Leo muller/d.l.miller

[Jim Cassius]

So, it looks like I might well be interviewing the wife of Leo Muller/D.L.Miller of Stereo Gold Award/Alshire/Fatboy Slim fame.

What questions should I ask?

[Lord Thames]

Ooh - nice one!

I'd be quite interested to know how involved he actually was with the sessions on his labels - a lot of his stuff was recorded in England, so did he come over from the US (or Germany, or wherever) to supervise them, or just watch from afar?

Also does any information exist about who played on the recordings - I'm sure we'd all like to know who The Purple Fox, Big Jim 'H' and Duke Grant actually were.

And it'd also be interesting to find out what she makes of the resurgence of interest in Muller/Miller/Kleiber's work.

I realise she probably won't know the answers to most of these, but it should be an interesting interview anyway - even just some info about the man himself, just to give us an insight into what he was really like, would be fascinating, I think!

[Blighty]

I'd love to hear any info at all on who played on these records. As LT said I doubt she'd know much unless she was heavily involved. I doubt there's records kept on who the session players were but any info would be great. Also any info on who actually wrote the tracks credited to Leo Muller. I've always assumed it wasn't him but I guess it could have been.

[vibra]

Quote[/b] (Blighty @ July 07 2004,12:55)]Also any info on who actually wrote the tracks credited to Leo Muller. I've always assumed it wasn't him but I guess it could have been.

Deep Purple wrote a couple of them...

[Jim Cassius]

Continuing my work with a Stereo Gold Award discography. Help. Any additions/corrections would go down well, especially the years on the ones without them.

The catalogue number is the UK one (eg. MER 340 is Purple Fox), but the same records were released in different countries with different catalogue numbers. As far as I can work out, the US/Candian (?) versions were GA 1, 2, 3 etc. I have a hunch that GA 1 is MER 300, GA 2 is MER 301 and so on, but don't know how that fits with the rest. There are some others about with diff. numbers (eg. C8010) but not sure how they fit in. Not come across any MER 500's and only one mention of one 700. Anyone seen any?

Your mission, should you chose to accept it, is to complete this...

(Geek? Moi?)

Number (MER) Artist Name Year
100 12 Tops Vol 4
101 12 Tops Vol 5
102 12 Tops Vol 6 72
103 12 Tops Vol 7
104 12 Tops Vol 8
105 12 Tops Vol 9
106 12 Tops – Vol. 10 73
107 12 Tops Vol 11 73
108 12 Tops Vol 12
109 12 Tops Vol 13
110 12 Tops Vol 14
111 12 Tops Vol 15
112 12 Tops – Vol 16 73
113 12 Tops Vol 17
114 12 Tops Vol 18
115 12 Tops Vol 19
116 12 Tops Vol 20
117 12 Tops Vol 21 74
118 12 Tops Vol 22
119 12 Tops Vol 23 74
120 12 Tops Vol 24      74
121 12 Tops Vol 25
122 12 Tops Vol 26
123 12 Tops Vol 27
124 12 Tops Vol 28
125 12 Tops Vol 29

150 10 Hits

200 HAMBURG STATE OPERA FAVOURITE OPERA CHORUSES
201
202 PAUL BADURA-SKODA MOZART: PIANO CONCERTO NO. 20
203 HOFFMAN,LUDWIG/STEIN,HORST/BAMBERG SYM CONCERTO NO.1,OP.23 - TCHAIKOVSKY
204
205
206 South West German Chamber Orchestra FAVOURITE MOVEMENTS FROM THE BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS
207 Ludwig Hoffman MOONLIGHT SONATA/PATHETIQUE
208 HOFFMAN,LUDWIG/CARIDIS,MILTIADES/HUNGA CONCERTO NO.1/LEGEND OF SAINT FRANC
209 WUHRER Chamber Orchestra Vivaldi The Four Seasons
210
211
212 VIENNA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA BOLERO

260
261
262
263 FERRANTE AND TEICHER BROADWAY SHOWS
264
265
266
267
268
269

300 Carlini's World of Strings Million Seller Hits Of The 40Â’s
301 Carlini's World of Strings Million Seller Hits Of The 50Â’s
302 Carlini's World of Strings Million Seller Hits Of The 60Â’s
303 Carlini's World of Strings Million Seller Hits of '69 70
304 Carlini's World of Strings Million Sellers From Hollywood
305 Carlini's World of Strings Million Sellers From Broadway
306 The Musette Of Renaud and CarliniÂ’s World OfStrings In Love In Paris
307 London Philharmonic Orchestra Espana
308 London Philharmonic Orchestra Gipsy
309 London Philharmonic Orchestra In Love In Italy
310 The Pacific Serenaders Hits of Hawaii 70
311 The Vienna Strings Greatest Hits Of Johann Strauss
312 Carlini's World of Strings Greatest Hits Of Tchaikovsky
313 Renaud Armand with World O Strings Cocktail Piano
314 The Soul Symphony Symphony Of Soul Hits
315 The Border Brass The Sweet Sounds Of Tijuana 70
316 The Capitol Regiment Band Greatest Hits Of John Philip Sousa
317 The Soul Symphony Up Up And Away Hits By Jim Webb
318 Carlini's World of Strings When Lights Are Low
319 The Cumberland Clan A Bouquet of Bluegrass Hits 70
320 London Philharmonic Orchestra Rhapsodies 70
321 London Philharmonic Orchestra Symphony For Young Lovers
322 Allen Williams Hammond Organ Hits of the 60's 70
323 Famous Nashville Artists Country Hits For Lovers
324 Chartoppers
325 The Cantebury Chorale Joy To The World And Other Favourite Christmas Carols
326 The Tennessee Tacos The Brass I Heard In Nashville
327 London Philharmonic Orchestra Hits Of ‘70
328 Big Dave And The Tennessee Tailgaters Hits For A Truck Driving Man
329 London Philharmonic Orchestra Swinging London
330 Chartoppers 1970
331 London Philharmonic Orchestra Ballet Favourites
332 London Philharmonic Orchestra Pops Concert In France
333 London Philharmonic Orchestra Pops Concert In Gemany
334 London Philharmonic Orchestra Pops Concert In Vienna
335 London Philharmonic Orchestra Symphonic Dances
336 The Hiltonaires Dance To Beatles Hits In The Glenn Miller Sound 71
337 The Cavalry Crusaders Favourite Hymns
338 Big Burley I CanÂ’t Forget Those Jim Reeves Hits 71
339 The Rounders Good Time Party Songs 71
340 Purple Fox Tribute to Jimi Hendrix
341 Big Jim "H" / HOLLYWOOD SOUND STAGE ORCHESTRA Hammond Organ Dance Party / LOVE STORY 71
342 The Hiltonaires STEREO SPECIAL 71
343 (The Hanwell Band) (re. As Blazing Brass 1976) Bandstand Brass
344 Big Jim “H” Hammond Organ Dance Party 71
345 The Hiltonaires Dance Party With The Big Bands 71
346 THE BARREL HOUSE SIX Banjo spectacular 71
347
348
349 TONY MANSELL SINGERS HITS FROM BURT BACHARACH WITH LOVE 71
350 Dianne And The New Worlds Tamla Hits
351 LightninÂ’ Red The Super Guitar of LightninÂ’ Red 72
352 CINEMA SOUND STAGE ORCHESTRA AWARD WINNING FILM THEMES 72
353 CINEMA SOUND STAGE ORCHESTRA FAVOURITE WESTERN THEMES 71
354 GENIUS OF SIMON AND GARFUNKEL
355
356 JIM CAMPBELL BAND SCOTLAND THE BRAVE 72
357
358
359 12 Tops 72
360 Right On! Soul Hits Vol. 1 72
361 Big Jim H and His Men of Rhythm Dance Party Hammond Hits 72
362
363 12 Tops Vol. 2 72
364
365 12 Hits Volume 3 72
366
367
368 The London Philharmonic HandelÂ’s MESSIAH
369 The London Philharmonic/Band of the Coldstream Guards 1812 Overture 72
370 Soul Hits Volume Two 72
371 12 Hits Volume 4 72
372 The London Philharmonic Orchestra Space Odyssey 72
373 Funky Junction Play a Tribute to Deep Purple 73
374 Denny Ward SINGS A TOAST TO GILBERT O'SULLIVAN 73
375 The London Philharmonic Orchestra NEW WORLD SYMPHONY
376
377 AMAZONAS AMAZONAS PLAY SANTANA 73
378 Big Jim H Organizes Hits Of Yesteryear 73
379
380 The Gate Crashers Surprise Party Volume 1 73
381 GATE CRASHERS SURPRISE PARTY Vol. 2
382 The Gatecrashers Come to Our Surprise Party Vol. 3 74
383 The Gate Crashers Surprise Party Volume 4 74
384
385 LightninÂ’ Red The Super Guitar OF LightninÂ’ Red Vol. 2 74
386 The Pipes & Drums of The Ardgay Bonar Pipe Band SCOTS WHA! HAE 74
387 JOHNNY CASH GREATEST HITS 73
388 DAVE NELSON SINGS THE BEST OF ELVIS 74
389
390 HITS OF EVERLY BROTHERS
391
392 TERRY LIGHTFOOT AT THE JAZZ BAND BALL 74
393 LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA POWER OF THE SYMPHONY 74
394 FUNKY JUNCTION ESPECIALLY FOR YOU...GLADYS KNIGHT/PIPS 75
395 Duke Grant Hammond Gold 75
396 Tribute to Scott Joplin 75
397 KARL EHRLICH BAND GERMAN BEER DRINKING SONGS : FOR SINGING AND DANCING
398 The West Coast Orchestra & Chorus Tribute to the Carpenters 75
399 ?? Hiltonaires(TONY MANSELL SINGERS????) CHRISTMAS HITS FOR DANCING? (SWINGIN IN A WINTER ???)
400 The International Promenade Orchestra Continental Holiday 74
401 The Ziegfield Theatre Orchestra The Best Of Broadway 74
402 PIETRO DELMONT ORCHESTRA SONGS AND MOODS FOR PEOPLE ALONE TOGETHER 74
403 Singalong With The Rowdies
404 Disco Dynamite! Non-Stop Hits for Dancing 76
405 London Philharmonic Orchestra Sounds Astounding 74
406 Duke Grant Hammond Disco 76
407 The Hiltonaires Moonlight Serenade 76
408 BIG DAVE AND THE TENNESSEE TAILGATERS Hits For A Truck Driving Man 76
409
410 BEST OF IRISH CEILI
411 Soul Hits 76
412
413 HANWELL BAND BLAZING BRASS 76
414
415 RIPOFFS PLAY A GOLDEN AGE OF THE BEATLES 76
416 HILTONAIRES LET'S TWIST AGAIN 76
417 DISCO CONSTRUCTION COME ON LET'S DO THE BUMP AND HUSTLE
418 Carlini's World of Strings Golden Instrumentals 76
419 TONY WEBB CONGRATULATIONS TO CLIFF RICHARD 77
420 RAYE SOL UNFORGETTABLE NAT KING COLE 77
421 Pedro Martinez Latin Carnival 77
422
423 JOHN TALLIAVINI TRIBUTE TO MARIO LANZA 78
424
425 Los Bandidos Mexico
426 PILAR AND LOS TAMIGOS VIVA ESPANA 78
427 DISCOS SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
428 BOBBS SALUTE TO ABBA 77
429 CLARKE SISTERS Friendly folk 78
430 APOSTOLIRIS T GREECE TAVERNA 77
431 DEREK COX and His Trio COCKTAILS AND PIANO 77
432
433 The London Philharmonic Orchestra Star Wars 77
434 Percy Thrower's Gardening Year
435
436 FRANK PLEYER WINE WOMEN AND SWING 78
437
438
439
440 CLOSE IN ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
441
442 GREASE THE BRILLIANT TEENS 78

600
601 SWINGIN SINATRA
602 Frank Sinatra ROMANTIC YEARS 74
603 INCOMPARABLE BIG BAND SOUND OF TOMMY DORSEY 74
604
605 IMMORTAL DUKE ELLINGTON 74

710 Svensktoppar 1975 75

[Lord Thames]

I'll have a look and see what I can come up with.
Anyone got a spare of that Frank Pleyer one they want to get rid of?

[Jim Cassius]

Kinda found an addition myself...

The Surprise Party Vol 3. I have (with the plane on&#33 has been mislabelled on one side, with MER 120 12 Tops Vol 24 from 1974. Any got the actual record of that one? How high did the 12 Tops go?

[Blighty]

A few more to add. A couple of Stereo Galaxy's. They seem to be much scarcer than the rest. Are you doing the Happy House albums too, JC?

G803 Duke Grant - Hammond Organ Dance Party [Stereo Galaxy] 74

MER378 Big Jim H Organizes Hits Of Yesteryear 73

G802 The Frantics  - Rock n Roll Revival [Stereo Galaxy] 74

MER370 Soul Hits Volume Two 72

[Jim Cassius]

Cheers Blighty, added the MER's to the list above and will duly note the others. I'll get down a list of other records (and other cat. numbers) soon, so anything other than MER would be really useful.

I guess that includes Happy House, but don't know as much about them as the others. But feel free to list some HH - after all, the Muller the merrier!

[Blighty]

No worries. I'm a Muller nerd myself so I appreciate what you're doing. Most of the Happy House stuff I'm guessing is licensed from elsewhere. Lots of kiddy stories and songs. The two everyone has/wants of course are:

HH502 Happy Monsters

HH506 Bobby And Betty Go To the Moon

Sadly I also have:

HH504 Favorite Bedtime Stories

HH510 TV Favourites 75

HH512 Children's Party Songs 76

HH501 Mother goose Storybook

Typing these up makes you realise how many Muller albums were called one thing on the sleeve and another on the label.

[Lord Thames]

Quote[/b] (Jim Cassius @ July 23 2004,11:49)]Kinda found an addition myself...

The Surprise Party Vol 3. I have (with the plane on&#33 has been mislabelled on one side, with MER 120 12 Tops Vol 24 from 1974. Any got the actual record of that one? How high did the 12 Tops go?

The latest 12 Tops I have is vol 29, MER 125 - I think I've got MER 120 too.

There's also MER150, which is just '10 Hits' as opposed to the usual 12, though I don't know whether they did any others in this format. As it's a round number, I wonder whether they just skipped to 150 when the '10 Hits' series was launched?

[Matt Hero]

I guess then we have the 'Stereo Galaxy' & 'Europa' labels which are also (I understand) his work ? I've got another one of his on another label entirely (called 'Deco Disco&#39 which I can't recall.... this whole area is potentially *huge*.

[Lord Thames]

Europa were Germany-only, (though a surprising amount of them seem to have made it over here), and there was another German label too, which I can't remember at the moment.

I think he may have had a hand in France's Mondo Music label too - a few SGA LPs were issued on that label over there.

[Blighty]

There's an American one too. DL Music? I'm sure someone charted one recently tired/lazy to look.

[Mr_Hopkinson]

2 more for ya . . .

MER 434 Percy Thrower's Gardening Year
MER 403 Singalong With The Rowdies

Is this what a typical Brillo looks like!?