A real good mix now from John...cheers John Thanks !
Tuesday, 27 January 2026
The Complete Champions...Black Dyke Mills Band.
This one is definitely for the lovers of Brass Bands !....Not A Floral Dance in sight !!
6. Holidays
The Sandpipers...Guantanamera.
Here is the New Zealand's release of this L/P....The English release has a different running order and the tracks are not all the same as this one !!....It is posted on 29th December 2023 !
1. Guantanamera
2. Strangers In The Night
3. Carmen
4. Cast Your Fate To The Wind
5. La Bamba
6. La Mer
1. Louie Louie
2. Things We Said Today
3. Enamorado
4. What makes You Dream Pretty Girl
5. For The Last Time
6. Angelica
9. Enamorado
Monday, 26 January 2026
The Music People...VA.
The other side of the world now for the next few posts courtesy of JohnF (NZ) !
Some of the songs and artists I do recognise but the majority of this post are new to me...so the comment section is wide open !!
26.Stealin'
34. Holy Smoke Doo Dah Band.
David Niven...Reads The Worlds Most Famous Love Letters.
Something very different now.....I have posted another spoken word L/P so here is another one...I guess that people will either like it or just take it as just a load of words that doesn't mean very much only to the persons that received them.
The tracks do not match up with the order that is on the back sleeve....so if you do listen to this one David does give a date and the name of who its for at the beginning of the letter and at the end does say who its from !....Happy Listening !!
Sunday, 25 January 2026
Great Strauss Waltzes...Werner Muller & His Orchestra.
10. Wine Women And Song.
Dr Boogie Presents..Heavy Jelly...VA
Now here's a couple of instrumentals from Luc that are very different !!....Thanks for the diversity in the music Luc !
Dr. Boogie has, once again, poured through music archives to unearth gems that have been buried in the vaults for far too long. Unlike many similar compilations that have been released over the years, these lesser-known tracks are worthy of serious reexamination. For whatever reason, these bands didn't catch on in their time, but definitely not because the music is lacking in any way. "Heavy Jelly" contains 21 rare instrumental tracks that total just under 50 minutes. There isn't a bad track to be found anywhere on this disc.
1. Out Ridin'
Acker Bilk...Above the Stars.
The cool and pleasant sound of the Clarinet with Strings !..By Mr Bowler Hat !!
10.And The Angels Sing
Thursday, 22 January 2026
Engelbert Humperdinck...Engelbert.
1. Love Can Fly
2. Love Was Here Before The Stars
3. Don't Say No Again
4. Let Me Into Your Life
5. Through The Eyes Of Love
6. Les Bicyclettes De Belsize
1. The Way It Used To Be
2. Marry Me
3. To Get To You
4. Your Easy To Love
5. True
6. A Good Thing Going
Engelbert Humperdinck...Live At The Riviera.
There's not much you can say about a live performance except give it a listen !! and make a comment !!
1. Intro..Around The World / Till
2. My Prayer
3. A Man Without love
4. Help Me Make it Through The Night
5. My Wife The Dancer
6. Its Impossible
1. Just a Little Bit Of You
2. Hit Medley
3. You'll Never Walk Alone
4. Love The one Your With
5. Release Me
Julie Andrews...Sings
1. It Might As Well Be Spring
2. Falling In Love With Love
3. We'll Gather Lilacs In The Spring
4. He Loves She Loves
5. I'm Old Fashioned
6. You're A Builder- Upper
1. Little Old Lady
2. My Ship
3. Cheek To Cheek
4. Come To Me Bend Me
5. So In Love
6. Matelot
7. Little Old Lady
Sunday, 18 January 2026
Gale Storm.
Josephine Owaissa Cottle (April 5, 1922 – June 27, 2009), known professionally as Gale Storm, was an American actress and singer. After a film career from 1940 to 1952, she starred in two popular television programs of the 1950s, My Little Margie and The Gale Storm Show. Six of her songs were top ten hits. Storm's greatest recording success was a cover version of "I Hear You Knockin'," which hit No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1955.
1. I Hear You Knocking
2. My Happiness
3. Brazil
4. Tired
5. Goody Goody
6. That's My Desire
1. Memories Are Made Of This
2. You Can't Be True Dear
3. Sweet Georgia Brown
4. Teenage Prayer
5. Music Music Music
6. The Three Bells
3. Sweet Georgia Brown
Britxotica...VA
Here's a strange compilation I didn't know we Brits did Exotica !!...but its a great fun record with some great rare tracks....I should think !!
1. African Waltz......Lyn Cornell
2. Jungle Drums......Ted Heath & His Band
3. Poinciana......Allan Bruce
4. Bahama Rumba......Rawicz & Landauer
5. Follow Me......Lucille Mapp
6. Taboo......Sounds Incorporated
7. Run Joe......Nadia Cattouse
8. Street Of A Thousand Bongo's......Brian Fahey
1. Zambezi......Tony Mansell
2. Ritual Blues......Reg Owen
3. The Green Eye Of The Little Yellow God......Harry H Corbett
4. Take My Lips......Laurie Johnson & His Orchestra
5. A Night Of Adventure......Edmundo Ros
6. Cha Cha Cha Calypso......Maxine Daniels
7. Cerveza......Cherry Wainer
8. The Hat......Jerry Allen
2. Jungle Drums
Ralph Hermann & The Medallion Concert Band.
Here's a very unusual L/P it does evoke pictures of what the titles are all about... that is the sound effects go well with the music !...and once again the Stereo is pretty good...definitely music for listening to and not as background music !!!
Ralph Hermann
Ralph Hermann (February 9, 1914 – July 28, 1994) was an American composer and conductor. He also used the pseudonym Richard Hale. Hermann worked as head of the music department of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) since 1952 until his retirement in 1971.
4. The Teddy Bears Picnic
5. In A Persian Market
The Decca Audition...The Beatles.
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The two posts below record the early efforts of the big band singers of the 40's & 50's so we move to 1962 1st of January to be precise to some early "Beatles".....and you can hear how much they improved in the years after Jan 1962....There is quite a lot of info about that recording date !!!
I recon that Columbia, HMV, Pye, Philips, and Oriole would have been kicking themselves about the missed opportunity !!
The English rock band the Beatles auditioned for Decca Records at Decca Studios in West Hampstead, north London, on 1 January 1962. They were rejected by the label, who instead opted to sign a contract with Brian Poole and the Tremeloes. The audition was recorded, and five of the songs—"Searchin'", "Three Cool Cats", "The Sheik of Araby", "Like Dreamers Do" and "Hello Little Girl"—were officially released on the Beatles rarities compilation Anthology 1 in 1995.
Manager Brian Epstein met with record companies in London to secure a record contract for the Beatles and was rejected by many, including Columbia, HMV, Pye, Philips, and Oriole. After Epstein had meetings with both EMI and Decca at the start of December 1961, Decca A&R executive Mike Smith travelled to Liverpool to see the Beatles perform at the Cavern Club, and was impressed enough to ask Epstein to bring the band down to London for a test in Decca's recording studios, scheduled for 1 January 1962.
Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Pete Best arrived at the audition, formally known as a "commercial test" to be headed by Mike Smith with Decca staff, on 1 January 1962 at 10 a.m. At the audition, the Beatles performed songs hand-picked by Epstein.
At the time, the standard procedure for a test of this type was to record between two and five songs and then quickly usher the artists out of the studio. However, the Beatles ended up recording fifteen songs, and the recording session was extended after a lunch break into the afternoon. This could suggest that, if offered a deal, their first single and perhaps others would have been taken from the resulting tape.
About a month later, Decca rejected the Beatles. The executives felt that "guitar groups are on the way out" and "the Beatles have no future in show business". Some music historians have suggested, however, that their work that day did not yet reflect their true potential, and the "guitar" comment may have been intended as a polite let
down.
Sale of audition tape
The original safety master tape the group recorded at Decca's London studios was sold by auctioneers the Fame Bureau in December 2012 to a Japanese collector for £35,000. A spokesman for the auctioneers said at the time: "The tape went to a Capitol Records executive after the Beatles signed with EMI. He sold it to the current owner who was one of the top buyers for Hard Rock Cafe but it was for his own personal collection." The authenticity of the tape sold remains debatable among experts, however, as the tape of the audition contains 15 songs and the tape auctioned has only 10. Additionally, the auction recording is on Ampex tape, which was not in use in 1962. It has not been firmly ascertained if the original master tape recorded by Decca on 1 January 1962 is in the possession of the Beatles' Apple Corps Ltd.
(All Info Edited From Wikipedia)
11. September In The Rain
The Essence Of Jazz Vocals 1...VA
Here is the first 22 tracks of Jazz Vocals that feature singers who before they entered a solo singing career sang with some famous swing & jazz bands of the day...as you can see there are some classy singers featured just at the start of their fame also featured are some of the great jazz bands so if you like the 30's & 40's Jazz Sounds have a listen to this selection !!!
The second 22 tracks feature singers and bands from the 50's and maybe the 60's
1. It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing
10. Georgia On My Mind
The Essence Of Jazz Vocals.2...VA
And with a click of the fingers we have the second 22 tracks of some great singers !!
3. Its Alright With Me
12. This Heart Of Mine
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