A quite unnecessary version of Isaac Hayes’ Theme From Shaft. A quick listen will immediately have you yearning to hear the definitive original. The saving grace is the cover of course. Fitting in well with our eighties collection of covers. … Continued
Sleeve Notes: There was a time, and not that long ago, when Reggae records just didn’t make the best-selling charts. Or if they did, those charts were small and specialised. Not anymore. Today reggae discs not only become hits but … Continued
Sleeve Notes Music designed solely for dancing seldom makes absorbing listening. Usually it isn’t meant to: it’s just a pleasant sounding noise in a certain tempo to which couples can perform a certain arrangement of steps. But Latin American music … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Hello Dolly, It Must Be Him, Soleado, Carmen, Moonlight Serenade, Tonight, Top Hat, White Tie And Tails, Aquarius, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service Francais Francais, Dancing In The Sun (Un Rayo Del Sol), Days Of Pearly Spencer, Mariachi, … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Once again, we are delighted to bring to you the new FLAG collection of chart-busting sounds! From the summer sound of “Seaside Shuffle” to the beautiful “Love Theme from The Godfather”, through the rock of “Layla” – it’s … Continued
Sleeve Notes: With his first latin-styled album, Latin Escapade, George Shearing demonstrated the new excitement and color his Quintet and deft piano stylings give to South American rhythms. In Latin Lace, Shearing’s piano, leading the way for the Quintet and … Continued
Sleeve Notes: TOP OF THE POPS is here – yes, Volume 44 of Pickwicks’ top selling smash hit series. Once again you can enjoy listening to 12 of the latest, exciting new tracks, hand-picked from the charts, and all on … Continued
Featuring Micheal Sammes Singers who, in addition to their illustrious career singing smoothly during the sixties and beyond, are perhaps less famous for lending their mellifluous tones to the backing vocals on The Beatles’ “Goodnight” track from the “White Album”. … Continued
Sleeve Notes: The last few years has seen a tremendous change in the form of worship in most churches, especially in the realm of praise. Our music has developed so that we can sing about Jesus and what God has … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Few works in the entire literature of orchestral music can match Scheherazade for brilliance, appeal or vividness of instrumental coloring. But then, few composers have possessed the wizardry to orchestrate music as did Rimsky-Korsakov. And until now, it … Continued