Hugo Winterhalter

 Not Guitars But a whole lot of Strings to keep you whirling around the floor to a gentle Latin Beat !!

1. Granada

2. Vaya Con Dios

3. Ecstacy Tango

4. Delicado

5. Isabel's Dream

6. Fandango

1. La Espanola (The Spanish Doll)

2. Valencia

3. Come Closer To Me (Acerte Mas)

4. The Peanut Vendor

5. La Macarena ( The Bullfighters Song)

6. Latin Lady

            6. Latin Lady 

Frank Virtue And The Virtues

 Still with the Guitar but this one has the Shuffle Beat !....Thanks Tony !!

1. Guitar Shuffle 65

2. Dream World

3. Night Train

4. Caravan

5. Poinciana

6. Anniversary Song

1. Gamblers Guitar

2. Honky Tonk

3. Cotton Candy

4. Begin The Beguine

5. Storm On The Ocean

6. Love You

          3. Night Train

The String -A - Longs

 Some Guitar Music now.....lets hope this link does String Along !!....another one from Tony...Cheers T

1. Wheels

2. Are You Lonesome Tonight

3. Sentimental Journey

4. Perfidia

5. Panic Button

6. Torquay

1. Red River Twist

2. Bulldog

3. Harbour Light

4. Nearly Sunrise

5. Walk Don't Run

6. Save The Last Dance For Me

         5. Walk Don't Run

Bing Crosby.

One from across the channel now from "Bob"...there is some info on the back but does not refer to this recording....by the sound of the orchestra and arrangments would have a guess at the late70's early 80's...does anybody know any different ??

          4. Heat Wave

Crispian St Peters

 So earlier we had "Follow Me" so we will just like "The Pied Piper !!!.....Thanks Tony for this !

1. The Pied Piper

2. But She's Untrue

3. Goodbye To You

4. Willingly

5. At This Moment

6. That's The Way I Feel

1. You Were On My Mind

2. Your Love Has Gone

3. Jilly Honey

4. So Long

5. My Little Brown Eyes

6. It's A Funny Feeling

      6. Its A Funny Feeling

Helmut Zacharias & Orchestra

 Here's a couple from "Bob" featuring that guy with the "Magic" Violin's being romantic.. and "Ole" doing all that fiddling in "Spain"......Great easy listening and relaxing mode !!!

          3. Manha De Carnaval 

Helmut Zacharias & Orchestra

I suppose with this one you can either keep on that nice comfortable easy chair or whatever you are sitting on or maybe !!..get up and Tango around the room !!!...whatever you do it's great music so relax and enjoy it !!!

            1. Bravo Torero

Bonjour Les Hits.V.A.

Seems like someone might have had a journey over the Channel and bought back more that "Duty Free" Wines & Beer !!!...Or maybe not !!.....and this one did'nt come from "Bob"!!!!!
The tracks are recorded non stop with no gaps hence the Side 1 & Side 2 files !!
A mixture of top singers and top hits in "English" and I guess "French" 

1. 99 Luftballoons...Nena
2. Come Back And Stay...Paul Young
3. Rendez-Vous...Alain Chamfort
4. I'm Only Shooting Love...Time Bandits
5. P.Y.T...Michael Jackson
6. Autodrive...Herbie Hancock

1. Envole-Moi...Jean-jacques Goldman
2. Uptown Girl...Billy Joel
3. Talkin' In Your Sleep...The Romantics
4. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun...Cyndi Lauper
5. No Tengo Dinero...Righeira
6. Breakdance...Irene Cara
7. Je Ne T'ecrirai Plus...Claude Barzotti

      

Country's Greatest Hits V.A.

At last a record company that doesn't scrimp on the truth !!....This is a double L/P that does provide world wide hits from the C&W Stable !!!...every one a "Classic".....So lets have a "Yeh Haw" for "Atlantic Gap"!!!!!!!!!!!!

1. Lucille...Kenny Rogers
2. Stand By Your Man...Tammy Wynette
3. By The Time I Get To Pheonix...Glen Campbell
4. Ode To Billy Joe...Bobbie Gentry
5. Always On My Mind

1. Honey...Bobby Goldsboro
2. Rose Garden...Lynn Anderson
3. A Boy Named Sue...Johnny Cash
4. Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue...Crystal Gayle
5. Funny How Time Slips Away...Willie Nelson
6. Games People Play...Joe South

1. Jolene...Dolly Parton
2. Take Me Home Country Roads...John Denver
3. Bobby McGee...Kris Kristofferson 
4. Oh Lonesome Me...Don Gibson
5. Long Long Time...Linda Ronstadt

1. Theme From The Dukes Of Hazard...Waylon Jennings
2. He'll Have To Go...Jim Reeves
3. Snowbird ...Anne Murry
4. Behind Close Doors...Charlie Rich
5. I Believe In You...Don Williams
6. Blanket On The Ground...Billie Jo Spears

 
          4. Ode To Billy Joe

LINKS NOW OK !

 All three links from yesterday are now ok...sooooooo back to the drawing board....expect experiments galore...to see if I can get the links to stay !!!

Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye.

Two of "Tamla Motown's" finest !!!....no need for comment just listen !!

1. You Are Everything
2. Love Twins
3. Don't Knock My Love
4. Your A Special Part Of Me
5. Pledging My Love

1. Just Say Just Say
2. Stop Look And Lsten To Your Heart
3. I'm Falling In Love With You
4. My Mistake Was To Love You
5. Include Me In Your Life

          4. My Mistake Was To Love You 

Aphrodite's Child

One from "Belgium" now thanks "Bob"....."Demis" at the start of his singing career I should think and all tracks in English which is good !!....surely the first track is the French Song "Chanson D'mour"???? Or have I got the title wrong seems familar to me !!

         4. Let Me Love Let Me Live 

Gene Pitney.

This L/P does include most of "Gene's" early 60's Hits so no moans from me about the content !!...Glad they called it "The Best Of " and not "Gene Pitney's Greatest Hits" then maybe I would have had a moan !!!...Most of his hits are included and I got a bit excited about the last track "Maria Elena" because that one of my favourite Tune/Song....BUT darn it! it's a different "Lady" altogether !!!

1. Town Without Pity
2. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence
3. Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa
4. Mecca
5. I'm Gonna Be Strong 
6. It Hurts To Be In Love
7. I Must Be Seeing Things
8. Looking Thru The Eyes Of love

1. Just One Smile
2. Nobody Needs Your Love
3. Backstage
4. Something's Gotta Hold Of My Heart 
5. Somewhere In The Country
6. In The Cold Light Of day
7. Yours Untill Tomorrow
8. Maria Elena 

          2. Nobody Needs Your Love

Missing Comments HELP!

 I wonder if anyone can help with the problem of my missing comments and links !!...its been happening now for a couple of weeks....sent a msg to Blogger but they have not answered me yet...what happens is on some of my posts (not all of them) the comment with the link is there when I check it...but after a while it disappears....It seems that Blogger (BOTS) have flagged it as SPAM !..it is easy to get it back by clicking on the tick that indicates that it is not SPAM......but still the people can't download the file because the link is not there....I have done everything that the instructions says about publishing the files and clicking the tick for it not being Spam...But am I missing something !!!!.....It has also happened to my other Blogs so I have to go on to them and make sure that the files are not flagged as Spam....I does seem a bit strange that it does not happen to every post and the time that it takes for the comment to disappear....because I check on how many people have downloaded the file before it's gone and there are many people that have downloaded the file.

I have also Googled the problem but nothing very precise about what to do except follow the instructions on Blogger which I have done...All Very Strange !.....any any info would be appreciated thanks....Cheers Luigi...

Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

I hope all the Cats are Purring' with this "Best Of"...and for once it is just that !!

1. In The Mood

2. Moonlight Serenade

3. Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree

4. Tuxedo Junction

5. A String Of Pearls

6. Pennsylvania 6-5000

7. Chattanooga Choo-Choo

8. American Patrol

9. I've Got A Girl In Kalamazoo

10. On A Little Street In Singapore

11. A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

12. Little Brown Jug

13. When You Wish Upon A Star

14. The Woodpecker Song

15. Fools Rush In

16. Blueberry Hill

17. Over The Rainbow

18. Serenade In Blue

19. When Johnny Come Marching Home

20. In The Mood....vocal Jodie Prenger

21. The St Louis Blues March

22. G.I Jive

23. Over There

24. Stardust

          4. Tuxedo Junction

           5. A String Of Pearls

V.A. Fingers Off

I should imagine that this compilation was a sales gimmick from the "Levi's Jeans" company...No relivant details on the back....a couple of well known hits padded out with lesser known tracks....Can't see the connection on the front cover to anything....Ok maybe it means fingers off the "Levi Strauss" button !!!....I wonder if it came with every pair of Jeans that you bought in 1982 !!!

1. Golden Brown...The Stranglers
2. Dance Away...Roxy Music
3. Flashback...Imagination
4. Visions Of China...Japan
5. Eighth Day...Hazel O'Connor
6. Street Life...Crusaders
7. Young Parisians...Adam And The Ants

1. Girls On Film...Duran Duran
2. Intuition...Linx
3. I Am The Beat...The Look
4. Turning Japanese...Vapors
5. Special Brew...Bad Manners
6. Guilty...Classix Nouveaux
7. Joan Of Arc...O.M.D

           2. Dance Away
 

Paul Nicholas.

Surprisingly this is a good L/P and although it consists of well known standard songs that have been done by countless number of singers and the arrangements do not stray to far from the originals Paul's voice has that "Not quite singing" "Not quite talking " Voice that suits this selection of songs !!...I enjoyed it !!!

Paul Nicholas (born Paul Oscar Beuselinck; 3 December 1944) is an English actor and singer. He started out with a pop career, but soon changed to musical theatre, playing the lead role in Jesus Christ Superstar at the West End’s Palace Theatre in 1972. Later, in the 1970s, he returned to the pop charts, and he began an acting career – starring in the 1983 BBC sitcom Just Good Friends, for which he is best known. The show won a BAFTA and Nicholas was also nominated for best comedy performance. After the show ended, he returned to musical theatre and various other entertainment roles.

1. Just Good Friends
2. You Don't Bring Me Flowers
3. I'm Not In Love
4. Air That I Breathe
5. Made It Thru The Rain
6. You Light Up My Life

1. Sometimes When We Touch
2. If Yopu Leave Me Now
3. Always A Woman To Me 
4. Lady In Red
5. All Because Of Love
6. Fool If You Think Its Over 
7. Don't Wanna Go Home Alone

           6. Fool If You Think Its Over

Foreigner.

We are now going time hopping again courtesy of my sister "Rina" this time to the Eighties
 !!.there is going to be quite a few from her so its going to be a mixed lot from now on reflecting her musical taste...so I might be a bit sparse on the description's....feel free to comment on them !!!

1. Tooth And Nail
2. That Was Yesterday
3. I Want To Know What Love Is 
4. Growing Up The Hard Way
5. Reaction To Action

1. Stranger In My Own House 
2. A Love In Vain
3. Down On Love
4. Two Different Worlds 
5. She's Too Tough 

           1. I Want To Know What Love Is

The Bachelors.

Now after that visit to "Nutty Ash" we go over the water to Ireland to "Dublin" to join 3 Lads with a distinctive Vocal Sound !!...As you can see by the sleeve it is a "2 Record Set" and the sound has been "Electronically Created Stereo"....NOW usually when a record company does that it usually sounds all "Echowee"..BUT thankfully this one there's not an echo in ear shot !!
They still mantain there signature theme of songs that consist of Girls names this one has six !! and the rest of the L/P is filled with a mixture of standards and 70's songs plus a couple of "Live Tracks"....seems a bit mean only putting 5 tracks a side..And the back cover is the same as the front so I've not scanned it..instead information is from the Inside !!

1. Cecelia
2. Gonna Build A Mountain
3. Walk With Faith In Your Heart
4. The Sound Of Silence
5. Marie

1. Marta
2. Homeward Bound
3. I'll Walk With God
4. Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing
5. My Foolish Heart

1. Climb Every Mountain
2. Love Me With All Your Heart
3. Margie
4. 3 O'Clock Flamingo Street
5.Hello Dolly

1. Well Respected Man
2. Elusive Butterfly
3. Chapel In The Moonlight
4. You'll Never Walk Alone
5. Mame

 
          5. Marie

Frank Virtue And The Virtues

Guitar music with a shuffle !!...Can't Be Bad !.......Thanks Tony for this one !!

The Virtues were an early American rock and roll band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

The group formed around leader Frank Virtue (January 21, 1923 – June 11, 1994), who played the violin as a child and took up the guitar and the double bass as a teenager. 

By this time, the group's lineup had expanded, with Virtue on the bass, John Renner on the saxophone, Jimmy Bruno on guitar, Joe Vespe on drums, and Dave Kaplin as an occasional vocalist. Under the name the Virtues, they released a rock reworking of Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith's country hit "Guitar Boogie" in 1958 under the title "Guitar Boogie Shuffle", on the Hunt label. The instrumental became a major hit in the U.S., peaking at #27 on the Black Singles chart and #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1959.

1. Anna

2. Highland Guitar

3. Toodle Loo Kangaroo

4. Pluckin' Plankin' Boogie

5. Constantly

6. Cotton Candy

1. Marching Guitars

2. Third Man Theme Cah-Cha-Cha

3. White Buck Shoes

4. Guitars In The Round

5. Rollin' And A Rockin'

6. Taboo

        2, Highland Guitar

The Brooks Brothers

The Brook Brothers were an English pop duo composed of Geoff Brook (born Geoffrey Owen Brooks, 12 April 1943, Winchester, Hampshire) and Ricky Brook (born Richard Alan Brooks, 24 October 1940, Winchester, Hampshire).

The Brook Brothers started out as a skiffle group in 1956 but, after winning a television talent show, changed their look and sound to approximate the style of The Everly Brothers. They signed to Top Rank Records in 1960 and released a cover of the song "Greenfields" by The Brothers Four the same year. The tune was a hit in Italy but attracted little notice in their home country. After a few more singles were released, they switched to Pye Records, and their second release for them, "Warpaint" (written by Howard Greenfield and Barry Mann), became a UK Top 5 hit.

      10. Look For A Star

Ken Dodd.

Here comes the guy from "Nutty Ash" with the funny teeth and "Tickling Stick" accompanied not by his "Diddy Men" but by an Orchestra singing his Hit song "Tears" followed by a selection of semi-well known songs !!!

Sir Kenneth Arthur Dodd OBE (8 November 1927 – 11 March 2018) was an English comedian, singer and occasional actor. He was described as "the last great music hall entertainer", and was primarily known for his live stand-up performances. His stand-up comedy style was fast and relied on the rapid delivery of one-liner jokes. He said that his comic influences included other Liverpool comedians like Arthur Askey, Robb Wilton, Tommy Handley and the "cheeky chappy" from Brighton, Max Miller.

Dodd had many hit records, charting on 18 occasions in the UK Top 40, including his first single "Love Is Like a Violin" (1960), produced on Decca Records by Alex Wharton, which charted at number 8 (UK). His version of Bill Anderson's song "Happiness" charted in 1964 and became Dodd's signature song....Dodd's recording of "Tears" on the Columbia label topped the UK singles chart for five weeks in 1965, becoming the biggest hit single in Britain that year and selling over a million copies in the UK alone. The recording is the third best selling song of the 1960s in Britain; at the time it was the UK's biggest selling single by a solo artist, and remains one of the biggest selling singles of all time.

1. Tears
2. Only A Rose
3. How Wonderful To Know
4. I'll Find A Way
5. Moonlight Clair De Lune
6. Only You

1. What A Wonderful World
2. Happy Days And Lonely Nights
3. For Somebody Special
4. If I Should Lose
5. Sweet Memories
6.Last Mile Home

          2. Happy Days And Lonely Nights

Showaddywaddy.

Change of style and pace now with some Good Old "Rock'N' Roll "with the group with the tongue twisting name !!

Showaddywaddy are a rock and roll group from Leicester, England. They specialise in revivals of hit songs from the 1950s and early 1960s, while also issuing original material. Showaddywaddy spent 209 weeks on the UK Singles Chart, and had 10 Top Ten singles, with one reaching number one.

1. Hey Rock And Roll
2. Rock'n' Roll Lady
3. Sweet Music
4. Chain Gang
5. King Of The Jive
6. Trocadero

1. Three Steps To Heaven
2. Heartbeat
3. Heavenly
4. Johnny Remenber Me
5. Under The Moon Of Love
6. Hey Mr Christmas

          2. Rock And Roll Lady