Thursday, June 19, 2008

Daly-Wilson Big Band ft. Marcia Hines (1975)






Many of you enjoyed the other Daly-Wilson Big Band album (see there for the history and scandals), so here's another. Our vocalist this time around on a couple of tracks is Marcia Hines, who went on from here to become one of the biggest pop stars in 1970s Australia. After this album, she recorded his first (and best) solo album "Marcia Shines" in 1975.

There's not as much attention paid to this particular release, as neither Mobb Deep or DJ Shadow have sampled this one - but perhaps you could be the first? To be straight with you, this is not as good an album as the Kerrie Biddell one, with a few seriously bad tracks, but it's got its moments - good Rhodes workout in "Theme From the Rockford Files"; a version of Herbie Hancock's "Chameleon", which features some wah-wah trumpet; and Marcia is good on "Ain't No Mountain High Enough".

The band had just come back from a world tour around this time, interestingly having extensively toured Russia, which was unusual in those days, and having performed at the White House in Washington. Not sure what Nixon (or possibly Ford) made of this ...

Strangely enough, as part of their national tour that year, they visited a number of high schools, including mine, and it inspired me to write some brass parts for my band. Luckily for you, the cassettes of this have long since disintegrated ...

Marcia Hines with the Daly Wilson Big Band, 1975

Thanks again to Micko and the Midoztouch community for this rip.


TRACKLIST

01 El Boro 

02 Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans 

03 Theme From The Rockford Files 

04 Chameleon 

05 Satin Doll 

06 The Way We Were

07 Ain't No Mountain High Enough 

08 Jimmy Webb Medley: Up Up And Away - Wichita Lineman - MacArthur Park

 
PERSONNEL

Trumpets - Don Raverty, Norm Harris, Lary Elam, Warren Clarke & Pat Crichton
Trombones - Ed Wilson, Herbie Cannon, Merv Knott & Peter Scott
Saxaphones - Doug Foskett, Paul Long, John Mitchell & Bob Pritchard
Vocals - Marcia Hines
Drums - Warren Daly
Bass - John Helman
Guitar - Dave Donovan
Keyboards - Ray Alridge

 PRODUCTION CREDITS

 Produced by Warren Daly and Ed Wilson
Recording and Mixing Engineer - Martin Benge
Recorded at EMI Studios Sydney
Marcia Hines appears by arrangement with Wizard Records
Photography - Phillip Mortlock
Art Direction - Ken Smith

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24 comments:

  1. k02June 20, 2008 at 8:30 AM

    Thanks a million.

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  2. E-mileJune 20, 2008 at 8:22 PM

    hi Simon, this one tops the previous by far! (to me..)
    thanks, it also SOUNDS great.
    peace, E-mile

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  3. Simon666June 21, 2008 at 1:18 AM

    hey e-mile and k02, glad you're enjoying. Loved the Stevie mix too e-mile!

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  4. E-mileJune 21, 2008 at 1:37 AM

    hi simon, my fav on that album was come lay some lovin on me, (that orchestration screams for a fat Wu-Tang Clan song or a creepy sci-fi horror flick?!) yep I heard it, that gay has some amazing albums for us :-)
    glad you liked the SW-songs btw.
    peace, E-mile

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  5. E-mileJune 21, 2008 at 1:40 AM

    typo, meant guy were I typed gay,
    no offense [:-) (need to clean my keyboard sometime, it's sticky as hell - or try to type a bit slower)
    peace E-mile

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  6. Simon666June 21, 2008 at 1:45 AM

    :)

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  7. DJ Pain 1June 21, 2008 at 4:57 AM

    What a great premise for a blog. Thank you for sharing!

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  8. EconomiewurmJune 21, 2008 at 4:57 AM

    Thanks for this one! Although I'm deeply in love with Marcia Hines' voice, my favourites are two instrumentals: "Theme From The Rockford Files" and "Chameleon" (almost as good as Herbie's original).

    I appreciate your hard work!

    Jur.

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  9. Gianni aka Cesare BarbettaJune 21, 2008 at 8:49 PM

    hey Simon,
    you post and I just download.
    simply great sharings!
    thank you!
    peace & love

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  10. jaguarJune 22, 2008 at 7:31 PM

    Hi Great LP.

    Loved it.

    Many thanks.

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  11. thecorrectorJune 23, 2008 at 12:39 AM

    Thanks, Micko & Simon. Just listening to that first one the other day...

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  12. JazzsoulmanJune 27, 2008 at 6:20 AM

    Just discovered your blog. Great music choice, especially this one. Love it. Thanks for sharing

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  13. DjalmaJune 28, 2008 at 5:37 AM

    Great, thanks!



    Djalma

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  14. Russell ScarbroughAugust 1, 2008 at 2:24 AM

    thanks for this.

    You know, you must be the only guy in the world who knows this big band version of 'Chameleon', but not Maynard Ferguson's - which every high school and community college band in the US plays on every concert from 1974 until today. You should be thankful that you've managed to avoid that fate so far.

    Duh-dot! Duh-dot! Duh-dot! DAAAAA!
    kill me please

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  15. MichaelAugust 27, 2008 at 10:09 PM

    Thanks
    I see this band with Marcia Hines in 1975
    on tour in Saint-Petersburg
    Great concert!
    Thank you again

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  16. Simon666September 3, 2008 at 10:14 AM

    Hi guys,
    I've now posted the solo album that Marcia Hines did after this Daly Wilson one : "Marcia Shines"(1975) - great funky soul album. Go get it! :)
    Simon

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  17. Simon666September 3, 2008 at 10:15 AM

    arrggh that was the wrong link :

    Marcia Shines is correct

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  18. Hanimex 3000March 26, 2009 at 2:05 AM

    another one here :

    http://fraykerbreaks.blogspot.com/

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  19. klou91August 28, 2009 at 12:55 AM

    The Marcia shines album was real good ! hope this one will be too.
    Thanks

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  20. HenrySeptember 6, 2009 at 5:53 AM

    Simon or anybody do have a copy of Live at the Cellbound, Too Good for a One Night Stand? Just already downloaded the rest of the other albums by that group.

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  21. Simon666September 6, 2009 at 9:28 AM

    Hi henry -
    No sorry - that one's a bit hard to find these days. it's "cellblock", not "cellbound" btw ...

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  22. AnonymousSeptember 24, 2009 at 9:14 PM

    THANKSSSSSSSSSS!

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  23. boogiemanNovember 14, 2016 at 2:38 AM

    Fantastic, 6 years later and the link is stil alive! Thanks mate!

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  24. HastyJuly 7, 2020 at 3:35 PM

    We play both Chameleon and Satin Doll in my BigBand - these are a hoot. Thanks.

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