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)

Thank You For The Music (Radio 2 Top Tunes Vol. 5) - Norrie Paramor & The Midland Radio Orchestra (1979)

 

A fine collection of late '70s pop songs arranged for BBC Radio 2 play and made available on this album, the very last one by the great Norrie Paramor (there is a tribute on the rear sleeve).

Featuring excellent versions of classics such as I Will Survive, Just The Way You Are, Music Box Dancer, Cavatina, Copacabana and more.

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

Album Preview - Does Your Mother Know

Non Stop Dance Party - The Exciting Sounds Of Chico Arnez [1974]

MFP 50179

#Request#

By request is this fine album related to my previous posts of Sparkling Sounds and Non Stop Pepsi Party.

Containing a mix of vocal and instrumental tracks, I imagine it would have livened up any party in the 70s with its set of 70s pop songs (Resurrection Shuffle), 60s soul (Land Of A Thousand Dances, In The Midnight Hour), and party favourites (The Locomotion, Hava Nagila).

My pick though, is a nice version of Love's Theme, with flute, brass and voices being used instead of strings.

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

ALBUM PREVIEW - LOVE'S THEME

Movie Themes - Main Themes From The Hit Movies - 101 Strings [1975]

Alshire S-5324

Very nice album featuring versions of hit 70s movie themes, but as is usually the case with 101 strings, there are some great originals to hear too.

I hope you enjoy it and comment if you do!

Album Preview - Airport '75

Yesterday's Dreams - Baker Street Philharmonic [1970]

Summit SRA250.093

You must check out Spiral's great post of Baker Street Philharmonic's Je t'aime LP [link in favourites at time of writing], to compliment that here I offer this lovely Easy LP.

Featuring some nice scat vocals, organ, guitar, and strings, it has more than its share of smooth orchestral originals, is a great listen, and I recommend it strongly!

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

Album Preview - The Last One

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