Releases

Tr. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 & 17
Produced by Russell Garcia
Orchestra – Russell Garcia and His Orchestra
Conductor – Russell Garcia

Tr. 1
Recorded August 4, 1960 at Universal Recorders, Hollywood
Vocals – Mel Tormé / Bass – Ralph Peña, Red Callender / French Horn – Vincent DeRosa / Guitar – Howard Roberts / Drums – Mel Lewis / Saxophone (alto) – Bud Shank / Trombone – Dick Nash, George Roberts, Tommy Pederson, Tommy Shepard

Tr. 3
Recorded August 3, 1960 at Universal Recorders, Hollywood
Vocals – Mel Tormé / Guitar – Howard Roberts / Cello – Kurt Reher / Drums – Mel Lewis / Saxophone (alto) – Bud Shank /  Violin – Al Neiman, Carl LaMagna, Dan Lube

Tr. 5
Recorded August 3, 1960 at Universal Recorders, Hollywood
Vocals – Mel Tormé / Guitar – Howard Roberts / Cello – Kurt Reher / Drums – Mel Lewis / Saxophone (alto) – Bud Shank / Violin – Al Neiman, Carl LaMagna, Dan Lube

Tr. 7
Recorded August 5, 1960 at Universal Recorders, Hollywood
Vocals – Mel Tormé / Guitar – Howard Roberts / Cello – George Nelkrug / Drums – Mel Lewis / Harp – Marcia Johnstone / Piano – Pete Jolly / Trumpet – Don Fagerquist / Viola – Allan Harshman, Myron Sandler / Violin – Clarence Shubring, David Frisina, Gerald Vinci, Lou Raderman, Rickey Marino, William Miller

Tr. 9
Recorded August 5, 1960 at Universal Recorders, Hollywood
Vocals – Mel Tormé / Guitar – Howard Roberts / Cello – George Nelkrug, Kurt Reher / Drums – Mel Lewis / Harp – Marcia Johnstone / Piano – Pete Jolly / Trumpet – Don Fagerquist
Viola – Allan Harshman, Myron Sandler / Violin – Clarence Shubring, David Frisina, Gerald Vinci, Lou Raderman, Rickey Marino, William Miller, Dan Lube, Al Neiman

Tr. 11
Recorded August 4, 1960 at Universal Recorders, Hollywood
Vocals – Mel Tormé / Bass – Ralph Peña, Red Callender / French Horn – Vincent DeRosa / Guitar – Howard Roberts / Drums – Mel Lewis / Saxophone (alto) – Bud Shank / Trombone – Dick Nash, George Roberts, Tommy Pederson, Tommy Shepard

Tr. 13
Recorded August 4, 1960 at Universal Recorders, Hollywood
Vocals – Mel Tormé / Bass – Ralph Peña, Red Callender / French Horn – Vincent DeRosa / Guitar – Howard Roberts / Drums – Mel Lewis / Saxophone (alto) – Bud Shank / Trombone – Dick Nash, George Roberts, Tommy Pederson, Tommy Shepard

Tr. 15
Recorded August 5, 1960 at Universal Recorders, Hollywood
Vocals – Mel Tormé / Guitar – Howard Roberts / Cello – George Nelkrug, Kurt Reher / Drums – Mel Lewis / Harp – Marcia Johnstone / Piano – Pete Jolly / Trumpet – Don Fagerquist / Viola – Allan Harshman, Myron Sandler / Violin – Al Neiman, Clarence Shubring, Dan Lube, David Frisina, Gerald Vinci, Lou Raderman, Rickey Marino, William Miller

Tr. 17
Recorded August 5, 1960 at Universal Recorders, Hollywood
Vocals – Mel Tormé / Guitar – Howard Roberts / Cello – George Nelkrug, Kurt Reher / Drums – Mel Lewis / Harp – Marcia Johnstone / Piano – Pete Jolly / Trumpet – Don Fagerquist / Viola – Allan Harshman, Myron Sandler / Violin – Al Neiman, Clarence Shubring, Dan Lube, David Frisina, Gerald Vinci, Lou Raderman, Rickey Marino, William Miller

Tr. 2
Produced by Creed Taylor
Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder
Orchestra – The Gary McFarland Orchestra
Conductor – Gary McFarland
Record Company – MGM Records / MGM Records — A Division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
Recorded in 1961
Tpt – Bernie Glow, Herb Pomeroy, Doc Severinsen / V Trmb – Bob Brookmeyer / Trmb – Billy Byers, Willie Dennis / As, Cl – Walter Levinsky, Phil Woods / Ts – Jerome Richardson, Zoot Sims / P – Hank Jones / G – Barry Galbraith / B – George Duvivier / D – Mel Lewis

Tr. 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 & 16
Produced by Creed Taylor
Recorded February 1962 in Hollywood
tr. 16 on February 26; tr. 4, 6, 8, 10 & 14 on February 27; tr. 12 on February 28
Vocals – Anita O’Day / Vibraphone, drums – Cal Tjader / Piano – Bob Corwin or Lonnie Hewitt / Bass – Freddy Schreiber / Drums – Johnny Rae / On track 12: Omit (Vb)

Remastered by D.S.E.

TOTAL TIME PLAYING: 53:17 min.

 

SOUND MADE

MAGNETIC TAPE: BASF PROFESSIONAL HiFi LPR35
MAGNETIC TAPE: SONY SLH-11-1100BL
MAGNETIC TAPE: AMPEX 795
MAGNETIC TAPE: AMPEX 456 GRAND MASTER
TAPE MACHINES: STUDER A80-2
TAPE MACHINES: AMPEX ATR-100
TUBE CORRECTOR: TELEFUNKEN EF7, EF11, AD 1
RECORDER MACHINE: RPD1000PRO
EARS SPEAKER: STAX SR007
HEADPHONE AMPLIFIER: TELEFUNKEN AD1, EF12, EL11

SOUND CONTROL

DRIVE: ESOTERIC P-70vu /Japan/
DAC: ESOTERIC D-70vu /Japan/
POWER CABLE: YTER /Italy/
ACOUSTIC SYSTEM: MAUHORN IV (LOWTHER — PM5A) /Germany + England/
AMPLIFIER: LEBEN — CS 250 /Japan/
CONNECTORS CABLE: YTER /Italy/
SPEAKER CABLES: YTER /Italy/