THE MIKE SCEPTRE SINGERS & THE LONDON STARLIGHT ORCHESTRA - THE BEATLES SONG-BOOK (1989)

To start the month of April, I present the tribute album "The Beatles Song-Book", by The Mike Sceptre Singers & The London Starlight Orchestra, released in Brazil in 1989 by the Movieplay label, with the Star Inc. seal.

The selection follows the tradition of compilations, with already established songs, as listed below:

01. Penny lane;
02. Let it be
03. Here comes the sun;
04. The fool on the hill;
05. All you need is love;
06. Something;
07. A day in the life;
08. When I'm sixty-four;
09. And I love her;
10. Hey Jude;
11. I'm fixing a hole;
12. With a little help from my friends;
13. The long and widing road;
14. Eleonor rigby;
15. Yesterday;
16. Michelle;
17. Do you want to know a secret;
18. You've got to hide your love away;
19. Lucy in the sky with diamonds;
20. She's leaving home.

Links:

THE MIKE SCEPTRE SINGERS - THE BEATLES SONG-BOOK (Mp3)

MOVIEPLAY / STAR INC. - BRASIL 1989 (Flac)

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ANDRE KOSTELANETZ - OS GRANDES SUCESSOS DOS BEATLES (2022)

In this post, I present another collection from the blog LaPlayaMusic, with songs by the Beatles, performed under arrangements and conducted by Andre Kostelanetz, American popular conductor, born in Russia, exponent in the 1950s to 1970s.

The songs on this compilation were taken from their long discography, composed by the Beatles together or on their own, listed below:

01. Michele;
02. Help;
03. Lady Madonna;
04. Yesterday;
05. Till there was you;
06. Let it be;
07. Fool on the hill;
08. The long and winding road;
09. A taste of honey;
10. My love.

Links:

ANDRE KOSTELANETZ - OS GRANDES SUCESSOS DOS BEATLES

LAPLAYAMUSIC - BRASIL 2022

GÜNTER NORIS - BEATLES ALBUM (1969)

To start the month of August, which the old ones said was the month of mad dogs, I present the tribute album "Beatles Album", by German musician Günter Noris, which was released in Germany, in 1969, by the label EMI/Columbia.

Conductor, pianist, arranger and composer Günter M. Noris, actually Günter Maier, was born on June 5, 1935, in Bad Kissingen, Lower Franconian and died on November 27, 2007, in Kerpen, North Rhine, Westphalia.

The son of a postman, he got in touch with music at an early age and learned piano and composition at the Bavarian State Conservatory in Würzburg. He financed his studies as a jazz musician, with performances in American clubs, as a member of the group Hep Cats.

After completing his studies, he continued to perform as a jazz musician with the Helmut Brandt group. In 1961, RIAS hired him as a pianist and assistant conductor for the RIAS Dance Orchestra in Berlin.

In 1966, Hildegard Knef made him the music director for her first tour. At that time he adopted the stage name of "Noris", after the "Villa Noris", in his hometown.

In 1967, he moved to Cologne to work as a pianist and arranger for the WDR Dance Orchestra. In 1968, he followed a successful tour of Japan and in 1970, WDR recorded the musical "Noris Pierre & Madeleine", starring René Kollo and Gitte Haenning.

In 1971, he founded the Big Band of the German Armed Forces, with which he also created the musical support program for the Munich Olympic Games (1972) and the 1974 World Cup in Germany. In 1983, he resigned from the Bundeswehr and founded his own band, the Gala Big Band, which focused on the typical "Noris sound".

From 1977 to 1996, Noris Günter, Hugo Strasser and Max Greger released 20 official dance records of the year for the General German Dance Teachers Association - ADTV. In 1995, ADTV named the Gala Big Band the "Best Dance Orchestra in the World".

Günter Noris performed around 2500 live performances in 15 countries in almost 40 years of his career. Proceeds from many of his concerts went to charity. President Richard Von Weizäcker personally presented him with the Federal Merit Cross.

In 2005, to mark his 70th birthday, former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and the Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, Jürgen Rüttgers, honored him.

The following is the list of songs that make up the album of this post:

01. Lady madonna;
02. With a little help from my friends;
03. Bungalow Bill;
04. Ob-la-di, ob-la-da;
05. Penny lane;
06. Hey Jude;
07. Can't buy me love;
08. Back in the URSS;
09. Birthday;
10. Norwegian wood;
11. When I'm sixty four;
12. All you need is love.

 LINKS:

GÜNTER NORIS - BEATLES ALBUM (1969) New Link

ED MACIEL - OS GRANDES SUCESSOS DOS BEATLES (2021)

Last weekend, listening to a compilation by Brazilian musician Ed Maciel, I noticed that he performed several Beatles songs over seven albums. Based on this, I decided to put together a compilation of these songs.

Ed Maciel was born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on January 21, 1927 and died on August 4, 2011. His best moment in his career occurred precisely in the years 1966 and 1967, when he released the albums of the series “Na Onda ”, on the Odeon record label, which had a dancing rhythm, interpreted radio hit songs and appealed to lovers of instrumental music.

He came from a family of musicians or, more accurately, trombonists. His father and at least two of his brothers continued playing the trombone and his brother Edson, the youngest, participated in recordings of their albums.

With an erudite background, upon arriving in Rio de Janeiro, he became a conductor, arranger, orchestra leader and was the first trombonist of the Symphonic Orchestra of the Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro.

Practically, he played with almost all the great names of Música Popular Brasileira. The selection of songs that make up this compilation contains the following songs:

01. Day tripper;
02. A taste of honey;
03. I feel fine;
04. Yesterday;
05. Michelle;
06. Got to get you in my life;
07. Hey Jude;
08. Get back;
09. Goodbye;
10. Let it be;
11. Money.

Links:

ED MACIEL - OS GRANDES SUCESSOS DOS BEATLES

ODEON / LAPLAYAMUSIC - BRASIL 2021

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EXPÓSITO E SUA ORQUESTRA - OS GRANDES SUCESSOS DOS BEATLES (2021)

In June 2020, I posted a single (EP) by the Orquestra Namorados do Caribe containing 4 Beatles hits, which was released in Brazil in 1966 by RCA Victor.

Some time later, checking other Brazilian orchestras, I noticed that several of them also recorded tracks by the quartet The Beatles.

So, I had the idea to select the recordings of these orchestras. To start with, I present six orchestrated songs recorded by the Argentinean conductor Expósito & Sua Orquestra, which were released in Brazil, on several albums, by the record label RCA Victor.

Maestro Virgílio Hugo Expósito was born on May 3, 1924, in the city of Zárate, a province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and died on October 25, 1997.

The musician worked as an arranger and conductor throughout the 1960s, in the orchestras of the Brazilian record company RCA. In Brazil, he left a discography consisting of seven albums, including a Bossa Nova compilation, from 1963 to 1967.

Following are the songs selected for this post:

• 01. All my loving;
• 02. Michelle;
• 03. Help;
• 04. Here, there and everywhere;
• 05. Yesterday;
• 06. A taste of honey.

Maestro Expósito

Links:

EXPÓSITO & SUA ORQUESTRA - OS GRANDES SUCESSOS DOS BEATLES

RCA VICTOR - BRASIL 2021

ERICH KUNZEL & CINCINNATI POPS ORCHESTRA - PERFORM MUSIC OF THE BEATLES (2001)

This time, I present the American conductor Erich Kunzel, the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra and the vocal of Kings Singer, in the album "Perform Music Of The Beatles", released in 2001, in the United States, by the record company Telarc.

Conductor and arranger Erich Kunzel Junior was born in New York, on March 21, 1935 and died in Bar Harbor, on September 1, 2009. His first musical graduation took place at Dartmouth College and later at Harvard and Brown University.

From 1960 to 1965, he conducted the Rhode Island Philharmonic and from 1965 to 1977 he was the associate conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

Since 1977, his recordings of popular classical music, by the Telarc record label, have been made, mostly, as director of the Pops Orchestra of Cincinnati. During this period he was the leading conductor of eight popular concerts. He also made innovative jazz recordings and conducted the National Symphony Orchestra on televised concerts.

In 1977, when the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Council created the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, he was appointed its music director. He made a historic and unprecedented feat with his orchestra, to become the first American to perform with an orchestra in China, in October 2005.

In 2006, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts. Practically, a year before he died, in June 2008, he conducted the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

The post's album is a tribute to the Beatles, featuring a selection of songs listed below:

01. Eleanor rigby (Orchestral version);
02. All You need is love;
03. When I'm sixty-four;
04. Michelle (With Jack Frost, accordion);
05. Octopus's garden;
06. Across the universe;
07. Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da;
08. Penny lane (With Philip Collin, trumpet & Chandler Webber, saxophone);
09. Sgt. Pepper's lonely hearts club band;
10. Eleanor rigby;
11. Because;
12. Yesterday (With Chandler Webber, saxophone);
13. Here, there and everywhere;
14. The long and winding road (With Chandler Webber, saxophone);

15. Hey jude;

16. Let it be.

Links:

ERICH KUNZEL & CINCINNATI ORCHESTRA

TELARC - USA 2001

BEATLES OVER EASY - A BONGOLONG COMPITILATION (2010)

In this post, I present a compilation of orchestrated songs, in the "Easy Listening" style, exclusive with Beatles songs.

I got this material from the inactive JbPimentel blog a few years ago and decided to share it again with friends from the LaPlayaBeatles blog.

The collection consists of 43 songs distributed on two discs, listed below:

Disco 1:

01. Do you want to know a secret (London Starlight Orchestra) 1996;

02. She loves you (James Last) 1983;

03. I want to hold your hand (101 Strings) 1995;

04. All my loving (The 101 Strings Orchestra) 2002;

05. A hard days night (The Hollyridge Strings)1996;

06. Every little thing  / Got to get you in to my life (The Simon Cale Orchestra) 1994;

07. Ticket to ride (John Keating) 1966;

08. You've got to hide your love away (Percy Faith) 1966;

09. Yesterday (James Last) 1983;

10. Michelle (Andre Kostelanetz & His Orchestra) 1973;

11. Girl (Paul Mauriat) 1972;

12. In my life (The 101 Strings Orchestra) 2002;

13. Day tripper (The Hollyridge Strings) 1996;

14. Got to get you in to my life (Frank Chacksfield) 1970;

15. Here, there and everywhere (The Percy Faith Strings) 1970;

16. When I'm sixty four (Gunter Noris) 1969;

17. Hello, goodbye (Enoch Light) 2001;

18. Hey Jude (Enoch Light) 2001;

19. Martha my dear (Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass) 1971;

20. Goodbye (Paul Mauriat) 1972;

21. Here comes the sun (Strings For Pleasure) 1975;

22. Because (The Percy Faith Strings) 1970;

23. Come together (Frank Chacksfield) 1970.

Disco 2:

01. And I love her (Newton Wayland) 1989;

02. I feel fine (The Hollyridge Strings)1996;

03. Norwegian wood / The fool on the hill (The Simon Cale Orchestra) 1994;

04. Nowhere man (The 101 Strings Orchestra) 2002;

05. Eleanor rigby (Paul Mauriat) 1972;

06. Strawberry fields forever (The Hollyridge Strings) 1996;

07. Penny lane (Kay Warner) 1976;

08. Lucy in the sky with diamonds (Enoch LIght) 2001;

09. She's leaving home (Baja Marimba Band) 1967;

10. With a little help from my friends (Enoch Light) 2001;

11. All you need is love (James Last) 1983;

12. Ob-la-di, ob-la-da (Frank Chaksfield) 1970;

13. Don't let me down (Franck Pourcel) 1970;

14. Get back (Paul Mauriat) 1972;

15. The ballad of John and Yoko (The Percy Faith Strings) 1970;

16. Octopus garden (String For Pleasure) 1975;

17. Something (Peter Nero) 1974;

18. Let it be (James Last) 1983;

19. The long and winding road (Andre Kostelanetz) 1973;

20. Free as a bird (The 101 Strings Orchestra) 2002.

Links:

BEATLES OVER EASY

A BONGOLONG COMPILATION 2010

RONNIE ALDRICH - PLAYS THE BEATLES (2019)

In this post, I present a compilation made by the defunct blog "Instrumental World", containing the interpretations of Beatles songs performed and released by conductor and pianist Ronnie Aldrich, in his extensive discography, on Decca Records, by the London label.

Following are the Beatles songs contained in this compilation, with graphic material added by the LaPlayaMusic blog:

01. What is life;

02. Because;

03. Michelle;

04. Something;

05. My sweet lord;

06. The fool on the hill;

07. Yesterday;

08. The long and winding;

09. Hey Jude;

10. Lucy in the sky with diamond;

11. Imagine;

12. Let it be.

Links:

RONNIE ALDRICH - PLAYS THE BEATLES

INSTRUMENTAL WORLD BLOG / LAPLAYAMUSIC - 2019

GEORGE PEHLIVANIAN & THE ARMENIAN ORCHESTRA - BEATLES SYMPHONIC (1993)

Today's post brings an unknown tribute to the Beatles, released in Brazil by the label Kives, entitled "Beatles Symphonic".

The disc contains some interesting reinterpretations, valid for anyone who is passionate about the Beatles and / or tributes and curious people like me.

What harms the work is the attitude of the label when launching, not having the ability to quote the year of release and no information about the interpreters (s) of the songs contained on the disc and their respective musicians. It is unfortunate.

However, an anonymous friend of the blog helped us by informing that the interpreter of this is a tribute is George Pehlivanian & The Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra. I take this opportunity and thank you very much for the kindness of the information.

The Beatles' song selection for this album consists of the following tracks:

01. Penny Lane;

02. Hey Jude;

03. Please please me;

04. Yesterday;

05. Eleanor rigby;

06. A hard day's night;

07. Michele;

08. Lady madonna;

09. Day tripper;

10. Get back;

11. Something;

12. I feel me;

13. Don't let me down;

14. Help;

15. Magical mistery tour;

16. Love me do;

17. All my loving;

18. Julia;

19. Because;

20. She's woman.

Links:

GEORGE PEHLIVANIAN & THE ARMENIAN ORCHESTRA -BEATLES SYMPHONIC

KIVES - BRASIL 

DON COSTA - PLAYS THE BEATLES (1981)

In this post, we present the album "Don Costa Plays The Beatles", with arrangements and conduction of maestro Don Costa and the Ritmo Sinfonica Di Milano Orchestra, held at the Teatro Manzoni.

The album was recorded in 1981 and released by CBS label EPIC and Harmony.

The selection of songs that comprise this album are as follows:

01. Beatles overture;
02. Something;
03. All you need is love;
04. And I love her;
05. Let it be;
06. Hey Jude;
07. Yesterday;
08. Ob-la-di ob-la-da;
09. Blackbird / The fool on the hill;
10. Starting over.

Links:

DON COSTA

PLAYS THE BEATLES

CBS / EPIC / HARMONY - USA / BRASIL 1981

THE TORERO BAND - LENNON & McCARTNEY TIJUANA STYLE - 1969

In this post, we present the album The Torero Band - Lennon & McCartney Tijuana Style, released in England in 1969, by the label MFP, EMI Records.

Unfortunately, there is little information about this group. The songs on the disc are as follows:

1. Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da;

2. Yesterday;

3. From me to you;

4. With A Little Help From My Friends;

5. All my loving;

6. Yellow submarine;

7. Please, please;

8. Hey Jude,

9. Can't buy me love;

10. I Want To Hold Your Hand;

11. She loves you;

12. Eleanor rigby.

Links:

THE TORERO BAND

LENNON & McCARTNEY TIJUANA STYLE

EMI RECORDS / MFP - England 1969

PAUL MAURIAT - AND HIS ROMANTIC ORCHESTRA - SERIE MELODIES AND MEMORIES - THE BEATLES SONGBOOK - VOLUME 4 - 1974

Nesta postagem, reapresentamos o álbum "The Beatles Songbook", da Orquestra de Paul Mauriat, que foi o volume 4, de uma série de 10 discos, intitulada "Melodies and Memories" e que já tinha sido postado no saudoso blog JB Pimentel.

O disco foi lançado no Brasil em 1974, pela gravadora Phonogram, com o selo (label) Philips e continha as seguintes releituras de canções dos Beatles:

TRACKS:
1 - Let It Be  (2:58)
2 - Michelle  (2:18)
3 - Girl  (2:18)
4 - My Sweet Lord  (3:00)
5 - Eleanor Rigby  (2:10)
6 - Penny Lane  (2:25)
7 - Hey Jude  (3:11)
8 - Goodbye  (2:31)
9 - Get Back  (2:42)
10 - Lady Madonna  (2:13)
11 - Yesterday  (2:28)
12 - Ticket To Ride  (3:10)
13 - A Taste Of Honey  (2:24)
14 - My Love  (2:39) 

 Links:

PAUL MAURIAT 

THE BEATLES SONGBOOK 

PHONOGRAM - PHILIPS BRASIL - 1974 

THE BEATLES SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA - LOVE SONGS - 1999

Nesta postagem, apresento um álbum instrumental que gosto muito de ouvir, principalmente quando estou viajando. Tenho certeza que também irão apreciar, apesar de serem apenas 10 canções.

O disco foi lançado em 1999, no Canadá, pelo selo (label) Eclipse Music Group. As músicas que compõem o disco são as seguintes:

1. If I fell;
2. All my loving;
3. Yesterday;
4. Something;
5. Michelle;
6. Long and winding;
7. In my life;
8. I will;
9. she loves you;
10. And I love her.

In this post, I present an instrumental album that I like to hear, especially when I'm traveling. I'm sure it will also appreciate, despite being only 10 songs. The album was released in 1999 in Canada, the label Eclipse Music Group.

Links:

THE BEATLES SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA

LOVE SONGS


ECLIPSE - CANADÁ 1999

THE SIMON GALE ORCHESTRA - CLASSICAL BEATLES - 1994

In this post we present a reinterpretation of classic Beatles songs in orchestral arrangements. The album was released in Canada in 1994 by GMS Productions.

At first I thought it was a studio orchestra. However, according to the friend Sergej Randelovic, Simon Gale is Joze Privsek. Sloveninan composer and conducter. The orchestra is Plesni Orkester RTV Ljubljana. Joze is alson known as Jeff Conway.

The album consists of the following songs in medley format:

1. It's been a hard day's night / All my loving;

2. Yesterday / something;

3. And I love her / Michelle;

4. Norwegian wood / The fool on the hill;

5. Here, there and everywhere / Hey Jude;

6. Eleanor rigby / Can't buy me love;

7. Every little thing / Got to get you into my life.

Links:

THE SIMON GALE ORCHESTRA - CLASSICAL BEATLES

GMS PRODUCTIONS - CANADA 1994

HOOKED ON A BEATLES TRIBUTE - DR. FINK AND MYSTERY BAND - 1992

This album, which apparently first came out in '92, features 6 long medleys of Beatles songs (not performed by the Beatles, of course). The medleys include 5 songs each, except for the last one, which has 6 songs.

The medleys are performed by a group who I've never heard (or seen) tell of anywhere else --- "Dr. Fink And The Mystery Band." This group is (was?) apparently a trio, made up of guys who are also otherwise unfamiliar to me: the vocals are by Damian Paul, the guitars are by James Behringer, and whoever "Dr. Fink" was (or is) plays bass, keyboards and drums.

Someone named Hiram Titus is credited for "additional keyboards on 'The End.'" (I'm not sure if that refers to just the song "The End," or to the entire final medley, which also has that name.) Dr. Fink is also credited with the production of the album. I don't know if this was (or is) a "real" band, or just one that got together to do this album or perhaps was "put together" by someone else to do it. Whatever may be the case, I think this is really a good album.

All of the medleys are over 7 minutes long; 3 of them are about 7-and-a-half minutes, and the others are even at least a little longer (the last one is is about 8-and-a-half minutes!). (I'm going by the timings given with the CD; I don't know if they're exact.).

All but one of the songs "covered" are Lennon/McCartney compositions; the one oddball is George Harrison's "Taxman." The album is apparently more a tribute to the songs of Lennon/McCartney, than really a tribute to the Beatles. In fact, this is as good as admitted on the back cover of the CD --- it says, "1992 begins the fourth decade of music by Lennon and McCartney... We the musicians and vocalists [wasn't there just ONE vocalist?] who created this album have done so with a deep desire to keep their music alive forever.

This is our tribute..." I don't have a problem with a Lennon/McCartney tribute, but I can't figure out why they tossed in one single NON-Lennon/McCartney song. One of the "covers" here strikes me as particularly interesting: "Eleanor Rigby," which closes the third medley, is performed instrumentally (the only cover that is performed that way), and is, I think, the longest cover on the album. I love it; I think it sounds great!.

I have also noticed that, although the songs in the medleys don't appear in the exact order that the original Beatles recordings were released, most of them don't seem too "out of place" around the songs that appear next to them. 

Most of the earlier songs (from '62-'64) are in the 1st medley; most of the "middle" ones (from '65-'66) in the 2nd and 3rd (though the 3rd one opens with "Lady Madonna"); the ones from '67 in the 4th; and most of the latest ones in the 5th. The last medley seems to be mostly a ballad-oriented medley, with songs from almost every period.

I'd say that overall, this CD isn't really great, but I still find it to be pretty cool. Whoever the guys in this "mysterious" band were (or are), I think they did a good job!

Fonte: www.amazon.com (dec.2014)

in this post we present the album entitled "Hooked A Tribute Beatles", which was released in 1992 in Brazil by CID record - Industrial Company disks and the USA by the record company KTEL.

TRACKS DETAIL:

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1. Please Me 

Please Please Me / All My Loving / Eight Days A Week / A Hard Day's Night / Can't Buy Me Love

2. Help Me

Help! / Ticket To Ride / Day Tripper / Paperback Writer / Got To Get You Into My Life

3. Drive Me

Lady Madonna / Drive My Car / Nowhere Man / Taxman / Eleanor Rigby

4. The Tribute

Sgt Pepper''s Lonely Hearts Club Band / Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds / Magical Mystery Tour / I Am The Walrus / Strawberry Fields Forever

5. The Window

Ob La Di Ob La Da / Get Back / Back In The USSR / Polythene Pam / She Came In Through The Bathroom Window

6. The End

If I Fell / Michelle / Yesterday / Blackbird / Hey Jude / The End

Performed by: Dr. Fink and The Mystery Band

Producer: Dr. Fink

Executive Producer: Owen R. Husney

Vocals: Damian Paul

Bass, keyboards and drums: Dr. Fink

Guitars: James Behringer

Additional keyboards on The End: Hiran Titus

Links:

HOOKED ON A BEATLES TRIBUTE

DR. FINK AND MYSTERY BAND

CID BRASIL / KTEL USA - 1992