Monday, 26 April 2010

Komm Lass Uns Tanzen "Let's Have A Party" - Lenard Best Und Sein Orchester [1976]



Here is a very nice Easy LP with a very typical German sound of the mid 70s. Featuring a mix of 70s pop songs and traditional-sounding German tunes, it is recommended if you enjoy listening to James Last, Roberto Delgado, and Klaus Wunderlich.

I found it very enjoyable and I hope you do too!

Album Preview - Dolannes Melodie




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Tuesday, 30 March 2010

Top T.V. Themes - The Pandora Orchestra [1972]




This is a great collection of early 70s UK TV themes, and unusually, are the original versions!

From the classic sitcoms Please Sir, On The Buses, Doctor At Large, and The Fenn Street Gang, and the classic dramas Upstairs Downstairs, New Scotland Yard, The Onedin Line, and Catweazle, with a storming track from The Big Match called Cheekybird!

I hope you enjoy it!

Pandora

Sunday, 21 March 2010

Girl Talk - Button Down Brass / Ray Davies



I do not normally post CD compilations, but after the comments on my recent Button Down Brass library LP post, I thought it would be good to post this very nice collection of the Pye years of Ray Davies.

All the great Button Down originals are here, such as Heavy Water, Mach 1, Hadrian's Wall, Martinique, and Truckin', with some nice covers, too.

It was previously posted on Lounge Legends, but the link has expired, so for Mindy, who left a very kind comment, here it is!

It has had to be hosted at Mediafire, as my access to Megaupload appears to have been curtailed at the moment.

Button

Wednesday, 30 September 2009

Mountain Carnival - Manuel & The Music Of The Mountains [1961]

More great latin moods from Geoff Love as Manuel. Like the previous post, the LP sounds great and will be enjoyed by all lovers of exotica and Easy Listening. I hope you enjoy it, and would love to hear a comment from you if you do enjoy this, or any other of my posts. Carnival from Mediafire

Wednesday, 24 December 2008

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.

Saturday, 15 November 2008

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!