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Les Cinq Modernes - Cafe Continental
Budget Records
SF-26100
Vinyl
196?
Ripped @ 320
Side A
01 - Alouette
02 - Mack The Knife
03 - Petite Fantasy
04 - La Violetera
05 - Arrivedeci Roma
Side B
06 - Volare
07 - Petite Fleur
08 - White On White
09 - Sorrento
10 - St. Germain
Absolutely nothing on this one any where. A great anytime listen. Jazz - Lounge - Easy! Recommended highly!
Personell:
Al Hendrickson - Guitar
Irv Cottler - Drums*
Jimmy Bundy - Bass
Gene Eses - Vibes
Pete Jolly - Piano/Jazz Accordian
Paul Horn - Sax/Flute/Clarinet (Special Guest)
*Irv Cottler
Source:Space Age Pop
Born 13 February 1918, New York City, New York
Died 8 August 1989, Rancho Mirage, California Dubbed "The Best in the Business" by no less than Frank Sinatra, Cottler was considered to have the most reliable sense of rhythm of all studio drummers. "Irv as a great big-band drummer. I mean, the tempo didn't move--it stayed where it was supposed to be," recalls engineer Lee Hirschberg in Will Friedwald's Sinatra! The Song is You.
Cottler got his start in the late 1930s, playing with Red Norvo's band at first, then moving through a series of jobs with bands such as Larry Clinton, Jimmy Dorsey, and Les Brown. In the late 1940s, he quit touring and settled in Los Angeles, where he worked in radio, TV, movies, and commercial recordings and quickly became a "first-call" session man--meaning he had his pick of studio jobs. The list of films scores and TV shows he played on includes many of the most familiar names of the 1950s and 1960s: Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, The Milton Berle Show, and The Dinah Shore Show. Cottler also played on countless television commercials--those are his tom-toms on the old Hamm's Beer bear ads.
Both Billy May and Nelson Riddle adopted Cottler as one of their favorite musicians, which led to his playing on most of Frank Sinatra's classic Capitol albums of the late 1950s and 1960s. Cottler quickly became Sinatra's favorite drummer. Sinatra hired him to play in his
touring band in 1962, and Cottler remained with Sinatra through all the various forms of touring ensembles until his death in 1989. He also performed on virtually all of Sinatra's Reprise recordings.
Cottler was proud of his standing among session men. Friedwald recounts Billy May's story of Cottler laying down the law to Bobby Darin: Anyhow, the first date we did started out with some bright tune, and it had a big fat introduction, and Irv had a drum break in bars seven and eight of this introduction. So we played the introduction, and Irv played the drum break. Then Darin, who was a smart asshole kid, stopped the band and walked over to Irv and said, "Now I'll tell you how I want this played." Oops! And Irv stood up and stared him down and said, "You sing the songs, I play the drums, see? Don't f--- with me." That was the end of it. There was no trouble after that.
Cottler made one solo recording--Around the World in Percussion--on Somerset that's a classic piece of exotica--no wonder DCC featured two cuts from it on their CD compilation, Music For a Bachelor's Den.
Thank you Oracle, this is some smoooth listening!
Very! Shoddity put this up @128 and mono back in '06. Upgrade time for all. @320 and Stereo :O
I'm sure that between you & the Macs, I'll eventually have all the early Somerset LPs that are worth having. This one is probably after Mr. Miller stopped using Capitol to press his LPs, so that means recycled plastic -- but I don't hear any surface noise. Could you tell me what sound program you're using?
This one was very clean to start with. I play it regularly.
I use Audacity to hand clean the big clicks and Groove Mechanic to clean up the small noises. :O
Oh I forgot. First thing I clean the vinyl with a Nitty Gritty vinyl cleaner. Big difference right there. :O
Never heard of that one. Is that a brand name?
I do clean used LPs & 45s, and then coat them w regular silicone (WD-40) which works really well the longer it's on the record depending on the vinyl content. It doesn't always do well on recycled plastic LPs, and just cuts down surface noise on Polystyrene 45s (it also stops them from developing those hairline cracks from the inside).
KL, WD-40! That is a new one for me.
Check out the Nitty Gritty!
I've been using it for over two years (it's basically the same stuff that they used to put on record cleaning cloths). I read about it on a site run by a record collector (can't find the site anymore). It works great on those RCA Miracle Surface 317x & DynaFlex LPs; OK on most budget stuff. If the record isn't clean, your needle will dig out black gunk for the first few plays, but not after that. WD-40 also kills mold/mildew, takes stickers off labels and LP covers -- but you can't store the LP in a plastic sleeve, only paper (the record has to breathe).
I had given up on an ABC-Paramount polka album two years ago and put it away; I took it out last week and it sounds great and doesn't skip anymore.
(I typed out instructions for another collector and I can send a copy to you if you want. According to Google Blogger, you should be able to get my e-mail by clicking on the Followers pic on your dashboard. If you can't, leave a message.)
What a very classy album indeed.
Many thanks.
VR
Wonderful music, wonderful site. Thank you very much indeed.
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