Album Oriented Instrumental (AOI)

[AC Tones]

Love The Yule Log, dude!!!! You guys are getting me fired up to start working on the Christmas program!! What was the name of this thread again? Of course we'll need some deep Andy Williams (like "Little Altar Boy"), Steve and Edie, Tony Bennett, The COTB, and Mitch Miller, of course ;D. And I would be remiss if I did not mention James Last. Oh well, I guess it's time to dig up and dust off the Christmas collection.

And for all you "beautiful music" fans...here a complete listing of the music heard on the WPIX Yule Log program..

I made a checklist last year...and "the .wav" played all of these greats plus much more!!!

Can't wait!!

http://www.theyulelog.com/htmls/music.html

Thanks for posting this, dude! I LOVE how they have added the original LP album art! BTW, all of the cuts you will hear from Andre Kostelanetz' "Wonderland of Christmas," The Living Strings' "The Spirit of Christmas," and "The David Rose Christmas Album" (3 of the greatest "Beautiful Music" Christmas albums ever made) were in fact, needle-dropped from the original LPs which I own. Inexplicably, they have never been released on CD. Fortunately, Percy Faith's offerings have (with the exception of his 1958 classic "Hallelujah"--which I also own but the cuts were thankfully released on CD as part of "The Music of Christmas Volume 2," which is now OOP and quite costly if you can find it). Thankfully, Eugene Ormandy's stuff was made available on CD a couple of decades ago, but there is so much great stuff that hasn't been. Fortunately, I have been able to score some pristine LPs of this classic holiday music over the last 25 years or so, and needle-dropped all of it.

 

[recto101]

Contemporary Instrumental Alternative or (CIA) would be a good but questional Format Name.

 

[Carmine5]

Contemporary Instrumental Alternative or (CIA) would be a good but questional Format Name.

Hey, I almost love this name. The use of the word "contemporary" might exclude old school instrumental music. But according to my buddies in the editorial trades the word contemporary is old school anyway, so maybe not.

It's a format label that is just vague enough yet specific enough to work--and it's new which means younger demos will flock to it.

I'm liking the sound of CIA the more I say it.

c5

 

[AnotherCat]

Contemporary Instrumetal Oriented Alternative? I guess the reason I keep the "oriented" is because vocals are needed but not the vocals that smooth jazz format is using. Jazzy adult alternative vocals instead...

 

[JoshB]

I agree, I think it needs a new name, how about Contemporary Easy Listening or New Easy Listening? The format incorporates music that is more or less for relaxing and being "easy" on the ear (like the famous JRN slogan, that Chris uses now, "A Vacation for Your Ears") versus what's out now on the radio. Call it contemporary or new, since it incorporates newer music than what is played on current Easy Listening format.

 

[Nock]

It's a stigma. Finally convinced a colleague at work to listen to my show. I get a text from him while on the air -- "I did not know Jazz was so cool" That's the message that has to get out.

Nock

 

[AnotherCat]

Actually the "relaxing" thing is what scared off the generations that grew into the target demo. "Easy" would be a total nail in the coffin. Digging into some of the instrumental music that is not relaxing is one thing that needs to be done.