Many Moods of Arthur Lyman/Love for Sale

Arthur Lyman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 8, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collector's Choice
• ASIN: B00133FOC2
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #251,545 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sicilian Holiday

2. Jungle Fever

3. Anna

4. Babalu

5. Something Wonderful

6. March of the Siamese Children

7. El Cid

8. Pua Maiole

9. America

10. Ka Anoi

11. Londonderry Air

12. Planting Rice

13. Love Song From Mutiny On the Bounty (Follow Me)

14. I Wish You Love

15. Love For Sale

16. Pagan Love Song

17. Love

18. Love is a Many Splendored Thing

19. Love Dance

20. Secret Love

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars +1/2 -- Early `60s exotica: show tunes, bossa novas, island melodies, May 16, 2008

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hyperbolium (Earth, USA) - See all my reviews

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Hawaii-born Arthur Lyman joined with Martin Denny to invent "exotica" on the latter's 1957 debut album. Exotica combined the melodic sounds of the islands with unusual percussion (notably the scratching sound of the guiro), pop changes, and human-voiced bird calls to create a soundtrack to the late `50s fascination with all things tiki. As a vibraphonist, Lyman's jazz background added an element of cool to Denny's classical training. Splitting after their debut release, Lyman created a new quartet and recorded dozens of exotica-inflected albums for the Hi-Fi, Life and Crescendo labels. Collectors' Choice latest series of reissues gathers eighteen of Lyman's releases from Hi-Fi and Life, fits them two per CD, includes full-panel reproductions of both album covers, adds a full-panel back cover and new liner notes from Scram's Kim Cooper and David Smay.

Lyman's eleventh album, 1962's Many Moods of Arthur Lyman followed the same pattern as his earlier releases. The song list includes show tunes ("Something Wonderful," "March of the Siamese Children" and "America"), film hits ("Anna" and "El Cid"), Hawaiian melodies ("Pua Maiole" and "Ka Anoi"), a Les Baxter composition ("Jungle Flower" from 1952's seminal LP "Ritual of the Savage"), and popular classics that include "Londonderry Air" (better known as the melody to "Danny Boy") and "Babalu." The album's most obscure selection, and its most radical rearrangement, is a drowsy march-time version of the Ink Spots' western-tinged mid-50s work song, "Planting Rice." The album works its traditional exotica spell, with bird calls, percussion, and scratching guiro, and arrangements that range from lush and tranquil to percussive and forceful. Tracks 3 and 6 are mono.

1963's Love For Sale, originally released (with the same catalog number) as I Wish You Love, follows a similar pattern of song selection, though lighter on the exotica vibe and traditional Hawaiian melodies. There are show tunes ("Love," from the mid-40s Zigfield Follies), film tunes ("Love Song From Mutiny on the Bounty (Follow Me)," "Love is a Many Splendored Thing," "Pagan Love Song," "Secret Love"), American pop classics (Les Brown's "Sentimental Journey", and a jaunty take on Cole Porter's "Love For Sale"), international themes ("I Wish You Love"), and the requisite Les Baxter composition ("Love Dance"). Lyman really gives his vibraphone a ride on "Sentimental Journey," which is one of two songs here that are closely associated with Doris Day, the other being "Secret Love." Pianist Allan Soares pulls out all the romantic flourishes he can find on "It's So Right to Love." The album offers two new touches: the accordion heard on "To You My Love," and the panning of the guiro back and forth across the sound stage (ala RCA's Stereo Action, but less frenetic) on "Pagan Love Song."

This is a solid pair of albums with a serene vibe that's more jazz supper club than tiki bar. The group's continued dependency on material from Hollywood, Broadway and tin-pan alley lends the song list little individual distinction within Lyman's overall catalog. 3-1/2 stars, if allowed fractional ratings. [©2008 hyperbolium dot com]

5.0 out of 5 stars exocita, December 19, 2010

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exocita at it's best.these 2 lp's started my love arthur's music .i bought the lp's in the late 60's. finally got cd .

4.0 out of 5 stars I like it, August 16, 2008

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Ing Robert Kaiplinger (Wien) - See all my reviews
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As someone who likes the music of Arthur Lyman especially his warm, romantic and tender melodies I am highly delighted about the release of this set of 9 CDs as a reissue of part of his recordings. The reissue appears in good quality close to the original issues of vinyls in the late 50's and 60's.

Unforunately there are a few remarks:

Examples:

1. at least on Lyman '66 "The Boy From Laupahoehoe": a rhythm error

exists at 1:33 where some portion of the recording is missing. This

could have been corrected resp. compensated easily. I have tried it

successfully.

2. "Colorful Percussions": Dropout on left channel between 2:41,900 and

2:42,700. That dropout appears on the original vinyl too. Even that (I

have also tried to correct successfully) could have been done during

mastering.

3. There are a few tracks in mono, but why the complete 12 tracks

of "Bwana á" are in mono cannot be understood.