The Best Magna Cine $598 Tapes

JAZZ The music is a moody type jazz and the selections give it a more European flavor 111,... .,,. than American. This is definitely not the Musk *** same type jazz I refer to in The Five Pennies review. I can picture these six musicians jj1ry 1 ¡ il' Performance *** in a cafe, languidly playing to a drowsy 3 !., r t_1 Fidelity **** audience in a smoke filled room. Stereo effect on this tape is, however, ex- n Stereo Effect **** ceptionally evident. There is an £444 nipeS evenly bal- anced flow of music. Nothing is strictly THE FIVE PENNIES directional, but is rather just intricately woven Main Title, The Five Pennies, After You've into one continuous network of Gone, Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come sound. Home, Back Home in Indiana, Good Night, Sleep Tight, Lullaby in Ragtime, Battle FOLK Hymn of the Republic, The Five Pennies Saints, Good Night, Sleep Tight Medley, 3/4/Y Just the Blues, Carnival of Venice, The Music *** Music Goes 'Round and 'Round, Wail of , Performance 1 the Winds, Jingle Bells, The Five Pennies *** ti Finale & Battle Hymn of the Republic Fidelity **** Finale Danny Kaye, Louis Armstrong, original sound Stereo Effect *** track BEL CANTO (DOT) ST/68 LEON BIBB SINGS FOLK SONGS 4 track, 71/2 ips Sinner Man, Rocks and Gravel, Red Rosy Bush, East Virginia, Poor Lolette, Dink's THE $7.95. ..30 mins. Blues, Turtle Dove, Jerry, Look Over tI/ sound track performances Original from Yonder, Take This Hammer, Darlin', Skillet, ao BEST the motion picture, which depicted the dra- Irene matic life story of a jazz great, "Red" Nichols. Leon Bibb with chorus and orchestra, Milt Okun, conductor ARE ON I've listened to too many folks speak of ! STEREOPHONIC MUSIC SOCIETY CI the classics which "stir" them. Now I don't MAGNA have the slightest doubt that music can "stir" 4 track, 33/4 ips, cartridge emotions and feelings greatly. Since re- $6.95....40 mins. viewing these pure sounding tapes which Every song Leon Bibb sings, he first must- CINE approach excellence in musical reproduction believe in and feel. His feeling is expressed to an extent never before dreamed of, I have in his voice intonation and inflections. TAPES on many occasions become a part of the The arranging and interpretation on the $598 music. It is, however, my contention that selections is quite different from the usual jazz is even more stirring than classics. It straight run of folk songs, with the guitar 90 produces a much greater psychological re- and chorus adding just the right touches action than most classics. With jazz, the at just the right time. music you hear doesn't appear as in if the A fine addition to any folk song collec- background, but is rather the prominent d,P tion. (f factor. We can find no fault with the fidelity On the duets with Danny and Louis, I here. B4 note that Danny is lost compared to Louis. lG Sounds as if the "jazz master" was hugging i,p OwEN /p/c cF the mike. MISCELLANEOUS `N y/f s Otherwise, the horn blasts cut through the air like a razor. Sharp and clear. MONOPAI - 3ieJI agifkr Music Performance 'Music Fidelity ** e ' Performance Stereo Effect Fidelity ** ;Stereo Effect **** 4444_ ' SMASH FLOPS Congratulations, Tom Dewey, I Wish I Was CONTINENTAL JAZZ In Chicago, We're Depending On You, Volare, Petite Fleur, White On White, General Custer, When The Hindenburg St. Germain Lands Today, The Confederate Victory Always Be Forty -Eight States Alouetie, Moritat, Petit Fantasy, Song, There'll in the When Amelia Earhart Flies La Violetera U.S.A., Home, Little Rock, That All-American Les Cinq Modernes Town, Good Job, Well Done, Neville BEL CANTO ST -73 MAGNA -CINE INTERNATIONAL Chamberlain, Sleepy Cape Canaveral $6.95....30 mins. Moon, Columbus, You Big Bag of Steam. II Don't know the exact reason, but this Bon Voyage Titanic 3619 Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. tape doesn't move me at all. Perhaps its the As sung by The Characters easy, steady beat in the background that OMEGATAPE MT -8I I Send for free catalogue grows tiresome after a bit. Some of you will disagree I am sure and will want this 4 track, 71/2 ips one. $4.95....20 mins. 8 .

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