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Easy Listening Mix: Avocado Wishes and Harvest Gold Dreams

PlantweedPlantweed 394 Posts
edited October 2012 in Strut Central




This series collects easy listening, now sound, soundtrack moods, and library grooves. Enjoy.

Elevator to Heaven Vol. 1: Avocado Wishes and Harvest Gold Dreams
CDR-011, 2012

1. Al Hirt: Night Rumble [1966]
Don't hate The Hirt. From The Horn Meets "The Hornet" on RCA Victor.

2. The Alan Lorber Orchestra: Hang on to a Dream [1969]
From his trippy The Lotus Palace on Verve.

3. Angelo Badalamenti: Audrey [1990]
From the second Twin Peaks soundtrack collection.

4. The Animated Egg: That???s How It Is [1967]
Jazzy Jerry Cole piece from the Alshire LP.

5. Art Mooney: Caravan [1962]
Brassy fun from his Big Band Dance Time record on Hurrah.

6. The Assembled Multitude: Woodstock [1970]
Solid now sound LP on Atlantic.

7. The Baroque Inevitable: This Door Swings Both Ways [1966]
Groovy number from a Columbia record.

8. Benny Goodman and His Orchestra: Love Theme from ???Romeo and Juliet??? [1970]
If you like this stuff find a nice copy of Happiness Is box set on RCA Custom/Reader's Digest; shouldn't be too hard.

9. Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra: Proud Mary [1971]
Ballsy rendition with fuzz guitar from his Bert Kaempfert Now! LP on Decca.

10. Billy May and His Orchestra: Marrakesh Express [1970]
Another cut from Happiness Is.

11. Billy Vaughn: Theme from "Shaft" [1972]
From his Soundstage! record on Paramount.

12. Birchwood Pops Orchestra: Days of Our Lives [1977]
A tender moment from the TV Hits Vol. II LP on Pickwick.

13. Bob Thompson His Chorus and Orchestra: Mmm, Nice! [1960]
Era-evoking title track from his RCA Victor record.

14. Bobby Shad and the Bad Men: I Want You Back [1973]
A real Mainstream Records blaster, this one.

15. Boots Randolph: You???ve Lost That Lovin??? Feelin??? [1966]
Old man bar sounds from his Boots with Strings LP on Monument.

16. The Brass Explosion Orchestra and Chorus: The Candy Man [1972]
K-Mart special soundtrack, from the Nineteen Seventy Two's Greatest Hits double LP on The Longines Symphonette Society label.

17. The Bully Boys Band: Born to Be Wild [1970]
Motorcycle music for guys who don't ride motorcycles, from Movie Scene on Dunhill.

18. C.C.S.: Whole Lotta Love [1970]
Brash cover from a RAK 45.

19. Peter Howell and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop: Doctor Who [1980]
The classic, ominous moog theme that scared me as a kid, from a BBC/Gemcom 45.

20. Sergio Montori/Giampaolo Chiti: Ribollente [c. 1969]
Italian library bossa, from the Traiettoria Sonora LP on Metropole.
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  Comments

  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    Went to see the Saints play the Chargers at the Superdome a couple weekends back. When San Diego took an early lead and all the Chrgers fans in our section were getting their giddiest, I yelled out: SIT DOWN, AVOCADO SANDWICH!
  • fishmongerfunkfishmongerfunk 4,154 Posts
    cool.

    i have been meaning to do one like this for a while if only so i no longer have an excuse to hold on to all my thrift store bangers/indiscretions. you know, some alchemy.
  • GatorToofGatorToof 582 Posts
    Kudos...

    Here is a tune (unavailable on youtube) by everyone's favorite snowman, Burl Ives.

    Call Me Mr. In-Between

    It is a response to Accentuate The Positive
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