Pete Rugolo amp His Orchestra - Adventures in Sound (39 tracks) +Album Reviews

Search - Pete Rugolo & His Orchestra :: Adventures in Sound

Pete Rugolo & His Orchestra
Adventures in Sound
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists

Track Listings (19) - Disc #1
1. Later Team - Pete Rugolo, Lunham
2. Dream of You - Pete Rugolo, Oliver, Sy
3. Once in a While - Pete Rugolo, Edwards
4. Fawncy Meeting You - Pete Rugolo, Hefti, Neal
5. Don't Play the Melody - Pete Rugolo, Rugolo, Pete
6. For Hi-Fi Bugs - Pete Rugolo, Rugolo, Pete
7. The Boy Next Door - Pete Rugolo, Blane
8. These Foolish Things - Pete Rugolo, Link, Harry
9. Can't We Talk It Over? - Pete Rugolo, Washington
10. Oscar and Pete's Blues - Pete Rugolo, Peterson
11. Snowfall - Pete Rugolo, Thornhill, Claude
12. Early Duke - Pete Rugolo, Rugulo, Pete
13. In a Modal Tone - Pete Rugolo, Rugulo, Pete
14. Sunday, Monday, Or Always - Pete Rugolo, Burke, Johnny
15. Ballade for Drums - Pete Rugolo, Rugulo, Pete
16. Cha-Lito Linda - Pete Rugolo, Rugulo, Pete
17. Nancy - Pete Rugolo, Silvers
18. Repetitious Riff - Pete Rugolo, Rugulo, Pete
19. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - Pete Rugolo, Harbach, Otto
Track Listings (20) - Disc #2
1. Impressionism - Pete Rugolo, Rugolo, Pete
2. Spring Is Here - Pete Rugolo, Hart, Lorenz
3. If You Could See Me Now - Pete Rugolo, Dameron
4. Collaboration - Pete Rugolo, Kenton
5. Theme for Alto - Pete Rugolo, Rugolo, Pete
6. Interlude - Pete Rugolo, Rugolo, Pete
7. Godchild - Pete Rugolo, Wallington, George
8. My Mother's Eyes - Pete Rugolo, Baer, Abel
9. Brass at Work - Pete Rugolo, Rugolo, Pete
10. All the Things You Are - Pete Rugolo, Hammerstein
11. Walkin' Shoes - Pete Rugolo, Mulligan, Gerry
12. Igor Beaver - Pete Rugolo, Rugolo, Pete
13. Yardbird Suite - Pete Rugolo, Parker, Charlie [Sa
14. Our Waltz - Pete Rugolo, Rose, David
15. Polytonal Blues - Pete Rugolo, Rugolo, Pete
16. Temptation - Pete Rugolo, Brown, Nacio Herb
17. Song for Tuba - Pete Rugolo, Rugolo, Pete
18. Everything Happens to Me - Pete Rugolo, Adair, Thomas
19. A Rose for David - Pete Rugolo, Rugulo, Pete
20. Salute - Pete Rugolo, Rugulo, Pete

CD Details

All Artists: Pete Rugolo & His Orchestra
Title: Adventures in Sound
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Fresh Sounds Spain
Release Date: 5/9/2006
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: Swing Jazz, Traditional Jazz & Ragtime, Oldies, Traditional Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
Other Editions: Adventures in Jazz
UPCs: 8427328622219, 758661480425

CD Reviews

A bevy of Rugolo music from many LPs

Elwood Conway | Frankfort, KY United States | 08/01/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Here's a little history. Mercury records loved to re-release Pete Rugolo's LPs under different titles...the great thing about this 2 CD set is that you can now say you have the following LPs on a two CD set: Adventures in Sound: Brass in Hi-Fi, Adventures in Sound: Reeds in Hi-Fi, Music for Hi-Fi Bugs, Out on a Limb & Music From Out of Space. For those wishing for the stereo counterparts, don't look here. These recordings were made in 1956 using Mercury's 3 microphone system and were never meant to be released in stereo, which is why the stereo LP counterparts Mercury released sound terrible, unnatural and completely wash out the bass. The bad news is that it is getting impossible to find this CD release. But I will give credit to Fresh Sound for taking the time to release these recordings. Not a 5 star rating as the sound could have been cleaned up a bit...the original master tapes were not probably not utilized."

Disappointment

Jeff B. Sultanof | Paterson, NJ | 12/09/2007

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I cannot believe that a reviewer would say that these recordings were not meant to be released in stereo. Certainly they have their problems, but Capitol Studios (where these were made) was actively recording its own recordings in stereo at that time. Mercury released these recordings on open-reel tape to show off their involvement with stereo, and reviews on the sound were excellent. I find them stunning, and Fresh Sound lost a sale as far as I'm concerned. I'll wait until someone gets it right (although it must also be said that there were different takes mono vis a vis stereo releases on some of these tracks, so it is good to have them in circulation).

Fresh Sound often does not have access to stereo tapes from this vintage, as these recordings were never issued in stereo in Europe, and often that is where they get their tapes. If the sound doesn't matter, you should have these recordings by all means."