‘Another “Sounds Like…” record, this time sounding like Ray Conniff. The sleeve notes read, “We make no apologies for copying the style of Ray Conniff, for we know the success he enjoys.” In other words, since Ray has made a … Continued
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
Label: Decca NX 141 1968 1960s Covers
Sleeve Notes: The belly dance causes frenzy and disturbance. To the primitive it was not just sensation and pleasure but life, and unity with nature. In Vegno (sic), Africa it means fertility and the dance boils to ecstatic moments. There … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Magical oases in the endless ocean wastes. So we know the South Sea Islands from films. books and enticing travel brochures. Even the names of these islands have a magical, poetic sound: Hawaii, Tahiti, Samoa. Their numbers go … Continued
“Here is music to titillate the emotions of those who love dangerous living (as all Arabs do), of people who consider fear of death a monstrous absurdity (as most Arabs do), of bold souls who believe in living life fully … Continued
This is a 7″ E.P. from 1964 for the Bollywood film of the same name. The singers are sisters Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle, the first of which was once listed in the Guinness Book Of Records for having recorded … Continued
Sleeve Notes: This is Tijuana music – the noisy Mexican-American voices in the narrow streets, the confusion of colour and motion – captured in the sound of the Tijuana Brass. Tijuana is a spectacle, a garish border town . . . but … Continued
Sleeve Notes: TWIST DE TAHITI Le tamour se compose de 3 figures principales : les “ciseaux”, la “glissade”, le “roulement á bille” TWIST OF TAHITI The tamour consists of 3 main figures: the “scissors”, the “slip”, the “ball bearing” “LES … Continued
Sleeve Notes: As old precepts and concepts about music come tumblin’ down as in the days when Joshua was doing his thing, a whole new spectrum of musical integration seems to be emerging from the dogmatic rubble. Take jazz, as … Continued