Other MOR sites which may be of interest including
on-line CD shops and sources of second-hand LP's
You MUST visit the Robert
Farnon Society pages - remember, this Society deals with ALL
aspects of light music including Big Band and can also supply hard to
find light music CD's - the modest subscription for the quarterly
magazine Journal Into Melody must be one of the best bargains around!
Ray Conniff
- if you like Percy Faith, odds are you also like Ray's
music. Doug Mitchell's pages are well worth a visit and contain
comprehensive listings.
Mantovani
- the many thousands of Mantovani fans will be pleased to hear that
there is now a superb site dedicated to this famous British Conductor
and Arranger. Wes Stillwagon's site is full of interesting articles
covering the life and work of the maestro in great detail.
Nelson
Riddle fans should visit Mike
Leach's WEB pages which also give details of the Official Nelson
Riddle Appreciation Society
One of the best MOR sites on the WEB is The
Space Age Pop Music Standards Page - don't be put off by this
title - and it also has lots of links to other interesting pages -
well worth a visit.
Classic Themes
from David Shields includes excellent biographies of Percy Faith,
Robert Farnon, Leroy Anderson, David Rose, Nelson Riddle and many
others and now has a new section - 'Classic US TV Themes'.
Searching for Second-hand Recordings
If you are looking for second hand records and CDs then most of
the good sites are in America.
I regularly use Craig Morer's Records
By Mail - very extensive (LP only) catalogue and
excellent service.
Best site of all is GEMM
which gives access to the lists of dozens of dealers world wide - and
lots of things besides records!
Buying Compact Discs over the Internet
Many CD Retailers offer on-line
databases which are useful for tracking down recordings, providing
track listings and ordering on-line. Some are listed here but note
that a listing does not indicate a personal recommendation other than
Worlds Records, Amazon (both in the UK and USA) and HMV all of which
I use regularly. For those in Europe seeking American CDs, Worlds
Records are not always the cheapest for the actual CD but, for those
in the UK and other countries outside the USA, they charge postage at
cost and there is no packing charge which often means they work out
cheaper overall than others. They are also very efficient. Another
recent UK addition with a comprehensive listing including imported
labels such as Taragon and Collectables is CD Zone. For people
outside the UK looking for a good British mail order site then again,
HMV is my recommendation. UK residents buying from outside the
European Union should remember that any package from outside the EU
will usually attract VAT, Import Duty and a substantial handling
charge if its value exceeds £18 (including the postage).
Cheap Or What CD's (UK)
Amazon (USA)
Amazon (UK)
Who wrote that tune?
If you are interested in finding out who composed a
particular piece of music, or discovering what else they have
written, both ASCAP
(American Society of Composers and Publishers) and BMI
maintain on-line data bases which contain a wealth of information.
Although both are American organisations, they contain much
information about composers of other nationalities, including British.