Mercury Records Collection: EmArcy MG-36059: Lars Gullin With The Moretone Singers

MG-36059: Lars Gullin With The Moretone Singers

Label Type :	blue EmArcy type B
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MG 36059A M2 MII A A1 I
	SIDE-B	MG 36059B MF4 M4 B1 I

Comments

Front cover has suffered from unusual foginess under the laminate, which was common among EmArcy releases in the era.

Inside The Groove

Swedish most famous baritone saxophonist Lars Gullin's 4th album on EmArcy, from original Swedish Metronome recordings.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Lars Gullin's 4th album on EmArcy label is something unusual - his sextet is backed up with the voices of a sixteen piece choir. Luckily, this doesn't mean the LP is fully commercial and easy-listening type. The choir sounds like a backing instruments or string section, and it's very impressive.

Two tracks are played by the sextet only, which captures yet another fine baritone improvisations by Lars Gullin.

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

8 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	11899	Last Date (Lars Gullin)	3:12
A-2	11904	Gone With The Wind (Wrubel - Magidson)	6:50
A-3	11905	Beautiful Heart (Lars Gullin)	2:53
A-4	11906	For F.J. Fans Only (Lars Gullin)	6:00
SIDE-B
B-1	11907	Lover Man (Davis - Ramirez - Sherman)	6:23
B-2	11908	Merlin (Lars Gullin)	6:54
B-3	11909	Late Summer (Lars Gullin)	5:15

Personnel

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

A-1, A-2, A-3, B-1, B-2:
Leppe Sundwall (alto horn), Curt Järnberg (tb),
Lars Gullin (bs),
Bengt Hallberg (p), George Riedel (b), William Schiopffe (ds),
The Moretone Singers (chorus group).
Recorded in Copenhagen, Denmark on September 11-13, 1954.

A-4, B-3:
Richard Johansson (tb), Rolf Billberg (ts), Lars Gullin (bs),
Rolf Berg (g), George Riedel (b), William Schiopffe (ds).
Recorded in Stockholm, Sweden on June 13, 1955.

The Artist Also Appears on...

Lars Gullin (bs) :

EmArcy MG-26041 10-inch : Lars Gullin Quartet
EmArcy MG-26044 10-inch : Gullin's Garden
EmArcy MG-36012 : Lars Gullin
EmArcy MG-36059 : Lars Gullin With The Moretone Singers

EmArcy MG-36054 : Volume 6 - The Jazz Giants / Modern Swedes / Various Artists (not released?)
EmArcy MG36083 : Jazz Abroad / Quincy Jones & Roy Haynes
EmArcy MG-36121 : Swingin' In Sweden / Jimmy Raney & George Wallington