V.A. Memories Are Made Of This.

Now !!! this is what I call a compilation L/P !!...takes me back to my teenage years with memories of "78 RPM's" " 45's" "Blue Suede Shoes" "Mods & Rockers" "Winkle Pickers" "Lager & Lime" !!!!...Ah Happy Days !!!.....Soooooo all you 50 ites enjoy "This Blast From The Past"!!!!!....Just a couple of jumps but nothing to spoil your listening pleasure !!!

1. Memories Are Made Of This...Dean Martin
2. Whatever Will Be Will Be...Doris Day
3. A Certain Smile...Johnny Mathis
4. Softly Softly...Ruby Murry
5. Rose Marie...Slim Whitman
6. It's Almost Tomorrow...The Dreamweavers
7. Just Walking In The Rain...Johnny Ray
8. A Tear Fell... Teresa Brewer
9. Around The World...Bing Crosby
10. Little Things Mean A Lot...Kitty Kallen
11. St Theresa Of The Roses...Malcolm Vaughan

1. The Story Of my Life...Michael Holiday
2. Tammy ...Debbie Reynolds 
3. A woman In Love...Frankie Laine
4. Till There Was You...Peggy Lee
5. This Ole House...Rosemary Clooney
6. Moon River...Andy Williams
7. Oh Mein Papa...Eddie Calvert
8. No Other Love...Ronnie Hilton
9. Dreamboat...Alma Cogan
10. Sugartime...McGuire Sisters
11. Stranger In Paradise...Tony Bennett

 

        7. Just Walking In The Rain

The Ray Conniff Singers.

I think that this was the second L/P with the singers singing the lyrics...and a great job they do...I think that Ray Conniff set the standard and the "Benchmark" for most of the "Singing Groups" that came after !!

1. Remember
2. You'll Never Know
3. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
4. I'm In The Mood For Love
5. I'll Be Seeing You
6. It's Dark On Observatory Hill

1. These Foolish Things
2. Ma He's Making Eyes At Me
3. Young At Heart
4. If I Loved You
5. Harbour Lights
6. I'll See You In My Dreams

      6. I'll See You In My Dreams

Dusty Springfield.

A compilation of Dusty's hits and some tracks from her L/P's....so if you like Dusty then this might be for you !!.....Th'o it sounds like the record company has had a fiddle with the setting's on some tracks...I guess trying to get "Stereo" from Mono !!!...or maybe it's my ears !!

1. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
2. You Don't Own Me 
3.  Do Re Mi
4. When The Lovelight Starts Shinning Through His Eyes 
5. My Colouring Book
6. Mocking Bird

1. Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa
2. Anyone Who Had A Heart 
3. Will You Love Me Tomorrow
4. Wishin' And Hopin'
5. Don't You Know 
6. Son Of A Preacher Man

        6. Son Of A Preacher Man

Jack Jones.

Another perfect L/P from Jack singing songs of the time 70's to be exact....not a standard song in sight !!!


1. I'll Never Fall In Love Again
2. Sweet Child
3. Easy To Be Hard
4. Josephine For Better Or For Worse
5. Spinning Wheel

1. A Time For Us
2. Isn't It Lonely Together
3. I Keep Leavin' Houses Behind
4. The Seven Last Days
5. And I'll Go
6. Home

      6. Home

The Ray Conniff Singers.

Here's a "Conniff" I must have missed !!...best track is "Young And Foolish" 1966 was the year !!

1. Red Roses For A Blue Lady
2. Downtown
3. Charade
4. King Of The Road 
5. Edelweiss
6. Young And Foolish

1. Somewhere My Love
2. Days Of Wine And Roses
3. Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport
4. Would'nt It Be Luverly
5. So Long Farewell

 

        6. Young And Foolish

Jack Jones.

 

Jack sings a selection of standards flawlessly with lush arrangements !

1. Where Love Has Gone
2. Willow Weep For Me
3. It Never Entered My Mind
4. Here's That Rainy Day
5. Lush Life
6. To Love And Be loved

1. People
2. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
3. Whats New
4. The Lorelei
5. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry
6. By Myself

      6. To Love And Be Loved

Jack Jones.

This is one of JJ better releases on the RCA label...a really good selection of songs some well known ones the rest are excelent especially "Traces Of A Long Forgotten Tune" and I love what he does to "The Jealous Kind" a TOP A1 L/P !!!!


1. With One More Look At You
2. Goodbye Old Buddies
3. Traces Of A Long Forgotten Tune
4. The Jealous Kind
5. Belonging

1. If I Only Had The Words To Tell You
2. Dixie Chicken
3. Perfect Strangers
4. Cajun Song
5. Empty Hearts

    4. The Jealous Kind

Jo Stafford

We are still over the channel and over the Pond with the next few selections...so for your delight the hits of "Miss Jo Stafford" plus some non hits !!!.....The track "Shrimp Boats" is missing probably whizzing around in the "Stratos" some where !!!

       5. Jambalaya

Jo Stafford

There's some great music in this record store and here's one !!!...as you can see "Jo Stafford" Plus "Jazz" a great combination and she sure swings !!!...highly recommended !!...and It's great "Stereo" !!

1. Just Sqeeze Me
2. For You
3. Midnight Sun
4. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
5. The Folks Who Live On The Hill
6. I Didn't Know About You

1. What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry 
2. Dream Of You
3. Imagination
4. S'posin'
5. Day Dream
6. I've Got The World On A String

      2. For You 

Cliff Richard.

Cliff Circa 1982...Getting away from his "Pop" image with a selection of songs that are ok BUT not any of them are rememberable...I guess that this was the start of him aiming and definitely succeeding to become the artist he is today !!....He Co-Produced this L/P and the cover is quite clever emphasising the "Title"....There is more L/P's by "Cliff" coming soon!!!

1. The Only Way Out
2. First Date
3. Thief In The Night
4. Where Do We Go From Here
5. Son Of Thunder
6. Little Town

1. It has To Be You It Has To Be Me
2. The Water Is Wide
3. Now You see Me Now You Don't
4. Be In My Heart
5. Discovering

      4. Where Do We Go From Here

Dirty Dancing (Film).

Another soundtrack with songs that are played in the background of the film so you don't realy notice them till you see the back cover of the L/P and then you have to watch it again to get the feel and mood !!!...and of course it has that classic track "Time Of My Life" and the "Nobody should put "Baby" in the corner " line !!!

1. I've had The Time Of My Life
2. Be My Baby
3. She's Like The Wind
4. Hungry Eyes
5. Stay
6. Yes

1. You Don't Own Me
2. Hey Baby
3. Overload
4. Love Is Strange
5. Where Are You Tonight
6. In The Still Of The Night 

      3. She's Like The Wind

Michael Bolton.

Dig the crazy hairstyle !!.Still we are in 1989 so I suppose its the fashion !!...But Michael's hair looks better today even if he has lost some of it !!! (like me ) !!!...Back to the music I did'nt realise that he wrote most of the songs on this L/P...I believe that this was one of his first L/P's and contains some of his best known songs....Great version of one of my favourite songs "Georgia On My Mind"and its a great all round set of songs !!!

1. Soul Provider
2 Georgia On My Mind
3. It's Only My Heart
4. How Am I Supposed To Live Without You
5. How Can We Be Lovers

1. You Would'nt Know Love
2. When I'm Back On My Feet Again
3. From Now On...with Suzie Benson
4. Love Cuts Deep
5. Stand Up For Love

        2. Georgia On My Mind

Richard Clayderman.

Some semi-classical piano now... all the tracks I assume are "French" tunes... that assumption comes from the fact that they are bracketed ( ) in french on the back !!!...still wish he would do some "Swing" ala (Previn) or "Honky Tonk" ala (Winnifred Attwell or Russ Conway) !!!..Still if he did that then I suppose it would'nt be a "Richard Clayderman !!!...BUT I still enjoyed it !!

1. Remember Me
2. Moonlighting
3. Clouds
4. The Italian Girl
5. Loneliness
6. Living Without You

1. Tender Love
2. Your Eyes In My Eyes
3. Such A Beautiful Waltz
4. Broken Heart 
5. First Love
6. The Lady Said
7. The Girl From Asia

      3. Clouds

Traffle.

We now have one that I can't seem to find anything about...I Have "Googled" them but have come up with "Zilch"....and my brother and sister in law seem to have vague memories of where it came from...it was either bought at a local Leicester Club or maybe in "Cornwall" when on holiday...As they are an "Australian" group I assume that they were over here doing the rounds of the Clubs & Pubs performing.....Maybe some of you "Down Under" could enlighten us and give us some information...The "Nicola" that is mentioned on the signature on the front I am told was about 4 years old !!...she is now married and got two children of her own !!......So I recon that its a late 70's early 80's recording no date on the sleeve or record...and it is a "Private Pressing" From EMI (Australia) !!....All the tracks are written by the members of the group so they are all original songs....which poses the thought that the more you play and listen to it the better it becomes !!!!

P.S. "Bingo"!!!...thanks to "Dusty's" detective work we now have a little more info about "Traffle"....and a Video to watch !!! 

1. Do You Have To Leave Me
2. What Would You Say
3. Can't See Whats Wrong
4. Love Conquers All
5. They Are Children

1. It Came To Me Tonight
2. Backwards To Return
3. Lose Control
4. My Love To You
5. See It Through

      3. Can't See Whats Wrong

Traffle Duo youtube

Terry Lightfoot Band.

Now here's a pleasant surprise to me that is !!...I have heard of "Terry Lightfoot's Band" but alway's associated it with "Trad Jazz" & "Skiffle" or so I thought !!...WRONG !..and how wrong could I be !!...here's a swingin' 6 piece combo that's the BEE'S KNEE's !!!..with a great selection of tracks..and its great to hear vocal's with a swing band once again !!!

1. At The Jazz Band Ball
2. Every Lonely River
3. Mame
4. Lotus Blossom
5. Medley
    a. Goodnight Irene
    b. We Shall Not Be Moved
    c. It Takes A Worried Man
6. When The Saints

1. Wang Wang Blues
2. The Ballad Of Jesse James
3. When Your Smiling
4. Muskrat Ramble
5. John Henry
6. Jazz Me Blues

      

      1. Wang Wang Blues

Barbra Sreisand

I have this one on CD so thanks to Gym bunny "Lesley" for being able to let me post it as a L/P!!!!....

1. The Places You Find Love
2. On My Way To You
3. Till I Loved You....with Don Johnson
4. Love Light
5. All I Ask Of You
6. You And Me For Always

1. Why Let It Go
2. Two People
3. What Were We Thinking Of
4. Some Good Things Never Last
5. One More Time Around

      3. Till I Loved You

Randy Crawford.

Don't know much about "Randy" except of course "One Day"...but these are some well sung songs with of course the "Love" theme so I guess "it does what it says on the tin"!!!!!
On the Track "Imagine" which is a live track the recording goes a bit funny left speaker goes a bit haywire...thought perhaps it was my turntable or connections that was playing up again...BUT recorded it three times and still had the same problen at the same time each recording !!!Sooooooo conclusion I think maybe that as it was a live recording and she seems to move around the stage that might be the problem !!!

1. One Day I'll Fly Away
2. You Might Need Somebody
3. Rainy Night In Georgia
4. Trade Winds
5. He Reminds Me
6. Nightline
7. Windsong
8. Secret Combination

1. Almaz
2. Imagine
3. In Real Life
4. Everything Must Change 
5. I Don't Want To Lose Him
6. Someone To Believe In
7. One Hello
8. Tender Falls The rain

      3. Rainy Night In Georgia 

John Denver.

Now we have the gentle voice of "JD"which includes a couple of his "Hits"I can say that this one is definitely not a "Compilation" but a "Bona Fide" studio Recording !!....If you have not heard the track "The Box" then download this L/P and get a surprise !!!!!!!!

1. Poems Prayers And Promises
2. Let It Be
3. My Sweet Lady
4. Wooden Indian
5. Junk
6. Gospel Changes

1. Take Me Home Country Roads
2.  I Guess I'd Rather Be In Colorado
3. Sunshine On My Shoulder
4. Around And Around
5. Fire And Rain
6. The Box

 

      3. Sunshine On My Shoulder

Ethel Merman

Obviously this is not from the soundtrack of the film!!...If it was your thoughts would be "Where the hell is "Donald O'Conner & Vera Ellen" !!!..It is in fact a more detailed song list from the "Show/Film"with the original "Hostess With The Mostest"!!!!!!

 

        3. Something To Dance About

Tammy Wynette

Another "Best Of" this time CW Singer...also supplied by "Bob"....If you like CW then you will like this all of her hits !!

    1. Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad

The Geoff Love Singers...320 Kbps

When I was listening to this one a thought came into my head !!..was "The Mike Sammes Singers" doing some "Moonlighting" !!...very similar sound...So off to "Google" but drew a blank...information about "Geoff Love" but no mention of "The Singers "....so it remains a mystery unless someone had some info to pass on !!!
After listening to it a couple of times I don't think TMSS were responsible something is missing That distinct sound is not there !!

1. The Very Thought Of You
2. You Make Me Feel Brand New
3. I'll Get By
4. He Was Beautiful 
5. I Wish You Love
6. As Time Goes By
7. My Prayer

1. Love Me Tender
2. Just The Way You Are
3. Unforgettable
4. The Shadow Of Your Smile
5. Love Walked in
6. Smoke gets in Your Eyes
7. Someone To Watch Over me

        3. I'll Get By