Listen: Brian Wilson featured on lead track on Janelle Monae's new album
Beach Boys' genius provides harmonies on the title track of Janelle Monae's new album, Dirty Computer, released this week.
New Music Friday April 27, 2018: Willie Nelson; Janelle Monae; Van Morrison and Joey DeFrancesco; Shirley Ellis; Molly Drake
This week's new music releases of note. Click the links to order CDs,vinyl or downloads from Amazon.
Willie Nelson - Last Man Standing
Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer
Van Morrison and Joey DeFrancesco - You're Driving Me Crazy
Three, Six, Nine: The Best of Shirley Ellis
Molly Drake - The Tide's Magnificence
(Collected recordings by Nick Drake's mother)
Pop Culture Roundup: Thanks; 1970s Kenner Toys; DC Comics 60s toons; Ditko and Wood; early Superman
Diversions of the Groovy Kind shares some original Thanos art by his creator, Jim Starlin.
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From and everything else... the 1973 Kenner Fun Catalog.
Rip Jagger has a series of posts looking at the DC Comics cartoon series of the 1960s.
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Marvel Mysteries spotlights the art team of Steve Ditko and Wally Wood.
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Shroud of Thoughts considers the Superman phenomenon of the late Thirties and early Forties.
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From and everything else... the 1973 Kenner Fun Catalog.
Rip Jagger has a series of posts looking at the DC Comics cartoon series of the 1960s.
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Marvel Mysteries spotlights the art team of Steve Ditko and Wally Wood.
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Shroud of Thoughts considers the Superman phenomenon of the late Thirties and early Forties.
Omnivore announces Complete Warner Bros.–Seven Arts Recordings by Peanuts pianist Vince Guaraldi
Out July 6. See the teaser video below. Order the album now from Amazon.
Details:
Many people got to know Vince Guaraldi through his 1963 Grammy®-winning song, “Cast Your Fate To The Wind,” or via the group, Sounds Orchestral’s top 10 cover of it two years later. Lee Mendelson heard Guaraldi’s version while working on a Peanuts documentary, and contacted Guaraldi, asking him to score the upcoming Peanuts Christmas special. It was a match made in television and musical history. With songs like “Linus And Lucy” and “Christmas Time Is Here,” the special a hit and for over five decades not a holiday season goes by without an airing of the television classic. So potent and successful was the Peanuts/Guaraldi combination that Guaraldi went on to score a total of 15 Peanuts television specials and the first feature film.
In 1968, Vince made a label switch from his long-time home, Fantasy Records, to his new label, Warner Bros. Records. For his inaugural album, he decided to re-interpret his Peanuts classics on Oh, Good Grief! In addition to the instantly recognizable Guaraldi sound of piano, bass, and drums, this time he added electric guitar and electric harpsichord to the mix.
1969’s The Eclectic Vince Guaraldi lived up to its title and found Guaraldi experimenting with everything from a large string section, to his first recorded vocal debut (covering the singer/songwriter, Tim Hardin), to original compositions that could be described as lengthy rock jams.
Guaraldi’s last album for the label and last ever album, came in early 1970 and was called Alma-Ville. It certainly ranks among his best-ever albums. Six of the nine songs that appear on this ‘return to jazz’ project were Guaraldi originals and recorded with several different ensembles. Besides the original compositions, Alma-Ville finds Guaraldi covering The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby” which had become a staple of his live performances, Duke Pearson’s “Cristo Redentor” and the Michel Legrand/Norman Gimbel song “Watch What Happens.”
Many people got to know Vince Guaraldi through his 1963 Grammy®-winning song, “Cast Your Fate To The Wind,” or via the group Sounds Orchestral’s Top-10 cover of it two years later. Lee Mendelson heard Guaraldi’s version when working on a Peanuts documentary, and contacted Guaraldi, asking him to score the upcoming Peanuts Christmas special. It was a match made in television and musical history.
With songs like “Linus And Lucy,” the special was a hit and for over five decades not a holiday season goes by without an airing of the television classic. So potent and successful was the Peanuts/Guaraldi combination that Guaraldi went on to score 18 Peanuts projects.
In 1968, Vince made a label switch from his long-time home, Fantasy Records, to his new label, Warner Bros. Records. For his inaugural album, he decided to re-interpret his Peanuts classics on Oh, Good Grief! In addition to the instantly recognizable Guaraldi sound of piano, bass, and drums, this time he added electric guitar and electric harpsichord to the mix. The record was a smash hit.
Now, for its 50th anniversary, Omnivore Recordings is proud to present the album the way the world first heard it—as stated on the original album’s back cover, “on shiny black vinyl.” Well, actually, this special pressing is “on shiny red vinyl!” Mastered by Kevin Gray and pressed at RTI, this timeless album has never sounded better.
LP Track List: Side 1:
Details:
Many people got to know Vince Guaraldi through his 1963 Grammy®-winning song, “Cast Your Fate To The Wind,” or via the group, Sounds Orchestral’s top 10 cover of it two years later. Lee Mendelson heard Guaraldi’s version while working on a Peanuts documentary, and contacted Guaraldi, asking him to score the upcoming Peanuts Christmas special. It was a match made in television and musical history. With songs like “Linus And Lucy” and “Christmas Time Is Here,” the special a hit and for over five decades not a holiday season goes by without an airing of the television classic. So potent and successful was the Peanuts/Guaraldi combination that Guaraldi went on to score a total of 15 Peanuts television specials and the first feature film.
In 1968, Vince made a label switch from his long-time home, Fantasy Records, to his new label, Warner Bros. Records. For his inaugural album, he decided to re-interpret his Peanuts classics on Oh, Good Grief! In addition to the instantly recognizable Guaraldi sound of piano, bass, and drums, this time he added electric guitar and electric harpsichord to the mix.
1969’s The Eclectic Vince Guaraldi lived up to its title and found Guaraldi experimenting with everything from a large string section, to his first recorded vocal debut (covering the singer/songwriter, Tim Hardin), to original compositions that could be described as lengthy rock jams.
Guaraldi’s last album for the label and last ever album, came in early 1970 and was called Alma-Ville. It certainly ranks among his best-ever albums. Six of the nine songs that appear on this ‘return to jazz’ project were Guaraldi originals and recorded with several different ensembles. Besides the original compositions, Alma-Ville finds Guaraldi covering The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby” which had become a staple of his live performances, Duke Pearson’s “Cristo Redentor” and the Michel Legrand/Norman Gimbel song “Watch What Happens.”
- Disc 1:
- Linus And Lucy
- You’re In Love, Charlie Brown
- Peppermint Patty
- Great Pumpkin Waltz
- He’s Your Dog, Charlie Brown (aka It’s Your Dog, Charlie Brown)
- Oh, Good Grief!
- Red Baron
- Rain, Rain Go Away
- Nobody Else
- Lucifer’s Lady
- Black Sheep Boy
- Once I Loved
- The Beat Goes On
- Yesterday
- Coffee And Doe-Nuts
- Reason To Believe
- It Was A Very Good Year
- Disc 2:
- Do You Know The Way To San Jose (Take 15)*
- The Beat Goes On (Take 14)*
- Oh, Happy Day*
- The Share Cropper’s Daughter*
- The Masked Marvel
- Cristo Redentor
- Detained In San Ysidro
- Eleanor Rigby
- Uno y Uno
- Alma-Ville
- Rio From The Air
- Watch What Happens (From The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg)
- Jimbo’s(aka Jambo’s)
Many people got to know Vince Guaraldi through his 1963 Grammy®-winning song, “Cast Your Fate To The Wind,” or via the group Sounds Orchestral’s Top-10 cover of it two years later. Lee Mendelson heard Guaraldi’s version when working on a Peanuts documentary, and contacted Guaraldi, asking him to score the upcoming Peanuts Christmas special. It was a match made in television and musical history.
With songs like “Linus And Lucy,” the special was a hit and for over five decades not a holiday season goes by without an airing of the television classic. So potent and successful was the Peanuts/Guaraldi combination that Guaraldi went on to score 18 Peanuts projects.
In 1968, Vince made a label switch from his long-time home, Fantasy Records, to his new label, Warner Bros. Records. For his inaugural album, he decided to re-interpret his Peanuts classics on Oh, Good Grief! In addition to the instantly recognizable Guaraldi sound of piano, bass, and drums, this time he added electric guitar and electric harpsichord to the mix. The record was a smash hit.
Now, for its 50th anniversary, Omnivore Recordings is proud to present the album the way the world first heard it—as stated on the original album’s back cover, “on shiny black vinyl.” Well, actually, this special pressing is “on shiny red vinyl!” Mastered by Kevin Gray and pressed at RTI, this timeless album has never sounded better.
LP Track List: Side 1:
- Linus And Lucy
- You’re In Love, Charlie Brown
- Peppermint Patty
- Great Pumpkin Waltz
- It’s Your Dog, Charlie Brown
- Oh, Good Grief!
- Red Baron
- Rain, Rain Go Away
So long, Bob Dorough, jazz singer, Schoolhouse Rock composer
Jazz singer Bob Dorough, who composed a series of educational tunes beloved by the 1970s generation, died this week at age 94.
Along with collaborating with the likes of Miles Davis in the jazz world, Dorough wrote the tunes for the Saturday morning "Schoolhouse Rock!" cartoon shorts that aired on ABC during the 1970s and 80s, such as "Conjunction Junction," "Three is a Magic Number" and "Lolly, Lolly, Lolly Get Your Adverbs Here."
Here's Dorough performing one of his classics:
Along with collaborating with the likes of Miles Davis in the jazz world, Dorough wrote the tunes for the Saturday morning "Schoolhouse Rock!" cartoon shorts that aired on ABC during the 1970s and 80s, such as "Conjunction Junction," "Three is a Magic Number" and "Lolly, Lolly, Lolly Get Your Adverbs Here."
Here's Dorough performing one of his classics:
New Comics Day April 22, 2018: Bug; Captain America
Bug! The Adventures of Forager
Captain America Epic Collection: The Bloodstone Hunt
New on Video April 24, 2108: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Concert; Dead Man - Criterion Edition; Paddington 2
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Concert
Dead Man - Criterion Edition
Paddington 2
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