Scotty's Sharin': Dino and Company at The Premier of the Movie 'My Fair Lady' 1964

Hey pallies, likes when we ain't sure what our Dino woulda wants us to share next, likes 'longs comes some more of the coolest of cool Dino-devotion from our deeply-diggin'-Dino pallie Scotty over at his bountiful blog "BlueisKewl."   Recently our swank Scotty-o posted two new fab Dino-homages over at his potent pad and we are goin' to shares one this Dino-day and the other on Wednesday of this very Dino-week.  (Why not tomorrow youse ask....well tomorrow is a very very important day in the life and times of our Dino...stay tuned 'specially if you ain't sure why.)

Today we share a purely perfect pose of our most beloved Dino makin' the scene with wife Jeanne, Mr. Frank Sinatra, and Miss Natalie Wood at the 1964 premier of the big screen version of the Broadway smash musical "My Fair Lady."  Looks likes our Dino is havin' a great time with all the other of the rich and famous gathered for viewin' of this great flick.

We stand in awe of the stunnin' searchin' that our pallie Scotty does time and time 'gain for the sake of helpin' his remarkable readership grow deeper and deeper in their devotion to our main man.  And, likes today, most of the time Scotty-o posts Dino-treasure that is new  to ilovedinomartin.  We couldn't more more powerfully proud of our pallie Scotty and how he continues to grow leaps and bounds in his adulation of our King of Cool.  To checks this out in it's original source, simply clicks on the tag of this here Dino-gram.  Dino-always, ever, and only, DMP

The Premier
of the Movie
'My Fair Lady'
1964

Frank Sinatra, Natalie Wood, Jeanne Bigger and Dean Martin in the first photograph.

Frank Sinatra and Natalie Wood in the second photograph.


My Fair Lady is a 1964 American musical film adaptation of the Lerner and Loewe eponymous stage musical based on the 1938 film adaptation of the original 1913 stage play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw. With a screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner and directed by George Cukor, the film depicts a poor Cockney flower seller Eliza Doolittle who overhears an arrogant phonetics professor, Henry Higgins, as he casually wagers that he could teach her to speak "proper" English, thereby making her presentable in the high society of Edwardian London.

The film won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Director.

Danny G's Sunday Serenade with Dino: " A Place In The Shade "

How's it goin' pallies?!
Good, I'm hopin'!
 Well...'nother week has come & gone, & man o man...I just can't seems to get ahold of even one single day! Haha!!
 Ever feel like that, pals?
 Likes no matter WHAT youse do...youse just CANTS keep up! Bills! Work! THE LEAVES!!! Hahaha!!!
Yea...I'm guessin' we ALL gets a wee bit overwhelmed from time to time.
Maybe some more than others...but I thinks we can all relate.
But...FEAR NOT, my faithful disciples of Dino!!! For Dean has sent us a PER FEC TO tune to help!

He's givin' us a plan!
Some guidance from above, my pals!

 Sometimes I'm just led to these "uncommon" Dino-jams that just seem to fit my mood!
Now...what's "uncommon" to me, might be a fave to 'nother pallie. I just haven't dug on it in the past.

This is a GREAT GREAT thin' for me, pals! It's like findin' a buried treasure! Yes!
 So, for this week's Serenade...Dean MUST have felt me feelin' just a little wound up.
He floated me over to his COOL COOL 1967 al b um, "Welcome To My World".
So So nice to be part of Dean's world...I might add!

"A Place In The Shade" was my "savin' grace" this week, mi amici!
Got me thinkin' positive thoughts & gave a little peace of mind to my CRAZY CRAZY mind, Hahaha!!!
ALWAYS have a friend in Dino, pallies!

OK. Let's dig on this one together!
Turn it up & soak it in!
 Enjoy!

Now some folks play the whole day long
They think they got it made
But they won't get a thrill the way that I will
When I find me a place in the shade
A poor man word is never learned still I wouldn't trade
All the world and its gold all the treasures untold
I want a little place in the shade
Too late to bed and early to rise
Makes a man weary and cuts him down the size
They come and they go and their worlds fall apart
But I'm gonna cling to the dream in my heart
Cause someday I know the days gonna come
When all my debts are paid
When my work is all done I'll smile at the sun
And find me a place in the shade
When the work is all done I'll smile at the sun
And find me a place in the shade

DEAN MARTIN: THE FLAME OF LOVE COCKTAIL

Hey pallies, likes yet 'gain today, we have to apologetically say better late then never to all youse Dino-holics.  At least this time it is not a matter of bein' years late on the Dino-draw, but a matter of 'bout a couple of months.  From new-to-ilovedinomartin web pad, "A HISTORY OF DRINKING" comes Gregory Priebe's drinkin' salute to the 50th anniversary of the first episode of The Dean Martin Variety Show that premiered on September 16, 1965.

In honor of this deeply delightful day in Dino-history, Priebe's post, "DEAN MARTIN: THE FLAME OF LOVE COCKTAIL" shares a groovy pose of our Dino and Miss Florence Henderson taken from the Dino-show 'long with some historical Dino-details 'bout how our Dino was snagged to host the show.  In addition Gregory shares some patter on our Dino's drinkin' habits and the recipe for
the liquid libation, the Flame of Love, that was created in huge homage of our King of Cool.

Mr. Priebe has put together a most appropriate celebratory post in honor of this incredibly important date in the life, the times, and the teachin's of our Dino and we swankly salute Gregory for this wonderful way of coolly celebratin' this Dino-date.  We are simply sorry that only most recently has this Dino-devotion come our way through google Dino-blog searchin'.  To checks this out in it's original source, simply clicks on the tag of this  here Dino-report.   Dino-salutin', DMP

DEAN MARTIN: THE FLAME OF LOVE COCKTAIL
September 16, 2015 by Gregory Priebe



DEAN MARTIN: THE FLAME OF LOVE COCKTAIL

September 16, 1965 – “The Dean Martin Show”, debuted on NBC-TV. This comedy/vareity show was also known as The Dean Martin Variety Show and featured Martin’s 1964 hit “Everybody Loves Somebody” as its theme. At first, Martin was leery of accepting the job, fearing it would interfere with potential movie and nightclub gigs, so much so that he turned in a potentially outrageous list of contractual demands to the network bosses. To his surprise, they agreed. When he broke the news to his family, Martin was reported to have said, “They went for it. So now I have to do it.” Ultimately the Dean Martin Show would run for 9 seasons from 1965 – 1974, totaling 264 episodes.

By design, the show did much to reinforce Martin’s (largely put-on)”drunken playboy” image, but the truth is that his ubiquitous old-fashioned cocktail, was usually merely apple juice in disguise.

Though his on-air cocktails may have been fake, one cannot escape the classic Rat Pack image of Dean Martin on Stage with a Martini in hand. Though this may once again have been more for the mystique of it. Martin’s son, Ricci stated “I never saw Dad drink a martini”, and that his father usually enjoyed a watered-down glass of scotch on stage.

Another classic drink linked to Dean Martin fame is the Flame of Love,  created by Pepe Ruiz, bartender at Chasen’s in Beverly Hills. Weary of ordering the same Martini again and again, Martin asked Ruiz to make him something special the next time he came in. Ruiz pondered a bit and then settled on some version of the recipe below. You can see that quite a bit of meticulous time and effort goes in the prepping of the glass. Imagine the chagrin of the bar staff on the night that Martin ordered a Flame of Love for buddy Frank Sinatra. Sinatra was so impressed that he ordered a round of them for the entire joint…

At Tales of the Cocktail 2014, I had the pleasure of drinking one created and served up by King Cocktail himself, Dale DeGroff and I’ve been a bit scared to attempt one myself, fearing that I’d ruin the memory, but if you’d also like to get in the proper mood to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Dean Martin Show, we have included the recipe below:

FLAME OF LOVE

recipe adapted from Robert Hess

2 oz Vodka
Splash of fino sherry
Coat a chilled martini glass with the sherry and pour out the excess. Flame several orange peels into the glass (about 8 times). Stir the vodka with ice, then strain into the glass. Squeeze an orange peel over the drink and then rub it around the rim to coat it well.

this is the most thrilling rendering of Dean's voice I've ever heard.

Hey pallies, likes gets youse ready for a absolutely amazin' review of our most beloved Dino's "Dream with Dean"  on Analogue Productions 45rpm LP.  From the all-thin's-vinyl blog "The Vinyl Anachronist" comes a ravin' review of this remarkable reissue on vinyl of one of our Dino's coolest of cool classic recordin's.  Scribed by blogger Mr. Marc Phillips of Kyle, Texas,  he has nothin' but the purest of  pure powerful praise for our one and only Dino and for this one of a kind al-b-um.

Phillips' credentials for vinyl reviews are incredibly impressive as his bio tell us that "Since 1998  (he's) been writing about LPs and turntables under the Vinyl Anachronist moniker for such publications as Perfect Sound Forever, AudioEnz,TONEAudio and Positive Feedback Online."  Marc is truly in the know when it comes to vinyl, and it turns out he is also very very much in the Dino-know as well!

In speakin' of his Dino-desires he states, "I really wanted a recording that could resurrect Dean and place him in the room right between the speakers. As it turns out, Dream with Dean is that album."  We  desires all youse pallies to read this remarkable review for yourselves, so we won't go on and on 'bout Mr. Phillips wise words, but we will say that we are deeply delighted with Marc darin'ly delcarin' that "this is the most thrilling rendering of Dean's voice I've ever heard."

Suffice it to say that while acquirin' this recordin' has been on our Dino-list, we ain't gonna want to wait any longer to gets our hands on it!  We shares our deepest of deep appreciato with Mr. Marc Phillips for this ravin' review of this reissue of "Dream With Dean" that is certain to bring many many more deeper and deeper into the Dino-fold.  To checks this out in it's original format, simply clicks on the tag of this here Dino-review.  Always Always Dino-awed, DMP


Marc Phillips
Kyle, Texas

Dean Martin's Dream with Dean on Analogue Productions 45rpm LP

All my endless blathering about my Australian trip has obscured the fact that I went to the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest last month, and I did intend to write several blog entries about what I saw at the show. This was the first high-end audio show in years where I went as a show attendee instead of an exhibitor, and it was truly enjoyable and informative to check out many new products that I've only heard about to this point. While I felt that this year's RMAF was relatively quiet in comparison to previous years--a minority sentiment, by the way--I did see plenty of great things.

Despite my intrepid attitude about seeing absolutely everything, my best memory from this year's show took place in somewhat familiar surroundings--the exhibit room that featured Endeavor Audio E-5 loudspeakers, a Triangle Arts turntable and much more, all wired with Skogrand cable. We shared a room with Leif Swanson's wonderful, dynamic E-5 loudspeakers at the Newport show earlier this year--they were a perfect match with the PureAudio amplification. So I feel I know those speakers pretty well. In addition, Colleen and I have known Knut Skogrand for some time now, and I have to say that every room I've experienced that features his premium cables has wonderful, wonderful sound.

Colleen and I spent many hours in Knut and Leif's room, drinking Knut's whiskey and listening to lots of vinyl. A show attendee wandered in, and within a few minutes he asked Knut to play an LP that he brought to the show. It turned out to be the new 45rpm Analogue productions reissue of Dean Martin's Dream with Dean--the Intimate Dean Martin. Knut looked unsure of the album when the gentleman handed him the cover--the gentleman, in return, said "Don't worry, you'll be glad you played it!"

I really didn't know that particular Dean Martin album. I could only think of how I was ultimately disappointed with the MFSL CD reissue of Dean's This Time I'm Swinging, which I purchased in January at CES. I was hoping for a reference recording that I could play at the show, but instead I got one of those MFSL reissues that merely make an awful recording sound acceptable. I really wanted a recording that could resurrect Dean and place him in the room right between the speakers. As it turns out, Dream with Dean is that album.

The Endeavor/Skogrand room certainly played a part, but for my money this is the most thrilling rendering of Dean's voice I've ever heard. Remember how everyone was raving about the MFSL reissue of Frank Sinatra's Nice N' Easy a few years ago, and how it was the finest-sounding Sinatra LP ever? Well, Dream with Dean is better in my opinion. After a few seconds of the first song we heard, "If You Were the Only Girl," I swore I could tell what brand of cigarettes Dean was smoking in the studio. I heard a real, live human voice singing in that familiar tone, seemingly free of studio artifacts used to polish things up a bit. It's Dean as if he was hanging out at your house one night, and someone kept asking him to sing something for the hell of it and he finally acquiesced. I could hear the tenderness in his voice, the slight breaking around the edges of that mellow tone, an extraordinarily talented voice captured in a casual, relaxed setting.

Of course I left the room and immediately went downstairs to the ballroom to see if this LP was available at the Acoustic Sounds booth. I found it in the bins within seconds. Once we returned home, I played Dream with Dean over and over on my system, and I heard the same magic. My only initial criticism of the sound quality was that while Dean's voice sounded amazingly real and present, the band was rather low in the mix. Dean's voice was front and center, way out in front, and the small and intimate band (guitarist Barney Kessel, pianist Ken Lane, bassist Red Mitchell and drummer Irv Cottler) were relegated almost out of the room, way past the rear wall. I also noticed a serious center-fill issue among the musicians, especially when Dean's vocal tracks were taken out of the mix. It wasn't a big deal--that channel separation was fairly typical in 1964, when this recording was made.

Then an amazing thing happened. As I mentioned in my last blog, I received those CLD sheets from Les Davis and placed them under all my components. I even placed an additional footer underneath the motor of my Unison Research Giro turntable. That created a more coherent overall sound, with Dean integrated more into his backing band than ever before. That means a fairly resolving system is somewhat necessary to truly appreciate what Analogue Productions has accomplished with this LP.

I think about all the other Analogue Productions 45rpm 2-LP sets I own and how they are all absolute reference recordings, the kind I like to play at shows and wow the crowds. I'm talking about Belafonte Live at the Carnegie Hall, Sam Cooke's Night Beat, Billie Holiday's Songs for Distingue Lovers and more. Dream with Dean might be the best one yet. I just finished my year-end column for my Vinyl Anachronist column for Perfect Sound Forever and I chose this recording as the Best Reissue in the Analog Format. 

It won by a mile. Highly recommended.

You lift me like Dean Martin does

Hey pallies, likes welcome back to day numero duo of potent poetry a la Dino from the pleasin' pen of "Buddy Rogers" (pseudonym) at his blog "Pen Name Buddy Rogers."  If you checked in yesterday here at ilovedinomartin youse will know that our faithful pallie LovesOldThings most recently sent us some patter in a cool comment to heads on over to "Buddy Rogers" pad to checks on the coolest of cool creativity hugely homagin' our Dino in poetic form.

Yesterday's entry featured "Buddy's" scribin' of the Dino-centric poem "The Crooner's  Song" and today we accents what woulda appear to be his first poem dedicated to our most beloved Dino, tagged "You Move Me."  While yesterday's entry was totally Dino-focused, today's cool creative writin' mentions a number of other famous entertainers likes Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn 'mong others.

Today "Buddy" solemnly proclaims that "You lift me like Dean Martin does" and we completely concur that our one and only Dino always always gives pallies welcomed into his world a lovin' lift whenever we hear a Dino-croon, view a moment of Dino-actin', and even when we simply see an incredible illuminatin' image of our main man.

Once 'gain, we speaks special salutin' thoughts of praise to "Buddy Rogers" for usin' his creative writin' talents in the powerful praise of our one and only Dino.  We always always are awed by pallie after pallie usin' there glorious gifts to lovin'ly lift up the name of our Dino.  And, we also thanks our pallie  "LovesOldThings" for most graciously puttin' us on to this this Dino-adulation.  To checks this out in it's original form, simply clicks on the tag of this here Dino-prose.   Dino-lifted, DMP

You Move Me

Posted by Buddy RogersOctober 14, 2015

You Move Me

You move me

You move me to tears like a Fred and Ginger film does

You melt me like Cary Grant does hearts

You lift me like Dean Martin does

You impress me like Gene Kelly does

You teach me femininity like a Doris Day or a Audrey Hepburn movie

You tag along like Tony Randall

You silence me like a bad Johnny Carson joke

You surprise me like an old Hollywood squares

You annoy me like Jimmy Stewart’s stutter

You amuse me like Gracie does George Burns

You change like Mel Blanc’s voices

You make me scream like Carol Burnett does Tarzan

You shelter me like a Shirley Temple movie

You save me like Jack Benny does money

And you make my stomach hurt like Steve Martin’s jokes

You move me like Dick Van Dyke moves the ottoman

All these things add up to this

You Move Me

2010 ©

~Buddy Rogers

As Dean Martin fills my being

Hey pallies, likes Dino-devotees are some of the most generous folks in the entire universe.  So likes how do we know that dudes?  Well, every so often a faithful reader of the ol' ilovedinomartin blog will sends our way some delightful Dino-treasure that they have uncovered in their personal quest for all thin's Dino!  Just a few  'go our deeply devoted to Dino pallie, DeansPalley, put us on to that huge homage of our Dino from the folks at The Desert Sun that you will find  HERE.  Truth is dudes that if our pallie DeansPalley hadn't sent it our way, we may very well have never ever uncovered it ourselves.

Same thin' just happened yesterday, when 'nother of our faithful Dino-blog readers, LovesOldStuff,
sent us come patter to goes to the blog "Pen Name: Buddy Rogers" where someone who uses the pseudonym "Buddy Rogers" has superbly scribed a poignant poem, "The Crooner's Song" that absolutely awesomely  accents our most most beloved Dino.

As with all great poetry, it's hard to capture the beauty of our Dino with mere mortal's words, 'though it obviously a mortal who put pen to paper to create it.  So, we dare not try and say anymore, then to urge each and every Dino-phile that reads this post to goes straight down and read "Buddy's" touchin' tender thoughts that evoke such stirrin's of poetic  passion for our one and only Dino that such gloriously great poetry will do.  "Buddy" offers incredible images of what hearin' our Dino croon can mean to mere mortals likes us.

The poem's last line that we have used for the tag of this post stirs the deepest of deepest devotion within our beings as we read it...."As Dean Martin fills my being."  What coulda more marvelously movin' then to have our Dino fill each of our bein's to the fill?!?!?!?!?

We solemnly salutes "Buddy Rogers" for sharin' his intimate Dino-feelin's with his  readership, with tremendous thanks to "LovesOldStuff" for sendin' us the link to this deeply deep devotion to our Dino.  And, not only did LovesOldStuff" send us to "The Crooner's Song," but to 'nother poetic Dino-treasure by "Buddy Rogers" that we plans to share tomorrow.  To checks this out in it's original source, simply clicks on the tag of this here Dino-gram.  Deeply Deeply in Dino, DMP

The Crooner’s Song

Posted by Buddy RogersNovember 9, 2015

Closed eyes

floating on calm ocean waves

Infinite calm and joy

The grandeur of the music swelling!

The sensational ecstasy of my ears

spreads to the whole body

Stress melts to creamy chocolate

And Rome!

Eyes wide open

The Colosseum, grand churches and ruins

Emotions dumb and stuck

The history and the grandeur

It echoes in my mind

I stare and stare

but it does not take me there

A ruin in a parking lot

A church of note on every lot

The Sistine Chapel has lost its glow

Although Francis himself has not

The pleasures of my eyes

delights not on things of man

but on the silence of nature

the bustle of nature

My ears delight at the river streams

As much as the crooner

His song like the bird it seems

Heaven and Nature sing

As Dean Martin fills my being

~Buddy Rogers

Hey pallies, likes yester-Dino-day we shared a great clip of our great man makin' funny with the great comedian Mr. Buddy Hackett.  Likes we knew somewhere we had saved a fun fun picture from the Dino-show of our most beloved Dino and Mr. Hackett with Buddy dressed up Native American style.

Well as we were searchin' through our ton of Dino-drafts, we happened up it and through how cool it woulda be to shares it with all youse Dino-philes as a fun fun follow-up to yesterday's Dino-post.  The pix was found at a blog pad tagged "vintography" 'bout two years ago, but when we clicked on the tag of the post we found it no longer exists.  Likes that's what sometimes happens when youse gots so so much stupendous stuff of our Dino to share and likes youse can't keeps up with it.

So, as the sayin' goes, better late then never we share this swingin' shot of our our main man makin' some funny with Mr. Buddy Hackett.  It's from 1972 and we simply loves the evocative expression on our Dino as he takes a glace at Buddy in Headdress and all.  We thanks the pallies at the pad "vintography" for sharin' this veritable vintage moment from the Dean Martin Variety Show.
Dino-funnin', DMP

Dean Martin And Budd

Dean Martin And Buddy Hackett The Dean Martin Show (1972)

In this clip, Buddy tells Dean about his days in the legitimate theatre.

Hey pallies, likes we are always always deeply delighted to be able to return to a blog where Dino-devotion has been shared before, and likes once 'gain our most beloved Dino is bein' lifted up.  Case in point is the comedic  Jewish blog, "Jewish Humor Central" when not so long 'go on July 31 of this very Dino-year we share a post of our Dino sharin' a skit with comedian Jackie Mason that is located  HERE.

Today we return 'gain to this fun fun pad where the Dino-accent is between our main man and the very very funny Buddy Hackett.   Blog Publisher and Blogger-in-Chief,  Mr. Al Kustanowitz shares an engagin' exchange of the humorous kind between our Dino and Hackett that runs the gamut of legitimate theatre and pool halls and certainly will bring one of those big Dino-buddha-grins to all youse Dino-holic faces!

Likes we 'gain thanks Mr. Al Kustanowitz for accentin' our King of Cool in this wacky way and highly hopes that we will see more of our one and only Dino soon 'gain at this fun fun blog.  To checks this out in it's original format, simply, as usual, clicks on the tag of this here Dino-report.
Dino-always, ever, and only, DMP

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

The Great Jewish Comedians: Buddy Hackett on The Dean Martin Show

Buddy Hackett (1924-2003) was born Leonard Hacker in Brooklyn. His career spanned more than half a century in nightclubs, movies, the stage and television. 

His rubbery face was a familiar one on America's home screens in the 1950's and 1960's when he was a frequent guest on talk shows hosted by Jack Paar and Arthur Godfrey. 

Hackett's irrepressible clowning was so familiar, in fact, that it always seemed to come as a surprise to audiences and critics when he would display solid acting talent in his movie and stage appearances. 

He appeared many times on The Johnny Carson show, and we have shared many video clips of those shows on Jewish Humor Central over the past few years.

He also was a frequent guest on The Dean Martin Show. In this clip, Buddy tells Dean about his days in the legitimate theatre.

Enjoy!

Danny G's Sunday Serenade with Dino: "Anytime"

Welcome back, one & all!
 Dino lovers far & wide!
Minions of Martin young & old!
Join me for a moment of fun! A moment of relaxin'! A moment to soak in the GREAT GREAT power of Dean! Haha!!
Hey pals...that's my offer for youse.
 Hope it's intriguin'!
 Hope it brightens your day!
Hope I can stop ramblin' & actually get a Cool Cool tune playin'! Hahaha!!!
I gets a little TOO pumped sometimes, pallies! Ha! O well...what can I say?
 Today's Serenade just got me in one of those moods, mi amici.
 "Anytime" is just SO SO reassurin' to me that our BESTEST pal is ALWAYS there when we need him the most!
 If your feelin' blue...if youse is a wee bit lonely....or maybe youse just needs a little extra pep in your step!
 Dino is ALWAYS there to help!
Always there to lighten the load & lead the way through his music & inspiration!
ANY darn TIME!!!
Man o man...am I ramblin' again?! Haha!!
 Sorry, pallies!
This bea u ti ful Fall weather must be gettin' to me!
 OK...let's get to the jammin'!
Remember this one, pals!
 It's SURE to get youse through even the bluest day.
 Enjoy!


Any time
you´re feeling lonely.
Any time
You´re feeling blue.

Any time
you feel downhearted.
That will prove.
Your love for me is true.

Any time
you´re thinking about me.
That´s the time
I´ll be thinkin' of you.

So, any time, you say,
you want me right back again.
That is the time
I'll come back home to you

[Chorus:]
(Any time
you´re feeling lonely.
Any time
You´re feeling blue).

Any time
you feel downhearted.
That will prove.
Your love for me is true.

Oh Any time
you´re thinking about me.
That´s the time
I´ll be thinkin' about you.

So, any time, you say,
you want me back again.
That's the time (it´s any time).
That's the time (it´s any time).
Yeah,that´s the time (it´s any time).
I'll come back home to you

A very relaxed Dean Martin in a thoroughly pop album.

Hey pallies, likes once 'gain hot off the presses from our daily Dino-discipline of usin' google blog search for the newest and greatest on our most beloved Dino comes a truly remarkable review of Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs recent recent remasterin' of  "the vintage Martin album, This Time I’m Swingin’."  Scribed by Mr.  Robbie Gerson, on staff at the all thin's recorded blog pad,
"AUDIOPHILE AUDITION - web magazine for music, audio & home theater.

Likes as all youse Dino-philes will soon discover as you imbibe Robbie's wondrously wise words of potent praise for both our Dino gifts and talents as entertainer extraordinare  in general, and in his recordin' of the 1960  classic Capitol al-b-um This Time I'm Swingin'," Gerson is a knower and a lover of our main man.

Robbie begins his awesomely astute review by sharin' a bit of the life and times of our Dino and we deeply digs these truer then true Dino-reflections...."he had something unique, coolness. His charisma was significant and followed him in every endeavor."  One by one Mr. Gerson offers salient thoughts on just 'bout each and every croon in this  ever-cool collection of Dino-croons.  It is clear that Robbie as done his homework well in lettin' us readers in on all the huge huge highlights of this most masterful Dino-recordin'.

Gerson believes that..."The re-mastering of This Time I’m Swinging to SACD is flawless," and youse just knows he musta be right on the Dino-mark 'cause his powerful prose is flawless."  We certainly hopes that we will have the pleasure of readin' many many more Dino-reviews by Mr. Robbie Gerson 'cause he is truly truly a man in the know when it comes to music in general and our Dino in particular.

ilovedinomartin gratefully salutes Mr. Robbie Gerson for his excellent efforts in the cause of our most beloved Dino and we can't wait to get our hands on the re-masterin' of our masterful Dino's This Time I'm Swingin'.  To checks this out in it's original format, simply clicks on the tag of this here Dino-gram.   Dino, only, Dino, DMP

Dean Martin – This Time I’m Swingin’! – Capitol (1960) / Mobile Fidelity

A very relaxed Dean Martin in a thoroughly pop album.

Published on November 5, 2015

 

Dean Martin – This Time I’m Swingin’! – Capitol (1960)/ Mobile Fidelity UD SACD 2135 stereo and mono, 34:10 ****: 

(Dean Martin – vocals; featuring arrangements and orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle)

Although his career was iconic, Dean Martin will not be remembered as an iconic singer. In the 1940s the crooner teamed with comedian Jerry Lewis to form the greatest entertainment duo of all time. At their zenith, Martin & Lewis was the biggest act in show business, appearing in countless movies, nightclubs and television shows. After they split, Martin became a film star and hosted a successful television show. But, Martin was in his element as a singer. His low-key, self-effacing technique followed in the footsteps of singers like Bing Crosby and Perry Como. However, he had something unique, coolness. His charisma was significant and followed him in every endeavor. He eschewed the concentrated interpretation of Sinatra and Tony Bennett to create a sophisticated, amenable vibe.

Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs has re-mastered the vintage Martin album, This Time I’m Swingin’. Recorded in three 1960 sessions, these are precise songs with a distinctive feel. The opening track, “I Can’t Believe You’re In Love With Me’ contains the essence of Martin’s relaxed style and Riddle’s muscular arrangements. Strings, horn charts and a well-timed tenor saxophone produce a full sound. Taking on “True Love” (performed by Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly in High Society), Martin adopts a medium swing groove to separate from the “other” crooner’s signature take. Martin’s future TV theme (You’re Nobody “Till Somebody Loves You”) has a finger-snapping elegance with impressive string and horn/reed interludes. Martin (not unlike Crosby) does not possess a vocal prominence like Sinatra and uses his restrained delivery to create his own approach. The orchestra gets to stretch with punctuated flourishes. The music is accessible and mellow.

As with many singers in this era, Broadway songs are commonplace. “On The Street Where You Live” (My Fair Lady) is less a ballad, but more swaying cool. Martin’s vocal licks are subtle and never attempt to outshine the instrumentals. Occasionally there is a slower tempo (“I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face”, also from My Fair Lady) but any overt sentimentalism is avoided. The album is content with its formulaic method. This is unabashed pop music. Martin is effective on covers like “Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone” and “Someday (You’ll Want Me To Want You)”. Perhaps the greatest alchemy of Dean Martin and Nelson Riddle is the saucy “Just In Time”. Martin unleashes some of his crooning licks against the big band structures. And there is a terrific bonus track (recorded in mono, all of the other cuts are in stereo). “Ain’t That A Kick In The Head” might be the quintessential Dean Martin performance. His vocal phrasing and hipness made this a hit. It was the musical highlight of the 1960 Rat Pack film, Oceans 11.

The re-mastering of This Time I’m Swinging to SACD is flawless. The stereo separation is excellent and captures the pristine tonality of the instruments. Right channel piano is distinct in the mix. Martin’s soft voice is prevalent and not overpowered by the orchestra. While it does not equal the artistry of Riddle’s collaborations with Frank Sinatra or Linda Ronstadt, the production is superior and reflects the high level studio aesthetics at Capitol Records in its heyday.

TrackList: I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love With Me; True Love; You’re Nobody ‘Till Somebody Loves You; On The Street Where You Live; Imagination; (It Will Have To Do) Until The Real Thing Comes Along; Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone; I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face; Someday (You’ll Want Me To Want You); Mean To Me; Heaven Can Wait; Just In Time; Ain’t That A Kick In The Head

—Robbie Gerson

Good luck finding a movie where either Frank and Dean weren’t in where they weren’t working with a goddess.

Hey pallies, likes straight from our almost daily Dino-searchin' usin' the great great google  blog search comes today's Dino-devotion from the new-to-ilovedinomartin  blog, "The Daily Review  -  A Daily Take About The Lighter Side of Life," where Mr. Kire Schneider holds forth.  Schneider lives in Bethesda Maryland and works as blogger extraordinare  for The New Democrat.  Kire sez 'bout himself that   "I'm a life blogger, who blogs about just about everything that has to do with what is interesting about life."

Well dudes there is no denyin' that our most beloved Dino has everything that has to do with what is interesting about life," so it comes as no suprise that Kire woulda gets 'round to spreadin' some love for our Dino.  His recent prose, "Movie Clips Classic Trailer Vault: 4 For Texas 1963: Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin Go West to Strike it Rich" is a remarkable review of that classic of classic Dino-western.    Schneider is of the male persuasion, and so we are not surprised by his special interest in the "goddess’s" of the flick, Miss Anita Ekberg and Miss Ursula Andress.

But we are proudly pleased to see him speakin' coolly coolly of our Dino and his main pallie Mr. Frank Sinatra sayin', " Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, are both funny in this movie, but what else is new, especially when they’re together," and well as the stunnin' sentence that we  have chosen to tag this post with, " Good luck finding a movie where either Frank and Dean weren’t in where they weren’t working with a goddess."

The highlight of this particular flick review is the "Movie Clip Classic Trailer" that Kire includes that accents our Dino in the most swingin' of swingin' way...must Dino-viewin' for sure.  We sez our thanks to Mr. Kire Schneider for sharin' the delights of our Dino with his readers, surely helpin' many more into the Dino-fold.  To checks this out in it's original source, simply clicks on the tag of this Dino-message.  Dino-always, ever, and only, DMP

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2015

Movie Clips Classic Trailer Vault: 4 For Texas 1963: Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin Go West to Strike it Rich

Anita Ekberg, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Ursula Andress


To be completely honest with you, I only saw 4 For Texas and really only like it because Anita Ekberg Ursula Andress are in it and both look great in it. Anita Ekberg, Marilyn Monroe without the childish immature baggage of Marilyn and yet physically almost as adorable and might even be sexier. Because similar body and yet she comes off as a grown up. The same thing with Diana Dors, who is probably comparison with Anita than Marilyn. Not as familiar with Ursula, other than as Cat Woman from Batman, but she’s also a gorgeous sexy baby in this movie. Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, are both funny in this movie, but what else is new, especially when they’re together. And they both have goddess’s for girlfriends. Frank, has Elya Carlson (played by Anita Ekberg) and Dean, has Maxine Richter. (Played by Ursula Andress) Good luck finding a movie where either Frank and Dean weren’t in where they weren’t working with a goddess.

As far as the movie, Frank and Dean, both play bank robbers in Texas. Both going after the same hundred-thousand-dollars that is being transported by stagecoach in the 1870s in Galveston, Texas. Both have dreams of opening up their own casinos and going straight. (So to speak) The problem is they both want the same hundred-grand and don’t want to share it. Another problem that they have is that there’s this outlaw named Matson, (no first name given) who is after the same money. So Zach (played by Frank) and Joe (played by Dean) decide to become partners temporarily to knock off the Matson Gang. Again this is not a great movie, but because of the four stars in it and then add Charles Bronson and Victor Buono, the Three Stooges make a cameo and you’re talking about a very entertaining and even funny movie. But without Anita Ekberg and Ursula Andress, I’m probably not watching much of it.

Up For Bid At Julien's: Dean Martin 14K Gold Money Clip

Hey pallies, likes thanks to the friendly folks at google Dino-'lerts, we learn this very Dino-day of a perfectly perfect piece of Dino-treasure this is goin' up on the auction block in just a few short days.
From the blog of  Radio Station 94.7 WCSX, Ferndale, MI, we hear news that an upcomin'   "'Icons And Idols Rock N’ Roll'” event (is) taking place at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills this Saturday (November 7th).   Said action  "has some of the most unique pieces of memorabilia up for grabs in recent memory."

Likes what, of course, grabbed our Dino-attentionado is that a personal effect of our most beloved Dino likes will be sold to the highest bidder.  The item is none other then a 14K Gold Money Clip once used by our Dino and woulda appear had been gifted to him by the pallies at the peacock network, since the front of the clip has the NBC logo.

Those of us deeply deeply devoted to our Dino woulda, of course, loves to own something that our Dino used, and if we were in Beverly Hills area, we woulda at least gets ourselves over to Julien's Auctions to get a gander at the golden Dino-treasure.  Likes with the help of google image search we were able to gets a peek at the marvelous money clip and have shared the image below.

We sez our thanks to the folks at Radio Station 94.7 WCSX for puttin' us on to this noteworthy news and likes if you wanna checks this out in it's original source, simply clicks on the tag of this Dino-report.  Dino-yearnin', DMP









NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Coolest Items Up For Bid At Julien’s “Icons And Idols Rock N’ Roll” Auction

It seems like a different rock auction takes place every week, but the upcoming “Icons And Idols Rock N’ Roll” event taking place at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills this Saturday (November 7th) has some of the most unique pieces of memorabilia up for grabs in recent memory.

Here’s a few of our favorite items heading for the auction block:

Dean Martin’s 14K Gold Money Clip – This simple, elegant accessory features the NBC logo on the front and Martin’s name engraved on the back.  The money clip is expected to sell for between $600-800, which, believe it or not, makes it one of the more reasonably affordable items available.

I do not think having to present Dean MARTIN

Hey pallies, likes we can tells youse this pallies....the discovery of ever more internationale devotion to our Dino always always brings the biggest of Dino-buddha-grins to our face.  So know that this very Dino-day our face is sportin' the grooviest of groovy grin as we share some French style devotion from the blog "Musique pour (presque) tour  -   De 1955 à 1975 les vinyles que vous avez vus, entendus, achetés et parfois collectionnés. Dorénavant les monos seront en 192" which translates into English as "Music for (almost) all  -  From 1955 to 1975 vinyls you have seen, heard , and sometimes bought collected . From now on will be 192 monos."

The scriber dude of this blog en francais is Mr. "patsoul" who hails from Nord, France and is in the Busniess Services industry.  In his Dino-entry below "patsoul" accents our most beloved Dino's 1968 al-b-um "Gentle On My Mind."  While this reviewer's words are short in number, one none-the-less can tell that he is a knower and a digger of our main man.

How great to find yet 'nother pallie from yet 'nother part of the Dino-globe sharin' Dino-devotion with their readership.  We sez our thoughtful thanks to Mr. "patsoul" for doin' his part to lift up the name of our Dino to his fellow Frenchians!  To checks this out in it's original source, simply clicks on the tag of this here Dino-report.  Dino-sharin', DMP

p.s. pallies....Likes the tag "patsoul" seemed familiar to us, so likes we put it into the ol' ilovedinomartin search engine for blog posts, and indeed if you clicks HERE you will find 'nother piece of Dino-devotion by this sold-out-to-Dino dude!


Music for (almost) all

From 1955 to 1975 vinyls you have seen, heard , and sometimes bought collected . From now on will be 192 monos

Saturday, September 26, 2015

DEAN MARTIN - 1968 - Gentle on my mind (US RECOVERY RS - 6330 ) Stereo

I will present two albums followed by two EPs containing the French version of titles contained in the albums.

I do not think having to present Dean MARTIN ; is remembered for his cinematographic services including binomial with Jerry Lewis .

We recall his participation in the " Rat Pack " with his friends Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis JR.

His career crooner , with known longevity, has always worked well and it is not this album will contradict me .

It contains one of his hit " Welcome to my heart" and also beautiful times :
" Honey" Bobby GOLDSBORO
" By the time I get to Phoenix" Jim WEBB
" Gentle on my mind " Glen Campbell





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DEAN MARTIN - 1968 - Gentle on my mind (US-REPRISE RS 6330) stereo
Je vais vous présenter deux albums suivis de deux EPs contenant les version françaises de titres contenus dans les albums.

Je ne pense pas devoir présenter Dean MARTIN; on se souvient de ses prestations cinématographiques notamment en binome avec Jerry LEWIS.

On se rappelle de sa participation au "Rat pack" avec ses compères Frank SINATRA et Sammy DAVIS JR.

Sa carrière de crooner, dont on connaît la longévité, a toujours bien fonctionné et ce n'est pas cet album qui va me démentir.

On y trouve l'un de ses succès "Welcome to my heart" et aussi de belles reprises :
"Honey" de Bobby GOLDSBORO
"By the time I get to Phoenix" de Jim WEBB
"Gentle on my mind" de Glen CAMPBELL

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Heartbreakers, crooners, legends; timeless, eternal and incomparable: Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin had an unparalleled transformative power.

Hey pallies, likes those who ain't in the Dino-know probably wouldn't have a clue that there is always more Dino-devotion to share then us pallies ever have times to gets it posted.  Likes case in point woulda be that as of this Dino-scribin' ilovedinomartin has 900, that's correct pallies, likes 900 drafts of Dino-grams just sittin' in the ol' Dino-vault waitin' to see the light of Dino-day.  And, likes last Saturday we came 'cross some superb scribin's on our most beloved Dino and his most beloved pallie Mr. Frank Sinatra while doin' our usual series of 25 pages of surfin' google blogs for Dino-devotion.

Likes we came 'cross the passionate prose tagged "The Most Notorious Men Of The Rat Pack: Dean Martin And Frank Sinatra" from the blog "BIDNESS ETC." that we were almost certain that we had veiwed before and woulda have shared here, but when we used the ol' ilovedinomartin search drive, we couldn't find any record of it.

 So, we began to start a new post when the thought gnawed that certainly we woulda not have passed this Dino-treasure by.  Doin' more researchin' through our draft postin's, we found indeed we have started a post way back in 2014 that never saw the light of Dino-day.  We share this to simply demonstate the depth, length and breath of Dino-devotion just waitin' to be shared with all youse Dino-philes!

Today, without more delay we share this deeply devoted to our Dino and Sinatra post that as the unknown scriber states is "A retrospective on the lives of two of the most charming crooners in modern culture.."  We delight in the variety of powerfully potent pixs that are shared here...includin' one snagged from the annuals of ilovedinomartin!  We have tagged this particular post with the wondrously wise words of the scriber...." Heartbreakers, crooners, legends; timeless, eternal and incomparable: Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin had an unparalleled transformative power."  We are thrilled to see such wise wise words applied to our Dino and Mr. Sinatra 'specially that these legends had "an unparalleled transformative power."

We often speak of our most beloved Dino's power to transform pallies, and so it thrills us to no end to read 'nother devotee speakin' the same language.  We coulda shares more, but we want to makes sure all you Dino-holics reads it all for  yourselves.  We sez our thanks you very much to all the pallies at "BIDNESS ETC" and 'specially to the unknown scriber of this perfect prose.  We sez our sorrys as well for takin' so much time to gets this on the ilovedinomartin site.  To checks this out in it's original  source, simply clicks on the tag of this here Dino-gram.   Dino-transformed, DMP

The Most Notorious Men Of The Rat Pack: Dean Martin And Frank Sinatra

A retrospective on the lives of two of the most charming crooners in modern culture.

Published: October 21, 2013 at 6:49 am EST

 

Heartbreakers, crooners, legends; timeless, eternal and incomparable: Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin had an unparalleled transformative power. In a world where jazz bands eternally played one velvety song after another and people were forever slow dancing, these icons had identical characteristics of grace, charm and suave. Counterparts in more than talent and charisma, they shared the same passion for music (also, women and liquor) that made them unsurpassed masters of music and class.

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Famously known for always going their own way, the impact of their combined presence was nothing short of a kick in the head.

A paradigm of romance, Martin and Sinatra are characteristic of an undyingly evocative era of music and art

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Despite all the achievements, Martin’s life wasn’t all beer and skittles. The toughest part of his life was undoubtedly the death of his son, Dean Paul Martin, in a jet-fighter crash.

Growing up, Dean Martin didn’t know what career path to follow, so he went through a variety of different jobs. When he was young, he worked as a liquor runner for bootleggers. At a later stage, he worked as an amateur boxer, a shoeshine boy, a gas station attendant, a steel mill laborer and a croupier – clearly a man of many talents. He later became famous for being a comedian, musician and actor. The first Ocean’s Eleven (1965) starred three of the Rat Packers: Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr.

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Frank Sinatra, most popularly known as ‘Ol’ Blue Eyes’, is celebrated for his sensuous vocals and universal magnetism. Embodying a persona that universally appealed to men and women of all ages and backgrounds, his image and talent has withstood the test of time and is still unrivaled to this day.

It therefore comes as no surprise that with personalities so evenly matched, the two men were often thrown together. Perhaps Sinatra and Martin should have given each other a shot, since all the women in their lives didn’t quench their sexual appetites.

Very few people know that Sinatra was allegedly Mario Puzo’s inspiration for the character of singer Johnny Fontane in the book The Godfather.


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Sinatra and the mafia?! With the kind of pull that man had, who DIDN’T see that coming?

The character of Johnny Fontane was of an Italian singer who had the same dulcet tones as Martin or Sinatra. The character had a way with women, enjoyed alcohol and didn’t quit while he was still ahead. The comparison might have flattered most men, but only served to anger Sinatra, who didn’t agree with the portrait Puzo had painted.



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Convincing image, isn’t it? Guess what Fontane does to the director through his mafia contacts to get the spot on the movie he wanted?



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Sinatra had been married a total of four times, each marriage more chaotic and public than the previous.

 We suppose his dignity really knew no bounds.

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His time with Ava Gardner, his second wife, was one of the most tumultuous ones in his life. He allegedly tried killing himself twice: once by slitting his wrists and the second by sticking his head in the oven at a friend’s apartment. Upon broaching the subject of Ava Gardner he once said:

‘I love her, and God damn me for it.’

Despite flaws so catastrophic, these men had an allure that verged on reverence. Their fans will forever be enchanted by the depth of their passion, hoping to witness a glimpse of the love that these men felt and sang about.

Danny G's Sunday Serenade with Dino: "Only Forever"

Welcome back, mi amici!
Happy November!
Man o man...the months are flyin'!
Mama mia, where's the time go?!

 So does everyone have a candy hang-over or what? Did all my pals gets their fill of tricks & treats?

 Now for me...the advantages of bein' a daddy-o to my wee ones, Stella & Nick, is I gets to weed out ALL my FAVE treats! Haha!!
What a whirlwind of a night, though!
Thinks we all could use a nice...relaxin' Dino-jam to help us recharge.
Well pallies...just so happens...I dug up a REAL cool cool & chillin' type Dino-ditty for this week's Serenade.
"Only Forever" hails from Dean's 1957 vinyl masterpiece, "Pretty Baby". REAL smooth...REAL laid back...REAL Dino.
 Seems to be THE PER FEC TO tune to catch our breath... before we jump into the holidays!
 We better soak in these peaceful moments, pallies!

 The hectic time is approachin'! Hahaha!!!
It's fun though, pals.
Just gots to take it with a happy heart & PLENTY of Dino-jams at hand!
 Maybe a little vino too! Ha!
 OK pallies...let's get to the swoonin' & croonin'!
 Take a few deep breaths...take Dean's hand...& let ALL your stress drift away.
 Enjoy.

Do I want to be with you as the years come and go?
Only forever if you care to know
Would I grant all your wishes and be proud of the task?
Only forever if someone should ask

How long would it take me to be near if you beckoned?
Off hand I would figure, less than a second
Do you think, I'll remember how you look when you smile?
Only forever and that's putting it mild

How long would it take me to be near if you beckoned?
Off hand I would figure, less than a second
Do you think, I'll remember how you look when you smile?
Only forever, only forever, only forever, that's putting it mild