Carmen Dragon – Tempo Español

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Sleeve Notes: Flamboyant rhythms and seductive melodies presented via the thrilling medium of Full Dimensional Stereo recording. For centuries, music has been one of Spain’s principal exports, produced in a multitude of shapes and forms and transmitted to other lands … Continued

Paul Weston – Floatin’ Like A Feather

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Sleeve Notes: in a wide curtain of stereo sound: rich listening music featuring the Weston orchestra and soloists, underscored by smoothly flowing rhythm. About this album, Paul Weston comments“With all the talk one hears these clays about ‘the beat; it … Continued

The Norman Luboff Choir – But Beautiful

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Sleeve Notes: The not inconsiderable art of writing popular ballads seems to have flourished most excitingly during the Thirties and early Forties. There were good songs before, certainly, and there have been since, but in retrospect (or is it only … Continued

The Percy Faith Strings – Bouquet

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Sleeve notes: Percy Faith, whose regular orchestra of about forty-five musicians spends most of its time working for just about every conductor in New York except Faith, can, nevertheless, quite truthfully call this group of unexcelled professionals “my orchestra.” Like … Continued

Pearl Bailey Sings For Adults Only

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Sleeve Notes: UP UNTIL NOW there have been two Pearl Baileys. A Pearl Bailey of the night clubs and a Pearl Bailey of recordings. It has been a schizophrenic performing existence. The reason for the dual personality is Pearl’s attitude … Continued