Geoff Love & Orchestra.

I think we will come of the horses after this one !!...Its a bit on the scratchy side but still listenable !!

1. The Big Country
2. A Fistful Of Dollars
3. The Call Of The Faraway Hills
4. How The West Was Won 
5. The Green Leaves Of Summer
6. The Magnificent Seven

1. The good The Bad And The Ugly
2. Friendly Persuasion
3. Gunfight At The O K Corral
4. Stagecoach to Cheyenne 
5. High Noon
6. A Man A Horse And a Gun

         4. How The West Was Won    

Marty Robbins.

Seems that we are still in the saddle !!...I'm sure that the tracks are repeated on some other posts but never mind it gives the "Country & Western" fans double pleasure !!!

1. The Fastest Gun Around
2. Waiting In Reno
3. Five Brothers
4. In The Valley Of The Rio Grande
5. San Angelo
6. Bound For Old Mexico

1. Big Iron
2. Cool Water
3. A Hundred And Sixty Acres
4. The Cowboy In The Continental Suit
5. Red River Valley
6. Ride Cowboy Ride

          1. The Fastest Gun Around 

Barbra Streisand.

 This is Barbra's first L/P recorded in 1963....I think it took her about 4 L/P's before she got complete control of her voice....saying that it's still a fantastic L/P....I first heard of her on a T/V show called "The Bernard Braden Show"...BOY that's going back some years !!!...I think I must have been the first person to buy her L/P had to order it because no one had even heard of her and it took about a fortnight before I finally got it...6 Months later everybody was "Streisand " Mad !!

1. Cry Me A River
2. My Honey's Loving Arms
3. I'll Tell The Man In The Street
4. A Taste Of Honey
5. Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf 
6. Soon It's Gonna Rain

1. Happy Days Are Here Again
2. Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now
3. Much More
4. Come To The Supermarket In Old Peking
5. A Sleepin' Bee

   

        08. Keeping Out Of Mischief Now      

Gypsy London Cast

 Lets drop in at "Bob's place in "Belgium" for the next L/P'..We have the London Cast of "Gypsy" doesn't give a date or very much information on the back so maybe some one can fill the blanks !!......Seems we have lost the "Overture" !!!....Sorry !!!

           13. Gypsy

Ella Fitzgerald

One of Ella's L/P's that I missed first time around.

Get Happy! Review by Scott Yanow (AllMusic)

Recorded during the period of time when Ella Fitzgerald cut her famous series of "songbooks," this set is a bit of a hodge-podge, drawing its 14 selections from six different dates which find Ella backed by orchestras led by either Nelson Riddle, Frank DeVol, Russ Garcia or Paul Weston. "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" was previously available as just a single while "Swingin' Shepherd Blues" (an alternate take) was previously unreleased. As usual, Ella uplifts all of the material and her best moments come on "Somebody Loves Me," a heartfelt "Moonlight Becomes You," a scat-filled "Blue Skies" and (somewhat surprisingly) "St. Louis Blues." Although this was not her most essential release, the formerly obscure Get Happy finds Ella Fitzgerald at the peak of her powers.

1. Somebody Loves Me

2. Cheerful Little Earful

3. You Make Me Feel So Young

4. Beat Me Daddy Eight To The Bar

5. Like Young

6. Cool Breeze

1. Moonlight Becomes You

2. Blue Skies

3. You Turned The Tables On Me

4. Gypsy In My Soul

5. Goody Goody

6. St Louis Blues

7. A Tisket A Tasket

8. Swingin' Shepherd Blues

          2. Blue Skies

Ella Fitzgerald

Now its me that's purring !!......Ella in first class concert mode....wish I had been at this concert !!

Ella's Having a Ball !!....having seen her in Concert about 5 times the atmosphere must have been Electric !!!

Hidden away for decades, the 2020 Ella Fitzgerald archival release Ella: The Lost Berlin Tapes showcases the singer in an ebullient live performance in Germany in 1962. The concert was recorded on March 25, 1962, in Berlin's Sportpalast Arena, two years after her classic 1960 concert albums Mack the Knife: Ella in Berlin and Ella Returns to Berlin. The main reason for the tapes to have gone unheard for so long was primarily due to Fitzgerald's manager and Verve label owner Norman Granz having left the label by the time they were recorded. Subsequently, they ended up languishing in Granz's private archive for over 50 years. As on her other Berlin concert albums, Fitzgerald is joined here by her trio with pianist Paul Smith, bassist Wilfred Middlebrooks, and drummer Stan Levey. The original Ella in Berlin concert was made famous by Fitzgerald's rendition of "Mack the Knife," in which she forgot the lyrics and deftly improvised her own to uproarious effect -- something she was known to do periodically throughout her career. On the Lost Berlin Tapes, Fitzgerald again tackles the Threepenny Opera standard, diving into the song with her characteristically diamond-tipped vocal prowess. Performed at a briskly swinging pace and punctuated by a humorous aside to the earlier Bobby Darin and Louis Armstrong versions, this "Mack the Knife" is fairly definitive, besting both the Ella in Berlin and Ella Returns to Berlin versions in sheer virtuosity. Equally thrilling performances follow, including rousing takes on "My Kind of Boy," "Someone to Watch Over Me," "Taking a Chance on Love," "Mr. Paganini," and more. While the focus of any Fitzgerald concert is her voice, her trio supplies enthusiastic and nuanced support throughout with Smith offering a small jazz ensemble's worth of riffs to frame her vocals. With the discovery of Ella: The Lost Berlin Tapes, fans now have a triumvirate of stellar live German concerts from Fitzgerald, each one showcasing just how immensely dazzling and quick-witted she could be.

              Ella: The Lost Berlin Tapes Review by Matt Collar  From AllMusic 

          3. Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie 

           2. Mack The Knife

Every track is pure magic !!!...but had to have "Mack" for the sound Bite !!

Caterina Valente

Another tatty and well used cover which means "Yes" another one that's been played tens of hundreds times since it was bought in the 50's !! and its my second favourite L/P of all time...the arrangements are first class "A driving big band sound by "Sy Oliver & Orch" and of course "Caterina" in fine voice...of all the Caterina Valente L/Ps I have these "Polydor" Recordings are some of the best that she has done.
P.S. This is also a great L/P so all those who enjoyed "A Toast To The Girls" will definitely love this one as well

1. Poinciana
2. Take Me In Your Arms
3. Moonlight In Vermont
4. In The Still Of The Night
5. Out Of Nowhere
6. Someday Sweetheart

1. Flamingo
2. I'm In The Market For You
3. Alone Together
4. Nocturne For The Blues
5. Where Or When
6. When You Walked Out

     1. Flamingo

The Karl Ehrlich Band

Not been to a Beer festival for years and this lot seems to be enjoying themselves... quite a few of well known tunes and some that you can join in even if you don't know them... it's that infectious!!... 

The Sandpipers

The Sandpipers were an American easy listening trio who carved a niche in 1960s folk rock with their vocals and innovative arrangements of international ballads and pop standards. They are best remembered for their cover version of "Guantanamera", which became a transatlantic Top 10 hit in 1966, and their Top 20 hit "Come Saturday Morning" from the soundtrack of the film The Sterile Cuckoo in 1970.

    6. He's Got The Whole World In His Hands

Bert Kaempfert & Orchestra.

 Getting back to some easy listening now...a pleasant compilation of tracks from a great orchestra....In this very cold and snowy weather that we have now got in England nice to relax by a nice fire and let the music flow over you !!!

1. Wonderland By Night
2. As I Love You
3. The Aim Of My Desires
4. Stay With Me
5. Tammy
6. Lullaby For Lovers

1. Drifting And Dreaming
2. La Vie En Rose
3. Happiness Never Comes To Late
4. On The Alamo
5. Dreaming The Blues
6. The Song Is Yours Alone 

          8. La Vie En Rose

Rosemary Clooney

Here's Rosemary doing a good job with some swingin' tunes.

1. For You

2. Always Together

3. You OL' Son Of A Gun

4. I Wonder

5. Always Be In Love

6. Grieving For You

1. With You And Me

2. Looking For A Boy

3. With The Night

4. Love Eyes

5. Sorry For Myself

6. Keep It Simple

          3. You Ol' Son Of A Gun 

Petula Clark

As with most of the "Live" L/P's there are no gaps in between the tracks so this has been recorded as "Side One & Side Two"....As usual not much info on the back of the sleeve but it was "Petula's" 1972 performance...and a good one at that !!!....she recieved a CBE in 1998 ....maybe soon she will become a "Dame" 

 

Caterina Valente

I think that this is a compilation of Caterina's singles....even tho' some of the titles are in English they are sung in French And German...Ah the wonders of the English Marketing Crew!!!!

1. Fever

2. I'm In Love

3. Bimbombey

4. Passion Flower

5. En Ukraine

6. Forever New

1. Eh Oh

2. Blue Train

3. Non e Cosi

4. Swingin' Sheperd Blues

5. Je n'avais Pas Compris

6. Ciao Ciao Bambina

          3. Bimbombey

Pal Joey--Film

Sorry for all the scratches snaps crackles and pops on this L/P..Its one of a few I lent out years ago and they were returned like it...even the covers were ripped had to get the above from "google" but couldn't find the back....That was a lesson I learned not to lend out L/P's !!

It is of course the soundtrack from the film complete with all the orchestration tracks

Sinatra sings on 6 tracks Kim Novac on 2 and Rita Hayworth on 2....Its a good memory of a classic film !!

P.S. Did find the back but not a very good one !!

          7. Zip

Les Elgart

Some well known songs / tunes with a Twist !!

Lester Elliott Elgart (August 3, 1917 – July 29, 1995, Dallas, Texas) was an American swing jazz bandleader and trumpeter.

American swing band leader, formerly lead trumpet player for the orchestras of Bunny Berigan, Charlie Spivak and Hal McIntyre. In 1945, Les formed his own organisation in Brooklyn, New York, in tandem with his alto saxophonist-playing brother Larry Elgart. The band, its theme song being "Sophisticated Swing", featured superior arrangements by Bill Finegan and a young Nelson Riddle. It enjoyed a measure of popular success -- until the Musician's Union recording strike and personal rivalry between the brothers caused a break-up. Les and Larry went their separate ways, but neither managed to succeed on their own. They re-formed in 1953, with breezy new arrangements by Charles Albertine and an emphasis on ensemble sound, rather than solos. This melodic approach proved popular and album sales (recording contract with Columbia) boomed. The Les Elgart Orchestra performed at many top venues.

1. Hawaiian War Chant

2. Boogie Woogie

3. You Came A Long Way From St Louis

4. Frenesi

5. The Roof

6. Bandstand

1. Turkey in The Straw

2. St Louis blues

3. Was That The Human Thing To Do

4. One mint Julip

5. Sabre Twist

6. In The Mood

          1. Hawaiian War Chant

Doris Day

 DD is definitely not a forgotten singer !!...Like Ella she will be missed !!...so here is a sample of her dreamy voice !

1. What Every Girl Should Know

2. Mood Indigo

3. When Your Smiling

4. A Fellow Needs A Girl

5. My Kinda Love

6. What's The Use Of Wondering

1. Something Wonderful

2. A Hundred Years From Today

3. You Can't Have Everything

4. Not Only Should You Love Him

5. What Does A Woman Do

6. The Everlasting Arms

         5. My Kinda Love

Memories 15 Golden Hits.

A couple of tracks on this one are a bit jumpy and scratchy but its great to hear these "oldies" once again !!!

1. Lets Twist Again....Chubby Checker
2. Yakety Yak.....The Coasters
3. The Little White Cloud That Cried.....Johnnie Ray
4. Poison Ivy......The Coasters
5. Kisses Sweeter Than Wine.....Jimmy Rodgers
6. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes......The Platters
7. Sh-Boom......The Crew Cuts
8. Standing On The Corner.....The Four Lads

1. Cry.....Johnnie Ray 
2. Charlie Brown.....The Coasters
3. Honeycomb......Jimmy Rodgers
4. Just Walking In The Rain......Johnnie Ray
5. Three Coins in The Fountain.......The Four Aces
6. My Prayer......The Platters
7. Tom Dooley.....The Kingston Trio

          7. Sh-Boom

Charlie Rich.

I don't know much about CW singers so I will leave all the comments open for everybody to have a say !!!

         2. If You Wouldn't Be My Lady

Shirley Bassey.

Here's some of Shirley's recordings from the early 60's....I thought that I had heard most of her recordings at some point in time....But no... a great recording of "In Other Words" which I had not heard before and it preludes what a great singer she was to become !!

1. In Other Words
2. The Song Is You
3. Above All Others
4. I've Never Been In Love Before
5. Far Away
6. Tonight

1. No Regrets
2. You Can Have Him
3. Seesaw Of Dreams
4. Goodbye Lover Hello Friend 
5. Strange How Love Can Be
6. Just One Of Those Things

           1. In Other Words