Speak To Me Of Love 10-inch album (Decca 1950)
Someone sent this to me. It's a big Shaw band with strings playing classic standards, quite syrupy.
The worst part is that they have a man and a woman speaking the song lyrics as Shaw and the band play in the background.
When they stop talking, it's listenable as over-blown easy listening or even lounge music.
I'm playing it now and it is fairly unbearable.
If the original session tapes still exist, they could re-issue it w/o the 'vocals'. Or not.
It's rare, too, I suppose b/c very few people bought it.
One of the few mis-fires of Shaw's musical career.
Artie Shaw gone wrong - 1950
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Re: Artie Shaw gone wrong - 1950
From what I've read, Artie would agree!Eyeball wrote:One of the few mis-fires of Shaw's musical career.
Re: Artie Shaw gone wrong - 1950
Did he bad-mouth it? Why did he even do it? I really had to turn it off. It was like listening to your Mom and Dad talking poetically and trying to be romantic. Brutal!trev wrote:From what I've read, Artie would agree!Eyeball wrote:One of the few mis-fires of Shaw's musical career.