1960's instrumental recordings on Reel to Reel, what are these tunes? Part 1 of 4

[thaxdouglas]

Downers Grove? That was my library!

[teri2166]

That was So Awesome !

Time Warp.

Thanks.

Teri

I get my mom to listen next time.

She know. She knows All.

[dmine45]

Reminds me of my grandmother's vintage reel to reel deck. It was made by the Revere Camera company. I still own the deck, but it needs servicing (I think the caps have dried out, tubes work fine). I bought a used Akai solid state reel to reel deck, still recovering all the music she recorded. I too have old reels that I don't know the artists. I might do a video like this to help identify them. Thanks for posting!

[jt123egypte]

Why all lthat uninterested chat at a Good manrecording?

[rdanlord]

Joehartka is right on the money. My father was a bass player for Tommy Dorsey. and he related all these recordings to me, one by one. I can't correct any of what he answered!

[audubon5425]

Anything in stereo is definitely not the Dorseys. They died right before stereo came out.

The first band sounds a little "sweet," any of these could be Lester Lanin, Billy Vaughn, Mantovani or Lawrence Welk (or countless others.) There was a lot of this kind of music being recorded in England around 1970 for MOR/Schulke format radio stations.

[maynardcat]

The second song is The song of India, possibly by Benny Goodman

[batterymaker]

Third selection is "Tea For Two" with a Latin beat, maybe done in a Bossa Nova. No clue who did it, though.

[batterymaker]

First song is definitely Sentimental Journey. I've heard the second one, but don't know the name--could be done by one of the Dorsey Brothers. You can hear this piece in the movie Cocoon--when the old guys are going to the rejuvinating pool.