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3D Rides Fourth

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I ‘m everybody’s Uncle Marty, as we go back to our Summer Seconds Series, at least in the Northern hemisphere, as we unearth more standards and choice cuts that we haven’t played for you before on our first three installments with our musical featured favorites.  After takeoff, as we approach cruising altitude, libations will be available as it’s time for the 489th edition of The 3D RadioActivity to RIDE fourth, because we’ve got your ticket!

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We will continue to pound the pavement next time as we revisit our ROAD theme before we go for another RUN after that.  We love to play what you want to hear, so send those suggestions by email or leave a message on our Facebook page where you can give us a Like, and you can find hyperlinks to all of the earlier episodes and graphics in the photo section.  Tell all your circle of best friends and family to look for us on Theacidflashback.com, http://www.villageconnectionmagazine.com/ Long Island, New York;Denver’s MileHiRadio, TuneIn and InternetFMdot com, because the best FM radio is now on the Internet.

Until we meet again, Always Rock On!

…Uncle Marty

“It’s not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.”

…Marilyn Monroe 

Memorial 3Day 19 Pt II

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I’m Uncle Marty on the 485th gathering of The 3D RadioActivity where we continue with Part II of our musical Memorial Day Rememberance.  It’s been quite a busy year for departures from the earthly plane into the afterlife, as we continue to pay respects to them with examples of their timeless works.

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We’ve  been “Remembering” some of the great musicians who have crossed over and are now playing in a heavenly orchestra and choir.  Let’s hope it is a shorter list next year.  Next time we have the cure for those blues when we begin our Summertime Seconds Segment, as we kick it off with some GOOD music before we go for BETTER and BEST, as we are going back to check out tunes we weren’t able to get to in our earlier visits, another one of the reasons why we do our best not to repeat songs we have played before…  Talk to me by sending email or leave a message on our Facebook page where you can give us a Like, and you can find hyperlinks to all of the earlier episodes and graphics in the photo section.  Tell all your circle of best friends and family to look for us on Theacidflashback.com,  http://www.villageconnectionmagazine.com/ Long Island, New York;Denver’s MileHiRadio, TuneIn and InternetFM dot com, because the best FM radio is now on the Internet.

Until we meet again, Always Rock On!

…Uncle Marty

“It’s not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.”

…Marilyn Monroe 

Memorial 3Day 19 Pt I

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I’m Uncle Marty on The 3D RadioActivity number 484, as we observe part of our musical Memorial Day.  On this program, we pay tribute to the memory of the artists who have recently left us by playing cuts from their catalog.  

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This presentation has focused on “Remembering” some of the great musicians who have crossed over and are now playing in a heavenly orchestra and choir.  There were too many to squeeze into one show, so we will be back next time with the proverbial more.  After that we’re going back to check out tunes we weren’t able to get to in our earlier visits, heading into our Summertime Seconds Segment, just one of the reasons why we do our best not to repeat songs we have played before…  Tell me what you want to hear, cute pet stories, vacation plans or just to say hey by sending email or leave a message on our Facebook page where you can give us a Like, and you can find hyperlinks to all of the earlier episodes and graphics in the photo section.  Tell all your circle of best friends and family to look for us on Theacidflashback.com,  http://www.villageconnectionmagazine.com/ Long Island, New York; Denver’s MileHiRadio, TuneIn and InternetFM dot com, because the best FM radio is now on the Internet.

Until we meet again, Always Rock On!

…Uncle Marty

“It’s not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.”

…Marilyn Monroe 



Song of the Day by Eric Berman – “The Nutcracker Suite” by Les Brown & His Band of Renown

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Song of the Day by Eric Berman – “The Nutcracker Suite” by Les Brown & His Band of Renown

The story of The Nutcracker was inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann’s The Nutcracker and the King Of Mice and was presented to Russian composer, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, by Marius Petipa who was maître de ballet of the Imperial Theater from Dumas. Tchaikovsky was unmoved by the prospect of writing a ballet for the story and was practically strong-armed into doing so. Meanwhile, he was also writing an opera called Yolanta

Work on the ballet was put on hold when Tchaikovsky took a trip to America for the opening of Carnegie Hall. It was there he was introduced to the music of the celeste. A celeste is like a piano, but instead of mallets hitting strings like they do in a piano, celeste mallets hit metal plates giving the instrument a kind of woozy bell-like sound. The celeste inspired Tchaikovsky to write “The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” and finish the ballet upon his return, so he could introduce the instrument to Russia. Upon its debut, The Nutcracker was widely panned, and the opera, Yolanta, was hailed as a great success…

Fast forward to 1957, by now Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker is considered the classic it has rightfully become (does anyone remember Yolanta?), and arranger Frank Comstock writes this jazz arrangement of the piece for Les Brown & His Band of Renown to record. They, in turn, record it for the album Concert Modern and history is made again.

While I adore listening to the classical recordings of this gorgeous piece of music, especially Eugene Ormandy & the Philadelphia Orchestra’s late 1960s interpretation on the Columbia label, Les Brown takes the cake for recording the most satisfying and enjoyable adaptation of the piece. Today, the piece is kept current by annual performances by the very superb Brian Setzer Orchestra.

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Chopin: Polonaise In A Major, No. 3, Op. 40-1 “Military”” by Arthur Rubinstein

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Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Chopin: Polonaise In A Major, No. 3, Op. 40-1 “Military”” by Arthur Rubinstein

Not really a “Song” of the Day by Eric Berman, but rather a gorgeous piece of music.

The “Military Polonaise,” “Polonaise in A major, Op. 40, No. 1” specifically, was composed by Frédéric Chopin when he was 28 years old in 1838. It is his one of his most popular pieces because of its stoic melodicism and loud and then even louder presentation, making it one of the most dramatic classical piano pieces ever composed.

During the German invasion of Poland in 1939, this Polonaise was played on the radio daily as a national protest to inspire the Polish people.

Nobody could play Chopin and especially today’s Song Of The Day by Eric Berman better than pianist Artur Rubinstein whom NPR’s Ted Libby called “The supreme Chopin poet….His recordings of Chopin can be recommended without hesitation for their warmth, lyricism and expressive point. Never overwrought, the music emerges with spontaneity and freshness.” (http://www.npr.org/2011/07/18/ 101426302/arthur-rubinstein-the-supreme-chopin-poet)

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Sabre Dance” by Woody Herman & His Second Herd

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Everyone knows this catchy tune composed in 1942 by Aram Khachaturian for his ballet “Gayane.” Although, you’ve probably never heard this song within the context of the ballet, but, more appropriately, as background music to some zany competition on a 1960s game show. This recording is from 1948 performed by big band leader, clarinetist, saxophonist and vocalist, Woody Herman and His Second Herd. The Second Herd was also known as “The Four Brothers” band featuring four sax players including Zoot Simms, Serge Chaloff, Herbie Steward and Stan Getz who’s standout recording was the Jimmy Giuffre song “Four Brothers.” Other members of this band included Shelley Manne, Gene Ammons and Al Cohn. Herman got his start in the mid-1930s in the orchestra of sweet bandsman, Isham Jones who composed the song “It Had To Be You.” He struck out on his own in the late 1930s with his theme song “The Woodchopper’s Ball” and continued to record and perform live right up until his death in 1987.

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – "Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker Suite" by Tchaikovsky

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Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker Suite” by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky”

The story was inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann’s “The Nutcracker and the King Of Mice” and was presented to Tchaikovsky by Marius Petipa who was maître de ballet of the Imperial Theater from Dumas. Tchaikovsky was unmoved by the prospect of writing a ballet for the story and was practically strong-armed into doing so. He was also writing an opera called “Yolanta” at the same time. Work on the ballet was put on hold when Tchaikovsky took a trip to America for the opening of Carnegie Hall. It was there he was introduced to the musical instrument the celeste. This inspired him to write “Sugar Plum Fairy” and finish the piece upon his return so he could introduce the instrument to Russia. Upon its debut, “The Nutcracker” was panned and the opera “Yolanta” was hailed as a great success…

The 3D RadioActivity One-der Show

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This time on The Award Winning 3D RadioActivity, we are playing one-hit wonders, which is a person or act known mainly for only a single success. The term is most often used to describe music performers with only one hit single.  Some are the result of novelty songs during fads.  More commonly, however, these are serious-minded musicians who struggled to continue their success after their popularity waned.  Because they are popular for only a brief time, their hits often have nostalgic value and are featured on era-centric compilations and soundtracks to period films.  While normal in any era of pop music, most are common during reigns of entire genres that do not last for more than a few years, such as disco, new wave and grunge.  Though the term is sometimes used in a derogatory manner, some fans often have a great passion for these songs and the artists who created them. Some one-hit wonder artists have embraced this following openly, while others distance themselves from their hit in an attempt to craft successful songs with different sounds, or embark on new careers as songwriters.

The 3D RadioActivity One-der Show

The VH One list of the top 100 One Hit Wonders was a good starting point for this show, however more than half of the tunes they listed didn’t meet the 3D standards.  I looked at the Rolling Stone Magazine list and also consulted the Joel Whitburn book to confirm that every song on this show made it into the top 100, and that the artist did not have any others that made it over the century mark, or the bubbling under charts which are songs that did not reach the three digit area.  Some of these are very popular artists had lots of success on those listings while only managing to climb to the hallowed place once.  We did a lot of homework to make sure that this show would be up to temperature.  Sit back and enjoy, With 29 songs and over 102 minutes of music, there is plenty of One-der to go around.

…Uncle Marty

“It’s not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.”
— Marilyn Monroe