November-21st-2005, 04:25 AM
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Universal Sky Marshall
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My Secret Shame
I have a good friend who is into some big bands, but mostly bop and jazz of the 50s and early 60s. Thousands of LPs and CDs.
His 'secret shame' ? Charlie Spivak. He gets every Charlie Spivak release he can get his hands on.
My secret shame : Vaughn Monroe.
Yours?
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November-21st-2005, 04:28 AM
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It used to be Jan Garbarek.
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November-21st-2005, 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by John P. Cooper
My secret shame : Vaughn Monroe.
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he sang at my parent's wedding! lol!
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November-21st-2005, 02:14 PM
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Universal Sky Marshall
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That must have been a fancy gig to have Vaughn Monroe there. Did you hire the whole band?
He had a good band in the 40s and gave his guys lot of room to play, even doing quite a few instrumentals where he didn't sing a note.
I like his singing style. No jazz and since he was trained as an operatic singer, he has a certain masculine power to his voice that is refreshingly different than the other 'boy' singers of the period. Kind of in the Art Lund and Dick Haymes category.
Oh, well.......
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November-21st-2005, 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by John P. Cooper
That must have been a fancy gig to have Vaughn Monroe there. Did you hire the whole band?
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well, john, kind of sorry to say that i wasn't at my parent's wedding!! but, i really don't know how many pieces of his band was hired. the year was 1939. don't think the wedding was fancy but i believe that my father had done some p.r. for him so he probably did somewhat of a favor for him in return.
Last edited by Valerie; November-21st-2005 at 02:19 PM.
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November-21st-2005, 02:25 PM
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Victory at sea!
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Originally Posted by picsou
It used to be Jan Garbarek.
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I like Jan too, especially on Making Music and 12 Moons.
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November-21st-2005, 03:01 PM
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Universal Sky Marshall
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Originally Posted by Valerie
well, john, kind of sorry to say that i wasn't at my parent's wedding!! but, i really don't know how many pieces of his band was hired. the year was 1939. don't think the wedding was fancy but i believe that my father had done some p.r. for him so he probably did somewhat of a favor for him in return.
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Yes...hardly seems likely that you would have been there, especially to hire the band. 
1939 - Wow. Must have been a brand new band then. I cant place any Monroe sides before 1940. Gotta look at that online Bluebird listing.
Thanks for the memories.
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November-21st-2005, 03:08 PM
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Reevaluating @ 500k
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murder
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November-21st-2005, 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Pete C
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i know, i know, pete, you're always killin' me!!!
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November-21st-2005, 03:51 PM
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Six decades
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Early Elton John, ditto early Cat Stevens. Don't listen to them much, but once in a while I get a craving for studio cotton candy. Burn down the mission.
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November-21st-2005, 04:17 PM
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Columnated ruins domino
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Every so often, someone starts a "guilty pleasure" thread, and I'm compelled to confess that I find Karen Carpenter's voice and phrasing irresistable, then I get a few tomatoes tossed at my manhood, and I go back to my hole until the next thread surfaces.
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November-21st-2005, 04:40 PM
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Here's Maynard posing for Penthouse:
Last edited by bostontricky; November-21st-2005 at 04:41 PM.
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November-21st-2005, 04:57 PM
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Imagine All The People
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Buddy Holly
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November-21st-2005, 05:18 PM
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Six decades
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Originally Posted by Doc Martin
Buddy Holly
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Doc, I love ya, but c'mon. Who would look askance at anyone professing a love for Buddy Holly?
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November-21st-2005, 05:29 PM
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What heart?!
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Yes, Doc doesn't realize that he should really be ashamed of his love for the Dead.
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November-21st-2005, 07:01 PM
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Charlie Spivak. Really! And Ray Noble and Ted Weems.
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November-21st-2005, 07:10 PM
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Jon
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Al Hirt and Herb Alpert.
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November-21st-2005, 07:33 PM
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Herb Alpert.
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You win.
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November-21st-2005, 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Noj
Al Hirt and Herb Alpert.
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that's a shame!!!! LOL!!
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November-21st-2005, 07:40 PM
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Jon
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Grover Washington, Jr. and Bob James.
Oh wait, I won already. 
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November-21st-2005, 08:35 PM
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I'm buying the Herb Alpert Christmas CD after Thanksgiving. That'll be sweet.
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November-21st-2005, 10:27 PM
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Universal Sky Marshall
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I could probably list one thousand artists that I would prefer not to listen to rahter than not listen to Herb Alpert.
Ugh....badly worded.
Herb Alpert aint so bad. Thousands of other 'artists' are so bad.
HA! TJ5 may have been the last decent instrumental group to be of wide interest to the public....more so than Kenny G.
Hail, Herb!
I have his Greatest Hits CD.
Ray Noble! Great band! The British one, at least.
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November-21st-2005, 11:27 PM
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Originally Posted by John P. Cooper
Ray Noble! Great band! The British one, at least.
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His "Very Thought of You" was very thoughtful. And anyone who can take such abuse from Charlie McCarthy is OK in my book.
Born too late--Monte Smith.
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November-22nd-2005, 12:30 AM
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Universal Sky Marshall
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Originally Posted by Monte Smith
His "Very Thought of You" was very thoughtful. And anyone who can take such abuse from Charlie McCarthy is OK in my book.
Born too late--Monte Smith.
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And it is easy to imitate his one note piano style in your own home!
Bergen was brilliant.
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November-22nd-2005, 06:59 AM
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Originally Posted by John P. Cooper
HA! TJ5 may have been the last decent instrumental group to be of wide interest to the public....more so than Kenny G. Hail, Herb!
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As a teenager in the late 60s, I have to confess that listening and playing Herb's music is where I learned to play standards. Really, Herb did a lot of standards arranged to fit that mariachi beat of his, and though I didn't appreciate it at the time, in later years I had those tunes at my fingertips when I really needed them. So, I'll second the "Hail, Herb!"
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November-22nd-2005, 07:32 AM
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Universal Sky Marshall
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Originally Posted by VIBEr
As a teenager in the late 60s, I have to confess that listening and playing Herb's music is where I learned to play standards. Really, Herb did a lot of standards arranged to fit that mariachi beat of his, and though I didn't appreciate it at the time, in later years I had those tunes at my fingertips when I really needed them. So, I'll second the "Hail, Herb!"
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I had a friend in school at the same time, Charlie Bowers, who was always toting around the same Herb Alpert LPs.
I only owned one or two of them. I bought GOING PLACES on the strength of the TJ5 version of "I'm Gettin' Sentomental Over You". I still like it.
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November-22nd-2005, 08:32 AM
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Columnated ruins domino
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Originally Posted by Chris D
Doc, I love ya, but c'mon. Who would look askance at anyone professing a love for Buddy Holly?
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Seriously. I think he'd a turned 70 next year. Watch for me to make a lot of noise about his Rock & Roll Lordship. He was the MAN!
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November-22nd-2005, 11:07 AM
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Imagine All The People
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Originally Posted by Chris D
Doc, I love ya, but c'mon. Who would look askance at anyone professing a love for Buddy Holly?
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This is a great source of amusement and ball breaking by some Bop loving hipsters I play poker with: “Hey Doc, play some Buddy Holly” followed by hysterics. Having said that they’re dumb enough to poker with a guy named Doc!
He who laughs last……..
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Originally Posted by Cem
Yes, Doc doesn't realize that he should really be ashamed of his love for the Dead
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You got me there. The last haircut I got (about 18 months ago), one of the above mentioned hipsters said “Nice head Doc, where did you get it? To which I replied “At hundreds of Dead shows” 
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November-22nd-2005, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Surfer
I like Jan too, especially on Making Music and 12 Moons.
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My faves are the earlier ones: Dis, Dansere, Witchi-Tai-To, and also Wayfarer, and the "world" albums. I saw him last week with the Hilliard Ensemble. Not very impressed by the music, too monotonous, although Jan had a few very nice moments. Their concert in 1997 or 1998, in Liverpool was much better. "Visible World", "Rites", the recent one with Vitous, and now the one with Kathé just do nothing for me.
Actually, I am not ashamed of owning all those albums, because he did record some great stuff.
More ashamed of having bought almost every albums Chicago put out. Some are really bad. 
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