LPH 049 - Greatest Hits of the Earth (Vol. 1) (1956-80s)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2016; #049
- first posted at LPH in 2009 without tracks 7+14 and without cat. #]


tracklist:

01. Karna Ram Bhil - Air de flûte (Rajasthan 1976)
02. Afunakwa - Lullaby (Baegu music) (Solomon Island 1969)
03. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Excerpt from Ya Mohammad Bula Lo (Pakistan 1980)
04. Anonymous (Somba) - Song for Grinding Karite Nuts (Benin 1974)
05. Anonymous (Aka Pygmies) - Appel de Chasse (mogombi) (Central Africa 1973)
06. Lee Perry - Bird in Hand (Jamaica 1977)
07. Zsigmond Tuka - Házunk Elött Egy Rózsafa (Hungary ca. 1977)
08. Gheorghe Zamfir - Doina d'Adieu pour un ami (Romania ca. 1970)
09. Choong-Koong-le-Militaire - Noo Toong Toong (Vietnam 1958)
10. The Chieftains - Dochas (Ireland 1977)
11. Flutists of Gramshi - Concert of Sheperd's Flutes (Albania 1979-80)
12. Anonymous (Les Dogon) - Salut Dogon (Mali 1956)
13. Anonymous (Les Dogon) - Le Rhombe (Mali 1956)
14. Kammu Khan - Solo et Duo de Guimbarde (Rajasthan, India 1977-82)
15. Anonymous (Baka Pygmies) - Water drum (Cameroon 1975)

total time: 52'01


Tracklist by journalist and radio man Karl Lippegaus from his book 'Die Stille im Kopf' / 'Silence in the Head' (Nieswand 1991, pp. 178/179) - incl. the title and cover pick!
Cover photo by Charles Hamm, taken from Stuart Hamm's 1988 LP "Radio Free Albemuth".
Earthed and assembled by Lucky over many years... finally got them all together.

LPH 048 - Plundermix (1955-98)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2016; #048
- first posted at Border Music + Art of the Mix, 2007]


tracklist:

The Residents - Santa Dog / Fire (1972)
Curtis Lee - Pretty Little Angel Eyes (1961)
Doo Rag - Rectifier (Peel Session) (1994)
Rockers All Stars - Jah Dub (1978)
Chico Buarque - Passaredo (1976)
Ray Martin - Pagan Love Song (1961)
Pierre Bastien - Omajosafir (1998)
Nano Suratno - Galura (Second Version) (1989)
Martin Denny - M'Bira (1958)
The Soul Searchers - We the People (1972)
The Beginning of the End - Funky Nassau Part 2 (1971)
Herbie Nichols Trio - Hangover Triangle (1955)
Gary Windo + Robert Wyatt - Now is the Time (1976)
News from Babel - Dragon at the Core (1986)
Gamelan Kodok Ngorek - Kangdjeng Kyahi Keboganggang (1972)

total time: 65'49


Originally conceived + plundered by Lucky, 2007.
Re-plundered + assembled in 2016.
Cover photo by Swiss artist Hans-Rudolf Lutz (used by UnknownmiX for the "Domina Dea" CD).
Dedicated to fellow blogger MoogPower.

LPH 047 - Go Lucky Go - Music for Lucky Fellas (1975-2008)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2016; #047]


tracklist:

(1975) Ivor Cutler - Gee Amn't I Lucky
(1984) The Melody Four - Mr. Lucky
(1990) Elton Dean, Paul Rutherford, Paul Rogers, Nigel Morris - Third Time Lucky
(1991) Chockshut - Lucky Can
(1993) John Schneider - You Lucky Women (from Harry Partch's "Barstow")
(1994) Lol Coxhill + Pat Thomas - Lucky's Dream
(1995) Terry Adams - I Feel Lucky
(1996) Phillipp Johnston - Got Lucky
(1996) Zeena Parkins - Lucky
(1998) Marty Ehrlich, Michael Formanek, Peter Erskine - Lucky Life
(1999) Ballin' the Jack - Happy Go Lucky Local
(2001) Di Naye Kapelye - A Mazeldiker Yid (A Lucky Jew)
(2002) Steve Bernstein + Sam Rivers Trio - Lucky
(2003) John Greaves, Sophia Domancich, Vincent Courtois - A Lucky Day
(2006) Noël Akchoté - I Should Be So Lucky
(2007) Interference Sardines - Pas Lucky
(2008) Cosa Brava - Lucky Thirteen

total time: 77'32


Went by Lucky.
Cover by Lucky.
Dedicated to all dedicated music bloggers out there.
I guess we're lucky to be here...

LPH 046 - Lucky's Goat Music (1927-2010)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2016; #046]


tracklist:

(1927) Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers (USA) - Billy Goat Stomp
(1940s) George Barnes (USA) - Afternoon of a Billy Goat
(1955) Luiz Gonzaga (Brazil) - Cabra da Peste (Goat Plague)
(1956) James MacColl (Scotland) - The Goat Herd + The Irish Washerwoman (medley)
(1962) Alfred Codallo's Orchestra (Caribbean, Lomax) - Ram Goat Baptism
(1962) Unknown girls (Caribbean, Lomax) - Mister Ram Goat-O
(1963) Jackson do Pandeiro + Almira (Brazil) - Cabra feliz (Happy goat)
(1963) Robert Mellin (UK) + Gian Piero Reverberi (Italy) - Wild Goats
(1966) Trio Nordestino (Brazil) - Cabra mole (Soft goat)
(1967) Unknown boy (Hungary) - Kecsketanc (Goat Dance)
(1978) Horace Tapscott (USA) - The Goat and Ram Jam
(1980) Pere Ubu (USA) - Misery Goats
(1980) Snakefinger (UK) - Golden Goat
(1981) Tom Willie (Kewakhalis, Kwakiutl, USA) - Mountain Goat Song
(1982) Larry Marshall (Jamaica) - Nanny Goat (King Tubby)
(1982) Tom Cora + David Moss (USA) - The Goat Explains the Can
(1990) U Totem (USA) - The Judas Goat
(1992) Ion Albesteanu (Romania) - La chevre (The Goat)
(2006) Acholi (Uganda) - Nyok Dyel (The Goat)
(2008) Kasai All-Stars (Congo) - Drowning Goat (Mbuji-Mayi)
(2010) Griff (Belgium) - How Many Goats?

total time: 77'59


Goated by Lucky.
Cover by Lucky.
Dedicated to all Goatees.

LPH 045 - Sleigh Ride

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2016; #045]


25 versions of "Sleigh Ride" by Leroy Anderson.


tracklist:

01. Leroy Anderson
02. Al Caiola + Riz Ortolani
03. Ethel Smith
04. Lenny Dee
05. The Ventures
06. The Spotnicks
07. Karmin
08. Béla Fleck
09. Bing Crosby
10. The Ronettes
11. The Soulful Strings
12. Art Pepper Quintet
13. Ferrante + Teicher
14. Ella Fitzgerald
15. The Three Suns
16. The Avalanches
17. Don Baker Trio
18. Earth Wind and Fire
19. Arthur Lyman
20. Bert Kaempfert
21. Spike Jones
22. Ron Goodwin
23. The Andrew Sisters
24. Werner Müller
25. Ray Conniff

total time: 70'57


Compilation idea by my son.
Sleighed by Lucky Jr. + Sr. from the vaults of Lucky Sr.
A Lucky family joint-venture.
Dedicated to my son.

LPH 044 - Les Paul + Mary Ford - The Multi-Track Recordings (1947-56)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2015; #044]


tracklist:

#1
01. Brazil
02. What is This Thing Called Love
03. Hip Billy Boogie
04. By the Light of the Silvery Moon
05. Lover
06. Caravan
07. Swiss Woodpecker
08. The Man on the Flying Trapeze
09. Lonesome Road
10. I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
11. Nola
12. Jealous
13. Dry My Tears
14. Cryin'
15. Goofus
16. Tennessee Waltz
17. Little Rock Getaway
18. Mockin' Bird Hill
19. Chicken Reel
20. How High the Moon
21. Walkin' and Whistlin' Blues
22. I Wish I'd Never Seen Sunshine
23. Josephine
24. The World is Waiting for the Sunrise
25. Whispering

#2
01. Just One More Chance
02. Jazz Me Blues
03. Jingle Bells
04. Silent Night
05. In the Good Old Summertime
06. La Rosita
07. The Moon of Manakoora
08. Three Little Words
09. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
10. Tiger Rag
11. It's A Lonesome Old Town (When You're Not Around)
12. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
13. Carioca
14. Smoke Rings
15. Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me
16. Meet Mister Callaghan
17. My Baby's Comin' Home
18. Lady of Spain
19. Wabash Blues
20. Bye Bye Blues
21. Blues Stay Away from Me
22. Deep in the Blues
23. St Louis Blues
24. Mammy's Boogie
25. Frankie and Johnnie
26. Don't Cry, Baby
27. I'm Sitting on Top of the World
28. Sleep

#3
01. Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You)
02. Johnny is the Boy for Me
03. Don't Cha Hear Them Bells
04. The Kangaroo
05. Jungle Bells (Dingo-Dongo-Day)
06. White Christmas
07. I Really Don't Want to Know
08. South
09. I'm a Fool to Care
10. Auctioneer (I'll Buy That Dream)
11. Whither Thou Goest
12. Mandolino
13. Santa Claus is Coming to Town
14. Mister Sandman
15. That's What I Like
16. I Need You Now
17. The Things I Didn't Do
18. Someday, Sweetheart
19. Song in Blue
20. Hummingbird
21. Goodbye My Love, Goodbye
22. Amukiriki (The Lord Willing)

#4
01. Magic Melodie
02. Texas Lady
03. Alabamy Bound
04. Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
05. Falling in Love with Love
06. On the Sunny Side of the Street
07. Just One of Those Things
08. Twelfth Street Rag
09. Lies
10. Turista
11. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
12. Nuevo Laredo
13. The Best Things in Life Are Free
14. Moritat - Theme from Three Penny Opera
15. Some of These Days
16. Tico, Tico
17. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
18. Dangerous Curves
19. I'm Movin' On
20. Farewell (For Just Awhile)
21. Say the Words I Love to Hear
22. Send Me Some Money
23. Cimarron (Roll On)
24. San Antonio Rose
25. Running Wild
26. Blow the Smoke Away
27. Cinco Robles (Five Oaks)
28. Ro-Ro-Robinson

total time: 240'36


Tracked by Lucky.
Thanks to Karl Lippegaus + Holger Czukay in the first place.

"One of the most important figures in the development of the electric guitar and studio recording techniques. Les Paul worked as a professional musician from his late teens, and was leading his own trio in New York City by the age of 21. After serving with Armed Forces Radio in World War Two, he became a staff musician with NBC radio in Los Angeles. His experimentation with guitars became a frenzy in the late 1940s, building the first solid-body electric guitar in 1946 and releasing a six-way overdub, "Lover," which became a hit for Capitol, as did its flip side, "Brazil." Les Paul's sound was like nothing before it: fast, multi-layered, and deep.

He married the singer Mary Ford (born Colleen Somerset) in 1949, and together they recorded some of the biggest hits of the 1950s: "How High the Moon," "Vaya con Dios," "The World is Waiting for the Sunrise," and "Mockin' Bird Hill." He overdubbed both his guitar work and her vocals, working almost exclusively in his home studio, using an 8-track tape deck he designed and built himself. Paul was a perfectionist, and his recordings sound better today than almost anything coming from major label studios of the same period. In fact, the legendary sound engineer Tom Dowd credited Les Paul for inspiring Atlantic Records to purchase one of the first commercially-produced 8-track recorders, on which many of the label's best-known records were recorded.

Paul and Ford divorced in 1963, and he retired from recording except for an occasional appearance. He cut a solo (overdub) album for London, "Les Paul Now," in 1968, and a collaboration with Chet Atkins in 1976. He returned to live work in 1984, appearing with a trio in New York City jazz clubs. In 1988, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his influence as a player and engineer. He continued to perform live once at weekly, usually at the Iridium Club in Manhattan. [...]"

(from The Space Age Pop Music site)

LPH 043 - Compilation for my wife's birthday (1956-2008)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2015; #043]


tracklist:

(1956) The Robins - Out of the Picture
(1956) The Suburbans - I Remember
(1958) Bo Diddley - Diddy Wah Diddy
(1958) Martin Denny - Buddhist Bells
(1959) Charles Mingus - Self-Portrait in Three Colors
(1959) The Royal Holidays - Down in Cuba
(1962) Esquivel - La Paloma
(1967) Al Caiola + Riz Ortolani - Holiday on Skis
(1971) Carla Bley + Paul Haines - Why
(1979) Lydia Lunch - Lady Scarface
(1980) Chico Buarque - Eu te amo
(1983) Kip Hanrahan Ensemble - What is This Dance, Anyway?
(1984) Guigou Chenevier + Sophie Jausserand - Femmes d'Interieur / Femmes d'Exterieur
(1984) Paolo Conte - Come-di
(1985) Steve Beresford - Back in Cincinnatti
(1985) Steve Beresford - I Was There
(1987) Fish and Roses - The Letter
(1987) Pere Ubu - Busman's Honeymoon
(1989) Guy Klucevsek - Carmen's Fantasy 2
(1996) Battista Lena - Ferie di Agosto
(1996) Don Byron - Siberian Sleighride
(1998) Pram - Sleepy Sweet
(2007) Rodrigo Lessa - Ponto de bala
(2008) Mariana Sadovska + Borderland - Drinking Song

total time: 78'52


Celebrated by Lucky for his wife.
Cover: Clark Gable, from the 'Gable: The Ties That Bind' blog.

LPH 042 - Lucky Three Minutes (1942-2007)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2015; #042]


A compilation of 3-minute-songs.


tracklist:

(1942) Washboard Sam - Ain't That a Shame
(1958) Johnny Guitar Watson - Broke and Lonely
(1960) Eugene Church - Good News
(1962) The Peanuts - Futari No Kougen
(1963) The Lively Ones - Shootin' the Pier
(1964) Colette Magny - Richard II Quarante
(1968) Robert Wyatt - Slow Walkin' Talk
(1970) Lee Dorsey - Who's Gonna Help Brother Get Further
(1972) Can - A Swan is Born
(1972) Dr. John - Little Liza Jane
(1976) U-Roy - If You Should Leave Me
(1979) Snakefinger - Who is the Culprit and Who is the Victim
(1980) Young Marble Giants - Loop the Loop
(1981) Lars Hollmer - 180 sekunder hemma
(1989) Kazuko Hohki - Rain on the Railway Line
(1989) Nimal - Maligne
(1995) God is My Co-Pilot - Pocketful of Sugar
(1998) Albert Marcœur - C'est pas l'moment
(1998) Peter Blegvad - Scarred for Life
(2000) The Worlds of Love - Slippers On
(2001) Hamster Theatre - Vang Vang
(2003) The Mekons - Work All Week
(2005) Russian-German Composers Quartet - Dondo
(2007) Pascal Comelade - The Halucinogenic Espontex Sinfonia

total time: 70'43


Minuted by Lucky.
Dedicated to Mr. Peel.

LPH 041 - Square Music for Hip People (1934-2008)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2015; #041]


tracklist:

(1934) Comedian Harmonists - Mein kleiner grüner Kaktus
(1952) Carolina Cotton - Nola
(1958) The Coasters - Yakety Yak
(1959) Leroy Anderson - The Typewriter
(1961) Bob Moore - Hot Spot
(1961) Curtis Lee - Pretty Little Angel Eyes
(1962) Dean Elliott - The Lonesome Road
(1962) Esquivel - La Raspa
(1964) Henry Mancini - The Pink Panther Theme
(1966) Nelson Riddle - Batman Theme
(1967) Die Peanuts - Zuckersuess wie Ananas
(1968) The Small Choir of St Brandon's School - Bright Eyes
(1971) Dr. John - Iko Iko
(1972) Wum's Gesang (Loriot) - Ich bin ein kleiner Hund
(1972) Wum's Gesang - Ich wuensch' mir 'ne kleine Miezekatze
(1977) Pipes and Drums of the 48th Highlanders of Canada - Medley
(1983) Herbie Hancock - Rockit
(1993) Don Byron - Frailach Jamboree
(2003) Shirim Klezmer Orchestra - Did You Hear of Boychick Pincus?
(2004) Fritz Mayr - Bi-Ba-Butzemann
(2008) AIRtist - Bummer

total time: 56'55


Squared by Lucky Jr. + Lucky Sr.
Dedicated to my son.

LPH 040 - Poinciana (1944-64)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2015; #040]


"'Poinciana' is a song to music by Nat Simon and lyrics by Buddy Bernier written in 1936.
The tune is based on a Cuban folk tune 'La canción del árbol' ('The song of the tree'). The poinciana tree itself, delonix regia, is a tree introduced to Cuba from Madagascar." (Wikipedia)



tracklist:

Volume 1 (1944-1958)
(1944) Len Camber + Geraldo and his Orchestra
(1947) Frank Sinatra
(1948) George Shearing Trio
(1953) Gerry Mulligan Quartet feat Chet Baker
(1954) Olavi Virta
(1955) Dominic Frontiere Sextet
(1955) Ethel Smith
(1955) The Smith-Glamann Quintet
(1956) Candido Camero with Al Cohn + Joe Puma
(1956) Fernand Verstraete
(1956) Ferrante + Teicher
(1956) Gilbert Le Roy
(1956) Kenny Graham's Afro-Cubists
(1956) Lennie Niehaus Quintet
(1956) Les Baxter
(1957) Dick Contino + David Carroll Orchestra
(1957) Eddie Layton
(1958) Ernie Freeman
(1958) Esquivel
(1958) Jerry Murad's Harmonicats
(1958) Tommy Morgan + Warren Barker Orchestra

Volume 2 (1959-1964)
(1959) Frank Hunter
(1959) Henry Mancini
(1959) Jerome Richardson Quartet
(1959) Michel Magne
(1959) Tak Shindo
(1960) Al Caiola
(1960) Buddy Cole
(1960) Carmen Cavallaro
(1961) Booker Ervin Quartet
(1961) Trio Harmonico
(1961) Xavier Cugat
(1962) Percy Faith
(1962) Tino Contreras
(1963) Ahmad Jamal
(1963) Art Van Damme
(1963) Bert Kaempfert
(1963) David Rose + Fabulous Stradivari Strings
(1963) Robert Maxwell
(1964) 50 Guitars of Tommy Garrett
(1964) Arthur Lyman
(1964) Los Ruffino

total time: 139'37


Versioned by Lucky, 2015.
Postcard scan of Poinciana tree in Nassau, Bahamas from "The Deltiology Deity" blog.
Dedicated to Clem, Flynn, Fox and Kennedy.

LPH 039 - Misirlou (1955-2012)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2014; #039]


44 versions of "Misirlou", according to Wikipedia, "a song from the Eastern Mediterranean region" without a definite composer.


tracklist:

#1
(1955) The Cardinals
(1956) John Scott Trotter
(1958) Arthur Lyman
(1958) Korla Pandit
(1958) Tommy Morgan
(1959) Esquivel
(1959) Jan August
(1959) Terry Snyder
(1960) Bob Bain
(1960) Caterina Valente
(1960) Dick Hyman
(1960) Dick Schory
(1960) Gus Vali
(1960) Irv Cottler
(1960) Martin Denny
(1961) David Rose
(1961) Xavier Cugat
(1962) Dick Dale
(1962) Stanley Black
(1962) Vince Guaraldi Trio
(1963) Chubby Checker
(1963) Laurindo Almeida
(1963) The Astronauts
(1965) Terry + The Blue Jeans
(1966) Ronnie Aldrich
(1967) The Devil's Anvil
(1970) George Abdo

#2
(1993) Dick Dale
(1997) The Klezmer Conservatory Band
(2003) Ape
(2004) Alberto Greguoldo
(2004) Pressburger Klezmer Band
(2004) Quadro Nuevo
(2005) Mulo Francel + Evelyn Huber
(2006) Eduardo Paniagua + Jorge Rozemblum
(2007) Trio Alegra
(2008) Almaplana
(2008) Edward Aris
(2009) Los Tiburones
(2010) Daniele Spadavecchia
(2010) Konnexion Balkon
(2011) 2Cellos
(2012) Talila
(2012) Vinicio Capossela

total time: 150'11


Versioned by Lucky, for his own pleasure.
Cover by Lucky.

LPH 038 - Tom Waits 1982-2005

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2014; #038]


tracklist:

(1982) Little Boy Blue (One from the Heart OST)
(1984) Take Care Of All My Children (Streetwise OST)
(1985) What Keeps Mankind Alive (Lost in the Stars, Weill tribute)
(1986) If I Have To Go (Frank's Wild Years, outtake)
(1988) Heigh Ho (Stay Awake, Disney tribute)
(1989) Sea of Love (Sea of Love OST)
(1990) It's Alright with Me (Red Hot + Blue, Cole Porter tribute)
(1991) I'm Not Your Fool Anymore (w/ Teddy Edwards)
(1991) Little Man (w/ Teddy Edwards)
(1992) Brother Can You Spare a Dime? ('Brother, Can You Spare a Dime' Day comp.)
(1992) I'm Crazy 'bout My Baby (American Heart OST, Fats Waller comp.)
(1992) Never Let Go (American Heart OST)
(1996) The Fall of Troy (Dead Man Walking OST)
(1996) Walk Away (Dead Man Walking OST)
(1999) Books Of Moses (Skip Spence tribute)
(1999) It's Over (Liberty Heights OST)
(1999) On the Road (Kerouac tribute)
(1999) Puttin' on the Dog (Liberty Heights OST)
(2000) Helium Reprise (w/ Tin Hat Trio)
(2001) Jayne's Blue Wish (Big Bad Love OST)
(2001) World Keeps Turning (Pollock OST)
(2004) Little Drop of Poison (Shrek 2 OST)
(2005) You Can Never Hold Back Spring (Benigni's The Tiger and the Snow OST)

total time: 78'02


Waitsed by Lucky as a birthday present for a family member fan.
Cover photo by Anton Corbijn.

LPH 037 - Sugar Shock - The Sweets Your Ears Can Follow (1960)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2014; #037]


tracklist:

Bob Rosengarden + Phil Kraus - Bongo Frailich
Bob Thompson - All the Things You Are
Buddy Cole - La Rosita
Carmen Cavallaro - Twilight Time
David Carroll - Petite Fleur
Dick Hyman - Nola
Dick Schory - Stranger in Paradise
Elisabeth Waldo - Chant to the Sun
Enoch Light - What is This Thing Called Love
Esquivel - Similau
Felix Slatkin - A String of Pearls
Ferrante + Teicher - Mine
Franck Pourcel - Romantica
Frank Sinatra - Try a Little Tenderness
Kenyon Hopkins - Lovers
Leo Addeo - Song of India
Leo Diamond - Jungle Drums
Les Baxter - Acapulco
Lew Davies - April in Paris
Milt Raskin - Telani
Morton Gould - Tropical
Robert Drasnin - Desiree
Stanley Black - Embraceable You
Terry Snyder - The Man I Love
The Three Suns - Meet Mr Callaghan

total time: 71'58


Sweetened by Lucky.
Cover art: "The Best Cure", 2007 by JeeYoung Lee.
Dedicated to my belly.

LPH 036 - Beauty/Curio - A Lucky Zorn Mix (1927-2005)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2013; #036]


tracklist:

01. Värttinä - Riena - Anathema (2005)
02. Atrium Musicae de Madrid - Anakrousis (Orestes Stasimo) (1978)
03. Lesiman (Paolo Renosto) - Colloquio (1973)
04. Bert Kaempfert - Lonely Nightingale (1965)
05. Lennie Tristano Trio - Line Up (1955)
06. Beach Boys - Child is Father of the Man (1967)
07. Cyril Scott - Lotus Land (Dennis Hennig) (1991)
08. Bernard Herrmann - The Ghost and Mrs Muir (1947)
09. Asakawa Maki - Other Side of the Flame (1996)
10. Ennio Morricone - Moses Theme (1975)
11. Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Black Root (1971)
12. Henry Purcell - In Nomine in 7 parts (Jordi Savall + Hesperion XX) (1994)
13. Dock Boggs - Danville Girl (1927)
14. Toru Takemitsu + Takahashi Yuji - Pale Flower (1964)
15. Les Baxter - Love Dance (1951)
16. Oscar Peterson Trio + Clark Terry - Mumbles (1964)
17. Jerry Goldsmith - Love Theme from Chinatown (1974)
18. Pete Johnson - Climbin' and Screamin' (1939)
19. Marko Melkon - Asia Minor (1957)
20. U Yee Nwe, Da Yi Yi Thant, U Kyie, U Tin Maung - Prosperous Majesty (1997)
21. Frank Sinatra - Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry (1958)
22. Gurdjieff + de Hartmann - Priere et Desespoir (Alain Kremski) (1988)
23. Albert King - Crosscut Saw (1967)
24. Duke Ellington - Sunset and the Mocking Bird (from The Queen's Suite) (1959)
25. Vince Guaraldi Trio - Linus and Lucy (1964)

total time: 79'28


Beautied by Lucky, mostly following John Zorn's 2 podcasts for FatCat Records, with a few exceptions and replacements.
Cover: Lon Chaney, Sr. in "The Unholy Three" (1930), from Dr. Macro's High Quality Movie Scans.

LPH 035 - The Beresford-Brenner Songbook (1984-94)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2012; #035]


A personal compilation of songs by composer Steve Beresford and lyricist Andrew Brenner. Over a 10-year period this couple produced classic songs in the tradition of Tin Pan Alley or the later Brill Building. Most of them were released on Jean Rochard's French label nato or its subsidiary chabada.


tracklist:

01. You've Become Habitual to Me
CD: The Melody Four - Love Plays Such Funny Games (Chabada, 1984)

02. I Was There
03. Back in Cincinnati
10": Steve Beresford - Eleven Songs for Doris Day (Chabada, 1985)

04. The Melody Four? Si Señor!
10": The Melody Four - The Melody Four? Si Señor! (Chabada, 1985)

05. (To Be Or Not To Be) B. B.
LP: Kazuko Hohki - Chante Brigitte Bardot (Chabada, 1986)

06. Tendance
07. Gift of Linen
08. Cicada
LP: Steve Beresford - Dancing the Line / Anne Marie Beretta (Nato, 1986)

09. Thanks to Minnie
CD: The Melody Four - Hello! We Must Be Going / A Selection of Marx Brothers Goodies (Chabada, 1987)

10. Sandra Tavernier + Steve Beresford - Everybody's Gone Christmas
CD: Joyeux Noël (Nato, 1987)

11. (Let Me Hear That) Cheesy Organ (Play)
12. Sci Fi Hi-Fi
13. Astronaut Girl
CD: The Melody Four - Shopping for Melodies (Chabada 1988)

14. Apprenez le Français avec Trenet
CD: Steve Beresford - L'Extraordinaire Jardin de Charles Trenet (Chabada, 1988)

15. Stationary Moves Me
CD: Steve Beresford - Cue Sheets (Tzadik, 1989)

16. Kazuko Hohki - When it Rains
17. Rain is My Desire
CD: Kazuko Hohki - Love in Rainy Days (Chabada, 1990)

18. Signals for Tea
19. Unremarkable (solo version)
CD: Steve Beresford - Signals for Tea (Avant, 1994)


total time: 79'21

All music composed by Steve Beresford, all lyrics by Andrew Brenner.


Booked by Lucky, 2012.
Cover painting by Pierre Cornuel.

LPH 034 - Lucky's Exotic Hut (1939-95)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2012; #034]


tracklist:

(1939) Carl Stalling - The Good Egg
(1942) Spike Jones - Trailer Annie
(1948) Les Paul - Lover
(1950) Yma Sumac - Xtabay
(1952) Gene Kelly - Singin' in the Rain
(1956) Ferrante + Teicher - Loose Ends Merengue
(1956) John Scott Trotter - Misirlou
(1956) Les Baxter - Havana
(1957) André Popp - Perles de Cristal
(1957) Stanley Wilson - Pinchak Knife Fight (Malaya)
(1957) Webley Edwards - Forbidden Waters (Wai Kapu)
(1958) Arthur Lyman - Taboo
(1958) Martin Denny - Manila
(1958) Serge Gainsbourg - Charleston des demenageurs de piano
(1959) Frank Hunter - White Goddess
(1959) John McFarland - The Chimp and the Bumble Bee
(1959) Russ Garcia - Volcanoes of Mercury
(1960) Milt Raskin - Koko Head
(1960) Robert Drasnin - Voodoo
(1961) Elisabeth Waldo - Dance of the Nustas
(1961) Ray Martin - Flight of the Bumble Bee
(1961) The Ventures - Harlem Nocturne
(1962) Esquivel - La Raspa
(1963) Robert Mellin + Gian Piero Reverberi - The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
(1964) Heinz Kiessling - A La Bonheur
(1964) The Mike Sammes Singers - The Surrey with the Fringe on Top
(1965) Herb Albert + The Tijuana Brass - Spanish Flea
(1995) Willem Breuker Kollektief - The Typewriter

total time: 77'56


Excited by Lucky (made as birthday present for my wife, who requested the last track).
The cover picture is from Les Baxter's album "African Jazz" (1959).
Dedicated to blogger Xtabay, David Shea and David Toop.

LPH 033 - The Psychic Hut Joint-Venture Mix (1956-2011)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2012; #033 - never issued there]


tracklist:

01. Kenny Graham + His Satellites - Utsu (UK 1956)
02. Basil Kirchin - Heart of the North (UK 1966)
03. Peter-Thomas-Sound-Orchester - Starlight Party (Germany 1966)
04. Luboš Fišer - Dense Smoke (Czechoslovakia 1970)
05. Willem Breuker - Dat is toch mogelijk, niet waar (The Netherlands 1974)
06. Wha-ha-ha - Chic Tac (Japan 1981)
07. Oskorri - Oma (Basque Country 1982)
08. Stein (FM Einheit + Ulrike Haage) - Dandy McCabe (Germany 1994)
09. Hendrik Lorenzen - Registro (part 4) (Brasil + Germany 1997)
10. Vanishing Pictures - The 25th Century (Europe 1999)
11. Meret Becker + Alexander Hacke - Baddi (Jiddisches Vogellied) (Germany 2001)
12. Il Gran Teatro Amaro - Beste bat! (Holland 2002)
13. Michael Vogt - Kirke (Germany 2004)
14. Alessandro Bosetti - Laida and Mikel looking for rhymes (Basque Country 2006)
15. Małe Instrumenty - Strachy na lachy (Poland 2009)
16. Sylvia Hallett + Mike Adcock - Try Turning It Upside Down (UK 2010)
17. Guillaume Roy, Vincent Courtois, Claude Tchamitchian - Le Souffle de l'Ivresse (France 2011)

total time: 58'45


Ventured + compiled by gidouille, Godard + Lucky, early 2012.
Made for issue at Lucky Psychic Hut blog, but it never happened.

LPH 032 - Lucky Channels

Channel 1 (74'02) - Avantgarde/Classic



Channel 2 (63'10) - Exotica/Easy Listening



Channel 3 (77'43) - Film Music



Channel 4 (79'14) - Jazz



Channel 5 (79'56) - Popular



Channel 6 (77'29) - World


[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2012; #032 - my last issue on the LPH-blog]


Music channeled by Lucky.
Cover parts from an old postcard of Maison Kammerzell, Strasbourg, ca. 1890-1900 (from the Library of Congress).

A project for open ears.

LPH 031 - More Road Runner Scores 1959-1962

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2012; #031]


Music and sound effects for the Warner Bros. cartoons directed by Chuck Jones.


tracklist:

1. Hot-Rod and Reel! (1959)
2. Wild About Hurry (1959)
3. Fastest with the Mostest (1960)
4. Hopalong Casualty (1960)
5. Zip 'n Snort (1961)
6. Lickety-Splat (1961)
7. Beep Prepared (1961)
8. Adventures of the Road-Runner (1962)
9. Zoom at the Top (1962)

total time: 75'32


Original music composed, orchestrated and conducted by Milt Franklyn (1897-1962).
Sound effects by Tregoweth "Treg" Brown.
Coyote voice by Mel Blanc, 'Road Runner' archive sound by Paul Julian.
Additional voice characterizations on #8 by Dick Beals and Nancy Wible.


Hasted + ripped from the cartoons by Lucky.

"Milton J. Franklyn (September 16, 1897, New York – April 24, 1962, Los Angeles) was a musical composer and arranger who worked on the Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes animated cartoons.

Franklyn moved from New York to Salt Lake City at the age of three, where he went to high school and finished one year at the University of Utah. He was also the state junior tennis champion in Utah for six years. The next two years were spent at the University of California, Berkeley, then he began a term at Pennsylvania University when he was called to service in World War One. Franklyn did not serve overseas; he trained as a naval officer for three months and then the Armistice was signed on November 11, 1918. He returned to Berkeley to finish his education.

As Franklyn could play a number of instruments, he joined a band in San Francisco and for the next few years played at the Palace and St. Francis Hotels. He began his own nine-piece orchestra, known at various times as the Peninsula Band, the Super Soloists, and the Merrimakers, and appeared in San Mateo (1926 to June 1927), where he also owned a music store; San José (1928 to January 1929), where he was Master of Ceremonies and wrote revues for the California Theatre before moving on to Fresno and Oakland. For two years he was emcee with Fanchon and Marco at Fox West Coast in San Diego; musical director and emcee with Paramount Publix Corporation, travelling to Seattle, Denver, Houston and Toledo, and finally worked on the Loew's circuit in Providence, Rhode Island and New York City from 1933 to 1935. Franklyn quit vaudeville to go to Hollywood in 1935 and spent a year doing occasional work.

In early 1936, he joined Warner Bros, as music arranger to Carl Stalling, becoming music director in 1953. The first cartoon with Franklyn credited as a composer was Bugs and Thugs, released in 1954, though Franklyn estimated at the time his 599th cartoon for Warners was Past Perfumance. Franklyn always composed his scores at home early in the morning; he only went to the studio to watch the 30-piece Warner Bros. Orchestra record the music or to view the finished cartoon. Among the songs Franklyn is said to have composed with director Chuck Jones and writer Michael Maltese is The Michigan Rag for the 1955 cartoon One Froggy Evening, featuring Michigan J. Frog. However, the ASCAP database lists only Maltese as the composer. He became the sole composer in 1958 upon Stalling’s retirement. [...]"

(Wikipedia)

LPH 030 - Krtek - Music for the Mole cartoons (1963-71)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2012; #030]


Music for the Mole (czech = Krtek) cartoons of Czech animator Zdeněk Miler (1921-2011).


tracklist:

01. Wiliam Bukový (1932-1968) - Krtek a autíčko (The mole and the car) (1963)
02. Milan Kymlicka (1936-2008) - Krtek a raketa (The mole and the rocket) (1966)
03. Luboš Fišer (1935-1999) - Krtek a tranzistor (The mole and the radio) (1968)
04. Miloš Vacek (1928-2012) - Krtek a žvýkačka (The mole and the chewing gum) (1969)
05. Miloš Vacek - Krtek a zelená hvězda (The mole and the green star) (1969)
06. Miloš Vacek - Krtek v zoo (The mole in the zoo) (1969)
07. Miloš Vacek - Krtek zahradníkem (The mole as gardener) (1969)
08. Miloš Vacek - Krtek a ježek (The mole and the hedgehog) (1970)
09. Miloš Vacek - Krtek a lízátko (The mole and the lollipop) (1970)

+ bonus - Miloš Vacek - Krtek a paraplicko (The mole and the umbrella) (1971)

total time: 82'26


Dug and extracted from the cartoons by Lucky.

"The Mole (in the Czech original called Krtek, or Krteček (little mole); Slovak Krtko; German Der kleine Maulwurf; Hungarian Kisvakond; Polish Krecik; Finnish Myyrä) is an animated character in a series of cartoons, created by Czech animator Zdeněk Miler.

It was first to be seen in 1956 in Prague, when Miler wanted to create a children's cartoon about how flax is processed. He wanted a strong Disney-influence to the cartoon by choosing an animal for the leading role, and decided to pick a mole after stumbling over a molehill during a walk. The first film called "Jak krtek ke kalhotkám přišel" ("How the mole got his pants") was released in 1956, and the cute main character won itself an enormous popularity in many Eastern European countries as well as Germany, Austria, India and China. Production for further episodes started in 1963 and since then, around 50 episodes have been created.

The first episode of the cartoon was narrated, but Miler wanted the cartoon to be understood in every country of the world, so he decided to use his daughters as voice actors, reducing the speech to short non-figurative exclamations in order to express the mole's feelings and world perception. They also became the bottleneck of the creation process as they were the ones who got to see the whole film first, thus Miler was able to decide whether the message of the movie was able to get to children or not. [...]"

"Music plays an important role in the cartoons, since the characters almost never utter more than emotional sounds, the most common of which is "Hello!". The original series' music uses acoustic and electric musical instruments, rather than synthesized ones."

(info from Wikipedia)

LPH 029 - The Collage in Music (1952-97)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2012; #029
- first posted @ Border Music and Art of the Mix, 2007]


tracklist:

(1952-60) André Hodeir - Jazz et Jazz
(1961) James Tenney - Collage #1 (’Blue Suede’)
(1966) The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows
(1967) The Mothers of Invention - Brown Shoes Don’t Make It
(1975) Tom Zé - Toc
(1976) The Residents - Swastikas on Parade (extract)
(1987) Christian Marclay (plays with the records of) - Jimi Hendrix
(1987) M.A.R.R.S. - Pump Up the Volume (Radio Edit)
(1989) Negativland - The Perfect Cut (Rooty Poops)
(1993) Dave Soldier - Matarile
(1993) John Oswald - Blur (extract)
(1994) Bob Ostertag - The Man in the Blue Slip (extract) 
(1994) David Shea - Screwy Squirrel
(1994) Milk Cult - Urine, the Money
(1995) Django Bates - New York, New York
(1997) David Slusser - Hip Replacement
(1997) Rik Rue - More Than Less

total time: 68'44


Collaged by Lucky.
Cover art from Max Ernst’s collage novel "La femme 100 têtes", 1929.
Dedicated to German music journalist Karl Lippegaus, who made a radio program on this subject in the late 1990's, where he presented most of the featured tracks.

"As technology allowed more sophisticated manipulation of sound in the studio, musique concrète evolved towards cut-up, collage and montage techniques that mixed found sounds and electronic sounds (and sometimes conventional instruments). The musical score did not disappear, but became the music itself. Musique concrète moved, de facto, closer to the aesthetics of jazz and rock music, in which the composer 'is' the performer. [...]"

(Piero Scaruffi)


See also Chris Cutler’s article about "Plunderphonia" at his homepage.


Audio collages on the web:
- Detritus.net
- Some Assembly Required
- Ubuweb

LPH 028 - People in Front of Groups (1955-72)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2011; #028]


Easy-listening bandleaders and their music.


tracklist:

(1955) Les Baxter - Simba
(1956) Ray Conniff - Wagon Wheels
(1957) Stanley Wilson - Pinchak Knife Fight (Malaya)
(1958) Stan Kenton - Machito
(1959) Esquivel - Fantasy
(1960) Robert Drasnin - Voodoo
(1961) Bob Moore - Hot Spot
(1962) Bert Kaempfert - Mexican Road
(1963) Laurie Johnson - Twango
(1964) The Mike Sammes Singers - The Surrey With the Fringe on Top
(1965) Herb Alpert + The Tijuana Brass - Spanish Flea
(1966) Marie France + Peter Thomas Sound Orchester - Monster
(1967) Brigitte Bardot + Serge Gainsbourg - Bonnie and Clyde
(1968) 101 Strings - Re-Entry to Mog
(1969) Walter Wanderley - Baião da Garoa
(1970) Les Reed Orchestra - Man of Action
(1971) Burt Bacharach - Wives and Lovers
(1972) Antonio Carlos Jobim + Claus Ogerman - Matita Perê

total time: 58'12


Fronted by Lucky.
Cover source photo from a 1971/72 Telefunken product catalog, taken from Wegavisions HiFi Archiv.
Dedicated to Xtabay.

LPH 027 - Ferrante and Teicher - Prepared Pianos (1953-60)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2011; #027]


Arthur Ferrante (1921-2009): piano
Louis Teicher (1924-2008): piano


tracklist:

01. Caravan (Juan Tizol)
02. Flight of the Bumble Bee (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov)
03. Tabu (Margarita Lecuona)
04. That Old Black Magic (Harold Arlen)
05. Sleigh Ride (Leroy Anderson)
06. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Johnny Marks)
07. The First Nowell (trad.)
08. Mississippi Boogie (Ferrante, Teicher)
09. Man from Mars (Ferrante, Teicher)
10. Baja (Ary Barroso)
11. Dark Eyes (Florian Herrmann)
12. Brazil (Ary Barroso)
13. Poinciana (Nat Simon)
14. Mama Yo Quero (Al Stillman)
15. Tico-Tico (Abreu, Drake, Oliviera)
16. Mexican Hat Dance (Jesús González Rubio)
17. The Moon Was Yellow (Fred E. Ahlert)
18. Over the Rainbow (Harold Arlen)
19. Out of this World (Harold Arlen)
20. Serenade to a Star (Ferrante, Teicher)
21. Beyond the Blue Horizon (Richard A. Whiting, W. Franke Harling)
22. Yesterdays (Jerome Kern)
23. Chopstick Cha Cha (Ferrante, Teicher)
24. In the Rain (Ferrante, Teicher)
25. Bye Bye Blues (David Bennett, Fred Hamm)
26. Hurdy Gurdy (Ferrante, Teicher)
27. Blue Skies (Irving Berlin)
28. They Can't Take That Away From Me (George Gershwin)
29. Echo Canyon (Ferrante, Teicher)
30. Liza (George Gershwin)

total time: 77'32


Prepaired by Lucky, 2011.
Dedicated to Christian Marclay.

Sources:
1-4 from 'Hi-Fireworks' (Columbia 1953);
5-7 from 'Adventure in Carols' (Westminster 1955);
8-11 from 'Soundproof' (mono) (Westminster 1956);
12-16 from 'Soundproof' (stereo) (Westminster 1956) - the stereo version of 'Soundblast' (mono) (Westminster 1956);
17-20 from 'Heavenly Sound in Hi-Fi' (ABC 1957);
21-22 from 'Ferrante & Teicher with Percussion' (ABC 1958);
23-26 from 'Blast Off'! (ABC 1959);
27-30 from 'Dynamic Twin Pianos' (United Artists 1960).

Cover photo from the Official Ferrante and Teicher homepage.

"Ferrante & Teicher's work falls into two categories: prepared piano works and easy listening. After meeting as students, and then working as teachers, at Juilliard, they began to perform as a duo, primarily with classical groups, in 1946. They became a popular act on the "pops" symphony circuit. At the same time, they began experimenting with modifications to pianos, inserting objects into the stringbed, playing on the stringbed, striking keys or strings with blocks, and generally striving to figure out how to get the strangest possible sounds. Working before the first synthesizer, they succeeded in producing outworldly, almost electronic sounds. The pair described this musical transition:

    ... it was while teaching that we began experimenting and creating new material for two pianos. For novelty numbers we stuffed wads of paper, sticks, rubber stops, masonite strings, cardboard wedges, and sandpaper into the pianos conjuring up weird effects (a la [John] Cage) resembling gongs, castanets, drums, xylophone, and harpsichord. Though we have gradually dropped many of these gimmicks, we fell that we have developed a musical style, and undoubtedly play in a manner that makes some former colleagues at Juilliard wince a bit.

People who associate F&T with their easy listening music are often startled to hear their prepared piano works. There is nothing quite like them in the annals of recorded sounds. [...]

Aside from a few very early albums of classical pieces, most of their albums up to about 1961, however, are entirely comprised of prepared piano pieces. However innovative and exciting this work was, however, it was tough to translate into commercial success. Their concerts were as likely to be held in gymnasiums, churches, cafeterias, and ballparks, as in concert halls. Much of what they earned went into new motors for their delivery truck. "If our wives hadn't worked," Teicher once said, "we never could have survived."

After joining United Artists in 1960, they added an orchestral accompaniment (usually arranged by Don Costa and conducted by Nick Perito) and quickly abandoned fiddling with their pianos. [...]

You can safely skip virtually everything recorded from the early United Artists LP, "Pianos in Paradise" on, though, unless you need a Muzak fix. The one prominent exception to this advice, however, is their best-selling album, Midnight Cowboy, which gained a lot of attention for its prominent use of Vinnie Bell's "watery" guitar effects. For most Space Age Pop fans, the prepared piano albums are the ones to seek out. [...]"

(from The Space Age Pop Music Page)

LPH 026 - World of L-musique (1973-2009)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2011; #026]

"Legere Idee: die Regel" - palindrome by Anton Bruhin

tracklist:

01. Lesiman (Paolo Renosto) - Contatto Umano (1973)
02. Lifetones - Travelling (1983)
03. Arto Lindsay - Alisa (1984)
04. Magnus Lindberg - Ur (abridged) (1986)
05. Robert M. Lepage - Le Sourire de la Jaconde (1992)
06. Joëlle Léandre - Hommage à J... (1994)
07. Battista Lena - Ferie di Agosto (1996)
08. Steve Lacy Trio - Pï-Pande (1996)
09. London Improvisers Orchestra - Ellington 100 (Strayhorn 85) (1999)
10. Romero Lubambo + Herbie Mann - Dipper Mouth (2002)
11. Rodrigo Lessa - Ponto de bala (2007)
12. Mimmo Locasciulli - Il bambino e il destino (2009)

total time: 62'02


L'ed by Lucky.
Cover art by my son.
Design by Lucky (with a big nod to Ornette's 'Empty Foxhole').
Dedicated to 'World of M'.

LPH 025 - Chicken² Skin Music (1939-2005)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2011; #025 - posted first at Border Music, 2007]


tracklist:

1. “Siberian Sleighride” (Raymond Scott)
a. Raymond Scott Quintette, 1939
b. Don Byron, 1996

2. “Bakiff” (Juan Tizol)
a. Duke Ellington Orchestra, 1941
b. Louis Sclavis Sextet, 1991

3. “Tin Tin Deo” (Luciano "Chano" Pozo Gonzales, Walter "Gil" Fuller)
a. Dizzy Gillespie Sextet, 1951
b. Roy Nathanson Quartet, 1990

4. “I Love You a Thousand Ways” (Lefty Frizzell, Jim Beck)
a. Lefty Frizzell, 1951
b. Barbara Manning, 1992

5. “Directly From My Heart to You” (Richard Wayne Penniman)
a. Little Richard + Johnny Otis Band, 1953
b. The Mothers of Invention, 1969

6. “Interplanetary Music” (Sun Ra)
a. Sun Ra + His Solar Arkestra, 1958
b. General Strike, 1982

7. “Open Letter To Duke” (Charles Mingus)
a. Charles Mingus, 1959
b. Bobby Previte / Hal Willner, 1992

8. “If 6 Was 9″ (Jimi Hendrix)
a. The Jimi Hendrix Experience, 1967
b. Spanish Fly, 1993

9. “The Sad Skinhead” (Faust)
a. Faust, 1973
b. Pascal Comelade, 1992

10. "Eu te amo" (Tom Jobim, Chico Buarque)*
a. Chico Buarque, 1980
b. Chico Mello, 2005

11. “Ao Velho Pedro” (Paulo Moura)
a. Paulo Moura, 1986
b. Clusone 3, 1991

total time: 80'00


Skinned by Lucky for Border Music in 2007, exc. *10, which is an additional pair.

“Goosebumps are in the first place a reaction to cold. The autonomic nervous system excites the muscles in the hair follicles, and they contract in order to erect the hairs. Furry animals can thus make their fur more fluffy, which improves the conservation of body heat.

Goosebumps are at the same time an indicator of emotional arousal. In scary situations the errected fur of a furry animal makes it look bigger and helps to impress an adversary. Curiously enough, we show goosebumps also in response to pleasant stimuli. When listening to emotionally moving music or viewing romantic movie scences, comforting chills go up our spine. The music industry advertises ‘goosebump music’ (…).”

(University Kiel, Germany)

LPH 024 - Henry Mancini - Hank's Other Tunes (1957-82)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2011; #024]


tracklist:

01. Moon of Manakoora (The Sounds and Voices of Henry Mancini, 1957)
02. Background to Murder (Touch of Evil, 1958)
03. Tipsy (Mr. Lucky, 1959)
04. Bijou (The Mancini Touch, 1960)
05. Lujon (Mr. Lucky Goes Latin, 1961)
06. The Sounds of Hatari (Hatari!, 1961)
07. Village Party (Bachelor in Paradise, 1961)
08. Cream Puff (instrumental) (Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation, 1962)
09. Barn Swallow (Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation, 1962)
10. Final Out at Candlestick Park (Experiment in Terror, 1962)
11. The Hot Canary (Uniquely Mancini, 1963)
12. Mambo Parisienne (Charade, 1963)
13. Shades of Sennett (The Pink Panther, 1963)
14. Senor Peter Gunn (The Latin Sound of Henry Mancini, 1965)
15. Tarantella Mozzarella (What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?, 1966)
16. The Chaser (Two for the Road, 1967)
17. The Doll Again (Wait Until Dark, 1967)
18. Theme from 'The White Dawn' (The White Dawn, 1974)
19. The White Dawn Suite (The White Dawn, 1974)
20. Cat and Mouse (Victor / Victoria, 1982)

total time: 70'14

All tunes composed by Henry Mancini, exc. 1 by Alfred Newman.


Hanked by Lucky.
Source photo for cover from Mornings on Maple Street (l to r: Henry Mancini, Craig Stevens and Lola Albright, working on the music to the TV-series 'Peter Gunn'):
Orchestra photo from the booklet of the 3-CD-box 'The Days of Wine and Roses' (RCA/BMG 1995).

"Mancini was probably the most successful film composer of his time. Between 1958 and 1964, Mancini so dominated the television and film music scene that everything else seemed to be either an attempt to clone his sound or a reaction against it. The secret to his success was simple, though: he wrote catchy tunes. If you set aside Mancini's hit tunes like "Peter Gunn" and "Moon River," you find music that's not dramatically different from, say, Elmer Bernstein's. Nelson Riddle once quipped, though, that he'd take the royalties from one Mancini song over everything he'd ever earned on his own arrangements.

Mancini was raised in the mill town of West Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. His father taught him the flute and piccolo, and after some initial resistance, gave him perhaps his biggest break ever by setting him up with lessons from Max Adkins. Adkins, a Pittsburgh concertmaster and jazz fan, was a major influence on local musicians, and among Mancini's fellow students were the great Billy Strayhorn and Joshua Feldman (later known as Jerry Fielding). Adkins encouraged Mancini's efforts and even introduced him to Benny Goodman as a potential arranger for Goodman's band. After graduating from high school, he decided to study music, and he attended the Carnegie Institute of Technology and later went to Juilliard in New York City. Among his jobs while attending Juilliard was ghosting for pianist and bandleader Vincent Lopez.

Drafted into the Army in World War Two, Mancini was able get switched from infantry to band and worked with singer Tony Martin and others. He also made connections with Glenn Miller's Army Air Corps band, although he did not serve with them. After the war, though, he was hired as a pianist and arranger by Tex Beneke, who was leading the Miller band on behalf of Miller's widow. In 1947, Mancini married Ginny O'Connor, a singer with the Miller band, who'd previously worked with Mel Torme's vocal group, the Mellolarks, and the couple settled in Los Angeles.

Mancini spent the next few years scraping by as a free-lance arranger and musician. He worked on radio shows, played in studio sessions, and took on the odd orchestration or conducting job. He even provided music for Billy Barty's vaudeville act. He hooked up with choreographer Nick Castle and provided backing arrangement for the nightclub acts of numerous Hollywood singers and actors. One such job led to his publishing the tune, "Soft Shoe Boogie" and earning his entry into ASCAP, the American Society of Composers and Performers, which would later name an annual award after him.

In 1952, Mancini was hired to do fill-in work for an Abbott and Costello movie, and ended up becoming a house arranger for Universal-International films. Much of the work was routine, but it proved an excellent school, as Mancini worked on over 100 films:

I once referred to the music department at Universal as a salt mine. But it was a good salt mine, and younger composers in film today do not have access to that kind of on-the-job training. Being on staff there I was called upon to do everything. I mean, everything. Whenever they needed a piece of source music, music that comes from a source in the picture, such as a band, a jukebox, or a radio, they would call me in. I would do an arrangement on something that was in the Universal library, or I would write a new piece for a jazz band or a Latin band or whatever. I guess in every business you have to learn the routine - in film scoring, the cliches - before you can begin to find your own way.

With his big band background, Mancini was tapped to be the lead arranger for the two best-known swing biopics, "The Glenn Miller Story" in 1954 and "The Benny Goodman Story" in 1956.

The real breakthrough came, though, on Orson Welles' film noir, "Touch of Evil," in 1958. Welles wanted a gritty, realistic tone for his film and insisted on using nothing but source music for the soundtrack. Although Mancini and Welles had virtually no interaction, the job inspired Mancini, and he convinced Universal to let him bring him some ace jazz performers - Shelley Manne, Conrad Gozzo, and Jack Costanzo - to supplement the studio players. Conflicts between Welles and his producer eventually led to the film being drastically altered from the director's cut, but Mancini always said that, "'Touch of Evil' was one of the best things I did in that period of my life. It's one of the best things I've ever done." It was also his last job for Universal.

A former editor at Universal, Blake Edwards, remembered Mancini's work on this film and asked him to write music for a television series he was now directing: "Peter Gunn." Since he was working on a small budget, Edwards asked Mancini to write for a jazz ensemble of 11 players.

Mancini's music - particularly the pounding, menacing theme - proved almost as popular as the series, and RCA rushed out an album featuring the title song and other pieces. Mancini credits Shorty Rogers for this opportunity, since he refused RCA, which first offered the recording job to him, and insisted they use the composer himself. Although television soundtracks had been released on albums before, Music from "Peter Gunn" was a phenomenon. It reached #1 on Billboard's chart, stayed there 10 weeks, and stayed on the list for the next two years. It was so successful, RCA put together a sequel soon after. Mancini received an Emmy nomination for the theme and won two Grammys for the album.

Edwards hired him to repeat the trick for his new series, "Mr. Lucky." Although the series failed, the album sold well, and Mancini won two more Grammys. The title track featuring a distinctive organ lead played by Buddy Cole became a popular instrumental. RCA gave him a contract to record under his own name, and his first release, Blues and the Beat, also won a Grammy.

With these successes, Mancini was able to operate as a freelancer. Beginning a long and very productive film partnership, Edwards hired him to do the music for his 1961 film, "Breakfast at Tiffany's". He and lyricist Johnny Mercer wrote "Moon River" for a reflective scene with Audrey Hepburn, and the song became a huge hit. Andy Williams' cover outsold the original, and "Moon River" eventually became one of the biggest sellers of the 1960s, with over 500 covers.

Mancini and Mercer repeated the feat in 1962 with the theme song to Edwards' "The Days of Wine and Roses." Both songs won Oscars. Mancini then provided two memorable instrumental singles for the films "Hatari" ("Baby Elephant Walk") and "The Pink Panther" ("The Pink Panther Theme"). By early 1964, Mancini had become the best known and most successful film composer around.

Mancini's knack with songwriting often overshadowed his talents as a composer. He wrote for a wide variety of genres, from western to slapstick comedy, from sensitive dramas to musicals. He often experimented with unusual instrumentation, such as a steam-driven calliope for "Baby Elephant Walk," the cymbalum in "Experiment in Terror," sitars and fuzz guitars in "Arabesque," and aboriginal percussion in his score for the television miniseries, "The Thorn Birds."

He continued to concentrate on film scoring until the early 1980s. He scored all of the Pink Panther sequels and most of Blake Edwards' other films. He also became active as a conductor, appearing with a number of symphonies and leading the Fourth of July concert on the Capitol grounds through most of the 1980s. He also recorded over 40 albums for RCA until 1978, winning a total of 20 Grammys, 7 gold records, and 4 Oscars. His cover of the "Theme from 'Romeo and Juliet'" was the #1 single of 1969 and won the Grammy for Best Song for that year.

Mancini's work has inspired many of today's generation of lounge musicians. Over 20 bands collaborated on the 1996 tribute CD, Shots in the Dark, and bands such as Oranj Symphonette, Joey Altruda, and Combustible Edison have covered and paid their own tributes to Mancini's music."

(biography from the Space Age Pop Music Page)

LPH 023 - Accordions Over Europe (1991-2008)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2011; #023]


European music focused on the accordion - almost entirely, but not exclusively.


tracklist:

(1991) Das 1. strenge Kammerorchester [Austria] - Alabama Song (Weill)
(1991) Hans Hassler + Gebhard Ullmann [Switzerland/Germany] - Oergarden's What?
(1993) Lars Hollmer [Sweden] - Franska Valsen
(1995) Bratko Bibič [Slovenia] - Sackamra (Aus der Schatzkammer des Unbewussten)
(1995) Pago Libre [Austria/Ireland/Italy/Russia] - Seconds (Brennan)
(1995) Il Gran Teatro Amaro [France/Italy/The Netherlands] - Elende Welt ich scheiss auf Dich (Cambuzat)
(1995) Teodoro Anzellotti [Italy/Germany] - Dialog über Luft (Globokar)
(1998) Les Reines Prochaines [Switzerland] - Die Turnerin
(1999) Kimmo Pohjonen [Finland] - Kielo
(1999) Ich schwitze nie [Germany] - Freunde der Sehnsucht
(2000) Robert Zollitsch [Germany] - Pagadyrin
(2000) Motion Trio [Poland] - Little Story
(2004) Sväng [Finland] - Jamapparaleele
(2005) Maria Kalaniemi [Finland] - So Shimmering
(2006) Aki Peltonen [Finland] - Orchestra, accordion and MW-radio #1
(2007) AkkoSax [Austria] - Pandarus
(2008) Mariana Sadovska + Borderland [Ukraine/Germany] - Drinking Song
(2008) Jean-Louis Matinier [France] - Amischa

total time: 74'42


Bellowed by Lucky "Squeezo".
Dedicated to my grandfather, who brought the accordion into my life.

Picture part on the cover from a promo photo of Otto Lechner, taken from the homepage of Engelhardt Promotions.

LPH 022 - News for Lulu - The Originals (1955-61)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2011; #022]


tracklist:

#1
01. Kenny Dorham Sextet - KD's Motion (1955)
02. Hank Mobley Quintet - Funk in Deep Freeze (1957)
03. Freddie Redd Quintet - Melanie (1960)
04. Sonny Clark Quintet - Melody for C (1961)
05. Kenny Dorham / Ernie Henry Quartet - Lotus Blossom (1957)
06. Sonny Clark Quintet - Eastern Incident (1957)
07. Hank Mobley / Lee Morgan Quintet - Peckin' Time (1958)
08. Freddie Redd Quintet - Blues-Blues-Blues (1960)

#2
01. Sonny Clark Quintet - Blue Minor (1958)
02. Hank Mobley Quartet - This I Dig of You (1960)
03. Kenny Dorham Sextet - Venita's Dance (1955)
04. Sonny Clark Sextet - News for Lulu (1957)
05. Freddie Redd Quintet - Olé (1960)
06. Sonny Clark Sextet - Sonny's Crib (1957)
07. Donald Byrd Quintet - Hank's Other Tune (Late Show) (1955)
08. Kenny Dorham Quintet - Windmill (1961)

total time: 115'22

All compositions by each ensemble leader, exc. 1/5 by Kenny Dorham and 1/7 + 2/7 by Hank Mobley.


Newsed by Lucky, following the selection + order on the CD "News for Lulu" by John Zorn, George Lewis, Bill Frisell (Hat Hut, Switzerland, 1990; #hat ART CD 6005).
Thanks to John Zorn, again and again - what a gain!
Cover: Louise Brooks in "Pandora's Box", G. W. Pabst, 1929; from Dr. Macro's High Quality Movie Scans.


sources:

Sonny Clark
- 2/4, 2/6: Sonny's Crib (Blue Note BLP 1576)
Donald Byrd (tp) Curtis Fuller (tb) John Coltrane (ts) Sonny Clark (p) Paul Chambers (b) Art Taylor (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, September 1, 1957
- 2/1: Cool Struttin' (Blue Note BLP 1588)
Art Farmer (tp) Jackie McLean (as) Sonny Clark (p) Paul Chambers (b) Philly Joe Jones (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, January 5, 1958
- 1/6: Cool Struttin', Vol. 2 (Blue Note Japan K18P 9279)
Clifford Jordan (ts) Sonny Clark (p) Kenny Burrell (g) Paul Chambers (b) Pete LaRoca (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, December 8, 1957
- 1/4: Leapin' and Lopin' (Blue Note BLP 4091)
Tommy Turrentine (tp) Charlie Rouse (ts) Sonny Clark (p) Butch Warren (b) Billy Higgins (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 13, 1961

Kenny Dorham
- 1/1, 2/3: Afro-Cuban (Blue Note BLP 1535)
Kenny Dorham (tp) Hank Mobley (ts) Cecil Payne (bars) Horace Silver (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, January 30, 1955
- 2/8: Whistle Stop (Blue Note BLP 4063)
Kenny Dorham (tp) Hank Mobley (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Paul Chambers (b) Philly Joe Jones (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, January 15, 1961
- 1/5: Kenny Dorham/Ernie Henry - 2 Horns / 2 Rhythm (Riverside RLP 12-255)
Kenny Dorham (tp, p) Ernie Henry (as) Eddie Mathias (b) G.T. Hogan (d)
NYC, November 13, 1957

Hank Mobley
- 1/2: Hank Mobley Quintet (Blue Note BLP 1550)
Art Farmer (tp) Hank Mobley (ts) Horace Silver (p) Doug Watkins (b) Art Blakey (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, March 8, 1957
- 1/7: Hank Mobley/Lee Morgan - Peckin' Time (Blue Note BLP 1574)
Lee Morgan (tp) Hank Mobley (ts) Wynton Kelly (p) Paul Chambers (b) Charlie Persip (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, February 9, 1958
- 2/2: Soul Station (Blue Note BLP 4031)
Hank Mobley (ts) Wynton Kelly (p) Paul Chambers (b) Art Blakey (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 7, 1960

Freddie Redd
- 1/3, 1/8, 2/5: Shades Of Redd (Blue Note BLP 4045)
Jackie McLean (as) Tina Brooks (ts) Freddie Redd (p) Paul Chambers (b) Louis Hayes (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, August 13, 1960

Donald Byrd
- 2/7: Byrd's Eye View (Transition TRLP 4)
Donald Byrd (tp) Hank Mobley (ts) Horace Silver (p) Doug Watkins (b) Art Blakey (d)
Cambridge, MA, December 2, 1955

"[...] Sonny Clark, Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley, and Freddie Redd - unsung jazzmen associated with Blue Note Records in the late fifties and early sixties, a period and a sound now being driven into the dust by solemn young neoclassical hard-boppers. [...]"

(from an article about John Zorn by Francis Davis, 1991 @ The Atlantic Online)

LPH 021 - Doo-Wop Reflex (1948-59)

[Cut-Out, 2007 / Lucky Psychic Hut, 2011; #021]


tracklist:

01. The Orioles "It's Too Soon To Know" (Jubilee, 1948)
02. Larry Darnell "For You My Love" (Regal, 1949)
03. The Barons "Forever" (Modern, 1951)
04. Roscoe Gordon "No More Doggin'" (RPM, 1952)
05. Shirley + Lee "I'm Gone" (Aladdin, 1952)
06. Five Crowns "Why Don't You Believe Me" (Rainbow, 1953)
07. Love Notes "I'm Sorry" (Riviera, 1954)
08. The El Dorados "Baby I Need You" (Veejay, 1954)
09. Mello-Tones "I'm Just Another One In Love With You" (Decca, 1954)
10. Rivileers "Carolyn" (Baton, 1954)
11. The Holidays "Irene" (Specialty, 1954)
12. The Castelles "Over A Cup Of Coffee" (Grand, 1954)
13. The Rainbows "Evening" (Red Robin, 1955)
14. Ramblers "Bad Girl" (MGM, 1955)
15. The Diablos featuring Nolan Strong "The Way You Dog Me Around" (Fortune, 1955)
16. The Dodgers "Cat Hop" (Aladdin , 1955)
17. The Royaltones "Latin Love" (Old Town, 1956)
18. Wynona Carr "Please Mr. Jailer" (Specialty, 1956)
19. Cornel Gunter + The Ermines "I'm So Used To You Now" (Loma, 1956)
20. The Tempters "I'll See You Next Fall" (Empire, 1956)
21. The Robins "Out Of The Picture" (Whippet, 1956)
22. Smiley Lewis "Down Yonder We Got Ballin'" (Imperial, 1956)
23. The Suburbans "I Remember" (Baton, 1956)
24. The Mello-Kings "Chapel On The Hill" (Herald, 1957)
25. The Royal Holidays "Down In Cuba" (Herald, 1959)

total time: 67'39


Wopped by Lucky from Doo Wop Café in 2007 (www.doowopcafe.net).
A few tracks improved thanks to Jack from the Vocal Group Harmony blog.
The cover contains parts from the Free Reflexology Foot Map.
Dedicated to John Zorn.


thanks to all original uploaders!

"Defining The Doo Wop Era

Everybody has their own idea about what exactly is the era of the R&B vocal groups - is it just whenever a record in this style was released?, or specifically the 1950s as many use to simplify the term? or the time between the end of the big bands and the rise of the Beatles? I have my own set of parameters and although some may disagree and include earlier or later times as part of this age, I feel this is as good as any and can make a case for my time zone.

I have simply defined this era as the time between two record releases in this style. The beginning is The Orioles 'It's Too Soon To Know' on It's A Natural in 1948, and the release of 'On Lover's Island' by The Blue Jays on Milestone in 1961. To me these 13 years are the defining moments of the doo wop era.

The difference of the Orioles tune from previous ones done by The Ravens, Delta Rhythm Boys and others, was that the Orioles took the stylings popularized by the Ink Spots a step further out of the pop music mold into a new territory. They most certainly were not geared to the acceptance of the white listening public and because of the release on an independent label, were geared toward the Black community. This step 'out of the shadow' led to the great influence of the group on young practitioners in Black neighborhoods all over the country. Where once they listened hard to the Ink Spots to get every nuance of style and performance, the group of choice was now the Orioles. Building on this foundation, subsequent vocalists gave a harder more rhythmic edge to their songs, that by 1953 the accented 2/4 beat and the piano triplets were now the signature sound of doo wop. From 1953 through 1955, this was the true 'golden age' of this music. The Penguins, Clyde & The Drifters, Moonglows, Nutmegs, Midnighters, and Five Royales were supreme as were so many other vocal groups. This style caught on with young listeners and was a favorite of the Moondog radio show and vocal groups comprised the major part of all in person shows of this music.

In 1956 the phenomenal success of Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers stated once and for all that this was the music of young America (the Motown slogan of the 60s). As the listening age dropped younger, so did the age of the performers and soon every teenage quartet was cutting a record. For proof look at any big collection of records in this style and you will see the proliferation of releases from 1956. Teen idols and the look of American Bandstand took hold in 1957, and the classic doowop style was fading under the avalanche of pompadours and white bucks. By 1959 a teenaged Phil Spector was honing his vision of American pop music and the dramatics and bombast of 'There Goes My Baby' by The Drifters set the music off into a new direction. By the early 60s, the Twist and other dance-of-the-day tunes had almost buried doo wop save for the Jive Five, Marcelles, Dreamlovers, and Zodiacs. [...]"

(J. C. Marion @ Doo Wop Nation e-zine issue # 3)

LPH 020 - The Mixed Bridge (1981-2010)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2011; #020]



tracklist:

Resia Valley Music - Ta Lipawska (Lipovaz's music) (1995)
Anatol Stefanet - Doina ciobaneasca (1997)
Petar Ralchev + Stoyan Yankulov - As if in a Joke (2002)
Shirley Anne Hofmann - Auf dem Drahtseil (2000)
Shirley Anne Hofmann's Euphoria - Somewhere Over the Rainbow (1995)
Jessica Lurie Ensemble - Circus Rain (2009)
Phillip Johnston's Big Trouble - Pontius Pilate Polka (1996)
Anton Bruhin - Deux (2010)
Spiridon Shishigin - Tabahyt yryata (2006)
Hans Reichel - For Those Who Love Propellers (1994)
Willem Breuker - Imaginary Symphony of the Air (1994)
Michael Riessler, Elise Caron, Pierre Charial, Jean-Louis Matinier - Je me souviens (1999)
Valentin Clastrier + Alan 'Gunga' Purves - Et la roue de la vie (2010)
Epic Soundtracks + Robert Wyatt - Jelly, Babies (1981)
God is My Co-Pilot + John Zorn - Scratch + Sniff (1993)
Sonny Sharrock Band - The Past Adventures of Zydeco Honeycup (1987)

total time: 70'00


Bridged + mixed by Lucky, February 2011.


Thanks to all original uploaders, esp. paramo, gidouille, Miguel, VPRO, etc.

LPH 019 - Ennio Morricone - A Fistful of Scores (1964-75)

[CUT*OUT, 2007 / Lucky Psychic Hut, 2011; #019]


tracklist:

01. Quasi morto [Per un pugno di dollari, 1964]
02. La prima vittima [Svegliati e uccidi, 1966]
03. La corrida [La resa dei conti, 1967]
04. Tema per le Goff [Le Clan des Siciliens, 1969]
05. Sensi [Un bellissimo novembre, 1969]
06. Rapimento in campo aperto [La moglie piu' bella, 1970]
07. Titoli [Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto, 1970]
08. Marcia degli accatoni [Giu' la testa, 1971]
09. Dissociazione [Il gatto a nove code, 1971]
10. Tempi di lavorazione [La classe operaia va in paradiso, 1971]
11. A lucio fulci [Una lucertola con la pelle di donna, 1971]
12. Raccapriccio [Cosa avete fatto a Solange?, 1972]
13. Titoli [Un uomo da rispettare, 1973]
14. Sequenza 10 [Sesso in confessionale, 1974]
15. Rampimento [Milano odia: la polizia non puo' sparare, 1974]
16. Azioneparanoica [Peur sur la ville, 1975]

total time: 69'57


All tracks composed + orchestrated by Ennio Morricone.
1, 8, 12, 14-16 conducted by Ennio Morricone,
2-7, 9-11 conducted by Bruno Nicolai,
13 conducted by Nicola Samale.


Fisted by Lucky in 2007.
Inspired by and dedicated to John Zorn.

Discographical information from Sean Mallory's extensive Morricone discography @ A Fistful of Soundtracks.

"[...] His way of composing for popular movies will partly be a result of the years that the artist spent arranging more or less all the great popular musical successes of Italy in the beginning of the sixties. Of course, both activities, that of arranger of variety and that of film music composer, are quite different in the way of working and in the imposed constraints. However, Morricone will sometimes include in his partitions for the cinema some of the musical solutions he had developed during the years of intense creative activity when he started as a musical arranger.

At about the same time, he began to work with prestigious collaborators, among whom the chorus I Cantori Moderni di Alessandro Alessandroni (including remarkable voice soloists like Gianna Spagnulo and Edda Dell'Orso) but also guitarist Bruno Battisti d'Amario, trumpet player Michele Lacerenza, harmonica player Franco de Gemini, violonist Dino Asciola, etc... All had an immense talent, and it wasn't a coincidence. It was the post-war period in Italy, and the competition was hard among the many artists who hoped to be brought to light. Besides, the recording techniques were still rudimentary and did not allow correcting the errors of the musicians. Therefore, the musicians had to be excellent performers so that the first take would be the right one, since they knew that Morricone was very demanding (they were musicians who knew how to interpret the exact sound texture that he had imagined, an essential component of his personal style) and that there were ten other musicians waiting to take their job if they weren't good enough.

The match between Morricone and his performers became so perfect when years went by that he composed more and more while having already in mind who would perform his scores. This was important for the tone and the color that he wanted to give to the final result, but also because, knowing the level of virtuosity of his soloists, he knew which limits to impose to the complexity of the pieces to play. This perfect symbiosis between Morricone and his musicians explains why it is impossible to dissociate his melodies from his arrangements. Nothing tops the original recordings of that time. [...]"

(from an essay by Patrick Ehresmann, translated by Didier Thunus @ Chi Mai)