Frank Barber Percussion Ensemble - Swingin Percussion - Columbia - Easy Listening
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Price | £5.00 |
Track ListingA1 Spanish FleaA2 The March Of The Siamese Children A3 Creole Carnival A4 Las Vegas A5 Theme From Mr Broadway A6 Red Roses For A Blue Lady B1 A Walk In The Black Forest B2 Peace Pipe B3 Jordu B4 Busy Lizzie B5 More B6 Cumana Media Condition » Near Mint (NM or M-) Sleeve Condition » Very Good Plus (VG+) |
| Artist | Frank Barber Percussion Ensemble | ||
| Title | Swingin Percussion | ||
| Label | Columbia | ||
| Catalogue | TWO 127 | ||
| Format | Vinyl Album | ||
| Released | 1966 | ||
| Genre | Easy Listening |
Information on the Easy Listening Genre
Easy listening (also known as orchestral pop) is a popular music genre and radio format that was most popular during the 1950s to 1970s. It is related to middle-of-the-road (MOR) music and encompasses instrumental recordings of standards, hit songs and popular non-rock vocals. It was differentiated from the mostly instrumental beautiful music format by its variety of styles, including a percentage of vocals, arrangements and tempos to fit various day parts during the broadcast day.Easy listening music is often confused with so-called elevator music provided by Muzak Holdings and other music services for malls and elevators, or lounge music, but while it was popular in some of the same venues it bore only modest resemblance to the background sound of this kind of music.
A significant portion of easy listening music is purely instrumental and included some big band and orchestral arrangements of standards, themes from movies, bossa nova hits and small instrumental ensembles playing instrumental versions of popular songs, including light jazz and even some soft rock and roll.
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