Sleeve notes: The British, being a maritime nation, have visited the four corners of the earth. This perhaps, is the reason that the songs of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales are known and loved, in one form or another, the … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Side One Los ChiapanecasCielito lindoGuadalajaraAdelitoAmor, amorLa malaguena Side Two La bambaLa zandungaDos arbolitosChuchita en ChihuahuaDanzas calabaceadusLa feria de las flores Xochimilco, Teotihuacan, Cholula, Cuernavaca the very place-names of Mexico are music in themselves. The sound of them or, … Continued
Sleeve Notes: When André Previn was a little boy in Berlin, where his father was a lawyer and amateur pianist, he would sit under the piano at family musicales while his father and friends played for their own amusement. “I … Continued
“The Gate Crashers invite you to join the happiest party and dance record you have ever experienced!” “Whether you’re 19 or 90 here’s pure party dynamite!” Another release from the prolific Stereo Gold Award people aka DL Miller. This is … Continued
Sleeve Notes: The Concerto in G major, K. 453. written by Mozart in 1784, takes a place of importance among the master’s piano concertos. Behind the marvellous thematic complexity of the first movement one discerns a strange emotional unrest. The … Continued
Part of a 10 LP box set from 1961 courtesy of the Reader’s Digest/RCA. This one features The Hill Bowen Concert Orchestra. Other LPs in this collection included “Music For Relaxation”, “Latin Rhythms For Dancing”, and “Songs That Will Live … Continued
Sleeve Notes: It’s a far cry from the pioneer motion picture “theme” songs of Ramona, Diane and Jeannine (I Dream of Lilac Time) to Laura and Ruby. It’s an even further step to the excellent latter-day musical quality of cinematic … Continued
Sleeve Notes: SIDE 1: BOLERO SIDE 2: LA VALSE PAVANE POUR UNE INFANTE DEFUNTE The three works on this record encompass the whole of Ravel’s creative career: nearly thirty years separate the Pavane from the Bolero but while the latter … Continued
Disc one of a box set from the Reader’s Digest/Polydor stable. This features no fewer than three Lennon/McCartney songs and on the back cover we can see no fewer than six pictures of James Last including one in which he … Continued
Sleeve Notes: When at first the grooves of a brand new Polydor LP began to swing more than before, when super actual hit titles could at first be heard with quite a hew instrumentation, there for the first time a … Continued