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A bit early to tell if the experiment to restart the Stanyan Mail Order service has been successful enough to carry it beyond the holidays. One of the biggest problems is that without a means of selling the books and records on line, many surfers are probably not amused at having to get a money order or bank draft for transactions. Can’t say I blame anyone for that, since I’m used to calling an 800 number or checking a box on the Website when I want to buy something. Stanyan’s apologies and mine too, but money orders are a necessity because we’re still in the testing phase. If it does work out you can bet someone will be manning an 800 line & there will be a page on the net for ordering.

For now, Stanyan by mail is only a one or two man operation. I stopped by the mailroom the other day to lend a hand & managed to screw up orders so badly that we had three complaints the first week of operation. Should I get the urge to ‘help out,’ again, I’ll remember to keep my glasses on.

Earlier in the week I promised to list what’s available right now. The week has ended, so I can’t stall any longer. Here’s the ‘Stanyan Stuff." The pitchman in me wants to say, "get ‘em while they’re hot," but frankly much of this stuff has been in cold storage for awhile. Still that means a lot of the books are first editions, but there is a limit to the product available. In case this looks like one long advertisement [it does], the most asked question in the letters I get is "Are there books & discs available?" & the second is "What are the contents?" What follows should answer both.

A STANYAN CATALOG OF STUFF

McKUEN: ORIGINAL PAPERBACK BOOKS

045    Hand In Hand, 1977 253 Pages 78 Poems $8.00
695    Looking For A Friend, 1986
253 Pages • 34 Poems $8.00 
266    Love’s Been Good To Me, 1979
237 Pages 59 Poems $8.00   
111    Too Many Midnight’s, 1981 • 237 Pages • 52 Poems $8.00   
616     Watch For The Wind, 1983
253 Pages 54 Poems $8.00


McKUEN: HARD COVER BOOKS

501    Valentines, 1986 • 142 pages • 66 poems $16.50   
635    Intervals 1986 • 143 pages • 26 poems $16.50    
100    Beyond The Boardwalk, 1975 • 108 pages • 38 poems $16.50    
298    Coming Close To The Earth [US Ed], 1977 • 162 pages • 49 ps $16.50


McKUEN: HARDCOVER POCKET EDITIONS

001    Listen To The Warm $12.95
002    Stanyan Street & Other Sorrows $12.95
002     Lonesome Cities $12.95


McKUEN: COMPACT DISCS

La Mer / Rod, Anita & The San Sebastian Strings • STZ109 $12.95
The Sea / Rod, Anita & The San Sebastian Strings • WB 1670 $12.95
Listen To The Warm • DCC #STZ 102 $12.95
Concerto Works [Instrumental] • DCC #STZ 103 $12.95
Rod McKuen After Midnight: STZ106 $12.95
Beatsville, 40th Anne. Recording +Original Mac/Dos Fonts • P22 006 $15.95
Music For Guardian Angels [Instrumental] • 12 473 $8.95
At Carnegie Hall, 25th Anniversary Edition •12 441 $8.95
At The Movies • 12 445 $8.95
The French Connection • 12 444 $8.95
Early Harvest (1956-1994) • 12 445 $8:95
Speaking Of Love • 12 442 $8.98


McKUEN: IMPORTS

Joanna /Soundtrack For The Film • Japanese Import SLC #5022 $19.95
Rod Sings The McKuen/Brel Songbook • Dutch Import BR #407 $19.95
Without A Worry in The World: Greatest Hits • Dutch Import #408 $19.95


McKUEN: 5 CD SET

15 914 McKUEN: Greatest Hits Collection • Includes:
Greatest Hits Vol I-IV & Lonesome Cities 5 CD BOXED SET $36.00


STANYAN: COMPACT DISCS $7.95 each

Glenn Yarbrough Sings Rod McKuen: 12 429
Love Songs • Various Artists LO 12 485
So In Love • Various Artists LO 12 440
Safe Sax • Various: LO 12 812
Johnny Mercer • Great American Songwriters 12 435
Best Of The Benedictine Monks of St. Michael’s: 14 164
The September Strings • Simon & Garfunkel's' Greatest Hits: 12 428
Rodgers & Hart: The Ballads • Great American Songwriters 12 434


STANYAN CHRISTMAS CD’s $7.95 each

Rod McKuen: New Carols For Christmas • LL # 12 526
Benedictine Monks: Noel At The Monastery: 12 535
Hollywood Angels * Soft Lights, Sweet Christmas: 12 538
Louis Armstrong • Christmas Through The Years: 12 774
The Stanyan Brass • Joy To The World: 12 537
Various • Christmas For Friends And Lovers: 12 784
A 1940's Christmas: 12 542
A Stanyan Christmas: 12 525


STANYAN 3 CD BOXED SETS

55 547 Bing Crosby • Frank Sinatra • Judy Garland
Christmas Thru The Years [3 CD Boxed Set] $24.95

55 548 Rod McKuen • Benedictine Monks • Corkey Hale
The Spirit of Christmas [3 CD Boxed Set] $24.95

55 584 Beautiful Music To Love By • Includes: Music To Make
Your Plants Grow, Oceans Of Beautiful Electric Music
& Beautiful Music To Love By [3 CD Boxed Set] $24.95


SPECIALTY ITEMS

The Sea / Rod, Anita & The San Sebastian Strings • LP WB 1670-1 • $12.95
The Sea / Rod, Anita & The San Sebastian Strings • Cassette 1670-4 • $12.95
A Man Alone • Frank Sinatra Gatefold LP • Reprise 1030-1 • $15.00
Another Beautiful Day: Illustrated Datebook & Diary 1985 • $25.00
Another Beautiful Day: Illustrated Datebook & Diary 1986 • $25.00
Beatsville CD: 30th Anniversary Ed. with Mac & Windows Fonts
$16.95

Here’s a more detailed description of what each book or CD contains:

STANYAN BOOKS

McKUEN: ORIGINAL PAPERBACKS

Anyone familiar with this series knows that each paperback is illustrated with photographs, an index to first lines and a forward by Rod. Truly a find, when they're gone, that's it.

045    Hand In Hand, 1977 • 253 Pages • 78 Poems $8.00
          Includes "Nine Lives", "Colors & Changes" & "Gentle Giants".
695    Looking For A Friend, 1986 • 253 Pages • 34 Poems $8.00
          Includes "Women In Winter", "Night Mischief" & "Days of the Dancing,            1980."
266    Love’s Been Good To Me, 1979 • 237 Pages • 59 Poems $8.00
          Includes "Nocturne", "Winter People" & "Up From The Street."
111    Too Many Midnight’s, 1981 • 237 Pages • 52 Poems $8.00
          Includes fourteen original poems unavailable elsewhere, + dozens of            others.
616    Watch For The Wind, 1983 • 253 Pages • 54 Poems $8.00
          Includes Nineteen original poems unavailable elsewhere, + dozens of            others.


McKUEN: HARD COVER BOOKS

These are the original HardCover books that Dwight & Edward discovered in the first warehouse they inventoried. Many are First Editions.

501    Valentines, 1986 • 142 pages • 66 poems $16.50
"The seven sonnets alone are worth double the price of the book. This is McKuen's Valentine to the world." - Daily News

635    Intervals 1986 • 143 pages • 26 poems $16.50                                      This was Rod’s last published book of poetry & remains one of the hardest to find anywhere. Includes "Is There Life After TowerRecords," "Suicide Is Risky " & " Modern Romance."

100    Beyond The Boardwalk, 1975 • 108 pages • 38 poems $16.50
Published privately by Cheval Books, it had 5 printings before publication.  Includes "Brighton 1 & 2," "The Old Hotel" "& Love Letters" & "Balloon Over Africa".

298    Coming Close To The Earth [USA], 1977 • 162 pages • 49 ps $16.50
Part II of "The Elements" trilogy." Markedly different than the book published in London two years earlier.


McKUEN: HARDCOVER POCKET EDITIONS

Rod's editor, Nan Talese at Random House, had the idea to republish Rod's Classic Books in special hardcover Pocket editions. We've managed to lay our hands on 1 carton each of the first 3.

001    Listen To The Warm $12.95
002    Stanyan Street & Other Sorrows $12.95   
003    Lonesome Cities $12.95



McKUEN CD’s & STANYAN CD’s

ANITA, ROD & THE SAN SEBASTIAN STRINGS

At the moment we only have 2 CD’s by The San Sebastian Strings, our fingers are crossed about boxed sets and single disc & yes maybe even new works.

La Mer / The San Sebastian Strings • STZ109 [The French Language Version of The Sea + 30 minutes of digital sea sounds]" EVEN BETTER THAN THE CLASSIC IN ENGLISH" - CD Review. Mon Ami La Mer [My Friend The Sea • A La Derive [While Drifting] • Les Cadeaux Ux De La Mer [Gifts From The Sea] • La Nuit, Pense Au Soleil [The Time of Noon] • Les Ombres du Crepuscule [Afternoon Shadows] • J’Aime a Pluie [Do You Like The Rain] • Laissons-Les Danser [ Days of the Dancing] • J’Aimerais Pousser Un Nuages [Pushing The Clouds Away • Ta Chair A Le Gout Du Soleil [You Even Taste Like The Sun] • L’Orage [The Storm] • La Mer Toujours Recommencee [The Ever Constant Sea] • La Gitane • [The Gypsy Camp] • Le Vent, La Mer . . .L’ete [Beyond The Bend Ahead] • La Mer [The Sea] PLUS California Coastline: Tuesday • California Coastline: Late Friday. $12.95

The Sea / The San Sebastian Strings • The Original and Stanyan is just about the only place on earth where you can get it at this time. WB 1670 • Rod & Anita’s most sought after work with the original Jesse Pearson narration: My Friend The Sea • While Drifting • Gifts From The Sea • The Time of Noon • Afternoon Shadows • Do You Like The Rain • The Days of the Dancing • Pushing The Clouds Away • You Even Taste Like The Sun • The Storm • The Ever Constant Sea • The Gypsy Camp • Beyond The Bend Ahead • The Sea. $12.95


McKUEN CD’s

Listen To The Warm • DCC #STZ 102 [USA, 1991] 1967 RCA LP. A Cat Named Sloopy • I Live Alone • To Share The Summer Sun (The Dog & Me) • Round, Round, Round • I’ll Never Be Alone • The Ducks On The Millpond • Midnight Walk • Listen To The Warm • It’s Raining • Weekend • Brown October • Where Are We Now • The Singing Of The Wind • Dandelion Days • Epilogue: One Day I’ll Follow The Birds • Plus the title track from 1969’s The Single Man. $12.95

Concerto Works • DCC #STZ 103 [USA, 1988] Concerto For Balloon And Orchestra (Orchestra Concerto) • Concerto For Cello & Orchestra • Concerto For Guitar & Orchestra: Keith Harvey, Violoncello; Juan Marias, guitar; National Philharmonic, Symphonie de Madrid; Arthur Greenslade & Patric Stanford Conductors. From various 1970’s LP’s recorded in London & Madrid, released on Columbia, EMI & Stanyan. $12,95

Rod McKuen After Midnight: STZ106 In 1982 after a tour of Australia Rod got together a jazz group & settled in for three nights of intimate recordings in Sydney. The result set a new benchmark for Rod & his songs. Many Summers Ago • About The Time • I’ve Been To Town • Empty Is • Solitude’s My Home • When The Bars Close • April People • Me And The Cat • Somerset • You • Thank You • Blessings of The Day • My Brother Edward PLUS ADDED TRACKS from 1965 & 66, I’m Strong But I Like Roses • Only Love • Thank You • Blue • You. $12.95

Music For Guardian Angels • 12 473 [USA, 1996] Rod’s music done instrumentally. Includes pop, jazz, and movements from classical works and rare chamber music tracks. To Love Is To Lie Down With The Angels • Angels, Angels Everywhere • Adagio For Harp & Strings • Angels Stop At Alamo Junction • An Angel Named Bingo (Piano Trio No. 1) • Church Windows • Largo from Concerto for Guitar & Orchestra (Someday We’ll See Spain) • I’ll Catch The Sun • An Angel Named Nikki (Piano Quartet No. 3) • Another Beginning • Night (from The City) • Colors Of The Day • Floating In Heaven (from Concerto for Balloon & Orchestra. RPO; Rachmaninoff Trio; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Paris Conservatory O.; Louisville Orchestra; Orch. Of Two Worlds & Claudette Colbert (!). $8.95

At Carnegie Hall, 25th Anniversary Edition •12 441 [USA, 1995] Taken from the Warner Bros. 2 Record Set recorded April 29, 1968. Overture • Kaleidoscope • Ally, Ally Oxen Free • I’ve Been To Town • Everybody’s Rich But Us • A Cat Named Sloopy • Bend Down And Touch Me • Joanna • The Things Men Do • Stanyan Street • If You Go Away • Seasons In The Sun • Champion Charlie Brown • Love’s Been Good To Me • Do It Yourself Protest Songs & Don’t Ban The Bomb • The Ivy That Clings To The Wall • People On Their Birthdays • The Complete Madame Butterfly • Amsterdam • Playoff: World I Used To Know & Happy Birthday • Jean • Closing Remarks. $8.95

At The Movies • 12 445 Pastures Green • Flanders Field • Run To Me, Fly To Me • A Boy Named Charlie Brown • Lonely Winter • Natalie • Lloyd's' Room (Petula In Green Waters) • Saturday Night In Knights bridge • When Am I Ever Going Home • The Tinkling Piano In The Next Apartment • To Know You Is To Love You (Duet with Molly Bee) • Isn’t It Something • The Russians March On Berlin • The Ivy That Clings To The Wall • Jean • And How • Toward The Unknown • Kiev • So That We’ll Remember • Homeward • Sweet Emily • Birch Trees. $8.95

The French Connection • 12 444 Includes vocals by Becaud, Brel, Les Campageons de la Chanson, Eric Montry and Rod with Le Swingle Singers: Solitude’s My Home • I Think Of You • Paris • Je Viens De Loin (I’ve Been To Town) • About The Time • Les Bourgeois • If You Go Away • Des Milliers De Soldats (Soldiers Who Want To Be Heros) • The Far West • To You • The Far Side Of The Hill • Where Would I Be • Les Amants De Cour (The Lovers) • The Women • Blessings Of The Day • I’ll Say Goodbye • La Mer Sans Soliel • Un Par Un (One By One) • My Brother Edward • Seasons In The Sun • Without A Worry In The World • Il Ya Parfois Des Souvenirs (World I Used To Know). $8.95

Early Harvest (1956-1994) • 12 445 [USA, 1995] A 38 year recording overview. 24 tracks from 6 labels including rare & unreleased tracks. Advice To Folk Singers • Colorado Trail • Happy Is A Boy Named Me • The World I Used To Know • The Intellectual Rag • Sin • Way Farin’ Stranger • Shady Grove (with The 4 Of Us) • Times A-Gettin’ Hard • Doesn’t Anybody Know My Name • It Was A Very Good Year (duet with Barry McGuire) • The Summer’s Long • Rose • Many Summers Ago • April People • An Isle In The Water • The Beautiful Strangers • I Never Go There Anymore • The Lovers • Baby It’s Cold Outside (Duet with Petula Clark • Ballad Of The Sad Young Men • Love Let Me Not Hunger • Movin’ Down The Line • Stay With Me. $8.95

Speaking Of Love • 12 442 [1996, USA] Spoken word collection taken from sources as early as Beatsville [HiFI], Yellow Unicorn [Imperial], In Search of Eros [Epic]. Includes new (1996) poem with music by Ennio Morricone; The Poet In Mid Song. Pushing The Clouds Away • Out Beyond The Window • The Yellow Unicorn • Stations & Trains • Now I Have The Time • Capri In July • Kearny Street • So Long San Francisco • Cowboys/Cheyenne • Jim Jann • Six Songs For The Sun • Gifts From The Sea • While Drifting • Night / A Newly Painted Bench • The Art Of Catching Trains • To Watch The Trains • Song Without Words ª Camera / Thread Of Hope • So Long San Francisco, reprise • Kearny Street • Apres Vous • The Hills Draw Nearer • The Poet In Mid Song. $8.95

McKUEN 5 CD BOXED SET

BOX SET: The Greatest Hits + Lonesome Cities Collection • 15 914 [1996] Contains 5 CD’s: Greatest Hits 1, II, III, IV & Lonesome Cities
Greatest Hits Vol I • Complete Warner Bros. LP with 6 Bonus Tracks: The Marvelous Clouds • I’ll Catch The Sun • Lonesome Cities • One by One • If You Go Away • Je Viens De Loin • The Ballad of Hollywood • Doesn't Anybody Know My Name [2:10-6:18] • Seasons In The Sun • Kaleidoscope • The World I Used To Know • Oliver Twist • Time After Time • Marie, Marie • Blessings In Shades Of Green • Stanyan Street • The Ivy That Clings To The Wall • The Lovers • Ally, Ally Oxen Free • The Mummy [with Bob McFadden]. Greatest Hits Vol II •Complete Warner Bros. LP with 6 Bonus Tracks: As I Love My Own • Love's Been Good To Me • Inside Of Me • Bring Her A Rose • The Beautiful Strangers • A Boy Named Charlie Brown • The Time It Takes To Love You • She • Mr. Kelly/Kelly & Me • Listen To The Warm • Jean • A Man Alone • Natalie • Guess I'd Rather Be In Colorado • Some Trust In Chariots • Two Brothers • Hi Lonesome (with Herb Alpert) •The Beat Generation (with Bob McFadden & Bill Haley & his Comets) • The Ever Constant Sea. Greatest Hits Vol III Complete Stanyan LP with 6 Bonus Tracks. Without A Worry In The World • Fields Of Wonder • A Cat Named Sloopy • The Single Man • Champion Charlie Brown • Capri In July • The Loner • Soldiers Who Want To Be Heroes • I Think Of You • Pushing The Clouds Away (featuring Anita Kerr & her Trio) • Pastures Green • Everybody's Rich But Us • Bend Down And Touch Me • I'm Not Afraid • Rock Gently • Solitude's My Home • Sweet Emily • About The Time • Baby It's Cold Outside (duet with Petula Clark) • Amor. Greatest Hits Vol IV • Complete Warner Bros. LP with 6 Bonus Tracks. The Importance Of The Rose • If You Go Away • Trashy • Gifts From The Sea (with Anita Kerr) • Sleep Warm • April People • Moment To Moment • The Port Of Amsterdam • Homeward • The Lonely Things • Jean • Soldiers Who Want To Be Heroes • Blessings Of The Day • Cowboys/Cheyenne • Toward The Unknown • Ain't You Glad You're Livin' Joe • Every Loner Has To Go Alone • And To Each Season • Love Of The Common People (with Rock Hudson) • Winter In America. Lonesome Cities: Grammy Award Best Spoken Word Album, 1970. Complete Warner Bros. 1969 LP, plus bonus track not listed (Piano Trio #4). The Art of Catching Trains • Cowboys • Boatride • Morning • Church Windows • Manhattan Beach • To Watch The Trains • Atlantic Crossing • Celebration • Concerto for Four Hands • Waiting For What • Along Coasts of France/The Language of Hello. $36.00

McKUEN IMPORTED CD’s

Joanna / Rod McKuen’s Soundtrack For The Film • SLC #5022 [Japan, 1993] Completely remastered version of the 1968 Soundtrack album with many added tracks. Joanna Main Title • I’ll Catch The Sun • Run To Me, Fly To Me • When Am I Ever Going Home • I’m Only Me • I’ll Catch The Sun (vocal) • Mississippi Sur La Seine • Saturday Night In Knightsbridge • Ain’t You Glad You’re Livin’ Joe (vocal by Michael Sarne) • Life Is A Beach • Cas Is A Gas • Till We’re Together Again • Walk Across London • John Wayne Has Left The Building • Peter’s Theme: Before I Die • Joanna & Clyde • Some August Day • Joanna Hits Town • I’m Only Me (vocal) • Concerto for 4 Harpsichords [extract from 2nd Movement] • Joanna Does Dinner • Sunday Morning In Knightsbridge • Run To Me, Fly To Me (vocal) • Cas Is Tinkling. . . In The Next Apartment • Hello Heartaches (vocal by Barbara Kay) • A Man & His Harmonica • Saturday Night In Knightsbridge (vocal) • Joanna-End Title, Everybody On Stage. $19.95

Without A Worry in The World: Greatest Hits • BR# 408 [Holland, 1992] 22 tracks, most unavailable in the USA, Rod’s1989 single South America Take It Away & 5 of his Holland chart singles. Soldiers Who Want To Be Heroes • Doesn’t Anybody Know My Name • The World I Used To Know • The Importance Of The Rose • Jean • Rock Gently • I’ll Catch The Sun • Cycles • About The Time • Love’s Been Good To Me • Listen To The Warm • Champion Charlie Brown • I Think Of You • Amor • Seasons In The Sun • If You Go Away • (The Port Of) Amsterdam • Je Vien De Loin (I’ve Been To Town) • Without A Worry In The World • And To Each Season • They’re Playing Our Song. $19.95

The Rod McKuen / Jacques Brel Song Book • BR #407 [Holland, 1992]
Taken from the Stanyan & Warner Bros. LP’s: Come Jef • If You Go Away • The Lovers • The Far West • Zangra • Song Without Words • (The Port of) Amsterdam • I’m Not Afraid • To You • The Statue • The Women • Les Amants De Cour (The Lovers, sung by Jacques Brel) • Les Bourgeois • Seasons In The Sun. $19.95


STANYAN CD’s BY OTHER ARTISTS

Glenn Yarbrough Sings Rod McKuen: 12 429 Kaleidoscope • I'll Catch The Sun • Simple Gifts • The Single Man • Some Of Them Fall • Lonesome Cities • The Hotel Room • The Beautiful Strangers • I'm Strong But I Like Roses • Listen To The Warm • The Girls Of The Summer • To Watch The Trains • I'm Not Afraid • I Think Of You. $7.95

Love Songs • Various Artists • 12 485 I’m In The Mood For Love; Dorothy Squires • Like Someone In Love; Lena Horne • The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else; Jo Stafford • Heartbroken; Judy Garland • If Love Were All; Carmen McRae • When Your Lover Has Gone; Bob Manning • When I Fall In Love; Jeri Southern • As I Love My Own; Chris Connor • Love Let Me Not Hunger & The Ivy That Clings To The Wall; Sylvia Syms • Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man; Shirley Bassey • What I Did For Love & Love's Been Good To Me; Rod McKuen • Hit 'Em In The Head With Love; Chris Connor • Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love]; Ian Carmichael, Elaine Stritch & The Cast of Cole. $7.95

So In Love • Various Artists • 12 440 So In Love; Frank Sinatra & Keely Smith • Love's Got Me In A Lazy Mood; Johnny Mercer • Falling In Love Again & True Love; Jo Stafford • I Fall In Love Too Easily; Dinah Shore • A Kind Of Loving; Rod McKuen • You're A Sweetheart; Alice Faye • Someone To Watch Over Me; Frances Langford • I Think Of You; Vera Lynn • P.S. I Love You; Bob Manning • Where Walks My True Love & That Old Devil Called Love; Jeri Southern • So Long Stay Well • I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm; Billie Holiday • One By One; Barry McGuire. $7.95

Safe Sax • Various: 12 812 ADVOCUT MAGAZINE says "Was it good for you?" Ben Webster; Coleman Hawkins; Charlie Parker; Plaz Johnson; Johnny Hodges; Sonny Cris & Bill Clinton. Sax doesn't get any better than this! The complete joy of sax and saxy songs to boot: My Romance • Harlem Nocturne • There Will Never Be Another You • Gotta Go • The Very Thought of You • Virgo: Blue Lady • I'll Remember April • Try A Little Tenderness • More Than You Know • Body And Soul • Day Dream • Misty • I'll Catch The Sun • Lullaby in Blue. $7.95

Johnny Mercer • Great American Songwriters 12 435 Autumn Leaves; Eartha Kitt • Once Upon A Summertime; Rod McKuen • Fools Rush In; Glenn Miller & his orchestra with Ray Eberly • Day In, Day Out; Dinah Shore • Good Companions; Rod McKuen • Bob White; Johnny Mercer with Six Hits & A Miss • I Remember You; Jeri Southern • And The Angels Sing; Benny Goodman with Martha Tilton • This Time The Dream's On Me; Rod McKuen • Old Guitaron; Joanne Sommers with Laurendo Almeida; One For My Baby; Johnny Mercer with Paul Weston & his orchestra; When The World Was Young; Rod McKuen. $7.95

Best Of The Benedictine Monks of St. Michael’s: 14 164 The worldwide bestseller. Sancte Dei • Salve Sanctus Parens • In Paradisum Angeli • Sanctus & Benedictus • Organ Voluntary • Te Lucas Ante Terminum • Christus Natus Christos • Kyrie Christie Eleison • Organ Voluntary • Gloria • Puer Natus Est • Sanctus & Benedictus II • Beata Dei • Veni Sancte Spiritus • Organ Voluntary • In Paradisum Angeli, reprise • Dominus Exsultemus. $7.95

The September Strings • Simon & Garfunkel's' Greatest Hits: 12 428 The Sound of Silence • The Boxer • April, Come She Will • Homeward Bound • I Am A Rock • Mrs. Robinson • Scarborough Fair /Canticle • Leaves That Are Green • Feelin'' Groovy [The 59th St. Bridge Song} • Bridge Over Troubled Water. $7.95

Rodgers & Hart: The Ballads • Great American Songwriters 12 434 Dancing On The Ceiling; Jeri Southern • My Romance; Jo Stafford • Ten Cents A Dance; Chris Connor • Where Or When; Jeri Southern • I Could Write A Book; Rod McKuen • There's A Small Hotel; Hildegarde with Carroll Gibons & his orchestra • Isn't It Romantic; Jeri Southern • She Was Too Good To Me; Rod McKuen • You Are Too Beautiful; Dick Haymes • Nothing But You; Judy Garland • It Never Entered My Mind; Rod McKuen. $7.95

3 CD BOX SET

Beautiful Music To Love By The Violins Of Versailles • Beautiful Music To Love By: Pastures Green • Venus, The Bringer of Peace from "The Planets" • The Gentle Folk • Gymnopedies 1 • Gypmnopedies 2 • Air from Water Music • Adagio Sostenuto from Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #2 • The Prince & The Princess from "Sheherazade" • Adagio from Clarinet Concerto in C Major. Green Goddess Orchestra • Music To Make Your Plants Grow: 12 800 For the gardener who has everything, including a CD player! Some Place Green • Smell The Buttercup • Dandelion Days • Like A Red, Red Rose • Seasons In The Sun • Iris • Pastures Green • New Flower • Who Kills A Butterfly On A Wheel • Petula In Green Waters • I'm Strong But I Like Roses • Gardenias For Diana • Fields of Wonder • The Ivy That Clings To The Wall. Ondine • Oceans Of Beautiful Electric Music: Meeting In The Spring • Meantime • From Promise To Promise • We Have Only Love • I'm Strong But I Like Roses • The Carousel Keeps Turning • Aria Pour Bach • Simple Gifts • Channing Way • Mr. Kelly/Kelly & Me • Everyone's Gone To The Moon • The Art Of Catching Trains • Lonesome Cities • Another Ocean Waiting. $24.95

STANYAN  CHRISTMAS CD’s

Rod McKUEN: New Carols For Christmas • LL # 12 526 [USA, 1996] Rod’s original Christmas songs. The Carols of Christmas • So My Sheep May Safely Graze • Thank You For Christmas • And To Each Season • Here He Comes Again • The Snows of Amsterdam • Spend This Holiday With Me • The Day After Christmas • When Winter Comes • So Long, Stay Well • Simple Gifts • As We Traveled Through Vermont • Bethlehem BC • A Hand To Hold At Christmas • Who Knows Where We’re Going. LP first issued by Stanyan Records in the late 60’s. $7.95

Benedictine Monks: Noel At The Monastery: 12 535 The Chart Topping Benedictine Monks of St Michael’s!! Dominus Dixet • Christus Natus • Christie Redemptor • Angelous ao Pastores • Organ Voluntary; So That We'll Remember • Allelilia Dies Sanctificatus • Ave Regina • Ave Maria Stella • Dominus Jesu Christie • Organ Chorale: Variations On A Theme IV • In Paradisum Angeli • Alleluia • Kyrie • Office De Noel • Organ Voluntary: So That We'll Remember, reprise • Salve/Gloria • Alleluia Domino Benedicamos • Ave Maria • Church Windows. $7.95

Hollywood Angels * Soft Lights, Sweet Christmas: 12 538 White Christmas; Patti Page • Sleigh Ride; Lawrence Welk • And Every Day Was Christmas; Anita Kerr & Rod McKuen • Oh Come, All Ye Faithful & Winter Wonderland; The Voices of Christmas • The Christmas Song; Chet Baker • Christmas Roses; Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine • One By One; The Womenfolk • Count Your Blessings; Bing Crosby • Caroling, Caroling; The Columbia Choir • I Wonder As I Wander; Jo Stafford • Deck The Halls With Boughs of Holly; the Voices of Christmas • So Long, Stay Well; The Young Americans • The First Noel; The Voices of Christmas • Jingle Bells; Glenn Miller & The Modernaires.$7.95

Louis Armstrong • Christmas Through The Years: 12 774 Leave it to Louis to give us the coolest of Yule’s! Cool Yule • White Christmas • Zat You, Santa Clause? • Christmas In New Orleans • Winter Wonderland • Christmas Night In Harlem • Baby, It's Cold Outside with Velma Middleton • Gone Fishin' with Bing Crosby • Joseph And His Brothers • Santa Clause Blues • The Night Before Christmas • What A Wonderful World. $7.95

The Stanyan Brass • Joy To The World: 12 537 Songs of The Season: Thank You For Christmas/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/Good King Wenceslas/O Come All Ye Faithful/Thank You For Christmas/Joy To The World/Simple Gifts/As We traveled Through Vermont/We Wish You A Merry Christmas • A Beautiful Christmas Day • Green Trees of Christmas • Here He Comes Again • A Band of Christmas Angels • The Christmas Soldiers • Carols For Brass Choir: While My Sheep/In Dulce Jubilo! /Lo How A Rose Er Blooming/I Saw Three Ships/From Heaven High I Come To You/We Three Kings of Orient Are/March of the Kings • We Wish You A Merry Christmas $7.95

Various Artists • Christmas For Friends And Lovers: 12 784 Christmas Tree; The Voices of Christmas • December; Kay Starr • White Christmas; Al Jolson, • Snowbird; Chris Connor • When A Child Is Born; Herb Ohta • Merry Christmas; Judy Garland • A Hand To Hold At Christmas; Rod McKuen • The Christmas Song; Doris Day • Winter Wonderland; Johnny Mercer with Paul Weston & his orchestra • I Believe; Frankie Laine • Happy Christmas Little Friend; Dinah Shore • What Are You Doing New Years Eve; Billy Eckstine. $7.95

A 1940's Christmas • Various Artists: 12 542 Everybody’s favorite songs & favorite artists from the Fabulous Forties. Jingle Bells; Benny Goodman & his orchestra • It Happened In Sun Valley; Jo Stafford • Santa Clause Is Coming To Town; Tommy Dorsey & his orchestra • Button Up Your Overcoat; Dick Haymes • I'll Be Home For Christmas; Bing Crosby • Little Jack Frost Get Lost; Frankie Carle • Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas; Judy Garland • O Little Town of Bethlehem; Dinah Shore • Santa Clause Came In The Spring; Benny Goodman • What Are You Doing New Years Eve; Lena Horne • Baby It's Cold Outside; Petula Clark & Rod McKuen • We'll Meet Again; Perry Como. $7.95

A Stanyan Christmas • Various Artists: 12 525 This perennial favorite was first released in 1971 and has been successful the world over. Glenn Yarbrough, Judy Garland, The Stanyan Brass, Rod McKuen, Sir Malcolm Sargent & The Royal Choral Society: Ding, Dong Merrily On High • Simple Gifts • A Gift I Give You With No Ribbons • Star Of The East • You And Only You • Thank You For Christmas • Here He Comes Again • While Shepherds Watched • Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas • The Carols of Christmas • A Hand To Hold At Christmas • In Dulcio Jubilo • Birthday Of A King • $7.95

STANYAN 3 CD BOX CHRISTMAS SETS

3 CD SET • THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS:
Rod McKuen • Benedictine Monks • Corky Hale
55 548 Rod McKUEN: Rod’s original Christmas songs. The Carols of Christmas • So My Sheep May Safely Graze • Thank You For Christmas • And To Each Season • Here He Comes Again • The Snows of Amsterdam • Spend This Holiday With Me • The Day After Christmas • When Winter Comes • So Long, Stay Well • Simple Gifts • As We Traveled Through Vermont • Bethlehem B.C. • A Hand To Hold At Christmas • Who Knows Where We’re Going. LP first issued by Stanyan Records in the late 60’s: Benedictine Monks: The Chart Topping Benedictine Monks of St Michael’s!! Dominus Dixet • Christus Natus • Christie Redemptor • Angelous ao Pastores • Organ Voluntary; So That We'll Remember • Allelilia Dies Sanctificatus • Ave Regina • Ave Maria Stella • Dominus Jesu Christie • Organ Voluntary & Chorale: Variations On A Theme IV • In Paradisum Angeli • Alleluia • Kyrie • Office De Noel • Organ Voluntary: So That We'll Remember, reprise • Salve/Gloria • Alleluia Domino Benedicamos • Ave Maria • Church Windows. CORKY HALE Hark! The Herald Angels Sing • Simple Gifts • We Three Kings Of Orient Are • Jingle Bells • Get Those Angels Out Of Here • A California Christmas • O Little Town Of Bethlehem • Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas • Santa Clause Is Coming To Town • Ample Gifts • Adeste Fideles • A Hand To Hold At Christmas • Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, reprise • The Day After Christmas • Auld Lang Syne/New Years Eve. $24.95

3 CD SET CHRISTMAS THRU THE YEARS

Bing Crosby • Frank Sinatra • Judy Garland
55 547 Bing Crosby: Happy Holiday/Holiday Inn • The Christmas Song • O Holy Night • I'll Be Home For Christmas • Snowbird • I Sing Noel • When A Child Is Born • Silver Bells with Carol Richards • Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer • Adeste Fideles • All His Children • Jingle Bells with The Andrews Sisters. Judy Garland: Merry Christmas • Star of the East • Little Drops of Rain • Lost In The Stars • Swing Low Sweet Chariot/He's Got The Whole World In His Hands • Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas • You'll Never Walk Alone • The Birthday of a King • I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm • Smile • Through The Years • Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas • After The Holidays. Frank Sinatra: Jingle Bells • Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow • O Little Town of Bethlehem/Joy To The World • Winter Wonderland • I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm • Silent Night • Boys And Girls Like You And Me • O Come All Ye Faithful • Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas • Homesick That's All • The Christmas Song with Bing Crosby • White Christmas • Mistletoe & Holly. $24.95

Hope you find something in these selections you like. Already I’m late getting this to Ken, who will not be amused. We plan to leave this list up all weekend, but I’ll be back with a Flight Plan on Monday. Bill Learning is devising a new order form that takes in all of the books & CD’s listed above. It will be posted on the home page and you can find out all the information about postage and handling there as well. Have a great weekend. Take someone out for Fudge Sundae.

                              - RM 12/3/98                               

notable birthdays Morgan Brittany o Margaret Cho o Gen. George Custer o Joan Didion o Walt Disney o Morgan Freeman o Maggie Hayes o Larry Kert o Fritz Lang o Grace Moore o Jim Plunkett o Otto Preminger o George Savalas o Martin Van Buren
Rod's random thoughts Who is not a love seeker when December comes? Even children pray to Santa Claus.

God grant us kind contrition for our sins and our omissions
and most of all our contradictions.

Smiles spread liberally breed satisfaction.
                                                                    Acuse me of loving too much, never too little.                                                                                 Inside the midnight we all know I suspect another lurks more beautiful and with a closer moon.                                  

PASTORAL

Finally the wind has finished
piling up November leaves.
          Now it turns
to drive the snow in drifts
        along
                   the
                            fences
of December farms.

The cattle come slow
            or not at all.
They scratch their backs
against the barnyard doors.
Their dialogue,
even as they chew their endless cud,
is low and mournful.

The lazy longhorns,
down the pasture
venture outside only
for a cooling taste of snow.
The wise among them
stay inside the shed
switching tails at what few flies
now survive the early winter.

Lie back.
The wind is on the move.
Till the bare tree limbs
stand still again
we’ve no need to move at all.

Turn not away from me.
But if you turn toward me,
do it in a lazy way
         and slow.

Let me sleep a minute more.
When the coffee starts to perking,
come to me with smiles.

                                - from "Fields of Wonder", 1971

©   1968, 1971, 1972, 1985 1998 by Stanyan Music Group & Rod McKuen. All Rights Reserved
Birthday research by Wade Alexander
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