Ray Conniff – Honey
Sleeve Notes: The dramatic photo of Ray conducting was taken as he was working with the Singers at the recording sessions of this album. “The interpretations and performances of these…
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Easy Listening
…features some of the giants of the easy listening world including James Last and Bert Kaempfert who open sides 1 and 2 respectively. Label: Polydor 2675 002 1970 1970s Covers…
Caravelli – The World Of Caravelli – Great Instrumental Interpretations Of Today’s Hits
…up-to-the-minute treatment of his ‘Grand Prix’ theme, and on side two a nostalgic setting for the ‘Doctor Zhivago’ love theme ‘Somewhere My Love’. Germany’s Bert Kaempfert is here with ‘The…
Paul Mauriat and His Orchestra – A Taste of Mauriat
Paul Mauriat was a hugely successful easy listener purveyor on a par with those other giants of the easy listening genre Bert Kaempfert, James Last and Herb Alpert. His canvas…
Russ Conway – Time to Play
Russ Conway’s story is somewhat more tragic than the sleeve notes convey. Of course the sleeve notes are not the place to describe his propensity for bad luck and they…
Blog: The “Sound-alike” Record Industry
The record output of the sixties and seventies was peppered with what we may call sound-alike albums. Records made up entirely of remakes of the top hits of the day. These albums…
Sunday Night Variety Special 8
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,…
Cover Girl
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…
The Ray Conniff Singers – So Much In Love!
Sleeve Notes: “So Much in Love!” offers a refreshing and different Conniff approach. This time, the Ray Conniff singers step out from the orchestra to sing twelve great love songs…
Blog: The Typography of Record Covers
Typography is everywhere. You can’t escape it or ignore it. It’s on your phone, your TV, that packet of ginger biscuits you just polished off with your tea no doubt…