Paul Mauriat was a hugely successful easy listener purveyor on a par with those other giants of the easy listening genre Bert Kaempfert, James Last and Herb Alpert. His canvas was popular hits of the time and on many of … Continued
Frenetic Latin-esque sounds in the style of Juan Garcia Esquivel (known usually as just “Esquivel”, see this excellent page for more about him). This album whose title translates approximately as Downtime in Latin America is quite rare and we’re mighty … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Anche questo disco appartiene alla “Serie Night-Clubs” e si prefigge come unico scopo quello di far ballare e di divertire portando nella casa quella speciale atmosfera del “Night” in cui i cantanti, l’orchestra e “la gente” si fondono … Continued
By 1969 the phase4stereo series was well established and somewhere north of 180 albums had been released in this format. Titles included “The Spectacular Trumpet of Kenny Baker” (stop giggling at the back), “Sputniks for Orchestra”, “Bongos from the South”, … Continued
Sleeve Notes: This is our eighth “Top Of The Pops” Album bringing together, as usual, twelve hits of the day onto one LP, a presentation virtually impossible for the original (single) versions. We get letters asking how it can happen … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Ravers! Here’s our fourth and greatest Pop Album. Bend back your ears and listen to a dozen of today\’s hottest numbers, all furiously scrambling for the Top Spot. Like “Boom, Bang-a-Bang”. Like “I Heard It Through The Grapevine”. … Continued
Sleeve Notes: HALLMARK SOCK IT TO YOU AGAIN! You’ve twisted our arm again! So many thousands and thousands of you groovy babies grabbed our last “Top of the Pops” album from the counters that we’ve had to take the hint. … Continued
“According to Greek tradition, may your drinking glasses be good and plentiful and may you expertly throw them one by one on the floor, so that they shatter into one hundred tiny sparkling particles, to the happy laughter of a … Continued
Xavier Cugat was married five times. What we might describe as eternal hope over experience. He also lived to 90 years of age so it clearly agreed with him. Sleeve Notes: THE MAN AND HIS MUSIC For thirty years Xavier … Continued
George Shearing had quite a life, successful in many ways despite being born blind. An Englishman, he later became a US citizen but retired in part back in Gloucestershire, UK in his later years. This album is typical of many … Continued