1970s

Sleeve Notes: 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 … Continued

Sleeve notes: Following the enormous success of the previous “Country Giants” albums, we have decided to release yet another great LP for you to add to your collection. The “Giants” featured this time include some of the best representatives of … Continued

Sleeve Notes: The prerequisite for relaxed jazz is the quality of intimacy. Yet, all too often the tempos and the instrumentation of such groups have served to incite a mood far different. To prove the point, soak in the feeling … Continued

Sleeve Notes: When George Shearing devised his small band version of the Glen Miller sound, he little realised that it would take him to the top of the show-biz tree, and away from his native England, to live and work. … Continued

Sleeve Notes: Whatever the composition of the week’s television schedules, at the weekend viewers expect something in the way of a major variety show a large-scale star-studded hour of singing, dancing and comedy as the high spot of the week. … Continued

Sleeve Notes: The Kalman Lendvay Gipsy Orchestra Romance, irrepressible gaiety, a touch of sadness – its all inexplicably mixed together in the bitter-sweet music of the Hungarian gipsies. From Old Budapest, a true gipsy band of violins and dulcimer (like … Continued

Label: RCA INTS 1421 1973 1970s Covers

Sleeve Notes: ‘Fascinating Rhythm’ was a very apt title for the tune George Gershwin wrote all those years ago, and which has now become a ‘standard’ and it is also a very apt title for this LP. The rhythm of … Continued