Ron Frangipane And His Orchestra – Rated X For Excitement
| Label: | Mainstream Records – MRL-300, Mainstream Records – MRL 300 |
|---|---|
| Series: | A Red Lion Production |
| Format: | Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| Country: | US |
| Released: | |
| Genre: | Electronic, Jazz |
| Style: | Easy Listening |
Tracklist
| A1 | Something | 2:35 | |
| A2 | Venus | 4:01 | |
| A3 | Holly Holy | 3:52 | |
| A4 | Heaven Knows | 2:30 | |
| A5 | Early In The Morning | 3:50 | |
| A6 | Wedding Bell Blues | 2:16 | |
| B1 | Smile A Little Smile For Me | 2:54 | |
| B2 | Jingle Jangle | 3:06 | |
| B3 | Cherry Hill Park | 2:36 | |
| B4 | Is That All There Is | 3:33 | |
| B5 | La La La (If I Had You) | 2:33 |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – Mainstream Records, Inc.
- Published By – Harrisongs Music, Inc.
- Published By – Fat Zach Music, Inc.
- Published By – Prophet Music Inc.
- Published By – Trousdale Music Publishers, Inc.
- Published By – Duchess Music
- Published By – Tuna Fish Music
- Published By – January Music Corp.
- Published By – Don Kirshner Music
- Published By – Low-Sal Music
- Published By – Trio Music
- Published By – Green Apple (3)
Credits
- Artwork [Cover Art] – Carole Jean
- Bass – Joseph Mache*
- Cello – George Ricci, Seymour Bárab*
- Design [Cover Design] – Bob Flynn
- Drums – Robert Gregg
- French Horn – Donald Corrado, Joseph DeAngelis*
- Guitar – Al Gorgoni, Willard Suyker*, Charley Macey*, Vinnie Bell
- Harp – Eugene Bianco*, Margaret Ross
- Mastered By [Mastering] – Dave Crawford (2)
- Percussion, Bongos [Tuned], Cabasa, Tabla [Tabalas], Bells [Orchestra], Drums [Hairy], Tambourine, Cowbell – Dean Christopher
- Piano – David Bullman, Dean Christopher, Frank Owens, William Storandt
- Producer – Bob Shad
- Recorded By [Recording], Remix – Dave Green (25)
- Reeds – George Berg, Joe Grim*, Leon Cohen, Phil Bodner
- Synthesizer [Moog] – Ron Frangipane
- Trombone – Alan Raph, Eddie Bert, Mickey Gravine
- Trumpet – Bernie Glow, Burt Collins, Joe Shepley, Irvin Markowitz*
- Viola – Al Brown*, David Sackson, Harold Furmansky, Seymour Berman
- Violin – George Ockner, Harry Katzman, Henri Aubeng*, Irving Spice, Joseph Malignaggi, Julius Brand, Mac Ceppos, Peter Dimitriades, Sylvan Shulman
Notes
Gatefold sleeve.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (side A label): KY 626
- Matrix / Runout (side B label): KY 627
- Matrix / Runout (side A runout, etched): KY-626
- Matrix / Runout (side B runout, etched): KY-627-B
- Rights Society: BMI
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Reviews
- This is a great record from end to end. Ron Frangipane was a master arranger and that mastery is on display all throughout this album. Jingle Jangle is excellent, as is Venus, Something and Wedding Bell Blues. Is That All There Is is a sleeper favorite. Ron’s Moof playing is very forward on several tracks and lends this record a huge bottom end for the time in which it was recorded. The players in the orchestra are very strong. Many of them turn out to be players that Ron used for the next decades of his career. Heaven Knows and Holly Holy round out my favorite cuts but there is nothing I skip.
- Side one starts out strong. Lots of funky moog sounds, nice deep bass, full orchestrations . Halfway through it devolves into generic elevator music. Side two starts out again with the funky moog that goes deep into the bass. But by the last few songs, the funky moog is gone and it's generic orchestrated elevator music albiet with a slightly more uptempo beat. Half a good record.
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