Charlie Calello - Calello Serenade - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Whistin' Alex Moore's Blues 2. Pretty Woman with a Sack Dress on 3. Rubber Tired Hack 4. You Say I Am a Bad Feller 5. From North Dallas to the East Side 6. New Miss No-Good Weed 7. Black Eyed Peas and Hog Jowls 8. Boogie in the Barrel 9. Going Back to Froggy Bottom 10. July Boogie 11. West Texas Woman 12. Frisky Gal 13. Chock House Boogie 14. Miss No-Good Weed 15. Alex's Boogie 16. You Got Me Dissatisfied 17. Alex's Rag 18. Alex's Blues 19. Alex's Wild Blues 20. Sometime I Feel Worried 21. I Love You Baby 22. Rock and Roll Bed 23. Boogiein' in Strassburg

A phenomenon of the very earliest days of disco, when producers of disco records would enlist the talents of symphony orchestras to provide the rich strings, brassy horns and penetrating tympani that were the trademark of some of the best disco productions - the disco orchestra was born. One of the finest examples on record is the Charlie Calello Orchestra's InchCalello SerenadeInch album, originally released in 1979. Calello, a seasoned producer, arranged and produced Odyssey's hit InchNative New Yorker.Inch Besides boasting the aforementioned talents of symphony orchestra players, InchCalello SerenadeInch also features session vocalists Luther Vandross and Cissy Houston, among others. The album features a disco reworking of the 1940's Louis Prima big band hit InchSing, Sing, SingInch which became a massive club hit. All selections newly re-mastered. Album Tracks 1. Star Dust 2. In the Mood 3. Opus One 4. Skyliner 5. Moonlight Serenade 6. Sing, Sing, Sing 7. Temptation

One of the pioneering forces behind the rich strings, brassy horns and penetrating tympani that were the trademark of some of the best disco productions of the late 1970's, The Charlie Calello Orchestra is featured here with their hit 1979 single InchIn The MoodInch b/w InchOpus One.Inch Both tracks have been newly remastered from the original 7Inch vinyl mixes.