VA - Television's Greatest Hits ~ Volume 4: Black & White Classics (1996)

It may simply be that analog-to-digital transfer quality has gotten that much better, but the sound on Tee Vee Tunes' latest round of vintage television themes is improved over the earlier volumes. This disc ranges across the decades, from the end of the 1940s to the mid-1960s, over numerous styles and genres, from kids' Westerns (Hopalong Cassidy) to their adult successors (Stan Jones' Cheyenne theme), kid shows (Kukla, Fran & Ollie), cartoon shows (Quick Draw McGraw, Wally Gator, The Mighty Hercules, Astro Boy, Roger Ramjet) through medical dramas (Dr. Kildare), crime shows (The Untouchables, Burke's Law, M-Squad, Checkmate), thrillers (The Fugitive) to live variety and comedy (The Red Skelton Show). There is a chance to see the early work of a few now well-known composers, such as John (aka Johnny) Williams's intense, twisting theme to Checkmate, and all but forgotten weirdness like the theme from The Soupy Sales Show. Not nearly all of what is here is terribly good, even as television theme music -- Alexander Lazlo's eerily dancing, manic theme to My Little Margie may have its oddball appeal; the music from Karen is notable as one of the first attempts to put a rock & roll theme across as the title music (played and sung by no less than the Beach Boys); and the theme for The Everglades is a funny piece of calypso-flavored music for television; but the music from Father Knows Best is worthwhile only for its familiarity. The notes have a few misspellings and errors of fact, but the writing credits hold some surprises, like the fact that Jimmie Rodgers ("Honeycomb") sang, and Tin Pan Alley veteran Harry Ruby wrote, the theme for The Real McCoys (work is work, wherever you get it). Anyone looking for the original first season theme from Gunsmoke need go no further (though they should also check out Tex Ritter's sung version on Bear Family's High Noon disc. If you grew up between 1951 and 1965, and saw any of this stuff in its original runs or reruns, it's all worthwhile, although anyone who doesn't know classic television may feel like they've been consigned to a special circle of hell when they listen to this.

Tracklist:

1. Tatsuo Takai - Astro Boy (1:13)
2. Charles Koren & Paul Shively - Roger Ramjet (0:45)
3. Winston Sharples - The Mighty Hercules (0:45)
4. Pete Kleinow - The Gumby Show (0:43)
5. Bob & Sody Clampett - The Beany & Cecil Show (1:15)
6. W. Watts Biggers, Treadwell Covington, Joseph Harris & Chester Stover - Tennesee Tuxedo (1:04)
7. William Hanna, Joseph Barbera and Hoyt Curtin - Quick Draw McGraw (0:48)
8. William Hanna, Joseph Barbera and Hoyt Curtin - Wally Gator (0:27)
9. W. Watts Biggers, Treadwell Covington, Joseph Harris & Chester Stover - King Leonardo & His Short Subjects (1:14)
10. Lou Singer - The Big World of Little Adam (0:53)
11. Jack Fascinato & Burr Tillstrom - Kukla, Fran and Ollie (0:39) [128 kbps]
12. Henry Jerome - The Soupy Sales Show (0:53)
13. Don Ferris & Irving Friedman - Captain Midnight (1:07)
14. Frederick Edward Weatherly - Danny Boy (Londenderry Air) [Make Room for Daddy] (0:54) [192 kbps]
15. Don Ferris & Irving Friedman - Father Knows Best (0:43)
16. Alexander Laszlo - My Little Margie (1:18)
17. Basil Adlam - The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (0:33)
18. Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen - Hazel (0:32)
19. Wilbur Hatch - Our Miss Brooks (Whistling Bells) (1:12)
20. The Beach Boys - Karen (0:47)
21. Harry Ruby - The Real McCoys (0:52)
22. Raoul Kraushaar - Lassie (0:56)
23. Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman - Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1:32)
24. Tom Blackburn & George Bruns - Davy Crockett, King Of The Wild Frontier (1:44) [128 kbps]
25. Harry Warren - The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1:41)
26. Rex Koury & Glenn Spencer - Gunsmoke (The Old Trail) (1:36)
27. Mack David & Jerry Livingston - The Lawman (0:55)
28. Russell Hayden & Hal Hopper - 26 Men (1:06)
29. Hal Hopper - Colt .45 (1:03)
30. Stan Jones & William Lava - Cheyenne (1:14)
31. Mack David & Jerry Livingston - Bronco (1:15)
32. Irving Gertz - The Legend of Jesse James (0:49)
33. Nacio Herb Brown - Hopalong Cassidy (0:59)
34. Warren Barker & Jerry Keller - The Everglades (0:55)
35. Lionel Newman - Adventures in Paradise (1:05)
36. Richard Rodgers - Victory at Sea (Song of the High Seas) (0:57)
37. Jerry Goldsmith - Dr. Kildare (Three Stars Will Shine Tonight) (1:02)
38. Victor Young & Edward Heyman - Medic (1:26)
39. Herschel Burke-Gilbert - Burke's Law (0:58)
40. Ray Llewellyn - Highway Patrol (0:54)
41. Count Basie - M-Squad (0:56)
42. Herschel Burke-Gilbert - The Detectives (0:56)
43. Nelson Riddle - The Untouchables (1:05)
44. Pete Rugolo - The Fugitive (1:04)
45. John Williams - Checkmate (0:56)
46. George W. Duning - Tightrope! (0:49)
47. Henry Mancini - Mr. Lucky (1:10)
48. Mack David & Jerry Livingston - Bourbon Street Beat (1:12)
49. Ray Heindorf - Pete Kelly's Blues (1:20)
50. Calvin Jackson - Asphalt Jungle (0:43)
51. Dave Brubeck - Mr. Broadway (Blues for Mr. Broadway) (1:03)
52. Elmer Bernstein - Johnny Staccato (0:46)
53. Billy May & Milton Raskin - Naked City (Somewhere in the Night) (0:51)
54. George Antheil - The Twenty-First Century (0:31)
55. John Leonard Morris - The French Chef (1:20)
56. Keith Textor & Alan Scott - Candid Camera (0:58)
57. Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby - You Bet Your Life (1:00) [128 kbps]
58. Gaetano Braga - Amos 'n' Andy (Angel's Serenade) (1:19)
59. Raoul Kraushaar - The Abbott and Costello Show (0:36)
60. Marvin Hatley - Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons (Kooky Koo-Koo) (0:47)
61. Frank Loesser, Bob Calame & Lawrence Welk - The Lawrence Welk Show (Bubbles in the Wine) (1:07)
62. Wade Denning - Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour (1:05)
63. Bernie Wayne - The Miss America Pagent (1:20) [128 kbps]
64. David Rose & Sammy Gallop - The Red Skelton Show (Holiday for Strings) (0:55)
65. Ralph Rainger - The Bob Hope Show (Thanks for the Memory) (1:18)

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