ORPHEUS' SECOND ALBUM Note: One of the founding members of Orpheus has requested that his name be removed from this page. As a courtsey to this individual we have complied with this request, despite the fact that his identity is a matter of public record. This individual has been designated (name deleted). Furthermore, this individual has asked that any audio clips of performances including his voice or his instrumental work, or of songs that he has written, be removed from this page. We have not, however, removed the clips of the commercially released songs below, because:       our posting of these short clips constitutes "fair use;"       similar clips of these performances are widely available on dozens, if not hundreds of web sites; and       rights to these songs and / or performances reside with Iris Properties, Inc., not with the aforesaid individual, and we have posted             these clips with the permission of the copyright holder. Title: Ascending Label: MGM Record Number: SE-4569 Release Date: 1968 Personnel (in alphabetical order): (name deleted), Eric Gulliksen, Jack McKennes, Harry Sandler Producer: Alan Lorber - to read his bio, click here Engineer: Eddie Smith Recorded at: Mayfair Studios, NYC Peak Billboard Chart Position: #159 Available for digital download from eMusic, iTunes, amazon.com, msnMusic, Napster and Rhapsody. Reissued 2006 by Iris Music Group. Physical CD product (IMG-150) can be ordered here. Click on a song title to hear a sound clip TRACK LISTING
Track 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12	Song Title I'll Fly Just Got Back Mine's Yours Don't Be So Serious So Far Away In Love She's Not There Love Over Here Borneo Just A Little Bit Walk Away Renée Roses Magic Air	Writers (name deleted) Martin (name deleted) (name deleted) (name deleted) Argent (name deleted)-Gulliksen arr. Orpheus (name deleted) Calilli-Lookofsky-Sansone Gulliksen Sandler
Note: This album reached No. 10 in the 1969 Playboy Magazine Jazz & Pop Poll, Vocal Album of the Year Category.   Click here to see the complete poll results. Walk Away Renée was included in the anthology   Bosstown Sound - 1968: The Music And The Time  -  Ace Big Beat No. CDWIK2 167     Click here to read the album notes I'll Fly was included in the anthology   Get Easy! Sunshine Pop Collection  -  Universal Jazz No. 0440 0391912
All performances copyright 1968 by Alan Lorber Productions, Inc. / Iris Properties, Inc. All songs © 1968 by Interval Music, Inc. / Iris Properties, Inc. except No. 6: CPE Music / Marquis Music, and No. 10: Alley Music Corp. / Trio Music, Inc. "Orpheus" is a Registered Trade Mark of the Iris Music Group; Reg. No. 3,466,258. All rights reserved. The following review has been excerpted from an article entitled Boston Groups - Second Time Around, published in DISCOSCENE MAGAZINE OF NEW ENGLAND, 1968 ...With a highly successful tour of the United States under their belts, Orpheus is climbing the charts with their second LP which is titled Orpheus Ascending. Their first album, Orpheus, did extremely well in sales not only in the New England area but also throughout the entire United States. That LP contains such beautiful music that I never thought it would be possible for Orpheus to generate another album which would surpass or even equal their first; yet Harry Sandler, Jack McKennes, (name deleted) and John Eric (Snake) Gulliksen have done just that. The groups material is basically all original with the exception of two cuts, She's Not There and Walk Away Renée, both of which are done in unique and different arrangements as only Orpheus can do. Perhaps the most beautiful cut on their new album is Roses, a soft and tender ballad of love with the sound of the ocean in the background. Harry Sandler, the percussion man for Orpheus, surprises us all on this new LP by singing his first composition entitled Magic Air. Just A Little Bit, another beautiful ballad by (name deleted), creates an air of love and warmth which can only be done by Orpheus. Believe me, this recording (the entire album) is a masterpiece of music. By Charles G. Martignette, Jr.
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