[78-L] FREE DESIGN LPS (WAS passing of rusty dedrick)

[Dan Van Landingham]

It's funny you should mention "Kites are Fun".When I was in college,I was a music major at
Southwestern Oregon Community College in Coos Bay,Oregon,I remember playing the pie-
ce.I played trumpet,then tenor and baritone saxes.This was between 1970 and '72.We did
not care for it as I recall.The professor I had was very commercially oriented;alot of so cal-
led jazz-rock charts.It sounds strange to me that Fred Waring actually recorded the piece
for Decca.

--- On Sun, 1/17/10, Jeff Sultanof <jeffsultanof at gmail.com> wrote:


From: Jeff Sultanof <jeffsultanof at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [78-L] FREE DESIGN LPS (WAS passing of rusty dedrick)
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Date: Sunday, January 17, 2010, 1:58 PM


Also, the choral arrangements themselves were very popular in schools. Art
Dedrick had a big educational publishing company named Kendor Music and sold
these sorts of arrangements years before other publishers did. Kendor is
still in business, and for all I know, the Free Design arrangements may
still be in print. I can also tell you that "Kites are Fun" was covered by
Fred Waring for Decca Records. A friend of mine wrote the arrangement for
Waring, and his wife is a soloist on the track.

Jeff Sultanof

On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 2:42 PM, JD <jackson1932 at cfl.rr.com> wrote:

> > Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 04:55:39 +0000 (UTC)
> > From: fnarf at comcast.net
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] passing of rusty dedrick
> > To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> >
> >
> > But the Free Design has turned into a bit of a cult themselves among
> indie
> > aficionados of "sunshine pop". All of their records have been re-released
> > several times, top DJs have done remixes, and the original LPs (in
> > gorgeous gatefolds, on Enoch Light's Project 3 label) go for megabucks.
> >
>
>
>   I have three of the F.D. LPs in near mint condition that I've been
> planning to sell eventually along with other things.
> I've wondered as to their value and I'd appreciate it if you'd define
> "megabucks" in this case and perhaps a place to post them other than the
> Bay. T.I.A.
> Jack D.
>
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