6-23-2011
LIGHT SINGERS, ENOCH – Born To Be Wild
HARMONICATS – Theme from “The Avengers”
MEXICALI SINGERS, THE – Sweet Talkin’ Guy
MELVOIN, MIKE – Ruby Tuesday
ZENTNER, SI – House of the Rising Sun
CARE PACKAGE, THE – Thank You (Falletinme Be Mice Elf Again)
MONTENEGRO, HUGO – Just Like A Woman
LETTERMEN – Touch Me
LIGHT SINGERS, ENOCH – Hello, I Love You
VENTURES, THE – Mighty Quinn
MARBLE ARCH ORCHESTRA – Whiter Shade of Pale, A
FRANGIPANE, RON – Venus
SOUND SYMPOSIUM, THE – Respect
BAJA MARIMBA BAND – Along Comes Mary
PAGE, BILL – Somethin’ Stupid
LETTERMEN, THE – Light My Fire
FERGUSON, MAYNARD – Living In The Past
LAST, JAMES – I’m Just A Singer (In A Rock ‘N’ Roll Band)
FAITH, PERCY – Oye Como Va
ALDRICH, RONNIE – My Sweet Lord
BATT, MIKE – Come And Get It
KALLMAN CHORUS, GUNTER – Goodbye
DAVIES, BILL – We Gotta Get Outta This Place
HOLLYRIDGE STRINGS – Big Girls Don’t Cry
SEVERINSEN, DOC – In The Court Of The Crimson King
BUTTON-DOWN BRASS, THE – Theme from “Shaft”
For years, I have amused myself and others with volumes of “Easy Hits”. The track listing above is typical of the 10 volumes of this stuff that I have originated – painstaking pulling these treasures off of old easy listening LP’s, dragging them kicking and screaming onto CD-R’s.
In this volume, there are some fairly unlikely candidates ofr the “EX Hit” treatment – I mean, a jazzy easy listening cover version of “In The Court Of The Crimson King”? Doc must’ve really been bored to tackle that one!
But all of the volumes in this series contain “hits of the day” (roughly ’65 – ’70) performed in the easy listening orchestra (and / or chorus) style. I think the “EZ Hit” style continued in England and Europe for quite a while after it was given up in the US (think: Geoff Love, Swingle Singers, Swingle II etc.)
If you’d ever like to hear examples as such, drop me a line. I have tons of this stuff. Can’t believe some of the material that was chosen to form into “EZ Hit” versions!
I’ve always had a soft spot for this stuff and have always enjoyed the volumes you’ve shared with me. However, I’ve never heard Doc’s take on ITCOTCK. Is that group of songs you’ve listed a CD-R you’ve compiled? If so, next time you have something coming my way I’d love to hear ’em!!
It may be the track listing for 2 Volumes, but I could come up with a “Best Of” disc for you, Brian.