https://youtu.be/bnf5KG6Ivh0
Has anyone heard this one before?
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https://youtu.be/bnf5KG6Ivh0
Has anyone heard this one before?
I remember this...never got into when I was younger.
Interesting....now.
Can we add the vocals now
I've seen the Fantabulous Strings album before but I never heard it.
I had a similar album by the 101 Strings, where they played a lot of Supremes hits. I think whoever bought it did so by mistake because they saw SUPREMES on the cover. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klsmaXm4RMs&list=OLAK5uy_k28AF8HYSTQhlzekD D-wCrdUpv5WAPZ7o
Kinda schmaltzy and syrup-y. I like when these type of symphonies support an artist, such as the mash-up of ANMHE and the London Symphony Orchestra [[here). I have both of these LPs but only break them out on very rare occasions.
They use to play this recording [[or some instrumental version of this song) my doctor's office when I was kid.Quote:
Originally Posted by reese
So you had it but bought it by mistake? Did you wind up liking it or did you bring it back for a refund? I bought it too, but I bought it on purpose. Most of the arrangements were very nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by reese
That was probably Muzak, or what I used to call elevator music Muzak is a brand of background music played in retail stores and other public establishments. Muzak became a generic term for background music and I just looked it up on Wikipedia and noticed that it is also referred to as elevator musicQuote:
Originally Posted by marv2
Oh, Mil. Are you watching Matlock or Golden Girls at the moment [[lol)?Quote:
Originally Posted by milven
It was given to me by an aunt who knew I liked the Supremes. I suspect she bought it by mistake. Incidentally, she also had THAT MOTOWN SOUND by Earl Van Dyke and the Soul Brothers. That is another one I believe she bought by mistake, just reading the song titles and the star names on the cover.Quote:
Originally Posted by milven
Re the 101 Strings album, I liked it enough. I used to sing along to it. But I always wondered why I couldn't find the Supremes' original recordings of BABY LET'S SMOOTH IT OVER and IT'S SO EXCITING. It wasn't until alter that I figured out those were 101 Strings originals.
Very funny ;) I don't watch reruns, but I did like both shows. I am also a fan of strings and orchestras. I liked the London Symphony Orchestra's AINT NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH. Someone on YouTube combined that version with Diana's version and I like it too even though I am usually not a fan of re-mixes.Quote:
Originally Posted by thanxal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmZQnOTj98Q
You hardly hear it, elevator music nowadays. I remember older people use to bop their heads to it. They really liked it LOL!Quote:
Originally Posted by milven
this kind of music sells on vinyl these days...I sell on ebay, and instrumental LPS [[particularly sealed ones) are pretty fast sellers...101 Strings issued MANY dozens of LPS.
A friend gave me 2 crates of instrumental LPs....many were sealed..Ray Conniff, 101 Strings, Hugo Winterhaler….the younger less than 40 folks like a lot of this "Cocktail Party" / "Bachelor Pad" stuff
Stuff like Henry Mancini and the Theme From the Pink Panther? LOL!Quote:
Originally Posted by gman
In Europe we had James Last:)
Well, I like that one too, so I guess if we ever meet I'll buy us both a Metamucil.Quote:
Originally Posted by milven
I rather like it, but I'm a 'closet' Beautiful Music fan!Quote:
Originally Posted by reese
He had a popular album cut on the soundtrack to "American Gigolo".Quote:
Originally Posted by jack020
I had both of these albums. I still have "Those Fantabulous Strings" [[strings cover not the elusive Eula caricature cover), not sure what happened to my "101 Strings".
I knew exactly what I was getting when I bought these albums. In 1965 I found it kind of special that my favorite group's songs were considered worthy enough to be recorded by an orchestra - even for a budget release. It's one thing for the hits, and all 5 #1s are here, but also Crossroads, Whisper and I'm In Love Again were being immortalized as elevator music.
I also bought Choker Campbell and Earl Van Dyke's albums. I was disappointed with those releases. I had expected more. So I stayed away from San Remo Golden Strings as well as Gordon Staples vinyl albums. [[I have the Gordon Staples CD still unopened)
I love instrumental music. There were so many instrumental songs that reached number one in the sixties. In fact my all time time favorite record was an instrumental and stayed at number one for ten weeks.
Bert Kaempfert had a lot of instrumental hits in the sixties and seventies and I was so happy to find his version of my all time favorite Supremes song on one of his albums
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vUJ6ltsTC4
Almost every 101 Strings album that is devoted to a specific composer or artist [[Supremes, Cole Porter, Gershwin, Carpenters, etc.) contained a few mysterious originals which were supposed to evoke the more famous songs. Of course, the scheme was really just so the producers would make royalties on their own songs along with the sales of the actual "legit" titles.Quote:
Originally Posted by reese
I suppose it's kind of like Berry Gordy making sure to include several Jobete covers on each Motown album, a way to "double dip" by not only profiting from the album sales but from royalties of songs that were never hits.
Oh. Muh. Gawd!!! This is just too much. Bert Kaempfert playing the Supremes. Where is his patented slap bass sound??? I've now officially heard everything. Thanks for sharing.Quote:
Originally Posted by milven