[78-L] Man, they were great

[David Lennick]

"Eddie and the Witch Doctor" (or a portion thereof) was on that "Hearing is 
Believing" sampler.  I wonder if THAT is ever going to be collectible? Yeah, 
that'll be the day.

The cover of "Extended Play Suite Vol. II" has the distinction of being listed 
on the Jim Flora website under "Not by Flora". Coulda fooled me.

dl

On 4/28/2013 10:14 PM, Jeff Sultanof wrote:
> I had a sampler LP with "Solo for Joe" on it when I was five. By my teens,
> I'd heard several of their albums thanks to the collection at the Lincoln
> Center Library. By the sixties, they could be had for decent prices, when
> you could find them.
>
> When Don Sebesky wrote an arranging book and mentioned how influential
> their recordings were, overnight Colony Records re-priced albums that were
> $10 and $15 to $60 and $75!
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 10:07 PM, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:
>
>> My dad discovered them when he bought "Midnight Sleighride" on 78. It was
>> his
>> copy of LPM 1009 I just transferred. For a pre-GruveGard Canadian
>> pressing, it
>> played nicely (and was quiet!).
>>
>> dl
>>
>> On 4/28/2013 8:27 PM, Taylor Bowie wrote:
>>> My dad introduced me to all sorts of great music,  including the
>>> Sauter-Finegan Orchestra.  Their records should be mandatory listening
>> for
>>> every musician and music fan...and those charts ought to be in every big
>>> band library!
>>>
>>>
>>> Taylor
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Jeff Sultanof"<jeffsultanof at gmail.com>
>>> To: "78-L Mail List"<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 5:23 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Man, they were great
>>>
>>>
>>>> The Sauter-Finegan Orchestra is still one of the most beloved among
>>>> composer/arrangers. I did not know Eddie, but I took a composition
>> lesson
>>>> with Bill, and he was a gem of a human being. Some years ago, my friend
>>>> Bill Kirchner tried to get Mosaic Records to put out a complete box of
>> all
>>>> the S-F recordings, which would have included the RCA, Kapp and UA
>> labels.
>>>> They passed, to many people's regret. Musicians still love playing this
>>>> music (I have several of the arrangements), and several musicians and
>>>> singers who were on the dates had many happy memories of the music and
>> the
>>>> leaders when I spoke to them some years ago). It was a badge of honor to
>>>> be
>>>> asked to play on the sessions.
>>>>
>>>> What is also interesting is that the ensemble was not supposed to tour;
>>>> Bill wanted it to remain a studio orchestra. But when their sides
>> started
>>>> to get airplay, Willard Alexander talked both leaders into it. They had
>> to
>>>> develop a dance book quickly, as they were not a big band per se. Bill
>>>> always regretted the move.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 7:29 PM, David Lennick
>>>> <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Just listened to 48 minutes' worth of the SAUTER-FINEGAN ORCHESTRA
>> ("The
>>>>> Sound
>>>>> Of" plus volume II of the Extended Play Suite).  All recorded 60 years
>>>>> ago
>>>>> and
>>>>> still sounding fabulous.
>>>>>
>>>>> dl
>>>>>