Music Album (TV series)

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Music Album
Genremusic
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
Production
ProducerNeil Andrews
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original network CBC Television
Original release17 September 1970 (1970-09-17) 
28 June 1971 (1971-06-28)

Music Album was a Canadian music television series which aired on CBC Television from 1970 to 1971.

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Premise

This series featured Canadian musical performers in the popular, light classic and show tune genres. Toronto-produced episodes featured Lucio Agostini conducting the show orchestra while the conductor for the Vancouver-produced episodes was Ricky Hyslop. Wally Koster was a frequent guest artist and Howard Cable was a guest conductor. [1]

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. (Eastern) from its debut on 17 September 1970. On 4 February 1971, Music Album moved to a Thursday 10:00 p.m. time slot, then finally a Monday 7:30 p.m. time slot from 24 May until its concluding episode on 28 June 1971.

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References

  1. Corcelli, John (August 2005). "Music Album". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.