Jane Morgan

The crystal clear voice of "Jane Morgan" sings "Paris" via "John" in "New York"....Thanks John for all these great different L/P's .enjoy all the music everybody !!!!

1.  The Time Is Now
2.  Cest Si Bon
3. Under Paris Skies
4. Autumn Leaves
5. La Vie En Rose
6. The Poor People Of Paris

1. Once Upon A Summertime
2. Dominique
3. If You Love Me
4. Domino
5. The Last Time I Saw Paris
6. Petites Chansons

          9. If You Love Me Really Love Me

Peggy Lee.

We are still on the other side of the pond with this one some early recordings of "Peggy Lee" that are classics and are enjoyed time and time again....."Timeless" I would say !!!!

1. Why Don't You Do Right 
2. Them There Eyes
3. Deed I Do
4. I Don't Know Enough About You
5. Its A Good Day
6. Golden Earings

1. I Can't Give You anything But Love
2. Stormy Weather
3. Don't Smoke In Bed
4. While we Were Young
5. Manana 
6. Hold Me

          1. Why Don't You Do Right

Johnny Mathis.

 I have said in previous posts of JM that I prefer him when he sings up tempo and swinging songs...But I stand corrected with this L/P...Although the songs are sung more or less how they were written It's a great L/P enhanced by just a couple of guitars and a bass... he brings completely fresh versions of the standard songs...which I have said many times before. the arrangements as well as the voice go a long way to an excellent L/P and this is a first class one....I do believe it is some of his earlier recordings !!!

1. Bye Bye Blackbird
2. In The Still Of The Night
3. Embraceable You
4. I'll Be Seeing You
5. Tenderly

1. When I fall In Love
2. Please Be Kind
3. You'll Never Know 
4. I'm Just A Boy in Love
5. My Funny Valentine

          5. Tenderly 

          6. When I Fall In Love

Art Garfunkel.

  I think that this one was the first album that Art did without Paul Simon...Best track toss up between "Traveling Boy" and  "I Shall Sing" 

P.S. Just noticed that along with "Paul Simon" playing Bass we have got "Cass Eliot" singing !!

1. Traveling Boy
2. Down In The Willow Garden 
3. I Shall Sing
4. Old Man
5. Feuilles Oh / Do Space Men Pass Dead Souls On Their Way To The Moon

1. All I Know
2. Mary Was An Only Child
3. Woyaya
4. Barbara Allen
5. Another Lullaby

          1. Traveling Boy

Bernard Cribbins

 Some comic songs now !!

1. The Hole In The Ground

2. Right Said Fred

3. Folk Song

4. Winkle Picker Shoes

5. The Bird On The Second Floor

6. Giggling Gertie The Laughing Traffic Warden

1. Ringing On The Engine Bell

2. Oh My Word

3. Get Your Hair Cut

4. Quietly Bonkers

5. My Resistance Is Low

6. When I'm Sixty Four

Bernard Joseph Cribbins OBE (29 December 1928 – 27 July 2022) was an English actor and singer whose career spanned more than seven decades.

During the 1960s, Cribbins became known in the UK for his successful novelty records "The Hole in the Ground" and "Right Said Fred" and for his appearances in comedy films including Two-Way Stretch (1960) and the Carry On series. 

          4. Winkle Picker Shoes

Ella Fitzgerald.

From one great to another !!!...also from "John"....a "Live" performance that gave me the slip! !!

 

In A Romantic Mood.VA

 Across the channel now for a mixture of tracks to put you in a romantic mood as the cover say's

Nice set of tunes for the lovers of instrumentals...Thanks Bob For this one !

          10. A Walk In The Black Forest

Neil Diamond

From 1956 The Noise was Great 

           4. Don't Think.. Feel

Ray Conniff & His Orchestra

Here is the Re-post of the one I recorded earlier when my turntable and conections were having a "Wobble"...I hope this one is ok !!!

1. Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing

2. Thanks For The Memory

3. Easy To Love

4. Pacific Sunset

5. Cheek To Cheek

6. My Heart Stood Still

1. Please

2. Love Letters

3. Laura

4. Stella By Starlight

5. Yesterdays

6. It Might As Well Be Spring

          6. My Heart Stood Still

Barbra Streisand.

Ok ! these tracks have been posted on other L/P's that are posted on here !!! But it's nice to have them all together as the title of the L/P states "Greatest Hits" !!!...Once again the record company's idea of "Greatest" is suspect !!!...some are !! some arn't !!

1. People
2. Second Hand Rose
3. Why Did I Chose You
4. He Touched Me
5. Free Again
6. Don't Rain On My Parade

1. My Colouring Book
2. Sam You made The Pants To Long
3. My Man
4. Gotta Move
5. Happy Days Are Here Again

       4. He Touched Me

Andre Popp Orchestra

André Charles Jean Popp (19 February 1924 – 10 May 2014) was a French composer, arranger and screenwriter.

In 1957, Popp released Delirium in Hi-Fi (originally titled Elsa Popping et sa musique sidérante), a collaboration with Pierre Fatosme, an experiment in the recording techniques of the time. ( which is a few posts below this one ) !!

Popp made one-of-a-kind space-age instrumental recordings during the 1950s and by the early 1960s had built quite a good reputation in the music recording industry and was in demand as an arranger. He made orchestrations for Rive Gauche legend Juliette Gréco that were jazzy, urbane, vibrant, quirky, even cartoonish at times. The arrival of rock and roll in France and, consequentially, yé-yé music, dramatically changed the expectations of French audiences and record buyers.

( Info Edited From Wikipedia )

1. A Comme Amour

2. Le Lit De Lola

3. Entre Le Ciel Et La Mer

4. Mon Amour Mon Ami

5. Tililoy

6. L'amour Est Bleu

1. Manchester Et Liverpool

2. Ne Sois Pas Triste

3. Les Papillons

4. On N'oublie Jamais

5. Bim Bon

6. Le Coeur Trop Tendre

          11. Bim Bon

Malvina Reynolds

Here's a voice that's not perfect but it certainly made me do a bit a research to find out a bit more about her....It won't be everybody's cup o' tea but I really enjoyed it and I've been playing it over and over again !!...If you want to hear something different then have a listen to it.

Also take a look at this !....

https://www.ocweekly.com/the-life-and-times-of-malvina-reynolds-long-beachs-most-legendary-and-hated-folk-singer-7474438/

Malvina Reynolds (August 23, 1900 – March 17, 1978) was an American folk/blues singer-songwriter and political activist, best known for her songwriting, particularly the songs "Little Boxes" and "What Have They Done to the Rain.

In the late forties she met Earl Robinson, Pete Seeger and other folk singers and songwriters and began writing songs.

1. Little Boxes

2. You'll Be A Man

3. The Albatross

4. No Room

5.Turn Around

6. The Little Red Hen

1. There's A Bottom Below

2. Green Shadows

3. The Day The Freeway Froze

4. The Money Crop

5. Somewhere Between

6. This World

          9. The Day The Freeway Closed

Herbie Mann

Brazil: Once Again is an album by jazz flautist Herbie Mann which was recorded in 1977 and released on the Atlantic label. The album marks Mann's return to the Brazilian influences that first emerged on his early 1960s albums like Right Now, Brazil, Bossa Nova & Blues, Do the Bossa Nova with Herbie Mann and Herbie Mann Live at Newport.

Herbert Jay Solomon (April 16, 1930 – July 1, 2003), known by his stage name Herbie Mann, was an American jazz flautist and important early practitioner of world music. Early in his career, he also played tenor saxophone and clarinet (including bass clarinet), but Mann was among the first jazz musicians to specialize on the flute. His most popular single was "Hijack", which was a Billboard No. 1 dance hit for three weeks in 1975.

Mann was an early pioneer of the fusion of jazz and world music. In 1959, following a State Department sponsored tour of Africa, he recorded Flautista!, an album of Afro-Cuban jazz. In 1961 Mann toured Brazil.

1. Pele

2. Oh How I Want To Love You Mann

1. Dingue Li Bangue

2. Lungar Comum ( Common Place )

3. O Meu Amor Chorou ( Cry Of Love )

          3. Dingue Li Bangue

The Longines Symphonette Recording Society

The Longines Symphonette Society was a record label that specialized in releasing classic radio programs and multiple-record boxed sets

Not any of these recordings are of the original bands.....I guess that they were recorded by session musicians..as you can see there is no credit or Info on the back sleeve about them !

1. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You

2. Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1

3. Racing With The Moon

4. The Waltz You Saved For Me

5. When its Sleepy Time Down South

1. Ciribirbin

2. Sleep

3. Siboney

4.Moonlight Serenade

5. Auld Lang Syne.

          5. When Its Sleepy Time Down South

Peggy Lee.

Great cover on this L/P....Peggy at her best !!...Its great to hear some unfamiliar songs.. It's just like discovering "Peggy Lee" for the first time !!

          3. That's What Living's About

          6. Make It With You

Count Basie & His Band.

We've had violins... a band with a beat !!!...So now we have the great "Count Basie" band in "Hi-Fi" with some of his classic tracks courtesy of "John" "An Englishman In New York" !!!...thanks John!!!

          1. April In Paris

Nat King Cole.

 Another one from "The World Record Club" ....Glad that it's not titled "Greatest Hits" because all the tracks are not so well known the songs perhaps are but not "Nat's" versions.....Good to note that the last track shows just how good a pianist he was !!!

1. Delilah
2. Funny
3. The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot 
4. Land Of Love
5. I'll Never Say Never Again Again
6. I'll Always Remember You

1. Here's To My Lady
2. Who do You Know In Heaven
3. Weaver Of Dreams
4. Return To Paradise
5. Lush Life
6. Three Little Words

          5. I'll Never say Never Again Again

Ella Fitzgerald.

 

Here is the first of the other "Best" Song Book.....I think that the first two that she did are by far the best "Ella" recorded !!

1. Have You Met Miss Jones
2. You Took Advantage Of Me
3. A Ship Without A Sail
4. To Keep My Love Alive
5. Dancing on The Ceiling
6. The Lady Is A Tramp
7. With A Song In My Heart
8. Manhattan

1. Johnny One Note
2. I Wish I Were In Love Again
3. Spring Is Here
4. It Never Entered My Mind
5. This Can't Be Love
6. Thou Swell
7. My Romance
8. Where Or When
9. Little Girl Blue

       2. You Took Advantage Of Me

Ella Fitzgerald.

This is Vol 2....as well as being played thousands of times and cover is a bit on the tatty side as well hope it dosn't spoil it too much....Still if you like it you can always go to your local record store and buy the CD....don't think you will get the L/P long out of print unless you see it in a 2nd hand shop/store or even stall !!

1. Give It Back To The Indians
2. Ten Cents A Dance
3. There's A Small Hotel
4. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
5. Ev'rything I've Got
6. I Could Write A Book
7. Blue Room
8. My Funny Valentine

1. Bewitched
2. Mountain Greenery
3. Wait Till You See Her
4. Lover
5. Isn't It Romantic
6. Here In My Arms
7. Blue Moon
8. My Heart Stood Still
9. I've Got Five Dollars

           9. Bewitched