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Side One
I Can’t Give You Anything (But My Love)
Jive Talkin’
Sherry
If You Think You Know How To Love Me Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me
One Of Those Nights
Hard Times
Super Womble
Side Two
Love In The Sun
Delilah
Dolly, My Love
Fame
You Will Keep Us Together
I’ll Have To Say I Love You In A Song
Highwire
One Night
Label: Contour 2870 430
It’s Poperific! It’s Singsational! It’s TOP OF THE POPS Volume 49… what else? Once again those groovy gentlemen (and ladies) at Pickwick have got together another great volume of the World’s most popular L.P., packed with the swingiest, singiest twelve chart-embracing hits. Wanta know how they select up-to-the-minute music? Well, sitting on the desk in the King of Pickwick’s office is a giant Crystal-ball that tells all – helped a little by the Pickwick people, of course. Yes, Pickwick can foresee the Music scene, present and future, even before the charts do, sometimes!
Label: Hallmark SHM 925
TOP OF THE POPS SOUNDS WHILE THEY ARE HOT ON THE B.B.C. CHARTS, THE SOUNDS YOU HEAR EVERY DAY ON YOUR RADIO AND TELEVISION. LOOK FOR AN EXCITING NEW ALBUM OF HITS EVERY MONTH. BUILD THE MOST EXCITING COLLECTION OF POP TUNES IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD.
Label: Stereo Gold Award MER 125
Klaus Wunderlich was a prolific musical artist releasing over a hundred albums in his lifetime. His legendary status is kept alive through a dedicated website.
Label: Telefunken SPA-R 434
A big band is a big band, no matter what. Or when. It was the Swinging Thirties (and how they swung!), which gave birth to the big band. Or rather, the big band which gave birth to the Swinging Thirties. Miller, Goodman, Shaw, Dorsey the names are perpetuated in popular music’s own hall of fame. The big band may first have cast its magic spell getting on for 50 years ago (can it really be that long?), but one particularly happy result of it is that today the big band is still very much alive, well, and doing nicely, thank you.
Label: Contour Records 2870 445
Sleeve Design: Jack Levy
Photograph: Robert Cundy
“Singing For You” gives you the happy sound of The Cliff Adams Singers, under the direction of the Maestro himself, Cliff Adams.
Cliff started his singing career with the B.B.C with his singing group “The Stargazers”. After a very successful series, he then started to broadcast “Sing Something Simple”. The show has been running for 16 years and has a listening audience of millions.
Cliff has arranged the repertoire on this record to include old and new favourites to ensure you many happy hours of listening pleasure.
Producer: John Stowell
Musical Accompanists: Jack Emblow Quartet
Musical Director: Cliff Adams
Recording Engineer: Phil Chapman
Label: Spire Record SSR 75/1
Model: Rose Marie
Photographer: Stuart MacLeod
A mere glance at the artistes on this album is bound to more than fulfil the promise in the title, for if ever an assembly of Country Giants was well named, then this collection surely is.
Getting off to a great start with that eternal Jim Reeves classic “Distant Drums” the album puts everyone (country music fans or not) into just the right mood. Following on from the legendary Jim come contributions from Dottie West, Waylon Jennings, Connie Smith, Skeeter Davis, Hank Snow and a couple of beautiful tracks by Jerry Reed; on one he teams up with the renowned Chet Atkins in a memorable rendition of “All I Ever Need Is You”.
There are, of course, numerous highlights in this collection. One highlight is provided by Jim Reeves with his haunting “Roomful of Roses”, a song that really sums up Reeves’ uncanny power in interpreting a lyric to its fullest potential.
Lyrics are a very vital part of country music, for in many cases they relate stories of love, frustration and longing in a way that so-called “pop songs” can never achieve. Simple in melody and context, they nevertheless have a tremendous appeal to music lovers everywhere. In this particular collection the prime exponents of country music prove their worth as Country Giants, and their songs as giant country music compositions.
Label: RCA Camden CDS 1153
This interesting album of contrasting serenades demonstrates once again the musical skill and versatility which has placed Ron Goodwin rightfully in the top league of British and international light music. All-rounder is something of a double-edged description, implying a jack-of-all-trades but possibly a master of none. However, in Ron’s case, he excels in every area of music in which he chooses to participate, from conducting concerts of popular music with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra to writing a string of highly distinctive and successful film scores 633 Squadron, Where Eagles Dare; Day Of The Triffids and Monte Carlo Or Bust amongst them), and finding time to encourage and assist young musicians with the Hampshire Youth Orchestra.
NIGEL HUNTER.
Label: MFP SPR 90086
Photograph: Terry Beard
Sleeve Design: Terry Beard
As a child, Raymond Wallbank first learnt to play the piano, but as he grew older became increasingly interested in organ music, and in 1960 greatly encouraged by Robinson Cleaver, he gave his first public performance at the Odeon, Llandudno.
Three years later, he realised his ambition and became a full-time professional musician.
His twice-daily organ recitals in the Sun Lounge on Blackpool’s North Pier are one of the most popular attractions of the summer season: his pleasant personality and enjoyable programmes have, in fact, become an integral part of the Blackpool summer scene, where he has already played for ten highly successful seasons in succession.
Label: Contour Records 2870 465
Photograph F/Cover: Robert Cundy Associates
Photograph of Raymand Wallbank: L.A. Redman
Sleeve design: Jack Levy
