Torchin'...Frankie Laine.

Laine wrote the lyrics for the title song on a 1958 album, Torchin', which was also his first recorded in stereo. He was backed by trombonist Frank Comstock's orchestra, on a dozen classic torch songs including: "A Cottage for Sale", "I Cover the Waterfront", "You've Changed", "These Foolish Things", "I Got it Bad (And That Ain't Good)", "It's the Talk of the Town", and "Body and Soul". As with his Legrand album, he sings the entire lyric for each song.

1. A Cottage For Sale

2. Torchin'

3. I Cover The Waterfront

4. Here Lies Love

5. You've Changed

6. Midnight On A Rainy Monday

1. I Get Along Without You Very Well

2. It's The Talk Of The Town

3. These Foolish Things

4. I Got It Bad

5. It Only Happens Once

6. Body And Soul

Frankie Laine (born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio; March 30, 1913 – February 6, 2007) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor whose career spanned nearly 75 years, from his first concerts in 1930 with a marathon dance company to his final performance of "That's My Desire" in 2005. Often billed as "America's Number One Song Stylist", his other nicknames include "Mr. Rhythm", "Old Leather Lungs", and "Mr. Steel Tonsils". His hits included "That's My Desire", "That Lucky Old Sun", "Mule Train", "Jezebel", "High Noon", "I Believe", "Hey Joe!", "The Kid's Last Fight", "Cool Water", "Rawhide", and "You Gave Me a Mountain".

His 1946 recording of "That's My Desire" remains a landmark record signaling the end of both the dominance of the big bands and the crooning styles favored by contemporary Dick Haymes and others. Often called the first of the blue-eyed soul singers, Laine's style cleared the way for many artists who arose in the late 1940s and early 1950s, including Kay Starr, Tony Bennett, and Johnnie Ray.n 1953 he set two more records (this time on the UK charts): weeks at No 1 for a song ("I Believe", which held the number one spot for 18 weeks), and weeks at No 1 for an artist in a single year (27 weeks), when "Hey Joe!" and "Answer Me, O Lord" became number one hits as well). In spite of the popularity of rock and roll artists such as Elvis Presley and The Beatles, fifty-plus years later, both of Laine's records still hold.

      12. Body And Soul

The Phase 4 World Of Latin Fire...VA.

A couple of good Stereo Orchestral sounds now to test your speakers !!...that's if you have any !!

1. Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White.Edmundo Ros & His Orch

2. El Relicario......Roland Shaw & His Orchestra

3. Maria Elena......Caterina Valente & Edmudo Ros

4. Delicado......Werner Muller & His Orchestra

5. Amor Amor......Los Muchucambos

6. Cumana.......Edmundo Ros & His Orchestra

1. South America Take It Away..Ted Heath & Edmundo Ros Orch

2. Carnival......Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra

3. El Gato Monte......Stanley Black & His Orchestra

4. Cielito Lindo...... Los Machucambos

5. Felicidade......Ronnie Aldrich

6. Espana Cani......Roger Larado  & His Orchestra

     3. Maria Elena

Sounds Terrific...Keith Textor.

Have a bit of fun and listen to this one !..its as the cover says "Terrific"......chase around the room following the music !!!

Keith Textor is a classically trained musician who organized a vocal group called The Honey Dreamers after his discharge from the Navy. The group was based in Chicago and appeared frequently on NBC.s Dave Garroway television show, playing a solid year at the Hotel Sherman's College Inn before moving on to New York and the cast of the Kay Kyser TV show.

This record is a tour de force for his various talents. The almost visual aspects of Stereo Action call for a musician who can think in terms of stage production, of presenting a choreography of sound across the wall of your living room, from speaker to speaker. And Keith Textor does just that, moving voices, orchestra and sound effects like precision drill teams is an exciting display of virtuosity which enhances the musical value of the excellent songs which he has chosen.

      12. I Get A Kick Out Of You

Now That's What I Call Music No 1...VA

A step back in time again !!

We are now in the 80's...1983 to be precise and this is the first of the "That's What I Call Music (No 1)" Compilation Series...

 Now That's What I Call Music! (often shortened to Now!) is a series of various artists compilation albums released in the United Kingdom and Ireland which began in 1983. 

Up to April 2022, (111) Now That’s What I Call Music numbered albums had been released. 

1. You Can't Hurry Love......Phil Collins

2. There's Something I Should Know......Duran Duran

3. Red Red Wine......UB40

4. Only For Lovers......Limahl

5. Temptation......Heaven 17

6. Give It Up......KC & The Sunshine Band

7. Double Dutch......Malcolm McLaren

8. Total Eclipse Of The Heart......Bonnie Tyler

9. Karma Chameleon......Culture Club

10. Safety Dance......Men Without Hats

11. Too Shy......Kajagoogoo

12. Moonlight Shadow......Mike Oldfield

13. Down Under......Men At Work

14. Hey You Rock Steady Crew......Rock Steady Crew

15. Baby Jane......Rod Stewart

16. Wherever I Lay My Hat......Paul Young

17. Candy Girl......New Edition

18. Big Apple......Kajagoogoo

19. Let's Stay Together......Tina Turner

20. Fascination......Human League

21. New Song......Howard Jones

22. Please Don't Make Me Cry......UB 40

23. Tonight I Celebrate My Love......Roberta Flack & Pebo Bryson

24. They Don't Know About.......Tracy Ullman

25. Kissing With Confidence.......Will Powers

26. That's All ......Genesis

27. The Love Cats......The Cure

28. Waterfront......Simple Minds

29. The Sun And Rain......Madness

30. Victims......Culture Club

        13. Down Under

             21. New Song

XXV...Robbie Williams.

And As if by Magic we are now well into the 2022's and bang up to date with the music !!......Robbie with a full orchestra with some extra tracks....  

XXV is a compilation album by English singer Robbie Williams, released on 9 September 2022. The album marks the 25th anniversary of Williams's solo career, and contains re-recorded and orchestrated versions of songs from his career.

1. Let Me Entertain You

2. Come Undone

3. Love My Life

4. Millennium

5. The Road To Mandalay

6. Tripping

7. Bodies

8. Candy

9. Supreme

10. Strong

11. Eternity

12. No Regrets

13. She's The One

14. Feel

15. Rock DJ

16. Kids....with Kylie Minogue

17. Angels

18. Lost

19. Nobody Someday

20. Lazy Days

21. Hot Fudge

22. Sexed Up

23. More Than This

24. Disco Symphony

25. Better Man

26. Home Thoughts From Abroad

27. The World And her Mother

28. Into The Silence

       12. No Regrets

           13. She's The One

Happy Day's.The Oldies Gold Collection.No.9.VA.

Back To the Late 40's/50's....before we go to the 60's below. This selection seems to be mainly ballads that tells a story and most of the singers you can hear every word !!....Great retro Sounds! and some funny peculiar songs which I'm sure will be remembered !!..with amusement !!

1. Thinking Of You......Eddie Fisher

2. At Last......Ray Anthony Orchestra

3. I Won't Cry Anymore......Tony Bennett

4. The Queen's Highway......Billy Connot

5. The Thing......Phil Harris

6. Nevertheless I'm In Love with You.....The Mills Brothers

7. Ricochet......Joan Regan

8. Slow Poke.....Arthur Godfrey

9. Here I Am Broken Hearted......Johnnie Ray

10. Give Me A Little Kiss......April Stevens

11. Rags To Riches.....David Whitfield

12. A Bushel And A Peck......Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely

13. Be My Life's Companion......The Mills Brothers

14. Oh Mein Papa......Eddie Calvert

15. Vanity......Don Cherry

16. Harbour Lights......Ray Anthony & His Orchestra

17. While You Danced Danced Danced......Georgia Gibbs

18. Wheel Of Fortune......Eddie Wilcox Orchestra

19. Oh Babe.....Kay Starr

20. Whispering......Les Paul

21. All My Love.....Bing Crosby

22.Cloud Lucky Seven......Guy Mitchell

23. Come What May......Patti Page

24. Down Yonder......Del Wood

25. Harbour Lights.....Bing Crosby

    4. The Kings Highway

      20. Whispering

1001 Songs.Part 10...VA

The years are going by...we are still in the 60's with this selection !...This issue ends in 2010 !!

1. I'd Rather Go Blind......Etta James

2. Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher & Higher....Jackie Wilson

3. Strawberry Fields Forever......The Beatles

4. White Rabbit......Jefferson Airplane

5. Purple Haze......Jimi Hendrix Experience

6. I'm A Man......Spencer Davis Group

7. Venus In Furs......Velvet Underground

8. Fire......Jimi Hendrix

9. Waterloo Sunset......The Kinks

10. Ode To Billie Joe......Bobbie Gentry

11. The Dark End Of The Street.....James Carr

12. Suzanne......Leonard Cohen

13. Respect......Aretha Franklin

14. Montague Terrace (In Blue)......Scott Walker

15. A Day In The Life......The Beatles

16. Alone Again Or......Love

17. Tin Soldier......Small Faces

18. See Emily Play......Pink Floyd

19. A Whiter Shade Of Pale......Procol Harum

20. The Tears Of A Clown......Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

21. Sunshine Of Your Love......Cream

22. Cold Sweat (Part 1).......James Brown & The Famous Flames

23. The First Cut is The Deepest......P.P. Arnold

24. I Say A Little Prayer......Aretha Franklin

25. The Snake.....Al Wilson

       10. Ode To Billie Joe

           19. A Whiter Shade Of Pale

More Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs...Marty Robbins.

As the title says "More Gunfighter Ballads"

1. San Angelo.

2. Prairie Fire.

3. Streets Of Laredo.

4. Song Of The Bandit

5. I've Got No Use For The Women

1. Five Brothers.

2. Little Joe The Wrangler.

3. Ride Cowboy Ride.

4. This Peaceful Sod

5. She Was Young And Pretty

6. My Love.

        4. Song Of The Bandit

Moving Percussion In Pops...Hollywood All Stars.

Some great Moving Stereo Sounds 

       8. Baubles Bongos & Brass

Now Hear This...The Hi-Lo's.

A bit of 50's retro music group now....One of my teenage favourite's !

        10. My Time Is Your Time

The E.P.Collection...Sandie Shaw

A selection of Sandie's Hits !...Including French & Italian Versions Of some of them....Thanks JohnF !

        11. Gotta See My baby Every Day

Baby I'm Yours...Barbara Lewis.

We now have 3 different  styles of female singers courtesy of Luc...Thanks mate ! much appreciated for your input !

       2. My Heart Went Do Da Dat

Contrasts...Julie Rogers.

Tried to see if they was any reviews of this L/P anywhere but didn't find any !

Julie Rogers, born Julie Rolls, is an English pop singer best known for her 1964 multi-million selling single "The Wedding". She started her career with the Teddy Foster Orchestra and later signed with Philips Records. Rogers' debut single "It's Magic" introduced her to radio and TV stations, leading to further hits like "Like a Child" and "Hawaiian Wedding Song". Her career has been marked by international success and continued touring. 

      7. Temptation

Gospel TIme...Ruth Brown.

In her second album for Philips, Ruth Brown comes home again. 

Here she returns to the elemental! roots of her early musical training—gospel singing. 

Long identified with rhythm and blues, Ruth in this album proves that she is a singer of uncommon versatility. Offering the classic hymns, her voice is not hampered by lush accompaniment or over-arranged backgrounds. 

The voice stands alone—and is of such merit that no one would want it any other way. Ruth’s voice is steady and sure as a rock, yet richly textured, alive with vibrance. 

        4. He's Got The Whole World In His Hands

The Beatles...Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.

There's no need to make any comment about this L/P it talks for itself.....one of the most iconic record sleeves going !! recorded as Side 1 and Side 2...once again very little gaps between tracks !

1. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band
2. A Little Help From My Friends
3. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
4. Getting Better
5. Fixing A Hole
6. She's Leaving Home
7. Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite

1. Within You Without You
2. When I'm Sixty Four
3. Lovely Rita
4. Good Morning Good Morning
5. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band (Reprise)
6. A Day In The Life

NTWICM...The Christmas Album...VA

8 Days till Santa starts on his long journey up and down all the chimney's!....So here is a couple of festive contribution's all the way from New Zealand from JohnF...

        9. Blue Christmas

        14. Little Saint Nick

Phil Spector's Christmas Album...VA

More Iconic songs of Christmas complete with the Phil Spector's "Wall Of Sound "

1. White Christmas......Darlene Love

2. Frosty The Snowman......The Ronettes

3. The Bells Of St Marys.....Bob.B.Sox & The Blue Jeans

4. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town......The Crystals

5. Sleigh Ride.......The Ronettes

6. Marshmallow World.......Darlene Love

1. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus......The Ronettes

2. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer......The Crystals

3. Winter Wonderland......Darlene Love

4. Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers......The Crystals

5. Christmas (Baby Come Home)......Darlene Love

6. Here Comes Santa Claus......Bob.B.Sox & The Blue Jeans

7. Silent Night......Phil Spector & Artists

Phil Spector's Christmas Album.. is a multi-artist studio album of Christmas songs, produced by Phil Spector, originally released by Philles in November 1963. Spector treated a series of mostly secular Christmas standards to his Wall of Sound production style, and the selections feature the vocal performances of Spector's regular artists during this period. One month after its release, the album peaked at number 13 on Billboard magazine's special, year-end, weekly Christmas Albums sales chart.

        5. Sleigh Ride

Tango & Beatles...VA

We are moving up from the Jazz & Big Band age and going Electronic ! ....2012 to be exact !

A very unusual versions of the Beatles Songs 

Tango & Beatles is a very unique album. It is the fusion of the music of Buenos Aires and the cream of the repertoire of the Fab Four. In Tango & Beatles we find innovative versions, full of seduction, that combine the freshness of the original songs with the melancholy of Buenos Aires. 

1. Michelle - Tango Tripping Project Feat. Ituana

2. Dear Prudence - Le Griser Feat. Dew

3. Come Together - Meloscience Corp

4. Oh! Darling - Corcovado Frequency

5. Something - Eve St. Jones

6. Girl - DJ Style Feat. KSS

7. Strawberry Fields Forever - Quadra & Benjamin

8. Eleanor Rigby - Supertangox Feat. Ituana

9. Free As a Bird - Bossatango Lounge Club

10. Don't Let Me Down - Freedom Dub Feat. Eduardo

11. I Want You (She's So Heavy) - Scubba Feat. Mandy Jones

12. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Bossardo & Ecko

    8. Eleanor Rigby

Compulsion To Swing...Henri Rene & His Orchestra.

Henri René (born Harold Manfred Kirchstein; December 29, 1906 – April 25, 1993), was an American musician who had an international career in the recording industry as a producer, composer, conductor and arranger.

In the mid 1950s, he issued several successful LPs which Allmusic has called "forerunners of the space-age pop aesthetic" among the albums were Music for Bachelors, Music for the Weaker Sex, Compulsion to Swing and Riot in Rhythm. Rene composed music themes and scores for several popular television series. After this René worked in production for RCA Victor, with Harry Belafonte, Perry Como, the Ames Brothers and Eartha Kitt among others. He left RCA Victor in 1959 to work freelance for the rest of his active career.

1. The Blue Room

2. Cry Me A River

3. Baubles Bangles And Beads

4. Compulsion To Swing

5. It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing

6. Just A Gigolo

1. S'wonderful

2. Nature Boy

3. The Hot Canary

4. Blues Chartreuse

5. The Surrey With The Fringe On Top

6. Don't Cry Joe

    11. The Surrey With The Fringe On The Top

Double 7...Winifred Atwell.

One of the greats on the piano is next playing Rag's and Boogie's.......Winnie is one of the most accomplished pianists that we had, she is sorely missed !!....just listen that's how a piano should be played !!

1. Twelfth Street Rag

2. Johnson Rag

3. Steamboat Rag

4. Temptation Rag

5. Russian Rag

6. Maple Leaf Rag

7. Dynamic Rag

1. Bumble Boogie

2. Hamps Boogie Woogie

3. Yancy Special

4. Dobs Boogie

5. Boogie In The Groove

6. Vine Street Boogie

7. Jimmy Dorsey's Boogie

Una Winifred Atwell (27 February or 27 April 1910 or 1914] – 28 February 1983) was a Trinidadian pianist who enjoyed great popularity in Britain and Australia from the 1950s with a series of boogie-woogie and ragtime hits, selling over 20 million records. She was the first black person to have a number-one hit in the UK Singles Chart and is still the only female instrumentalist to do so.

      14. Jimmy Dorsey's Boogie