GALM 97: Melody Mixture

Release Date: 19th Nov 2012
Catalogue No: GLCD5197
Label: Guild
Series: The Golden Age of Light Music

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1. Cab Rank

2. Mr. Lucky (theme from the TV series)

3. Caravan

4. Down Under (from the film 'The Sundowners')

5. Gloria's Theme from 'Butterfield 8'

6. Bilbao-Song (from 'Happy End')

7. With Tongue In Cheek

8. Spring Collection

9. Scurry For Strings

10. Spinette

11. The Cool Caballero

12. Pleasure Island

13. Alma Mia

14. I Aim At The Stars (theme from the film)

15. Dear Old Pals

16. Leaps And Bounds

17. Tango Of The Flowers

18. Peacock In Piccadilly

19. Continental Highways

20. Galop On Strings

21. Guaracha (No. 3 of Latin American Symphonette)

22. Brandy Snaps

23. Chicken Noodle

24. Route Nationale

25. On Stage

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Unlike many of the CDs in this “Golden Age of Light Music” series, this collection does not have a special theme or concept. It is simply a varied mixture of melodies featuring works by composers who are well-known to light music aficionados, plus a good helping of pieces by ‘giants’ of the music world, such as Henry Mancini (his laid-back theme for the TV series “Mr Lucky”), Duke Ellington (his evocative standard “Caravan” gets a special treatment by the Wal-Berg Orchestra) and Ron Goodwin (with one of his own compositions “Pleasure Island”). Most of these numbers have been considered for recent collections, but had been temporarily ‘shelved’ for various reasons – usually because the CDs were already full. But they don’t deserve to be forgotten, because they all possess their own special charms. Therefore the ‘Mixture’ offers the big names mentioned above, together with several (the likes of Dolf van der Linden, Trevor Duncan, Cyril Watters, Angela Morley and Bernie Wayne) who have become Guild favourites as a result of their less familiar works finally receiving the attention they fully deserve.

GALM 97: Melody Mixture

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