Stanley Wilson - The Music From M Squad
Friday, 8. June 2007, 00:01:05
The Music From M SquadRCA Victor
LPM-2062
March 1959
Vinyl
Mono
Now where were we? Oh yes Zombies took over my Blog
So now it is back to the second offering from Mr. Stanley Wilson. A departure from the exotica of the past few weeks to...you guessed it Crime Jazz. Aint it great.Music from "M-Squad" collects incidental music from the bloody television detective show starring Lee Marvin--most of it written by Wilson or Benny Carter--and featuring the theme by Count Basie Orchestra that was introduced in the series' second season. As might be predicted with that cast of contributors, Music from "M-Squad" is a choice sample of crime jazz.Space Age Pop
As an incidental note, this album was produced by Russ Garcia and his own albums are on display at the world famous Xtabay!
Mr.X truly has no equal in presenting the very best selections in the world of exotica. It was just a little over one year ago that I was searching for Les Baxter on the Internet and came across the old Xtabay site. And that my friends was a great day! Until that moment I really had no idea the subculture of music that was available on the web, through generous bloggers like Mr. X.
Sorry to say some very good blogs have come and gone in that amount of time and for those of you just now tuning in, that is a shame indeed. Blogs now long gone like Soundsational, Lounge Tracks, BenT Records, Tuna Melt, Tam Tam Melody and You Don't Have To Visit This Blog (nomwl1 my condolences to the demise of your great site! News flash: Hurray for its resurection). I must say I think the heyday of Vinyl Share has passed and with it a many great bloggers disapear.
But new ones pop up every day and as they say the show must go on.But hey I'm rambling. So, on with the music. This one is a real goody!
Side A
01 - M Squad Theme - Count Basie
02 - The Chase - Johnny Williams
03 - The Search - Benny Carter
04 - Phantom Raiders - Benny Carter
05 - Lonely Beat - Stanley Wilson
06 - The Juke Box - Benny Carter
Side B
07 - The Mugger - Benny Carter
08 - The Discovery - Johnny Williams
09 - The Late Spot - Stanley Wilson
10 - The Cha-Cha Club - Stanley Wilson
11 - The Lady Sings The Blues - Stanley Wilson/Sonny Burke
12 - The End - Johnny Williams
No Password
M Squad
Ripped @ 320
Crime Jazz! Yeah, baby! Two genres I have gone nuts over is exotica and crime jazz...building one helluva collection thanks to the great bloggers...thank you ever so much.
By anonymous user, # 9. June 2007, 02:22:04
and the cover is so nice i love this ambiance
thank a lot
see you l@ter
By leCurLing, # 9. June 2007, 07:14:31
Thanks! That's some FINE cool jazz, played by The Real Deal. Great score.
By anonymous user, # 3. October 2007, 05:09:39