What are you listening to? May 2021

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Ludwig Van Beethoven - Fidelio (Otto Klemperer - Philharmonia Orchestra & Ensemble; Christa Ludwig, Jon Vickers, et al) (1962)

Beethoven: Fidelio (Great Recordings of the Century)


Colonel Klink's dad's recording is still the ultimate Fidelio all these years later.
I don't alway enjoy singspiel and typically prefer Italian vs German opera, but sakes alive LVB's music is on full display here.
 
Ludwig Van Beethoven - Fidelio (Otto Klemperer - Philharmonia Orchestra & Ensemble; Christa Ludwig, Jon Vickers, et al) (1962)

Beethoven: Fidelio (Great Recordings of the Century)


Colonel Klink's dad's recording is still the ultimate Fidelio all these years later.
I don't alway enjoy singspiel and typically prefer Italian vs German opera, but sakes alive LVB's music is on full display here.

But does it have a good beat, and can you bug out to it?
 
Merv Griffin - Early In The Day: The Singles Collection (Jasmine comp. 2019)

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Game show MC and creator of Jeopardy! Talk show host. Hotel magnate. Eva Gabor's final companion. Merv sure lived a full and diverse life. Long before all of that, he hit the big time as "boy singer" for the Freddy Martin big band and later as a solo act. This eye-opening collection covers a lot of ground from both phases of Griffin's recording career. The relentless good cheer that would serve him so well on TV animated such breezy hits as "I've Got A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts" and "The Aba Daba Honeymoon".

RIYL Dennis Day.
 
Merv Griffin - Early In The Day: The Singles Collection (Jasmine comp. 2019)

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Game show MC and creator of Jeopardy! Talk show host. Hotel magnate. Eva Gabor's final companion. Merv sure lived a full and diverse life. Long before all of that, he hit the big time as "boy singer" for the Freddy Martin big band and later as a solo act. This eye-opening collection covers a lot of ground from both phases of Griffin's recording career. The relentless good cheer that would serve him so well on TV animated such breezy hits as "I've Got A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts" and "The Aba Daba Honeymoon".

RIYL Dennis Day.

I remember the Merv Griffin Show playing on TV in the afternoons when I was a kid.
 
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