Marvelous Marterie is a studio album released by Ralph Marterie and his Marlboro Men in 1959 on Wing LP record MGW 12154 (mono) and SRW 12511 (stereo).[2]

Marvelous Marterie
Studio album by
Ralph Marterie and the Marlboro Men
ReleasedMay 1959[1]
RecordedUniversal Recorders, Chicago, IL, 1956–1959[2]
GenreBig band
LabelWing

Background edit

This album was in Mercury’s budget Wing line. It was recorded between December 1956 and April 1959. Most of the individual recordings were never otherwise released by Mercury,[3][4][5] although “When My Sugar Walks Down the Street” was also released on Mercury 45rpm #71488,[6] and “Trombone Blues” was also released under the title “Private Eyeball” on the full-priced LP Music For A Private Eye (Mercury MG 20437, SR 60109)[6]

Track listing edit

  1. Somebody Loves Me (GershwinDeSylva – Macdonald)
  2. Can't We Be Friends? (Swift - James)
  3. Deep Purple (Peter DeRose)
  4. Lonely Winter (arr. George Stone)
  5. Trombone Blues (S. Allen – R. Marterie)
  6. When My Sugar Walks Down the Street (Irving MillsJimmy McHughGene Austin)
  7. Rain (Eugene Ford)
  8. Stars Fell on Alabama (Frank PerkinsMitchell Parish)
  9. Sentimental Journey (Les BrownBen HomerBud Green)
  10. I’ll Be Around (Alec Wilder)
  11. Love Song from “Houseboat” (J. Livingston – Ray Evans)

References edit

  1. ^ Schwann record & tape guide (1964). Page 218.
  2. ^ a b Mercury Records Catalog: Wing 12100 series Jazzdisco.org. Retrieved December 5, 2011
  3. ^ Mercury Records Discography: 1956 session index Jazzdisco.org. Retrieved December 5, 2011
  4. ^ Mercury Records Discography: 1957 session index Jazzdisco.org. Retrieved December 5, 2011
  5. ^ Mercury Records Discography: 1958 session index Jazzdisco.org. Retrieved December 5, 2011
  6. ^ a b Mercury Records Discography: 1959 session index Jazzdisco.org. Retrieved December 5, 2011