My Old Flame...Julie Wilson

This singer I don't know much about but sounds like "Peggy Lee"which is not bad !!...the songs are mostly standards and if you can get past the "PL" influence then this is a cool L/P and she does a good job with them !!!

     5. What Is This Thing Called Love.

What's Another Year...Johnny Logan.

Let's see what Goodies "Bob" from Belgium has for us now...In 1980 & 1987 this guy won the "Eurovision Song Contest" and is the only one who has won it twice !!

1. What's Another Year.

2. No I Don't Want To Fall In Love.

3. Living For Loving.

4. I Want To Go To Brazil.

5. Angelina.

1. Sad Little Woman.

2. One Night Stand.

3. Hey Kid.

4. Lonely Tonight.

5. Honesty. 

6. Man With The Accordion.

       2. No I Don't Want To Fall In Love.

Black Magic...Stanley Black & Orchestra

First track sets the mood for this excellent "Phase4 Stereo" production by "Stanley Black" hence the title !!...The piano is featured predominately so being that "Stanley" plays piano we can assume that it is him playing as well as conducting !!...great selection of songs !!

       1. Shaft.

Year Of The Cat...Al Stewart

Ok so enough of my musical taste!! lets see what "USA" has to offer via "John" at the record store !!...Can't say I have heard of this singer so I had to "Google" him to find out some info...turns out that he is a "Scottish" folk singer from the 60's...

 Alastair Ian "Al" Stewart (born 5 September 1945) is a Glasgow-born singer-songwriter and folk-rock musician who rose to prominence as part of the British folk revival in the 1960s and 1970s. He developed a unique style of combining folk-rock songs with delicately woven tales of characters and events from history.

Year of the Cat is the seventh studio album by Al Stewart, released in 1976. It was produced and engineered by Alan Parsons. Its sales helped by the hit single "Year of the Cat", co-written by Peter Wood and described by AllMusic as "one of those 'mysterious woman' songs", the album was a top five hit in the United States. The other single from the album was "On the Border". "On The Border" reached number 47 in Canada.

In the United States, Year of the Cat was certified platinum in March 1977, indicating sales of more than one million copies.

This was first posted on here in Sept 2016...so my initial comments under the front cover might not make much sense to the newer people that are looking in !

But these RePost's  seem to be better the second time around  of my listening to them.

Alan Parsons' production and rich arrangements were widely praised. By 1987, Year of the Cat had become a popular record used for hi-fi demonstration.

Chris Woodstra called Year of the Cat Al Stewart's masterpiece. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic agreed, calling it the perfection of Stewart's sound and style.

       Yep ! I definitely missed the HI-FI bit...It does sound Great !!! 

        2. On The Border.

        7. Broadway Hotel.

Teach Me Tiger...April Stevens.

What a different voice as sexy as the cover!!...well worth a listen if you have not heard of "April"

Caroline Vincinette LoTempio (April 29, 1929 – April 17, 2023), known professionally as April Stevens, was an American Grammy Award-winning singer of traditional pop, best known for her collaborations with her younger brother, Nino Tempo, as Nino Tempo & April Stevens. Stevens was an inductee in the Niagara Falls Music Hall of Fame

 In 1959 April had a US charts hit with the song "Teach Me Tiger", which caused a minor uproar for its sexual suggestiveness and consequently did not receive airplay on many radio stations. The song peaked at No. 86 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Teach Me Tiger! Review by Jason Ankeny...Of AllMusic.

Teach Me Tiger! represents some kind of absurd apotheosis in post-Julie London pop seduction -- April Stevens' vocals are so breathy that one can't help but wonder whether the poor girl spent the recording session hooked up to a respirator machine. Calculated naughtiness that's ultimately as innocent as a lamb, the album luxuriates in the double entendres and nudge-nudge-wink-wink eroticism of a simpler time. Henri René's lush, knowing arrangements perfectly complement Stevens' starry-eyed interpretations of the songs. 

     1. Teach Me Tiger. 

You Can All Join In...VA.

Here's the first of 3 very different compilation L/P.s, and one that will definitely tell  you where they came from !!

      5. Pearly Queen

      12. Gasoline Alley

Great Country Gospel Groups...VA.

Ok folks number 2..

1. I'll Be Going To Heaven Soon.....Flatt & Scruggs.

2. Just A Little Time With Jesus.....The Stanley Brothers.

3. That Little Old Country Church House......The Masters Family

4. Come Sweet Chariot.....Tommy And the Chanters.

5. Are You Washed in The Blood.....Carl Story & The Rambling Mountaineers.

1. The Farmer And The Lord...T. Tommy & Jim Wilson With The Chanters.

2. Bouquet In Heaven.....Flatt & Scruggs.

3. The Man Of Galilee.....The Masters Family.

4. A Song In My Soul.....The Stamps Quartet

5. He Will Set Your Fields On Fire.....Carl Story And The Rambling Mountaineers.

      4. Come Sweet Chariot.

Songs Of New Zealand...The New Zealand Maori Chorale.

I Guess the guessing is over !!!....Thanks NZ for this one and the one Above & the ones Below !!....Cheers John !

       5.  He  Wawata  (Now is the Hour) Love Songs Ect...

A Vision Shared.A Tribute To Woody Guthrie & Leadbelly..VA.

Folkways: A Vision Shared – A Tribute to Woody Guthrie & Leadbelly is a 1988 album featuring songs by Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly interpreted by leading folk, rock, and country recording artists. It won a Grammy Award the same year.

4 Very Different Compilation  L/P's (Albums) !!...Hope you enjoyed them !!

        6. Rock Island Line.

       12. Goodnight Irene.

The Very Best Of The Corries.

The Corries were a Scottish folk group that emerged from the Scottish folk revival of the early 1960s. The group was a trio from their formation until 1966 when founder Bill Smith left the band, but Roy Williamson and Ronnie Browne continued as a duo until Williamson's death in 1990.

They are particularly known for the song "Flower of Scotland", written by Williamson, which has become an unofficial national anthem of Scotland.

      2. Wha  Wadna Fecht For Charlie

      4. I Will Go.

Million Records Hits...Slim Whitman.

It's possible that I have most of these tracks on my 78 rpm Blog !!...I'm not to sure if these are the original 50's tracks that was recorded on "London" label. 78's...

Still haven't had any luck getting anymore 78's...it seems that in England they all seem to go to the Tip or in a Skip to be destroyed !.. i am sure that they must be loads waiting to be found in lofts & garages gathering Dust .. Here's hoping !!! I might find a Skip that full of them some day !!

      1. Indian Love Call.

Teen Beat...Sandy Nelson.

Sandy Lloyd Nelson (December 1, 1938 – February 14, 2022) was an American drummer. Nelson, one of the best-known rock and modern jazz drummers of the late 1950s and early 1960s, had several solo instrumental Top 40 hits and released over 30 albums. He was a session drummer on many other well-known hits. He lived in Boulder City, Nevada, where he continued to experiment with music on keyboards and piano.

His instrumental recording "Teen Beat", on Original Sound Records, rose to number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1959. It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc. 

1. Teen Beat.

2. Jivin; Around Part 1 - 2.

3. Funny Face.

4. The Wiggle.

5. Rainy Day.

6. Drum Party.

1. In the Mood.

2. Alexes.

3. Lost Dreams.

4. I'm Walking. 

5. Boom Chicka Boon.

6. Party Time.

        1. In The Mood.

Peggy 'n' Mike Seeger Sing.

Margaret "Peggy" Seeger (born June 17, 1935) is an American folk singer and songwriter. She has lived in Britain for more than 60 years and was married to the singer-songwriter Ewan MacColl until his death in 1989. She is a member of the Seeger family of musicians.

Mike Seeger (August 15, 1933 – August 7, 2009) was an American folk musician and folklorist. He was a distinctive singer and an accomplished musician who mainly played autoharp, banjo, fiddle, dulcimer, guitar, harmonica, mandolin, dobro, jaw harp, and pan pipes. Seeger, a half-brother of Pete Seeger, produced more than 30 documentary recordings, and performed in more than 40 other recordings. He desired to make known the caretakers of culture that inspired and taught him. He was posthumously inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2018.

1. Worried Man Blues

2. Arizona

3. Come All Ye Fair And Tender Ladies

4. Little Birdie

5. Old Shoes And Leggings

6. John Riley

7. A Miner's Prayer

8. Lord Thomas And Fair Ellender

9. Shady Grove

1. Fod

2. Streets Of Laredo

3. The Soldier's Farewell

4. When First To This Country A Stranger I Came

5. A Drunkard's Child

6. Clinch Mountain Backstep

7. The Romish Lady

8. Single Girl

9. The Ram Of Derby

       5. A Drunkards Child.

      6. Clinch Mountain Backstep

Big Country Hits...The Statler Brothers.

 Still In The Country / Folksy Mood with John's L/P (Albums) in NZ...and both feet are now firmly on the ground ...after the floating experience of Zero Gravity !!

      1. Daddy Sang Bass

The Best Of The Kingston Trio.

We are now going all folksy and back on the other side of the world ..Just hitched a lift from below "The Enterprise" so in a flash we are in NZ !!

The Kingston Trio.

The Kingston Trio is an American folk and pop music group that helped launch the folk revival of the late 1950s to the late 1960s. The group started as a San Francisco Bay Area nightclub act with an original lineup of Dave Guard, Bob Shane, and Nick Reynolds. 

The Kingston Trio was one of the most prominent groups of the era's folk-pop boom, which they kick-started in 1958 with the release of the Trio's eponymous first album and its hit recording of "Tom Dooley", which became a number one hit and sold over three million copies as a single.

     6. Everglades.

Mr Spock's Music From Outer Space...Leonard Nimoy.

We are still with Luc !...and this is quite  a surprise !....so thanks once again Luc !

       1. Theme From Star Trek

        11. A Visit To A Sad Planet.