Blasts From The Past---Vol 5

Catching Up With Some of the lesser known 45's

1. Samba Pa Ti.....Santana

2. Incident At Neshabur

3. Substitute......The Who

4. Waltz for A Pig.....The Who

5. The Harder I Try.....Brother Beyond

6. Remember Me......Brother Beyond

7. When A Heart Beats......Nik Kershaw

8. Wild Horses......Nik Kershaw

9. Kings Of The Wild Frontier.......Adam & The Ants

10. Press Darlings......Adam & The Ants

11. Le Freak......Chic

12. Savoir Faire......Chic

13. Super Trooper......ABBA

14. I Am The Walrus......The Beatles

15. The Wild Boys......Duran Duran

16. Cracks In The Pavement......Duran Duran

17. Your A Lady......Peter Skellern

18. Manifesto......Peter Skellern

19. I Second That Emotion...... Diana Ross & The Supremes

20. The Way You Do The Things You Do......Diana Ross & The Supremes

21. The Bull......Mike Theodore & His Orchestra

22. I Love The Way You Move.......Mike Theodore & His Orchestra

23. I Will Survive......Gloria Gaynor

24. Anybody Wanna Party......Gloria Gaynor

          9. Kings Of The Wild Frontier

          21. The Bull

Vikki Carr

I guess that this is the first L/p from the powerful voice of Vikki Carr so enjoy the "Discovery" !

1. Surrey With The Fringe On The Top

2. I Cry Alone

3. Put Your Arms Around Me Honey

4. Bluesette

5. Poor Butterfly. Stay

6. Don't Talk To Me

1. Should I Follow Him

2. Never Will I Marry

3. Where Are You

4. What Are You Afraid Of

5. How Insensitive

6. So In Love

       5. Poor Butterfly---Stay

The King Sisters.

 This L/P has the distinction of being one without any separate tracks to the songs meaning that Side One is a non stop medley of up beat songs and Side Two has the slow ones....Its a very pleasant easy listening L/P with solo's from the four sisters on certain songs...if you like easy listening then this could be the one for you !!

Side One                                                         Side Two

1. Do You Ever Think Of Me                      1. Street Of Dreams
2. Rain                                                           2. Spring Is Here
3. Pagan Love Song                                      3. Ebb Tide
4. The Moon Is Low                                     4. Over The Rainbow
5. I Never Knew                                           5. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
6. Hi Lili Hi Lo                                             6. A Faded Summer Love
7. Taking A Chance on Love                      7. Don't Blame Me
8. Stompin' At The Savoy                           8. Ruby
9. Lullaby In Rhythm                                 9. For All We Know
10. You Stepped Out Of A Dream            10. I Didn't Know About You
11. At Sundown                                          11. love is A Many Splendoured Thing
12. Just Squeeze Me
13. Temptation
14. My Blue Heaven

The Baroque Beatles Book...Joshua Rifkin

Something a little different now...not to everyone's taste but a very good listen to some classic Beatles songs done very different !!

          1. Overture--I Want To Hold Your Hand

Caterina Valente.

Caterina sings all songs in German and I have found a "Google Translation" of the songs so blame "Google" if they read a little strange !!.....I think thay did a direct translation and that never works 100% !!

1. Wenn Es Nacht wird in Den Stadten (When The Night Falls In The Cities)
2. Wer War Der Mann Neben Dir (Who Was The Man Next To You)
3. C'est Tres Chique (C'est Tres Chique)
4. Sailors Nightclub In Golden Frisco
5. Charly Zund die Kerzen An (Charly Zund The Candles)
6. In Allen Kniepen Von Soho (In Allen Pubs Of Soho)

1. Der Abend Wird Schon (The Evening Will Be Nice)
2. Blauer Asphalt (Blue Asphalt)
3. Julius Ach Julius (Julius Julius Oh)
4. Schone Schwarze Rose (Beautiful Black Rose)
5. Mexikanischer Wein ( Mexican Wine)
6. Wenn Es Nacht Wird In Den Stadten (When Night Falls In The Cities)

!!!!!..Very Strange..!!!!

          5. Charly Zund Die Kerzan an

Felix Slatkin & Orchestra.

 Here's another Percussion L/P to test your Stereo equipment...nice quiet easy listening tracks with a more "Jazz" feel than the previous ones...best track is first track "I Get A Kick Out Of You"...
P. S. Those with good "Stereo Equipment" should definatly have a listen to this one !! 

 1. I Get A Kick Out Of You
2. A String Of Pearls
3. The Happy Hobo
4. I Love Paris
5. Autumn In New York
6. Blues In The Night

1. April In Paris
2. On A Slow Boat To China
3. Opus 1
4. Blue Tango
5. Caravan
6. Night Train

          9. Opus 1

Clodagh Rodgers

Now here's a singer that should have been more successful than she was...from 1973 a good solid performance  of songs from the 70's...its a pity that she never had more hits than she did....maybe it was down to managment and the A&R people of her record company !!

 1. Carolina Days

2. Ease Your Pain

3. Lean on Me

4. Children Of My Mind

5. All Kinds Of People

6. Day By Day

1. You Are My Music

2. Betcha By Golly Wow

3. What In The World

4. Together We'll Make It

5. That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be

6. One Day

          6. Day By Day

June Christy.

If anybody out there  in the wide wide world has not heard of "June Christy" then when and if they decide to download this L/P they will get a pleasant surprise...June belongs to group of great Jazz singers that has never had what we call a hit record but is a great singer and has made quite a few L/P's....other singers like "Chris Conner" "Carmen McRae" "Anita O'Day""Dakota Staton" "Ethel Ennis"and loads more are in the same category....good competent singers in there own right...Its a pity that the singers of today can't match up to any of them !!....I only know of one that would fit the bill and that is a great Scottish Singer called "Carol Kidd" she is definatly worth a listen to !!

1. Rock Me To Sleep
2. Gypsy In My Soul
3. I'm Glad There Is You
4. They Can't Take That Away From Me
5. It Don't Mean A Thing 
6. My One And Only Love

1. When Lights Are Low
2. I Can make You Love Me
3. Easy Living
4. Blue Moon
5. All Gods Children Got Rhythm

          10. Blue Moon

Ella Fitzgerald.

 This is a 10 inch L/P of early Ella's....way before her move to Verve Records and all the "Songbooks".....I think there is a slight imperfection in the pressing of this L/P...on the track
"I've Got A Crush on you" if you listen very carefully you can hear the repeat of her singing it only goes on for a couple of lines... but it's worth a mention I wonder if anyone else who has got the album has also got it or maybe it's a one off....anyway its Ella and she can't do no wrong !!

          5. I've Got A Crush On You

Kiki Dee

 A great selection of songs from Kiki !

1. Loving And Free

2. if It Rains

3. Lonnie And Josie

4. Travelin' in Style

5. You Put Something Better Inside Me

1. Supercool

2. Rest My Head

3. Amoureuse

4. Song For Adam

5. Sugar On The Floor

          3. Lonnie And Josie

The Three Degrees

20 great tracks from the 70's that have the distinction of being a "Royal" favourite !!...all of the hits are here so enjoy !!

          5. My Simple Heart

40 Supergreats.VA

A great "Super" Compilation of 40 Tracks from the 70's....Its great to hear some of the minor Top hits of yesteryear !! as well as the popular ones ....Notably  "Susan Cadogan's" "Hurt So Good" & "Stealers Wheel" "Stuck In The Middle"
So come with me for a walk down "Memory Lane "!!!

    7. Hurts So Good

     8. Stuck In The Middle

Dick Schory.

This is another one that will test your stereo equipment...Its much quieter than the previous ones considering there's plenty of percussion instruments..It has everything but the kitchen sink...if you read the back it gives you all the instruments that is played on this L/P.....And it is good STEREO!!!

1. National Emblem March

2. Baia

3. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans

4. Ding Dong Polka

5. April In Paris

6. Holiday In A Hurry

1. Buck Dance

2. Duel on The Skins

3. September In The Rain

4. Tidley Winks

5. The Sheik Of Araby

6. Typee

   

          7. Buck Dance

Caterina Valente.

 Caterina Valente Live in Germany....doesn't say on the sleeve or on the L/P what the year was but I should think that it was in the early 70's....Soooooooo a nice treat for all you Guys & Gals In Germany 

20 Folk Favourites.VA.

Seems that we are now going all "Folksy" !!

1. Seven Drunken Nights...The Dubliners
2. Maggie May...The Spinners
3. The Gallawa Hills...Robin Hall & Jimmy MacGregor
4. Brigg Fair...Martin Carthy
5. The Jolly Beggar...The Corries
6. Linstead Market...The Spinners
7. Lullabye For a Mucky Kid...Robin Hall & Jimmy MacGregor
8. I'm a Rover...The Corries
9. The Lark In The Morning...The Dubliners
10. Wild Rover...The Corries

1. A-Roving...The Spinners
2. Lord Of The Dance...The Dubliners
3. The Frog And The Mouse...Robin Hall & Jimmy MacGregor
4. John Peel...The Spinners
5. Johnny Lad...The Corries
6. John Barleycorn...Martin Carthy
7. Carrickfergus...The Dubliners
8. Dirty Old Town...Robin Hall & Jimmy MacGregor
9./ Will Ye Go Lassie Go...The Corries
10. Coney Island Washboard...The Spinners

    5. The Jolly Beggar 

Sandie Shaw.

 This Sandie Shaw L/P starts off great.. Side One Track One great.. Side Two Track One cool version of "Satisfaction"..I wish she had carried on and done the rest of the album like the first tracks on both sides....Having said that it is still a good L/P but it is the Sandie Shaw that we were used to in the 60's....Later on she did change her style but this one indicates what she could do....Just love her Version of "Satisfaction"....But a good track is also
"Aranjuez Mon Amour".....And the cover is different as well !!

1. Route 66
2. Homeward Bound
3. Scarborough Fair
4. Right To Cry
5. The Same Things
6. Our Song Of Love

1. Satisfaction
2. Words
3. Remember Me
4. Change Of Heart
5. Aranjuez Mon Amour
6. What Now My Love

      11. Aranjuez Mon Amour

The 50 Guitars Of Tommy Garrett.

 This L/P begs the question...is there really 50 people playing their Guitars or have they got the "Multi Track" machine on !!!...or a little man sliding the slides or twiddling the knobs !!

Whatever it is its a great sound !!....a handfull of well know tunes played brilliantly....easy listening people will love it !!

1. Lara's Theme From Dr Zhivago
2. Spanish Eyes
3. Cu-Cu-Rru-Cu-Cu-Paloma
4. What Now My Love 
5. Courtin'

1. Guantanamara
2. Anna
3. Michelle
4.Sway
5. If You Go Away

          4. What Now My Love

Joshua Rifkin.

  Now for something really REALLY different...as I have said before I love the Old Joanna !....so lets go back in time a bit and hear what our "Grandparents and maybe Great Grandparents" were listening to... "Scott Joplin" composed these "Piano Rags"between 1902 and 1909....He died in 1917 !!
This is the second Volume of "Scott Joplins Rags" that one or two of you have requested...so now you can enjoy 1 -2 -& 3 !!

1. Elite Syncopations
2. Eugenia
3. Leola
4. Rose Leaf Rag

1. Bethena
2.Paragon Rag
3. Solace
4. Pineapple Rag 

          8. Pine Apple Rag