“His full artistry comes from the incredible speed of his fingering“ Sleeve Notes: Folks down around Texarkana way say, “Give ole Lightnin’ Red anything with strings on it an’ he’ll sure as hell play it.” Red’s picking is naturally slanted … Continued
Sleeve Notes: This, Ray’s first HALLMARK album, is a historic occasion. Not only is it a delightful potpourri of the best of Conniff, but it is also a collection of the several “sounds” which are truly Conniff. The result is … Continued
Sleeve notes: Chevron bring you their second album of “PARADE OF POPS – SOLID GOLD HITS from today’s pop charts. TWELVE of the best hit sounds in superb stereo a magnificent collection of the top tracks around. Listen to such … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Andy Williams, the singer with the velvet voice and perfect pitch has been topping the best selling album charts for many years. Windmill Records have selected the best known songs which made Andy famous and have commissioned the … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Alfred Scholz with his Silver Strings presents for your enjoyment an album of music which will be familiar to all listeners. Here we have a beautiful deep-throated orchestra of strings and wood-wind providing a pleasant relaxing atmosphere. Alfred … Continued
Sleeve Notes: “Hawaiian Honeymoon” is a most apt title for this delightful album because it follows the wedding of Hawaiian guitar to a superb collection of popular hits, many of which are of world-wide status, and all of them have … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Composer-conductor-arranger Bert Kaempfert created a sensation with the million-selling hit recording of the hauntingly beautiful WONDERLAND BY NIGHT. With it, he almost single-handedly reestablished the popularity of the big band, and in so doing became one of its … Continued
Sleeve Notes: The Guitar is an instrument of many moods – exciting and pulsating in rock and roll, classically beautiful in the concert hall, dramatic in Flamenco music, and soft and sweet when played in a relaxed sentimental mood. A … Continued
Sleeve notes: Of all the hundreds of musical instruments in use today, the Hammond Organ must spring to mind as being perhaps the most versatile, and certainly one of the most popular. Originally invented by Laurens Hammond in the mid-thirties, … Continued
Sleeve Notes: For many years people have been asking when the big bands will make a return to the music scene and nearly always adding … ‘and what would Glenn Miller sound like if he were playing today’s hit tunes’. … Continued