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Topic: Alvino Rey - The Surfmen? |
b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 16 Sep 2009 1:21 am |
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Yes, I have their album. It's big orchestra stuff, very similar to some others I have ("Hugo Winterhalter Goes Hawaiian", and "Exotica", by Martin Denny.) There's very little steel guitar, but if you like lush arrangements of Hawaiian songs, you may like it.
(In my early years of playing, I bought anything that hinted of steel guitar.) |
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Bill Hatcher
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Posted 16 Sep 2009 6:03 am
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| Donny Hinson wrote: |
Yes, I have their album. It's big orchestra stuff, very similar to some others I have ("Hugo Winterhalter Goes Hawaiian", and "Exotica", by Martin Denny.) There's very little steel guitar, but if you like lush arrangements of Hawaiian songs, you may like it.
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You left out the Esquivel records which are marvels of sonicness and musical virtuosity even today.
These recordings were never meant to be steel guitar records or trumpet records or sax records or any of the instruments that were used. They were concept recording featuring all sorts of stereo effects, arrangements and easy listening stuff to fill a huge market that purchased them. If you just listen to them to hear some steel, you have missed the entire picture. You listen to these to hear some of the greatest recording musicians playing and the skills of some great recording engineers in some cases recording the entire orchestra together straight to two or at most three tracks and the skill of the arrangers that were hired.
In regards to Alvino Rey, he is one of the best musicians every to play the steel. There is a difference between being a great player and a great musician "playing". As a musician he was able to arrange, write, conduct, fit in with any kind of session, read music, etc. His knowledge of everything music comes through in his playing so much. |
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 16 Sep 2009 7:18 am
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Of course I love Alvino Rey's "punctuations" on Esquivel's records. If The Surfmen are comparable to Esquivel, I gotta find their record!
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Donny Hinson
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Posted 16 Sep 2009 7:59 am
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Bobby, their stuff is all still in print and easily available (Amazon has the "Studio 102" stuff for under $9). As Bill said, it's all top notch players and inventive recording techniques, but precious little steel guitar. (Think: The steel work in Patsy Cline's "Crazy".) Fans of orchestral and mood music (the types that went on to be "World Music") will love it. But I don't think steel fans will give it a second listen.
A similar, modern, type of stuff is done by Andreas Vollenweider. (He's also in my collection.) |
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 16 Sep 2009 8:08 am
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Thanks Donny. I went to Amazon, and apparently this is a new feature for seriously out of print music:
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Product Description
The Surfmen: Studio 102 Essentials The Surfmen
This product is manufactured on demand using CD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply. |
I will order it.
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