Re: [ARSCLIST] Mystery singer -- who is this lady?

[David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Definitely a second-rater. Poor high-school French..why does the lover say "shut the door"? It's "Je
t'adore", dammit. Arrangement sounds like a Ray Conniff copycat.

Not the soundtrack, not Peggy (not even remotely close), not Eartha, not Genevieve, not anyone I
recognize from that period.

What else is on the tape? Anyone got old Phonologs from the early 60s?

dl

Tom Fine wrote:

> http://www.richardhess.net/ampex/mystery_singer/
>
> I put an MP3 at the above link from a tape I got in, mystery female singer. Yes, this music is not
> exactly my taste either but here are some relevant facts:
>
> 1. tape is early 60's type, Scotch 202 or something similar. It's not in great shape, not in
> terrible shape. 15IPS NAB.
>
> 2. Not tones or splices, so I think it's a safety. The audio quality is excellent, and it was
> obviously done in a good studio with good players behind the singer, so I think it was a major
> record company gig.
>
> 3. the tape was in a lot of allegedly bulk-erased tapes but the client said it might have come from
> somewhere else. This 19-minute section, which seems to be an LP side worth of tunes, was spooled
> onto a 7" reel and was in a plain white box that, based on its condition, was probably later than
> when the reel was made.
>
> 4. the tape was fast-wound onto the reel but was tails out. As I said earlier, it played OK and did
> not have any splices except to paper leader at the head and tail. So I think it's a studio copy or a
> safety.
>
> Any tips as to who's got the nice pipes, please let me know. Based on her spoken and singing parts
> on other songs, I would say she is native French or French Canadian. Again, this music is not my
> taste but based on her intonation, the fact that there is a good orchestra behind her with tight
> arrangements and the way she is mixed clearly out front of the band, I'd say she is a pro and this
> was a real-deal record company gig.
>
> -- Tom Fine