Sleeve Notes: This album is built around ladies who, either as soloists or in vocal groups, laid the foundation for successful careers and hit records during the early 1960s, and it is thus no coincidence that there is strong representation … Continued
A quite unnecessary version of Isaac Hayes’ Theme From Shaft. A quick listen will immediately have you yearning to hear the definitive original. The saving grace is the cover of course. Fitting in well with our eighties collection of covers. … Continued
Sleeve Notes: There was a time, and not that long ago, when Reggae records just didn’t make the best-selling charts. Or if they did, those charts were small and specialised. Not anymore. Today reggae discs not only become hits but … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Thank You Baby FeaturingCan’t Give You Anything (But My Love)What Goes Around Comes Around Featuring I’d Rather Be Hurt By You (Than Be Loved By Somebody Else)Disco Baby Tears And SouvenirsA Honky Tonk CafeI’m Gonna WinStaySing Baby Sing … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Had Marietta Piccolomini been available to sing the part of Cordelia, it is quite possible that the opera Verdi composed in 1857 for the San Carlo in Naples would have been King Lear. In that case, what eventually … Continued
Sleeve Notes: In the spring of 1870, when Verdi received through the post from the French librettist Camille Du Locle the synopsis of an opera plot that was to become Aida, he was in his 57th year. The days when … Continued
Mohammed Al-Bakker’s album covers rarely disappointed. See another – Music Of The African Arab Vol. 3. Label: Audio Fidelity AFLP 1922 1960 1960s Covers
A budget album packing a bossa nova punch. If you like the idea of smoooooth jazzy bossa nova sounds then listen to this album through the YouTube video below – you’ll be warmly rewarded! Sleeve Notes: ‘If music be the … Continued
Sleeve Notes: This is our vintage collection of Soul. Featuring PIC and BILL, THE CHANTS, UNA VALLI & THE FLAMES brought together to provide you with a great selection of soul favourites. Label: Page One Records POS 605 1971 1970s … Continued
Sleeve Notes: HOLLYWOOD, a land of fabulous success stories, can point to none more fabulous than that of Andre Previn. Young in years, a preponderance of experience has gained him recognition as one of America’s outstanding concert pianists, an established … Continued