Christmas Wonderland - Ron Goodwin & His Orchestra (1967)

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Here it is, yet again, the best Easy Listening Christmas album!

For those who do not know this album, it is just the most festive and traditional Christmas album and it never fails to get you into the holiday mood!

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

Album Preview - Sleigh Ride

Jan Corduwener And His Ballroom-Orchestra ‎– Dancing Time No. 6

Thanks again to Al Gates of Perth, West Australia for this mini gem!

A 10" album from the early 1960s, it does not specify a date, it is a pleasant listen and another nice reminder of a different era!

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

Album Preview - Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom

 

Come Dancing To The Pops - Ray McVay & His Orchestra (1970)

Another very nice album of Ballroom dance music courtesy of Al Gates of Perth, West Australia!

Featuring a tracklist of 60's pop songs arranged for Old Time and Modern Sequence dancing.

Thanks again to Al, please comment if you, like me, have enjoyed it!

Album Preview - Return Of Django

Return Of The Champions - Ray McVay & His Orchestra (1969)

Another fine post from someone rapidly turning into this blog's best friend, Al Gates from Perth, West Australia!

This is an album I have seen a few times in the charity shops I go to locally, but so far I have not took a chance; I always seemed to have a few doubts about it.

These doubts have been well and truly quashed by this album rip I was recently sent by Al!

A fine album of Old Time and Modern Sequence dance music, it is also a great listen if you enjoy instrumental Easy listening or Big Band music!

Thanks again to Al for his efforts, and please comment if you enjoy this one, as I have!

Album Preview - Rock Around The Clock - Jive

Off Beat Cha Cha - All Star Orchestra (1965)

Here comes another great post from our friend Al Gates from Perth, West Australia!

A very nice 60s dancing album from Asia, it is quite the curio, and a very interesting listen, as most of the albums shared here and elsewhere are from Europe and North and South America!

Highlights include fine versions of You Belong To My Heart, Sukiyaki, Moon River, and a song made famous by one of my dad's favourites, Jim Reeves, in He'll Have To Go.

Thanks again to Al for these posts, and best wishes for the festive season, too!

Should anyone else reading this, like Al, have some albums they would also like to share, but do not have a blog of their own, please do send me the links, and if they are in keeping with the tone of the rest of the blog's material, could well end up on this blog being shared with hundreds of other Easy Listening enthusiasts!

I have more treats to share over the holiday, so please stay posted!

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

Album Preview - He'll Have To Go

Migration - Mike Leander Orchestra (1969)

Another excellent Easy instrumental album, this has been out there before, in its original version, titled "Together", this later reissue features a slightly altered tracklist.

Some nice arrangements of some 60s pop classics, standards, and an original, Mike Leander seems to have come up with a good sound and uses this sound on most of the arrangements on this album.

One of the tracks, the version of the Fab 4's Here There And Everywhere, became very well known in the UK in the 1970s as the theme from BBC Radio 2's Ray Moore show, and indeed, the notes on the rear are from Ray Moore himself.

A very interesting album, well worth a listen, the vinyl sounding in fine condition!

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

Album Preview - Here There And Everywhere

Up-Up and Away - Ray Martin, His Orchestra & Chorus (1967)

A very nice instrumental and vocal album from the great Ray Martin, it features a blend of originals, standards, and pop songs of the era.

It was shown by Mike Flowers on the BBC's Joy Of Easy Listening programmme, and is well worth a listen.

I hope you enjoy it and please leave a comment with your name if you do!

Album Preview - Brave New World

The Cool Latin Sound - Antonio Pedro Hatch [1968]

Another fine latin instrumental album from the legendary Tony Hatch.

Album Preview - Sole Bossa Nova

Brasilia Mission - The Tony Hatch Orchestra (1969)

 Thanks for all the brill comments on my last Tony Hatch post!

For all those and more, here is another fab Hatch latin LP, perfect for those long summer evenings, on your own or with good company!

i hope you enjoy it and please leave a comment if you do!

Album Preview - Light My Fire

Latin Velvet And Other Warm Sensations - The Tony Hatch Orchestra (1968)

Very smooth orchestral latin album from the legendary Mr. Hatch.

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

Album Preview - Love Is Blue

Lennon And McCartney Tijuana Style - Torero Band (1969)

A very nice summery tijuana brass feel to these arrangements of 12 classic Beatles tracks.

It doesn't say on the sleeve, but I am sure these were arranged by Alan Moorhouse, as I believe he arranged the classic Tijuana Christmas album, also by Torero Band on MFP, and also the version of Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da (see below) is very similar to his arrangement performed by the Joe Loss Orchestra, I think.

This album has been out there before, but doesn't seem to be now, so here is my rip!

I have had this one for quite a long time, have seen it in the charity shops several times since I bought it, and just never got round to digitising it until now.

The arrangements are exactly what you may expect, no surprises, just excellent 60s brass arrangements of these well-known songs.

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

Album Preview - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da

The Fluegel Knights (1966)

A rather nice brass-filled 60s beat album emphasising the fluegelhorn, as the write-up on the rear sleeve states.

Some very groovy arrangements featuring 60s hits such as Roger Miller's England Swings, The Toys' Lover's Concerto and Dean Martin's Memories Are Made Of This, among others.

I do prefer such albums in stereo, but the mono sound of this one is quite charming nonetheless.

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

Album Preview - Memories Are Mde Of This

Yesterday - Those Romantic 60's - Various Artists (1991)

 

Another top-class compilation featuring Easy greats Johnny Howard, Ronnie Aldrich, Frank Chacksfield, Mantovani, and Cyril Stapleton.

Concentrating on the big love songs of the 60s, with lush orchestral arrangements, it is a great album, and well worth a listen if you have enjoyed the other compilations I have posted.

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

Album Preview - Love Is Blue (Johnny Howard Orchestra)

This Is Max Greger [1969]

Polydor 643 318

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

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

Marble Arch MALS 1179

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

Cyril Stapleton's Dance In [1969]

Dance - in Intro

Help Yourself

Little Arrows

Scarborough Fair

Build Me Up Buttercup

Big Spender

With A Little Help From My Friends

Little Green Apples

Love Is Blue

Simon Says

Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da

Harper Valley PTA

Monday Monday

Young Girl

Georgy Girl

Let Us Fly

Can't Take My Eyes Off You

My Capri

If I Only Had Time

Hey Jude

Groovy collection of instrumentals with wordless vocals sounds in parts like a James Last Non Stop Dancing album, but this just seems a bit better than that, because although the superb arrangements by Ken Woodman are quite traditional, the rhythm section is unlike any Cyril Stapleton produced before in its use of fuzz guitar.

Recommended for all lovers of easy listening and 60s pop.

Ripped as 2 non stop medleys.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/znzzjyyix3z/Dance In.rar

Hawaiian Touch - Martin Denny [1966]

1. E Lei Ka Lei Lei
2. Beyond The Reef
3. The Girl From Ipanema
4. Call Me
5. Friendly Islands
6. Everything In The Garden
7. Pearls [Mexican Pearls]
8. Hawaii
9. I'll Remember You
10. Jerusha's Theme
11. Oro [God Of Vengeance
12. Hawaiian Rhapsody
13. Return To Paradise
14. Sukiyaki

I didn't know what I was getting with this one, when I found it recently in a charity shop. But I took a chance on it anyway, as it was so ridiculously cheap.

I was expecting another typical Hawaiian guitar album, a genre I'm not paticularly keen on, but the clue should've been the name Martin Denny. It is truly amazing! A terrific mix of exotica and 60s beat a go go!

The arrangement on "Call Me" is virtually the same as the excellent Chris Montez version and is typical of the arrangements on Side 1. On side 2 tracks are more sedate exotica, but still very satisfying.

Vinyl is in excellent condition, so please do enjoy!

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