Sleeve Notes: TOP OF THE POPS SOUNDS WHILE THEY ARE HOT ON THE B.B.C. CHARTS, THE ORIGINAL HIT SOUNDS THAT ARE SELLING MILLIONS. LOOK FOR AN EXCITING NEW ALBUM OF UP-TO-DATE HITS EACH MONTH. BUILD THE MOST EXCITING COLLECTION OF … Continued
Sleeve Notes: In the spring of 1870, when Verdi received through the post from the French librettist Camille Du Locle the synopsis of an opera plot that was to become Aida, he was in his 57th year. The days when … Continued
Sleeve Notes: The room was semi-darkness and through the grey haze of cigarette smoke, the vague shapes of people could be made out, some lounging against walls, others draped over odd bits of furniture. The somewhat subdued hum of voices, … Continued
Sleeve Notes: This album is really ‘Top of the Pops’ it contains all those funky, laid-back numbers that are sailing high in the G.B. charts – How do we do it ?? – you may wonder! Well, Pickwick have a … Continued
Sleeve Notes: HELLO from us all here at Pickwick. It’s time again for the latest, most up-to-datest, SPEC-TAC-ULAR, ‘TOP OF THE POPS’, Vol. 55. Yes, chart sounds abound on this the world’s best-selling regularly released L.P. We’ve got just the … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Moonlighting, I’m On Fire, Hold Me Close, Fattie Bum Bum, There Goes My First Love, I Only Have Eyes For You, S.O.S., Una Paloma Blanca, Sailing, Heartbeat, L-L-Lucy, What A Difference A Day Made, Julie Ann, Chick-A-Boom (Don’t … Continued
Featuring big star names including Andy Williams, Johnny Cash, Doris Day, Ray Conniff and Patti Page. Sleeve Notes: A Latin scholar will tell you that the word “Credo” means “I believe.” A student of religious music will tell you further … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Served by the orchestra of Edmundo Ros, Ted Heath, Harry James, Frank Chacksfield, Stanley Black, Werner Müller, the London Festival Orchestra, the Roland Shaw Orchestra, Band Of The Grenadier Guards, the Ivor Raymonde Singers and the soloists Harry … Continued
Sleeve Notes: We’ve popped up again – and we’ll soon reach our half-century – for this fabulous pop album is No. 43 in the longest running series of its kind in the history of recorded music. How has this been … Continued
Sleeve Notes: There can be few sounds more evocative of a place than the music of Hawaii. The soft, undulating melodies conjure up an image of the sun, the blue sea and the golden beaches. During his lifetime Felix Mendelssohn … Continued