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Matthew C. Clark Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 All of the "Class Of" by the late Floyd Cramer (Till 1975) is available on Apple iTunes EXCEPT "Class Of '73" which has "Let's Pretend". I still believe that Apple iTunes is working on the whole album!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew C. Clark Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 Finally, the late Floyd Cramer "Class Of '73" album from 1973 can be downloaded on Apple iTunes (all 10 songs) since this morning!! 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 That is definitely cleaner than the previous version I had! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raspbernie Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 Kirk, I ripped this track from an LP for my custom "Eric Carmen: Under Cover" CD set, so yeah...two thumbs up for this remaster! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 Floyd is instantly recognizable by his distinctive "slip-note" style of playing. He was an original member of the Nashville Sound that was born in RCA Victor's famous Studio B, now a historic site in Nashville. He played piano on hundreds of studio sessions, as well as recording his own albums. In 1960, his self-written "Last Date" reached Number 11 on the charts. I believe that was his most famous recording. He also did a great job on his cover version of Jim Lowe's 1956 #1 hit "Green Door". He has a great many LP's recorded in the 1960's on RCA Victor, many of which were pressed as Dynagroove audiophile-quality vinyl. (Leonardo DiCaprio sang "Green Door" on Hullabaloo , as Rick Dalton, in Quentin Tarantino's excellent "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood"). 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda B Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 Thanks for posting this Matthew. Batman, I love that you know what a "slipnote" is. Floyd, one of the masters...he knows what a good melody is and only chooses the best for his stylings. I've said this before, this has to make Eric Carmen so proud. Love it♥️ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew C. Clark Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 This is my favorite instrumental by the late Floyd Cramer "Let's Go" (from "Gets Organ-ized" album) (B 45 side single of "Chattanooga Choo Choo") which peaked at # 90 in February of 1962. (stereo version) The album not available on Apple iTunes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 Floyd is one of the few keyboardists back in the day who was as great on organ as well as on piano, as in this example. Most players stuck to one or the other. The only other keyboard man who comes to mind for releasing LP's playing piano and organ is Dick Hyman. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susie b Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 Another one of Nashville's talented and humble gentlemen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 I was an organ/piano guy. Actually, started with the organ and picked up the piano later. Would have a hard time with Mary Had A Little Lamb on either these days... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 For music history buffs, as myself, the following is submitted for your approval (apologies to Rod Serling): Time Machine: RCA Studio B - Episode 82 (shapingopinion.com) https://shapingopinion.com/?s=RCA+Studio+B+-+Episode+82 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 do dee do do, do dee do do... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 Another keyboard great who was as good on piano as well as organ: The Official Dick Hyman Website www.dickhyman.com Also, Dick Hyman - Wikipedia Dick is still alive and well at age 96! He was very active on the venerable audiophile Command Records label, under the master arranger Enoch Light, beginning in the mid-1950's on the Waldorf label, later Grand Award Records, later Command Records, later Project 3 Records, all Enoch Light enterprises. Check out his discography on the wikipedia site. He and Floyd Cramer were indeed two of a kind, and a very rare breed. I love the picture of Dick playing a concert grand with his left hand, and a synthesizer with his right hand! I'm lucky I can still walk and chew gum simultaneously! In that photo you can see his LP "Moog" sitting on the piano. He was the first keyboard artist to record and release an LP of Moog music, and have it chart nationally. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 Interesting the definition of slip note. I would have called it a grace note, and would have been wrong. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 5 hours ago, Kirk said: Interesting the definition of slip note. I would have called it a grace note, and would have been wrong. I'm a sax, clarinet and flute player since 1960, and we called them grace notes as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 Not to get too far off topic, but I played Oboe in Jr. High School. Double reed instrument=tough going! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda B Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 8 hours ago, Kirk said: Interesting the definition of slip note. I would have called it a grace note, and would have been wrong. And just as a "sidenote", a slip note is also known as a bent note.😊 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 1 hour ago, Kirk said: Not to get too far off topic, but I played Oboe in Jr. High School. Double reed instrument=tough going! I never attempted any double-reed woodwinds. It seemed to require great effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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