run by Michel Piastro, one-time concert master of the New York Philharmonic.
Frank Knight was the program's announcer. The introductory theme was the final movement of Beethoven's 5th Symphony. The series was sponsored by the Longines watch company.
Later, other famous orchestrators and arrangers were hired by the company, Geoff Love being the best known of these.
The Longines company sold its record business to Warner Music Group. Re-issues of the Longines recordings since the 1990s have been credited to the "Symphonette Society" and no longer have any reference to the watch company.
TRUE GRIT
True Grit is a 1969 American western Technicolor film written by Marguerite Roberts, directed by Henry Hathaway, and starring John Wayne as U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn; Wayne won his only Academy Award for his performance in this film and reprised his role as Cogburn in the 1975 sequel Rooster Cogburn. Historians believe Rooster was based on Deputy U.S. Marshal Heck Thomas, who brought in some of the toughest outlaws. The picture is the first adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel True Grit. The supporting cast features Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper and Strother Martin.
The title song, by composer Elmer Bernstein and lyricist Don Black, and sung by Glen Campbell, who co-starred in the movie, received nominations for both the Academy Award for Best Song and the Golden Globe.
MHO
Despite the fact this track is rather short, it contains lot's of musicality - propelled in a way by the fabulous "concentrated" and sharp arrangement (which could have been written by Geoff Love, but as there are no credits on any of the LSSO albums, that's just an assumption). The music is bold, brassy and powerful thanks to the extended instrumentation that was used.
Whether you're a soundtrack fanatic, a western lover or just a fan of great and melodic instrumentals ... our guess is that anyone with a sharp ear for good music will love this ! Enjoy.
LETS TALK ABOUT (BIG BAND) MUSIC - 5 - GUY LOMBARDO
"The aspiring bandleader will soon learn that the quickest way to incur the public's displeasure is to ignore its requests for songs. He will learn that 80% of his success will depend on his ability to play the songs the public wants to hear. The remaining 20% will depend on his style, personality, the breaks and various other factors."
LONGINES SYMPHONETTE SOCIETY
Label specializing in mail-order LP box sets of classical and easy listening music as well as releasing LPs of old time radio (OTR) programs (it was a subsidiary of the Longines watch company that also sold its own private-label stereo phonographs).
It purchased the record club edition rights to the catalog of Capitol Records from the label for its Capitol Record Club in 1968 and continued to press Capitol LPs for the club until 1975, when it was shut down.
It also had a rock and pop music subsidiary, Stereo Dimension Records. Its light music recordings (largely the work of British composer/conductor Robert Farnon recorded between ca.1964 and 1970 in Britain are highly regarded today and seriously sought after. Its records had the following disclaimer on the back covers of many of its albums and printed on its sleeves (which were the predecessor of modern polylined sleeves): "Every record bearing the name The Longines Symphonette Recording Society is guaranteed to be manufactured to the highest audio standards, from the finest available pure virgin vinyl materials, using the most modern and advanced recording equipment. Any defective recording which escapes the attention of our intensive quality control will be replaced upon request".
The Longines Symphonette was a pre-recorded classical music program broadcast nightly on many Mutual Broadcasting System stations from 1943 to 1949. It then moved to CBS where it was heard Sundays at 2pm from 1949 to 1957. The initial conductor was Macklin Marrow, followed for most of the run by Michel Piastro, one-time concert master of the New York Philharmonic.
Frank Knight was the program's announcer. The introductory theme was the final movement of Beethoven's 5th Symphony. The series was sponsored by the Longines watch company.
Later, other famous orchestrators and arrangers were hired by the company, Geoff Love being the best known of these.
The Longines company sold its record business to Warner Music Group. Re-issues of the Longines recordings since the 1990s have been credited to the "Symphonette Society" and no longer have any reference to the watch company.
TRUE GRIT
True Grit is a 1969 American western Technicolor film written by Marguerite Roberts, directed by Henry Hathaway, and starring John Wayne as U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn; Wayne won his only Academy Award for his performance in this film and reprised his role as Cogburn in the 1975 sequel Rooster Cogburn. Historians believe Rooster was based on Deputy U.S. Marshal Heck Thomas, who brought in some of the toughest outlaws. The picture is the first adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel True Grit. The supporting cast features Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper and Strother Martin.
The title song, by composer Elmer Bernstein and lyricist Don Black, and sung by Glen Campbell, who co-starred in the movie, received nominations for both the Academy Award for Best Song and the Golden Globe.
MHO
Despite the fact this track is rather short, it contains lot's of musicality - propelled in a way by the fabulous "concentrated" and sharp arrangement (which could have been written by Geoff Love, but as there are no credits on any of the LSSO albums, that's just an assumption). The music is bold, brassy and powerful thanks to the extended instrumentation that was used.
Whether you're a soundtrack fanatic, a western lover or just a fan of great and melodic instrumentals ... our guess is that anyone with a sharp ear for good music will love this ! Enjoy.
