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Kenyon
Hopkins
One
of the most overlooked composers of the fifties and
sixties, Kenyon Hopkins truly is one of the unsung
heroes of his time. Despite an impressive
discography which includes his popular Shock Music
trilogy, Esquire Sound Tour albums and several excellent
soundtracks, including The Hustler, only his score to the sizzling 1956 Elia
Kazan film, Baby Doll, has been reissued on compact
disc.
The
Best of Kenyon Hopkins is a chronological
presentation of this gifted composer's body of work compiled
from 31 different recordings.
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Franklyn
MacCormack
For
close to forty years, this legendary radio personality
filled the air for Chicago's night crowd with his quiet
blend of soft music and nostalgic poetry. The story
goes he died while on the air. Seriously out dated
stuff, but we love him dearly. Thank you, Mr.
Fodder, for your contributions.
The Old Book of Memories is a collection of the many recordings made by Franklyn MacCormack during his distinguished career.
The Torch Hour is an actual segment from his late night WGN Radio broadcast.
Vagabond House is the recital of two of Don Blanding's immortal classics.
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Patience
and Prudence
We
still get occasional requests for our pages on these sisters, daughters
of orchestra leader Mark McIntyre. Two recent
movies, Ghost World and Election, used
Patience and Prudence songs, exposing them to a whole new
audience. When we learned that
Collector's Choice had reissued Patience and Prudence on CD, that marked
the end of one of our most popular features, Sorry, we have no
audio for you other than this little eight minute sampler
to whet your appetite. Now
go buy the CD!
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Secret
Agent Man Radio
Before
we put together Space
Age Pop Music on Live365,
we laid down this mix of gritty crime jazz and groovy spy
tunes along with some funky blaxploitation
soundtracks.
Some of you may also remember The Time Tunnel,
which was based on the music of movies and
television. Unfortunately, those audio files were
lost but we did dig up 29 audio captures from 1960's television
commercials we used on that broadcast.
Agent
001 | Agent
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Agent
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Agent
004 | Agent
005
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Tony
Schwartz
Documenting
life in sound and pictures is something Tony Schwartz has
been doing since 1945, when he bought his first Webcor
wire recorder and roamed the streets of Manhattan
recording the people and everyday sounds around him.
From this hobby developed one of the world's largest and
most diverse collections of voices, street sounds and
music, resulting in nineteen record albums for Folkways
and Columbia. Click
here to purchase.
Sounds
of My City is a fascinating collage of snippets
from most of Tony's recordings and include some rare limited
editions. Over an hour and a half in all!
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The
Great American Music Machine
In
the fall of 2005, we joined the Luxuria
Music team for a ten month run that produced 17
programs. We mixed up a blend of jazz, soundtracks,
easy listening, pop vocals, country, incredibly strange
music and tossed in some old favorites too.
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