24 Mar 2024

The Perfect Sound

From New Horizons, 5:00 pm on 24 March 2024

Just as writers search for le mot juste, musicians look out for le son juste - the perfect sound. William Dart explores some local recordings ranging from Larry Morris and Allison Durbin to newcomers Casual Healing and Eve Kelly.

Album cover for Casual Healing. Nikau Te Hiku sits holding a daffodil

Casual Healing album cover Photo: Casual Healing

Music Details

ARTIST: Tommy Ferguson
TITLE: Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
ALBUM: Soul Time New Zealand Style 1966-1971
COMPOSER: Ashford, Simpson
LABEL: Frenzy

ARTIST: Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
TITLE: Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
ALBUM: Marvin Gaye: The Master
COMPOSER: Ashford, Simpson
LABEL: Tamla Motown

ARTIST: Wilson Pickett
TITLE: In the Midnight Hour
ALBUM: The Exciting Wilson Pickett
COMPOSER: Pickett, Cropper
LABEL: Atlantic

ARTIST: Larry's Rebels
TITLE: In the Midnight Hour
ALBUM: Soul Time New Zealand Style 1966-1971
COMPOSER: Pickett, Cropper
LABEL: Frenzy

ARTIST: Allison Durbin
TITLE: I Have Loved Me a Man
ALBUM: The Kiwi Music Scene 1968
COMPOSER: Weaver
LABEL: Frenzy

ARTIST: Morgana King
TITLE: I Have Loved Me a Man
ALBUM: Gemini Changes
COMPOSER: Weaver
LABEL: Reprise

ARTIST: Ruth Etting
TITLE: Try a Little Tenderness
ALBUM: Ruth Etting at her Best Vol 7
COMPOSER: Campbell, Connelly, Woods
LABEL: Unknown Pleasures

ARTIST: Otis Redding
TITLE: Try a Little Tenderness
ALBUM: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
COMPOSER: Campbell, Connelly, Woods
LABEL: Atlantic

ARTIST: The Action
TITLE: Try a Little Tenderness
ALBUM: The Kiwi Music Scene 1968
COMPOSER: Campbell, Connelly, Woods
LABEL: Frenzy

ARTIST: Stan Walker
TITLE: Try a Little Tenderness
ALBUM: Truth & Soul
COMPOSER: Campbell, Connelly, Woods
LABEL: Sony

ARTIST: Teeks
TITLE: If Only
ALBUM: The Grapefruit Skies
COMPOSER: Gardiner-Toi
LABEL: DRM Music

ARTIST: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra/Roger Norrington
TITLE: Symphony No 9 in E minor, New World, 2nd movement
ALBUM: Antonin Dvorak Symphony No 9 From the New World
COMPOSER: Dvorak
LABEL: Hanssler

ARTIST: Anita O'Day
TITLE: Tea For Two
ALBUM: Compact Jazz: Anita O'Day
COMPOSER: Youmans, Caesar
LABEL: Verve

ARTIST: The Beach Boys
TITLE: Heroes and Villains: Children Were Raised
ALBUM: The Smile Sessions
COMPOSER: Wilson, Parks
LABEL: Capitol

ARTIST: Eve Kelly
TITLE: Boy
ALBUM: (single)
COMPOSER: Kelly
LABEL: Eve Kelly

ARTIST: Casual Healing
TITLE: Up and Down
ALBUM: (single)
COMPOSER: Te Huki
LABEL: Casual Healing

 

 

 

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