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New Fall 1959 Demo Tape Demo A |
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Omegatape and Stereophonic Music Society Demonstration Tape SMS Demo |
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Omegatape and Stereophonic Music Society Stereo Showcase SMS Showcase |
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Top Ten Hits HT 1 |
![]() Believe What You Say / Tumbling Tumbleweeds / The Little Blue Man / Billy / Johnny B Goode / Twilight Time / Don't You Just Know It? / Where D'Ya Worka John? / For Your Love / All I Have to Do Is Dream |
Show
Hits HT 2 |
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Hits
of the 20s HT 3 |
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Top 10 Hits HT 4 |
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Barbershop
Quartet Hits HT 5 |
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Reminiscing
in Hits HT 6 |
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Reminiscing
in Hits HT 7 |
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Gay
90s Hits HT 8 |
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Dance
Band Hits HT 9 |
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Pops in Stereo HT 10 |
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Old
Time Hits HT 11 |
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Film
Hits HT 12 |
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Stereo
Demonstration Tape Tom Mercein STD 6 |
![]() Reissued on mp3 CD by Esoteric Sound. Fanfare (Warren Baker) / I Only Have Eyes for You (Paul Severson) / September Song (Warren Baker) / Lili Marlene (Anton Karas) / Chinatown, My Chinatown (The Hi-Los) / Antheil: Ballet Mecanique (Robert Kraft) / Too Young for the Blues (The Hi-Los) There are some fine examples of impressive stereo technology made available at ta price few stereo novices can resist. —High Fidelity |
Holiday
in Stereo STD 10 |
![]() ![]() Merry Widow Overture / Greensleeves / South Pacific Overture / Londonderry Air / Algiers / The Lamp Is Low / Gypsy Princess Overture / Tabora / Poinciana / etc A king-sized demo tape of selections culled from Omega’s latest stereo releases…A fine and varied example of Omega’s keen stereo tape reproduction. —Tape Recording The selections are complete pieces or movements and no less than 12 of them are included…Best of all there are no violent style incompatibilities, although plenty of variety. —High Fidelity |
Stereo
for Dancing STD 11 |
![]() Tenderly / Paradise / Bewitched / Hernando's Hideaway / I Kiss Your Hand Madame / Once in a While / Autumn in Paris / My Wonderful One / My Ideal / Begin the Beguine / La Mer |
Shows
in Stereo STD 12 |
![]() Pal Joey / My Fair Lady / Around the World in 80 Days / Oklahoma! / South Pacific / The Merry Widow |
Beethoven:
Symphony 5 Gunter Wand / Cologne Gurzenich Orchestra STD 13 PLAY |
![]() Reissue: RSSTF 500. Reissued on CD by Testament. Every once in a while a conductor comes along who forces us to take a new look at an old masterwork.... a remarkable comprehension of the score, and the skill to traverse an expressive gamut from delicate nuance to powerfully generated crescendos. --Saturday Review |
Salute
to the Big Bands STD 14 |
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Paris
Calling STD 15 |
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Pops
for Pipes Gordon Kibbee ST 25 PLAY |
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Presenting Dick Marx Dick Marx ST 26 |
![]() They Can't Take That Away from Me / My Secret Love / Lullaby of Birdland / Satin Doll / The Song Is You |
Interesting Intervals ST 28 |
![]() I Hear Music / The Continental / The Lady Is a Tramp / Zing Went the Strings of My Heart / There Will Never Be Another You |
Nickelodeon ST 29 |
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Paris
Dances by Night Andre Montero and his Orchestra ST 50 PLAY |
![]() La Marsailles Madcap! / Along the Seine / St Germain Melody / Autumn in Paris / Champ des Elysees Rhumba / Can-Can |
Show
Hits for Dancing in
Stereo Hans Hagen / Hollywood Radio City Orchestra ST 51 PLAY |
![]() Oklahoma! / Bewitched / On the Street Where you Live / Bali Ha'i / Younger than Springtime |
Sandauer
Plays Pops for
Dancing Heinz Sandauer and his Rhythmmakers ST 52 PLAY |
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Swing
for Dancing in Stereo Hollywood Radio City Orchestra ST 53 PLAY |
![]() Begin the Beguine / Sing Sing Sing / Cherokee / Boogie Woogie / String of Pearls / Take the 'A' Train This may be a good dance tape but for my money it takes the cake for audio delights. Bright bass; deep, full bass fiddle; excellent instrumental work; clear, sharp drumming, etc. —Tape Recording Brightly and boldly played in Warren Baker’s rather mannered arrangements, but notable even in these days for the clarity, authenticity, and brilliance of the stereo recording. —High Fidelity |
In
a Monastery Ramakrishna Choir ST 55 |
![]() Aratrika Service / Khandana Bhava Bandhana / Breaker of This World's Chain / O Mother, Make Me Mad with Thy Love / Rakhal / In the Cave / Old King Janaka / Kali Kali Ma I can’t find much artistic substance in musical director’s James Barnes’ own compositions, but the authentic service excerpts have considerable exotic fascination as well as unmistakably genuine fervor. —High Fidelity |
Accordion-istics ST 58 |
![]() Bumble Boogie / Russian Medley / Dance Macabre (Saint-Saens) / Perpetual Motion (Sarasate) / Little Rock Get-Away (Joe Sullivan) |
Themes
from Around the World
in 80 Days Hans Hagen / Omega Orchestra ST 59 PLAY |
![]() Around the World in 80 Days / Passepartout / Entrance of the Bull March / India Countryside |
Paris
Dances by Night Vol 2 Andre Montero and his Orchestra ST 60 PLAY |
![]() Paris Is Calling / Left Bank Medley / Moulin Rouge Mood / Rue de la Paix / L'Amour Francais |
Stereo Amor Heinz Sandauer / Andre Montero ST 61 PLAY |
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Marx
Makes Broadway Dick Marx / Buddy Collette ST 65 |
With Frank Capp,
Howard
Roberts, Irving Ashby, Red Mitchell, Carson Smith. From ST 7033. LP: OSL 2. Reissued on CD by VSOP. Available on Apple Music. |
Anton
Karas, Mr Zither Anton Karas ST 2001 PLAY |
![]() Lili Marlene / Cuckoo Waltz / I Kiss Your Hand Madame / Slow Coach / Just a Gigolo / Glow Worm / Lobau / You Can't Be True Dear / Wen Am Sontag / A Student Passes / White Lilacs / Vienna / Vienna, Only You |
Gypsy
Music Lendway Kalman and his Gypsy Orchestra ST 2003 |
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Strauss
and Lehar Favorites
Vol 1 Anton Karas ST 2004 |
![]() For anyone who longs for a ringside seat at a whole evening of Prater cafe entertainment these tapes serve as magic carpets to the irresistible stereo illusion of that reality. —High Fidelity |
Music
from a Nearby Star Skip Redwine / Sid Weiss ST 2005 |
![]() Stardust / East of the Sun / Old Devil Moon / Radar Blues / Out of This World / Journey to a Star / Over the Rainbow / Star Eyes / Midnight Sun / Moonglow |
Military
Marches Vol 1 Gustav Gaigg / Vienna Army Battalion Band ST 2006 PLAY |
![]() ![]() Big, almost cavernous sound characterizes the sonics, but the miking affords excellent presence and generally clean sound. The revelation affords very effective "fusion" and illusion of depth for purposes of this ultra-gemitlich marching fare. One has a hard time believing the martial element here counts for much beyond pageantry! There is plenty of spirit here--and the music is just perfect early morning stuff to blow the cobwebs out of the brain. --Hi-Fi Review The marches are played and conducted with refined polish; the brasses and percussion brilliant and lifelike. —Tape Recording Played with rousing enthusiasm…For a particularly zestul and robustly sonorous sample try the Hurra Heidecksburg march. —High Fidelity |
There's
Something in the Wind Andre Montero and his Orchestra ST 2007 PLAY |
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Strauss
and Lehar Favorites
Vol 2 Anton Karas ST 2008 |
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Military
Marches Vol 2 Gustav Gaigg / Vienna Army Battalion Band ST 2009 PLAY |
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Clear
the Grid! ST 2010 |
![]() So specialized in appeal that only racing-car aficionados and hi-fi fanatics are likely to relish its confused but uproarious sonic documentation of the Pomona Road Races, varied only by what sounds suspiciously like a parody on racing-expert interviews. Even to a novice the terrific over-all racket is unquestionably authentic, at times singularly exciting, and--reproduced at full volume--it should clear not only the grid but one's living room and perhaps the whole neighborhood in a hurry. --High Fidelity There is plenty of noise and, consequently, the narration is often incoherent. ..If you like the sound of motors, here is a tape that certainly provides it. —Tape Recording |
Music
from Distant Places Warren Baker / Andre Montero and his Orchestra ST 2011 PLAY |
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The
Good Old Timers Warren Baker's Little Band ST 2012 |
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Stereo
for Hillbillies Warren Baker's Little Band ST 2013 |
![]() This reel should prove an amusing living-room novelty, since Warren Baker's Little Band beats out a varied batch of old-time tunes, reels, etc, with toe-tickling gusto. Although the separation between channels would seem excessive in more conventional fare, it works out very well for the present fiddle-sawing, banjo-strumming, and miscellaneous slap-sticking. --High Fidelity Even if you are not addicted to hillbilly country music, you may find this a very pleasant, foot-tapping bit of entertainment….The fidelity is very good. —Tape Recording |
Beautiful
Sounds of Harp and
Flute Katherine Thompson / George Poole ST 2014 PLAY |
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Music
for Lovers Alone Bobby Hammack ST 2015 |
![]() Hammack sits at the keyboard and quietly serves up some soothing deliveries of some modernized classics…Piano reproduction is pure. —Tape Recording |
Sandauer
Plays Lehar Heinz Sandauer and his Rhythmmakers ST 2016 PLAY |
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Hot
Cha in Hi-Fi ST 2017 |
![]() Cocktails for Two / I'll String Alone with You / The House Is Haunted / The Carioca / My Little Grass Shack / Hot Cha Blues / Naughty Nickel Serenade |
Backgrounds
in Stereo ST 2018 |
![]() My Old Flame / Moonglow / I Can't Get Started / East of the Sun / My Ideal / There's a Small Hotel / Star Eyes / Sweet Lorraine / All Alone / Tangerine / Over the Rainbow |
International
Rendezvous Fracois De Haan, Robert Brown / Jack Phillips ST 2019 PLAY |
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Songs
Al Jolson Made Famous Doug Elliot / Maxwell Davis and his Orchestra ST 2020 PLAY |
![]() April Showers / Sonny Boy / Swanee / Waitin' for the Robert E Lee / Oh Susanna / Camptown Races / Rock-a-Bye My Baby / Mammy / Anniversary Waltz |
Zounds
What Sounds! ST 2021 |
![]() Bagpipes / Tic Toc Fugue / Butterfly Harp / Revival Meeting / Carillon / French Barrel Organ / Tapping Openhearth Furnace / Parades / Thunderstorm |
Pal
Joey Thomas M Davis / Hollywood Radio City Orchestra ST 2022 PLAY |
![]() The many "Hollywood Radio City" releases bear scrutiny. Most are attributed to "Thomas M Davis", actually Maxwell Davis, A&R chief for Crown Records. It has been speculated that in some cases the tracks were recorded in Germany without the vocalists, who overdubbed their parts in the US (hence the credit on some albums to Hans Hagen). But that doesn’t seem to be the case in this instance--rejected takes from lead singer Duke Hazlett indicate otherwise. This series was produced by budgeteer Crown records. Reissue: STF 4017. Overture / There's a Small Hotel / I Could Write a Book / The Lady Is a Tramp / My Funny Valentine / Bewitched / Zip / I Didn't Know What Time It Is |
South
Pacific Hans Hagen / Hollywood Radio City Orchestra and Singers ST 2023 PLAY |
![]() Reissue: STF 4016. Overture / A Wonderful Guy / There Is Nothin' Like a Dame / Some Enchanted Evening / Dites Moi / I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair / Younger than Springtime / Bali Ha'i / This Nearly Was Mine |
Oklahoma! Thomas M Davis / Hollywood Radio City Orchestra and Singers ST 2024 PLAY |
![]() Available on Apple Music. Overture / Oh! What a Beautiful Morning / The Surrey with the Fringe on Top / I Cain't Say No / People Will Say We're in Love / Many a New Day / Out of My Dreams / Oklahoma! / Finale |
My Fair Lady Don Ralke Singers / Thomas M Davis / Hollywood Radio City Orchestra ST 2025 PLAY |
![]() Reissue: SST 805, STF 4010. Selections available on Apple Music. Overture / Wouldn't It Be Loverly? / The Rain in Spain / Get Me to the Church on Time / I Could Have Danced All Night / Ascot Gavotte / On the Street Where You Live / I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face |
Champagne
Music for Dancing Lloyd Mumm and his Starlight Roof Orchestra ST 2026 PLAY |
![]() Available on Apple Music. Bubbles in the Wine / The Girl Friend / Josephine / Hey, Mr Banjo / In a Little Spanish Town / Clarinet Polka / Tonight We Love / Louise / The Poor People of Paris / Lichtensteiner Polka / Till the End of Time The orchestra makes out nicely on the bouncy, spirited numbers…There is neat close-in pickups on solo instruments, the directionality is good, and the overall stereo reproduction…excellent. —Tape Recording |
Symphony
of Blues Hans Hagen / Brussels International Orchestra ST 2027 PLAY |
![]() Available on Apple Music. Stormy Weather / St Louis Blues / I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues / Basin Street Blues / The Blues / Things Ain't What They Used to Be |
Christmas
in Stereo Boys Choir of Vienna / Vienna State Opera Orchestra ST 2028 PLAY |
![]() ![]() Reissue: SST 812, STF 4055. Reissued as a download by ReDiscovery. Oh Tannenbaum / The First Noel / Children's Christmas Song / The Bird on the Christmas Tree / En Clara Vox / Merry Christmas Time / Irish Carol / The Carriage Horseman / Adeste Fidelis / Silent Night Five of the selections are not too often heard and this, in itself, makes this tape interesting…In the second choral number there are moments when the highs are not perfectly smooth but otherwise the recording is very fine. —Tape Recording |
Latin
Rendezvous Fracois De Haan, Robert Brown / Jack Phillips ST 2029 |
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The
Art of Pepper Vol Two Art Pepper Quartet ST 2030 PLAY |
![]() Reissued on CD by Fresh Sounds. Available on Apple Music. The Breeze and I / Without a Song / Fascinatin' Rhythm / Long Ago and Far Away / I can't Believe That You're in Love with Me |
Flamenco Lina Linares / Los Galindos ST 2031 PLAY |
![]() Goditano Mio / Farruco Linares Minero / Pasadoble das Cruces / Bolero Eso Es Tango / Guaracha En el Mundo / Pasodoble Que Basion / Cordobessa / Pasodoble Rosita Donde Estas / Farruca Captures only the superficial characteristics of this gypsy art, here catchily appealing in spots but mostly diluted for the tourist trade. —High Fidelity |
Continental
Rendezvous Fracois De Haan, Robert Brown / Jack Phillips ST 2032 PLAY |
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Symphony
of the Sea Hans Hagen / Brussels International Orchestra ST 2033 PLAY |
![]() Reissue: STF 4009. Available (mistitled) on Amazon Music. How Deep Is the Ocean? / Ebb Tide / Off Shore / Asleep in the Deep / Sleepy Lagoon / Harbor Lights / Over the Waves / Sea Chanty |
Cinema
Italiano Pola Chappel ST 2034 |
Reissue: ST 7058. LP: OSL 10. Autumn in Rome (Indiscretion) / Anema e Core (Three Coins in the Fountain) / Believe in Me (Summertime) / Gelsomina (La Strada) / Souvenir D'Italie (Danger! Girls at Play) / Guaglione (10,000 Bedrooms) / Arrivederci Roma (Seven Hills of Rome) / Ciurri-Ciurri (Volcano) / Scapricciatiello (Wild as the Wind) / Anna (Anna) |
Gigi Thomas M Davis / Hollywood Radio City Orchestra / Hollywood Light Opera Society Singers ST 2036 PLAY |
![]() Overture / Gigi / I'm Glad I'm Not Young Any More / I Remember It Well / The Parisians / It's a Bore / The Night They Invented Champagne / Waltz at Maxim's / Say a Prayer for Me / Thank Heaven for Little Girls / Finale The orchestra is well-recorded—somewhat closely to be sure, but nothing ever blasts. Recommended with the reservation that the vocal work is not altogether to standard. —HiFi/Stereo Review |
Symphony
of the Golden West Malcolm Lockyear / Brussels World's Fair Orchestra ST 2037 PLAY |
![]() ![]() Available on Apple Music. Songs of the Golden West / Streets of Laredo / Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie / Colorado Trail / The Cowboy / Whoopee Ti-Yi-Yo / Billy Boy / Red River Valley / Home on the Range / The Old Chisolm Trail / No Use for Women / Jessie James |
Kalman:
The Gypsy Princess Hans Hagen / Vienna State Opera Orchestra and Chorus ST 3009 PLAY |
![]() A controversy arose over this recording when it appeared on Vox lp. Mimi Coertse was listed as a performer, but while she appeared in the Lehar (below), she did not sing in the Kalman work. There was a court battle and the LP versions were withdrawn. Omega's packaging did not make that error but while the Lehar was reissued on quarter-track, this title never reappeared. Reissued by ReDiscovery. |
Lehar:
The Merry Widow Hans Hagen / Vienna State Opera Orchestra and Chorus ST 3011 PLAY |
![]() Reissue: RSTC 304. Reissued by ReDiscovery. The orchestra and chorus perform with facility. The stereo recording was made in Vienna and is well-engineered. —Tape Recording The variety of tunefulness and sparkling scoring in these works will be a revelation in itself to many listeners, while the unflagging gusto with which they are projected and the electrical atmosphere captured in the boldly expansive recording are as irresistible as the catchy music. —High Fidelity |
Around
the World in 80 Days Hans Hagen / Omega Orchestra ST 3012 PLAY |
![]() ![]() Reissue: SST 827, STF 4004. See also ST 59 above. The orchestra seems smaller and, though perhaps not as colossal in sound as the Bel Canto recording, comes up with a less smothering effect. The good arrangements and method of presentation caused me to prefer this tape. —Tape Recording Around the World part one / Passepartout / Paris Arrival / Sky Symphony / Invitation to a Bull Fight - Entrance of the Bull March / India / Around the World part two / The Pagoda of Pillago - The Temple of Dawn / Around the World / Prarie Sail Car / Land Ho! / Epilogue |
Berlioz:
Symphonie Fantastique Louis Fourestier / Cento Soli Orchestra of Paris ST 3013 PLAY |
![]() Reissue: SST 827, RSTC 304. LP: OSL 9. Reissued on CD by Accord. |
Stravinsky:
Petrouchka Rudolf Albert / Cento Soli Orchestra of Paris ST 3014 PLAY |
![]() Reissue: RSTC 305. LP: OSL 8. Reissued on CD by Accord. |
Leith
Stevens: Destination
Moon Heinz Sandauer / Omega Orchestra ST 3015 PLAY |
![]() LP: OSL 3. Reissued on CD by Citadel. Available on Apple Music and on youtube. Earth / In Outer Space / On the Surface of the Moon / Escape from the Moon / Finale It’s hard to describe this music to anyone…basically it is quiet, roaming, different, out-of-this-world…The various orchestral voices are nicely brought out in stereo reproduction and the engineering of this record is accomplished with polish. —Tape Recording |
Music
for Heavenly Bodies Paul Tanner / Andre Montero and his Orchestra ST 3016 PLAY |
![]() LP: OSL 4. Available on Apple Music. Over the Rainbow / Midnight Sun / The Red Sea of Mars / Lost in the Stars / Medley - Sunrise Serenade/Moonlight Serenade / I Wished on the Moon / Up to Jupiter / Misty Moon Blues / Holiday on Saturn / The Story of a Starry Night / 20th Century Venus / Out of This World |
Bedside
Companion for Playboys ST 3017 |
![]() Sports Car Races / Mickey Mouse Theme / Take the 'A' Train / Dancing on the Ceiling / Island of Desire / Coop Salutes / Return to Paradise / Latin Heat / Limehouse Blues / Laura / Daybreak / Angel Eyes / It Aint Necessarily So / A Visit to a Hindu Monastery |
Franck:
Organ Music Pierre Cochereau ST 3019 |
![]() Reissued on CD by Saga. Fantasie in C Major / Cantabile in B Major / Piece Heroique in B Minor / L'Organiste excerpts (8) |
Backgrounds
for Brando Elmer Bernstein and his Orchestra ST 3020 PLAY |
![]() Reissue: SST 828, STF 4004. Available on youtube. Waxman: Sayonara / Bernstein: On the Waterfront / North: Viva Zapata / Tiomkin: The Men / Loesser: Guys and Dolls / North: A Streetcar Named Desire / Chaplin: Teahouse of the August Moon / Newman: Desiree / Rózsa: Julius Caesar / Stevens: The Wild One The orchestra which Bernstein conducts is composed of 44 of Hollywood’s top musicians both in the jazz and classical fields. Recorded at the Capitol Tower in Hollywood the fidelity is excellent and the stereo reproduction tastefully executed. —Tape Recording The scores which are written to heighten emotion, when deprived of visual aid, seem afterward on record and tape pretty pale…Mr B and the orchestra play exceptionally well, and the sound is quite good. —HiFi/Stereo Review |
Champagne
Music for Dancing Lloyd Mumm and his Starlight Roof Orchestra ST 3026 |
Unconfirmed. |
The
Music Man Thomas M Davis / Hollywood Radio City Orchestra and Singers ST 3033 PLAY |
![]() Reissue: SST 825, STF 4o18. Available on Apple Music. Overture / Rock Island / Ya Got Trouble / Goodnight My Someone / 76 Trombones / Pick-a-Little Talk-a-Little - Goodnight Ladies / Marian the Librarian / Wells Fargo Wagon / Shipoopi / Lida Rose - Will I Ever Tell You? / Gary Indiana / Till There Was You The two young soloists are members of Tennessee Ernie Ford’s TV and radio shows…The reproduction is full range with good balance between soloists and orchestra. —Tape Recording |
Flamenco Lina Linares / Los Galindos ST 5017 PLAY |
![]() Goditano Mio / Farruco Linares Minero / Pasadoble das Cruces / Bolero Eso Es Tango / Guaracha En el Mundo / Pasodoble Que Basion / Cordobessa / Pasodoble Rosita Donde Estas / Farruca |
Antheil:
Ballet Mecanique Robert Craft / Los Angeles Contemporary Music Ensemble ST 6009 PLAY |
![]() Reissued on CD by ReDiscovery. |