Twist with the Lions
Twist craze cash-in records are almost always worth picking up. Even the bad ones have usually have something to recommend them. They’re easy to find and (usually) cheap too. Collect ‘em all!
Today’s twist record is TWIST WITH THE LIONS, a 1962 (all twist records are ’62 or '63) release on Metro Records, MGM’s budget label. The Lions (MGM, lions – get it?) play old standards done with a surprisingly heavy beat. The arrangements are by the great Billy Mure, I don’t know who the musicians are but I imagine that Mure got the very best musicians that didn’t have something better to do that morning.
Mure keeps the songs short. That’s good for two reasons. The folks that bought the twist cash-in records weren’t use to strenuous activity and it’s bad for sales if people have heart attacks when your music is on the hi-fi. The other reason is that the songs are over before you get tired of them. The whole LP is over in twenty minutes. On to the next craze!
Today’s twist record is TWIST WITH THE LIONS, a 1962 (all twist records are ’62 or '63) release on Metro Records, MGM’s budget label. The Lions (MGM, lions – get it?) play old standards done with a surprisingly heavy beat. The arrangements are by the great Billy Mure, I don’t know who the musicians are but I imagine that Mure got the very best musicians that didn’t have something better to do that morning.
Mure keeps the songs short. That’s good for two reasons. The folks that bought the twist cash-in records weren’t use to strenuous activity and it’s bad for sales if people have heart attacks when your music is on the hi-fi. The other reason is that the songs are over before you get tired of them. The whole LP is over in twenty minutes. On to the next craze!
posted by KS at 5/01/2006 09:34:00 PM
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