Caterina Valente.

 This is the Television Concert that Caterina did in 1975 on the day that she should have been performing in my home town of "Leicester".....I had booked to see her and was very exited then "Boooooom" got a msg from the ticket office that the performance had been cancelled because of the clash of dates !!!....never did get to see her !!!...which was a pity I would have loved it !!...AHhhhhhhhhh!!!!.C'est La Vie"!!!!!
Not To sure about the applause tho!... seems to be "Canned" (Recorded) not the actual applause...Might be wrong but it does sound a bit funny no cheers and fading at the end of the songs !!

1. a. Before The Parade Passes By
    b.  Samba De Orfeu
2. Everybody Gets To Go To The Moon
3. Italian Medley
4. Alla Turka
5. Mother Goosenova Medley
6. a. We've Only Just Begun
    b. You've Got A Friend

1. Scarborough Fair
2. The Windmills Of Your Mind
3. a. Malaguena
    b. The Breeze And I
4. Canto De Ossanha
5. Leaving On A Jet Plane

Helen Reddy.

The distinctive voice of "Helen Reddy" sings some catchy not so well known contemporary songs from 1983....The arrangements have that solid drum beat on most of the songs that defiantly puts it into the 80's.....tracks "Imagination" and "Heartbeat" are not the popular songs these are all new songs !!

1. Handsome Dudes

2. Don't Tell Me Tonight

3. A Winner In Your Eyes

4. Lets Go Up

5. Imagination

1. Looks Like Love

2. The Way I Feel

3. Guess You Had To Be There

4. Yesterday Can't Hurt Me

5. Heartbeat

             6. Looks Like Love

Mantovani--Kings Military Band--Lily Pons--Joseph P Smith

Ok lets crank the speed up to 78rpm !!

1. Mandolin Serenade......Mantovani & His Orchestra

2. The Spring Song......Mantovani & His Orchestra

3. It's A Long Way To Tipperary......Kings Military Band

4. The Red White And Blue......Kings Military Band

5. Lakme--Bell Song (Part 1)......Lily Pons

6. Lakme--Bell Song (Part 2)......Lily Pons

7. Love Nest Medley......Joseph C Smith & Orchestra

8. A Young Mans Fancy......Joseph C Smith & Orchestra

Annunzio Paolo Mantovani (15 November 1905 – 29 March 1980), known anonymously as Mantovani, was an Anglo-Italian conductor, composer and light orchestra-styled entertainer with a cascading strings musical signature.

                                                           Kings Military Band

Alice Joséphine Pons (April 12, 1898 – February 13, 1976), known professionally as Lily Pons, was a French-American operatic soprano and actress who had an active career from the late 1920s through the early 1970s.

Joseph C. Smith (August 13, 1883 – March 22, 1965) was an American violinist, composer, dance band leader and recording artist most popular in the second and third decades of the 20th century.

          1. Mandolin Serenade

Petula Clark.

Petula Clark's many French recordings...
I think the cover is great...songs are good too not many well known ones...

Over the years she has recorded some great album's and singles...

One of her best CD's in my opinion was one called "Blue Lady"..."The Nashville Sessions "She recorded it in 1975 but it wasn't released till 1995 it was recorded for the ABC Record Company...reason for the delay according to the review was "Creative differences with the label" ,whatever that means so it was lying on a shelf for 20 years

1. Chariot
2. Coeur Blesse
3. Les Chants De L'Ete
4. Les Colimacons
5. Dans Le Train De Nuit
6. Claquez Vos Doigts

1. Les Beaux Jours
2. L 'Enfant Do
3. Chanson D'Argentine Tes Yeux Blues
4. Vilaine Fille Mauvais Garcon
5. L'Amour Que Tu M' As Donne
6. Darling Cheri

          1. Chariot

Werner Muller & Orchestra.

 This is another L/P that will bring out the best of your Stereo equipment as you can see it is a "Phase 4" recording and it is brilliant....I usually play it full blast...making sure that next door is out !!!....So all you "Stereo Fanatics" out there give it a go and hope if you play it loud it doesn't "Blow" your speakers...Best track is definitely "Blue Moon"...

 1. You Are My Lucky Star
2. The High And Mighty
3. Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes
4. I Got The Sun In The Morning
5. Blue Moon
6. Look For A Star

1. Moonlight Becomes You 
2. Over The Rainbow
3. I'm Sitting On Top Of The World
4. The Moon Was Yellow
5. Stairway To The Stars
6. When You Wish Upon A Star

    5. Blue Moon

Judy Garland.

  Here we have Judy performing songs that seem to be taken from her TV shows and "Live Performances"...but there is no audience participation...so I wonder if this is a Studio recording or have they cut out the enthusiastic shouting and clapping that usualy happens when Judy was performing !!

Joe Loss & His Orchestra

A Music For Pleasure Delight !

          5. I've got a Gal In Kalamazoo          

Huey Lewis And The News

Huey Lewis and the News is an American rock band based in San Francisco, California. They had a run of hit singles during the 1980s and early 1990s, eventually achieving 19 top ten singles across the Billboard Hot 100, Adult Contemporary, and Mainstream Rock charts. Their sound draws upon earlier pop, rhythm & blues and doo-wop artists, and their own material has been labeled as blue-eyed soul, new wave, power pop, and roots rock.

          3. It's All Right

Shirley Bassey.

This Lady or should I say Dame has never made a bad L/P....just some are better than others...this one is a so so...that means its ok the first side is a bit on the slow side maybe because most of the tracks are not well known a couple are but it's Shirley in a subdued mood...the second side is much better with our Shirl definitely being "Shirley Bassey"...And I just love the cover I think that's its a great photo...That's one of the reasons I  bought the L/P !!

1. Someday
2. Bless The Beasts And Children 
3. Jezahel
4. And I Love You So
5. The Way Of Love
6. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

1. Day By Day
2. Without You
3. Ballad Of The Sad Young Men
4. I Don't Know How To Love Him
5. I'd Do It All Again
6. If We Only Have Love

1. Day By Day.

Caterina Valente.

The great "Caterina" once again this time in German !!..Except "Malaguena" which is sung in Spanish...AND "The Breeze And I" even though on the sleeve it is in English its sung in German !!....A favourite moan coming up !!...back of the sleeve is the same as the front....WHY oh WHY couldn't they put information on there about the recordings !!!

1. Wo Mein Sonne Scheint
2. Ganz Paris Traumt Von Der Lieb
3. Sing Baby Sing 
4. Chanson D'amour
5. Spiel Noch Einmal Fur Mich Habanero
6. The Breeze And I

1. Dreh Dich Nicht Um Nach Fremden Scatten
2. Oho Aha
3. Steig In Das Traumboot Der Liebe
4. Musik Liegt In Der Luft
5. Malaguena
6. Schwarze Engel 

    6. The Breeze And I

Shelly Mann & His Friends

This "Modern Jazz" version is not so improvised as some of the MJ recordings are....yes there are some improvisations on the melody's but it still sticks to the main melody's so that you can recognise the songs.... they don't go meandering all over the place !!....Its a great one and in 1956 it was in the top Jazz L/P lists for quite some time over a year I believe !!!

           4. Wouldn't It Be Luverly

Shelly Manne - On The Street Where You Live

The sound is a bit low on the "Julie Andrews" Intro at the beginning...

The Blow Monkeys

The Blow Monkeys are a British pop band formed in 1981. Their first single, "Live Today Love Tomorrow", was released in 1982. They subsequently enjoyed a successful career with several hit singles and albums throughout the 1980s before splitting up at the beginning of the 1990s. Their first hit song was "Digging Your Scene" which hit No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in August 1986. They had four albums and eleven singles in the UK charts between 1986 and 1990.

The Blow Monkeys formed in 1981 when lead singer, songwriter, guitarist, bassist, and piano player Dr. Robert (born Bruce Robert Howard, 2 May 1961, Haddington, Scotland) returned to the United Kingdom after having spent five years in Australia. Dr. Robert is named after the Beatles song Doctor Robert. The other band members are Mick Anker on bass guitar, Neville Henry on saxophone and Tony Kiley (born 16 February 1962) or Crispin Taylor on drums.

The band split up in late 1990, shortly after the release of their fifth album Springtime for the World (an EP of the same name was also released, collecting all three singles from the album). 

On 18 November 2007, the original band members announced the reunion of The Blow Monkeys.

1. Springtime For The World

2. The Other Side Of You

3. If You Love Somebody

4. La Passionara

       

         3. If You Love Somebody

Tom Jones.

Once again the record company has produced a compilation of "Tom's" Greatest Hits ??(Dubious)....True they have included most of them but amongst the tracks are some cover versions of popular songs that were hits for other people and some that might be "B"sides to his Hits so I suppose they could be classed as hits because they were "The Other Side" !!.....why oh why do record companies do that !!...I'm sure that Tom could have filled this double L/P with all of his hits !!....He's had plenty to choose from during his recording time !!

1. Its Not Unusual
2. Only Once
3. I'll Never Fall In Love Again
4. Somethin' Bout You Baby I Like
5. What's New Pussycat

1. Till
2. Runnin' Bear
3. Green Green Grass Of Home
4. Thunderball
5. Love Me Tonight

1. She's A Lady
2. Pledging My Love
3. Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings
4. With These Hands
5. Delilah

1. I'm Coming Home
2. To Make A Big Man Cry
3. Help Yourself
4. The Sun Died
5. Daughter Of Darkness

      6. Till

Jack Jones

 Here is another well sung compilation from JJ...Trawled from I imagine tracks from his  Albums/L/P's....Even though most of the songs here are been sung to death by different singers the arrangements are first class and different from the originals which make then seem like new!!

 1. A Lot Of Livin' To Do
2. Wouldn't It Be Loverly
3. Shall We Dance
4. I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
5. It Only Takes A Moment
6. People Will Say Were In Love
7. Every Time We Say Goodbye

1. My Favourite Things
2. People
3. I Love Paris
4. Luck Be A Lady Tonight
5. Embraceable You
6. Thank Heaven For Little Girls
7. Don't Rain On My Parade

          10. I Love Paris

Bert Kaempfert.

 The record company has done a good job with this L/P...It's title lives up to the content...usually on "The Very Best Of ??" there is about one or two hit tracks and the rest is made up of recordings that don't mean much....BUT this one delivers the goods....I remember buying "Wonderland By Night" (to give it the English title) on a 45rpm quite a number of years ago...even had a stab at writing lyrics for it...can't remember what they were and must have got throw away at some point in time ..so they couldn't have made a very good impression otherwise I would have remembered them .

1. Wunderland Bei Nacht 
2. Catalania
3. A Swinging Safari
4. Livin' It Up
5. That Happy Feeling
6. Africaan Beat

1. Strangers In The Night
2. Moon Over Naples
3. The World We Knew
4. Something
5. My Way Of Life
6. Danke Schon

      3. A Swingin' Safari

Simple Minds

Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 1977. They have released a string of hit singles, becoming best known internationally for "Don't You (Forget About Me)" (1985), which topped the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. 

Singer Jim Kerr and guitarist Charlie Burchill are the two members who have been with the band throughout its whole history. The other current band members are bassist Ged Grimes, drummer Cherisse Osei, backing singer Sarah Brown, guitarist and keyboardist Gordy Goudie and keyboardist Erik Ljunggren. Notable former members include keyboardist Mick MacNeil, bassists Derek Forbes and John Giblin and drummers Brian McGee and Mel Gaynor.

Empires And Dance was released in September 1980. Many of the tracks were minimal and featured a significant use of sequencing. McNeil's keyboards and Forbes' bass became the main melodic elements in the band's sound, with Burchill's heavily processed guitar becoming more of a textural element. With this album, Kerr began to experiment with non-narrative lyrics based on observations he had made as the band travelled across Europe on tour. While a modest commercial success, Empires and Dance received enthusiastic response in the British music press.

1. I Travel

2. Today I Died Again

3. Celebrate 

4. This Fear Of Gods

1. Capital City

2. Constantinople Line

3.Twist-Run- Repulsion

4.Thirty Frames A Second

5. Kant Kino

6. Room

         

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

Here's One For The Big Band Jazz Enthusiasts...1963 at The Olympia Paris !