Sleeve Notes: THE OFFICIAL ELVIS PRESLEY FAN CLUB OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE COMMONWEALTH Elvis Presley, a unique and very talented artist, has been performing now for over seventeen years professionally. He is a phenomenon, a unique sociological phenomenon. Like … Continued
Sleeve Notes: GERALD SHAW is one of the best known organists playing in this country. He is the resident organist at the Odeon Leicester Square, the veritable flag ship of the Rank cinema fleet, where he can be heard every … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Music that suggests the darkest corner of a smoky bar… the sweet wild mood of a Latin Escapade For aficionados of Latin music, George Shearing plays these tropical tempos with a romantic touch all his own. He has … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Personal beauty. Aristotle once observed, is a greater re-commendation than any letter of introduction. Since this album with Harry Edison as centrepiece has a very personal beau, of its own, there will be no attempt to present any … Continued
Sleeve Notes: A big band is a big band, no matter what. Or when. It was the Swinging Thirties (and how they swung!), which gave birth to the big band. Or rather, the big band which gave birth to the … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Though every once in a while a country record would burst into the pop charts, maybe even sell a million copies and earn a gold disc award, the music was, until just a few years ago, essentially an … Continued
Sleeve Notes: “Singing For You” gives you the happy sound of The Cliff Adams Singers, under the direction of the Maestro himself, Cliff Adams. Cliff started his singing career with the B.B.C with his singing group “The Stargazers”. After a … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Russ Morgan’s style has remained durably successful for many years, even during the lean days of the band business. The explanation, Russ feels, is that “my orchestra is what might be called a ‘middle of the road’ unit. … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Following the tremendous success of his first album, ‘HI-FLYING HAMMOND’, Keith Beckingham once again demonstrates the mastery of the Hammond Organ which has carried him round the world, playing before literally hundreds of thousands of people in Hammond … Continued
Sleeve Notes: A mere glance at the artistes on this album is bound to more than fulfil the promise in the title, for if ever an assembly of Country Giants was well named, then this collection surely is. Getting off … Continued