Dakota Staton.

          4. Can't Live Without Him Anymore

World Star Festival..VA

A Compilation From 1965.....Featuring World stars !

1. The Happening......Diana Ross And the Supremes

2. What The World Needs Now Is Love......Dionne Warwick

3. Georgia On My Mind......Ray Charles

4. Cowboys And Indians......Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass

5. Homeward Bound......Simon And Garfunkel

6. For The First Time In My Life.....Tom Jones

7. The Beat Goes On......Sonny And Cher

8. The Singer Sang His Song......The Bee Gees

1. I've Got A Song For You......Shirley Bassey

2. May Each Day......Andy Williams

3. Thoroughly Modern Millie......Julie Andrews

4. I'll Go On Loving Her......Paul Mauriat And His Orchestra

5. Talk To The Animals......Sammy Davis

6. I Think It's Gonna Rain Today......Dusty Springfield

7. September Of My Years......Frank Sinatra

8. He Touched Me......Barbra Streisand

          12. I'll Go On Loving Her

Dorothy Provine

A  different kinda Razz-a- Ma Tazz from the one below but still in the same sorta style !!..from the TV Show so a little of the 20's nostalgia !!...although they are only 8 tracks you have a compilation of about 27 songs...so I'm sure that a sing-a-long might be on the cards !!..if you can keep up with most of the tempo and "Squeaky Provine"

1. Baby Face ++

2. Doin' The Stigma Chi ++

3. Thinking Of You ++

4. Hard Hearted Hannah++

5. You've Got That Thing++

6. I'm Gonna Charlston Back To Charlston++

7. Bambalina++

8. The Man I Love++

          4. Hard Hearted Hannah

Carol Channing

Carol Elaine Channing (January 31, 1921 – January 15, 2019) was an American actress, singer, dancer, and comedian, known for starring in Broadway and film musicals. Her characters usually had a fervent expressiveness and an easily identifiable voice, whether singing or for comedic effect.Carol Channing's reputation was built upon her turns in comic stage performances. And Jazz Baby is exactly what you would expect from a swinging, jazz album starring the distinctive voice of Hello Dolly! The collection includes songs from some of her most famous Broadway musicals, including Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Thoroughly Modern Millie. The title track announces Channing's personal connection to these songs: "(I'm) full of jazz and harmony, 'cause I'm a jazz baby." .........(Info Edited From Wikipdia & All Music)

1. Jazz Baby

2. Thoroughly Modern Millie

3. Join Us In A Cup Of Tea

4. Doin' The Old Yahoo Step

5. A Little Game of Tennis

6. Teeny Little Weeny Nest For Two

7. Ain't Misbehavin'

8. You've Gotta See Mama Every Night

9. Ma He's Makin' Eyes At Me

10. You're The Cream In My Coffee

11. Baby Wont You Please Come Home

12. A Good Man Is Hard To Find

13. Button Up Your Overcoat

14. Wouldn't You Like To Lay Your Head Upon My Pillow

15. Little Girl From Little Rock

16. Bye Bye Baby

17. Homesick Blues

18. Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend

          15. Little Girl From Little Rock

Shani Wallis

Shani Wallis (born 14 April 1933) is a British actress and singer, who has worked in theatre, film, and television in both her native United Kingdom and in the United States. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she is perhaps best known for her roles in the West End, and for the role of Nancy in the 1968 Oscar-winning film musical Oliver!.

1. Don't Ringa Da Bell

2. Our Melody

3. Personality

4. Please Don't Say No

5. Don't Take Your Love From Me

6. There Goes My Heart

7. Sixteen Reasons

8. Forever Forever

9. Where's The Boy

10. And Now

11. The Most Beautiful Words In The World

12. When Love Is young

13. Something In The Air

14. Let Me Go Lover

15. Rock around The World Medley Part 1

16. Rock Around The World Medley Part 2

          5. Don't Take Your Love From Me

Pearl Bailey

 Things that record company's do to sell their products...here's one that had a go by putting provocative signs on the cover...note "Restricted From Air Play".....date of release 1966 would have thought by then the "Victorian Era" had gone!!!....Back to the contents of the L/P it is songs that Pearl was singing in her nightclub act nothing "Smutty" or swearing just Pearl Bailey being herself...Track one is the suspect one the rest are just normal songs....

1. She Had To Go And Lose It At The Astor
2. Josephine
3. To Keep my Love Alive
4. I Want A Man 
5. Let's Do It

1. The Physician
2. Legalize My Name
3. Flings
4. You Can Be Replaced
5. I Wanna Get Married

         3. To Keep My Love Alive

Judy Garland.

This is Judy in a very subdued mood with brilliant orchestrations by "Gordon Jenkins"...Judy made 2 or 3 brilliant recordings for Capitol before the "Histrionics"and "Frenzy" recordings came about and this is one of them!!....no gimics just plain singing and she has got an  individual voice !!....Best Track "Mean To Me "

1. By Myself
2. Little Girl Blue
3. Me And My Shadow
4. Among My Souvenirs
5. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
6. I Get The Blues When It Rains

1. Mean To Me
2. How About Me
3. Just A Memory
4. Blue Prelude
5. Happy New Year

1. Mean To Me.

The Swingle Singers.

I think that you either love or hate "The Swingle Singers"....soooooooooooo you doubters out there give it a go you might be surprised and enjoy it !!

1. Concerto For Six (Tellmann)..Allegro;Adagio;Presto;Adagio;Allegro
2. La Couperin (Couperin)
3. Gigue (Tellmann)..Suite For Strings "La Lyra
4. Fugue In D Minor (G.Muffat)

1. Presto (Tellmann)..Trio Sonata In E Major
2. Larghetto (Telmann)..Concerto In A Major For Oboe d'amore And Strings
3. Coucou (Daquin)
4. Presto (Marcello)..Sonata No 4
5. Allegro (Quanz)..Trio Sonata In C Minor
6. Andante Moderato (Quance)..Trio Sonata In C Minor
7. Vivace (Quance)..Trio Sonata In C Minor

          5. Presto

Ray Anthony

Before heading to the Opera...You are invited to Ray Anthony's "Houseparty Hop" !

 

          4. Perdido

Puccini Love Duets

We now have a "Golden Guinea" release followed by a journey to Dixieland.. so for a start put your White Gloves and Top Hat on we are off to the "Opera"....enjoy this one all you Opera Buffs !!!

 

Eydie Gorme

This lady has the knack of singing that makes you think that it's as easy as pie to just open your mouth and a perfect noise comes out....She makes singing seem simple....BUT as we who can't sing and many people who actually can know that that is not that simple...You have to be born with a vocal voice and usually it takes years of hard work and practice to be a good singer....And BOY Eydie has just done that !!...she tackles these songs with hardly any effort at all making an excellent L/P for all "Gorme" fans...All the tracks are good and if you can read the back cover it gives you an insight to the songs..

1. When The Saints Go Marching In
2. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
3. Ja Da
4. When Its Sleepy Time Down South
5. Limehouse Blues
6. Basin Street Blues

1. Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home
2. Bye Bye Blues
3. South Rampart Street Parade
4. Lazy River
5. Mississippi Mud
6. Wang Wang Blues

    2. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans

Ray Anthony

Although the back sleeve says an evening for dancing...it's much better for listening !!

Raymond Antonini (born January 20, 1922), known as Ray Anthony, is an American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter, and actor. He is the last surviving member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra.

After the war he formed his own group. The Ray Anthony Orchestra became popular in the early 1950s with "The Bunny Hop", "Hokey Pokey", and the theme from Dragnet. He had a No. 2 chart hit with a recording of the tune "At Last" in 1952; it was the highest charting pop version of the song in the U.S......In the early 1980s, Anthony formed Big Band '80s, with other members of the band including Buddy Rich, Harry James, Les Brown, and Alvino Rey. 

1. Carnival Of Venice

2. La Paloma

3. Cielito Lindo

4. Rimpianto (Toselli's Serenade)

5. O'Marenarillo

6. O Maria

1. Villa Capri

2. Mattinata

3. Arrivederci Roma

4. Santa Lucia

5. Amore Mio

6. O sole Mio

          2. La Paloma

Sarah Vaughan.

This is a great L/P from "Sassy"Recorded in 1960,Sarah is in the studio with a small jazz combo headed by trumpeter Harry 'Sweets' Edison and and pianist Jimmy Jones who provide suitably sympathetically support.She's in great voice and sounds completely at home with material that ranges from the jolly 'Have You Met Miss Jones' to the yearning 'Trouble is a Man' and the dangerously downbeat 'Gloomy Sunday.'......I got the L/P cover and the quote above from the "Net"......I gave the cover to a Friend who was a good copy artist to make me a copy of the cover....that was in the 60's needless to say I'm still waiting for it !!!......best track for my money is
"I'm Gonna Laugh You Right Out Of My Life"!!!!

1. Have You Met Miss Jones                 
2. Ain't No Use                      
3. Every Time I See You
4. You Stepped Out Of A Dream                       
5. Gloomy Sunday
6. What Do You See In Her 

 1. Jump For Joy                                             
 2. When Your Lover Has Gone
3. I'm Gonna Laugh You Out Of My Life
4. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
5. Somebody Else's Dream 
6. Trouble Is A Man

       3. I'm Gonna laugh You Right Out Of My Life

Wagner Greatest Hits.

 Sounds like a "Pop" L/P with the title usually associated with singers....But no it ain't it's a CLASSICAL one !!!....As usual all or most of the tracks are easily recognisable so give it a go and a listen !!

1. Prelude To "Die Meistersinger"....George Szell And The Cleveland Orchestra
2. Bridal Chorus From "Lohengrin"..... The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
3. The Ride Of The Valkyries....Leonard Bernstein And The New York Philharmonic

1. Prelude To Act 3 "Lohengrin"....Eugene Ormandy And The Philadelphia Orch
2. Liebestod From "Tristan & Isolde"....Eugene Ormandy And The Philadelphia Orch
3. Festmarch From "Tannhauser"....Leonard Bernstein And The New York Phil
4. Pilgrims Chorus From "Tanhauser"....The Mormon Tabernacle Choir

   3. Ride Of The Valkyries

Earl Bostic.

The first "Jazz" 78rpm that I bought when I was in my teens was "Earl Bostic's Flamingo"
of course didn't realise at the time that it was a Jazz Record I just liked the rasping sound of the Alto Sax...It was on a "Vogue" label and as I said a very brittle 78rpm and they did break very easy...I think it lasted about a couple of years before it got smashed up with a load more when I was taking some of them to play at a mates house on my bike and I fell of my bike and they shattered all over the road....didn't have the comfort of a car in those days !!...Anyway back to the L/P most of the tracks are well known songs and are all played in the "Earl Bostic" rasping tenor sax sound so no surprises there....best track of course is "Flamingo" which to me is as fresh sounding today as it was in the 50's...

1. Flamingo
2. Deep Purple
3. Always
4. Moonglow
5. Cherokee

1. Liebestraum
2. When Your Lover Has Gone
3. East Of The Sun
4. Beyond the Blue Horizon
5. Harlem Nocturne

      1. Flamingo.

Caterina Valente

 Now we have comparison that I believe shows that sometimes Vinyl wins over CD's

I managed to find Stereo versions and CD's of several Caterina Valente L/P's.. I Have posted one below "The Caterina Valente Singers" in "Stereo' which by the way is great.. an improvement on the Mono Version...BUT this one "Superfonics" seems to have lost its "Oomph"......or maybe its my hearing !!...be interesting if anyone has an opinion on this one.....saying that, the stereo is still good but I defininatly prefer the Vinyl copy....the track order will be Vinyl  first then the CD Version

1. Falling In Love With Love + CD Version

2. The Party's Over + CD Version

3. Boom + CD Version

4. Stella By Starlight + CD Version

5. I've Grown Accustomed To His Face + CD Version

6. Two Ladies In The Shade Of A Banana Tree + CD Version

1. Taboo + CD Version

2. Invitation + CD Version

3. You Stepped Out Of A Dream + CD Version

4. Out Of This World + CD Version

5. Serenata + CD Version

6. Goody Goody + CD Version

        2. The Party's Over

Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

As you can see from the front cover this L/P is from the soundtrack of the two films that Glenn Miller made...Great to see that his line up at that time included "Billy May" and "Ray Anthony" both as we all know became "Band Leaders" under there own steam!!!!...included is two classic Miller tracks....great stuff love the "Swing " bands of the 40's & 50's !!

1. In The Mood

2. Boom Shot

3. Serenade In Blue

4. Bugle Call Rag

1. Chattanooga Choo-Choo

2. You Say The Sweetest Things Baby

3. It Happened In Sun Valley

4. Measure For Measure

5. Moonlight Sonata

          1. In The Mood

Peters & Lee.

 On this L/P there is a version of "If" that is the "Gem"!!!....It equals some of the versions that are classed as "Definitive"..and that has surprised me !!.....On The first L/P that is on here "Dianne Lee" seemed to take a back seat on the vocals just doing the harmonising like a backing singer BUT in this one she definatly does more !!...and you can hear how good this Duo was....Its also seems that they have signed the front cover......They Split Up in November 1980 and Lennie Peters died of Cancer in October 1992...

1. The Old Fashioned Way
2. If
3. All I Ever Need Is You
4. Stars Fell On Alabama
5. Raining In My Heart
6. Everybody Needs A Rainbow

1. United We Stand
2. Until It's Time For You To Go
3. Nevertheless
4. She's About A Mover 
5. Loving Baby
6. By Your Side

          2. If