listen/watch here...
David Keith McCallum, Jr. (born 19 September 1933) is a Scottish actor and the son of concertmaster violinist David McCallum, Sr. He is best known for his roles as Illya Kuryakin, a Russian-born secret agent, in the 1960s television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E..
In the 1960s, McCallum recorded albums for Capitol Records with producer David Axelrod, such as Music: A Bit More of Me (1966) and Music: It's Happening Now! (1967). The most well known of his pieces today is "The Edge," which was sampled by Dr. Dre as the intro and riff to the track "The Next Episode."
McCallum did not sing on these records, as many television stars of the 60s did when offered recording contracts, but used the opportunity to make a different statement. As a classically trained musician, he conceived a blend of oboe, french horn, and strings with guitar and drums, and presented instrumental interpretations of hits of the day. The official arranger on the albums was H.P. Barnum, but McCallum conducted and contributed a few original compositions over the course of four LPs. The first two, Music: A Part of Me and Music: A Bit More of Me, have been issued together on CD on the Zonophone label.
Note; also contributing to these LP's was Earl Palmer(drummer) who made the tracks funky. (very different than your average hollywood musak)
good stuff.
also see electric prunes.
5/7/09
The Edge
listen/watch here...
David Keith McCallum, Jr. (born 19 September 1933) is a Scottish actor and the son of concertmaster violinist David McCallum, Sr. He is best known for his roles as Illya Kuryakin, a Russian-born secret agent, in the 1960s television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E..
In the 1960s, McCallum recorded albums for Capitol Records with producer David Axelrod, such as Music: A Bit More of Me (1966) and Music: It's Happening Now! (1967). The most well known of his pieces today is "The Edge," which was sampled by Dr. Dre as the intro and riff to the track "The Next Episode."
McCallum did not sing on these records, as many television stars of the 60s did when offered recording contracts, but used the opportunity to make a different statement. As a classically trained musician, he conceived a blend of oboe, french horn, and strings with guitar and drums, and presented instrumental interpretations of hits of the day. The official arranger on the albums was H.P. Barnum, but McCallum conducted and contributed a few original compositions over the course of four LPs. The first two, Music: A Part of Me and Music: A Bit More of Me, have been issued together on CD on the Zonophone label.
Note; also contributing to these LP's was Earl Palmer(drummer) who made the tracks funky. (very different than your average hollywood musak)
good stuff.
also see electric prunes.
