( 新風) and most of them for Life Records ( 麗風) they were also featured as a backing band on countless releases by popular singers like Teresa Teng ( 鄧麗君), Pancy Lau ( 劉鳳屏), Frances Yip ( 葉麗儀), Stella Chee ( 奚秀蘭), etc. They recorded a lot of instrumental albums, a few of them for New Wave Record Co. Their name has probably been borrowed from the Teisco / Kawai manufactured Apollo model guitar from that time period. The backing duties on this album are performed by The Apollo ( 太陽神樂隊), an Hong Kong prolific studio band that reached a cult status in the region during the late '60s / early '70s. Today he is best remembered for his teaching philosophy, which advocated equal opportunities for students of both sexes at a time when general education for girls - and especially music education - was still discouraged. Liang Re Zhao has pushed tremolo harmonica to its limit and has composed a few titles especially for his beloved instrument, including the famous " 農家樂" ( The Happy Farmers, available here courtesy of YouTube) he taught in many schools until the last day of his life, which sadly occourred in 1999. Starting from the late '60s he has released a few harmonica music albums credited to his own name, During the years he also served many times as a judge in music contests, both in Hong Kong and China, and was featured as one of the main accompanists on many records released by famous artists of the time on the Pathé label. In the early '60s he hosted a popular radio program entitled Harmonica Music, which usually aired on sunday morning.
As part of his dedication to this instrument, he taught in schools, organized harmonica bands and promoted music on radio and TV stations.ĭuring the late '50s he brought to life the Leung Yat Chiu's Big Band along with friends and family members in 1957 they made their debut on Rediffusion Television, the very first cable television station in Hong Kong. With Musaphone he promoted all kinds of harmonicas, the traditional type (also known as the tremolo harmonica), the chromatic type, as well as melodicas.
In 1947 he moved to Hong Kong, set up the Musaphone Harmonica Society and produced his own brand of harmonica under the name " VOCO". As a grown man, besides his activity as a music teacher, he was part of The Shanghai-Sino Harmonica Society, and became a popular performer on local radio stations. Leung and Peter Leung, was born in 1922 in the Guangdong Province, China, and spent his youth in Shanghai.
Liang Re Zhao ( 梁日昭), also known as Yat Chiu Leung, Y.C. Liang Re Zhao (梁日昭) performing live in 1969 So, proof is enough for me to easily guess that " 梁日昭表演口琴音樂 - 一路順風" (or " Liang Re Zhao Plays Harmonica Music - Safe Travels") was released in 1969 too.
Anyway, other releases by the same label bearing a later catalogue number are proven to have been published in 1969 moreover this album contains the title-track from the movie " 负心的人" ( Jilted, or Heartless Person) which was a huge success in Hong Kong during the same year. Can anyone please confirm this supposition of mine?Īs with most of the label's output, the exact release date for this LP catalogued as NWLP 11 is not written anywhere on the cover. Anyway, in the meantime I suddendly realised that New Wave was probably a sublabel of well known Malaysian label Life Records ( 麗風). I can't almost believe than more than eighteen months are passed since I took care of NWLP 10, time really flies. So, after a long break, it's time to feature another nice instrumental album released at the end of the '60s by New Wave Record Co. I suppose you're reading this Brian, so THANK YOU!!!, this post is dedicated to you.
OST (18) drama (16) jay chou (16) classic songs (12) rainie yang (10) Fahrenheit (7) mandarin lessons (7) S.H.Well, before the dances begin, so to speak, I would like to sincerely and deeply thank a reader of this blog who was so kind to offer me the help I needed so much, in order to properly present this and other releases from the Far East on these pages.