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A ReDiscovery Website
| Featuring the Hi-Los The Hi-Los STF 7-800 |
  The
infamous STF 7- series marked another decline in quality; it’s possible they were no longer a product of Kopelman’s New York Omegatape/Alphatape company. To save tape
costs, each reel was shortened by
leaving out tracks. Cheap packaging, sloppy labelling, no notes,
substandard dubbing. All of these characteristics were carried over
when these same titles later recirculated on reels from
Hallmark / Sentry / Turnpike / Coast / Empire: all shared similar
package
designs. Only the label name would change to protect the guilty. As time went on packaging became even cheaper, with generic designs to save on printing costs, even when the boxes displayed the wrong catalog number.The STF 7-xxx titles were also available as MTF (in the midst of the stereo boom! - an ‘innovation’ that apprently began during Kopelman’s administration), and/or as STF3-xxx releases: recorded at 3.75 ips instead of 7.5, for the ultimate in lousy sound. At least some of the mono 3.75 ips releases were issued in the increasingly obsolete 2-track format; 5-inch reels were used in standard 7-inch boxes. |
The Ink Spots Greatest Hits The Ink Spots STF 7-801 |
 St Louis
Blues / Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie / Swanee River / Cuddle Up A
Little Closer / When My Sugar Walks Down The Street / Stars Fell On
Alabama / In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree / Clementine / I Love You
Truly / I'd Climb The Highest Mountain |
| Flower Drum Song Hollywood Radio City Orchestra and Chorus STF 7-803 |
 Re-reissue
of ST
7071; omits: Finale. |
| My Fair Lady STF 7-805 |
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| Strauss Waltzes and Polkas Boys Choir of Vienna STF 7-806 |
 Re-reissue
of ST
7069; omits: My
Austria. |
| Flamenco by Laurindo Almeida Jose Barroso STF 7- 807 |
Reissue of ST 7056. |
| Greatest March Music Vienna Army Batallion Band / French Paratroopers Band STF 7-808 |
 Reissue of ST 7070; omits: Old
Comrades. |
| Hawaiian Enchantment for
Dancing George Poole STF 7-810 |
 Reissue of ST 7057; omits: Sweet
Leilani, Moon of Manakoora.
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| Smash Flops The Characters STF 7-811 |
 Reissue of ST 7075.
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| Shep Fields at the Shamrock
Hilton Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm STF 7-816 |
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| Pink Champagne for Dancing Lloyd Mumm and his Starlight Roof Orchestra STF 7-818 |
 Reissue of ST 7049; omits: Pink
Cocktails for a Blue Lady / Full Moon and Empty Arms / I'm Always
Chasing Rainbows. |
| Theater Favorites: The Sound
of Music Broadway Pops Orchestra STF 7-819 |
 Possibly a
reissue of ST 7079.Overture / The Sound of Music / Maria / My Favorite Things / 16 Going on 17 / Do-Re-Mi / How Can Love Survive? / An Ordinary Couple / So Long, Farewell / Climb Every Mountain / Lonely Goatherd / Finale |
| Porgy and Bess STF 7-820 |
  Overture / Summertime / I Got Plenty o' Nothin' / Bess You Is My Woman Now / It Ain't Necessarily So / A Woman Is a Sometime Thing / My Man's Gone Now / There's a Bot That's Leavin' for New York / Oh Lord I'm on My Way / Finale |
| Latin Heat Francis Bay and his Big Band STF 7-821 |
 Reissue
of ST 7053;
omits: Sweet
Sue. |
| Ted Weems Vol 1 Ted Weems and his Orchestra STF 7-824 |
 Reissue
of ST 7083; omits:
Somebody
Else
Is Taking My
Place / Say It Isn't So. |
| The Music Man Al Goodman and his Orchestra STF 7-825 |
 Though
the packaging
credits Al Goodman, this is probably a reissue
of the 'Hollywood Radio City' production from ST 3033,
omitting: Pick-a-Little
Talk-a-Little - Goodnight Ladies. |
| Tribute to Tommy Dorsey STF 7-831 |
 These are mainly Maxwell Davis performances from ST 7027.Swanee River / Marie / Boogie Woogie / Sunny Side of the Street / So Rare / Swing Low Sweet Chariot / Deep River / Song of India / Brave Old Army Team / Evening Star |
| Glenn Miller--A Musical Memory Tex Morgan and his Orchestra STF 7-832 PLAY |
 The
mysterious, nonexistent 'Tex Morgan'. Some of the same tracks can be
heard on STF 4026.Going Home / Boogie Woogie / Army Fight Song / By the Waters of the Minnetonka / Evening Star / Clair de Lune / La Cinquantaine / Moonlight Serenade / Greensleeves |
| Shep Fields at the Shamrock
Hilton Vol 2 Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm STF 7-835 |
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| Spirituals in Rhythm Sister Rosetta Tharpe STF 7-841 |
 Reissue
of ST 7089; omits:
Lily of the Valley / God, Lead Us Along. |
| Tangos of the Argentine The Rafael Valdez Orchestra STF 7-842 |
 Reissue
of ST 7090; omits:
La Paloma / Tango Espanol / CValentino Tango. |
| The Happy Harmonica Danny Welton STF 7-843 |
 Reissue
of ST 7091.
Omits: C'est
Magnifique. |
| Grand Canyon Suite STF 7-845 |
 From ST
7093. Omits: The Painted Desert.
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| Musician's Choice Francis Bay and his Big Band STF 7-846 |
 Carelessness
prevailed again, as this tape had no
music at all by Francis Bay! The
tracks were taken from the Bob
Freedman album 'The Five Pennies' (ST
7094). Omits: Jada
/ Lullaby in Ragtime.
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| Golden Hymns Jimmy Graham / Abbey Choir STF 7-848 |
 Reissue
of ST 7096.
Omits: Take Time to Be Holy / Nearer My God.
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| Dine and Dance with George
Liberace George Liberace and his Orchestra STF 7-854 |
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| Swingin' Night People Francis Bay and his Big Band STF 7-855 |
 Abridged reissue
of ST 7105.
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| Swingin' Night People Vol 2 Francis Bay and his Big Band STF 7-856 |
 Reissue
of ST 7106.
Omits: I
Only Have Eyes for You / That Old Feeling. Adds:
Machito
(from ST 7046). |
| African Percussion in Stereo Chaino STF 7-857 |
  Apparently
by this time the Alphatape brand was interchangeable
with Omegatape and titles might show up under either name or
both. Reissue of ST
7107; omits: Quiet Village / Lisbon
Antigua. |
| Tribute to Tommy Dorsey Francis Bay and his Big Band STF 7-860 |
 Reissue
of ST
7035. |
| Glenn Miller: A Musical
Memory Vol 2 STF 7-861 |
 No
performers are named, but these are not the "Tex Morgan" performances
of Vol 1. Instead they are from the Francis Bay
Tribute to Glenn
Miller. Reissue
of ST
7037; omits: At Last / I Know Why.
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| Benny Rides Again Francis Bay and his Big Band STF 7-862 |
 Reissue of ST 7038. Omits: Air Mail Special / Goodbye. |
| James Session Francis Bay and his Big Band STF 7-863 |
 Reissue of ST 7041. Omits: Cherry / James Session. |
| Latin Heat with a Latin Beat Francis Bay and his Big Band STF 7-864 |
Reissue of ST 7039. Omits: Topaz. Adds: Sweet Sue (from ST 7053). |
| Study in Brown Francis Bay and his Big Band STF 7-865 |
 Reissue
of ST 7044; omits:
Bizet
Has His Day. |
| Shaw ‘Nuff Francis Bay and his Big Band STF 7-866 |
 Reissue of ST 7040. |
| Heathsville Francis Bay and his Big Band STF 7-868 |
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| Kentonality Francis Bay and his Big Band STF 7-869 |
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| Musician’s Choice Francis Bay and his Big Band STF 7-876 |
 Reissue
of
SSTB 876,
omits: Scrapple
for the Apple / Line for Lyons.
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| Bloody Mary Sings the Blues Juanita Hall STF 7-877 |
 Reissue
of
DSSTC 877.Hold That Train / Good Old Wagon / Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out / I Don't Want It Second Hand / A Good Man Is Hard to Find / Gulf Coast Blues / Gimme a Pigfoot / Lovin' Sam from Alabam'. |
| Music of Victor Herbert Gordon Kibbee / Bill Thomson STF 7-878 |
Reissue of SSTB 878, performed entirely by Bill Thomson; omits: Absinthe Frappe / Sidewalks of New York / Eight Moonbeams. |
| The Mighty Wurlitzer Pipe
Organ in Stereo Gordon Kibbee and Bill Thomson STF 7-881 PLAY |
 There
seems
to be very little Gordon Kibbee on this reel; all titles are probably
performed not by Bill Thomson as stated, but by John Kiley,
who was
stadium organist at Fenway Park and Boston Garden.Poor Johnny One Note / Where or When / Wish You Were Here / If This Isn't Love / My Funny Valentine / Roamin' in the Gloamin' / Dark Eyes / Oh Promise Me / Tell Me Pretty Maiden |
| Strauss Waltzes and Polkas
Vol 2 Boys Choir of Vienna STF 7-882 |
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| The Merry Widow Al Goodman and his Orchestra STF 7-884 |
 Reissue
of DSST 884;
omits: Love
in My Heart. |
| The Ink Spots Songbook The Ink Spots STF 7-900 |
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| Sing Along with the Sportsmen The Sportsmen STF 7-901 |
 Sidewalks of New York / Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You / Let's Take the Long Way Home / Good Night Ladies / When the Saints Go Marching In / Kathleen / Red Sails in the Sunset / Say It Isn't So / My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean / Rambling Wreck from Georgia Tech / Oh Susannah / On Top of Old Smokey |
| Featuring Andre Previn Andre Previn STF 7-902 |
 Judging
from the titles there was probably very little Andre Previn on this
reel, and a lot of recycled budget label tracks.Ain't Misbehavin' / That's Where the South Begins / Fatstuff / La Paloma / Gypsy Dance / Espana Cani / Ceilito Lindo / Capriccio Espagnole |
| Dixieland Special Vol 1 STF 7-907 |
 Recycled from STF 4027Bugle Call Rag / St James Infirmary / Saints Go Marching In / Sweet Sue / Muskrat Ramble / Ballin' the Jack / Synthetic Blues |
| Billy Daniels in the Roaring
20s Billy Daniels STF 7-910 |
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| Good Old Timers Vol 1 STF 7-911 |
 Buffalo Gal
/ Show Me the
Way to Go Home / Bicycle Built for Two / On the Banks of the Wabash /
After the Ball / The Band Played On / Dear Old Girl / Harrigan / Will
You Love Me in December As You Did in May? / Side by Side / You're a
Grand Old Flag / Silver Threads Among the Gold |
| Good Old Timers Vol 2 STF 7-912 |
 The Sheik / Ma /
Goody-Goody / Ballin' the Jack / Dixie / The Bowery / Broadway /
Varsity Drag / Rings on my Fingers / East Side West Side |
| Salute to the Big Bands Bob Freedman and his Orchestra STF 7-913 |
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| Al Jolson Songbook Norman Brooks / Al Goodman and his Orchestra STF 7-914 |
 There's
A Rainbow Round My Shoulder / When I Leave The World Behind / Easter
Parade / Cheek To Cheek / When The Midnight Choo Choo Leaves For
Alabam' / Cuddle Up A Little Closer / Blue Skies / Frankie And Johnny /
Rock A Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody / What'll I Do |
| Strings Around the World London Pops Orchestra STF 7-918 |
 Charmaine
/ Around The
World / Laura / Song From The Moulin Rouge / Ravel: Bolero / Viva
Navarra / La Paloma / Serenati Espanol |
| Hawaiian Enchantment for
Dancing Vol 2 George Poole and his Orchestra STF 7-922 |
 This
"volume two" was not George Poole at all. For the rest of the
story see OSL
61.Reissued as an iTunes download by Crownstar. Sweet Leilani / Red Sails in the Sunset / Moon of Manakoora / Dark Dawn / Drowsy Waters / Aloha Oe / Maori's Farewell / Blue Hawaii / Hawaiian War Chant / High Tide / Lost Love |
| Tangos of the Argentine Rafael Valdez Orchestra STF 7-923 |
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| Featuring the Hi-Los Vol 2 The Hi-Los STF 7-927 |
 A partial reissue of ST 7066, with one side devoted to sing-along stylings by unnamed performers.Banjo Playing / Maggie / Rambling Wreck from Georgia Tech / Landlord Fill the Flowing Bowl / Buffalo Gal / Chinatown My Chinatown / Shadow Waltz / You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby / Long Ago and Far Away / Clap Yo Hands! |
| The Sound of Sound Sounds STF 7-928 |
 From SSTB 885. |
| Broadway Song Book Vol 2 Al Goodman and his Orchestra and Chorus STF 7-931 PLAY |
 A
classic of confusion. The front promises music from Oklahoma, South
Pacific, and other then-recent Broadway shows. The back
lists songs from none of those productions! The latter proved
to be correct; the unnamed soloist was Norman Brooks
(the entire
program came from a cheap Spin-O-Rama release). Some of these tracks appeared on ST 4022.Portions available on Apple Music. Shine on Harvest Moon / Frankie and Johnny / Cuddle Up a Little Closer / 45 Minutes from Broadway / Give My Regards to Broadway / So Long Mary / Honeymoon / Mary's a Grand Old Name / Always Leave Them Laughing / Yankee Doodle Boy |
| Sing Along Festival Vol 1 STF 7-933 |
 This
appears to be drawn from a Celebrity LP called "Children's Sing-Along".
Yes, Celebrity was part of the Premier / Spinorama /Coronet / etc
grab-bag of grocery store LPs.Theme Song / Jingle Bells / Standing in Need / Old Time Religion / Hey, Mr Banjo / Beer Barrel Polka / Buffalo Gals / Sidewalks of New York / Banjo Playing / Oh Susannah! / Clementine / Marine's Hymn |
| Flamenco Vol 2 Jose Barroso STF 7-934 |
 Another phony
"volume
two", as the contents listed for this tape have nothing to do with the "Flamenco" album or with
guitarist Jose Barroso. If the listed tracks are correct (by no means a
sure thing at this point in Omegatape's decine) this is actually from "The Sound of the Bull Ring".Andaluzia / Gato Montez / Novillero / El Relicario / La Sorello / Gailto / Granada / La Virgen De La Macarena / Toreador Song / Angelina / La Sorello / Toque Torero / Toque / Toque De Muerte |
| Salute to the Big Bands Bob Freedman and his Orchestra STF 7-937 |
 Most
likely not Bob Freedman performances at all, but recycled Francis Bay
tracks.Jersey Bounce / Stardust / Well Git It / Tuxedo Junction / Jive at Five / Patricia / Take the 'A' Train / Bizet Has His Day / Blue Skies March |
| The Greatest March Music Vol 2 Vienna Army Batallion Band / French Paratroopers Band STF 7-939 |
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| Sparkle of Strauss Waltzes Vol 1 London Pops Orchestra STF 7-940 |
 These
performances were
licensed from Paul Lazare's production house in Germany and appeared under various
pseudonymns on labels like Crown, Diplomat, Spin-O-Rama etc. They were actually
performed by a recording orchestra in Hamburg. Apparently a partial reissue of STF 4029.Be Embraced Waltz / Wine, Women, and Song / You and You / Artist's Life / Blue Danube / Morning Journals / Ball Waltz Dances / Enjoy Your Life |
| Music of Offenbach and Tchaikovsky STF 7-943 |
 These
performances were
licensed from a Hamburg distributor and had appeared under various
pseudonymns on labels like Crown, Diplomat, etc. They were actually
performed by the Hamburg Philharmonia conducted by Hans Jurgens-Walther. |
| Mussorgsky: A Night on Bald
Mountain Offenbach: La Perichole STF 7-944 |
 As above. |
| Beethoven: Symphony 5 STF 7-946 |
 Reissue
of STD 13 |
| Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite Sibelius: Finlandia etc STF 7-947 |
 These
performances were
licensed from a Hamburg distributor and had appeared under various
pseudonymns on labels like Crown, Diplomat, etc. They were actually
performed by the Hamburg Philharmonia conducted by Hans Jurgens-Walther. |
| Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture Borodin: Polovtsian Dances STF 7-949 |
 As
above. |
| Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks
Concerto / Grofe: The Painted Desert (from Grand Canyon Suite) STF 7-950 |
 As
above, with Stravinsky performed by the Cologne Gurzenich Orchestra
conducted by Gunter
Wand. |
| Camelot STF 7-953 |
 Overture / The Simple Joys of Maidenhood / Before I Gaze at You Again / How to Handle a Woman / Camelot / If Ever I Would Leave You / I Wonder What the King Is Doing Tonight / I Loved You Once in Silence / Follow Me / Finale |
| Oklahoma STF 7-954 |
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| Can Can STF 7-955 |
 Overture / C'est Magnifique / I Love Paris / I'm in Love / Montemartre / Alles Vous En / Live and Let Live / It's All Right with Me / Can-Can / Finale |
| South Pacific STF 7-956 |
 Overture / Dites Moi / I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair / Bali Ha'i / A Wonderful Guy / Some Enchanted Evening / There Is Nothing Like a Dame / Younger than Springtime / This Nearly Was Mine / Finale |
| The King and I STF 7-957 |
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| Gigi STF 7-958 |
 Overture / The Parisians / Thank Heaven for Little Girls / It's a Bore / A Night at Maxim's / The Night They Invented Champagne / Say a Prayer for Me Tonight / Gigi / Finale |
| Rock-a-Bye Basie Francis Bay Big Band STF 7-999 |
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| Barbershop Favorites STF 7-1020 |
 Most of these titles are from HT 5.For He's a Jolly Good Fellow / Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair / Old McDonald / Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen / Home on the Range / I Want a Girl / Strolling Through the Park One Day / Tavern in the Town / Annie Rooney / In the Good Old Summertime / Beautiful Dreamer / I've Been Working on the Railroad |
| The Roaring 20s STF 7-1022 |
 Apparently
the same performances that can be heard on ST-4025.The Bowery / Give My Regards to Broadway / The Shiek of Araby / Ballin' the Jack / Goody Goody / Dixie / Varsity Drag / Rings on her Fingers / Ma He's Makin' Eyes at Me / East Side West Side |
| Salute to Woody Herman & Artie Shaw STF 7-1057 |
 Despite the cover, the label and the back of the box read "Tribute to Woody Herman" and indeed only Herman specialities (mainly from ST-4025) are included.Northwest Passage / Apple Honey / Goosey Gander / Blowin' Up a Storm / Four Brothers / Blue Flame / Wild Root / Bijou |
| Ted Weems Vol 1 STF 7-1060 |
 Appears to be identical to STF 7-824. Reissue
of ST 7083; omits:
Somebody
Else
Is Taking My
Place / Say It Isn't So. |
| Sing Along with the Kirby Stone Four STF 7-1089 |
 Several KS4 albums, including a Sing-a-Long style release, circulated on many budget labels: Crown, Pirouette, Tops etc.They All Laughed / Little Brown Jug / Just a Song at Twilight / Juanita / Silver Threads Among the Gold / Shine on Harvest Moon / This Heart Is for Sale / When You and I Were Young Maggie / Alexander's Ragtime Band / Lover / Bill Bailey |
| Billy Daniels Vol 2 STF 7-1104 |
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alphatapes |
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| Stereo Dance Time George Voumard Trio 3HT-20003 PLAY |
 When
David Hubert left Omega the tape operation moved from
Hollywood to New York. The new management, with Manny Kopelman as one of the execs, called their company
Alphatapes, which was an imprint from the
earliest years
of Omega's existence. These new 60-minute Alphatapes sometimes still said Omegatape on the
label
(when
they bothered to include one). Despite the 3HT prefix used in catalog listings (the tapes themselves usually used 7NT) these were 7.5
ips tapes, but they were also available in allternate STF
3- versions (3.75 ips speed).Danse Cette Ville / Complainte de Mackie / I'll Never Smile Again / Cielito Lindo / Sur Deux Notes / Why Do I Love You? / I'm Always Chasing Rainbows / Chant Idien / Ce Cesait Dommage / Love in Portofino / Per un Bacio d'Amor / I Could Have Danced All Night / Nessuno / Perfidia / Marie Marie / Pimpollo / Ne Joue Pas / 'S Wonderful / Arrivederci / Qu'il Fait Bon Vivre |
| Stereo for Dancing George Voumard Orchestra 3HT-20004 |
Los Tinosos / Mustafa / Pete Kelly's Blues / Ojos Verdes / Poinciana / Eso Es el Amor / Carina / Angelina / Malagueña / Besame Mucho / Si Vas a Calatayud / The Man I Love / Que le den Pau Pau / Buen Amigo / Moren de Mi Chico / Aubade d'Oiseaux / Molineros Rojos / Coplas / Le Millionnaire / Corazon de Melon |
| Broadway Song Book Al Goodman and his Orchestra 3HT-20005 |
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| The Mighty Wurlitzer Pipe
Organ Bill Thomson / Gordon Kibbee 3HT-20006 PLAY PLAY |
 A
rather jumbled back cover seems to claim all the selections are from
either Oklahoma or South Pacific, then goes on to contradict itself in
the two paragraphs of text which also describe music of Victor
Herbert. No indication as to which organist plays what. In fact, the
contents are drawn from a multitude of souces, yet they don't manage to
incude the complete contents of Oklahoma!, South Pacific, or Victor
Herbert!Oh! What a Beautiful Morning / Surrey with the Fringe on Top / All 'er Nothin' / Kansas City / People Will Say We're in Love / C'est si Bon / Vienna, City of My Dreams / Granada / Bahia / Tea for Two / Indian Summer / South Pacific Overture / Dites Moi / Bali Ha'i / I Could Have Danced All Night / I've Grown Accustomed to her Face / The Boy Next Door / Kiss Me Again / Rose of the World / Toyland |
| The Mighty Wurlitzer Pipe
Organ Bill Thomson / Gordon Kibbee STF3-20006 |
 This
is ostensibly the 3.75 ips version of the above, but (if the box
listings are to be believed) it turns out to have a different mix of
music! Gone are the South Pacific and Oklahoma songs, replaced with
more Victor Herbert and various old chestnuts, the latter actually
played by John
Kiley.Yesterthoughts / Indian Summer / March of the Toys / Pan Americana / Poor Johnny One Note / Where or When / Wish You Were Here / If This Isn't Love / My Funny Valentine / Roamin' in the Gloamin' / Dark Eyes / At Dawning / Oh Promise Me / Tell Me Pretty Maiden / Mighty Lak a Rose / Rose of the World / Toyland / Gypsy Love Song / Kiss Me Again |
| Honky-Tonk Piano Elbows Bailey 3HT-20007 |
"Elbows Bailey" was
likely Mike di Napoli
again, at
least in part. Grieg Concerto / Chopin Nocturne / Paderewski Minuet / Schubert Serenade / Toreador Song / New World Symphony / Wait Till the Sun Shines Nellie / Meet Met in St Louis / School Days / In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree / Poet and Peasant / A Bird in a Gilded Cage / Mother Pin a Rose on Me / Goodbye Little Girl Goodbye / Mr Dooley / Make Hay While the Sun Shines / Ida / My Wild Irish Rose / In My Merry Oldsmobile / Sweet Kentucky Babe / Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight / Redwing / Curse of an Aching Heart / Hearts and Flowers |
| Honky-Tonk Piano Elbows Bailey STF3-20007 |
 While this appears to be the 3.75 ips version of the above, the contents are not identical:Chopin Nocturne / Schubert Serenade / Grieg Concerto / Mozart Sonata / Paderewski Minuet / Tchaikovsky Melodie / Poet and Peasant / Charge of the Ulands / William Tell Overture / Toyland / My Hero / My Buddy / Bird in a Gilded Cage / Curse of an Aching Heart / Hearts and Flowers / Frankie and Johnny / The Villain Theme / Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries / Mother Pin a Rose on Me / Goodbye Little Girl, Goodbye / Mr Dooley / Birth of the Blues |
| Music from the Four Corners
of the World 3HT-20008 |
 Contrary to the listings on the box, the "Honolulu Pops Orchestra", the "Sinfonica Populare de Barcelona", and the "Paris Pops Orchestra", if they existed at all, did not make these recordings. They were all produced in Germany with a 50-piece orchestra under the direction of Heino Reese and licensed from a Hamburg music production company. (Some of the Hawaiian selections also turn up on OSL 61--and on many other budget releases.) Similarly, the "Budapest Radio Orchestra" did not perform the Hungarian tracks; they too were licensed from the same Hamburg source and conducted by Walter Jurgens (Hans Jurgens-Walther). No actual Omega recordings were used in the production of this tape, only material licensed from Hamburg probably scrounged from the catalogs of Coronet, Spin-O-Rama, etc.Sweet Leilane / Dark Dawn / Moon of Manakoora / Drowsy Water / Maori's Farewell / Romany Life / Stradivarious / Ziguener Weisen / Czardas / Jehre Kati / I Love Paris / Musetta's Waltz / Can-Can / Allez Vous En / Clair de Lune / Granada / Estudiantina / Viva Navarra / Estrellito / Serenata Espagnole |
| Sing Along Festival Sing Along Singers 3HT-20009 |
Combines STF 7-933 with additional tracks: My Wild Irish Rose / She Wore a Yellow Ribbon / There's a Tavern in the Town / Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight / The Bowery / On Top of Old Smokey / East Side West Side / That's Where My Money Goes / Blue Tail Fly / The Old Gray Mare / Shine on Harvest Moon / Deep River / Oh Dem Golden Slippers / Goodnight Ladies / Bill Bailey / Shortenin' Bread / Cuddle Up a Little Closer / Banks of the Wabash / Sweet Rosie O'Grady / America the Beautiful / Working on the Railroad / In the Evening By the Moonlight / I Want a Girl / After the Ball / Daisy Bell / Silver Threads Among the Gold / Rambling Wreck from Georgia Tech / Banjo's Back in Town / Bunker Hillbillies Theme Song / McNamara's Band / When the Saints Go Marchin' In. |
| The Sound of Sound 3HT-20010 |
 A
stereo sound spectacular featuring sounds of jets, boats, trains,
sports cars, nature, the magic mechanical orchestra. How they padded out a 30-minute program to a full hour is anyone’s guess. |
| Dixieland Special 3HT-20011 |
 Performers include Wild Bill Davison, Abe
Lincoln, Ray Bauduo, Joe Rushton, Stan Wrightsman, Matty Matlock,
George Van Epps, The Barons of Dixieland (i.e. the Buck Clayton Sextet). Some of
these songs are performed by the Bill Berry Quartet,
courtesy of an
old Spin-O-Rama/Silver Seal release that eventually found
itself
rebranded as Omega OSL 97.Bugle Call Rag / St James Infirmary / When the Saints Go Marching In / Sweet Sue / Billboard / Times Square / Broadway by Night / Broadway and 10th / Shubert Alley / Manhattan Blues / Blow Gabriel Blow / Old Devil Moon / June Is Busting Out All Over / Almost Like Being in Love / Muskrat Ramble / Ballin' the Jack / Synthetic Blues |
| A Salute to the Bandleaders Bob Freedman and his Orchestra 3HT-20012 |
 The
likelihood is high that these are not Bob Freedman recordings but
recycled Francis
Bay tracks.Jersey Bounce / Stardust / Take the 'A' Train / Well Git It / Jive at Five / Intermission Riff / Patricia / Tuxedo Junction / Bizet Has His Day / Blue Skies March / Goodbye / Moonglow / Solitude / I'll Never Smile Again / Stompin' at the Savoy / Lover / Mambo Jambo / St Louis Blues March / Leap Frog |
| African Percussion in Stereo Chaino / Members of the Francis Bay Orchestra 3HT-20013 |
Combines ST 7107 and ST 7059. |
| The Greatest March Music Vienna Army Battalion Band / French Paratroopers Band / The Deutschmeister Band 3HT-20015 |
 Apres
de ma Blonde / En Passant par La Lorraine / La Marseillaise /
Grillenbanner / Hock Habsburg / Dorner Marsch / Kaiserschutsen /
Grenadier Marsch / On the Mall / Lili Marlene / Star and Stripes
Forever / Tous des Lions / March des Commandos / Colonel Bogey / Stets
Munter / Mit Sack und Pack Zauber der Montur / Felsenfest's Fur's
Vaterland / River Kwai / Semper Fidelis / Spirit of Liberty / Manhattan
Beach |