SR-60109: Music For A Private Eye / Ralph Marterie and his Marlboro Men

	Label Type :	black Mercury type C (large oval)
	Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	SR_60109_A MS1    A1    I
		SIDE-B	SR_60109_B    FRMS1    I

Comments

Equivalent release: Mercury MG-20437 (mono).

with original Mercury inner sleeve.

Pressed at the RCA Victor's Indianapolis plant - sounds so crisp!

Inside The Groove

A nice LP playing TV's top themes with the help of Pete Rugolo the arranger.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

After the pianist and the arranger Matt Alagna left Ralph Marterie's band, the band changed its name to “Ralph Marterie and his Marlboro Men”. This era's Marterie band sounds rather corny - full of sudden trumpet riff hitters. This is definitely the bad influence of Matt Alagna's absence (of course it is just in my humble opinion).

Luckily, on this “TV's top theme hits” album, Pete Rugolo had made an important role - although the music does not sound like Marterie's band, most tracks are thrilling as Rugolo's own albums always does.

An unusual occasion - Ralph Marterie with Pete Rugolo as an arranger. Very interesting album indeed.

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

7 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)

B-2:
Ralph Marterie (tp, ldr) and his Marlboro Men (including brass, reeds, p, g, b, ds).
Recorded at Universal Recording Studios, Chicago, IL in April 1959.

SIde-A, B-1, B-3, B-4, B-5:
same personnel as above.
Recorded at United Recording Studio A, Los Angeles, CA in April 1959.

Arrangers: Pete Rugolo, Skippy Martin and Henri Beau.

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