johnny gregory and his orchestra
- melodies of japan (1963)
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my friend waldo and i used to pick a main road in cape town, and spend the saturday stopping at each second hand shop asking in as casual tone as possible "do you have any old records?" one of the best parts was knowing that nobody else had actually looked at those dusty piles of records in over a decade. the difficult part was deciding who got what, so we devised a system where we'd flip for the first choice, and thereafter pick one-one each. i remember this lp was my first choice - a japanese exotica excursion by young johnny gregory. a great find.
the arrangements are superb, and "melodies of japan" remains one of my favourite exotica albums to date.
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01 - ame (drizzling rain)
02 - seikurabe (growing up)
03 - teru-teru bozu (sunshine doll)
04 - oboro zukiyo (night of the misty moon)
05 - makiba no asa (morning meadows)
06 - hama chidori (the lost plovers)
07 - ano machi kono machi (let's go home)
08 - haru no ogawa (spring is coming)
09 - kanariya (the canary)
10 - chatsumi (picking of tea-leaves)
11 - shikakararete (the punishment)
12 - toryanse (please let us pass)
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5 comments:
Many thanks for these excellent shares.
it's a pleasure hamish - glad you enjoy them. will post more soon...
This is a great LP!
I love Johnny Gregory. How nice that he did an exotica album. Who knew?
The sound is great!
Excellent, i think about this album for years, but never decided to buy it. Now i can constat it's a great exotic recording! thank u Mr detour.
It's a great pleasure, anon.
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