NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Hindsight Records, known for timeless recordings tastefully enhanced for today’s listeners will release new albums by Patti Page and Peter Myers. Adjunct company, Country Rewind Records who brings unreleased traditional Country music into the contemporary era will release new projects by Merle Travis and Tex Ritter. The new music will be available on Oct. 2 distributed by Select-O-Hits and available to order on associated websites for Hindsight Records and Country Rewind Records website as well as all digital music platforms for streaming and download to include Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, Pandora and more.
Patti Page – This Can’t Be Love is a part of the Hindsight Records – Reimagined Series. The project was Produced by John Forbes with Tom Gramuglia assuming the role of Executive Producer. When one thinks of Patti Page, it is of a very appealing pop and country vocalist who had a giant hit with “Tennessee Waltz” and recorded other best sellers including“How Much Is That Doggie In The Window.” More than 60 years after her heyday in the 1950s, she is still remembered today for her warm voice and accessible style. But even her longtime fans will likely be surprised by the music on this release, for Patti Page is not generally thought of as a jazz singer. However early in her career and on a few occasions later in the 1950s, she showed that she sounded quite at home swinging jazz standards. Hindsight’s reissue of these classic performances with the Lou Stein quartet sound brand new for they have been enhanced quite tastefully by the arrangements and orchestrations of John Forbes for his Sentimental Pops Orchestra.
Patti Page – This Can’t Be Love – Tracklist:
1. Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
2. Blue Moon
3. This Can’t Be Love
4. Let Me Call You Sweetheart
5. I‘ll Never Smile Again
6. Exactly Like You Again
7. Don’t Blame Me
8. It All Depends On You
9. I Can’t Get Started With You
10. It Started All Over Again
11. The Prisoner’s Song
12. The Glory Of Love Again
13. You’ve Changed Again
14. Goody Goodbye Again
Oye Como Va – The Hollywood Jazz Orchestra Directed by Peter Myers is on the Hindsight Records label and Produced and directed by Peter Myers. Executive Producer on the project is Thomas Gramuglia. Myers drew his band members from the large amount of Southern California talent that he had seen through the years. Every guy in this band is a strong soloist and is also prepared to play in an ensemble.” The 15-piece orchestra, which consists of four trumpets, three trombones, five saxophones, the leader’s piano, bass, and drums plus guest percussionist Alex Acuna, has performed at a variety of top-notch venues but after five years had not made an official recording.
Oye Como Va – The Hollywood Jazz Orchestra Directed by Peter Myers – Tracklist:
1. Oye Como Va
2. The Trolly Song
3. Senor Blues
4. Love For Sale
5. Star Crossed Lovers
6. The Hornet
7. Tonight, Tonight, Tonight
8. Try ALittle Tenderness
9. Oye Como Va (Radio Version)
10. Michael and Hank (Billy Jean and Peter Gunn)
11. Three Trios
12. The Chicken
Merle Travis – Sixteen Tons is on the Country Rewind Records – Western Heritage Collection. Produced by Rex Allen Jr. for Boxer Productions with Thomas Gramuglia as Executive Producer: This recording of Merle Travis’s music is one that even his most ardent fans never expected to hear, but now these tracks have been saved for posterity. “The talent that the man had has been greatly overlooked in my opinion, until now,” says the album’s producer, Rex Allen Jr. “With this album, the world will really see what a huge influential talent he was.” These tracks were ‘reimagined’ under the direction of producer Rex Allen Jr. “My concept on this album, when I started listening to these tracks, I didn’t just hear country,” Rex said. “I heard more rockabilly and I heard New Orleans jazz. To me it represents a combination of what Merle Travis was. He was a folk singer, yes; but he also was one of the keynote guys when it came to rockabilly. He could hold his own when it came to New Orleans jazz.”
Merle Travis – Sixteen Tons Tracklist:
1. Cincinnati Lou
2. Cannonball Rag
3. Common Folks Common Folks Don’t
4. Midnight Special
5. I’ll See You In My Dreams
6. Louisiana Boogie
7. Sixteen Tons
8. Lawdy, What A Gal
9. I Am A Pilgrim
10. Merle’s Boogie Woogie
11. Kentucky Means Paradise
12. If You Want It, I’ve Got It
13. Fat Gal
14. John Henry
15. That’s All
Tex Ritter – The Songs Of The West is on Country Rewind Records – Western Heritage Collection, Produced by Jim Farrell and Co-Produced by Rex Allen Jr. The Executive Producer on the project was Tom Gramuglia. Tex Ritter was a true multimedia celebrity, a star of stage, screen, records and radio, and it is on radio that the recordings on this album came to life. The recordings on this album have a unique origin. “Tex recorded these tracks for broadcast on the radio and these versions of the songs were never commercially released,” noted Jim Farrell who produced Tex Ritter: The Songs of the West. Farrell took on the project of producing this collection after Country Rewind Records president Thomas Gramuglia rescued the ‘lost’ master tapes that required expert forensic recovery to bring them to twenty-first century audio quality.
Tex Ritter – The Songs Of The West – Tracklist:
1. Best Time Of All
2. You Will Have To Pay
3. Have I Stayed Away Too Long
4. I Dreamed Of A Hillbilly Heaven
5. Remember The Alamo
6. The Wayward Wind
7. Boll Weevil
8. Green Grow The Lilacs
9. Beaumont Rag
10. A Fallen Star
11. Cielito Lindo
12. These Hands
13. I’ve Lived A Lot In My Time
14. High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)
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