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

When I was a kid, these recordings were my first sounds I heard from a reel to reel. I had the original tape but it was lost years ago. Fortunately, I made a recording (very bad, I just miked the playback recorder!) but its better than nothing. I only had two wollensak recorders. The recording was in stereo, so I only go the left channel. Can you tell me the name of the orchestra playing these tunes? Id like to be able to find the orignal LP that these came from. I know the original reel I had was recorded in 1970, I know the names of some of the tunes, but dont know any of the groups playing them. Your help is appriciated in pinpointing who is on these recordings!

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[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.