The "vocals" of the day featured an instrumental introduction and a rich instrumental closing. Note the rrrrolling "r"s of the singer, typical of the period. Also note the trumpeter. I believe it it is called triple lip? That is, the trumpeter blows one note which is made up of 3 (or more) shorter notes of the same pitch, all done with the lips. This is a far cry from today's heavy use of synthesized instruments.
I do not want to say too much about "I Wanna Go Home With You", for obvious reasons. Perry might be listening, and not approve. However, I assure you there are no restrictions printed on the record label. Anyway, you'll enjoy his great performance with the famous sisters of the 40's. And this features a surprising and humorous ending.
I wonder if there are any other copies of this selection out there. I hope this will encourage some radio stations to play it, unless Perry bans it from the airwaves. I think he "will approve". If it is not already available on CD, perhaps it should.
The "Easy Listening Infomercial" is a very entertaining mixture of many famous Easy Listening Instrumental songs. The "Country Music Infomercial" is a sampling of classic country music of the past. Watching these records play is interesting. They are EvaTone flexible records that get mailed to your home, or can be attached to a magazine. The company that was selling the collections will not be mentioned here but will be familiar to you as you listen. You might still be able to buy these record sets from them.
I have a small collection of these EvaTone flexible records. Most are from the same company with classical and jazz selections. A few are from other companies advertising their products.
Of course there are no distribution restrictions printed on this record since the advertiser wants as many people to hear the Infomercial.
"The Three Suns Medley" is one selection from an LP of other great Three Suns selections. This medley has "You Are My Lucky Star", "How About You", "Hello, My Baby", and "Stompin' At The Savoy". As old as this group and the selections are, they still get airplay, probably because they are great toe-tappers.
The "Curzon Strings Medley" is from a pre-recorded cassette called "Music For Happy Moods". I bought this cassette in the 1960's when I lived in New York. These tapes were being sold on Canal Street, and had I known it was so good, I would have bought more of these cassettes. The selections on this medley are "There's A Kind Of Hush", "It's Not Unusual", and "The Last Waltz". I believe these are tunes Engelbert Humperdink and Tom Jones made popular. In case anyone has heard of the recording label, it is Altair Records "a product of Keysor-Century Corp., The Aristocrat Of Sound".
The "Big Bass Violin" is from an 78 RPM acetate radio station disk. This disk has the commercials (see below) for Tichner's Antiseptic that probably dates to the early 1950's which can be verified by another selection on the disk mentioning the Korean War. The singer, Tichner's Pete, is a flamboyant Cajun. This selection is about a short bass violin player named Clovis (accent on 2nd syllable -vis with long i sound). Pete sings of Clovis' struggle to play, and gets teased in this song. You have to listen carefully for the last note Pete is supposed to sing, which is actually played by Clovis on the bass violin.
The "Commercials" are the Tichners commercials on the above mentioned 78. It seems, from these commercials, that Tichners is an all 'round antiseptic that can cure anything. Caution: sit down while listening or you may fall on the floor while laughing!
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