12 New Reissues on Hybrid Multichannel SACDs by Dutton Vocalion available for Pre-Order

Twelve new titles available for pre-order have been announced on the company's web site.

I have created dedicated threads for the Tower of Power, The Main Ingredient, Henry Mancini and Hugo Montenegro titles.

Arthur Fiedler - Greatest Hits of the '70s Vols. 1 & 2



GREATEST HITS OF THE '70s • VOL. 1
THE ORIGINAL LP ARL1 0035 (1973) STEREO
ARD1 0035 QUADRAPHONIC

1. Popcorn (Kingsley)
2. Play Me (Diamond)
3. Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard (Simon)
4. Amazing Grace (Trad)
5. Everything is Beautiful (Stevens)
6. Lost Horizon (Bacharach; David)
7. Help Me Make it Through the Night (Kristofferson)
8. Song Sung Blue (Diamond)
9. The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face) (MacColl)
10. We’ve Only Just Begun (Nichols; Williams)

GREATEST HITS OF THE '70s • VOL. 2
THE ORIGINAL LP ARL1 0552 (1974) STEREO
ARD1 0552 QUADRAPHONIC

11. Love’s Theme (White)
12. The Way We Were (Hamlisch; A & M Bergman)
13. (I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden (South)
14. One Less Bell to Answer (Bacharach; David)
15. Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress) (Laurie)
16. Time in a Bottle (Croce)
17. The Most Beautiful Girl (Wilson; Sherrill; Bourke)
18. You Are the Sunshine of My Life (Wonder)
19. Killing Me Softly with His Song (Fox; Gimbel)
20. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (Raye; Prince)
21. Take Me Home, Country Roads (Danoff; Nivert; Denver)
22. Joy to the World (Axton)


Michel Legrand - Twenty Songs of the Century



1. St. Louis Blues (Handy) 1914
2. My Man (Yvain; Willemetz; Charles; Pollock) 1920
3. Charleston (Mack; Johnson) 1923
4. Mack the Knife (Weill; Brecht; Blitzstein) 1928
5. Malagueña (Lecuona) 1928
6. Stormy Weather (Arlen; Koehler) 1933
7. Solitude (Ellington; De Lange; Mills) 1934
8. Summertime (Gershwin; Heyward) 1935
9. Begin the Beguine (Porter) 1935
10. Cheek to Cheek (Berlin) 1935
11. My Funny Valentine (Rodgers; Hart) 1937
12. Over the Rainbow (Arlen; Harburg) 1939
13. How High the Moon (Lewis; Hamilton) 1940
14. Laura (Raksin; Mercer) 1945
15. Autumn Leaves (Kosma; Prévert; Mercer) 1947
16. One Note Samba (Jobim; Mendonça; Hendricks) 1961
17. Moon River (Mancini; Mercer) 1961
18. I Will Wait for You (Legrand; Demy; Gimbel) 1964
19. Yesterday (Lennon; McCartney) 1965
20. Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon) 1969


Percy Faith - Chinatown (featuring The Entertainer) & Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet



CHINATOWN
THE ORIGINAL LP CQ 33244 (1974)
STEREO/QUADRAPHONIC

1. The Entertainer (Joplin adapt Faith) from the film The Sting
2. I’m Gonna Go Fishin’ (Ellington; Lee)
3. What’ll I Do? (Berlin) from the film The Great Gatsby
4. Deep in the Morning (Diamond)
5. Chinatown (Goldsmith) theme from the film
6. Fifth Movement (Tubular Bells) (Oldfield)
7. Moody (Paris; Mitchell)
8. I Got Rhythm (G & I Gershwin)
9. Midnight at the Oasis (Nichtern)
10. 1, 2, 3, 4 (Faith)

LOVE THEME FROM ROMEO AND JULIET
THE ORIGINAL LP CS 9906 (1969) STEREO
CQ 31004 QUADRAPHONIC

11. A Summer Place (Steiner; Discant) theme from the film
12. Spinning Wheel (Thomas)
13. The April Fools (Bacharach; David) from the film
14. Aquarius (MacDermot; Ragni; Rado) from the musical Hair
15. Love (Can Make You Happy) (Sigler)
16. Hello, Tomorrow (Craig)
17. Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet (Rota; Kusik; Snyder) from the film
18. Good Morning Starshine (MacDermot; Ragni; Rado) from the musical Hair
19. One (Nilsson)
20. Without Her (Nilsson)
21. Through the Eyes of a Child Un Jour, Un Enfant (Stern; Marnay; Maitland)


André Kostelanetz - André Kostelanetz Plays the Music of Villa-Lobos & André Kostelanetz Conducts Music from Spain



PLAYS MUSIC OF VILLA-LOBOS
THE ORIGINAL LP MQ 32821 (1974)
STEREO/QUADRAPHONIC

1. Suite from Magdalena (Villa-Lobos)
Adaptation by Robert R. Wright and George Forrest 2. Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 (Villa-Lobos) NS
3. Prelude – Introduction (Villa-Lobos) (No. 1 from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4) AK
4. Modinha Prelúdio (Villa-Lobos)

Soloists:

NS Nathan Stutch (cello);
AK Andre Kostelanetz (piano)

... CONDUCTS MUSIC FROM SPAIN
THE ORIGINAL LP MQ 32865 (1974)
STEREO/QUADRAPHONIC

5. Jota (Final Dance) (De Falla) from The Three-Cornered Hat
6. Triana (Albéniz transcribed Arbos) from Iberia
7. Marinela (Serrano) from La Canción del Olvidó MN
8. Selections from El Amor Brujo (De Falla): Dance of Terror – Magic Circle: The Fisherman’s Story – Midnight: Witchcraft
9. La Morena de mi Copla (Castellaños) MN
10. The Lady and the Nightingale (Granados) MN from Goyescas
11. Jota Aragonesa (Glinka)
12. Song of the Birds (Casals) LM
13. Sant Martí del Canigó (Casals)

Vocalist: MN Maralin Niska (soprano)
Soloist: LM Lorne Munroe (cello)

 

Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass - Travelin' & Caribbean Cruise



Travelin'

1. Rocky Top (B & F Bryant)
2. The Last Letter (Griffin)
3. Brassy Bluegrass (McPeake; Morton)
4. Almost Persuaded (Sherrill; Sutton)
5. Ramblin’ On (McElhiney; Bernier)
6. Gotta Travel On Travelin’ (McElhiney; Paxton)
7. Are You Sincere? (Walker)
8. The Nashville Express (G & B Mure)
9. Life is Like a Mountain Railway (Bernier)
10. If You Leave Me Tonight I’ll Cry (Mooney; Sanford)
from TV series Night Gallery

Caribbean Cruise

11. Marianne (Gilkyson; Miller; Dehr)
12. Jamaica Farewell (Burgess)
13. I Can See Clearly Now (Nash)
14. Mama Don’t Want No Peas an’ Rice an’ Coconut Oil (Gilbert; Charles)
15. La Fiesta (Williams)
16. Caribbean (Torok)
17. Banana Boat Song (Trad)
18. Yellow Bird (Luboff; Keith; Bergman)
19. Matilda, Matilda (Trad)
20. Jamaican Sunset (McElhiney; Bernier)


Ray Conniff - Laughter in the Rain & Love Will Keep Us Together



LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN
THE ORIGINAL LP KC 33332 (1975) STEREO
CQ 33332 QUADRAPHONIC

1. Laughter in the Rain (Sedaka; Cody)
2. I Honestly Love You (Allen; Barry)
3. Sundown (Lightfoot)
4. Angie Baby (O’Day)
5. Mandy (English; Kerr)
6. Seasons in the Sun (Brel; McKuen)
7. Eres Tú (Caldéron; Hawker)
8. Cat’s in the Cradle (H & S Chapin)
9. Feel Like Makin’ Love (McDaniels)
10. (You’re) Having My Baby (Anka)

LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER
THE ORIGINAL LP KC 33884 (1975) STEREO
CQ 33884 QUADRAPHONIC

11. Please Mr. Please (Welch; Rostill)
12. Midnight Blue (Sager; Manchester)
13. Rhinestone Cowboy (Weiss) – Wildfire (Cansler; Murphey)
14. Feelings (Albert)
15. My Little Friend (Budd; Cahn) theme from the film Paper Tiger
16. I’m Sorry (Denver)
17. At Seventeen (Ian) JW
18. Solitaire (Sedaka; Cody)
19. Love Will Keep Us Together (Sedaka; Greenfield) – How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved by You) (Holland; Dozier; Holland)

Featuring:
Ray Conniff (trombone);
JW Jackie Ward (vocal)


Miklos Rózsa - Rózsa conducts Rózsa



RÓZSA CONDUCTS RÓZSA
THE ORIGINAL LP LSC 2802 (1965) STEREO/SURROUND
RCA ITALIANA ORCHESTRA

1. Overture to a Symphony Concert, Op. 26/a (1956)
2. Three Hungarian Sketches, Op. 14 (1938): Capriccio – Pastorale – Danza

3. Notturno Ungherese, Op. 28 (1962)
4. Theme, Variations and Finale, Op. 13 (1933): Theme – Variation 1 – Variation 2 – Variation 3 – Variation 4 – Variation 5 – Variation 6 – Variation 7 – Variation 8 – Finale

 

It's great to see more RCA and Columbia Quad titles being released on SACD. Vocalion has been putting out quality products for years.

 

I hope they get around to Peter Matz Summer of '42...that is a great quad mix and really relaxing, though I must admit I'm not generally real big on mood music albums, but man the quad era had a ton of it!

 

Pass!

 

wow.

 

The label released Floyd Cramer on SACD? Incredible. How does this stuff sound?

 

Amazing! They had access to the master tapes and the Quad mixes themselves are excellent as most RCA Quad albums from those days are.

Micheal Dutton, who runs the label, has a long background in the industry (he worked at Morgan studios in London in the 70's, where they did the Jethro Tull and Black Sabbath quad mixes amongst others) and has a good grasp of what's available, but he also faces the same hurdles generally speaking that AF has/does - essentially that you have to find titles that a) you can license b) you can find the tapes for c) that will sell, and if any of those conditions can't be met it's a non-starter.

 

I know a lot of these titles aren't really on anyone's radar here, aside from maybe the Tower Of Power and Main Ingredient albums, which are phenomenal if you like mid 70's soul and R&B, I have to wholeheartedly reccomend the Michel Legrand 'Twenty Songs Of The Century' album from 1974.

It's an album of Legrand's arrangements of what he considered to be 20 standards, starting with 'St. Louis Blues' from 1917 and concluding with 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' from 1970. The arrangements are fantastic, and anything but conservative, ranging from very sparse to very dense - if you like Legrand's soundtrack work from the period you'll more than likely love this album. The recording quality (not to mention the mastering) are also outstanding...easily some of the best sounding strings I've ever heard on a non-classical recording. It also features a number of fantastic jazz musicians including Ron Carter, Toots Thielmans, Grady Tate, Eddie Daniels and Marvin Stamm.

The real revelation in all of this is the quad mix - it was only released no SQ quad vinyl for about two minutes in 1974 on Bell Records, one of the labels that was merged to create Arista after Clive Davis took over that year. Arista adopted CD-4 as their quad vinyl standard a year later and this went out of print. The mix was done at Columbia studios in NYC by one of their quad supremos, Don Young, who also did a load of other fantastic quad mixes including Billy Joel's Streetlife Serenade (which AF put out), Chicago II (available in the Quadio box) and about 30 others including Edgar & Johnny Winter, Rick Derringer, Jeff Beck Group and others. I don't know if this album was conceived as a quad release from the ground up but even if it wasn't it certainly sounds like it, such is the quality of the quad mix. Strings, brass and other instruments have call and response sections from one side of the room to the other, and on the track 'One Note Samba', there are at least 3 or 4 pianos arranged around the room, and when the song reaches its apex you feel like the piano notes are just cascading over you.

It's a real travesty that it's taken almost 45 years for this music to be heard the way it was meant to - kudos to Vocalion for digging this gem out of the Sony vaults and making it available in stunning sound quality at a bargain price.

 

Really enjoying the Deodato, Garfunkel and PPL discs. Any ideas (Simon) as to what the next releases will be or how far away?

 

Good to hear you like your purchases.

I visit their web site a few times weekly but apart from that, I have no idea. The company seems to have a Spring/Autumn release pattern. They may surprise us with a few more titles soon. I think the two Garfunkel titles have given them a lot more exposure so it will be interesting to see what show up next on their new release page.

 

I got the 2 Garfunkel titles and they're both superb, outstanding releases with care done all the way down the chain IMO. I'm very impressed with their price point and I wish them great success in getting these vintage quad mixes into the hands of fans again.