| cliff nobles & co. - the horse |
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cliff nobles & co. - the horse
columbia records
1968
The Horse became a huge hit and established
Nobles as a legit one-hit wonder. Ironically,
"The Horse" was simply "Love Is All Right"
without Nobles' vocal — Nobles isn't even
featured on "The Horse." He neither sings nor
plays an instrument on the track; the brass
playing on the song would become famous years
later as MFSB. (from allmusic.com)
somebody give me some 45rpm and i found this
:)
Tags : music soul disco vinyl records |
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Affichage : 20043
Durée : 172 s |
| Lili Kraus plays Franz Schubert Valses Nobles |
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Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828):
12 Valses Nobles opus 77 (1827, Deutsch 969)
(Note: no. 9 and no. 10 were used by Franz
Liszt for his "Soirées de Vienne"!)
Recorded in 1938.
Lili Kraus
Born: April 3, 1905 - Budapest, Hungary
Died: November 6, 1986 - Asheville, North
Carolina, USA
The Hungaria pianist, Lili Kraus, was born to
an impoverished Hungarian mother and Czech
father. She entered the Academy of Music
there as a piano major at age 8. Taught by
Kodály and Béla Bartók, among others, she
graduated in 1922, with top honors. She then
attended the Vienna Konservatorium to study
with Eduard Steuermann and Artur Schnabel,
from whom she took master-classes. Starting
in 1925, became a teacher there herself for
six years.
In the 1930's, Lili Kraus toured both as
soloist and as the recital partner of
violinist Szymon Goldberg, with whom she
recorded Beethoven and Mozart sonatas for
British Parlophone in 1935 and 1937, along
with solo reperoire. Her other specialties
included Chopin, Haydn, Schubert, and Béla
Bartók.
When Lili Kraus married philosopher Otto
Mandl, they converted to Catholicism, living
in Italy until the cloud of Nazism compelled
them to move to the Dutch East Indies. While
touring in 1942, Kraus, her husband, and
their two children were arrested in
Indonesia, and sent to separate
prisoner-of-war camps on Java for nearly
three years. They survived principally
because the Japanese knew her name and her
recordings. A Japanese conductor reputedly
provided food as well as musical scores until
their rescue by British forces. For two years
Kraus played in Australia and New Zealand
(where she became a British subject), and in
South Africa too, before returning to England
in 1948, where she resumed her career before
debuting in the USA, in 1949. She also
resumed recording, albeit with second-class
Viennese orchestras and conductors for Vox,
mainly, in concertos by Mozart and Beethoven,
but later on for Vanguard in the USA. During
the 1966-1967 season, she performed 25 of
Mozart's 27 concertos in New York City on a
single series, and the next season played his
complete keyboard sonatas.
A nonstop talker who designed her own concert
gowns, Lili Kraus was never ranked as a
virtuoso even before World War II, but she
was a notably distinguished interpreter.
Those who heard her before and after the war
confided sadly that something had forever
changed. She never stopped playing, however -
always forthrightly, even brusquely, in some
repertoire. Texas Christian University at
Fort Worth appointed her artist-in-residence
in 1968, and she became a regular juror at
the Cliburn International Competitions. She
tried to instill in her pupils the same
enthusiasm that sustained her as a public
concert artist until 1982, an intensity that
unnerved some of the shy and introverted
students. At various USA piano competitions,
regular observers labeled her a surrogate
stage-mother, as she endlessly exhorted and
lobbied. But she taught and cherished her
pupils, emulating the teachers from her
childhood.
In 1978, the Austrian government awarded Lili
Kraus the Cross of Honor for Science and Art.
Remaining a British subject, she taught in
Texas until her retirement in 1983. She
maintained a home in Asheville, North
Carolina, where she died in 1986.
Source: All Music Guide Website (Author:
Roger Dettmer)
Tags : Lili Kraus piano Franz Schubert Valses Nobles Wien Vienna Deutsch 969 historic recording |
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Affichage : 7233
Durée : 520 s |
| Cliff Nobles & Co. - Love Is All Right (The Horse) - 1968 |
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http://www.oldiesradionet.com
Phil-L.A. 313
An excellent example of backing track re-use.
The B side of the 1968 hit "The Horse"
'Love Is All Right' was backed by a jamming
instrumental track called, 'The Horse'.
Released in May of 68', 'Love Is All Right'
took a death dive when a DJ in Tampa, Florida
began to flip the record over and play 'The
Horse'. Afterwards, the Horse became the
A-side and ' Love Is All Right' became the
B-side. Credited as Cliff Nobles & Co, ' The
Horse' hit No 2 on the R&B singles the week
ending July 13, 1968 and No 2 Pop, the week
ending June 29.
'The Horse' would have climbed into No 1
position had it not been for another
instrumental masterpiece entitled 'Grazing In
The Grass' by trumpet great Hugh Masekela on
Uni. 'The Horse' went on to sell two million
copies.
Taken from:
http://www.chancellorofsoul.com/nobles.html
Tags : horse cliff nobles instrumental oldies 1968 love is all right radiostorm |
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Affichage : 16754
Durée : 164 s |
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