[78-L] Don't Give Up the Shep

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Thu Apr 30 09:23:26 PDT 2009


If you can still find it online anywhere (the CD has been deleted), look for my 
Living Era "Beat the Band to the Bar" compilation and check out Pete Rugolo's 
"Theme From The Lombardo Ending".

dl

Taylor Bowie wrote:
> I know what Fred is talking about here...the rat-a-tat endings (good 
> description!) can really mess with your head,  esp. on songs which have a 
> rhythmic structure which resists such a fixed formula.
> 
> For a real audio scare,  try the Shep Rippler's versions of   Too Marvelous 
> for Words or,  even more disconcerting,  September in the Rain!!!  They are 
> the musical equivalents of square pegs in round holes.  Must be heard to 
> (not) be appreciated.
> 
> Taylor
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Fred Lowenhaupt" <lphred at yahoo.com>
> To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 9:01 AM
> Subject: [78-L] Don't Give Up the Shep
> 
> 
>> I actually like everything about the Shep Fields up until the rat a tat 
>> endings. However his recording of "Satan Takes A Holiday" actually 
>> captures the essence of the song better that any other version I have ever 
>> heard.
>>
>>  Fred
>>
>>
>>
> 




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