Tampico

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
June Christy has long been one of our customers’ favorite female singers, so we thought we’d offer a selection of live and studio performances from a momentous period in her career, her first year (1945) with Stan Kenton’s band (in fact, on the first track here, you can hear the announcer introduce Stan’s new vocalist, June Christy)! Includes two versions each (one V-Disc, one Armed Forces Radio Services) of "Are You Livin’, Old Man?" and the hit "Tampico," "I’m Gonna Love That Guy," "It’s Been a Long, Long Time," "That’s the Stuff You Gotta Watch," "Ride On," "I Never Thought I’d Sing the Blues," "Got a Penny, Jenny?," "Just A-Sittin’ and A-Rockin’" and "I Don’t Want to Be Loved by Anyone Else but You." A Collectors’ Choice Music exclusive!

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Tampico
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Fascinating album for the music historian.
 Tampico
June Christy
Manufacturer: Memoir Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000024Z2M
Release Date: 1998-06-23

Tracks:

  1. Tampico
  2. It's Been A Long, Long Time
  3. Just A Sittin' And A Rockin'
  4. Shoo Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy
  5. I Been Down In Texas
  6. Easy Street
  7. On The Sunny Side Of The Street
  8. Rika Jika Jack
  9. I Got The Sun In The Morning
  10. He's Funny That Way
  11. Come Rain Or Come Shine
  12. Ain't No Misery In Me
  13. Willow Weep For Me
  14. Four Months, Three Weeks, Two Days, One Hour Blues
  15. It's A Pity To Say Goodnight
  16. His Feet's Too Big For De Bed
  17. Don't Want That Man Around
  18. Across The Alley From The Alamo
  19. The Spider And The Fly
  20. Please Be Kind
  21. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
  22. Soothe Me
  23. Curiosity
  24. I Told Ya I Love Now Get Out
  25. He Was A Good Man As Good Men Go

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Fascinating album for the music historian........2005-09-21

June Christy joined Stan Kenton's Orchestra in 1945 at the age of twenty, and in this digitally remastered CD we hear Christy's very young voice and Kenton's very loud, brassy orchestra in arrangements from 1945 - 1947. Many of the songs Christy and Kenton made so popular in the aftermath of World War II appear here, bright, brash, and full of swing, often with a thumping drum and bass accompaniment--including "Tampico," "On the Sunny Side of the Street," and "I Got the Sun in the Morning"--songs to get the toes tapping and the returning soldiers dancing.

There is nothing subtle about this album, which does not take advantage of Christy's strengths as much as it points up what she has yet to master. She and the band seem to operate on parallel planes, rather than as a unit, and although they alternate star turns throughout, Kenton's band is noticeably heavy when it is paired with Christy's young, clear voice. The best songs on the album are those which take advantage of Christy's youth--the delightful "Rika Jika Jack," as it switches keys from minor to major and back and gives Christy the chance to scat to a blues accompaniment, and another bluesy, minor-keyed song, "Curiosity," which allows her to be bright and cute.

Christy's lower range has not fully developed, at this point, and she sometimes misses low notes when she suddenly has to hit a note that is more than an octave below the range in which she has been singing. "Easy Street," "Soothe Me," and "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good" are songs requiring more control than Christy has yet acquired in her lower range. Kenton is Kenton, using the full orchestra, giving his instrumental stars their chances to solo, varying his tempo, and promoting the full-out brassiness and thumping rhythm that civilians celebrating the end of the war are obviously demanding. Kenton and Christy each seem to be in their own worlds here, alternating the spotlight but not yet creating a unified sound. Mary Whipple
Tampico
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Fascinating album for the music historian.
 Tampico
June Christy
Manufacturer: Collector's Choice
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006RYIN
Release Date: 2003-02-11

Tracks:

  1. Are You Livin, Old Man? (Armed Forces)
  2. Are You Livin, Old Man? (V-Disc)
  3. Tampico
  4. I'm Gonna Love That Guy
  5. Its Been A Long, Long Time
  6. That's The Stuff You Gotta Watch
  7. Ride On
  8. I Never Thought I'd Sing The Blues
  9. Got A Penny, Jenny?
  10. Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'
  11. I Don't Want To Be Loved By Anyone Else But You

Product Description

1. Are You Livin' Old Man
2. I'm Gonna Love That Guy (Like He's Never Been Loved Before)
3. Tampico
4. It's Been A Long, Long Time
5. That's The Stuff You Gotta Watch
6. Ride On
7. I Never Thought I'd Sing The Blues
8. Are You Livin' Old Man - (unissued V-Disc)
9. Got A Penny, Jenny?
10. Just A-Sittin And A-Rockin
11. I Don't Want To Be Loved By Anyone Else But You
12. Tampico - (different version)


Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Fascinating album for the music historian........2004-08-20

June Christy joined Stan Kenton's Orchestra in 1945 at the age of twenty, and in this digitally remastered CD we hear Christy's very young voice and Kenton's very loud, brassy orchestra in arrangements from 1945 - 1947. Many of the songs Christy and Kenton made so popular in the aftermath of World War II appear here, bright, brash, and full of swing, often with a thumping drum and bass accompaniment--including "Tampico," "On the Sunny Side of the Street," and "I Got the Sun in the Morning"--songs to get the toes tapping and the returning soldiers dancing.

There is nothing subtle about this album, which does not take advantage of Christy's strengths as much as it points up what she has yet to master. She and the band seem to operate on parallel planes, rather than as a unit, and although they alternate star turns throughout, Kenton's band is noticeably heavy when it is paired with Christy's young, clear voice. The best songs on the album are those which take advantage of Christy's youth--the delightful "Rika Jika Jack," as it switches keys from minor to major and back and gives Christy the chance to scat to a blues accompaniment, and another bluesy, minor-keyed song, "Curiosity," which allows her to be bright and cute.

Christy's lower range has not fully developed, at this point, and she sometimes misses low notes when she suddenly has to hit a note that is more than an octave below the range in which she has been singing. "Easy Street," "Soothe Me," and "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good" are songs requiring more control than Christy has yet acquired in her lower range. Kenton is Kenton, using the full orchestra, giving his instrumental stars their chances to solo, varying his tempo, and promoting the full-out brassiness and thumping rhythm that civilians celebrating the end of the war are obviously demanding. Kenton and Christy each seem to be in their own worlds here, alternating the spotlight but not yet creating a unified sound. Mary Whipple
Tampico
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Music historians will find this album fascinating.
  • INTENSE FUN.
  • Tampico
  • Commercial Music
  • Commercial Music
 Tampico
June Christy , and Stan Kenton and his Orchestra
Manufacturer: Memoir Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Cool JazzCool Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
Swing GeneralSwing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
Traditional Jazz GeneralTraditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music
Vocal Jazz GeneralVocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
LoungeLounge | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music
Traditional PopTraditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
Traditional Vocal PopTraditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000009NMF
Release Date: 1998-06-23

Tracks:

  1. Tampico
  2. It's Been A Long, Long Time
  3. Just A Sittin' And A Rockin'
  4. Shoo Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy
  5. I Been Down In Texas
  6. Easy Street
  7. On The Sunny Side Of The Street
  8. Rika Jika Jack
  9. I Got The Sun In The Morning
  10. He's Funny That Way
  11. Come Rain Or Come Shine
  12. Ain't No Misery In Me
  13. Willow Weep For Me
  14. Four Months, Three Weeks, Two Days, One Hour Blues
  15. It's A Pity To Say Goodnight
  16. His Feet's Too Big For De Bed
  17. Don't Want That Man Around
  18. Across The Alley From The Alamo
  19. The Spider And The Fly
  20. Please Be Kind
  21. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
  22. Soothe Me
  23. Curiosity
  24. I Told Ya I Love Now Get Out
  25. He Was A Good Man As Good Men Go

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Music historians will find this album fascinating........2004-07-07

June Christy joined Stan Kenton's Orchestra in 1945 at the age of twenty, and in this digitally remastered CD we hear Christy's very young voice and Kenton's very loud, brassy orchestra in arrangements from 1945 - 1947. Many of the songs Christy and Kenton made so popular in the aftermath of World War II appear here, bright, brash, and full of swing, often with a thumping drum and bass accompaniment--including "Tampico," "On the Sunny Side of the Street," and "I Got the Sun in the Morning"--songs to get the toes tapping and the returning soldiers dancing.

There is nothing subtle about this album, which does not take advantage of Christy's strengths as much as it points up what she has yet to master. She and the band seem to operate on parallel planes, rather than as a unit, and although they alternate star turns throughout, Kenton's band is noticeably heavy when it is paired with Christy's young, clear voice. The best songs on the album are those which take advantage of Christy's youth--the delightful "Rika Jika Jack," as it switches keys from minor to major and back and gives Christy the chance to scat to a blues accompaniment, and another bluesy, minor-keyed song, "Curiosity," which allows her to be bright and cute.

Christy's lower range has not fully developed, at this point, and she sometimes misses low notes when she suddenly has to hit a note that is more than an octave below the range in which she has been singing. "Easy Street," "Soothe Me," and "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good" are songs requiring more control than Christy has yet acquired in her lower range. Kenton is Kenton, using the full orchestra, giving his instrumental stars their chances to solo, varying his tempo, and promoting the full-out brassiness and thumping rhythm that civilians celebrating the end of the war are obviously demanding. Kenton and Christy each seem to be in their own worlds here, alternating the spotlight but not yet creating a unified sound. Mary Whipple

5 out of 5 stars INTENSE FUN........2002-06-20

A lot of people will tell you that June Christy went on to record better music in the 1950s, but I prefer the excitement and verve of these big band sides recorded from 1945 to 1947. Here June is coupled with the powerful and impossibly tight Stan Kenton Orchestra, which keeps the listener engaged on ballads and up tempo numbers alike. Some are frightened by the intensity of the Kenton backing, but I never feel that it overpowers June...she more than meets the demands of the hard swingin' blasts of brass and sudden quiet parts which make the dynamics of Kenton so exciting. In fact, hearing June nail the bluesy twists and turns of these arrangements makes me wish that she had sprinkled a few more hard swingin' numbers among her later material.

As far as I've seen, this is the best single disc collection of June and Stan, as it boasts a great track list, a generous 25 tunes, and crystal clear sound. Hearing young June navigate these fantastic and innovative arrangements with the Kenton Orchestra is a real treat, and FUN as heck. I recommend this to any fan of big band, jazz, or classic pop vocals. Fans of the big band/June Christy combination should also check out June's 1962 LP, Big Band Specials, on which she joyously returns to her big band roots.

3 out of 5 stars Tampico.......2001-01-03

Please note that your samples for listening to are not working. I have been trying to listen to "Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dawdy", and it will not play. Please check. Thank you

5 out of 5 stars Commercial Music.......2000-11-16

There's another version of Shoo-Fly-Pie by Dinah Shore. Not sure which is the one used in the Lexus commercial but I like both versions.

5 out of 5 stars Commercial Music.......2000-11-16

There's another version of Shoo-Fly-Pie by Dinah Shore. Not sure which is the one used in the Lexus commercial but I like both versions.
Lindo Tampico
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Lindo Tampico
    Ramón Ayala
    Manufacturer: P&G Music
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000A2GIQI
    Release Date: 2006-11-29

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