Dana

In 1970 at the "Eurovision Song Contest"the winning song was "All Kind Of Everything" sung by the 18 year old above singer !...Don't know whether this is her first L/P. I should think not as this was recorded in 1975...and she certainly looks different on this cover that she did on the Contest !
The tracks have a country and western feel about them.... 

1. Please Tell Him That I Said Hello
2. Dear Madam
3. Country Pie
4. Are You Still mad At Me
5. Don't let Me Know 
6. I Love How You Love me

1. Rivers Are For Boats
2. Love Me While Your Young
3. Theres Nothing You Can Do To Change me
4. The Crying Game
5. Darling Come Home Soon
6. The Goodbye Song

         6. I Love How You Love Me

Cat Stevens

The year is 1967 and this is the first L/P of Cat years before he became Yusef !!...nostalgia at it's best !!....His style seemed to changed with the name or was it just the fact that he had got older !
some great songs sung great !!

        3. Here Comes My Baby

Andre Moss

 André Moss has done a lot of session work on productions of Jack Jersey (Jack de Nijs).In addition, he also composed instrumental solo records and produced by De Nijs, including major hits such as Rosita , Let the bouzoukis play , My Spanish rose and Laura .

 But the biggest hit was Ella from 1973. In the Netherlands, the single reached fourth place in both the Veronica Top 40 and the Thunderous Thirty.

 It was also the TV and radio tune for the TROS in the same year.Rosita was later chosen by the TROS as a tune.

 In Belgium, Ella gained a number 10 position and stayed 9 weeks in the list, Rosita ranked number 8 and topped 12 weeks in the list, My Spanish Rose stayed 9 weeks in the list with the highest ranking number 12.

Andre Moss died at the age of 55 at home from a heart attack.

1. Ella

2. Sylvia's Wedding

3. La Puente

4. El Zorro

5. Sylvia's Dream

6. Sunday Morning

1. Roberto

2. Rose Valley

3. Sombras

4. 3000 Miles From Home

5. Soletario

6. Carnival In Holand

 

       4. 3000 Miles From Home

Andre Moss

Here's the second one !!!...Thanks Bob !!

        1. Rosita

Connie Stevens

 Who could forget "Cricket" in the TV Show of the late 50's....she has a very distinctive voice and sounds great on these songs....she does a great job on one of my favourite songs "Side One Track 5" !!!

1. Sixteen Reasons
2. On a Slow Boat To China
3. Too Young To Go Steady
4. A little Kiss Is a Kiss Is a Kiss
5. Why Try To Change Me Now***
6. Love Of The Month Club

1. Apollo
2. Too Young
3. Lulu's Back In Town
4. Why Do I Cry For Joey
5.  Lets Do It
6. The Trolly Song

5. Why Try To Change Me Now

Shirley Bassey.

 It's 1965 in London in Piccadilly Circus at "The Pigalle" a very in place at that time and Shirley was booked for an 8 week engagement...this is the opening night !!!!
Today if you go to "The Pigalle" you get...Quote !!

Pigalle is a deliberate throwback to the glam and glitz of the Moulin Rouge and it works. Walking under the hot pink sign you feel a palpable sense of excitement, cleverly maintained by the greeters, the efficient table service, and the smashing cocktails. When the band takes the stage around the time your main course arrives, everyone puts down their knives and forks and gives it some in true jazz club style.

 
1. A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening....Orch
2. On A Wonderful Day Like Today
3. I Get a Kick Out Of You
4. Who Can I Turn To
5. You'd Better Love Me
6. The Other Woman
7. He Loves Me
8. With These Hands
9. A Lot Of Living To Do
10. I Who Have Nothing

1. La Bamba
2. You Can Have Him
3. The Second Time Around
4. The Lady Is A Tramp
5. Somewhere
6. On A Wonderfull Day Like Today
7. A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening

Tex Beneke & His Orchestra

Big Band sounds now !!....this one features well known tracks first peformed by the Glenn Miller Band ! and I do believe that this maybe the same band but of course not the same recordings....Tex Beneke took over the leadership of the band after Glenn's disapearance so I guess this is where the "Reunion" title comes in !!!!....Thanks John for this one !!......Seems like we have a Double Moonlight Cocktail's... glad they did'nt slurr the words on the second attempt !!..............After listening to this one a couple of times these tracks could be the original Glenn Miller Tracks !!

 The name Tex Beneke is inevitably linked to that of Glenn Miller, despite the fact that Beneke outlived Miller by over a half-century. As the most popular member of Miller's pre-World War II orchestra, featured on songs such as "Chattanooga Choo Choo" and "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree," Beneke became a major fixture in the popular culture of the period, and following Miller's death in December of 1944, and the re-formation of the Glenn Miller Orchestra after World War II, he accepted the offer to lead the new band.

1. I've Got A Gal In Kalamazoo
2. Moonlight Cocktails
3. Chatanooga Choo Choo
4. A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square 
5. Sweet Eloise

1. Elmers Tune
2. Moonlight Cocktail
3. Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree
4. The Boogie Woogie Piggy
5. Serenade in Blue


3. Chatanooga Choo Choo

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

A classic L/P now, is what we have here along with some well known tracks from "Mr Tijuana" himself !..and it's definatly gone to Many Places !!!...in fact it came from over the Pond !!...thanks John !!

5. Mae

Andre Moss

Saxaphone music galore !!

2. Fiesta At Night

Kenny Drew Quintet

Some Piano Jazz now from a Quintet that is completly new to me !! but I'm a sucker for piano music and the trumpet is great too !..so enjoy some fine tinklin' and blowing !! !!

1. This Is New
2. Carol
3. Its You Or No One

1. You're My Thrill 
2. Little T
3. Paul's Pal
4. Why Do I love You

  7. Why Do I Love You

Ted Heath & His Band

Ted Heath's Band swingin' away in Concert mode as opposed to the Studio Phase Four recordings doing all the Gershwins hits...If you like big Band Sounds then you will love this !!...I Do !!!

1. The Man I Love
2. Love Walked In
3. Nice Work If You Can get It
4. Love Is Here to Stay
5. Clap Yo Hands
6. I Go Rhythm

1. But Not For Me
2. Someone To Watch Over Me
3. That Certain Feeling
4. Embracable you
5. Changing My Tune
6. Soon

5. Clap Yo Hands

Steve Lawrence

Boy!! some nice goodies in this record store !!....fancy a samba or two ! or maybe a Cha-Cha-Cha !...Take it away Stevie !!!

1. It's Alright With Me
2. Shall We Dance
3. Just In Time
4. Bewitched
5. Small World
6. Too Close For Comfort

1. People will Say Were In Love
2. Everything's Comin' Up Roses
3. The Sound Of Music
4. Out Of This World
5. Tonight
6. Hello Young Lovers

      4. Bewitched

Nick Garrie

Not heard of "Nick Garrie" at all...I believe that this supposed to be a "Lost" L/P...will have to listen to it a little more before I can make a comment on it..so this is one that you folks out there can go to town on the comments !!!

 Nick Garrie-Hamilton (born 22 June 1949, Ripon, North Yorkshire, England) better known as Nick Garrie, is a British singer-songwriter best known for his rare 1969 debut album, The Nightmare of JB Stanislas. Original copies of the album, which was reportedly only available in France, are known to be expensive, and it was not until 2005, when Rev-ola Records issued it, that it was available on compact disc.  

<sup>1. The Nightmare Of J. B Stanislas
2. Can I Stay With You
3. Bungle's Tour
4. David's Prayer
5. Ink Pot Eyes
6. The Wanderer

1. Stephanie City
2. Little Bird
3. Deeper Tones Of Blue
4. Queen Of Dreams
5. Wheel Of Fortune
6. Evening</sup>

        2. Can I Stay With You

Johnnie Ray

Ah the wonder of the Internet !!...a dip over the channel to Belgium via Bob for this one Ta Bob ! and not even a click of the "Ruby Trainers" and we arrive over the Pond !!
most of Jonnie Rays 50's/60's hits are on this one !!

1. The Little White Cloud That Cried

David McCullum

The record company's are at it again !!!..Woha I stand corrected !!...I've just read the back cover and David McCallum's comments !!...Good luck to him if it's all true...Its a pity that he did not have a go at the "Oboe" or the "English Horn" and was a part of the orchestra...instead of being the conductor..But I wonder which of the four tunes was his....Or maybe it was the Record company's idea....But I guess all that is now water under the bridge as the year was 1966....Anyway back to the music...a pleasant set of tracks with nothing really outstanding !!.It could be any orchestra.....Sooooo"Take it Away" Illya Kuryaki !!

And it is True !!!!


In the 1960s, McCallum recorded four albums for Capitol Records with music producer David Axelrod: Music...A Part of Me (Capitol ST 2432, 1966), Music...A Bit More of Me (Capitol ST 2498, 1966), Music...It's Happening Now! (Capitol ST 2651, 1967), and McCallum (Capitol ST 2748, 1968).

McCallum did not sing on these records, as many television stars of the 1960s did when offered recording contracts. As a classically trained musician, he conceived a blend of oboe, English horn and strings with guitar and drums, and presented instrumental interpretations of hits of the day. The official arranger on the albums was H. B. Barnum. However, McCallum conducted, and contributed several original compositions of his own, over the course of four LPs. 

1. 1.2.3.
2. Turn Turn Turn
3. The In Crowd
4. A Taste Of Honey
5. Yesterday

1. I Can't Get No Satisfaction
2. We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
3. Downtown
4. The Far Side oF the Moon
5. Louise
6. Insomnia
7. The Sugar Cane

8. Downtown

Doris Day

Still munching chocolates in Belgium !!....here's Doris doing a fantastic "Singin' In The Rain" !

 
1. Singin' In The Rain
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Chris Barber Jazz Band

A visit across the channel now for some what was or is called "Trad" Jazz as opposed to "Swing" still it does "Swing" but in a different way !!....Thanks Bob !!

 
10. Sweet Georgia Brown

Bev Kelly

John's gonna dun it again!!..introduced me to a new voice and its a great one !!..well worth a listen too...Its a pity that she did not record more than two L/P's this is one from the 60's and I believe that there is another one around somewhere be nice to have it !!...It's Called "Love Locked Out "

1. Long ago And Far Away
2. I'll Be Tired Of You
3. My foolish Heart
4. Night And Day
5. It Never Entered My mind
6. Just Friends

1. Body And Soul
2. Love letters
3. This Is Always
4. Falling In Love With Love
5. My Funny Valentine

 The history of jazz is full of talented singers who, for whatever reason, never became as well-known as they should have been. That is certainly true of Bev Kelly, an obscure Bay Area-based vocalist whose influences ranged from Anita O'Day to Billie Holiday and Dinah Washington. It's safe to say that the vast majority of jazz lovers have never even heard of Kelly, but the singer did have an enthusiastic supporter in Orrin Keepnews, who produced this live date for Riverside. Recorded at the Coffee Gallery in San Francisco in 1960, In Person was out of print for a long time but finally became available on CD when Fantasy reissued it for Original Jazz Classics in 1999. Kelly had a raspy yet sweetly vulnerable delivery, and that approach serves her well on tasteful, introspective performances of well-known standards like "My Funny Valentine," "Long Ago and Far Away," and "Body and Soul." Kelly swings, but she does so in a subtle fashion. Thankfully, the singer has sympathetic accompaniment in alto saxman Pony Poindexter, pianist Flip Nunez, bassist Johnny Allen, and drummer Tony Johnson. Some bop-oriented instrumentalists have a hard time backing singers, but these Bay Area jazzmen enjoy a strong rapport with Kelly. So why was a singer as expressive as Kelly so obscure? One can only speculate. The music business is incredibly competitive as well as extremely political, and a lot of talented, deserving people inevitably fall through the cracks. In Person makes one wish that Kelly wasn't one of them. 

5. It Never Entered My Mind

Shirley Bassey

Here we have an early Shirley L/P produced by her then husband "Kenneth Hume" the tracks are varied and gives an indication of the great vocals that she will do !!!...with a vamped up version of her 50's hit "Kiss Me Honey Honey".....great version of "You Can Have Him" !!!

 
6. You Can Have Him

Andre Previn.

 Another great "Piano" L/P by the great "Andre Previn" with the Bonus of "David Rose Orch" great tracks...just listen to "Younger Than Springtime" for some great piano playing !!!Cooooooooooool

9. Younger Than Springtime

Petula Clark "Downtown" An Extended Version!