Shelly Mann & Friends.

 Thought that I would give all you Jazz lovers out there a treat and include this L/P....it's another cool one a bit more on the "Jazzy" side than the "My Fair Lady" L/P but still worth a listen....There is more improvisations in the tunes but you can still recognise them....Andre Previn is a great pianist....The "Friends" only got together for the L/P sessions and from what I found out they only made 3 L/P's on the Contempory Label...

1. Jubilation T Cornpone
2. The Country's In The Very Best Of Hands
3. If I Had My Druthers
4. Unnecessary Town
5. Matrimonial Stomp

1. Progress Is The Root Of All Evil
2. Oh Happy Day
3. Namely You
4. Past My Prime

9. Past My Prime

Monica Zutterlund

Another one from the Swedish song bird !!!...all original songs by Steve Kuhn....all of the tracks feature the "Swedish Radio Jazz Group" and they take centre stage !! ....definatly one for the Zutterlund Fans !!

1. Chicken Feathers 
2. The Baby
3. The Saga Of Harrison Crabfeathers
4. Rain Drops Rain Drops
5. Silver
6. Till Monica

1. The Thoughts Of a Gentleman
2. The Real Guitarist In The House
3. Pearlie Swine
4. U.L.L.A
5. Till Steve

 
     3. Pearlie Swine

Maureen O'Hara

Not known for her singing !..but she makes a fair stab at some standard songs...a bit 1940 ish ! and Julie Andrews ! ish....and of course Irish !!

1. My Romance
2. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
3. The Nearness of You
4. Yours Sincerely
5.  Dearly Beloved
6. The More I See You

1. I Only Have Eyes For You
2. Whispering
3. My Shining Hour
4. Love Letters
5. All Through The Day
6. My Love is Forever

2. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To

Phil Ochs

Never heard of this singer but there is a hell of a lot of info about him on "Wikipedia"
Most of the tracks are long ones at least 4 are 8 mins.....so its an L/P that you will have to sit and listen to !!...no distractions !!


 Philip David Ochs.December 19, 1940 – April 9, 1976) was an American protest singer (or, as he preferred, a topical singer) and songwriter who was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, earnest humanism, political activism, insightful and alliterative lyrics, and distinctive voice. He wrote hundreds of songs in the 1960s and 1970s and released eight albums.

1. Cross My Heart
2. Flower Lady
3. I've Had Her
4. Miranda
5. Outside A Small Circle Of Friends

1. Pleasures Of The Harbour
2. The Crucifixion
3. The Party

3 The Party

Malcolm Roberts

Fancy a concert or two !!....firstly we will pop into the West End (London) !...then take a trip to the East End Pub for a pint or two !!.........Not many singers would do what he does with "Maria" very brave and it works !!!

1. Morning Of My Lire / Love Is All
2. Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher And higher
3. Love is A Many Splendoured Thing 
4. She
5. Without A Song

1. More
2. What Becomes Of My World
3. May I Have The Next Dream With You
4. This Is My Life
5. Maria
5. Love Is All
 
10.Maria

Lita Roza

Fancy a drink down at the pub!! with a LIVE ! classy singer well your in luck !!..
               Take It Away LITA...!!!!!!!! 

This is a great L/P from the vocalist from the Ted Heath Band....AAAA100% !!!!!

  Johnny Keating, who played great trombone and had also worked for Ted Heath. Ronnie said that I was doing an album for Pye and asked him to play on it. We formed a small group with Ronnie on trumpet. He was a beautiful trumpet player, still is." The album, despite an appalling title, Drinka Lita Roza Day and no rehearsals to speak of, is among Roza's best and was recorded in 1960 at the Prospect of Whitby pub in Wapping. It ends when the landlord calls time. 
 Lita Roza at the Prospect of Whitby. The Prospect is a history-drenched pub overlooking the Thames in London's East End. Lita Roza was a talented and stunningly beautiful singer of the 1950s. Johnny Keating is one of the noteworthy jazz composer-arrangers.



1. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
2. I Loves You Porgy
3. How Deep Is The Ocean
4. Trouble Is A Man
5. The Masqerade is Over
6. What is There To Say

1. The Man That Got Away
2. Life
3. Lover Man
4. Something To Live For
5. Love For Sale
6. Ill Wind

2. I Loves You Porgy

Ted Heath Band

1956 and the Ted Heath band at its best !!...this is a REAL LIVE One !!....with some great solo's and some great drum playing by "Ronnie Verrill"...a must for the Ted Heath Fans !!!

  13. Hawaiian War Chant

Monica Zetterlund

Name is familiar but I have not heard her voice till now...so thanks once again John for the introduction !!!..On this L/P she sings one track in English and the next one in Swedish..as  you can see from the track listing !

 Monica Zetterlund (born Eva Monica Nilsson; 20 September 1937 – 12 May 2005) was a Swedish singer and actress...Zetterlund began by learning the classic jazz songs from radio and records, initially not knowing the language and what they sang about in English...In 1964, she recorded the critically acclaimed jazz album Waltz for Debby with Bill Evans, a record she herself described as "the best I've done"

        3. It Could Happen To You

Rita Reys

Ahhhhhhhhhhh !!

5. Little Girl Blue

The Searchers

Yep it does !!

1. Everybody Come And Clap Your Hands
2. If I Could Find Someone
3. Magic Potion
4. I Dont want to Go On Without You
5. Bumbl;e Bee
6. Something You Got Baby

1. Let The Good Times Roll
2. A Tear Fell
3. Till You Say You'll Be Mine
4. You Wanna make Her Happy
5. Everthing You Do
6. Goodnight Baby

  4. You Wanna Make Her Happy

Charles Aznavour

An early Xmas present from Bob in Belgium Ta Bob !!

       

      2. Goodbye Christmas Past

The Ray Conniff Singers.

Nice set of songs done in the capable hands of "The Ray Conniff Singers"...nice Stereo Sound Guys from the left speaker and Gals from the right !!

 P.S. Another Classic Vintage "Conniff"which still gives me "Goose Bumps" every time I hear it..

1. Somebody Loves Me
2. Golden Earings
3. You're The Cream In My Coffee
4. The Green Leaves Of Summer
5. Don't Fence Me In
6 I Only Have Eyes For You

1. The Thrill Is Gone
2. You'd be So Nice To Come Home To
3. It Had To be You
4. I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire
5. Moon Song
6. All or Nothing At All 

3. Your The Cream In My Coffee

Winifred Atwell

Strings below and now some classic piano playing by "Winnie" the great !!...nobody does the rags and boogie's like her today...so enjoy this classic !!

1. Choo Choo Samba

2. Cross Hands Boogie

3. The Gypsy Samba

4. El Cumbanchero

5. The Black And White Rag

1. Swanee River Boogie

2. Jezabel

3. March Of The Cards

4. Manzanilla

5. Jubilee Rag

      2. Cross Hands Boogie

Werner Muller & His Orchestra

Some sweeping strings music with violins galore !!

1. Twilight Time

2. Serenade (From Ballet Les Millions D-arlequin)

3. I'm In the mood For Love

4. How Deep Is The Ocean

5. Moonlight Serenade

6. Tango Bolero

1. Stardust

2. Shenandoah Serenade

3. With a Song In My Heart

4. Once In a While

5. Dancing In The Dark

6. Swinging Sweethearts

      6. Tango Bolero

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John Walker

One of the Walker Brother's going solo and doing a great job on some classic songs..

With a great version of "Nancy" !!

John Joseph Maus (November 12, 1943 – May 7, 2011), known professionally as John Walker, was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the founder of the Walker Brothers, who had their greatest success in the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom.

He began using the name John Walker at the age of 17, because he was unhappy at how people pronounced his real name.

1. The Right To Cry

2. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

3. Reaching For The Sun

4. An Exception To The Rule

5. Good Day

6. If You Go Away

1. So Goes love

2. It's All in the Game

3. Nancy (With The Laughing Face)

4. It's a Hang Up Baby

5. Pennies From Heaven

6. I Don't Want to know About You

      3. Nancy

The Other Cool One..VA

 This is one of the first CD's that I made when I first got a computer many many many years ago...it has been in the car and played thousands of times hope you like the selection !

      1. Poor Butterfly

      11.History Repeating

Lionel Bart

A rare look into the works of the composer of the words and music of "Oliver" !
Complete with his own introduction to the songs... 

 Lionel Bart (1 August 1930 – 3 April 1999) was a writer and composer of British pop music and musicals, best known for creating the book, music and lyrics for Oliver!
 He first gained widespread recognition through his pop songwriting, penning numerous hits for the stable of young male singers promoted by artist manager and music publisher Larry Parnes. Bart's pop output in this period includes the hits "Living Doll" (written for Cliff Richard) and "Rock with the Cavemen", "Handful of Songs", "Butterfingers" and "Little White Bull" (for Tommy Steele). During this period, Steele and Mike Pratt were his songwriting partners. He won three Ivor Novello Awards in 1957, a further four in 1958, and two in 1960. He wrote the theme song for the 1963 James Bond film From Russia with Love. His other hits include: "Do You Mind?" (recorded by both Anthony Newley and Andy Williams), "Big Time" (a 1961 cover by Jack Jones of his "Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be" show tune), "Easy Going Me" (Adam Faith) and "Always You And Me" (with Russ Conway).

1. Contempery 
2. G'Night Dearie
3. Just Let It Happen
4. My Baby Wont Cha-Cha-Cha
5. Dear Mum

1. Lock Up Your Daughters
2. When Does The Ravishing Begin
3. Newmarket Nightmare
4. Dr Kinsey Says

5. Dear Mum

Michael Flanders & Donald Swann

This one and the one above is a taste of "English Humour"from the 60's...

Flanders and Swann were a British comedy duo. Actor and singer Michael Flanders (1922–1975) and composer, pianist, and lyricist Donald Swann (1923–1994) collaborated in writing and performing comic songs. They first worked together at a school revue in 1939 and eventually wrote more than a hundred comic songs together.
Between 1956 and 1967, Flanders and Swann performed some of their songs, interspersed with comic monologues, in their long-running two-man revues At the Drop of a Hat and At the Drop of Another Hat, which they toured in Britain and abroad. Both revues were recorded in concert, and the duo also made several studio recordings....And here is one of them !!!

1. The Gas Man Cometh

Ray Conniff & Orchestra.

  Another great "Conniff" L/P...can't think of much else to say.. I think I've said it all in previous posts....BUT.... YES I AM SHOUTING !!....IT'S GRRRRRRRRRRRRREAT!!!!!!!!!

1. Memories Are Made Of This
2. Tammy
3. Young Love
4. Three Coins In The Fountain
5. Moments To Remember
6. My Foolish Heart

1. Love Me Tender
2. Around The World
3. Love Letters In The Sands
4. Unchained Melody
5. Only You
6. No Other Love

1. Memories Are Made Of This

Gallagher & Lyle

Two or more of hits by G & L on this compilation will , I assume bring back some pleasant memories for quite a few people !

 Gallagher and Lyle are a Scottish musical duo, comprising singer-songwriters Bernard Joseph "Benny" Gallagher (born 10 June 1945, Largs, Ayrshire) and Graham Hamilton Lyle (born 11 March 1944, Bellshill, Lanarkshire). Their style consists mainly in pop, soft and folk rock oriented songs.
 But it was not until they teamed up with US producer David Kershenbaum for their fifth album Breakaway, in 1976, that they charted again, with the hits "Heart on My Sleeve" and "I Wanna Stay with You", both of which reached Number 6 in the UK Singles Chart and also charted in the US.

1. Breakaway
2. Stay Young
3. I Wanna Stay With You
4. Heart On My Sleeve
5. Fifteen Summers

1. Sign Of The Times
2. if I Needed Someone 
3. Storm In My Soul
4. Rockwriter
5. Northern Girl

4. Heart On my Sleeve