The Decca viva! label was a popular one among classical music lovers re-packaging older recordings from the previous decades into a new format for the eighties. Most of the recordings were of a very high quality and the cover notes … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Two years ago, the first album by Garry Blake “Sounds Like Swingin’” burst spectacularly upon a scene where new recording ideas are scarce. It was hailed by the critics as “Fresh and sparkling” One said : “If Garry … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Side OneBrass In PocketWith You I’m Born AgainMy GirlBabeGreen OnionsIt’s Different For GirlsYoung BloodI Have A Dream Side TwoAnother Brick In The WallBetter Love Next TimeI’m In The Mood For DancingSpirits Having FlownEscape (The Pina Colada Song)My Feet … Continued
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
This is a Flamenco record from the fifties costing 16/9 (sixteen shillings and nine pence) which translates as approximately 83 pence in UK money or around a dollar in US money. There were many such flamenco themed records and this … Continued
Hans Carste was a well respected German conductor and composer. Viewers of the most watched TV News show on German TV are probably unaware that the theme tune was written by him and has remained the theme tune over decades … Continued
Not much is known about the International Pop Orchestra and Chorus but what we do know is that their versions of “27 Non- Stop Classics” came “with a beat”. If you know more about them, or maybe you were one … Continued
Ray Conniff was nothing if not prolific, releasing three albums per year during many years of his successful career. This album from 1958 was one of his best selling gaining a gold record status which in 1958 was something to … Continued
Here’s an Italian version of the UK’s cover version records series like Top of the Pops and Hot Hits. The songs covered are not all from the year of this records’s release with one or two going back decades. This … Continued
Russ Conway’s story is somewhat more tragic than the sleeve notes convey. Of course the sleeve notes are not the place to describe his propensity for bad luck and they were written long before his fall into alcoholism and depression. … Continued