On August 24, 2004, "HERE WE COME A-CAROLING" is to be released in the USA. According to the track details revealed by Tower Records (USA), this is NOT the...
Hi Manfred, I just returned from my vacation in Canada and I'm getting caught up on messages. The information at Tower Records is incorrect. It is the original...
OK, Doug, I hope you're right. I will correct my Conniff Page accordingly. If you want to read Tamara's new liner notes, scroll down the page and use the link...
Any bonus tracks on the CD? Perhaps they could have thrown on "My Favorite Things". Are there actually any unreleased Christmas tracks floating around in the...
Yesterday I (finally!) listened to Ray's QUADRAPHONIC sound. I had the albums in that system, but were never able to play them in a QUAD system as they were...
Hello, I've been a member of the group for a while and have sold some Conniff LPs to group members - hopefully they were all happy? Well I still have around...
Hi Jorge You are shocking me!. I have one Quad album (Love will keep us together) and never had listened to it. Now I am eager to do it! As I believe in your...
Believe me, Luiz: If you listen to the regular stereo and in sequence the QUAD version, you think that in the stereo version lacks some of the instruments,...
Hi Glenn, I didn't mean to bring politics into the group, only sarcasm! Somehow lawyers and politicians can rationalize any wrongdoing to suit their agenda. I...
Hi Jorge, I have all of Ray's quad Lps but was never able to get much channel distinction when playing them on my old quad system. Stereo Lps always sounded...
We sure should ask them to do it. I never quite understood why the quadraphonic system faded away. I was told at the time that "people didn't have room for 4...
Don't apologize, Doug. Next to music, politics is my favorite subject. This is a great forum, and we fall off the wagon occasionally when we get hit by a...
HELLO DEAR FRIENDS CONNIFF'S FAN, I VERY SAD ABOUT OUR HIS MEMORY, BECOUSE UNTILL NOW NOBODY MAKE A dvd ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANTE MUSICIAN OF AOUR CENTURY,...
Hi all! I was thinking the other day that, for me, the re invention of the Conniff sound began with the recording of Je T'Aime (Love At First Sight) in 1969....
I was channel surfing and came across Don Cherry singing Ray's arrangement of "Band Of Gold" (with a chorus of men and women singing the bah-bah's). The...
I think it was not "Great Contemporary.." that introduced the "new sound". It always sounded to me like Ray's "farewell" to the "old" sound. He even mentions...
Hi all ! Hi Jorge ! I agree with you that the album I'D LIKE TO TEACH was a revolutionary one in the Conniff style, because it presented a new producer, great ...
This program will air again on Magic Moments: The Best of '50s Pop: The second installment of the MY MUSIC series, hosted by Mary Lou Metzker, Phyllis McGuire,...
Hi, Juan Yes, I know what you mean. I agree that GCIHits is much more upbeat than his previous orch. & chorus albums. Let's say it's the "turning point" where...
Hello Jorge and Juan Both of you brought a good point for us in the group to discuss. In my opinion, Ray allways tried a new arrangement or orchestra set-up in...
Yes Luis, But the new group of Singers sounded totally different of the "old" ones, much more contemporary, specially the men singers. In my oppinion, it was...
NEWSROOM - BUSINESS AND FINANCE August 12, 2004, 4:30 PM ET Billboard Hires Conniff As Executive Editor Tamara Conniff is joining the staff of Billboard as...
Dear Fans: I have a old LP titled "Las Voces de Bob Ballard" ("The Voices of Bob Ballard", literally), edited in Buenos Aires, originally recorded by DOT. ...
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I have just recovered the recording of Ray Conniff’s presentation during the intermission show of the International Song Festival held in Rio de Janeiro...
Hi Everyone Just been on the Oldies website and noticed they have a Top Sellers Chart. Ray's latest two Collectibles CD's are in the top 50. "I Can See...
Hello Conniff's Fans: my best regards, about collectibles why the Ray Conniff Groups, all members write to Collectibles (Oldies.com) to suggest, they release...
I have done that several times, Rafael, and the pressure does work. These people are in the business to make money, and I would suggest that their own data...