Lucky Strike

1. Cheerful

2. Making Sense

3. If You Love Me

4. Waiting On You

5. I'll Do What I Can No To Touch You Part 1

6. Tennessee Violet

7. Heaven 65

8. American Flag

9. This Song is Broken

10. Lucky Strike

11. I'll Do What I Can Not To Touch You Part 2

12. Algebra

13. Under a Disco

14. Driving To Heaven (Morel + 16B)

Lucky Strike,Morel,Yoshitoshi,Dance Music,Dance-Pop,Electronic,Pop,Progressive Trance

Average customer rating: B.A. Rolfe -- so round, so firm, so fully packed Very unusual and rare important band

Edison Laterals 6 B.A. Rolfe & His Lucky Strike Orchestra Manufacturer: Diamond Cut [Cit570] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Swing Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000DC3S Release Date: 1998-10-27

Tracks:

1. No Parking
2. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
3. True Blue Lou
4. You Took Advantage of Me
5. Pell Street Bells
6. Where Were You, Where Was I
7. You Tell Me Your Dream
8. Gypsy
9. Blue Night
10. Mia Bella Rosa
11. Room With a View
12. Lover, Come Back to Me
13. Toymakers Dream
14. My Angeline
15. If I Had You
16. Fioretta
17. Carolina Moon
18. Sorrows
19. Mean to Me
20. Spainish Doll

Customer Reviews:

B.A. Rolfe -- so round, so firm, so fully packed.......2007-01-22

The pleasantly rotund Benjamin Aldolphus Rolfe had one of the earliest coast-to-coast network radio shows. Rolfe's long musical career began at age 6, when he played solo piccolo at an ice rink. His youth was spent as a clown-musician in a circus, after which he emulated his dad and became an orchestra leader. Next B.A. owned a silent movie company. When that business eventually failed, Rolfe and his cornet returned to orchestral work. In 1926, he and his aggregation landed a contract with NBC radio and the "Lucky Strike Dance Hour" went on the air. The show ran five years.

In 1928, Rolfe signed with the EDISON company to record some electrical transcriptions for them. For various reasons, very few EDISON laterals were ever released. Thus, most of the songs on B.A ROLFE AND HIS LUCKY STRIKE ORCHESTRA are one-of-a-kind test pressings or limited run unissued material. It's evident from these twenty tracks that Rolfe fronted a fine group-- their placement on nationwide radio during the Twenties dance band craze was more than justified.

Sound quality throughout is very good, especially when considering the material's age and rarity. The album includes a nicely detailed eight page booklet. Recording dates for all selections are given.

TOTAL RUNNING TIME -- 66:50

Very unusual and rare important band.......2003-03-31

This is a very fine recording of a very important band who was sponsored by the Lucky Strike company for years on the radio. The transfers are crisp and historically important and generally not available. Nice job again, Diamond Cut!

Average customer rating: Beautifull album. A sleeper ready to blossom, Lucky Strike is right on target! Lucky for us Under a disco and loving it Continuing in a Craptacular Direction

Lucky Strike Morel Manufacturer: Yoshitoshi ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Similar Items: Queen Of The Highway ASIN: B00049QOZM Release Date: 2004-10-19

Tracks:

1. Cheerful
2. Making Sense
3. If You Love Me
4. Waiting On You
5. I'll Do What I Can No To Touch You Part 1
6. Tennessee Violet
7. Heaven 65
8. American Flag
9. This Song is Broken
10. Lucky Strike
11. I'll Do What I Can Not To Touch You Part 2
12. Algebra
13. Under a Disco
14. Driving To Heaven (Morel + 16B)

Customer Reviews:

Beautifull album. .......2005-12-28

i love this unique Album. wonderfull tracks. good beats. great songs /melodies too.!
well worth buying.

A sleeper ready to blossom, Lucky Strike is right on target!.......2005-03-13

I have been following Richard Morel for quite awhile, as my eyes widened significantly with his stunning debut, Queen of The Highway. Although there is a band that plays with Morel (and I would not want to minimize the band) I will mostly refer to MOREL as Richard Morel, the author, creator of electronic dance music & lead singer. Rich Morel was a big influence & one of the architects of the amazing Junk Science, an original House music album which was produced by Deep Dish. Coming from both a rock band background and as a studio engineer, Morel co-penned a few of those tunes in Junk Science, especially those with ambient guitar riffs and I have been in love with that sound ever since.

It's COOL, to have rock guitar in House music, and Morel certainly leans towards the punk rock sound at times. That edgy daddy/guy-next-door voice is now inescapably Morel. At times sounding like Leonard Cohen, it is a bit rough & very sweet,-- all at once! (he has an excellent falsetto) Morel's compositions span several musical genres, have a wonderful hypnotic bouncy beat at times, but then he handles more ballady songs very well too. The melodies, mesmorizing lyrics, orchestration & layering are what I think makes Morel unique. And that is why I believe he will continue to be a key pioneer in the evolution of dance music. Lucky Strike has that rock star quality & emotional angst that distinguishes Rich Morel's musical style & lyrics.

The motorcycle, cars and on-the-road references bring back images of Jack Kerouac & the Beat Generation. In fact, the wonderfully beautiful & trancy song, Heaven 65 has a fabulous speaking part that references Andy Warhol, the bridge, and the brilliant view of San Francisco from there.

In addition to Heaven 65, I will mention a few other gems. There is a key phrase in the wonderful song, If You Love Me: "It's getting hard to be with you, it's getting hard to be all by myself." What wonderful dischotomy & emotions come out in this song and in others in Lucky Strike! In that song and in American Flag, there are some parallels with the sound of the Pet Shop Boys, in their originality, lyrics, and instrumentation. One song has two different treatments, I'll Do What I Can Not To Touch You. Part one is very bluesy and slower, Part Two is a straight-away infectious dance hit. This Song is Broken is classic dance pop! Algebra has shades of Pink Floyd in the guitar work.

Because of Morel's brilliance in all these aspects of rock and dance and instrumentation, I think MOREL will be discovered by more of the masses very soon. If The Scissor Sisters can be such a huge hit, certainly MOREL's Lucky Strike deserves lots of attention!! That is why I give it a 5-Star Diamond rating.

Lucky for us.......2004-12-22

I got my copy of Lucky Strike 3 days ago. I haven't written a review before but after reading alternacubs I felt I needed to give my view. "Lucky Strike" is a visionary cd. Perhaps he hasn't actually listened to the cd. From the opening strings of "Cheerful" to the end I have been hooked. The lyrics are both uplifting and tragic. I know Morel's remixes for Depeche Mode and T.A.T.U. and some of the brilliance of those can be heard as well. Not sure what that alternaguy's problem is. Morel has worked with Depeche Mode and shows no signs of wanting to be like them. I have Morel's first record "Queen of the Highway" and believe this to be a great follow up.

Under a disco and loving it .......2004-11-15

Amazing record from start to finish. If you like Bowie, New Order, Scissor Sisters, and anything glam you will love this record. Its rare to find a record with both lyrical honesty and strong melody. I first heard Morel on his stunning collaboration with 16B "Driving to Heaven" which is also included on Lucky Strike. A must have cd.

Continuing in a Craptacular Direction.......2004-11-12

Richard Morel and his band "Morel" continue to churn out lyrically vaccuous, sample-heavy electrono-rock that desperately wants to be Depeche Mode for the current day. Not only does Morel have absolutely nothing to say, he has a (barely) three-note range singing voice and seemingly no actual musical ability. Great electronica comes from artists who create their own fabulous samples with their own instrumental skill. Morel simply pulls out stacks of "DJ Loops!" pre-made discs and cuts and pastes together a mural of boredom. His live performances are even more tedious, as he stands in the middle of the stage in a loosely fitting suit and drones like a sugar-free honeybee. An absolute MUST-AVOID!

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Songs of Yesterday for Today Manufacturer: Romeo Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Duke, Vernon | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Easy Listening | Compilations | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music ASIN: B0007OP0YA Release Date: 2005-03-01

Tracks:

1. By Strauss
2. So in Love
3. Alone Together
4. I'm Old Fashioned
5. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
6. Man I Love
7. Way You Look Today
8. Here's That Rainy Day
9. I Can't Get Started
10. Lucky to Be Me
11. How Deep Is the Ocean?
12. But Beautiful
13. You're Nearer
14. Come Rain or Come Shine
15. Nearness of You
16. After You
17. There Will Never Be Another You
18. Shadow of Your Smile
19. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
20. You Don't Know What Love Is

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ITV 50: The Album Manufacturer: EMI ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Most Popular Classical TV Themes In The Universe ASIN: B000ASTEZE Release Date: 2005-01-01

Tracks:

1. Theme from Coronation Street
2. Theme from Crossroads
3. Theme from Emmerdale Farm
4. Theme from the Darling Buds of May
5. Theme from Inpector Morse
6. Theme from a Touch of Frost
7. Theme from the Ruth Rendell Mysteries
8. Theme from Taggart
9. Theme from the Bill
10. Theme from Jericho
11. Theme from Heartbeat
12. Theme from Minder
13. Theme from London's Burning
14. Theme from Sharpe
15. Theme from Brideshead Revisited
16. Theme from Jeeves and Wooster
17. Theme from Miss Marple
18. Theme from Upstairs Downstairs
19. Theme from the New Adventures of Black Beauty
20. Theme from Hadleigh
21. Theme from Mr and Mrs
22. Theme from New Faces
23. Theme from Strike It Lucky
24. Theme from Play Your Cards Right
25. Theme from Blind Date

Tracks:

1. Theme from on the Buses
2. Theme from Man About the House
3. Theme from Please Sir!
4. Theme from Doctor in the House
5. Theme from and Mother Makes Three
6. Theme from the Harry Worth Comedy Hour
7. Theme from the Big Match
8. Theme from World of Sport
9. Theme from the David Frost Show
10. Theme from the World at War
11. Theme from This Is Your Life
12. Theme from Itn News
13. Theme from Sunday Night at the London Palladium
14. Theme from Emergency Ward 10
15. Theme from Atv Opening March
16. Theme from Sir Francis Drake
17. Theme from Van der Valk
18. Theme from Bouquet of Barbed Wire
19. Theme from Tales of the Unexpected
20. Theme from the Power Game
21. Theme from Naked City
22. Theme from the Untouchables
23. Theme from Route 66
24. Theme from Wagon Train
25. Theme from Bonanza

Album Description

Celebrating 50 years of ITV with favorite tracks from much loved programmes over the last 50 years. Virgin. 2005.

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Strike It Lucky Playboys Manufacturer: Rockhouse Prod. Nl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000025T3R Release Date: 2003-04-07

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Rebirth Of American Music Kenjiklay Manufacturer: KENJIKLAY ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00009NRVX Release Date: 2004-05-08

Tracks:

1. Drag
2. Wallace Stevens
3. War & Peace
4. I'm Not Okay
5. So Good
6. Orange Julius
7. Headlong
8. Rock Star
9. Hound Dog
10. Nashville
11. Shine

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Lucky Strike Anders Aarum Manufacturer: Hot Club / Norway ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000RGSW5W Release Date: 2007-06-26

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