TELEVISION'S GREATEST HITS
In the mid-eighties I worked on Volume 1 and Volume 2 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 online 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 re-recording the below – 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 first album 'the most fun you can have with your pants on.'" I agree. I had a LOT of fun working on both! (I grew up listening to most of the stuff.) The first volume is reviewed by Bruce Eder at allmusic.com.
The project was the brainchild of Steve Gottlieb. In a December 29, 1985 New York Times article, Whoever Dreamed That Up (there may be a paywall), Robert A. Bennett wrote, “Steven Gottlieb's ‘inspiration’ was that the public would pay a high price for recordings of old television tunes if the sound quality was high. His ‘perspiration’ went into compiling theme songs from television shows of a previous generation and re-recording those for which the original soundtrack had deteriorated.”
These are on YouTube and, therefore, perishable. I hope they stay up a while.
However, I do remember re-recording the below – 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 first album 'the most fun you can have with your pants on.'" I agree. I had a LOT of fun working on both! (I grew up listening to most of the stuff.) The first volume is reviewed by Bruce Eder at allmusic.com.
The project was the brainchild of Steve Gottlieb. In a December 29, 1985 New York Times article, Whoever Dreamed That Up (there may be a paywall), Robert A. Bennett wrote, “Steven Gottlieb's ‘inspiration’ was that the public would pay a high price for recordings of old television tunes if the sound quality was high. His ‘perspiration’ went into compiling theme songs from television shows of a previous generation and re-recording those for which the original soundtrack had deteriorated.”
These are on YouTube and, therefore, perishable. I hope they stay up a while.