Leo Sayer

 A collection of Leo's Hits produced by Richard Perry !!....Best track Is "I Think We Fell In Love To Fast !!

1. Hold On To My Love 
2. You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
3. Reflections
4. When I Need You
5. No Business Like Love Business

1. I Hear The Laughter
2. Magdalena
3. How Much Love
4. I Think We Fell In Love To Fast
5. Endless Flight

           4. I Think We Fell In Love To Fast

Eddie Condon & His Orchestra

Two now from Duke.....I should thing that this original L/P would be in the Rare category ....Thanks Duke !

1. We Called It Music

2. Nobody Knows

3. My Melancholy Baby

4. Down Among The Sheltering Palms

5. Ida Sweet As Apple Cider

6. Aunt Hagar's Blues

      1. We Called It Music

 

Jimmy Dean

Country at its best now with some great tracks that do tell stories with lyrics that do makes sense !!

1. Big Bad John

2. Smoke Smoke That Cigarette

3. Sixteen Tons

4. Oklahoma Bill

5. Grasshopper MacClain

1. Make The Waterwheel Roll

2. Gotta Travel On

3. Night Train To Memphis

4. I Won't Go Hunting with You Jake 

5. To A Sleeping Beauty

          3. Night Train To Memphis

Britxotica Goes East..VA

I didn't know we Brits did "Exotica" but here's some fun tracks that  are pretty good !!.....I guess that maybe some of them might be on the rare list !!

1. Sphinx Wont Tell......The Beverley Sisters

2. Yashmak......Chico Arnez & His Orchestra

3. Caravan......Stanley Black & His Orchestra

4. Four Beats To The Casbah......Johnny Keating & The Z Men

5. Persian Twist......Charles Blackwell & His Orchestra

6. Baghdad Bazaar.......Philip Green & His Mayfair Orchestra

7. Sheik Or Morocco......Kenny Day

8. Marrakesh......Tony Osborne & His Orchestra

9. Climb Up The Wall......Yana

10. Misirlou......Stanley Black & His Orchestra

11. Delilah's Theme......Johnny Keating Kombo

12. Call Of The Casbah......Laurie Johnson

13. Lonely One......Roy Tierney

14. Turkish Coffee......Tony Osborne & His Orchestra

15. Kazoo......Reg Owen & His Orchestra

16. The Sultan Of Bezaaz.......Ray Ellington

        10. Misirlou

Billy May

Two driving big bands next !!

1. When Your Lover has Gone

2. Huguette Waltz

3. It Happened In Monterey

4. Unforgettable

5. Lemon Twist

6. Say It Isn't So

1. The March Of The Toys

2. Makin' Whoopee

3. The Man With The Golden Gun

4. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise

5. Lean Baby

6. I'll Never Say Never Again Again

          3. It Happened In Monterey

Ted Heath & His Music

 Great arrangements..  Great Idea that swings merrily along London Bridge !

1. Lincolnshire Poacher

2. Greensleeves

3. D'ya Ken John Peel

4. Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes

5. There's A Tavern In the Town

6. Barbara Allen

1. Cherry Ripe

2. Sweet Polly Oliver

3. London Bridge Is Falling Down

4. Early One Morning

5. The Lasse Of Richmond Hill

6. The Foggy Foggy Dew

          3. London Bridge Is Falling Down

          4. Early One Morning

Eddie Condon & His All Stars

Some Dixieland now recorded in 1958...music of the 20's...fill your ears with this great sound then put your feet up ready for 2 Pianos !!!

1957's The Roaring Twenties, salutes a host of jazz luminaries of the pre-swing era, from Lee Wiley and Turk Murphy to Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong. Condon -- appearing with cornetist Wild Bill Davison, drummer George Wettling, clarinetist Bob Wilber, bassist Leonard Gaskin, and trombone player Vic Dickenson -- illustrates perfectly how much fun jazz was before it took itself seriously, jamming on "Minor Drag," "That's a Plenty," and ten other tunes.

A lighthearted session with not much to challenge listeners but plenty to entertain them, The Roaring Twenties features a couple of longtime veterans of Dixieland-inspired jazz enjoying themselves playing the songs they'd known for decades.

1. Wolverine Blues

2. Chimes Blues

3. Put Em' Down Blues

4. Davenport Blues

5. What Cha Call em' Blues

6. Minor Drag

1. China Boy

2. My Monday Date

3. Apex Blues

4. Heebie Jeebies

5. St James Infirmary Blues

6. That's a Plenty

          3. Apex Blues

Lew Davies & His Orchestra

Command Stereo does it again !!...some great piano voices and stereo !....a relaxing and put your feet up type of L/P !!...if you like piano music then your in for a treat !!

1. Cheek To Cheek

2. I'll Never Smile Again

3. These Foolish Things

4. Sleepy Lagoon

5. April In Paris

6. Tea For Two

1. Let's Put Out The Lights

2. Paradise

3. Embraceable You

4. Adios Querido

5. Lets Do It

6. How Deep Is The Ocean

         3. Embraceable You

Charley Pride.

We now go "Country & Western" for the next three posts courtesy of my brother from the "Hoard" that I got....not forgeting "Ken & my niece "Nicola"who also made a substantial contribution !!...But now back to the Music !!..can't say That I have heard any of "Charley's" work the name seems familiar but not the songs....The selection that is on this L/P seems to be more or less the same but with different words....the tempo is the same I wish there was a "Gem" on this one but can't see or hear one !!...maybe my ears are not attuned to the 123 tempo !!!

1. I'd Rather Love You
2. Time Your Not A Friend Of Mine
3. Jeanie Norman
4. Anywhere Just Inside Your Arms
5. When The Train Comes In

1. Piroque Joe
2. Was It All Worth Losing You
3. Instant Loneliness
4. This Highway Leads To Glory
5. Time Out For Jesus

 

            1. Piroque Joe

Billie Jo Spears.

Now this compilation is spot on !!..true the 123 tempo is still hanging around but it has been mixed in with popular hits and cover versions of songs by other singers...and the record company has been generous with a great 22 tracks !!

1. Blanket on The Ground
2. Here You Come Again
3. Crystal Chandeliers
4. What I've Got In Mind
5. Fire And Rain
6. Blue Blue Day
7. Just The Way You Are
8. It's a Heartache
9. All I Have To Do Is Dream
10. This Ole House
11. Tennessee Waltz

1. 57 Chevrolet
2. Cryin' Time
3. I'm Gonna Be A Country Girl Again 
4. For The Good Times
5. I'll Never Love This Way Again
6. Love Of The Common People
7. Silver Threads And Golden Needles
8. Blue Bayou
9. Rocky Top
10. Till I Get It Right 
11. Queen Of The Silver Dollar

          10. This Ole House

This Is Country Music.

These compilations are getting better and the last one is the best !!....out of the 12 tracks I am only familiar with 2 of the singers !!..the rest are all new to me but I bet your bottom dollar that the CW fans out there have heard of all of them !!...this is definatley full of "Gems" so don't hesitate give it a download and enjoy !!!

1. Jackson...Johnny Cash & June Carter 
2. Big Dummy...Tommy Collins
3. Help Stamp Out Loneliness...Stonewall Jackson
4. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry...The Carter Family
5. Don't Let Me Cross Over...Carl & Pearl Butler
6. Foggy Mountain Breakdown...Lester Flatts & Earl Scruggs

1. Tonight Carmen...Marty Robins
2. Saginaw Michigan...Lefty Frizzell
3. Deep Water...Carl Smith
4. Danny Boy...Ray Price
5. You Can't Have Your Kate And Ethel Too...The Statler Brothers
6. The Wheels Fell Of The Wagon Again...Johnny Dollar

           6. Foggy Mountain Breakdown

Mel Torme

 Now here we have a mixed post of a CD and L/P 

The CD say's that its the Complete Recordings from 1954 & 1957...But I Only have the 2nd CD

This one is with the Marty Paich Quintet......And The L/P is with Al Pellegrini Trio.

There is also a Bonus track on the CD

CD Tracks...1957

1. It's Only A Paper Moon

2. What Is This Thing Called Love

3. One For My Baby And One For The Road

4. Love Is Just A Bug

5. A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

6. Just One Of Those Things

7. The Girl Next Door

8. Lover Come Back To Me

9. Looking At You

10. The Tender Trap

11. I'm Beginning To See The Light

12. Autumn Leaves (Gag Intro)

13. Autumn Leaves (Straight In French )

14. Tenderly

15. I Wish I Were In Love Again

16. It's Delovely

17. It's Alright With Me

18. Manhattan

19. Taking A Chance On Love

20. Home By The Sea

21. Nobody's Heart

22. I Got Plenty Of Nuttin' ( Bonus Track)

L/P.....1954

1. From This Moment On

2. That Old Black Magic

3. Get Out Of Town

4. Goody Goody

5. Love Is Here To Stay

6. Blue Moon

7. Old Devil Moon

1. Get Happy

2. Mountain Greenery

3. The County Fair

4. The Christmas Song

5. Jeepers Creepers

6. You're Driving Me Crazy

7. Bernie's Tune

5. A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

        7. Old Devil Moon

Female Legends Of The 50's..2.VA

 Here is the 2nd one of the Legend Gals !

A leap in time now to the 50's when the pace of life was more slower ! and not so frantic !!

1. You Send Me.....Teresa Brewer

2. Fire Down Below......Jeri Southern

3. Alright Okay You Win......Peggy Lee

4. Teach Me Tonight......Jo Stafford

5. Goodnight My Love Pleasant Dreams......The McGuire Sisters

6. Mr Wonderful......Peggy Lee

7. How Important Can It Be......Joni James

8. Secret Love......Doris Day

9. I Wanna Be Loved.....The Fontane Sisters

10. Gonna Get Along Without You Now......Patience And Prudence

11. Allegheny Moon.....Patti Page

12. Happiness Street......Georgia Gibbs

13. Something's Gotta Give......The McGuire Sisters

14. Hey Joe......Kitty Wells

15. Old Cape Cod......Patti Page

16. The Banjo's Back in Town.......Teresa Brewer

17. Mango's......Rosemary Clooney

18. Mama Teach Me To Dance......Eydie Gorme

19. Go On With The Wedding......Patti Page

20. Sisters......Rosemary Clooney

21. Ready Willing And Able......Doris Day

22. Tra La La.......Georgia Gibbs

23. Music Music Music......Teresa Brewer

24. I Love My Baby My Baby Loves Me......Jill Corey

25. Under The Bridges Of Paris......Eartha Kitt

          18. Mama Teach Me To Dance

          25. Under The Bridges Of Paris

Don Costa Echoing Voices & Trombones

We now have an Orchestra doing a "Ray Conniff !!.. that  usually arranged and conducted for singers like Eydie Gorme, Steve Lawrence, Frank Sinatra....Sounds are great Stereo 

Dominick P. "Don" Costa (June 10, 1925 – January 19, 1983) was an American conductor and record producer. He discovered singer Paul Anka and worked on several hit albums by Frank Sinatra, including Sinatra and Strings and My Way.

Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé invited Costa to write vocal backgrounds for their recordings. He agreed and thus began an association that led to their joining a record label headed by Sam Clark: ABC-Paramount Records. Costa accepted the position of head A&R man as well as chief arranger and producer. Many hits were to follow, not only with Lawrence and Gormé, but with Lloyd Price, George Hamilton IV, and Paul Anka.

1. Day In Day Out

2. Deed I Do

3. The Breeze And I

4. Just In Time

5. But Not For Me

6. I'm Beginning To See The Light

1. Skyliner

2. Echo Of Love

3. Opus No 1

4. Adios

5. Thou Swell

6. Nice Work If You Can Get It

         4. Adios

The Harmony Records Story VA..Disc 2

 Now we have the second Disc of a great Various Artists selection Disc One is below !!..together with my comments of this Great selection !!!

1. Autumn Leaves......Hank Garland

2. Dream A Little Dream Of Me......Dinah Shore

3. My Melancholy Baby......Ella Fitzgerald

4. Blue Moon Of Kentucky......Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys

5. Book Of Love......The Harmony Blazers

6. Personality......Pearl Bailey

7. As Time Goes By......Liberace

8. On A Little Street In Singapore......Harry James with Frank Sinatra

9. For Me And My Gal......The Chordettes

10. Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White......Xavier Cugat & His Orchestra

11. San Antonio Rose.......Polly Bergen & Bill Bergen

12. Too Young......Rosemary Clooney

13. Sabre Dance......Woody Herman & His Orchestra

14. Slippin' Around......Floyd Tillman

15. My Rough And Rowdy Ways......Lefty Frizzell

16. Come Back To Sorrento......Toni Arden

17. Boogie Blues......Gene Krupa with Anita O'Day

18. Fool Am I......Anita O'Day with Gene Krupa

19. Pistol Packin' Mama......Al Dexter & His Troopers

20. Without A Song......Nelson Eddy

21. Foggy Mountain Special......Flatt & Scruggs

22. The Lonesome River......The vStanley Brothers

23. Just As I Am......Jimmy Dean

24. Nice Work If You Can Get It,,,,,,Sarah Vaughan

25. Worried Man Blues

           3. My Melancholy Baby

           21.Foggy Mountain Special

50 Guitars Of Tommy Garrett

The man with 50 Guitars at his disposal does "South America" and it sounds great !!...courtesy of "Bob" !!

      1. Maria Elena

The Harmony Records Story.VA

 Even tho' the cover say's 1957-1962 I'm sure that some of the tracks date from the 40's and maybe the 30's...still i'm not complaining  there are some classic's on here.....as I said below  78's definatley !!.....AND the DeLeorean is still under covers !!!......Disc 2 coming at a later date !!

1. Tuxedo Junction......Gene Krupa

2. Saturday Night Fish Fry......Pearl Bailey

3. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter......Don Cherry

4. Hello Young Lovers......Rosemary Clooney

5. Hey Good Looking......Carl Perkins

6. Johnny B Goode......The Harmony Blazers

7. I Love You So Much It Hurts.....Floyd Tilman

8. Jambalaya......Little Jimmy Dickens

9. Shuckin' The Corn......Flatt & Scuggs

10. I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine...... Don Cherry

11. Mad About The Boy......Dinah Shore

12. Stardust......Liberace

13. It's All In The Game......Sammy Kaye

14. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm......Les Brown And His Orchestra

15. I Take To You.....  Anita O'Day with Gene Krupa 

16. Bear Cat Crawl......Meade Lux Lewis

17. Secret Love......Hank Garland

18. Tallahasee Lassie......Rocky Curtis & The Harmony Flames

19. Wildwood Flower......The Carter Family

20. Kiss Of Fire......Toni Arden

21. The Man I Love......Billie Holiday

22. South Of The Border...... Benny Goodman & His Orchestra

23. That Lucky Old Sun......Sarah Vaughan 

24. Drifting And Dreaming.......The Chordettes

25. Riders In The Sky......Nelson Eddy

5. Hey Good Looking

25. Riders In The Sky

Tony Bennett

Two great singers next......this one is the second of Tony early tracks maybe 78's definatley 45's !

Vol 1 is further down the posts !

1. Silly Dreamer

2. Sleepless

3. Somewhere The Way

4. I'm Lost Again

5. Have A Good Time

6. Here In My Heart

7. Roses Of Yesterday

8. You Could make Me Smile Again

9. Congratulations To  Someone

10. Anywhere I Wander

11. Stay Where You Are

12. Take Me

13. No One Will Ever Know

14. I'm The King Of Broken Hearts

15. I'll Go

16. Rags To Riches

17. Here Comes That Heartache Again

          16. Rags To Riches

 

Sarah Vaughan

The Great Sarah singing songs from the 60's and doing them justice definitely giving them the "Sassy" touch ..

The New Scene pairs Sarah Vaughan with arranger Luchi de Jesus for a luminously crafted collection of songs squarely in the style and sensibility of the mainstream pop of the mid-'60s and while jazz purists will have already recoiled in horror and moved on to another review, less myopic listeners will discover an effervescent, lively LP that refuses to sacrifice the sensitivity of Vaughan's remarkable voice in favour of crossover success. Decades removed from the album's original release, songs like "Michelle" and "Call Me" are now indistinguishable from the traditional standards they usurped, and to her credit Vaughan seems to grasp completely the excellence of the material at her disposal, savouring the lyrics and navigating the melodies with her trademark artistry. De Jesus' buoyant arrangements are similarly perceptive, playing to Vaughan's myriad strengths while channelling the lessons of Abbey Road and Hitsville USA to subtly update her approach for a brave new world.

1. One Two Three

2. What Now My Love

3. Love

4. Who Can I Turn To

5. Call Me

6. With These Hands

1. Michelle

2. Sneakin' Up On You

3. Everybody Loves Somebody

4. The Shadow Of Your Smile

5. Dominque's Discotheque

6. I Should Have Kissed Him More

2, What Now My Love

Ray Conniff. Concert In Rhythm VOL 2

DeLorian back under the covers !!...and time for another Concert !!

1. Liebestraum

2. Yours Is My Heart Alone

3. None But The Lonely Heart

4. I'll See You Again

5. My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice

6. Poem

1.Warsaw Concerto

2. Chopin's Nocturne In E Flat

3. Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy

4. Favourite Themes From Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony

5. Favourite Themes From Grieg's A Minor Concerto

6. One Fine Day

          4. I'll See You Again

Glenn Miller & The Andrews Sisters

It seems that the "DeLorean" is being dusted down and whooshing away to 1940 !!

with some great swing and big band sounds plus the swingin' Andrews !!

18 Tracks on the first Disc & 21 on the second giving a total of 39 Swinger's !!

All these broadcasts were made from December 1939 till March 1940....most of them was only 15 mins long but for these recordings they all have been strung together to make a one long concert !!....All the Producers notes and info is included in the download.....so folks give it a download and remember some memories !!!......Complete with the Ciggy's Commercials !!!

Courtesy Of Duke...Thanks !!

         13. Say Si Si

Tammy Jones.

When I first saw this L/P I thought that "Tammy" was an American CW singer it was not til I "Googled" her that I found that she is a "Welsh" singer that won "Oportunity Knocks" for several weeks !!!....Once again we "Brit's" let this crystal clear singer get away !!....She Only had one moderate hit  which is Track One "Let Me Love Again"....she should have had more she has a great voice....On this L/P the arrangments let her down apart from "Amazing Grace" that she sings in "Welsh" and a great arrangment of "My Happiness" The rest are very similar to the original hit versions.....and as you know I like to hear singers own interpritations of well known songs !!!

1. Let Me Try Again
2. Answer Me
3. The Way We Were
4. Amazing Grace
5. With These Hands
6. The Day The Rains Came
7. May You Always
8.  The Wedding

1. No Regrets
2. Loves A Carousel
3. Behind Closed Doors
4. It Must Be Him
5. Wonderful Dream
6. My Happiness
7. All The Love In The World
8. My Way

           6. My Happiness
 

Jerry Murads Harmonicats

Don't think we have had any "Harmonica's" on here yet so we have now...the arrangements are first class and the harmonica's blend in well with the orchestra...not so much featuring them as solo's but incorporating them in the orchestra....Most harmonica music I have heard don't do that !!...so this L/P sounds like a fresh sound !!.....Of course they are featured but to my mind they blend in perfectly !

1. Peg O'My Heart
2.  Bewitched
3. Malaguena
4. Charmaine
5. Galloping Comedians
6. Maria Elena

1. Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White
2. Yesterday
3. A Taste of Honey
4. Diane
5. The Last Outpost

       

          3. Malaguena

Richard Harris.

We now have a "Mr Harris"singing the songs of "Jim Webb"..still wondering if he finally got time to bake that cake again !!!....I would guess that this might be the first of "Richard's" venture into the recording studio....If I am wrong I guess somebody will put me right !!!

1. Prelude / Didn't We
2. Interlude / Paper Chase
3. Interlude / Name Of My Sorrow
4. Interlude / Lovers Such As I
5. In The Final Hours

1. Mac Arther Park
2. Dancing Girl
3. Interlude / If You Must Leave My Life
4. A Tramp Shining

      2. Dancing Girl