April 19, 2025

20,000 vinyl LPs 383: Miklos Rozsa ~ The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

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vinyl LP front cover detail
 cover design by Alan Warner
detail photo of album cover by Styrous®


Yesterday was the birthday of Hungarian-American composer, Miklos Rozsa, who was born in Los Angeles, California,  He trained in Germany from 1925 to 1931, was active in France from 1931 to 1935, the United Kingdom (1935–1940), and the United States (1940–1995), with projects in Italy from 1953 onward. He is primarily known for his nearly one hundred film scores.        
 

vinyl LP front cover
 cover design by Alan Warner
photo of album cover by Styrous®


I have been fascinated with the The Golden Voyage of Sinbad film since I first saw it in the early seventies. It was one of many films by Ray Harryhausen in which he used stop motion editing; his earlier works were Mighty Joe Young (link below), The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, The Animal World, and others. 
 
 
 
vinyl LP front cover detail
 cover design by Alan Warner
detail photo of album cover by Styrous®
 
 
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad starred John Phillip Law, who had appeared earlier as the blind angel Pygar in the science fiction film Barbarella with Jane Fonda.                
       
 
 
vinyl LP back cover
 liner notes by Alan Warner
photo of album back cover by Styrous®
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

vinyl LP back cover detail
photographer unknown
detail photo of album back cover by Styrous®




The Golden Voyage of Sinbad poster





vinyl LP back cover details
detail photos of album back cover by Styrous®






 
 
vinyl LP  side 1 & 2 labels
photos by Styrous®


   
Tracklist:
       
Side 1:
        
A1 - Prelude - 1:31
A2 - Arrival Of The Homunculus - 2:41
A3 - The Dream - 1:14
A4 - The Storm - 1:56
A5 - Marabia Beach - 1:23
A6 - Koura's Pursuit - 1:47
A7 - The Destiny - 2:46
A8 - Night Time - 2:57
A9 - The Siren - 3:22
A10 - The Chart - 4:42
A11 - Making Of The Homunculus - 2:45
       
Side 2:
       
B1 - Temple Of The Oracle - 3:15
B2 - Escape From The Temple - 2:43
B3 - Sinbad Discovers Koura - 0:51
B4 - Sinbad Fights Kali - 3:24
B5 - Fountain Of Destiny - 2:26
B6 - The Centaur And The Gryphon - 3:55
B7 - Death Of The Centaur - 1:34
B8 - Koura's End - 3:05
B9 - Sinbad's Decision - 3:44
       
Companies, etc.
       
    Record Company – United Artists Records, Inc.
    Manufactured By – United Artists Records, Inc.
    Phonographic Copyright ℗ – United Artists Records, Inc.
    Copyright © – United Artists Records, Inc.
    Published By – Colgems Music Corp.
       
Credits:
       
    Composed By, Directed By – Miklos Rozsa*
    Liner Notes – Alan Warner
    Orchestra – The Rome Symphony Orchestra*
       
Notes:
       
Taken from the 1974 movie "The golden voyage of Sinbad / directed by Gordon Hessler.
       
Barcode and Other Identifiers
  
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side A variant 1): UA-LA308-G-1X
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side B variant 1): UA-LA308-G-2X
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side A variant 2): UA-LA308-G-1 Eck 22
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side B variant 2): UA-LA308-G-2 Eck 22
    Rights Society: ASCAP
     
Miklos Rozsa*, The Rome Symphony Orchestra* – The Golden Voyage Of Sinbad: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Label: United Artists Records – UA-LA308-G
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: US
Released: 1974
Genre: Pop, Classical, Stage & Screen
Style: Soundtrack, Modern, Neo-Classical, Contemporary
         
Viewfinder links:        
         
Jane Fonda             
Ray Harryhausen          
John Phillip Law              
Mighty Joe Young           
Miklós Rózsa        
        
Net links:        
         
Blood & Porridge ~ A happy one hundredth to Harryhausen       
        
YouTube links:        
        
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (full movie)         
    Battle with Kali        
    Centaur vs. Griffin                  
    Goddess Kali       
    Quasit-Homunculus          
    Wooden Siren Head Attacks Ship        
    The End        
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973) Review            
        
        
        
       
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John Phillip Law articles/mentions

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Miklos Rozsa ~ The Golden Voyage of Sinbad  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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April 17, 2025

Cloisonné

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Cloisonné vessel 
photo by Styrous®
 
 
I have a collection of many works of Cloisonné in my Turkish Delight (link below) category, each is a unique piece of art.                
 
From Wikipedia:
Cloisonné (French: [klwazɔne]) is an ancient technique for decorating metalwork objects with colored material held in place or separated by metal strips or wire, occasionally of gold. In recent centuries, vitreous enamel has been used, but inlays of cut gemstones, glass and other materials were also used during older periods; cloisonné enamel very probably began as an easier imitation of cloisonné work using gems. The resulting objects can also be called cloisonné. The decoration is formed by first adding compartments (cloisons in French) to the metal object by soldering or affixing silver or gold as wires or thin strips placed on their edges. These remain visible in the finished piece, separating the different compartments of the enamel or inlays, which are often of several colors. Cloisonné enamel objects are worked on with enamel powder made into a paste, which then needs to be fired in a kiln. If gemstones or colored glass are used, the pieces need to be cut or ground into the shape of each cloison.        

Cloisonné first developed in the jewellery of the ancient Near East, and the earliest enamel all used the cloisonné technique, placing the enamel within small cells with gold walls. This had been used as a technique to hold pieces of stone and gems tightly in place since the 3rd millennium BC, for example in Mesopotamia, and then Egypt. Enamel seems likely to have developed as a cheaper method of achieving similar results.     

The earliest undisputed objects known to use enamel are a group of Mycenaean rings from Graves in Cyprus, dated to the 12th century BC, and using very thin wire.    

In the jewellery of ancient Egypt, including the pectoral jewels of the pharaohs, thicker strips form the cloisons, which remain small. In Egypt gemstones and enamel-like materials sometimes called "glass-paste" were both used. Although Egyptian pieces, including jewellery from the Tomb of Tutankhamun of c. 1325 BC, are frequently described as using "enamel", many scholars doubt the glass paste was sufficiently melted to be properly so described, and use terms such as "glass-paste". It seems possible that in Egyptian conditions the melting point of the glass and gold were too close to make enamel a viable technique. Nonetheless, there appear to be a few actual examples of enamel, perhaps from the Third Intermediate Period of Egypt (beginning 1070 BC) on. But it remained rare in both Egypt and Greece.     


Pectoral of Senusret II 
 
The technique appears in the Koban culture of the northern and central Caucasus, and was perhaps carried by the Sarmatians to the ancient Celts, but they essentially used the champlevé technique. Subsequently, enamel was just one of the fillings used for the small, thick-walled cloisons of the Late Antique and Migration Period style. At Sutton Hoo, the Anglo-Saxon pieces mostly use garnet cloisonné, but this is sometimes combined with enamel in the same piece. A problem that adds to the uncertainty over early enamel is artefacts (typically excavated) that appear to have been prepared for enamel, but have now lost whatever filled the cloisons. This occurs in several different regions, from ancient Egypt to Anglo-Saxon England. Once enamel becomes more common, as in medieval Europe after about 1000, the assumption that enamel was originally used becomes safer.    

       
In 2011, the group They Might be Giants recorded the album Join Us which included the song, Cloisonné, a bouncy, happy, almost carnival-feeling tune.        


Cloisonné
 
Mind your business
Mind your business
Mind your never-shut, Quonset hut business

My craft is exploding
It's like I'm making cloisonné
Choking on my dust
With my three blind cats

You have a friend in law enforcement
Don't go calling law enforcement
Business
Mind your business

Got too busy explaining
Now it's just raining pain
Pain in the form of a rain drop
Yes, a rain drop made of pain

Tell 'em the story, rain drop
"I don't want to tell 'em, mister!"
Tell 'em the story, rain drop
"I don't want to tell 'em!"

Keep your voice down
Keep your voice down
Keep your window-shaking, godforsaken voice down

I'm sick of this beeswax
I'm sick of these second-story sleestaks
Breathing on my dice
Giving me back rubs

When I'm deep in concentration
You start getting no conversatin'
Sleestak

What's a sleestak?
That's your heart attack
Towel rack
Fallback

You got no doctors
All your doctors have gone home
What's a sleestak?
What's a sleestak?

You have a friend in law enforcement
Don't go calling law enforcement
Cloisonné

       
       
        
Viewfinder links:     
        
Cloisonné       
Turkish Delights       
Tutankhamun       
       
Net links:     
        
       
       
        
       
        
       
        
YouTube link:     
        
Chinese Arts and Crafts: The everlasting beauty of the cloisonne    
Making of Cloisonné        
They Might Be Giants ~ Cloisonné               
       
        
       
       
        
Styrous® ~ Thursday, April 17, 2025        
        
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Cloisonné         
Larry Fine ~ A mummy's dummy           
            
            
            
            
             
            
            
Tutankhamun sarcophagus   
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April 15, 2025

Cloisonné articles/mentions

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Turkish Delights       
       
        
       
       
       
        
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
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April 11, 2025

Bill Haley & His Comets ~ Rock Around the Clock

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Rock Around the Clock movie poster - 1952


On April 12, 1954, Bill Haley & His Comets recorded Rock Around the Clock. I have written much about the song which was released a year later in the movie Blackboard Jungle.           
            
I just could not let the date pass without honoring the song again. There are links below to my articles  on the Viewfinder.           
            
            
            
Viewfinder links:         
         
45 RPMs Archive            
Bill Haley Rocks Around the Clock                
Blackboard Jungle         
Rock Around the Clock        
        
        
        
        
Net links:          
        
        
        
        
        
        
         
YouTube links:         
        
Blackboard Jungle        
Rock Around the Clock        
        
        
        
         
Styrous® ~ Friday, April 11, 2025       






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April 7, 2025

Hands Off - March 6, 2025

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"Hands Off!" protests erupt across the United States
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 







 
 
 
 
 
Youtube links:        
         
CBS ~ "Hands Off!" protests             
Fox News ~ Hands Off! Protests               
         
        
        
        
        
         
        
         
Styrous® ~ Sunday, March 6, 2025       
      














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