RECORD 1961 HOLIDAY SPECIAL MAIL A MONTHLY REVIEW AND DETAILS OF THE LATEST POPULAR' RECORDS ISSUED BY E M I RECORDS LTD IH 1.1 V Capitol, Columbia. Parlophone M C, Vol. 4. No. 8. August. 1961 THE SEA * EMI -BY -THE -SEA : exclusive holiday feature pages 7-9 RECORD MAIL August 1961 NIS MASTERS VIM! CAPITOL OLP. PARLOPRORE MERCURY two" ...THE GREATEST RECORDING ORGANISATION IN THE WORLD s. "Parrish" afr,(soFHILwsws COLOURFUL-BUT THERE'S 7e/areeft SOME INTEREST MISSING "AT THE DROP OF A INCH SINGLES RELEASES45R.P.M HAT" Michael Flanders and Donald Swann By PETER HAIGH Parlophone PMC1033 NAT KING COLE . PCS3001 "1DARRISH"re -introduces to the screen the young and Take a fool's advice "BELLS ARE RINGING" I pleasant looking newcomer, Troy Donahue. It also Make it last 45-CLI5212 Soundtrack provides a welcome vehicle for Claudette Colbert, who I Capitol W1435 have not seen in a picture for more years than I care to KAY STARR *SW1435 remember. I'll never be free "BEN-HUR" Nobody 4S-CL15213 Rome Symphony Orchestra Add to this Karl Malden, who has never, as far as I MGM -C-802 can recall, given a bad performance in hislife, Dean 'CS -6006 Jagger, about whom the same remarks apply, the attrac- "BEYOND THE FRINGE" tive Connie Stevens, Diane McBain - also no trouble London cast to look at - and Sharon Hugueny. Parlophone PMC1145 All three of the latter names provide varying degrees "BYE, BYE BIRDIE" Sidney James, Joyce Blair. of love interest in the very full life of young Parrish McLean. etc. H.M.V CLPI454 From anovelbyMildred .CSD1366 Savage, Delmer Daves has writ-him, I have a feeling that he will "CAN -CAN" ten, produced and directed thisbe a fixture in the film industry Soundtrack two-hour film. The story in manyfor many years. Capitol W1301 ways is familiar, the setting is a Claudette Colbert, possibly un- .SW1301 little different. known to readers under a certain age, will, I hope, endear herself to "CAROUSEL" TIED them as she did in her heyday, to Soundtrack Parrish accompanies his wid-those of us who are just a little Capitol LCT6105 owed mother, Ellen to a tobacco -older. *SLCT6105 growing valleyin Connecticut. COLOURFUL "FINGS AIN'T %NOT Ellen, played by Claudette Col- It is a colourful film and in the THEY USED T'BE" bert, has taken a job as chaperoneend all honour is satisfied. The Joan Heal, Alfred Marks, to the daughter of Sala Post, oneunpleasant brother Raike gets Marion Ryan, Adam Faith, of the farmers in the valley. It isthoroughly tanned by Parrish and etc. H.M.V CLP1358 obviousinthe beginning thatas the film closes, not only do you .CSDI298 Young Parrish whilst very fond offeel quite satisfied that Parrish his mother, is more than some-andPagewillverysoonbe "FLOWER DRUM what tied to her apron strings, somarried, you also have no doubts SONG" he takes a job in the tobaccothat they will,in record time, Original London cast fields and starts working for hisraise a large family to work their H.M.V CLP1359 mother's employer. fields for them. And that between . CSD1305 Within ten minutes of the pic-them they will subdue the bad- "GIGI" ture starting, he is warmly wel-tempered tycoon, Judd Raike, Soundtrack comedby Lucy(playedbyand all will be peace. MGM -C-770 Connie Stevens) and finds him- *CS -6001 You can hear more of "Lucy's self not only lodging at her homeTheme" from "Parrish" played byTROY DONAHUE and Karl Malden (above) in a tense scene from "HOORAY FOR DAISY" but also filling a very decided gaptrumpetmanEddieCalvertonWarner-Pathe's "Parrish". Below, Troy is pictured with Dean Jagger Original London cast in her young love life. Columbia 45-DB4677. and Claudette Colbert. H.M.V CLP1434 However, many complications arise in the shape of Alison Post, "OKLAHOMA" Sala's daughter (played by Diane Soundtrack McBain), Judd Raike (played by Capitol LCT6100 Karl Malden), Edgar Raike, one .SLCT6100 of Judd's sons (played by Hamp- "SEVEN BRIDES FOR ton Fancher) and Page Raike SEVEN BROTHERS" (played by Sharon Hugueny). "WORDS AND MUSIC" Parrish is sought after by the Soundtracks girls, and his mother is wooed by MGM -C-853 Judd Raike, whom she eventually marries.Raike'stemperament "THE MOST HAPPY provestobe.undesirableto FELLA" Parrish, who, sooner than become Original London cast part of a family he detests, joins H.M.V CLP1365 the Navy and it is the scene im- * CSD1306 mediately followinghisreturn "THE MUSIC MAN" from a voyage intheU.S.S. Original Broadway cast Nautilus that gives one of the Capitol W990 forest and certainly most unin- .SW990 tentional laughs that I have yet heard from a cinema audience. "THE MUSIC MAN" Original London cast UNRESTRAINED H.M.V CLP1444 "Yes sir", says Parrish, "one . CSD1361 night under the North Pole in a submarine certainly separated the "THE SOUND OF men from the boys." I think it is MUSIC" true thatif suchlinesproduce Original London cast unrestrainedlaughterfroman H.M.V CLP1453 audience, which was obviously not CSD1365 the intention of the writer -director, "WILDEST DREAMS" then the film lacks the essential Original cast quality of interest. H.M.V CLP1467 For me two certain new faces .CSD1377 emerge, one is Diane McBain and the other David Knapp who plays *STEREO VERSION Wiley Raike, the younger brother. Although you do not see much of August 1961 RECORD MAIL 3 JAZZ SCENE - AND HEARD Chris tells of first Anglo-American session By NEVIL SKRIMSHIRE THIS MONTH there are no releases so I want to recap on some of the records that have been issued this year. They range from trad jazz played by the originators, to modern jazz of various types, via several mainstream examples and, as always, some of the top names are featured. Perhaps the most interesting of this year's releases was "Chris Barber's American Jazz Band" (Columbia 33SX1321, stereo SCX 3376), as it gave us the first 'official' session with English and American musicians playing together. Since writing about this disc originally, I have read reviews in various papers and magazines and all agree that Chris Barber fits the group ideally, and plays well enough to be mistaken for at least one American trombonist. Chris talked to me about the recording session, and toldbrass players who were with Basic, me some interesting behind -the -scenes facts when I sawEllington or Henderson during him a couple of months ago. Ile chose the line-up for thethe heyday of the big coloured bands in the swing period. COUNT BASIE session and was able to get most of the musicians he wanted, Most of thetracks on the deciding to have Sidney de Paris as leader, as Sidney knewrecord feature immaculate playingby Lee Morgan called"What The fans there seem to rave the musicians' work. from Hodges, especially Duke'sknow", which was in the library ofover trad as they do here, and one "Satin Doll", while many otherstheJazzMessengerstooandcan sense the excitement from the The drummer, Joe Marshall, was taken along by Hayesare the typical riff tunes for whichfeaturesgreat trumpet fromroars of the crowd, even though Alvis, and had never played Dixieland stylebefore,thealtoist isrenowned.OnMorgan. the band seems to be playing "Saturday Afternoon Blues", an The Gerry Mulligan Concertespecially well but would deserve although he had played in small groups led by Johnny JazzBand (H.M.V CLP1432,a less frantic reception. Hodges. up -tempo swinger, there are solos sections playing at different timesfrom the whole front line, withCSD1351) is an interesting experi- TREASURY Chris also explained to me thatwith the rhythm section alwaysroaring Eldridge, humorous Dick-ment in which Mulligan shows Mr. Acker Bilk and his Para- it was through a misunderstandingsurging, and he himself throwingenson, frothy Webster and searinghis arranging style, by writing for at the session that Ed Hall can be a five -piece front line in such amount Jazz Band came up with in punctuations. Hodges. "AGoldenTreasury of Bilk" heard playing a wrong chord on On this record you can hear For a change, the title tune isway that many times one hears(Columbia 33SX 1304, stereo SCX Tishomingo Blues. "Low life" which was playednot the first track on side one,interweaving lines from two or three 3366), and thiswasthe first THE COUNT many times by the band on itsthis being taken by the group instruments. Among therecording made by the band since firsttours of this country, andplaying "I personnel are Bob Brookmeyer Moving into the realm of big - didn't know abouton valve trombone, Zoot Simstheaddition of Stan Greig on band mainstream (if there is suchquitethe oppositeto "Move"you". Nevertheless, you should piano. which gives us a big -band arrange-know about them. the driving tenor player, and Gene a thing), or in other words, Count Quill on alto and clarinet. As usual the band does not keep ment of an early bop tune. only to well -tried trad numbers, but Basic, we had a very fine release MODERNISTS Different trumpet players are on 1-1.M.V called "The Band of SMALL GROUP heard on different tracks. One ofuses'pop'songs, marches, and Distinction" (CLP1428). This was Small -group Modern jazzreleases during spirituals aswell.Stan Grieg's mainstreamwasthe first half of the year includedthe most exciting numbers is the actuallymaterialrecordedforwell represented by the LP "Blues Ellington fast waltz, "I'm gonnaown tune "Club Foot" features Verve in America in the mid -A Plenty" (H.M.V CLP1430)those featuring Sonny Stitt, Gerry him, and there is "Buona Sera" Mulligan and Wynton Kelly. Thego fishin' ", where a repeated riff fifties, and was held over whenplayed by Johnny Hodges and his is built up to a great pitch leadingwhich became a hit as a 'single'.