The Showstoppers – Various Artists
Featuring The Mike Sammes Singers, Cleo Laine, and George Chakiris of West Side Story fame. Label: Wing WL 1027 1961 1960s Covers
Chaquito and the Quedo Brass
Sleeve notes: Latin rhythms – fast, slow, brash, or moody – have long been firmly established favourites on this side of the Atlantic Ocean. I don’t know what this extra “something” is that these rhythms possess, but they’ve always intrigued … Continued
The Boskovsky Ensemble – Vienna Lollipops
Sleeve Notes: An assortment of delectable dances of Old Vienna, in original scoring. No dance music rivals that of old Vienna in combining the most ravishing, open-hearted popular appeal with the artistry and permanence of the finest musical craft. And … Continued
Schubert and Mozart
Sleeve Notes: The scores of the ‘Unfinished’ Symphony, as well as that of ‘Rosamunde’ had lain undiscovered for well over fifty years in dusty cupboards, before they were available to the world of music. The Viennese conductor Johann Herbeck discovered … Continued
The Sheik’s Men – The Belly Dancer
Sleeve Notes: The belly dance causes frenzy and disturbance. To the primitive it was not just sensation and pleasure but life, and unity with nature. In Vegno (sic), Africa it means fertility and the dance boils to ecstatic moments. There … Continued
The Best of Cugat – Xavier Cugat and his Orchestra
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
The George Shearing Quintet – Mood Latino
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