Featuring as always James Lasts’s lush orchestrations, punchy brass and soothing choral voices. It seems no song could resist Mr Last’s interpretations. Label: Polydor/Readers Digest RDES 5120 1975 1970s Covers
The cover of this record was photographed by David Wedgbury who photographed many top recording artists in the 60s and 70s including David Bowie, Marianne Faithfull, The Rolling Stones and The Who. A selection of his legacy can be viewed … Continued
Reader’s Digest RDS 9640 1978 1970s Covers
Danny Street was a Scottish singer who recorded under this name during the sixties but found belated fame as an accomplished singer of songs made famous by big stars like Tom Jones, using his talent to mimic their singing styles. … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Yet again Music for Pleasure brings you twelve exciting songs on a single album – but these are songs with a difference, twelve outstanding hits made famous by some of the world’s most popular female vocalists, all skill-fully … Continued
Sleeve Notes: The ‘New Pop Organ Sound’ – what is that? With all due modesty: technically it is the most ingenious and musically the most fascinating production, which has been made to date with the electronic organ and it was … Continued
Sleeve notes: Such was the enthusiasm with which Ena Baga’s first Hallmark album (CHM601) has been received that further albums were inevitable. This is the first of these albums. Ena, one of four musical sisters, was giving public performances as … Continued
Sleeve Notes: There was a time when families gathered around the parlour piano and sang the favourite songs of the day. It was simple, it was fun; and long before television and mass entertainment became the yard-stick of public enjoyment, … Continued
Label: MFP 1431 Photography: Terry Beard Sleeve Design: Clare Osborn 1971 1970s Covers
Easy Listening. Not to be confused with music that is hard to listen to. This record features some of the giants of the easy listening world including James Last and Bert Kaempfert who open sides 1 and 2 respectively. Label: … Continued