Sleeve Notes: The legendary jazzman, Sidney Bechet, wrote “Petite Fleur” around 1952, when he was living in Paris, and just nine years later Chris Barber saw his version of the song become a hit in Britain and America. Barber, who … Continued
Sleeve Notes: There are some people for whom the sound of a Hammond organ means musical paradise on a grand scale, while for others it’s just another boring organ sound. But we’re not concerned with the latter-although it might surprise them … Continued
Sleeve notes: The Music – The Viennese operetta is the true child of that strange multilingual, multinational and multicultural society, the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. If the operetta was born on the wrong side of the blanket, it survived such inauspicious beginnings … Continued
Label: MFP 5250 Photograph: Jack Wood/Sleeve Design: Terry Beard 1971 1970s Covers
Label: MFP 5236 Photography: Brian Ward Sleeve Design: Terry Beard 1971 1970s Covers
Label: MFP 5214 1971 1970s Covers
Label: MFP 5208 1971 1970s Covers
Label: MFP 5192Photograph: Brian Ward/Sleeve Design: Jack Wood 1971 1970s Covers
A common ruse to part punters from their pounds – display the name of a very famous singer (Engelbert Humperdink in this instance) in large print and then in much smaller print on the back reveal the fact that these … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Here’s a dance party with two favourite ingredients – the great, nostalgic sounds of Glenn Miller and hit songs by The Beatles. These sweet and swinging arrangements were written by Bill Holcombe (an old T. Dorsey sideman), who … Continued