101 Strings Orchestra – Play & Sing the Songs of Carpenters (2023 Remaster from the Original Alshire Tapes) (1976/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 36:02 minutes | 744 MB | Genre: Lounge
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Alshire
The legendary 101 Strings Orchestra are joined by the Alshire Singers to presents The Songs of Carpenters. The collection comes courtesy of Countdown Media’s restoration of the master tapes from renowned legacy label, Ashire/Somerset.
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101 Strings Orchestra – Hit Songs from Hit Movies (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 27:03 minutes | 546 MB | Genre: Lounge
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Alshire
The legendary 101 Strings Orchestra present a set of film classics with Hit Songs from Hit Movies. The collection comes courtesy of Countdown Media’s restoration of the master tapes from renowned legacy label, Ashire/Somerset.
101 Strings Orchestra was a brand for a highly successful easy listening symphonic music organization, with a discography exceeding 150 albums and a creative lifetime of around 30 years beginning in 1957. 101 Strings had a trademark sound, focusing on melody with a laid-back ambiance most often featuring strings. Their LPs were individualized by the slogan “The Sound of Magnificence.” The 101 Strings orchestra included 124 string instruments, and was conducted by Wilhelm Stephan.
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101 Strings Orchestra – Romantic Hits from the Operettas and Musical Comedies (1972/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 37:27 minutes | 790 MB | Genre: Instrumental, Easy Listening
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Alshire
One of the most prolific and reliable names in instrumental easy listening music, the 101 Strings Orchestra has literally recorded hundreds of albums since its inception in 1957. Their trademark sound is built on a reverence for melody, pristine production, and a pleasant, relaxing ambience; while occasional albums have concentrated on brass, piano, guitars, and even mild rock & roll rhythms, the string section – true to the group’s name – nearly always remains front and center, because of its lush, soothing sound qualities. Most of their albums were built around some unifying theme, whether the work of a well-known artist or songwriter, a specific topic (patriotism, holidays, et al.), TV/ movie themes, songs from a particular country, revampings of familiar tunes from other genres, and so on. The group was founded by producer/engineer Dick L. Miller, who was searching for a way to mimic the sound and style of orchestras led by “name” conductors like Mantovani, without the expense involved in securing their services. He hit upon the idea of recruiting unknown European groups at a much lower cost, and made the 101 Strings Orchestra into something of a brand name (since the personality of the group rested with the arrangements, the individual musicians were somewhat interchangeable, so long as they could play in the preset style). The orchestra’s first home was Miller’s own Somerset label and their first arranger was Robert Lowden; he was followed by Joseph Kuhn and Monte Kelly in turn, all of whom wrote occasional original numbers as well. In 1964, Miller sold the whole 101 Strings package to the Alshire label, which continued to turn out product with assembly line regularity over the next few decades. During their first decade, the 101 Strings would occasionally offer a more experimental album as a change of pace, but that all stopped after their fan base’s reaction to 1968’s futuristic and at times unsettling Astro Sounds From Beyond the Year 2000 (which became a sought-after item among latter-day space age pop fans). In 1995, Madacy Entertainment purchased the Alshire label and began reissuing a great deal of the 101 Strings back catalog on CD, not to mention new material.
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101 Strings Orchestra – Western Themes, Vol. 2 (Remastered from the Original Alshire Tapes) (1973/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 24:32 minutes | 556 MB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Alshire
The legendary 101 Strings Orchestra present a set that evokes the spirit of the frontier west with Western Themes, Vol. 2. The collection comes courtesy of Countdown Media’s restoration of the master tapes from renowned legacy label, Ashire/Somerset.
101 Strings Orchestra was a brand for a highly successful easy listening symphonic music organization, with a discography exceeding 150 albums and a creative lifetime of around 30 years beginning in 1957. 101 Strings had a trademark sound, focusing on melody with a laid-back ambiance most often featuring strings. Their LPs were individualized by the slogan “The Sound of Magnificence.” The 101 Strings orchestra included 124 string instruments, and was conducted by Wilhelm Stephan.
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101 Strings Orchestra – Western Themes, Vol. 1 (Remastered from the Original Alshire Tapes) (1972/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 31:13 minutes | 656 MB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Alshire
The legendary 101 Strings Orchestra present a set that evokes the spirit of the frontier west with Western Themes, Vol. 1. The collection comes courtesy of Countdown Media’s restoration of the master tapes from renowned legacy label, Ashire/Somerset.
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101 Strings Orchestra – The Wonderful World of Walt Disney (1966/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 32:43 minutes | 639 MB | Genre: Lounge, Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Alshire
The legendary 101 Strings Orchestra present a journey through The Wonderful World of Walt Disney with this soundtrack programme. The collection comes courtesy of Countdown Media’s restoration of the master tapes from renowned legacy label, Ashire/Somerset.
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101 Strings Orchestra – The Sparkle and Romance of Victor Herbert (1962/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 32:40 minutes | 652 MB | Genre: Pop, Lounge
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Somerset
101 Strings Orchestra was a brand for a highly successful easy listening symphonic music organization, with a discography exceeding 150 albums and a creative lifetime of around 30 years beginning in 1957. 101 Strings had a trademark sound, focusing on melody with a laid-back ambiance most often featuring strings. Their LPs were individualized by the slogan “The Sound of Magnificence”, a puffy cloud logo and sepia-toned photo of the orchestra. The 101 Strings orchestra included 124 string instruments, and was conducted by Wilhelm Stephan. The orchestra’s famous official photograph was taken in the Musikhalle Hamburg.
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101 Strings Orchestra – The Soul of Greece (Remastered from the Original Alshire Tapes) (1966/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 35:09 minutes | 706 MB | Genre: Pop, Lounge
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Alshire
The legendary 101 Strings Orchestra invites the audience into the Soul of Greece on this wonderful legacy release.
101 Strings Orchestra was a brand for a highly successful easy listening symphonic music organization, with a discography exceeding 150 albums and a creative lifetime of around 30 years beginning in 1957. 101 Strings had a trademark sound, focusing on melody with a laid-back ambiance most often featuring strings. Their LPs were individualized by the slogan “The Sound of Magnificence.” The 101 Strings orchestra included 124 string instruments, and was conducted by Wilhelm Stephan.
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101 Strings Orchestra – The Rivieras of Spain France Italy: On a Mediterranean Cruise (Remastered from the Original Alshire Tapes) (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 40:06 minutes | 781 MB | Genre: Lounge, Easy Listening, Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Alshire
101 Strings Orchestra – Soul of the Gypsies (Remastered from the Original Alshire Tapes) (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 32:31 minutes | 653 MB | Genre: Pop, Lounge
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Somerset
The legendary 101 Strings Orchestra invites the audience into the Soul of the Gypsies on this wonderful legacy release.
101 Strings Orchestra was a brand for a highly successful easy listening symphonic music organization, with a discography exceeding 150 albums and a creative lifetime of around 30 years beginning in 1957. 101 Strings had a trademark sound, focusing on melody with a laid-back ambiance most often featuring strings. Their LPs were individualized by the slogan “The Sound of Magnificence.” The 101 Strings orchestra included 124 string instruments, and was conducted by Wilhelm Stephan.
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101 Strings Orchestra – Soul of Music USA: A Program of the Best Known American Folk Music (Remastered from the Original Somerset Tapes) (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 33:11 minutes | 653 MB | Genre: Lounge, Easy Listening, Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Somerset
101 Strings Orchestra – Songs of England (Remastered from the Original Alshire Tapes) (1970/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 29:35 minutes | 599 MB | Genre: Pop, Lounge
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Alshire
The legendary 101 Strings Orchestra journey through the history of England with this collection of folk standards. 101 Strings Orchestra was a brand for a highly successful easy listening symphonic music organization, with a discography exceeding 150 albums and a creative lifetime of around 30 years beginning in 1957. 101 Strings had a trademark sound, focusing on melody with a laid-back ambiance most often featuring strings. Their LPs were individualized by the slogan “The Sound of Magnificence.” The 101 Strings orchestra included 124 string instruments, and was conducted by Wilhelm Stephan.
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101 Strings Orchestra – Porgy and Bess (1959/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 30:41 minutes | 611 MB | Genre: Pop, Lounge
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Somerset
The legendary 101 Strings Orchestra present their take on the beloved Gershwin folk-opera, Porgy and Bess. The collection comes courtesy of Countdown Media’s restoration of the master tapes from renowned legacy label, Ashire/Somerset.
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