The Three Suns – Country Music Shindig (1965/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 36:53 minutes | 783 MB | Genre: Country
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RCA – Legacy
Country Music Shindig is a departure for the Three Suns in that their typical instrumental medley style is applied to a program of country songs — 34 of them in total. The selections seem to reveal a thorough knowledge of country music. For example, the set includes songs that wouldn’t be readily identified with country music today, like “Jingle Bell Rock,” “Crying in the Chapel,” and “Blue Suede Shoes,” all of which were country hits. Then there are obscurities like the Sons of the Pioneers’ “Roses” alongside crossover hits and an occasional oddball like the Broadway tune “Wagon Wheels.” The album is heavier on electric guitar than some of the Suns’ earlier efforts, and is also the last album they recorded with longtime producer and conductor Al Nevins, who died shortly afterward. ~~ AllMusic Review by Greg Adams
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The Three Suns – A Ding Dong Dandy Christmas (1959/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96kHz | Time – 00:35:34 minutes | 773 MB | Genre: Jazz, Easy Listening
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: AcousticSounds | © RCA Records
Recorded: 1959; Remastered by Maria Triana at Battery Studios in NYC
The instrumental trio The Three Suns had been around for about two decades, capturing fans as far-ranging as First Lady Mamie Eisenhower and the Platters (who took their “Twilight Time” to the top of the charts), when they cut this record for RCA’s famed Living Stereo series in 1959. And, no doubt inspired by the new-fangled recording technology in RCA’s Studio A, they turned in one of the most wacky and entertaining Christmas albums of the era, adding rock and roll guitar and instrumentation as varied as chimes, bells, oboes and two (!) tubas to create a Space Age stereophonic spectacular suitable for the Jetsons’ next holiday party. This record’s long been cherished by Christmas music devotees, and our Real Gone worldwide CD debut reissue features a sparkling remastering job by Maria Triana at Sony’s Battery Studios and liner notes by Joe Marchese. Every bit as fizzy as the champagne you’re going to open to toast the season!
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