Baretta - Great Adventures

WONDERLAND PLAYERS
Baretta: Great Adventures
1976
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Vinyl rip & scans from Wonderland WLP 309

And now for something completely different...

I ripped this one before checking to see if it had been posted and, to my double-delight, it had not plus I found my way to the Franklin Mint Blog, a super awesome compendium of 70s kiddie pop culture where I picked up a load of these cool Wonderland LPs. It saved me the trouble of digitizing a few, although I may get around to doing Godzilla one of these days.

As you can tell from the excerpts, there's some dope library music throughout these positively riveting suspense stories and even a break or two that might be worth lifting. Dude doesn't sound anything like Robert Blake but hey, the kids listening to this likely weren't old enough to catch the late-night gritty adult detective drama during its heydey, so whadda they know?


1 Polly Wants A Cracker
2 Pretty As A Picture
3 Payment On Demand


Oh yeah, Polly? Well, Soundological's got your cracker right HERE. (Link updated May 23, 2013)

Teo Macero - Time Plus Seven

T.C.'s Groove



TEO MACERO
Time Plus Seven
1979

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Vinyl rip & scans from Finnadar SR 9024


Teo Macero is a name to which most readers of this blog should need no introduction: producer of landmark works such as Miles' Kind of Blue, Mingus' Mingus Ah Um , Monk's Monk's Dream and Brubeck's Time Out as well as one of the earliest, and most recognisable, proponents of Third Stream music. This historical document captures him while still a rising star and since gallons of ink have already been put to paper when it comes to this album, I'll leave you with a small sampling of same...

For starter's, here's what Dr. Progresso has to say in his excellent review of The Best of Teo Macero (the middle paragraph is transcribed from the liner notes on the back cover):

In 1978 Macero began work on his second (!) album, released in 1979 on Finnadar, a subsidiary of Atlantic/WEA. TIME PLUS SEVEN (SR 9024) did not represent any new recordings by Macero, but released for the first first time his 1963 recording of the title suite, "Seven," "Equals," "Time," and "Plus."

"This composition was commissioned by the Rebecca Harkness Dance Company, then directed by Robert Joffrey. 'Time Plus Seven' was choreographed by Anna Sokolow in 1963. ... Anyway, here it is, World Premiere 'Time Plus Seven' recorded at CBS's 30th Street Studio in New York, 1963. Fred Plaut was the engineer. I was the conductor. I wish I could find the contract which listed the personnel, but can't. To the great musicians who recorded this composition, my apology for not listing them and my everlasting gratitude for giving me a great performance."

The piece is starkly atonal, and not unlike the much shorter "Pressure," written for Orchestra U.S.A two years later. Thus it is hardly coincidental that side one of this LP is finished off with that recording of "Pressure." Side two of this LP reissues Macero's side one of WHAT'S NEW?, bringing it back into print on LP after fourteen years.

AMG Review by Ken Dryden

Teo Macero is likely to be known to the average jazz fan for his work as a producer of others' records, though he is also a composer, tenor saxophonist and conductor. This compilation LP released by Finnadar in 1978 collects music from three separate sessions. "Time Plus Seven" was a commissioned ballet and clearly falls into Third Stream music, though the delay added to the saxophones comes across a bit lame. Sadly, none of the personnel are confirmed due to the loss of the record contracts, though Clark Terry seems likely as the trumpeter in "Time."

The work "Pressure," which first appeared on the John Lewis' Orchestra U.S.A. release Sonorities, is an atonal work that sounds like music for an overblown mystery. Of more interest are the advanced compositions from a 1955 session, especially "Neally" and "T.C.'s Groove," which mix jazz soloists like Art Farmer, Eddie Bert and John LaPorta with the bizarre but catchy accordion of Orlando Digirolamo. Ernestine Anderson provides the overdubbed voices in "Sounds of May," though the tape has been manipulated to make it sound like a male chorus. This LP quickly disappeared from print, though all of this music was reissued on the Stash CD The Best of Teo Macero, which is also no longer available.

Dusty Groove Review

Some wonderful slices of 50s modern jazz -- work recorded under the leadership of Teo Macero, who was best known as a producer for Columbia during their glory days in the jazz business, but who was also a budding young genius in the years before then! The set features a handful of tracks from Teo's early What's New album for Columbia, plus a track from an Orchestra USA session, along with the side-long, previously-unreleased "Time Plus Seven", an extended jazz ballet suite. Macero's approach is a blend here of both third stream styles and some of the New York whimsy of players like Gil Melle at the same time -- and titles include "Pressure", "Neally", "Adventure", "TC's Groove", and "Sounds Of May".

Finnadar was founded by Atlantic records engineer/producer Ilhan Mimaroglu as an outlet for his left-field leaning proclivities, with an emphasis on the burgeoning electronica movement of the era. Here's a very interesting interview with him recorded on October 10, 1975 that covers the label's inception (courtesy of the Internet Archive).


Teo Macero - Tenor Sax (3,4,5,6,7,8)
George Barrow - Baritone Sax (3,4,7)
Eddie Bert - Trombone (3,4,7)
Don Butterfield - Tuba (3,4,7)
Art Farmer - Trumpet (3,4,7)
John LaPorta - Clarinet, Alto Sax (3,4,5,6,7,8)
Orlando DiGirolamo - Accordion (3,4,5,6,7,8)
Wendell Marshall - Bass (3,4,5,6,7,8)
Ed Shaughnessy - Drums (3,4,5,6,7,8)
Mal Waldron - Piano (6,8)
Ernestine Anderson - Vocals (8)
Orchestra U.S.A. (2)


1 Time Plus Seven: Seven/Equals/Time/Plus
2 Pressure
3 Neally
4 Adventure
5 Heart on My Sleeve
6 24+ 18+
7 T.C.'s Groove
8 Sounds of May


Take the time to add it up with Soundological HERE or HERE.

Quincy Jones - Roots

Quincy Jones
Roots
1977

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Vinyl rip & scans from A&M SP-4626


Continuing with more Afro-flavoured vibes from A&M, here's Quincy Jones' soundscape inspired by the 1977 TV mini-series Roots based on the genealogical novel by Alex Haley. Great book, good series, so-so soundtrack. However, this particular recording is missing from the extensive Quincy Jones discography at Blaxploitation Jive so it's another blogosphere blank filled by Soundological. Although this was reissued on CD in 1997, the awesome cosmic poster was only included in the original vinyl release making the $5 or less this LP goes for (even still sealed) more than worth the price if you ask me...makes me wonder why people would pay over $50 for the rare CD. Sorry if the scan on this one is not so clean but it's been hanging on my wall for 15 years.

Since each side of this record is a tightly sequenced suite of short pieces that clock in under 2:30 each, there was no point in breaking it up into tracks (much the same reason there are no links for the 82 musicians involved). There are some sweet moments in this effort, mostly revolving around Letta Mbulu (if you haven't already checked her album Letta then I recommend you head over to Djalma's Soul Food and do so now) and the Wattsline Choir, but it's a top-heavy affair talent-wise that never really takes off nor transports you into a cinematic headspace. That's not to say it ain't a good album, just that it's not for everyone - those that do love it are staunch fans as a perusal of all the comments on Amazon begging for another CD release clearly illustrates.


AMG Review by Richard S. Ginell
Quincy Jones has been threatening to write a long tone poem sketching the history of black music for decades now, and he has yet to do it. This project, rushed out in the wake of the 1977 TV mini-series Roots, is about as close as he has come. A brief (28 minutes), immaculately-produced and segued suite, Roots quickly traces a timeline from Africa to the Civil War, incorporating ancient and modern African influences (with Letta Mbulu as the featured vocalist), a sea shanty, field hollers and fiddle tunes, snippets of dialogue from Roots actor Lou Gossett, and some Hollywood-style movie cues. Only a fraction of this music was used in the mini-series; oddly, the most familiar piece of music, the often-repeated "Roots Mural Theme," is not by Q but by film composer Gerald Fried, who wrote most of the TV score. Though some prominent jazzers (Shelly Manne, Victor Feldman, Ernie Watts, Lee Ritenour, Richard Tee, etc.) turn up in the orchestra, there is not a trace of jazz to be heard. This is a timely souvenir of a cultural phenomenon, but merely a curiosity for jazz fans.


Featured Artists
Quincy Jones - Trumpet, Arranger, Conductor, Vocals, Producer
Letta Mbulu - Vocals
Caiphus Semenya - Percussion, Arranger, Vocals
Rev. James Cleveland - Arranger, Conductor
Wattsline Choir: Rodney Armstrong, Mortonette Jenkins, Charles May, David Pridgen, Sherwood Sledge
Lou Gossett - Vocals
Bill Summers - Percussion, Arranger, Vocals, Concert Master

Musicians
Zak Diouf - Drums, Vocals
Paul Bryant - Percussion
King Errisson - Percussion
Bobbye Hall - Percussion
Emil Richards - Percussion
Tommy Vig - Percussion
Milt Holland - Percussion
Shelly Manne - Percussion
Victor Feldman - Percussion
Dave Grusin - Arranger, Keyboards
Michael Boddicker - Keyboards
Ian Underwood - Keyboards
Richard Tee - Keyboards
Pete Jolly - Keyboards
Lee Ritenour - Guitar
David T. Walker - Guitar
Chuck Rainey - Bass (Electric)
Ed Reddick - Bass (Electric)
Arni Egillson - Bass (Acoustic)
Milton Kestenbaum - Bass (Acoustic)
Alton Hendrickson - Banjo
Catherine Gotthoffer - Harp
Dorothy Remsen - Harp
Ernie Watts - Woodwind
Jerome Richardson - Woodwind
Bill Green - Woodwind
Terry Harrington - Woodwind
Ted Nash - Woodwind
John Audino - Trumpet
Bobby Bryant - Trumpet
Buddy Childers - Trumpet
Dick Nash - Trombone
Maurice Spear - Trombone
Bill Watrous - Trombone
James A. Decker - French Horn
David Duke - French Horn
Alan Robinson - French Horn
Tommy Johnson - Tuba
Bobby Bruce - Violin
Gerald Vinci - Violin
Janice Gower - Violin
John Santulis - Violin
Sheldon Sanov - Violin
Bill Nuttycomb - Violin
Ralph Shaeffer - Violin
Joseph Livoti - Violin
Irv Katz - Violin
Erno Neufeld - Violin
Harry Bluestone - Violin
Bob Sushell - Violin
Joe Stepansky - Violin
Rollice Dale - Viola
Bob Ostrowsky - Viola
Alex Nieman - Viola
Marilyn Baker - Viola
Jesse Erlich - Cello
Jeff Solow - Cello
Paul Bergstrom - Cello
Ronald Cooper - Cello
Jim Gilstrap - Vocals
Stephanie Spruill - Vocals
Paulette McWilliams - Vocals
Deborah Tibbs - Vocals
Alexandra Brown - Vocals
John Lehman - Vocals
Linda Evans - Vocals
Alex Hassilev - Vocals

Tom Bahler - Arranger, Choir Master
Johnny Mandel - Arranger
Herbert W. Spencer - Arranger
Dick Hazard - Arranger

SIDE A - AFRICA (THE MOTHERLAND)

Motherland (0:29)
Roots Mural Theme (2:10)
Main Title: Mama Aifambeni (Premiere Episode) (1:03)
Behold, The Only Thing Greater Than Yourself (Birth) (1:30)
Oluwa (Many Rains Ago) (African Theme) (2:28)
Boyhood To Manhood (0:53)
The Toubob Is Here! (The Capture) (1:06)
Middle Passage (Slaveship Crossing) (1:15)
You In Americuh' Now, African (0:32)

SIDE B - AMERICA (THE PROMISED LAND)

Roots Mural Theme Intro (Slave Auction) (0:15)
Ole Fiddler (1:12)
Jumpin' De Broom (Marriage Ceremony) (0:42)
What Shall I Do? (Hush, Hush, Somebody's Calling My Name) (2:17)
Roots Mural Theme Bridge (Plantation Life) (1:25)
Oh Lord, Come By Here (3:25)
Free At Last? (The Civil War) (2:24)
Many Rains Ago (Oluwa) (African Theme: English Version) (4:50)


Research your Roots with Soundological HERE or HERE.(Sharebee is being a bitchbee so using MediaFire for the first time...let me know whatcha think)

Peter Thomas - FBI Man Jerry Cotton

Caught At Midnight


Party Is Over


PETER THOMAS
FBI Man Jerry Cotton
1967

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Vinyl rip & scans from Polydor 249 145


Here's another rare soundtrack for your aural enjoyment. I snapped this one up in the late 80s and often grooved to it but never knew anything about it or Jerry Cotton or Peter Thomas. Then the lounge fad of the mid-to-late-90s struck and I recognised Thomas' name on some comps and picked up a bit of info thanks to liner notes. What with the advance of the intertubes at the turn of the century, I finally learned a lot about the man and also found out this is a highly collectible piece of vinyl and seems to sell for at least $100. Although there have been many reissues of Thomas material, contrary to the claims of Crippled Dick Hotwax for their 100% Cotton compilation, the track "Manhattan Inn" on this LP does not appear anywhere else so it's another Soundological exclusive.


Wikipedia bio
Peter Thomas is a German composer/arranger. He was born in Breslau (Silesia) on December 1st, 1925, and his active career spanned more than 50 years between 1955 and 2006. He is known for his TV and film soundtracks (such as 'Raumpatrouille', the Edgar Wallace movies film series, and the Jerry Cotton film series). The restored Brandenburg Gate in Berlin was re-opened in 2002 with a live version of the main theme of the "Raumpatrouille" soundtrack. In the first direction of actor George Clooney, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), he used three tracks of Peter Thomas' music for German Edgar Wallace movies of the 1960s in their original mono versions. For some of his exceptional scores Thomas used a self-developed musical instrument called "ThoWiephon," (Ed: according to the liner notes for Futuremusik - available over at The Deuce Project: Science Fiction Radio - the CIA adopted some of Thomas' design principles for sub-sonic weaponry use) today being exhibited in the "Deutsche Museum" in Munich, standing near the famous Theremin, also being used in many movies.

AMG Bio by John Bush
Practically uncontested as the original German electro-lounge pioneer, Peter Thomas fused the spy-string paranoia of John Barry with Carnaby Street go-go music and lounge on his recordings for several German sci-fi series of the 1960s, including Raumpatrouille (Space Patrol) and Der Bann von dem Sinister (The Spell of the Sinister One). His Sound Orchestra was also the beginning for another notable producer, Giorgio Moroder. Long neglected during the 1970s, '80s and '90s, Thomas experienced a revival of sorts in the late '90s. After Bungalow Records and City Slang reissued a Raumpatrouille collection in 1996, Pulp sampled a track to create the title song for their album 1997 This Is Hardcore. Two Thomas collections appeared in 1998, Tanzmusik of general interest and 100% Cotton which recycled Thomas' soundtrack material for the series of Jerry Cotton films (Cotton was the German equivalent of James Bond). The inevitable remix album Warp Back to Earth appeared in early 1999.


As well as the two collections linked to in the above bio, the inimitable It's Coming Out Of Your Speaker also has Moonflowers & Miniskirts up for your listening pleasure.


1 Caught at Midnight
2 My Friend Phil
3 French Girl in Manhattan
4 Party Is Over
5 Super Man
6 Jewellery Party
7 Crime Doesn't Pay
8 Jerry Cotton March
9 Love Is Swingin' In The Air
10 Jerry 1967
11 Two Voices Blues
12 Take It Jerry!
13 Manhattan Inn*
14 Big Troubles
15 Cotton Beat


*From "Der Mörderclub von Brooklyn" soundtrack; not included in the 100% Cotton collection released by Crippled Dick Hotwax in 1998.


Soundological has some Cotton pickin's for you HERE or HERE.

Paul Baillargeon - Love In A 4 Letter World OST

Cut-Out


PAUL BAILLARGEON
Love In A 4 Letter World OST
1970

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Vinyl rip & scans from Gap Records APSE. 1051


Very rare and highly sought-after soundtrack with touches of Moog, psych, fuk, latin and breaks galore. As well as other Canadian TV and indie films throughout the 70s and 80s, Paul Baillargeon would go on to compose the soundtracks for Star Trek Voyager, Enterprise and Deep Space Nine. He was also highly involved in the Québécois music scene in general and has many credits for French artists such as JP Ferland, Ginette Reno and Celine Dion.

There's a good bio on PB ici for those of you who can read French, otherwise Google's translation into English is available here. This album was also released in Québéc with the title Viens, Mon Amour. Psychébélique has a nice write-up on the LP (en Français) with a couple preview tracks - "Harizap" and "Moog-Over" (a.k.a. "Sans Raison") - plus a couple dope mid-70s Baillargeon tracks from 7" 45s as a sweet little bonus.



Popsike cache of eBay sale 2006-12-10 (USD $124) review

I wonder what this movie is like, because the soundtrack is an insane MONSTER! No less than four funk tracks with huge drums and open breaks. Crazy psychy Moog tracks, a lovely soft rock scat vocal number called “Susan’s Ride” and a spot-on bossa nova groover called “Felicia-Nova.” The track “Cut-Out” is a funky killer, with the sharpest, punchiest drum sound ever and a really nice break. This is a beast, and really tough to track down. Apparently, there is another pressing of this on GAP entitled “Viens, Mon Amour” for French-speaking Canadians. The movie came out in Canada as the above mentioned “Love In A Four Letter World” and in the UK as “Sex Isn’t Sin.” The fact that not more people know this baby IS a sin!


Popsike cache of eBay sale 2008-07-20 (USD $79) review

Brilliant funky soundtrack for a Canadian B-movie from 1970. Tracks like “Cago 9” and “Cut-Out” have drum breaks that will tear your head off! There are two great soft rock vocal cuts, and a terrific moog led funky space jam called “Moog-Over.” This is a KILLER funk soundtrack. Don’t believe me? Check out the review at: http://www.italiansoundtracks.com/info/us/canada.html



1 Open Your Heart Now (Vera's Theme)
2 'Cago-9
3 Wake Up Candy
4 Susan's Ride
5 Sam's Theme
6 Harizap
7 Harry's Mission
8 Cut-Out
9 Felicia-Nova
10 Counting Up Dreams Again
11 Moog-Over
12 Vera's Theme


If "free" is one of your favourite 4-letter words then Soundological should be able to make you happy HERE or HERE.

Lalo Schifrin - Gone With The Wave

Taco-Taquito
Breaks Bossa Nova

LALO SCHIFRIN
Gone With The Wave
1965

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Vinyl rip & scans from Colpix CP 492


Sorry for the lack o' links in today's post, it's my 1st wedding anniversary and I've got better things to do ;) See you in a few days!


Dusty Groove review:
Gone With The Wave is a Lalo Schifrin score for a Bruce Brown-like surfing documentary in the mid 60s -- but instead of the usual guitar riffing and bongo drumming on such a soundtrack, Lalo uses a lot of jagged jazzy lines -- working in a bit of light bossa, some heavier Latin rhythms, and plenty of cool instrumentation! The players alone make the set worth having -- especially the percussion from Milt Holland, Francisco Aguabella, and Shelly Manne -- as well as the light guitar touches from Howard Roberts, Bob Bain, and Laurindo Almeida. Paul Horn plays some great alto sax and flute on the set, Victor Feldman's on piano, and Frank Rosolino's on trombone -- and Lalo changes up the instrumentation from track to track to really keep the overall feel of the set incredibly fresh!


blaxploitation.com review:
One of Schifrin's harder-to-find US scores, this killer surf jazz soundtrack features a great West Coast band inclduing Shelley Manne, Paul Horn and Howard Roberts. It's a driving, hard jazz score with some interesting elements from other cultures. Check out 'A taste of bamboo' and 'Breaks bossa nova' among many tasty tracks on here - but remember, it's jazz, daddio, so forget the funk for now...


Paul Horn - Alto Sax, Flute
Jackie Kelso - Tenor Sax
Frank Rosolino - Trombone
Victor Feldman - Piano
Joe Mondragon - Drums
Shelly Manne - Drums
Milt Holland - Percussion
Francisco Aquabella - Percussion
Howard Roberts - Guitar
Bob Bain - Guitar
John Pisano - Guitar
Laurindo Almeida - Guitar

Composed, Arranged & Conducted by Lalo Schifrin


1 Gone with the Wave
2 Laniakea Waltz
3 A Taste of Bamboo
4 Halieva Blues
5 Taco-Taquito
6 Breaks
7 Aqua Blues
8 Surf Waltz
9 Five by Four
10 Breaks Bossa Nova
11 Waimea Bay


HERE or HERE.