Tuesday 30 November 2010

Non Stop Pepsi Party - Denny Wright & The Hustlers [1974]



MFP 50098

After posting the Sparkling Sounds LP, and mentioning Denny Wright's Pepsi LP, I thought it might be good to rip and post that Pepsi LP, so here it is!

It was one of the first LPs I found when I first started looking round the charity shops, some years ago, but I have seen it again since, several times, the one ripped here being the one in the best condition.

It is around 54 minutes in length, and top quality from start to finish! Featuring the Shout About Pepsi track, as featured on the first Sound Gallery album, here it appears as part of a medley with Tequila and La Bamba.

Other highlights include fine versions of I Can See Clearly Now, Something, Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da, very smooth sounding covers of Without You,Love Is Blue, and Sounds of Silence, with a nice rock 'n' roll medley to finish the album.

Every track is a winner, the album is one of my personal favourites, the track I post as preview, Roll Over Beethoven never fails to have me jiving round the room!

I hope you enjoy it and please leave a comment!

ALBUM PREVIEW - ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN

Sunday 28 November 2010

Sparkling Sounds... Just the Way You Want To Hear Them [1974]



MFP 50191

I found this album of vocal covers in one of my local charity shops, looked at the sleeve and found it was from Denny Wright and Anton Kwiatkowski, and bought it, hoping for something hopefully similar and as good as Wright's own Non-Stop Pepsi Party or Chico Arnez's Non-Stop Dance Party.

It turned out to be more like one from the Hot Hits collection or similar soundalike album. I must say it is very good though, and although the band and singers are trying to sound like the originals, there turns out to be more of their own personality to the sound than that!

It is well worth a listen, and so I hope you enjoy it and leave a comment!

ALBUM PREVIEW - YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE

Tuesday 23 November 2010

This Is Max Greger [1969]



Nice sampler album from Polydor featuring the smooth, yet upbeat 60s beat sound of Max Greger.

Big on the brass, particularly sax, it is well worth a listen, the vinyl sounding especially clean!

I hope you enjoy it, and please comment if you do!

ALBUM PREVIEW - SAFARI TRUMPET



Sunday 21 November 2010

Top T.V. Themes - Various Artists [1969]



Here is a very nice compilation of 10 classic 60s TV themes, in super stereo sound!

I already had this LP in its much more common mono version, but I was very pleased to find this one in a local charity shop as I find stereo sound gives the listener much more satisfaction.

Many of the themes featured here are also featured on many modern theme compilations, usually from Castle Music, but this album features rare stereo versions of Tony Hatch's themes from Crossroads and The Champions, tracks which are always featured in mono on such compilations.

I hope you enjoy it and please comment if you do!

ALBUM PREVIEW - THEME FROM ''CROSSROADS'' by THE TONY HATCH ORCHESTRA



Saturday 20 November 2010

Screen Action / Crime Busters - The Power Pack Orchestra [1986]


Here, especially for darnall42, is a fantastic collection of 35 great 80s TV and film [but mostly TV] themes played by the Power Pack ''Orchestra'', mostly synth and drum machine again, but it must be said that it is very of its time.

There are 25 tracks on the original CD ''Screen Action'', but I also have an LP called ''Crime Busters'', which also contains some of the tracks from ''Screen Action'', so I have added the tracks that were not featured on that to this download.

Highlights aplenty, but I can't quite believe the way they did the ''Hart To Hart'' theme!

I hope you enjoy it and please leave a comment!

I ripped this CD some time ago, and cannot find it at the moment to scan the covers from it, so I'm afraid this will have to do for now!

I'll be back soon with more classic Easy from the 60s and 70s!

Track List:
  1. Superman
  2. Miami Vice
  3. Magnum
  4. Hunter
  5. The Professionals
  6. Starsky And Hutch
  7. Shoestring
  8. Hawaii 5-0
  9. Dempsey & Makepeace
  10. Indiana Jones
  11. TJ Hooker
  12. James Bond
  13. New Avengers
  14. Rockford Files
  15. Street Hawk
  16. The Good The Bad & The Ugly
  17. The A Team
  18. Knight Rider
  19. Crazy Like A Fox
  20. Mike Hammer Theme
  21. The Fall Guy
  22. The Sweeney
  23. The Chinese Detective
  24. Highway Patrol
  25. Airwolf
  26. Cagney And Lacey
  27. Scarecrow And Mrs. King
  28. The Gentle Touch
  29. Miss Marple
  30. Remington Steele
  31. Hart To Hart
  32. Murder She Wrote
  33. Juliet Bravo
  34. The Bill [Overkill]
  35. Z Cars
ALBUM PREVIEW - CAGNEY AND LACEY



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Sunday 7 November 2010

Essential Easy Listening - Various Artists [1991]




This is a magnificent collection of classic Easy tracks by some of the finest Easy acts.

I understand it was originally released in the 70s as a double LP, but some weeks ago I found a CD issue from 1991 in the local Red Cross shop.

I'm sure you will love it!

ALBUM PREVIEW - DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES - REG TILSLEY ORCHESTRA