Sleeve Notes: From out of the Sixties’ fascination with The Twenties comes Warner Bros.’ TV musical-drama, “The Roaring 20’s.” Starring Dorothy Provine, Rex Reason, Donald May, and Gary Vinson, the show mixes equal parts of hurley-burley and melody. In this … Continued
Sleeve Notes: SIDE ONEACT I Band 1 – Prelude The orchestral prelude is built on three themes from the opera. First comes the march that in the last act accompanies the procession to the bullring. It is succeeded by the … Continued
Sleeve Notes: The story of “La Traviata” is based on the younger Dumas’ famous play ” La Dame aux Camelias,” which had its premiere in Paris in 1852. Verdi saw the play in the French capital that same year and … Continued
Label: Barclay Disques 82206 1960 1960s Covers
A rare 7 inch E.P. (Extended Play) record from 1960. During the sixties E.P.s were a common release format and artists like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones released several during their early careers. They were always accompanied by a … Continued
Mohammed Al-Bakker’s album covers rarely disappointed. See another – Music Of The African Arab Vol. 3. Label: Audio Fidelity AFLP 1922 1960 1960s Covers
Artists include: Orquesta Sinfónica, Orquesta Florida, Enrique “El Culata”, Los 3 Macarenos, José Luis Campoy, Banda De La General Academia Militar, Orquesta Florida, Los 3 Macarenos, Paquito Simón Y Juan García Sleeve Notes: The celebrated composer Manuel de Falla found … Continued
Sleeve Notes: All the spices of the exotic lands east of Suez are wrapped in the warm rich tones of 101 Strings in this magnificently scored album. From the brilliant and scintillating percussive effects that depict the busy bazaars in … Continued
Sleeve Notes: HOLLYWOOD, a land of fabulous success stories, can point to none more fabulous than that of Andre Previn. Young in years, a preponderance of experience has gained him recognition as one of America’s outstanding concert pianists, an established … 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