[78-L] Pachelbel for a Buck

[David Lennick]

I thank you for the correction.."Rain and Tears" was pretty much unknown in 
North America except when it turned up on instrumental albums by Paul Mauriat 
and the like. Since those were French, I made an assumption. Demis Roussos did 
have some popularity over here for a while.

As for my tirade, I hope you understand where it's coming from..that particular 
recording is like a red flag to me (and I'm a Taurus).

dl

On 1/13/2011 6:20 PM, Kristjan Saag wrote:
> Joking?
> No, I was never forced to listen to it - therefore I had the pleasure to
> discover the musical qualities in Paillard quite naturally.
> Aphrodite's Child, by the way, who recorded "Rain&  Tears", were Greek,
> not French, but recorded for a French label. Lead singer was Demis
> Roussos, who later had a big solo carreer, as well as keyboardist Vangelis.
> And I always preferred the Spanish pop hit "Oh Lord Why Lord" by the Pop
> Tops, which, more or less, used the Paillard arrangement as background.
> Kristjan
>
> David Lennick wrote: 2011-01-13 22:57:
>> You are joking, of course.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> On 1/13/2011 3:39 PM, Kristjan Saag wrote:
>>> And you got the very best version of it - congratulations!
>>> There's nothing like it, before or after.
>>> Kristjan
>>>
>>>
>>> S&R Pinsker skrev 2011-01-13 21:20:
>>>> Seems like ancient history now, but the Pachelbel Canon thing seems to have
>>>> started with the Musical Heritage Society's teaser; full page ads in High Fidelity
>>>> and the Saturday Review (remember them?).  Join the Society and you get the
>>>> J.F.Paillard LP of the Canon for only one dollar, no additional S&H.
>>>> Somewhere in my archives is a 10" 78 of it played, very fast, by the Arthur Fiedler Sinfonietta.
>>>>
>>>> Bob P