Simon, I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed this mixtape. I’ve always been somewhat ambivalent about “easy listening” (perhaps it’s the term itself that puts me off – I’ve always gravitated towards more so-called “challenging” music, which is why I love your blog). But listening to this left a huge smile on my face, and might just have converted me to the charms of this music – as you rightly said, it really is both exhilarating and sublime, with a great dash of humour thrown in. So thank you once again for the great service you provide in introducing your readers to this unjustly neglected music, and I’ll certainly be revisiting your earlier easy listening mixtape because of this.
Hi Dan, i’m so glad you enjoyed it! Yes, do check out Mixtape #26, though you’ll find (as i mentioned) that it focuses on the more laid back end of the easy listening spectrum – less about exhilaration than dreamy romanticism! (Oh, and it also includes some contemporary examples of easy listening alongside the vintage originals.)
Jim Morley
5 years ago
Never heard of this guy until a colleague gave me a bag of singles from his dead mother in laws attic. Inside was an American jukebox EP copy of Vibrations. Fantastic. Really enjoying this mixtape too. I can`t believe I have never come across this mans music before, what fun and what an innovator. I just need to track down some more of his vinyl. Thanks for making this download available. Hugely enjoyable mix.
Thanks Jim, really glad you enjoyed the mix – the world needs to know about the wonder that was Enoch Light!
Martini Mistress
5 years ago
This is a treasure. I have a private blog and have posted nearly 30 Enoch Light albums. I’m a fan (fanatic) and have been for years. Thank you so very much. This mixtape is an outstanding labor of love. 😀
Actually his earlist records were done in the late 1920’s for Brusnwick when he led a hotel band. He worked in radio during the 40s, but his biggest contribution came during this later “Grand Award” / LP era….
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Simon, I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed this mixtape. I’ve always been somewhat ambivalent about “easy listening” (perhaps it’s the term itself that puts me off – I’ve always gravitated towards more so-called “challenging” music, which is why I love your blog). But listening to this left a huge smile on my face, and might just have converted me to the charms of this music – as you rightly said, it really is both exhilarating and sublime, with a great dash of humour thrown in. So thank you once again for the great service you provide in introducing your readers to this unjustly neglected music, and I’ll certainly be revisiting your earlier easy listening mixtape because of this.
Hi Dan, i’m so glad you enjoyed it! Yes, do check out Mixtape #26, though you’ll find (as i mentioned) that it focuses on the more laid back end of the easy listening spectrum – less about exhilaration than dreamy romanticism! (Oh, and it also includes some contemporary examples of easy listening alongside the vintage originals.)
Never heard of this guy until a colleague gave me a bag of singles from his dead mother in laws attic. Inside was an American jukebox EP copy of Vibrations. Fantastic. Really enjoying this mixtape too. I can`t believe I have never come across this mans music before, what fun and what an innovator. I just need to track down some more of his vinyl. Thanks for making this download available. Hugely enjoyable mix.
Thanks Jim, really glad you enjoyed the mix – the world needs to know about the wonder that was Enoch Light!
This is a treasure. I have a private blog and have posted nearly 30 Enoch Light albums. I’m a fan (fanatic) and have been for years. Thank you so very much. This mixtape is an outstanding labor of love. 😀
Actually his earlist records were done in the late 1920’s for Brusnwick when he led a hotel band. He worked in radio during the 40s, but his biggest contribution came during this later “Grand Award” / LP era….