Luigi's 50's & 60's Vinyl Corner

Tuesday, 16 September 2025

Blue Diamonds...Los Fabulosos.

A little experiment now !....This Ep comes from Luc and it is a FLAC (Lossless Format)....Thanks Luc !

For me I can't hear that there is much difference between the two formats....perhaps you might be able to if your computer or whatever you play the files on costs Thousands !!...that is EXPENSIVE Equipment !...or have a recording studio !

So here is this EP in both Formats and everybody can decide if there is a difference

And if it is important that you do want the Lossless Format make a comment on the post that you want and I will reply with the file !......

Monday, 15 September 2025

Your Hit Parade...50's Instrumentals.

The 50's are back with some great Hit Instrumentals that I'm sure most will be recognised even if the titles and artists are not !!

1. Theme from The Man With The Golden Gun....Richard Maltby & Orchestra

2. Plantation Boogie......Lennie Dee

3. Moritat.......Dick Hyman Trio

4. The Swingin' Shepard Blues......Moe Koffman Quartet

5. Melancholy Serenade.......Jackie Gleason Orchestra

6. The Hot Canary......Florian Zabach

7. Caravan......Ralph Martieri Orchestra

8. Harem Dance......Armenian Jazz Sextet

9. Topsy......Cosy Cole

10. Soft Summer Breeze......Eddie Haywood

11. The Enchanted Sea.....Islanders

12. Ebb Tide......Frank Chacksfield Orchestra

13. In The Mood...Ernie Fields Orchestra

14. Portuguese Washerwoman......Joe Fingers Carr

15. Meet Mr Callaghan.....Les Paul

16. Theme From Summer Night......Mitch Miller Orchestra

17. Near You......Roger Williams

18. Theme From The Medic (Blue Star)......Victor Young Singing Strings

19. Isle Of Capri......Jackie Lee Orchestra

20. Mambo Jambo......Dave Barbour

21.The Crazy Otto......Johnny Maddox & The Rhythmasters

22. Taboo......Arthur Lyman

23. The Story Of Three Loves......Jerry Murad & Richard Heyman Orch

24. April In Paris......Count Basie Orchestra

8. Harem Dance

The Big Guitar Sound...Living Guitars.

Another pretty good stereo recording that also should be played Loud !

5. Malaguena

Monty Pythons Flying Circus.

A couple of hours now of comic humour from British TV (B.B.C) on this one. and the one below from (I.T.V)...courtesy of JohnF all the way across the world ! in NZ !!

The Muppet Show.

After the monologues of the post above we have some CRAZY music to keep you entertained....All British humour !!.........(I hope the Bots enjoy it )

18. Hugga Wugga

20. Sax And Violence

Sunday, 14 September 2025

Don Lusher Band...The Collection.

We "Brits" get everywhere another L/P from an "English" musician who has played in most of the "British Big Bands" of the day going right back to "Ted Heath"...Unfortunately he is no longer with us....A very pleasant selection of tunes and songs that makes easy listening "Easy"

10. Without A Song

18. The Typewriter

Saturday, 13 September 2025

The Free Design...Kites Are Fun.

This is a new one on me so I guess for once the "Title" does mean what it says !!!....Its an "Enoch Light" production so there is plenty of "Stereo Action"

The Free Design was a Delevan, New York-based sunshine pop band. Though they did not achieve much commercial recognition during their main recording career, their work later influenced bands including Stereolab, Cornelius, Pizzicato Five, Beck and The High Llamas.

6. 59th Street Bridge Song

The Pentangle...Basket Of Light.

Must have found that "Magic Carpet" in the "Record Shop" because after that swift visit to "Bob" via "Belgium" for the last post I'm back in "New York" and I'm not wet or my arms don't ache !!......Now I have heard of "The Pentangle" but have never actually heard any of there tracks so this also is new to me...first impressions very "Folksy" which I presume is the right "Genre"...will have to listen to this one more to appreciate it more !!

7. Sally Go Round The Roses

The Latin World Of Stanley Black.

Another "Easy Listening" L/P of well know tunes in the "Latin" tempo so sit back and enjoy some "Cool" music !!...or get the "Maraca's" out !!!!.....we are back in "Belgium" !!!

1. Siboney

Ella Fitzgerald...Swings Brightly With Nelson.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh "Ella" another one I missed....I think that whatever "Record Shop" you are in all over the world you will find "Ella" by the "Thousands" !!!....no need for words just download and listen !!!

11. Alone Together

Peggy Lee & George Shearing...Beauty And The Beat.

Still in the land of the "Eagle" and a couple of home grown entertainers that fully deserve the title of "Greats"....what's greater than spending some time with the "Husky/ Silky"voice of "Peggy" and the hands of "George"...100% Listenability !!!

1. Do I Love You
2. I Lost My Sugar In Salt Lake City
3. Dreams Come True
4. All Too Soon
5. Mambo In Miami
6. Isn't It Romantic

1. Blue Prelude
2.You Came A Long Way From St Louis
3. Always True To You In My Fashion
4. There'll Be Another Spring
5. Get Out Of Town
6. Satin Doll

3. Dreams Come True

Georgie Fame & Alan Price...Together

Some English Blasts from the Past !! now... still in the "Record Shop"....talking about the "Stereo" on some posts, seems that on this one someone's fiddling about with them knobs !! sending me giddy from one speaker to the other !!..but its good fun !!!

8. Ballad Of Billy Joe

The World Of Easy Listening. Vol 1...VA

It's great what you find in a "New York" record shop !!!...all the way from England !!

3. Call Me.

Wednesday, 10 September 2025

Michael Buble...Crazy Love (Plus)

A feast of tracks from Mickey Bubbles !!

Michael Steven Bublé OC OBC born September 9, 1975) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and record producer. His first album reached the top ten in Canada and the United Kingdom. He found a worldwide audience with his 2005 album It's Time as well as his 2007 album Call Me Irresponsible – which reached number one on the Canadian Albums Chart, the UK Albums Chart, the US Billboard 200, the Australian ARIA Albums Chart and several European charts. Bublé's 2009 album Crazy Love debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 after three days of sales, and remained there for two weeks. It was also his fourth number one album on Billboard's Top Jazz Albums chart. His 2011 holiday album, Christmas, was in first place on the Billboard 200 for the final four weeks of 2011 and the first week of 2012, totalling five weeks atop the chart, it also made the top 5 in the United Kingdom. With this, Christmas became his third-consecutive number-one album on the chart. To Be Loved was released in April 2013. Bublé has sold over 75 million records worldwide, and won numerous awards, including four Grammy Awards and multiple Juno Awards. Bublé is a dual citizen of Canada and Italy.

As a child entertainer he used the name "Mickey Bubbles".

1. All I Do Is Dream Of You

2. All Of Me

3. At This Moment (Live)

4. At This Moment

5. Baby You Got What It Takes

6. Best Of Me

7. Comin' Home Baby..(Duet With Boys II Men)(Frank Popp Re-Mix)

8. Crazy Love

9. Cry Me A River

10. End Of May

11. Everything..(Bob Rock Mix)

12. Georgia On My Mind

13. Haven't Met You Yet..(Live)

14. Haven't Met You Yet..(Instrumental)

15. Haven't Met You Yet

16. Heartache Tonight..(Live)

17. Heartache Tonight

18. Hold On

19. Hollywood

20. Home..(International Pop Mix)

21. It Had Better Be Tonight..(Meglio Stazara Zoned Out Mix)

22. Lost..(International Pop Mix)

23. Me And Mrs Jones..(Live)

24. Pennies From Heaven

25. Save The Last Dance For Me..(Star City Remix)

26. Some Kind O Wonderful

27. Spider Man Theme..(Junkie XL Re-Mix)

28. Stardust

29. Sway..( Ralphi's Salsation Edit )

30. Twist And Shout..(Live)

31. Whatever It Takes

32. Your Nobody Till Somebody Loves You

29. Sway

Anita O'Day...You Betcha

This release looks like yet another anthology of her hits but in fact is a collection of live broadcasts. The audio quality is not as good as from studio recordings.

You Betcha Review by John Bush

You Betcha, a compilation of Anita O'Day's big-band years released on Sounds of Yesteryear, reprises most of her early career's best-known features -- "And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine," "Let Me Off Uptown," and "Honeysuckle Rose" -- whether they were for the orchestras of Stan Kenton, Gene Krupa, or (briefly) Benny Goodman. Although a few more of her solid early sides appear, the rest of the compilation is filled out with an odd assortment of '40s and '50s material, all of it passable but none of it adding up to the type of Anita O'Day compilation that belongs in the first rank.

1. Tea For Two

2. Opus One

3. All Reet

4. Otto Make That Riff Stacato

5. Bolero At The Savoy

6. Ride On

7. Build It Up

8. And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine

9. You Betcha

10. Special Delivery

11. I Lost My Sugar In Salt lake City

12. Four Brothers

13. Ooh Hot Dog

14. Let Me Off Uptown

Anita Belle Colton (October 18, 1919 – November 23, 2006), known professionally as Anita O'Day, was an American jazz singer and self proclaimed “song stylist” widely admired for her sense of rhythm and dynamics, and her early big band appearances that shattered the traditional image of the "girl singer". Refusing to pander to any female stereotype, O'Day presented herself as a "hip" jazz musician, wearing a band jacket and skirt as opposed to an evening gown. She changed her surname from Colton to O'Day, pig Latin for "dough", slang for money.
O'Day, along with Mel Tormé, is often grouped with the West Coast cool school of jazz. Like Tormé, O'Day had some training in jazz drums (courtesy of her first husband Don Carter)..While maintaining a central core of hard swing, O'Day's skills in improvisation of rhythm and melody rank her among the pioneers of bebop...While performing she met Gene Krupa, who promised to call her if Irene Daye, then his vocalist, ever left his band.The call from Krupa came in early 1941. Of the 34 sides she recorded with Krupa, it was "Let Me Off Uptown", a novelty duet with Roy Eldridge, that became her first big hit. The same year, DownBeat named O'Day "New Star of the Year".
She joined Stan Kenton's band in April 1944. During her 11 months with Kenton, O'Day recorded 21 sides, both transcription and commercial, and appeared in a Universal Pictures short Artistry in Rhythm (1944). "And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine" (1944) became a huge seller, and put Kenton's band on the map.

12. Four Brothers