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Thursday, February 15, 2018

More Double Exposure - Manny Albam

Rose Room and In A Mellow Tone

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More Double Exposure
Twenty Tunes – Two At A Time
Manny Albam And His Orchestra
Produced by Marty Gold
Recorded in Webster Hall, New York City
Recording Engineer: Ernie Oclrich
Mastering: Dick Gardner
Cover Photo: David B. Hecht
RCA Victor LSA-2432
1961

From Billboard - December 4, 1961: An inventive program for the super stereo buff. Arranger Manny Albam has selected a flock of tunes with more of less the same basic chord construction and arranged them in pairs. For instance "Stompin' At The Savoy," goes together with "Johnson Rag," and "Rio Rita" is coupled with "I Got A Feelin' You're Fooling'." The tunes complement each other handsomely and Albam's scoring for horns, strings and winds is the dressing on the tasty salad. A fine addition to the Stereo Action series

The jacket features a circular die-cut which reveals Albam's head as printed on the glossy sleeve.

Stompin' At The Savoy and Johnson Rag
Stairway To The Stars and Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
Rio Rita and I Got A Feelin' You're Foolin'
Rose Room and In A Mellow Tone
Should I? and Chattanooga Choo-Choo
C Jam Blues and One O'Clock Jump
Say It and You're A Sweetheart
My Blue Heaven and 720 In The Books
I Saw Stars and Breakin' In A Pair Of Shoes
At Last and I Married An Angel

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My gospel blog, The Good, Bad & Ugly Gospel Record Barn focuses on Cincinnati, Ohio and Northern Kentucky area artists who recorded on local labels such as Jewel, Rite and Queen City Album.

In general, I will be posting only samples and not entire albums. If I post only an album cover it is because the content is available on CD or by download.

If an artist is still working, I will usually refrain from posting a sample. I do my best to locate information on the artist.

I realize relatives and friends may find posts of people they knew or know. I hope you will be pleased with what you read.

The worst fate for an artist, I believe, is to be completely forgotten. I do not blog many of the albums I find because the recordings fail to share a personal vision or a special energy. Liking or disregarding art is relative to your experience, but I think that it is better to be remembered for something crazy, than for nothing at all.