Holland...The Beach Boys.

Holland is the nineteenth studio album by American rock band the Beach Boys, released January 8, 1973, on Brother/Reprise. It is their first album recorded without Bruce Johnston since 1965, their second with Blondie Chaplin and Ricky Fataar, and their final studio album created under the de facto leadership of Carl Wilson and manager Jack Rieley. 

Per its title, Holland was recorded over the summer of 1972 at a barn in Baambrugge, near Amsterdam, where the band members and their entourage had decamped for several months in the pursuit of creative inspiration. Recording the album was an unprecedented and extremely costly venture, as the group had commissioned their engineers to renovate the barn, which had housed an existing studio, using components from the band's studio in Los Angeles that were dismantled, shipped to the Netherlands in crates, and then reassembled. Ultimately, only the album's basic tracks were recorded in the Netherlands. 

Holland became regarded by many fans as the Beach Boys' "last, high-quality original album". Music journalist Peter Doggett opined, "After the false start of Carl And The Passions, Holland proved that the Beach Boys could function as a creative rock band beyond the self-imposed limits of their 60s hits." Mojo's Danny Ecleston referred to Holland as his favorite Beach Boys album, as well as their "least-heard (and certainly last) great record."

1. Sail On Sailor.

2. Steamboat.

3. California Saga. Big Sur.

4. California Saga. The Beaks Of Eagles.

5. California Saga. California.

6. The Trader.

7. Leaving This Town.

8. Only With You.

9. Funky Pretty.

      9. Funky Pretty.

OdeTo Billie Joe...Bobbie Gentry

Ode to Billie Joe is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry. It was released on August 21, 1967, by Capitol Records.

Gentry was officially signed to Capitol Records on June 23, 1967, and staff producer Kelly Gordon was given "Ode to Billie Joe" as his first full length production for the label. Both of Bobbie’s "demo" tracks became the album masters; the purchased recording of "Mississippi Delta" was the version issued, but "Ode to Billie Joe" had a string arrangement by Jimmie Haskell dubbed onto the original recording at Capitol. It was the day after the string session that Capitol’s A&R team decided definitively that "Ode to Billie Joe" would be the A-side.

Record World named the album as one of their Albums of the Week, saying that "Sensation Bobbie Gentry is as good in album form as she is in single form or just plain form on her Ode to Billie Joe album. She's quite a remarkable entertainer."

Reviewing for AllMusic years later, critic Richie Unterberger wrote of the album, "Her vocals are poised and husky throughout the record, on which she was definitely on the right track

     5. Niki Hoeky

Carnegie Hall Concert...Buck Owens & His Buckaroos.

Carnegie Hall Concert is a 1966 album by the country band Buck Owens and his Buckaroos. The album was recorded live at Carnegie Hall, as Buck Owens and his Buckaroos became the second country band ever to perform there.

In his AllMusic review, critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote "Owens and the Buckaroos had to deliver a stellar performance, and they did—the group sounded like dynamite, tearing through a selection of their classic hits with vigor. Several decades removed from the performance itself, what really comes through is how musical and gifted the Buckaroos were, particularly Don Rich. For dedicated fans, it's a necessary addition to their collection."

      4. Ist Medley.

The Beatles Rarites.

The Beatles released two different Rarities compilation albums: a UK version issued on 2 December 1978 (later standalone in 1979) on Parlophone, and a separate US version released in March 1980 on Capitol, each created to collect hard‑to‑find tracks specific to its market.

The Rarities album is not a single unified release. It exists in two distinct editions—UK and US—each designed to fill gaps in its region’s Beatles catalogue before Past Masters standardized the discography. 

1. Love Me Do.

2. Misery.

3. There's A Place

4. Sie Liebt Dich.

5. And I Love Her.

6. Help.

7. I'm Only Sleeping.

8. I Am The Walrus.

1. Penny Lane.

2. Helter Skelter.

3. Don't Pass Me By.

4. The Inner Light.

5. Across The Universe.

6. You Know My Name (Look Up My Number).

7. Sgt Pepper Inner Groove.

All the information about the differences in the tracks are on the back Sleeve !!

This is the US "Capitol" Version !!

      5. And I Love Her

Rare Jerry Lee Lewis...Volume 1.

The name of this L/P from Jerry L L says it all ....early recordings from 1957-1962...

we are getting some good ones from John (NZ) at the moment ..so thanks John !!

      2. Release Me

      14. Instrumental

Singin' The Blues...Bix Beiderbecke

Bix Beiderbecke, Vol. 1: Singin' the Blues Review by Scott Yanow (ALLMusic).

Cornetist Bix Beiderbecke's greatest recordings were mostly made in 1927. This definitive CD (reissued in 1990) has most of Beiderbecke's best-loved work, including "Singin' the Blues," "I'm Coming Virginia," "Ostrich Walk," "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans," and his solo piano classic "In a Mist." Most of the recordings were cut with Frankie Trumbauer's Orchestra, although there are also two titles from the Broadway Bellhops, a similar group. The beauty of Beiderbecke's horn outshone virtually every other brassman in the 1920s other than Louis Armstrong, and he never sounded better than on these records. Beiderbecke is joined by such notables as C-melody saxophonist Trumbauer, guitarist Eddie Lang, clarinetist Jimmy Dorsey, trombonist Bill Rank, and clarinetist Don Murray, among others. In addition to the titles mentioned, the renditions of "Clarinet Marmalade," Hoagy Carmichael's "Riverboat Shuffle," and "Wringin' and Twistin'" are among the other highlights. Essential music that in one form or another belongs in every serious jazz collection.

1. Trumbology.

2. Clarinet Marmalade.

3. Singin' The Blues.

4. Ostrich Walk.

5. Riverboat Shuffle.

6. I'm Coming Virginia.

7. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans.

8. For No Reason At All In C.

9. Three Blind Mice.

10. Blue River...(vocal) Seger Ellis.

11. There's a Cradle In Caroline...(vocal) Seger Ellis.

12. In a Mist.

13. Wringin' And Twisting'.

14. Humpty Dumbty.

15. Krazy Kat.

16. The Baltimore.

17. There Ain't No Land Like Dixieland To Me...(vocal) Sam Lanin.

18. There'a A Cradle In Caroline...(vocal) Sam Lanin.

19. Just An Hour Of Love...(vocal) Irvin Koulman.

20. I'm Wonderin' Who...(vocal) Irvin Koulman.

      3. Singin' The Blues.

Hello Amigos...The Ames Brothers.

Hello, Amigos Review by Tony Wilds...(An AllMusic Review)

Regardless of its significance as an Ames Brothers album, Hello Amigos is at least somewhat important for its backing by Juan Garcia Esquivel. Perhaps RCA felt there was no better guarantee of authenticity-with-novelty than including the orchestral arrangements of Esquivel. (An album titled Hello Amigos certainly needs authenticity.) Esquivel appropriately takes as much of a back seat as he is capable; consequently, this is unlike his more adventurous work. About half the tracks provide some delight for the Esquivel completist, and the Ames' singing certainly has its moments. Overall, however, marginal Esquivel fans will be able to live without it, and the pairing of the Ames Brothers and Esquivel should not be taken as a natural or inspired combination.

      9. Me Lo Dijo Adela

Never Can Say Goodbye...Gloria Gaynor.

Never Can Say Goodbye is the debut album by Gloria Gaynor, released on MGM Records in January 1975. It is most notable for including several early disco recordings. The album charted in the US Billboard at number 25 in the US Pop chart, and at number 21 in the US R&B chart. In the UK the album peaked at number 32, "Never Can Say Goodbye" was released in the UK as a single and reached number 2 in early 1975.

The album includes three hit singles – "Honey Bee", "Never Can Say Goodbye", and "Reach Out, I'll Be There" – which are in full-length six minute versions on the album's first side in a 19-minute disco suite. The album version of "Never Can Say Goodbye" has double drum beats during the verse links, which is not heard in the single version. 

1. Honey Bee.

2. Never Can Say Goodbye.

3. Reach Out I'll be There.

1. All I need is Your Sweet Lovin'

2. Searching.

3. We Belong Together.

4. False Alarm.

5. Real Good People.

      3. Reach Out,I'll Be There.

We'll Sing In The Sunshine.My Kind Of Folk Songs...Gale Garnett

Gale Zoë Garnett (born 17 July 1942) is a Canadian singer best known in the United States for her self-penned, Grammy-winning folk hit "We'll Sing in the Sunshine". Garnett is also an author and actress.

She recorded her debut album, My Kind of Folk Songs in 1964; that fall, she scored a number four pop hit with her original composition "We'll Sing in the Sunshine". which also hit number 1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary singles chart for seven weeks.

and was a Top 50 country hit."We'll Sing in the Sunshine" won a 1965 Grammy for Best Folk Recording, and sold over one million copies, thus gaining gold disc status.

      6. I Came To The City.

Everlasting Songs For Everlasting Lovers...Arthur Prysock

Arthur Prysock Jr was an American jazz and R&B singer best known for his live shows and his deep baritone. In 1944 bandleader Buddy Johnson signed him as a vocalist, and Prysock became a mainstay of the live performance circuits. Prysock sang on several of Johnson's hits on Decca Records including "They All Say I'm the Biggest Fool" (1946), "Jet (My Love)" (1947) and "I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone" 1948), and later "Because" (1950).

In 1952 Prysock went solo. He signed with Decca, who marketed him as a younger rival to Billy Eckstine, and recorded the No. 5 R&B hit, "I Didn't Sleep a Wink Last Night", with Sy Oliver's orchestra.

1. Close Your Eyes.

2. You Don't Know What Love Is.

3. Without The One You Love.

4. I'm A Fool To Want You.

5. Stranger In Town.

6. Make Someone Love You.

1. My Everlasting Love.

2. Let There be Love.

3. Let's Start All Over Again.

4. You've Changed.

5. Where Or When.

6. For Your Love.

       8. Let There Be Love.

Come Back And Shake Me...Clodagh Rodgers

Once you have got past the "eurovision"folly then this one is a nice collection of cover versions and some of Clodagh's hit singles...take a good listen to "I Am A Fantasy" which was the "B" side of "Come Back And Shake me"...That should have been the "A" side...but I recon that "Shake Me" was more commercial !!

1. Jack In The Box
2. I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
3. Let Me Be The One
4. Tuesday Afternoon
5. Arizona 
6. I Will
7. Come Back And Shake Me

1. Goodnight Midnight
2. You Are My Music
3. Nothing Rhymed
4. Everybody Go Home The Party's Over
5. Someone To Love Me
6. I Am A Fantasy
7. Lady Love Bug

          5. Arizona

St Louis Blues...Eartha Kitt

Selection Of Blues Songs sung by Eartha !

1. St Louis Blues.

2. Beale Street Blues.

3. Chantez Le Bas.

4. Hesitating Blues.

5. Steal Away.

6. Careless Love.

1. Atlanta Blues.

2. Long Gone.

3. Hits The Window Noah

4. Yellow Dog Blues.

5. Friendless Blues.

6. The Memphis Blues.

      8. Long Gone.

A New Way To Travel...Dorothy Collins.

Dorothy Collins (born Marjorie Chandler) November 18, 1926 – July 21, 1994) was a Canadian-American singer, actress, and recording artist.

In 1955, her single "My Boy – Flat Top, " reached No. 16 on the Billboard charts.[7] A follow-up single, "Baciare Baciare (Kissing Kissing)", peaked at No. 43. In 1956, her single "Seven Days" peaked at No. 17. She recorded other singles and albums in the 1950s, with little chart success. In 1958, for the Coral Records label she released Picnic: Dorothy Collins Sings Steve Allen, an album of compositions by the musician/TV host/comedian. 

Just an observation !!....the tracks are not in the same order as it says on the Back Sleeve !!....

          7. Sweet And Gentle.

Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Creedence Clearwater Revival is the debut studio album by the American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, released in May 1968 by Fantasy Records in the US. Featuring the band's first hit single, "Suzie Q," which reached number 11 in the US charts, it was recorded shortly after the band changed its name from the Golliwogs and began developing a signature swamp rock sound.

1. I Put A Spell On You.

2. The Working Man.

3. Suzie Q.

1. Get Down Woman.

2. Porterville.

3. Gloomy.

4. Walk On The Water.

While "Suzie Q" proved to be a hit, the band had already played for three years as the Golliwogs, releasing numerous singles without achieving any breakthrough success. However, in October 1967, Saul Zaentz bought Fantasy Records and offered the band a chance to record a full-length album on the condition that they change their name. Having never liked 'the Golliwogs,' the four readily agreed, coming up with Creedence Clearwater Revival instead. At this point, John Fogerty took charge of the group artistically. He would go on to write all but one of the band's hit singles while assuming the roles of singer, lead guitarist, producer and arranger of nearly everything that appeared on both this seminal release and the group's subsequent studio albums.

        3. Suzie Q.

Make Me Yours...Bettye Swann.

This album is wicked! Killer female deep southern soul. So many good tracks on this album!..Swann lays down two solid pieces of northern soul here. "Make Me Yours" is so bouncy that it borders on sunshine pop at points, but that song is outdone by the declaration of independence of "I Will Not Cry".

1. Make Me Yours.

2. Fall In Love With Me.

3. Don't Look Back.

4. Don't Wait To Long.

5. Don't Take My Mind.

6. I Can't Stop Loving You.

1. I Think I'm Falling In Love.

2. You Gave Me Love.

3. The Heartache Is Gone.

4. I Will Not Cry.

5. What Is My Life Coming To.

6. A Change Is Gonna Come.

       1. Make Me Yours.

Natural Man...Lou Rawls.

More  from Lou.....

 Relying on his deep, rich voice, he sings with confidence everything from the bluesy I’m a King Bee’ and the Beatles cover ‘Got to Get You into My Life’.... a representative collection covering the eclectic range of styles in which Rawls has always performed.”

1. A Natural Man.

2. Everywhere I Go.

3. I'm A King Bee.

4. Oh What A Beautiful Mornin'.

5. Got To Get You Into My Life.

1. You Can't Hold On.

2. When I Fall In Love.

3. How Thoughtless I've Become.

4. Till Love Touches Your Life.

5. Got A Lotta Love.

       4. Oh What A Beautiful Morning.

        7. When I Fall In Love.

Lena Martell..In Concert At The Royal Festival Hall London.

Surprise!! Surprise!!...I really enjoyed this one ..Thanks to "Bob"....But I do love a "Live" performance you can't hide anything.... no little man in the booth messing about with the knobs covering up your "Bum" notes !!!...Can't see any date on the sleeve so don't know what year it could be...maybe someone out there could enlighten us !!...certainly the audience are appreciative and are enjoying themselves....Pity there is no info on the sleeve about "Lena" I believe that she is Scottish (I Think)....no doubt if she's not someone will correct me and perhaps fill in the gaps !!!.....Sorry seemed to have lost track 7/8 on side one !!!

 

The Best Of Lena Martell.

I must have missed this one !!....Checked my Archive files and found it with the Festival Hall Concert !! So here it is...

1. It's A Beautiful Night For Love.

2. Let Me Try Again.

3. All I Ever Need Is You.

4. Somewhere My Love.

5. Dance In The Old Fashioned Way.

6. Bridge Over Troubled Waters.

1. Make The World A Little Younger.

2. Goodbye Tomorrow.

3. Without You.

4. Think About It Baby.

5. Nevertheless I'm In Love Withe You.

6. If We Only Have Time.

Lena Martell (born Helen Thomson; 15 May 1940 – October 2026) was a Scottish singer with a long career in theatre, television and musicals. She recorded 30 albums and had a number-one UK single with "One Day at a Time" in 1979.

She released a number of standards in the 1970s on the Pye record label, drew crowds at cabarets and concert halls and became a major recording star with silver, gold and platinum awards. Her cover of the song "One Day at a Time", written by Marijohn Wilkin and Kris Kristofferson, reached the top of the UK Singles Chart for three weeks in October 1979. She placed six albums in the UK Albums Chart between 1974 and 1980, including four that reached the top 20.

In the 1970s and 1980s her Saturday night TV shows for BBC Television ran over a period of 10 years, with evening audiences of over 12 million. Moving to the US, she sang in New York and Las Vegas with Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and others and toured the world performing in concert halls. She starred in musicals on Broadway, first when understudying for Barbra Streisand, and headlining at London`s West End theatres. Her successes at London Palladium equalled that of the box office of Shirley MacLaine and Bette Midler.

      11. Nevertheless I'm In Love With You.