Alma Cogan.

At this moment its freezing and frosty outside so a trip on the carpet over the "Pond" is a No-No !!...But Hey !! whats this glowing Red in an old shoe box !!!..Click ! Click!..Wow ! I'm now in "John's" Record shop !..and I'm not In "Leicester" anymore !!!!
And the first one that gets tucked under my arm is the first L/P that "Alma " recorded !!

1. I Love To Sing
2. Life Is Just a Bowl Of Cherries
3. They Can't Take That Away From Me
4. Taking a Chance On Love
5. Ain't we Got Fun
6. You Do Something To Me

1. Today I Love Everybody
2. Cheek To Cheek
3. If This Isn't Love
4. As Time Goes By
5. Comes Love
6. Blue Skies

          6. Blue Skies

Slim Whitman

No scratching your head over this voice !!...bit of CW to help with the mix !!

          1. Rhinestone Cowboy

          7. Una Paloma Blanca

Ottilie Paterson

This is a new one for me and its one worth listening too...."Ottilie Paterson" was the singer in the "Chris Barbers" Jazz Band.....Thanks "John" for this one its great.....so as I've said before if you haven't heard the "Voice" give yourself a new experience !!! 

1. Song Of Soloman
2. The Orphan
3. Latin Drinking Song
4. Please Accept My Apologies Mrs Pankhurst
5. Why So Pale And Wan
6. Helen Of Kirkconnell
7. The Sound Of The DoorAs It Closes

1. Spring Song
2. The Bitterness Of Death
3. Ad Uxorem
4. Hey Ho The Wind And The Rain
5. It Was A Lover And His Lass
6. Sonnet No 8
7. Mrs Pankhurst Returns

          12. It Was A Lover And His Lass

Cher

Music over.... now we have some vocals from some well known voices and some not so familiar...Its great to sample these "Gems"...so folks give yourself a treat and download some voices that you might not of heard of...and be surprised !!......This is "Cher" at the begining of her recording's...and you can hear how she has developed her sound for today !!

           1. Sunny

The Jokers

Here's a guitar group from "Belgium" from the 60's Shadowing the "Shadows" & "The Ventures"....and doing a good job !!

          2. Spanish Hully Gully

Mr Happy Hallihan

Piano with a twist !!

           1. Chopin Nocturne

           7. Carmen

Bill Hagan & His Trocaderos

We now have some very different kinds  of music to pass the time till I sort some of my Re-Posts out.....as I said from the kind folks in "Belguim & USA"...so be prepared to be entertained !!!

1. A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody
2. Bumps And Grinds
3. Frankie And Johnny
4. G String Twist
5. Temptation
6. Night Train

1. The Stripper
2. Party Time
3. Bedroom Blues
4. Second Honeymoon
5. Girdles Away
6. My Heart Belongs To Daddy 

          3. Frankie & Johnny

Cliff Richard

Cliff's not on a "Summer Holiday" on this one but we are still in "Belgium" so "In The Country" is relevant at this time !!!....Cliff sing some of his hits and probably B sides..

            5. The Sound Of The Candyman's Trumpet

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong.

 When I bought this L/P I was very dissapointed by it..reason being that out of the 9 tracks Ella & Louis only sings together on 6 of them....the other 3 are solo's....it was not like the first one they did because they sang together every song !!...probably that was the reason I did not buy Volume 2....I felt cheated....ahhhh thats youthful thoughts !!!.....Saying that there is nothing wrong with the tracks all are great as only Ella & Louis can be...

1. Don't Be That Way....Ella & Louis
2. Makin' Whoopee....Louis Armstrong
3. They All Laughed....Ella & Louis
4. Comes Love....Ella Fitzgerald
5. Autumn In New York....Ella & Louis

1. Let's Do It....Louis Armstrong
2. Stompin' At The Savoy....Ella & Louis
3. I Wont Dance....Ella & Louis
4. Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You....Ella & Louis

          7. Stomping At The Savoy

Nik Kershaw

Ok so now we are going to move the clock forward a bit to the 80's...I think that in that decade and the following 90's...I must have been like "Rip Van Winkle" asleep that is as far as music goes because for the life of me i can't remember much about the music !!..nothing seems to register song wise or singers !.....So I think I might need help with some of the "Comments" !!..so folks feel free to have your say !!

          4. Wild Horses

Santana

A few years after forming in San Francisco, an appearance at Woodstock propelled Santana into the spotlight, and their first three albums were tremendously popular. The group was the first to intelligently combine Latin American music with rock 'n' roll (no, "La Bamba" doesn't count), and Carlos Santana, the band's namesake, is a terrific lead guitarist - heavily influenced by Jimi Hendrix but with his own distinctive sound and approach, tightly focused and cleanly articulated. After a brief commercial and artistic peak, the band continued to pump out records through the Seventies and early Eighties. Then, Carlos Santana went through a low-key solo period, and subsequently hit new heights on the pop charts with a series of star-studded collaboration records. 

1. Waiting

2. Evil Ways

3. Shades Of Time

4. Savor

5. Jingo

1. Persuasion

2. Treat

3. You Just Dont Care

4. Soul Sacrifice

Santana !

The primary exponent of Latin-tinged rock, particularly due to their combination of Latin percussion (congas, timbales, etc.) with bandleader Carlos Santana's distinctive, high-pitched lead guitar playing.

          2. Evil Ways

Steely Dan

Steely Dan is an American rock band founded by core members Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals) in 1972. Blending elements of jazz, traditional pop, R&B, and sophisticated studio production with cryptic and ironic lyrics, the band enjoyed critical and commercial success starting from the early 1970s until breaking up in 1981. Throughout their career, the duo recorded with a revolving cast of session musicians, and in 1974 retired from live performances to become a studio-only band. Rolling Stone has called them "the perfect musical antiheroes for the Seventies".

1. Black Cow

2. Aja

3. Deacon Blues

1. Peg

2. Home At Last

3. I Got The News

4. Josie

          7. Josie

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Frankie Goes to Hollywood were a terrific British dance/funk/pop/rock quintet. The band first got together in 1980 in Liverpool, England. The members were: Holly Johnson (vocals), Paul Rutherford (vocals/keyboards), Peter Gill (drums), Mark O'Toole (bass) and Brian Nash (guitar). The group initially called themselves "Hollycaust", but soon changed the name to Frankie Goes to Hollywood (this peculiar moniker was inspired by an old newspaper headline about Frankie Vaughan's acting career). The group's music was distinguished by racy lyrics, pulsating beats, slick arrangements, and homo-erotic music videos.  

1. Warriors Of The Wastelands

2. Rage Hard

3. Kill The Pain

4.Maximum Joy

1. Watching The Wildlife

2. Lunar Bay

3. For Heavens Sake

4. Is Anybody Out There

Genesis

Genesis were an English rock band formed at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey in 1967. The most commercially successful and longest-lasting line-up consisted of keyboardist Tony Banks, bassist/guitarist Mike Rutherford and drummer/singer Phil Collins. Significant former members were guitarist Steve Hackett and original lead singer Peter Gabriel. The band underwent many changes in musical style over its career, from folk music to progressive rock in the 1970s, before moving towards pop at the end of the decade. They have sold 21.5 million RIAA-certified albums in the United States and their worldwide sales are estimated to be between 100 million and 150 million.

1. Abacab

2. No Reply At All'

3. Me And Sarah Jane

4. Keep It Dark

1. Dodo

2. Lurker

3. Who Dunnit

4. Man On The Corner

5. Like It Or Not

6. Another Record

          7. Man On The Corner

Duran Duran

We are now delving into the pop Music of the 70's/80's

Duran Duran....are an English new wave and synthpop band formed in Birmingham in 1978. The band grew from alternative sensations in 1982 to mainstream pop stars by 1984. By the end of the decade, membership and music style changes challenged the band before a resurgence in the early 1990s. The group were a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the US. The band achieved 14 singles in the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart and 21 in the Billboard Hot 100, and have sold over 100 million records worldwide.

1. Rio

2. My Own Way

3. Lonely In Your Nightmare

4.Hungry Like The Wolf

5. Hold Back The Rain

1. New Religion

2.last Chance On The Stairway

3. Save a Prayer Till The morning After

4. The Chauffeur

          8. Save A Prayer Till The Morning After

Charlie Spivak his Trumpet & Orchestra

Some country Dance Music now...Thanks Marcos for this one !

These are the day's when  you actually danced together to a big Dance Band...Waltz's Foxtrot's Quickstep's Ect

1. Stardreams

2. Nature Boy

3. Tenderly

4. The Breeze And I

5. Flirtango

1. We Three

2. Poinciana

3. Port Au Prince

4. Blue Velvet

5. Manhattan

6. I'll Walk Alone

          8. Port Au Prince

Poco

  Poco is an American country rock band originally formed by Richie Furay, Jim Messina and Rusty Young. They were formed following the demise of Buffalo Springfield in 1968, Poco was part of the first wave of the West Coast country rock genre. The title of their first album, Pickin' Up the Pieces, is a reference to the break-up of Buffalo Springfield.Throughout the years Poco has performed in various groupings, and is still active.

This L/P is from 1976....Rose of Cimarron" is a song by country rock band Poco being the title cut of their 1976 album release Rose of Cimarron: written by founding member Rusty Young, the song featured lead vocals by Paul Cotton and Timothy B. Schmit.

          4. Company's Comin'

Peter Paul & Mary

If we had a DeLorean we would find ourselves in 1967 !!

Peter, Paul and Mary was an American folk group formed in New York City in 1961, during the American folk music revival phenomenon. The trio was composed of tenor Peter Yarrow, baritone Noel Paul Stookey and contralto Mary Travers. The group's repertoire included songs written by Yarrow and Stookey, early songs by Bob Dylan as well as covers of other folk musicians. After the death of Travers in 2009, Yarrow and Stookey continued to perform as a duo under their individual names.

In December 1969 "Leaving on a Jet Plane", written by the group's friend John Denver, became their only No. 1 single (as well as their final top 40 pop hit) and the group's sixth million-selling gold single. The track first appeared on their million-selling platinum certified Album 1700 in 1967 (which also contained their No. 9 hit "I Dig Rock and Roll Music"). 

1. Rolling Home.

2. Leaving On A Jet Plane

3. Weep For Jamie

4. No Other Name

5. The House Song

6. The Great Mandella (The Wheel Of Life)

1. I Dig Rock & Roll Music

2. if I Had Wings

3. I'm In Love With a Big Blue Frog

4. Whatshername

5. Bob Dylan's Dream

6. The Song Is Love

          9. I'm In Love With A Big Blue Frog