Tony Bennett

Volume 3 of Tony's early recordings 78's/45's

1. Someone Turned The Moon Upside Down

2. Why Does It Have To Be Me

3. Until Yesterday (Non e La Pioggia)

4. Please Driver Once Around The Park Again

5. There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight

6. My Heart Won't Say Goodbye

7. Take Me Back Again

8. Not As A Stranger

9. Cinnamon Sinner

10. Funny Thing

11. Punch And Judy Love

12. Shoo-Gah (My Pretty Sugar)

13. Close Your Eyes

14. It's Too Soon To Know

15. What Will I Tell My Heart

16. Don't Tell Me Why (Pitie Senorita)

17. How Can I Replace You

 

        15. What Shall I Tell My Heart

        12. Shoo-Gah (My Pretty Sugar)

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

A Music For Pleasure Release of some of Ella's & Louis tracks

1. Don't Be That Way

2. Makin' Whoopee

3. They All Laughed

4. Comes Love

5. Autumn In New York

1. Lets Do it

2. Stompin' At The Savoy

3. I Won't Dance

4. Gee Baby Ain't I Good For You

          7. Stompin' At The Savoy

Burt Bacharach

More smooth tunes from the pens of Bacharach & Hal David !

          3. Bond Street

Bobby Gentry

This one has been recorded as Side One & Side Two...taking in the interludes that are between tracks !

Concert Favourites 2.WRC.

 Another Classic Selection from "Readers Digest".....got to have a little "Up Market" sounds too keep the balance and keep everybody out there interested !!!!..Once again...
"The New Symphony Orchestra Of London" is Conducted By "Rene Leibowitz"

1. H.M.S. Pinafore
2. Hora Staccato
3. Minuet from Quintet In A
4. Ritual Fire Dance
5. The Skaters Waltz

1. Naila Waltz
2. The Flight Of The Bumble Bee
3. Humoresque
4. Suite From Porgy And Bess

    2. Hora Staccato

Ella Fitzgerald.

 Here's Ella Having a Go at Country & Western....I Believe that this was originally a "Capitol Records" release called "Misty Blue".....

1. Misty Blue
2. Walkin' In The Sunshine
3. It's Only Love
4. Evil On Your Mind
5. I Taught Him Everything He Knows
6. Don't let The Doorknob Hit You

1. Turn The World Around The Other Way
2. The Chokin' Kind
3. Born To Lose
4. This Gun Don't Care
5. Don't Touch Me

       2. The Chokin' Kind

Malcolm Lockyer & Orchestra.

 This L/P is part of a collection from "The Readers Digest".....and a good collection of Film Music.....Recorded By "Malcolm Lockyer And His Concert Orchestra"....Soooooo as the T/V advert says.."It does what it says on the Tin"!!!!!

1. Around The World
2. The Harry Lime Theme
3. Cornish Rhapsody
4. Carioca
5. Terry's Theme
6. Falling In Love Again

1. Begin The Beguine
2. March Of The Siamese Children
3. The Dream Of Olwin
4. Three Coins In The Fountain
5. Anna
6. High Noon

          11. Anna

Shirley Bassey.

This one from "Dame Shirl"was recorded in "Vancouver"or at least the vocals were and it seems that the music was recorded and mixed in "Hollywood"...so it tells us on the back sleeve !!!......Now that to me is a bit disillusioned....I always imagine that a great singer like Shirley would want to have the orchestra at the back of her and record it "Live".....But I suppose that this goes on quite a bit when the two factors can't be in the recording studio at the same time.....It does not deter the fact that this is still a great L/P with some great tracks and "Shirl" in in a quieter mode.....Hey Ho !!...the wonders of technology go on and on and on !!!

1. All By Myself
2. This Masquerade
3. If And When
4. He's Out Of My Life
5. New York State Of Mind

1. Can You Read My Mind
2. Only When I Laugh
3. Solitaire
4. New York Medley
5. We Don't Cry Out Loud

    4. He's Out Of my Life.

Deep Purple

Now we have something here that may surprise a few people !!

The Concerto for Group and Orchestra is a concerto composed by Jon Lord, with lyrics written by Ian Gillan. It was first performed by Deep Purple and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Arnold on 24 September 1969 and released on vinyl in December 1969. After the score was lost in 1970, it was performed again in 1999 with a recreated score. The 1969 performance was the first ever combination of rock music and a complete orchestra..

 Man from Mordor9 March 2018 at 14:32

Thanks for this post. I was in the audience at the Royal Albert Hall in September 1969 to hear this performance. Deep Purple were one of several bands to attempt to marry rock and classical - to varying degrees of success. Another, and well worth exploring, is that to The Nice (Keith Emerson) who were commissioned to produce a work for the Newcastle Arts Festival and came up with "The Five Bridges Suite" which was performed and recorded with complete symphony orchestra conducted by Joseph Eger. (Sir) Malcolm Arnold, conductor on the Deep Purple recording was a Northamptonshire lad who became principal trumpet player for the London Philharmonic. He composed a lot of music, including nine symphonies. He is (sadly considering his wonderful classical compositions) probably best remembered for his film scores, which included The Bridge On The River Kwai, Inn of The Sixth Happiness and the series of 50s St Trinian's films. Malcolm died in 2006, and Jon Lord succumbed in 2012 to the big 'C' - both sad losses.

Evita..Original London Cast

The Original London Cast Recording.....The cover is all silver so the scan is not too good...Light reflection on the silver ect !!...Recorded As Side 1 and Side 2

 1. Requiem For Evita

2. Oh What a Circus / Requiem

3. On This Night Of A Thousand Stars

4. Buenos Aires

5. Good Night And Thank You

6. I'd Be Surprisingly Good For You

7. Another Suitcase In Another Hall

8. A New Argentina

1. Don't Cry For Me Argentina

2. High Flying Adored

3. Rainbow High

4. And The Money Keep Rollin In

5. Waltz For Eva And Che

6. She Is A Diamond

7. Lament

Max Jaffa & His Orchestra

A dreamy set of tunes from a top Violin player of the 50's / 60's so go with the flow !!

Keely Smith.

If any of you out there are not familiar with "Keely's" work and sound then this is the one you should listen to...all the track are swingers she even manages to swing"Stardust"and you wont believe what she does to "Indian Love Call".....This along with "The Beatles Songbook"..I reckon are the best she has recorded...BUT don't take my word for it give it a download....Can't say which is the best track because they are al A1 first class !!

1. Its Magic
2. It's Been A Long Long Time
3. Stormy Weather
4. Indian Love Call
5. The Nearness Of You
6. What Is This Thing Called Love

1. The Man I Love
2. You're Driving Me Crazy
3. Stardust
4. There Will Never Be Another You
5. Someone To Watch Over Me
6. What Can I say After I Say I'm Sorry

          4. Indian Love Call

Peggy Lee

 This seems to be some early recordings of Peggy's doesn't say on the back the date of them but by the sound of her voice and some of the small combo's that accompany her I think its early 50's its a good one very varied....Also it doesn't give any information on the orchestra's

1. Hold Me
2. A Nightingale Can Sing The Blues
3. Swing Low Sweet Chariot
4. Every Night
5. Uninvited Dreams
6. Cannonball Express

1. Stormy Weather
2. Somebody Loves Me
3. Birmingham Jail
4. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
5. Where Are You
6. Just a Shade On The Blue Side

 

      3. Birmingham Jail

Dusty Springfield.

Here's Dusty looking and singing before her move to the USA...

1. Lost
2. Bad Case Of The Blues
3. Never Love Again
4. Let Me Get In Your Way
5. Let's Get Together Soon

1. Brand New Me
2. Joe
3. Silly Silly Fool
4. The Star Of My Show
5. Lets Talk it Over

    4. Brand New Me

George Shearing

Some cool piano jazz now...It Seems that every other track is from a live performance but it doesn't tell you when and where !!

         08. September In The Rain   

Show Boat....London Production

 This is the London 1971 production it opened at "The Adelphi Theatre" on July 29th 1971....Once again I should imagine quite different from the film as there are more songs recorded..There is a great version on here of "Can't Help Lovin' That Man" well worth the download just for that track !

Listening to the above mentioned track I think that it is the best version of that song that I have heard !!...Cleo is in excellent voice on all the songs she sings...On the whole this is an excellent recording of the "Show"....BUT I can't get the film version with "Kathryn Grayson" and "Howard Keel" out of my mind....To me that is the definitive version of the songs.....There is still a bit of controversy over the songs that "Ava Gardner" sings and that includes "Can't Help Loving That Man"......whether or not she actually did sing them or was she "Ghosted" that is another person sang for her....I vaguely remember somewhere hearing her actually singing "Loving That Man" then the soundtrack was played and it sounded the same to me !!!....no doubt someone will know...be interesting to find out !!!

Anonymous...29 September 2017 at 07:34

On the film soundtrack Ava Gardner was ghosted by Annette Warren.

That is fully documented and covered in numerous books and articles

 1. Cotton Blossom....Cast

2. Where's The Mate For Me....Andre Jobin

3. Make Believe....Andre Jobin & Lorna Dallas

4. Can't Help Lovin' That Man...Cleo Laine. Lorna Dallas. Ena Cabayo.Thomas Carey

5. I Might Fall Back On You....Jan Hunt & Kenneth Nelson

6. Old Man River....Thomas Carey

7. Queenie's Ballyhoo

1. At The Fair....Cast

2. Nobody Else But Me....Cleo Laine

3. How'd You Like To Spoon With Me....Jan Hunt & Kenneth Nelson

4. You Are Love....Andre Jobin & Lorna Dallas

5. Bill....Cleo Laine

6. Dance Away The Night....Kenneth Nelson

7. Why Do I Love You....Lorna Dallas & Andre Jobin

8. Finale...Thomas Carey & Cast

          4. Can't Help Lovin' That Man

         

Petula Clark

Not got this one so thanks John !...a mixture of songs sung fantastically as only Pet can do !!
And at the age of 91 a video of a track from her latest CD proves that she still has that OOmph !!!..and its below !!!

          10. The Fool On The Hill

Petula Clark - Sacrifice My Heart (Official Video)

Disney Adventures In Jazz .VA

Disney songs given a Jazz make over.....followed by 2 "Jazz Loves Disney" with the vocals

If you want to hear something different then give these three a listen to !

They are  great interpretations of the classic Disney Songs !

I should think that everybody must have or should have a favourite Disney song !!....here's a Trio of music tracks that certainly puts a different slant on some well known songs / tunes hope you enjoy them !!!....as much as I do !!

          1. Zip A Dee Doo Dah
 

Jazz Loves Disney..VA

Jazz Loves Disney is the twelfth album in the We Love Disney series. It features Disney songs performed in jazz rhythm. Although it was released in France, the album only has two songs performed in French as all the others songs are sung in English. 

The album "  Jazz Loves Disney", a highly anticipated album created by producer Jay Newland , who worked alongside Gregory Porter , Etta James  and  Norah Jones, among others . The arrangements and realization were entrusted to Rob Mounsey . 

This project, recorded between Paris, London and Los Angeles, takes the greatest classics of Disney films and brings together the biggest names in the French and international jazz scene as Gregory Porter , Anne Sila , Melody Gardot , China Moses Jamie Cullum . So you can listen in a new version these songs that have rocked our childhood and continue to enchant us again!

          6. I Wanna Be Like You