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Reel-to-reel: 2-Track - MERCURY MDS2-5: MOODS IN MUSIC - The CLEBANOFF STRINGS
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10 Oct 2021
03 Oct 2021
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7-1/2 IPS 2-TRACK REEL TAPE
MERCURY MDS2-5
MOODS IN MUSIC
THE CLEBANOFF STRINGS
Featuring the Echoing Strings of Herman Clebanof
This tape album is a step up from the usual 50s vintage EZ-Listening pop fare, it’s not corny enough to fit the Exotica/ Space-Age/Lounge genre, it’s just well-recorded expert performances of relaxed orchestral music with an emphasis on the string section.
The sound quality is very good, as usual for Mercury Records, though the stereo presentation is typical for the time, mostly hard-right/hard-left with not much in the middle. This 2-track stereo reel tape plays from start to finish with absolutely no issues of any sort.
The tape looks fresh, it’s flat, supple and shiny.
The pack on the reel is nice and flat.
A new long white leader and a new white/red tail were spliced onto the ends of this tape.
The tape is wound tail out on the original reel.
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Herman Clebanoff (May 2, 1917 – January 13, 2004) was an American concert violinist and conductor.
Herman Clebanoff was born on May 2, 1917 in Chicago to his Russian immigrant parents. Starting violin lessons at the budding age of five, Clebanoff was seen as a child prodigy. Two years after receiving musical lessons, he had his first recital. Clebanoff's musical talents expanded throughout high school, when he acted as first chair violinist in a plethora of string quartets. Clebanoff was also an accomplished concertmaster. By the young age of 20, Clebanoff had already achieved the status of Concert Master for the Chicago Civic Orchestra 's, as well as being the Chicago Symphony's youngest member.
Herman Clebanoff has been described as a passionate musician. His son, Jerry, stated, "He was a driven person. He didn't play to making a living. He played because he was passionate about it" (Chicago Times).
In 1939, Clebanoff joined the Illinois Works Progress Administration, or WPA, Symphony. Clebanoff took this opportunity to play to a wide and varied group of audiences. Although he took a leave of absence in 1943 to work for the New Orleans Orchestra, Clebanoff returned to Chicago in 1945, where he produced a string orchestra of his own: The Clebanoff Strings. Many pieces were created in collaboration with this orchestra.
In 1958 he issued his first LP with Mercury "Moods in Music” featuring his "echoing" violin to great success. He then recorded several marvelous film theme LPs with songs such as: Secret Love (featured in "Calamity Jane"), "Song from "Raintree County", "Wild Is the Wind", "A Certain Smile", and "The High and The Mighty." Clebanoff's music inspired a global following due to his unique style and superb musicianship.
Clebanoff also worked with other musicians including fellow Chicagoan Caesar Giovannini, a superb pianist, and Wayne Robinson as arrangers. Clebanoff is known for his love of creating and producing new music as well.
By the mid-1960s Clebanoff's music had shifted from strict film and classic pop music to more modern popular music (pop) with limited success. He left Mercury and recorded only one album for Decca... the superb "Once Upon a Summertime."
Clebanoff is known for his interest in creating new pieces. He frequently made time to create these pieces despite the chaos going on around him. "Two weeks after we moved, he recorded a record in Paris. He loved the opportunity to go other places" Jerry Clebanoff said (Chicago Tribune).
| 1958 | Moods in Music | Mercury |
| 1959 | Songs from Great Films | Mercury |
| 1959 | Clebanoff Plays Songs from Great Operettas | Mercury |
| 1960 | Clebanoff Plays Great Songs of the Continent | Mercury |
| 1960 | Love Themes from Great Films | Mercury |
| 1960 | Today's Best Hits | Mercury |
| 1961 | King of Kings and 11 other great movie themes | Mercury |
| 1962 | Strings Afire | Mercury |
| 1962 | Accent on Strings | Mercury |
| 1963 | Today's Best Hits | Mercury |
| 1963 | Lush, Latin & Bossa Nova Too! | Mercury |
| 196_ | The World's Great Waltzes | Mercury |
| 1964 | Country Music For People Who Don't Like Country Music | Mercury |
| 1964 | Strings Afire in Spain | Mercury |
| 1964 | A Film Concert By The Clebanoff Strings, Orchestra & Chorus | Mercury |
| 1964 | Teen Hits played the Clebanoff way | Mercury |
| 1967 | Like Paganini | Mercury |
| 1974 | Besame Mucho (EP) | JVC |