Compilations with titles starting with T
- Take It Off! Strip Tease Classics!
- CD, Rhino R2 72724, USA, 1997
- comment:
- Johan: Both classic burlesque classics by David Ross and Sonny Lester. "The Stripper" and "How to undress in front of your husband"on one hot disc! Eye popping strip sleeve were babe takes it off at the wiggle of your hand!
- Reviewed in "Exotica/Etc" issue 12
- The Talent Show
- CD, Arf! Arf! AA-056, USA, 1996
- comment:
- Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5.
- Talkin Jazz : Themes From The Black Forest
- CD/LP, Talkin' Loud 518 861, UK, 1994
- comment:
- Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5.
- Talkin Jazz Volume 2: More Themes From The Black Forest Volume 2
- CD/LP, Talkin' Loud 523529, UK, 1994
- comment:
- Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5.
- Talkin Jazz Volume 3
- CD/Double LP, Talkin' Loud 553 585, UK, 1997
- comment:
- Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5.
- Talkin' Verve Groovy
- CD, Verve 557 081, USA, 1998
- comment:
- Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5. Verve artists do groovy jazz covers of 60's soul, R&B, and pop songs; they sound more pop or "Now" than jazz, which I think is good! Oscar Peterson's "Satisfaction" is about the only "real" jazz track, which means that you can't recognise the original melody ;-)
- Talkin' Verve With a Twist
- CD, Verve 537 914, USA, 1997
- comment:
- Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5. This was Verve's "Space Age Pop/Lounge" hit compilation, irts reply to Capitol's Ultra-Lounge series I guess. Very much like Rhino's "Cocktail Mix" Volumes 2 & 3, so if you liked those, be sure to check these out! Lots of cool tunes, mostly from the Mercury archives: Charade, Pink Panther, Tequila, Walk on the wild side, Peter Gunn, James Bond theme, What's new pussycat, Girl from Ipanema, One mint julep.
- Teen Beat Volume 1
- CD, Ace, UK, 199?
- comment:
- (unknown): R&R instros in general, so pure surf is only part of the mix - if that matters to you. It's a good series though, with 30 tracks to a disc
- Teen Dance Music From China And Malaysia
- CD, Thrift Score Records 001, USA, 2002
- comment:
- Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. Instrumental exotica weirdness, eclectic, mostly instrumental Go-Go pop by obscure Guitar bands from China and Malaysia, from circa mid 1960's to early '70's.
Read a review of this record in the "Critiquarium". - Jack Diamond: If you are a guitar fan, pop, jazz, jazzy pop, now go go sounds, country jazz, soundtrack soundtrack sounds, Ennio Morricone, Spaghetti Westerns, Wordless Vocals, Al Caiola, George Barnes, Howard Roberts, Barney Kessel, Tommy Tedesco, The Ventures, The Shadows, THE NUTTY SQUIRRELS or E) ALL OF THE ABOVE; You have now arrived. Various artist compilation of guitar bands from China and Malaysia, circa mid 1960s to early 70s maybe ??? this kills. everything just turned bright yellow and lime green: pretty damn happy, and you gone be havin some fun! There are guitars and whistling, like the Ennio Morricone stuff and some others too. In the Spaghetti Western stuff, there are loud gunshots from rifles, like in the old West. The James Bond Medley will rock your world THAT definitely has gun shots and richochet bullet sounds. Check out the "Tacit Blessing" for a wild ride with copious amounts of pumping hips going 'round n' 'round. GREAT 60s Go Go dance music, heads bobbin’ back and forth, arms flailin’ all over, hips shakin, girls screamin! It's an all night party with the Teen Dance Music from China and Malaysia CD blammin’ out the speakers. In the car, in the house, everywhere you go, everybody is gonna be doing the Mod Go Go Beat Dance. Titles that say "Indecipherable" ??? The records were/are in another language and the guys that put this together couldn't decipher it (smile)
- TeeVee Toons: The Commercials
- LP, TVT Records TV4, USA, 198?
CD, TVT Records 1400-2, USA, 1989 - comment:
- Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5.
- Television's Greatest Hits (65 TV Themes From The 50's And 60's)
- Double LP/CD, TVT Records, USA, 1989
- comment:
- Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5.
- Television's Greatest Hits Volume 2 (65 More TV Themes Fro The 50's And 60's)
- LP/CD, TVT Records, USA, 1989
- comment:
- Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5.
- Television's Greatest Hits Volume 3: 70's & 80's
- Television's Greatest Hits Volume 4: Black & White Classics
- CD, TVT Records 1600, USA, 1996
- comment:
- Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5.
- Television's Greatest Hits Volume 5: In Living Color (TV Themes from the 60's and 70's)
- CD, TVT Records 227428, USA, 1996
- comment:
- Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. 61 themes from the 1960's and 70's (although the track list mentions 65!) More then half of them are between good and very good, and of course there's overlapping with other Theme comps, like "Tunes From The Toons - The Best Of Hanna-Barbera" to name just one.
- Television's Greatest Hits Volume 6: Remote Control
- Television's Greatest Hits Volume 7: Cable Ready
- Test Card Classics - The Girl The Doll The Music
- CD, Flyback/Chandos FBCD 2000, UK, 1996
- comment:
- Johan: Peter Hipwell: "I like it a lot, but this might well just be simply nostalgia value for that style of music; generally very smooth and laid back. Vol. 1 does have Roger Roger, also Syd Dale and Alan Moorhouse if I remember right. I don't play it too often."
- Reviewed in the "Record Collector" issue 209
- Test Card Classics Volume 2 - Big Band Width
- CD, Flyback/Chandos, UK, 1997
- That's All Folks! (Cartoon Songs From Merrie Melodies & Looney Tunes)
- Double CD, Rhino R2 74271, USA, 2001
- comment:
- Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5. Beautifully packaged, as a CD size hardcover book, with lots of info and drawings. See Rhino's web site for details on the contents. All (12) tracks are actual sort of medleys, they cleverly edited out all the dialog, and the result is great, except that those tracks are too long, they didn't divide them up into songs, so you can't directly access 1 specific song. Even "Bugs Bunny's Greatest Hits" is 1 long track containing no less than 24 songs! The biggest surprise is the inclusion of "Three Little Bops" by Stan freberg & Shorty Rogers, a hip version of "the 3 little pigs", that you can read about in _Cool And Strange Music Magazine_ issue 8 p18.
- From the sticker on the outside: Includes 2 CDs of cartoon treasures with arrangements by Carl Stalling and voice by Mel Blanc, plus a 100-page book chock full of rare art, historical essays, and more.
- That's Irma Juice (The classic covers collection in electronicalounge)
- CD/Double LP, Irma casa di primordine 508938, Italy, 2002
- comment:
- Johan: Irma artists covering The Doors, Barbara Streisand, Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock , Lalo Schifrin, Ella Fitzgerald ...
- That's New Pussycat! (Surf Tribute To Burt Bacharach!)
- CD, Om Om Music OMOM RBKB3, Italy, 2000
- comment:
- Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. Warning: this is not a surf CD... No, wait a minute... Hip hip, woow, great, this is not a surf comp! And not too much vocal songs either. 25 very varied types of "instro", mostly guitar-based, some quite inspired versions that might surprise you! Die-hard surf fans might be disapointed...
- Reviewed in _Cool And Strange Music Magazine_ issue 18
- Them Dirty Blues
- Double CD, Jass CD-11/12, USA, 1989
Double CD, Mojo 303, USA, 1997 - comment:
- Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5.
- Themes From Classic Science Fiction, Fantasy And Horror Films
- Themes Like Old Times
- CD, Radio Yesteryear, USA, 1990
- comment:
- Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5. "90 Genuine Original Program Openings From The Most Famous Radio Shows..." highly recommended! There's a lot of use of a Theatre organ on these themes compilation, many themes from mystery and adventure series. E-mail contact: video@yesteryear.com
- Theremin Noir
- CD, ?, ?, ?
- comment:
- william: rob schwimmer, uri caines, mark feldman. the disc contains both original compositions and covers (including songs from "marnie", "vertigo", and "torn curtain"). i'm pretty poor at descriptions of music. but it seems to me to be pretty much in the vein of classical music. but quite nice. one track is titled "waltz for clara" and the cd has the following information about this track: " 'waltz for clara' was written on the date of the death of theremin virtuoso clara rockmore, whose performance inspired me to pick up the instrument."-rob schwimmer.
- They Came From Outer Space. The Alien Songbook
- CD, Varèse Sarabande VSD-5882, 1997?
- comment:
- Reviewed in "_Cool And Strange Music Magazine_" issue 9
- The Third Millenium Vol. 1 (Hidden Treasures From The Italian Vaults Of 60's & 70's)
- CD/Double LP, Studio Uno STN1001, distributed by Dee Jay Mix, Italy, 1998
- comment:
- Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5.
- Gionni Paludi: it features all italian 60's & 70's stuff. The man behind it is Paolo Scotti, of "Easy Tempo - voll. 1 to 5" and "Mood Mosaic" fame. At the moment Paolo and myself are working together on a new compilation.
- This Is Cult Fiction. 28 Cult TV & Movie Classics
- CD, Virgin VT 59, UK, 1996
- This Is Cult Fiction Royale
- Double CD, Virgin, UK, 199?
- comment:
- Johan: 47 TV & movie themes.
- Brian Phillips: among the many gems of this collection are "Stingray", "The Baron", "'Tiswas", "Fireball XL5", "Joe90", "E.V.A." (Jean-Jacques Perrey!), "Get Carter", "Danger Man" and there are others. All of them sound great, particularly the "Fireball XL5" which is greatly improved over the take on "TVT's "Television's Greatest Hits".
- This Is Easy
- Double CD, Virgin 41534, UK , 1996
- comment:
- This Is The Return Of Cult Fiction. 36 Cult Classic Film & TV Themes
- CD, Virgin Groove VTCD 112 7234 8 42166 2 7, UK, 1996
- comment:
- Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5.
- Br. Cleve: superb... feaures many hard to find Cult TV (British and American) themes, most of which are incredible.
- The Thriller Memorandum. Mood Mosaic Volume 2
- CD, RPM 173, UK, 1996
- comment:
- Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5. 1960's spy jazz
- Tiki Ragtime
- CD, Delos/Siren Records 4501, ?, 199?
- comment:
- Peter Risser: ragtime arrangements of music from the Disney parks. Song List: Main Street medley; Tiki Room Medley; Yo Ho / Grim Grinning Ghosts Medley; Country Bear Jamboree Medley; Zip A Dee Doo Dah; Milenberg Joys; Golden / Diamond Horseshoe Revue Medley; Castle Salute; Snow White Medley; You Can Fly, You Can Fly; Alice In Wonderland Medley; Maroon Cartoon; Toontown Medley; Miracles From Molecules; If You Had Wings; (There's A) Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow; Meet The World; Golden Dream; World Showcase Medley; It's A Small World (After All); Interview With Walt Disney.
- Tipsy Remix Party
- CD, Asphodel Records, USA, 2002
- comment:
- Johan: remixes by, amongst others: Seksu Roba, Messer Chups, Bran Flakes, Optiganally Yours...
- Tokyo Bossa Nova Lounge
- CD, Teichiku TECN-25800, Japan, 2002
- comment:
- Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5. Wonderful Japanese bossa nova from the 1960's and early 1970's. Liner notes in japanese only, BUT full artist, composer, source and recording year details in English!
- Toon Tunes: 50 Favorite Classic Cartoon Theme Songs
- CD, Rhino 72752, USA, 1997
- comment:
- Johan: Lots of duplicates with the "Television's Greatest Hits" comps
- Toon Tunes: Action-Packed Anthems
- CD, Rhino R2 74337, USA, 2001
- comment:
- Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. 36 cartoon themes, spanning 5 decades. I'm not really pleased with the way Rhino randomly sequenced various styles and periods; the huge difference in sound quality between old and new tunes is a bit distracting... and most of the themes from the 1980's and '90's really miss humor, originality, class... they'll never become timeles! Also some overlap with other such comps of course, but plenty left to make it recommendable.
- Toon Tunes: Funny Bone Favorites
- CD, Rhino R2 74336, USA, 2001
- comment:
- Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. If you already have some cartoon theme comps, better check out the track listing at Rhino's site, to avoid buying a bunch of tuneds you already have. else, this is a good starting point for your funny cartoon theme collection.
- Top TV Themes
- CD, Castle, UK, 199?
- comment:
- Jerry Larson: with 4 tracks by Barry Gray and the rest by artists such as Laurie Johnson, Johnny Keating, Johnny Pearson & his Orchestra, and the Tony Hatch Orchestra. Includes themes to : Fireball Xl5, Captain Scarlet Theme, Joe 90, Thunderbirds, the Avengers, the Saint, Return to the Saint, Hijacked, Z Cars, the Fujitive, Hancock's Tune, Department S, Dr. Who, Danger Man, Red Alert, Our House, Crossroads and Wagon Train.
- Tribute: Serge Gainsbourg
- CD, ?, Japan, 1999
- comment:
- Johan: Gainsbourg songs covered by Asian artists.
- Tropical Tribute To The Beatles
- CD, EMI/RMM/Odeon records, France, 1996, deleted
- comment:
- Johan: My rating: 1 points on 5.
- Tropicalia
- 5 cd box, Polygram 555 609, UK?, 1998
- comment:
- Reviewed in the "Record Collector" issue 231
- Tropicalia: 30 Anos
- 5 CD box set, Polygram, Brazil, deleted?
- comment:
- Johan: Includes the single "Tropicalia" CD, plus the classic first albums from Caetano Veloso, Os Mutantes, Gal Costa and Gilberto Gil.
- Tropicalia: Ou Panis Et Circencis
- CD, Polygram, Brazil, deleted?
CD, Polygram PHCA4226, Japan, 199?, deleted
LP, reissue 9682480, UK, 2000 - comment:
- Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. 1968 "Tropicalismo" comp/album by Caetano Veloso, Gal Costa, Gilberto Gil, Os Mutantes ... Sort of a Brazilian Sgt. Pepper.
- Trunk Presents The Super Sounds Of Bosworth
- LP, Trunk Barked 1, UK, 1996
- comment:
- Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. Just good, which means average, nothing to get excited about, but nothing to regret buying either... see notes on volume 2
- Trunk Presents The Super Sounds Of Bosworth [two]
- LP, Trunk Barked 2, UK, 1996
- comment:
- Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. Lots of short pieces, different styles, instrumentations. Several rather minimalistic tracks that are only good for use in custom mixes IMHO. Bad vinyl quality BTW!!! see notes on volume 1
- Tube: Atlantic Surf Essentials
- CD, CherryDisc 22845, USA, 1996
- comment:
- (unknown): contemporary surf/exotic bands: Surf/spy/sci-fi madness from the U.S. Atlantic coast
- Turn On!
- CD-R, Zippy CD Company (mono), Germany, 2002
- comment:
- Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5.
- Jack Diamond Music: Ab-so-fuggin'-lute-ly Killer! From start to finish, no lie. More Library music from Europe that will just kick your butt! Starting out the set we have Frank Mantis and his Top Ten for killer fuzz guitar and Orchestra that will just make you so happy you are alive and have the ability to hear, I just can't tell you enough.Then our friends at Zippy, who have now opened an office in Germany have filled the rest of this incredible CD with more killer Pop/Psychedelic electricfried guitar sounds with Organs, Percussion, Orchestra and other what not...
- Tuva: Voices From The Center Of Asia
- CD, Smithsonian/Folkways SF CD 40017, USA, 1990
- comment:
- Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. Diverse styles of traditional Tuvan throat and other singing and sound making
- TV Classics
- 4 CD box, Sequel, UK, 1993
- comment:
- Johan: British TV themes and other televisual music.
- TV Land -- CrimeStoppers
- CD, Rhino 75866, USA, september 2000
- comment:
- Johan: TV Cop P.I. Themes, from the 1950's to the 70's. See Rhino's website for a track listing
- TV Toons Présente: Les Meilleurs Génériques Des Séries Et Emissions T.V. Françaises
- CD, Playtime (a division of FGL) PL980441-303 6482, France, 1998
- comment:
- Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. 41 tracks
- Cheryl: It has some of the same tracks as "La télé des tout p'tits", but lots of different ones, and is (in my opinion) even better.
- Twang! Instrumental Diamonds '58-'62
- Double CD, Sequel NEE 478, UK, 2000
- comment:
- Johan: At least 10 tracks here also appeared on previous Sequel instro comps: "Instrumental Diamonds" volumes 1, 2 and 3.
- Twist Again Au Ciné
- CD, Playtime PL 9905048, France, 1999
- comment:
- Johan: My rating: 2 points on 5.
- Brian Karasick: a compilation of old French movie themes including a few very unique James bond themes sung in French.
- Twist Again Au Cine 2: La Revanche
- CD, Playtime PL, France, 2000
- comment:
- Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5.
- Twist Again Au Cine 3: La Revanche Se Rebiffe
- CD, Playtime PL, France, 2001
- comment:
- Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. several very good, and funny tracks, but also about 10 so-so kitsch songs
- Twist In Germany
- CD, Bear Family BCD 16186, Germany, 1999
- comment:
- Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5.
- Brian Karasick: A comp of 60's Twists including Chubby Checker, almost all in German. Its companion - Surf in Germany, is on the next order!
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