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[timoc]

Billy May - All Of Me​

 

[timoc]

The Third Man - Anton Karas​

 

[timoc]

Mantovani Orchestra - Lara's Theme​

 

[OneEyedDiva]

Here is a two-for, a nice instrumental piece and some pictures from where I started out in San Diego in the 50's and 60's.

17K views · 5.1K reactions | San Diego, 1950s 1. San Diego Zoo Entrance, circa 1950s. Photo by San Diego History Center - Photo ID- AB_111-9 2. San Diego Municipal Airport circa 1950s. 3. Jack-in-the-Box, 4104 Mission Boulevard, Pacific Beach, circa 1952. 4. People as they look up at the El Cortez Hotel’s outdoor glass elevator, known as the ‘The Starlight Express’, 1956. Photo by Lawrence Schiller. | History of San Diego

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[OldFeller]

Piero Umiliani - Mah-Na-Mah-Na (original mono 45) (1969)​

 

[OldFeller]

Isaac Hayes - "Shaft" | 2002 Induction​

 

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[Medusa]

That was very pretty.

 

[Gem]

Pachelbel Canon in D Major

 

[Gem]

The Ventures - Walk Don't Run

 

[Irishdude]

I'm seeing lots of stuff from the 50s and 60s. Let's start moving forward in time.

 

[Irishdude]

Updating "Albatross" by Fleetwood Mac with "Sunny Side of Heaven"

 

[Irishdude]

I think this is Steely Dan's only instrumental and the only song they recorded that they didn't write

 

[Irishdude]

Even R.E.M. had an instrumental or two

 

[Beezer]

didn't work

 

[Irishdude]

And finally, this one rocks

 

[Irishdude]

I'll throw this one in as a bonus.

 

[MarkD]

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Crap! Sorry s put that.

 

[Irishdude]

OK last one.

 

[OneEyedDiva]

Crap! Sorry s put that.

No apology necessary.

 

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[Jazzy1]

Hang 'Em High' – Booker T. & The M.G.'s

 

[OneEyedDiva]

This reminded me of a Pat Metheny song I first heard a couple of decades ago that caught my attention. I didn't hear the whole thing, nor who the artist was, but the haunting, beautiful melodic backdrop stayed in my mind. Some years later, when it came on, I knew immediately it was "that song" and made sure to find out who it was. Here's the version I heard both times.

And here's the live versione.

 

[Feelslikefar]

I've been a fan of Pat's since the 70's.
He has won 20 Grammy Awards in 10 different categories.
Still going strong at 71.

 

[OneEyedDiva]

I've been a fan of Pat's since the 70's.
He has won 20 Grammy Awards in 10 different categories.
Still going strong at 71.

I like his sound a lot. I loved this song so much that I had my son loop my favorite part (first play starts 7:30 to 8:20), so I could hear it over and over. In fact, I love the the person who posted it looped the entire song, so that it repeats and total time is almost an hour. Had you heard this one?