
Greetings on this Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Today I'm back to participate in the coolest musical initiative of Hive, created by my friend @ablaze Three Tune Tuesday, and in which we can share songs that deserve to be celebrated and remembered.

La semana pasada, cuando visité el genial post de @sagesigma, le dije que traería algo realmente antiguo para este #ttt, y eso es lo que he traído hoy: Un vinilo que fue de mi abuelo, y que quedó conmigo. Se trata de un disco del gran Glenn Miller, en esta oportunidad con su Army Air Force Band. A mi criterio, Miller fue uno de los mejores músicos estadounidenses que hayan existido, y quien en su exitosa carrera dejó un inmenso legado musical.
Last week, when I visited @sagesigma's cool post, I told him that I would bring something really old for this #ttt, and that's what I brought today: A vinyl that belonged to my grandfather, and that stayed with me. It is an album by the great Glenn Miller, this time with his Army Air Force Band. In my opinion, Miller was one of the best American musicians who ever lived, and who in his successful career left an enormous musical legacy.

I don't remember the first time I heard a Glenn Miller melody, because in my house, it was usual to hear a wide variety of quality music. In addition, Miller's tunes often set the scene for an old movie that was broadcast on TV. In any case, it is very rare that someone born after 1940 has not ever heard a song by Miller and his band. It should be noted that Miller had a civilian band with which he did very well, and which he resigned when he decided to enlist in the US Army, where he went on to form a military band. This record is from the military band, with which he was very active, and even broadcast and traveled constantly with it to entertain the troops. A curious fact is that the military band was more complete than the civilian one, since it also included a string section.

I'm not sure that this record was brought by my grandfather after his exile in the United States, where he lived for a few years. He always liked the radio, he was always linked to that world, so it was not uncommon for him to bring vinyl; although there is also the possibility that he bought it later, already being in Venezuela; the truth is that he always had mountains of records and he enjoyed them a lot. If you look carefully, in the upper right corner, the cover has some labels attached, which were used to identify the discs, at the AM radio station. where my grandfather worked for several years. It was the famous National Radio of Venezuela.


We have not done modern archeology exercises for a long time, and today it will be the same, because I don't know the price of this vinyl; however, we can see some interesting details of this beautiful record. The first thing that stands out is the beautiful photo on the cover, where we can see a beautiful woman dancing very happily with a handsome man. This photo was taken by an American photographer of the last 20th century, who was very famous. This is Murray Laden, who had a long and prolific career. This photo looks great.



If we continue detailing the cover, there we see the names of the 11 songs that make up this album entitled Marvelous Miller Moods, that if my eyes do not deceive me, it is from the year 1957, that is, 66 years of existence! On the back we will have the information of the band: Each one of the three sections (with photos included) and the names of the soldiers and officers that formed it. It also presents the information for each of the sides of the vinyl, that is, the songs on each side. As an important fact, not all of Miller's songs included voices, many were only instrumental, and we can see this on this album, where we find both types.











Here we can see the vinyl. It is very run down, it is true, however it is a gem. We can also see that it was manufactured by the RCA Victor record company, and those songs that were included in a soundtrack of a movie are identified next to the song.





Ahora vamos con mis canciones / Now let's go with my songs
In all honesty, I can't say that I love Miller's songs, that would be lying, but I do appreciate having heard them as a child, especially since my ear got used to following the melody of each instrument that made up this big band separately, which allowed me to better appreciate the musical richness and beauty. However, I have chosen three instrumental melodies that I find beautiful. The first one is "Farewell Blues" and this one is located in the third groove of side A of the vinyl. It's a beautiful song that allows each section and instrument to express itself for brief periods, taking center stage. It starts soft and then varies the rhythm, having interesting peaks, and then it ends softly as well.

The next song is titled "Pearls on velvet" and is on the fifth groove of side A of the vinyl. This song seems to me to be of a very subtle beauty, where the piano and the string section combine wonderfully, although the piano is undoubtedly the protagonist. Here I leave the audio for you to enjoy.

Finally, I will share with you this beautiful song titled “Hollyday for Strings” , which is located in the last groove of the B-side of the vinyl. It is a melody with great musical richness, where we can appreciate the different sections of this big band. I love how the strings sound, it's very interesting. I leave you the audio of this beauty.

Este ha sido mi aporte para esta genial iniciativa del amigo @ablaze en su edición número 112, a manera de homenaje a un músico genial y brillante como fue Glenn Miller, y su banda, y también para recordar a mi abuelo.
This has been my contribution to this great initiative of my friend @ablaze in its 112th edition, as a tribute to a great and brilliant musician such as Glenn Miller, and his band, and also to remember my grandfather.



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