MG-20054: Alone Together / Ralph Marterie

	Label Type :	black Mercury type A
	Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	YMG20054A    2    M    A1
		SIDE-B	YMG20054B    M1

Comments

1st jacket: different cover design as well as album title compared with 2nd jacket. Furthermore the matrix information proves this copy is much earlier pressing.

All tunes also available on EP-1-3267, EP-1-3268 and EP-1-3269.

Inside The Groove

Ralph Marterie orchestra with mellow strings, but also swingy.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Their 1st 12-inch LP release, MG-20010 also contained mellow tracks with sweety strings arrangements. However on this album, which was recorded 5 years later, the Marterie orchestra sounds much more swingy and powerful in spite of backing strings section.

A good swingin' album against my expectation.

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

6 out of 10

Track Listing

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

Ralph Marterie (tp) and his Orchestra with strings:
Larry Brooks (tp), Rudy Scaffadi (tp), Marvine Simon (tp),
Paul Severson (tb), Bobby Speer (tb), Larry Ransom (tb),
Jack Gaylo (as), Yano Sparo (as), Larry Regan (ts), Kenny Mann (ts), Charlie Spero (bs, cl),
Matt Alagna (p) Henry Poston (b) Henry Riggs (ds).
Recorded at Universal Recording Studios, Chicago, IL in June 1954.

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Jackets

Front	Back

Labels

Side A	Side B