TELEVISION'S GREATEST HITS
In the mid-eighties I worked on the first two volumes of Television's Greatest Hits ("from the 50s & 60s" – there were several later iterations I was not involved in). Many of the themes are the original material, but we re-recorded quite a few (typically attributed to various noms de guerre such as "Television's Greatest Hits Band" or "The Spelding's Jazz Orchestra" or "The Hollywood Primetime Orchestra" or "The Los Angeles Radio TV Symphony Orchestra" or . . .). I don’t remember which are which for the most part – it has been a while.
However, I do remember recording these, for reasons that may be obvious. For most of these, I overdubbed all the trombone parts. Per this Wikipedia article, "the San Francisco Chronicle called the album 'the most fun you can have with your pants on.'" I agree. I had a LOT of fun working on it. ! (I grew up listening to most of these.)
Steven Gottlieb's brilliant brainstorm is mentioned half-way down in this 1985 New York Time article (there may be a paywall). The first volume is reviewed by Bruce Eder at allmusic.com.
Headphones are recommended. Enjoy.
And they are on YouTube and, therefore, perishable. I hope they stay up a while.
However, I do remember recording these, for reasons that may be obvious. For most of these, I overdubbed all the trombone parts. Per this Wikipedia article, "the San Francisco Chronicle called the album 'the most fun you can have with your pants on.'" I agree. I had a LOT of fun working on it. ! (I grew up listening to most of these.)
Steven Gottlieb's brilliant brainstorm is mentioned half-way down in this 1985 New York Time article (there may be a paywall). The first volume is reviewed by Bruce Eder at allmusic.com.
Headphones are recommended. Enjoy.
And they are on YouTube and, therefore, perishable. I hope they stay up a while.