Richards, Dal & his Orchestra - Swing Is In... Vol. II

Tracks

Side 1

		Track Name	Length
	1	Opus One	02:42
	2	Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)	02:40
	3	Tommy Dorsey Medley: I'll Never Smile Again - This Love of Mine - I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You	04:50
	4	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	03:01
	5	12th Street Rag	02:36

Side 2

		Track Name	Length
	1	Strike Up the Band	02:00
	2	I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo	02:22
	3	Sentimental Journey	03:15
	4	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	02:20
	5	On The Sunny Side of the Street	03:03
	6	Everybody Loves Somebody	03:20

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Information/Write-up

The inimitable Dal Richards has done it again. He has chosen a great selection of memorable dance tunes, given them to first-rate arrangers, taken his band into a recording studio and has come up with a super album of redefined big band swing.

For those of you who don’t know Dal, he is sort of an institution on the West Coast and, to some extent, across Canada. His dance orchestra has played most of the major hotels like the Westin Bayshore and the Hyatt Regency in Vancouver, the Banff Springs Hotel, the Panorama Roof of the Hotel Vancouver, beautiful old ballrooms like Jantzen Beach in Portland, Oregon, and also the opening Gala Ball for the magnificent, new Art Gallery in Vancouver.

During that time, he played thousands of coast-to-coast CBC radio broadcasts, along with many national and local television shows. These, along with countless personal appearances, have earned him the title of the musical host of the coast.

Also, he is entertainment coordinator for the B.C. Lions halftime shows at their home games in the awe-inspiring B.C. Place Stadium.

However, all the years of his successful career didn’t produce the impact that his recent hit album Swing Is In did. That is, it made him a stone age rock star—his term—and an overnight star after 35 years in the business—his description.

Whatever his status, he has more fans than ever, and they are glad whenever his band plays for listening or dancing.

Alex MacGillivary, the assistant editor of The Sun newspaper in Vancouver, said it best when he wrote:
“The town favorite, Dal Richards — the Dance Band King.”

LET’S DANCE!

Dal Richards: alto saxophone
Cliff Binyon: alto saxophone
Lance Harrison: tenor saxophone
Wally Snider: tenor saxophone
Lew Hilton: baritone saxophone

Stew Barnett: trumpet
Don Clark: trumpet
Carse Sneddon: trumpet
Jamie Croil: trumpet

Dave Robbins: trombone
Ed Cowan: trombone
Jack Fulton: trombone

Bud Henderson: piano
Stan Johnson: bass
Blaine Wikjord: drums

Arranged by Eddie Graf, Harry Boon, and Dave Robbins
Produced by Al Reusch
Engineered by Geoff Turner
Recorded at Pinewood Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia
Executive producer: Douglas J. Hall
Cover photos by Gemini Photo

Cover photos by Gemini Photo

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