Riverside Other Series
#7000(12”)
MODERN VOICES SERIES
RLP-7001
A Treasury of Ribaldry read by MARTYN GREEN
Selections from the anthology, A Treasury of Ribaldry, edited by Louis Untermeyer (published by Hanover House)
Reeves Sound Studios, NYC; December 1956
Side 1
1. Ovid: The Art of Love (Book II)
2. Silentiarius: The Virgin Mistress
3. Benjamin Franklin: Advice on the Choice of Mistress
4. A Handful of Limericks
Side 2
1. Ovid: The Art of Love (Book III)
2. Some Aphorisms of Oscar Wilde
3. Apuleius: The Deceits of Woman (from The Golden Ass)
4. Robert Herrick: Upon the Nipples of Julia’s Breast
5. Boccaccio: Putting the Devil in Hell (from The Decameron)
6. Bassus: Strictly for the Gods
A HIGH FIDELITY Recording (Audio Compensation: RIAA Curve) .
LP produced and edited by Bill Grauer and Barrett Clark.
Notes excerpted from the editor’s Foreword to the book, “A Treasury of Ribaldry” (c. 1956, by Louis Untermeyer).
Cover designed by Paul Bacon; cover photograph: Paul Weller.
Engineer: Jack Higgins (Reeves Sound Studios); New York; December 1956.
RLP-7001 reissued as Offbeat OLP-4020
RIVERSIDE RECORDS are released by BILL GRAUER PRODUCTIONS
418 West 49th Street New York 19, N.Y.
RLP-7001
reissue label
RLP-7002/3
Henry Miller: Recalls and Reflects
A “first Audition” of a Great American Writer
HENRY MILLER Recalls and Reflects recorded in conversation with Ben Grauer.
New York; April 1956
Side 1
1. The Plight of the Creative Artist
From New York to Paris
How I Cut Loose
Servitude or Service
Sex and Love
2. Being “In” the World
Preserving Your Flame
Side 2
1. The “Spirit Flame” and Daily Work
Accept and Be Free
2. Neurotics, Surrealists and Obsessives
Baudelaire – Poe ^ Dickens – Tolstoi
My 19th Century “Modern” Writers
Man’s Dilemma and Glory
Side 3
Life in Paris
Café Types and Friends
Writing Techniques
Astrology and My Book Titles
Prostitutes
The Restaurant in Clichy
The Adventure of Nys and Her Maquereau
Side 4
More of Paris
The Unique and Wonderful Grench
French Culture, Philosophy, Women, conversation, Food
Being a Free Man of Spirit in the World today
Promise and Prophecy
A HIGH FIDELITY Recording (Audio Compensation: RIAA Curve).
Front cover photograph: Paul Weller. Cover and center-fold design: Paul Bacon
MODERN VOICES recordings are produced by Modern Voices, Inc., and released exclusively on
RIVERSIDE RECORDS by BILL GRAUER PRODUCTIONS
553 West 51st Street New York 19, N.Y.
RLP-7002/3
RLP-7004/5
Jean-Paul Sartre's "No Exit": starring Betty Field
Betty Field (Estelle) Douglas Watson (Cradeau) Nancy Wickwire (Inez) and adapted by Paul Bowles
Reeves Sound Studios, NYC; December 21, 1956
Side 1
Act I (part 1)
Side 2
Act I (part 2)
Act II (part 1)
Side 3
Act II (part 2)
Side 4
Act II (part 3)
Produced and directed for records by Barrett Clark with Douglas Watson, Nancy Wickwire.
A HIGH FIDELITY Recording – Riverside Reeves SPECTROSONIC High Fidelity Engineering (Audio Compensation: RIAA Curve).
Cover by Paul Weller (photography( and Paul Bacon (design).
Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios, New York City, on Dec. 21, 1956. Engineer: Jack Higgins.
MODERN VOICES recordings are produced by Modern Voice, Inc. and released exclusive on
RIVERSIDE RECORDS by BILL GRAUER PRODUCTIONS
553 West 51st Street, New York 19, N.Y.
RLP-7004/5
RLP-7006/7
Sean O'Casey's "Pictures in the Hallway"
adapted by Paul Shyre
Members of the Broadway Cast directed by Stuart Vaughan
Staats Cotsworth, Muriel Kirkland, Rae Allen, Alvin Epstein, Paul Shyre and Robert Geiringer
Reeves Sound Studios, NYC; March 14 & 29, 1957
Side 1/ Side 4
Pictures in the Hallway
A HIGH FIDELITY Recording Riverside-Reeves SPECTRONIC High Fidelity Engineering (Audio Compensation: RIAA Curve).
Produced for records by Barrett Clark Cover by Paul Weller (photograph) and Paul Bacon (design).
Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios, New York City, on March 14th and 29th, 1957. Engineer; Jack Higgins.
MODERN VOICES recordings are produced by Modern Voices, Inc., and released exclusively on
RIVERSIDE RECORDS by BILL GRAUER PRODUCTIONS
553 West 51st Street, New York 19, N.Y.
RLP-7006/7
RLP-7008- 7011
Cyril Richard: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
CYRIL RITCHARD
Cyril Ritchard (readings, sung) performed by the New York Woodwind Quintet: John Barows (frh) Samuel Baron (fl) Bernard Garfield (bassoon)
Jerome Roth (oboe) Davis Glazer (cl) Arthur Marotti (perc) original music by Alec Wilder.
NYC; Spring and Summer, 1957
Overture
Chapter I
Chapter II (part 1)
Chapter XI (part 2)
Chapter XII and Finale
Chapter II (part 2)
Chapter III
Chapter IV (part 1)
Chapter X
Chapter XI (part 1)
Chapter IV (part 2)
Chapter V (part 1)
Chapter VIII (part 2)
Chapter IX
Chapter V (part 2)
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII (part 1)
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RLP-7008/7011, SDP-22 “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”
Readings recorded at WOR-Mutual Studios; music recorded at Reeves Sound Studios
Directed by Barrett Clark; music recording Engineer: Jack Higgins. Modern voices recordings are produced by Modern Voices, Inc.
and released exclusively on Riverside Records by Bill Grauer Productions.
SDP-22 edition produced for, and distributed exclusively by, Crown Publishers, Inc.
SDP-22 (BOX) (small blue) SDP-22 (book)
7008 7009 7010 7011
RLP-7012
Eleanor Roosevelt (interviewed by Ben Grauer)
RLP-7013
The Jazz Age of F. Scott Fitzgerald
Read by Franchot Tone
New York City; 1957.
Selected excerpts from THE GREAT GATSBY:
Side 1
1. An introduction (from Chapter I)
2. A party at Gatsby’s – “There was music from my neighbor’s house …” (from Chapter III)
3. Gatsby’s won story – “I am the son of some wealthy people …” (from Chapter IV)
4. The real background – “James Gatz of North Dakota …” (from Chapter VI)
5. Daisy, tom and Gatsby – “Your wife doesn’t love you …” (from Chapter VII)
6. A funeral, and a conclusion (from Chapter IX)
Side 2
1. from ECHOES OF THE JAZZ AGE
2. from THIS SIDE OF PARADISE (from Chapter 2, Book 1)
3. from THE CRACK-UP
A HIGH FIDELITY Recording – Riverside-Reeves Spectrosonic High Fidelity Engineering
(Audio Compensation: RIAA Curve) Excerpted and edited by ORRIN KEEPNEWS.
Cover designed by PAUL BACON. Recorded in New York city; 1957. Engineer: Jack Higgins (Reeves Sound Studios).
RIVERSIDE RECORDS are released by BILL GRAUER PRODUCTIONS,Inc.
553 West 51st Street New York 19, N.Y.
RLP-7013
RLP-7014/15
Bertrand Russell: Speaking personally
RLP-7017
BENTLEY ON BRECHT
Songs and poems of the great German writer BERTOLT BRECHT adapted and performed by ERIC BENTLEY
NYC; 1962
Side 1
1. Of Poor B.B.
2. Legend of the Dead soldier (harmony by Stefan Wolpe)
3. Memory of Marie (harmony by Wolpe)
4. Doomed Generations
5. A visit to the Exiled Poets
6. Easter, 1935 (music by Hans Eisler)
7. Ballad of Marie Sanders (music by Eisler)
8. The Little Radio (music by Eisler)
9. To My countrymen
Side 2
1. Hymn of the Great (harmony by Wolpe)
and Hymn of Orge (harmony by Eric Regener)
2. A Man’s a Man (unknown)
3. Moritat (Mack the Knife) (music by Kurt Wiell)
4. Song of Sexual Submissiveness (music by Weill)
5. Supply and Demand (music by Wisler)
6. That’s How It Should Be (music by Wolpe)
7. Song of German Mother (music by Wisler)
8. Song og Mother Courage (music by Paul Dessau)
9. The Soldier and the Wise Woman (music by Eisler)
10. Keiner Oder Alle! (music by Eisler)
Produced and edited by Barrett Clark. Recording Engineer: Ray Fowler. Recorded in New York City, 1962.
Album design: Ken Deardoff. This recording is available in both stereophonic (RS 97017) and monaural (RM 7017) form.
Riverside Records are Produced by Bill Grauer Productions, Inc.
235 West 46th Street New York City 36, New York.
RLP-7017
