Re-Post Requested By Phil Z From Downunder
Will now be starting to post some of the L/P's that I borrowed at
Xmas so keep a lookout for some different and strange ones !!...As I
said earlier my comments are going to be short as some of them I've
never played before so its up to you out there in the "Cosmos"to fill in
the details if needed....Will also be Re-Posting some that the links
have run out...Soooooooooooo here is the first one !!!!.......Seen the
film but can't remember the soundtrack except of course the
Title....It's more likely one of those films that the soundtrack is in
the background !!!
1. Wild Women Do...Natalie Cole
2. Fame 90...David Bowie
3. King Of Wishful Thinking...Go West
4. Tangled...Jane Wiedlin
5. It Must Have Been Love...Roxette
6. Life In Detail
1. No Explanation...Peter Cetera
2. Real Wild Child...Christopher Otcasek
3. Fallen Lauren Wood
4. Oh Pretty Woman...Roy Orbison
5. Show Me Your Soul...Red Hot Chilli Peppers
I will leave the comments to the Fans of "The Dubliners"....I have listened to this L/P a couple of times but couldn't seem to get into it at all !!.
1. McAlpines Fusiliers
2. Finnegans Wake
3. Rocky Road To Dublin
4. Home Boys Home
5. The Patriot Game
6. Monto
1. The Holy Ground
2. The Wild Rover
3. Masons Apron
4. Boulavogue
5. Master Mcgrath
6. The Leaving Of Liverpool
Here's a great L/P all full of 50's magic !!....I had most of these tracks on 45's in my younger days !!....But it's great to hear them in "Stereo" and it's one I will play again ! and again ! and again ! and again !!!!!
1. Side By Side
2. So Tired
3. Mississippi
4. I'm The Lonesomest Gal In Town
5. Half A Photograph
6. Comes a Long a Love
1. Bonapartes Retreat
2. Wheel Of Fortune
3. The Rock And Roll Waltz
4. Hoop Dee Doo
5. Allez Vous En Go Away
6. Foolin' Around
We seem to be in the 70's now !!...with Bryan minus "Roxy" !!!...love the track "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"...But definatly not his version of one of my favourite songs "Funny How Time Slips Away"...He should have done it like "Smoke" !!!...I think that some of the tracks were over produced ! if that makes sense !!...comments please !!!
1. The In Crowd
2. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
3. Walk a Mile In My Shoes
4. Funny How Time Slips Away
5. You Are My Sunshine
1. (What A) Wonderful World
2. It Ain't Me Babe
3. Fingerpoppin'
4. Help Me Make It Through The Night
5. Another Time Another Place
Relax now with the orchestra of "The Above Gentleman"......
The Peddlers always seem to put a different slant on most of their cover versions of songs and this L/P is no different..when you first hear Track One I doubt whether you would guess what it was !!....This one and the two below thank you "John" for them !!!... didn't even get on that carpet !!!..aint technology Cool and great !!!
Bonus Tracks.....
That's Life
Wasting My Time
Steel Mill
Here's a masterclass of singing and piano playing....Once again not played to much attention to "Ray's" singing in the past but this is a mature voice recorded in 1967...didn't realise Ray could sing "Falsetto" !!! and make it sound good !!
Ray asked Sid Feller to write all the arrangements on this album. The backing was standard big band or orchestra with strings. As an experiment, Ray sings with a high sustained falsetto that he tried, he said, “for no other reason than self-satisfaction.”
The fruity voice of "Marian" doing some "Swingin' with some well known songs !! A1 Classy Lady !!
We now have a gentle set of songs from the Irish Group.... it does say on the front cover "For Lovers Of All Ages"...but by the choice and sentiment of the songs and the couple on the front I would say "WRONG".....it's for the "Golden Day's" of the "Golden People " !!!!
1. If I Had To Live My Life Over
2. The Sunshine Of Your Smile
3. Let Me Call You Sweetheart
4. Let The Reat of The World Go By
5. Goodnight Irene
6. Beautiful Dreamer
7. Anniversary Waltz
8. Scarlet Ribbons
1. When I Grow To Old To Dream
2. Just A Song At Twilight
3. Maggie
4. Girl Of My Dreams
5. Liverpool Lou
6. When You Were Sweet Sixteen
7. I'l Be Your Sweetheart
8. I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen
Back to the 80's and "Adam and the Ants" in the guise of a "Wild West Combo" !!!....I guess this was before he became a "Highway Man" like "Stand And Deliver" !!!!
1. Dog Eat Dog
2. Antmusic
3. Feed Me To The Lions
4. Los Rancheros
5. Ants Invasion
6. Killer In The Home
1. King's Of The Wild Frontier
2. The Magnificent Five
3. Don't Be Square Be There
4. Jolly Roger
5. The Human Beings
News is that "Bob Dylan" has not yet acknowledged his "Nobel Prize" for Literature !!....so here is an early recording of his....I have not heard much of his work so can't make much of a comment !!...but here's a thought do I detect a slightly early development of the "Rap" !!! in his delivery !!....I did enjoy it... being that it was the first time I had actually heard a full L/P selection of songs !!...and I did recognise some of the songs !!
1. Subterranean Homesick Blues
2. She Belongs To Me
3. Maggies Farm
4. Love Minus Zero No Limit
5. Outlaw Blues
6. On The Road Again
7. Bob Dylan's 115th Dream
1. Mr Tambourine Man
2. Gates of Eden
3. It's Alright Ma I'm Only Bleedin'
4. It's All Over Now Baby Blue
This is not from the "Soundtrack" of the film but its a recording by "The London Philharmonic"..it's ticks all the boxes !!...and the second side is cool !!...I first thought when I heard it that it was "Holt's" "Planets"..because of the reference to Mars Mercury & Venus !!
but it seems the tracks were by a different composer !!
1. Main Title
2. Imperial Attack
3. Princess Leias Theme
4. Bens Death And Tie Fighter Attack
5. Lord Of The Sand People
6. Return Home
7. End Title
1. Theme From 2001
2. Battle Of The Planets (Mars)
3. Mercury / Venus
4. Space Tumble
Yehahh !!...a slice of "Nashville" !!!...Altogether Now !!! "one-two-three !! "one-two-three" !!!
1. Dear Heart
2. When You And i Were Young Maggie
3. Pearly Shells
4. Down The River Of Golden Dreams
5. Top Of The World
6. Rockin' Alone In an Old Rockin' Chair
1. Home On The Range
2. Say You'll Stay Untill Tomorrow
3. Paper Roses
4. I'm So Lonesome
5. Diane
6. I'll Be Home
A couple from "Belguim" now thanks "Bob"....this also sounds like some of his early recordings !!
What a good idea !!!...it's like the "Hooked On Classics" idea... new & old mixed and to me it works....I wonder if there's more out there in the similar vein !!...this one came from "Bob"...so I would imagine its a "Over The Channel Release" !!!!
Something from the 70's now....Great symphonic track his hit "Music" !!..and "Highfly" sounds familiar !!....and you can hear all the lyrics !!!...ref "Adam Ant" below !!!!
Piano tracks from the laid back style of "Joe Henderson" who at one time 50's & 60's was Petula Clark's pianist and companion for a while they recorded songs together and I believe he was also a song writer....his style is very laid back like a keyboard "Perry Como" !!!...this is the first time I've heard his solo L/P's and yep !! the boy had style !!
Didn't get to see the film but I believe it's a "Classic" about the "Mods & "Rockers" in the mid 60's 70's it put "The Who" firmly on the "Pop" ladder to fame !!...this is a double L/P with obviously 4 sides !!!
"Aznavour" singing his songs in English !!...great voice !!
Another singer I have not heard of but is great.... crystal clear voice... so thanks "John" for this one !!....I guess there must be loads of singers out there of this calibre that never got the recognition that they deserved...so have a listen and hear what might have been !!!
Betty Blake is not alone in being a singer people hear for the first time and wonder why she wasn’t a major star, but in her case the question is doubly bedeviling because she so clearly had it all. On her only album, In a Tender Mood, recorded for Bethlehem in 1961, she is simply spectacular: swooning and seductive on the exotic ballad “Moon and Sand,” with its spare, tropical flavor enhanced by guitarist Kenny Burrell; vivacious and swinging on “Let There Be Love,” a soaring sentiment goosed along by Mel Waldron’s rich arrangement centered on textures alternately soothing and celebratory; positively sensual and engagingly didactic on “It’s So Peaceful In the Country,” delivered in a pastoral setting enhanced by Burrell’s sexy guitar, Teddy Charles’ atmospheric vibes, and the warm sax work of Zoot Sims. Many of the songs here are written or co-written by Alec Wilder, who worked in both the classical and pop fields with great success (Sinatra once conducted an album of Wilder’s classical compositions). After ’61 Betty Blake was never heard from again until 2001, when notices appeared of her death from cancer at age 63. Twelve pages into a Google search produces nothing save press release boilerplate about her album reissue. Gone Girl,truly!
