charity shop stuff

Golden Hour Of hammond Hits Vol 2

2012-01-04T12:03:00.005Z

Another reupload,this time from Johnny patrick with his second golden hour album (i might get volume 1 off the shelf sometime now lemoncat's upload is long gone)

TRACKS

Tie A Yellow Ribbon
The Shadow Of Your Smile
Hello Dolly
And I Love You So
That Same Old Feeling
The World Is A Circle
Orders Of The Day
Eidelweiss
Mame
Caberet
The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise/Rolling Around The World/I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover
Bridge Over Troubled Water
The Good Old Bad Old Days
Let The Heartaches Begin
Love Story
Amazing Grace
I Will wait For You
Moon River
Killing Me Softly With His Song

Sorry ,but thanks to the FBI/U.S Goverment shutting down megaupload this and all other MU links will be dead,when i get time I will reupload them to another file sharing service :)

Golden Hour Of Hamm Hits 2

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Largely Latin (Decca Eclipse 1971)

2012-01-03T15:57:00.004Z

I uploaded this a few years ago,but the link is dead and tis is a new rip from a better copy,so from 1971 we have the smooth sounds of les sans nom

TRACKS

Brasil - Copacabana
The end Of A Love Affair
Sway
Corazon
Oba Oba
The Face That i Love
Spanish Waltz
Sucu Sucu
Sabor A Mi
History Of Love
In A Little Spanish Town
And Me To You
Quando Salida Cuba

Largely Latin

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Nonstop Xmas 20 (Plexium 1972)

2011-12-11T19:21:00.006Z

Fromn the makers of the nonstop top 20 soundalike albums comes this cheesey,but fun christmas spin off with all your crimbo faves

TRACKS

Sleigh ride/Lilly the pink/have yourself a merry little christmas/Jingle Bells/White christmas/santa claus is coming to town/We wish you a merry christmas/Little drummer boy/Rudolph the red nosed raindeer/We wish you the merriest
Winter wonderland/I saw mummy kissing santa claus/Do you hear what i hear/Scarlet ribbons/All i want for christmas is my two front teeth/marys boy child/hark the herald angel sing/Cokey Cokey/The christmas song

Nonstop Xmas 20

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Music To watch Girls By - David Hamilton (JOY 1971)

2011-12-09T11:26:00.005Z

A nice album of Hammond organ tunes from david hamilton,released on the joy label in 1971

TRACKS

A Wonderful Day Like Today/Caberet/Daimonds Are a Girls Best Friend
Love Story
Extase/Desire
Beyond The Stars/Estrellita
Martha /A walk In The Black forest
Up Up And Away/If I Was A Rich Man/Music To watch Girls By
Seranade To Eileen/With these hands
The More I See You/Happy Heart
Plaiser D'Amour/You Do Something To Me
I'm Begining To See The Light/The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise

Music To watch Girls By

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Shep's Banjo Boys Live At The Golden Garter (Domino 1970)

2011-12-08T11:39:00.002Z

we're off to the Golden Garter for a bit of chicken in a basket and some top banjo playing from Howard''Shep''Sheperd and his banjo boys in this album released in 1970

TRACKS

Alabama Jubilee/That's a Plenty/Alexanders Ragtime Band/Melody In 'F' /Tea For Two/Train Ride Medley(Bye Bye Blues,Alabamy Bound,California Here I come)Yes sir Thats My Baby/Aint She Sweet
Rhapsody In Blue/The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise/If You Knew susie/dark Eyes/Shine On harvest Moon/By The Light Of The silvery Moon/for Me and My Gall/Mamy/Heart Of My Heart/Let Me Call You Sweetheart/Dixie/Swanee/Robert E Lee/Tiger Rag

SHEP's BBs

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Max Bygraves - Smile (Pye 1976)

2011-12-06T16:24:00.008Z

If you had a big lump of cheese ,grated some cheddar over it and then dipped it in Melted fondue it still would'nt be half as cheesey as this album from old max,but who cares as it's a fun album of music hall and Novelty songs with some nice orchestration from frank barber and nick ingram and production by norrie paramor

TRACKS

Why Did She Fall for The Leader Of The Band/The Marrow Song/What A Referee
With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm
Rhymes
Mary From The Dairy/Aint It Grand To be Bloomin Well Dead
I'm Not Gonna Grow Older
Where Will The Dimple Be/I'm Shy Mary Ellen/Over The Garden Wall/Chick,Chick,Chick,Chicken
I Lift Up My Finger And Say Tweet Tweet/Too Fat Polka/Where Did You Get That Hat/Dont Have Any more Mrs Moore
All By Yourself In the Moonlight
Boiled Beef And Carrots/Down The Road/When I'm Cleaning Windows
Maybe It's Because I'm A Londoner
Under The Coconut Tree
Eleven More Months And Ten More Days

SMILE

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Contrasts - Valentino (Pye 4D 1973)

2011-12-05T08:56:00.003Z

On the Pye 4D label comes valentino and his quadrophonic cordovox with this cheesey but fun album.my copy is not in top condition,but with a little work on audicity it doesnt sound too bad :)

TRACKS

Trumpet Voluntary
Never On A Sunday medley
You're A lady
If
Ooh wakka Doo Wakka Day
Theme From Love Story
Alone Again Naturally
Love Theme From The Godfather
Lara's Theme
Theme from Romeo & Juliet/ Love Is A many Splendoured Thing
Who Was It
My Way

Contrasts

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Mexicali Brass discs 4-6 (Longines Symphonette 196?)

2011-12-04T20:26:00.005Z

Discs 4 to 6 of the mexicali brass boxset

TRACKS

Disc 4

Mexico A Go Go
You Belong To My Heart
The Poor People Of Paris
Tijuana Rose
Enchiladas
Ragmop
Spanish Lace
Maids Of Madrid
Blue Lagoon
Honeysuckle Rose

Disc 5

Cielito Lindo
Yours
Anema E Core
Stardust
La Cucaracha
Green Eyes
Memories Are Made Of This
La Paloma
Calypso Melody
pigalle

DISC 6

Flamingo
Lonely Trumpet
Mirandrina
Summer Samba
Boy On The Beach
Latin Lament
Guantanermera
O! Karole Karole
Brazillian Love Song
Hasta La Vista

Mexicali 4 -6

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Mexicali Brass discs 1-3 (Longines Symphonette 196?)

2011-12-01T21:15:00.004Z

Discs 1 to 3 of an excellent six LP boxset by the mexicali brass,released in the late 60s on the Longines Symphonette Society

TRACKS
Disc 1

Mama Inez
The Grasshopper
Fascination
Blue Tango
Mexicali Brass
Music,Music,Music
Two Different Worlds
Mood Indigo
Love Me Tender
Mexicali Rose

Disc 2

Anna
The Peanut Vendor
Poincianna
Where The Blue Of The Night
Funnybone
Anytime
Inocencia
Movin' Around
La Golondrina
Amor

Disc 3

Chiapanegas
Echoes Of Brazil
pefidia
Home On The Range
Melody In F
Mexican Hat Dance
Mahna De Carnaval
La Cinquantaine
La Ronde
mantilla

Mexicali 1-3

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Album Covers

2011-11-28T12:27:00.002Z

A few pics of some easy 'n' cheesey albums in my collection (i'm nearly up to 2000 albums,so some pruning is due :))

Swing gently With Strauss (Contour 1973)

2011-11-26T20:51:00.002Z

lets all swing gently to the tunes of strauss with the len hunter collection on this nice contour album from 1973

TRACKS

Wine,Women And Song
Tritsch Tratsch Polka
Emperor Waltz
Artist's Life
Radetzky March
Quicksiver Polka
Blue Danube
Vienna Blood
Annen Polka
Roses From The South
Tales From The Vienna Woods
Voices Of Spring

Strauss

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Tijuana Party (Fontana special 1969)

2011-11-25T11:57:00.004Z

more tijuana brass soundalikes,this time from stan hope and the A-Banda brass on this fontana album released in 1969

TRACKS

Cielito Lindo
Mexican Hat dance
La Paloma
Adelita
500 Miles
Carnevalita
Clementine
La Bamba
La Cucaracha
Golijira
Dos Palomitas
Guantanamera

TIjuana Party

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Dali Caldis Plays Latin (Turnover records 197?)

2011-11-22T11:43:00.005Z

go on then,i'll upload a few more ;) egnore the cheesey cover,this is a top album of excellent tunes
TRACKS

Bossa Nova Scotia
Little Zab
Last Train To Tampico
Trouble Spot
Pedro Smith
Down The Road A - Peice
Mextet
Viva Quarto
Two Plus two
El Maracus
Furlough For Two
Missouri Showdown

Plays Latin

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Goodbye

2011-10-24T11:53:00.002+01:00

sadly due to lack of time (and maybe the end of mediafire)i'm stopping this blog.hope you have enjoyed ny uploads

EDIT,it appears the mediafire is ok,but my stupid internet provider (Sky broadband) has decided to block it for some rubbish reason :(

Sax-Cess - Johnnie Gray (Philips 197?)

2011-07-07T22:05:00.006+01:00

A great compilation of tracks from johnnie's late 60's albums with some great arangements from Reg tilsley and pete smith.

TRACKS

Volare
Petite Fleur
Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet
The Odd Couple
Flamingo
September Song
Old Devil Moon
Stranger On The Shore
People
How Are Things In Glocca Morra?
Deep Purple
Stardust

Sax-Cess

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Track 11 - Deep Purple

Golden Favourites of the 50's and 60's (Readers Digest 1998)

2011-07-06T14:39:00.008+01:00

Some more readers digest easy listening Instrumental sounds,this CD is part of thier wonderful world of music series with the likes of ronnie aldrich,nelson riddle,acker bilk,ronnie price,Les reed,The Button Down brass and many more.Scans of the booklet are in disc 1 and click on the cover for the contents of the CD

Disc 1

Disc 2

Disc 3

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Disc 1 - Track 6 ,Joe Reisman and his Orchestra - Petite Fleur

The Keating Sound (Decca Phase 4 -1964)

2011-07-05T07:20:00.004+01:00

An excellent album of big band sounds from johnny Keating (and his 27 men :) )

TRACKS

Listen
Speak Low
Baghdad Blues
Serenata
The Engulfed Cathedral
Samba De Orfeu
Brave New World
For All We Know
Paris
The Sacrifice
Everything Happens To Me
A Night In Ancient babylon

Keating

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Track 6 - The Sacrifice

Just You,Just Me - The Serenade Quintet (MFP Fanfare 1976)

2011-07-04T08:44:00.004+01:00

Relax with the sounds of the serenade quintet on this MFP Fanfare album

TRACKS

All I Do Is Dream Of You
I'm In The Mood For Love
Laura
Hi Lili Hi Lo
A Cetain Smile
Just You,Just Me
Taking A Chance On Love
The Second Time Around
Ebb Tide
Little Things Mean A Lot
Once In A While
April Love

Serenade

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Track 7 - Taking A Chance On Love

The Four Pianos Of Drex Nelson ( PYE 1971)

2011-07-03T18:26:00.004+01:00

I'm Unfamilliar with Drex nelson (i've googled him and cant find any mention bar a overpriced copy of the album for sale on groovecollecter),but this is a rather nice album procuced and accompanied by cryil stapleton with excellent versions of leaving on a jetplane,everything is beautiful and something

TRACKS

Stars Shine In Your Eyes
Ermyntrude
Little Green Apples
Everything Is Beautiful
Strange Music
Theme From Love Story
Our Love (Theme From Romeo & Juliet)
Leaving On A Jet Plane
Story Of A Starry Night
Clair De Lune
Something

Drex

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Track 4 - Everything Is Beautiful

Andy Ross - Pop Singalong (CBS 1971)

2011-07-03T07:57:00.002+01:00

A nice album of early 70s tracks performed by the andy ross orchestra and chorus with some ecxcellent arangements by Cy payne .This was one of the first albums i blogged when i started up my original charity shop stuff(This is charity shop stuff 2 :) ) but it was a poor rip and the album was'nt in the best of nick,So happily i've managed to pick up another copy and rip it better.

TRACKS

Banner Man
I Did What I Did For Maria
Rose Garden
Rosetta
Sweet Caroline
Malt & Barley Blues
Bridget The Midget
Knock Three Times
Something Old Something New
Funny Funny
A Chance In Time
Lucretia Mac Evil

Pop Singalong

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Track 12 - Lucretia Mac Evil

The Latin World Of Pepe Jaramillo (Parlophone 1964)

2011-07-02T10:56:00.002+01:00

Some nice Tunes from Pepe on this 1964 parlophone album .(sadly the Album is'nt in top notch condition ,but thanks to audicty and soundsoap it's not too bad sounding :)

TRACKS

Tangerine
Sand In My Shoes
Maria Elena
Nightingale
The Coffee Song
In A Little Spanish Town
Love Of My Life
I Wish You Love
Serenata
Be Mine (La Paloma)
Fly Me To The Moon
Desafinado
Till
La Vie En Rose

Latin Pepe

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Track 5 - The Cofee Song

Big Bands/Big Hits (Readers Digest 1972)

2011-07-01T21:56:00.003+01:00

With the stardust boxset came this rather nice free bonus LP with some decent versions of sixties hits big band style.Some good tracks on here with an excellent version of spanish flea by duke ellington (with some nice trumpet work from cootie williams) and a great version of music to watch girls by from charlie barnet

TRACKS

Walk Right In - Tex Beneke & His Orchestra
A Man And A Woman - Harry James & His orchestra
Hello Dolly - Tex Beneke & His Orchestra
Georgy Girl - Bob Crosby & His Orchestra
People - Jo Stafford With Paul Weston & His Orchestra
The Windmills Of Your Mind - Freddy Martin & His Orchestra
Last Train To Clarksville - Les Brown & His Band Of Renown
A Walk In The Black Forest - Freddy Martin & His Orchestra
There's A Kind Of Hush - Joe Stafford & Warren Covington With Paul Weston & His Orchestra
Aquarius - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
It Must Be Him - Helen forrest With Harry James & His Orchestra
Spanish Flea - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Music To Watch Girls By - Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra
I Want To Hold Your Hand - Les Brown & His Band Of Renown

Big Bands/Big Hits

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track 12 - Spanish Flea

Stardust Discs 8 and 9 (Readers Digest -1971)

2011-07-01T12:40:00.006+01:00

Here are the Last 2 discs from the stardust boxset,In the zip of disc 9 i've included scans from the 1975 sales booklet that was in the box.There was a free bonus album which i'll upload soon,Hope you all enjoyed this set :)

DISC 8 - Stardust Goes Travelling

TRACKS

Ebb Tide - Johnny Gibbs,His Orchestra & Chorus
That Old Black Magic - Joe Reisman & His Orchestra
Summertime - Jean Templer with Robert Mandell & His Orchestra
Autumn Leaves - Jim Tyler,His Piano & Orchestra
I've Got You Under My Skin - Rosemary Squires With Wally Stott & His Orchestra
Beyond The Blue Horizon - Johnny Gibbs,His Orchestra & Chorus
Tea For Two - Frank Deval & His Orchestra
What A Difference A Day Made - Jim Tyler & His Orchestra
Marie - New Christy Minstrels
A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody - Les Brown & His Band Of Renown
S' Wonderful - Richard Alden,His Piano & Orchestra
Bye Bye Blackbird - Robert Mandell & His Orchestra

DISC 9 - Stardust Gets Rhythm

I Got Rhythm - Lena Horne
I've Got The World On A String - Ed Ames With Joe Reisman & His Orchestra
After You've Gone - Richard Alden,His Piano & Orchestra
Chicago - Rosemary Squires With Wally Stott & His Orchestra
Exactly Like You - Jim Tyler & His Orchestra
Button Up Your Overcoat - Robert Mandell & His Orchestra
Shine On Harvest Moon - The Pete King Chorale
The Pete King Chorale - Alan Copeland & His Orchestra
Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie - New Christy Minstrels
Dardanella - Frank Deval & His Orchestra
Tiger Rag - Alan Copeland & His Orchestra
By The Beautiful Sea - New Christy Minstrels

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Disc 9 Track 9
Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie - New Christy Minstrels

Stardust Disc 7 (Readers Digest -1971)

2011-06-30T15:34:00.005+01:00

Disc 7 Of The Stardust Boxset

DISC 7 - Stardust And Sunshine

TRACKS

Pennies From Heaven - Harry James & His Orchestra
All The Things You Are - The Pete King Chorale
On The Sunny Side Of The Street - Les Brown & His Band Of Renown
Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart - The Kings Sisters With Frank Deval & His Orchestra
Bewitched - Richard Alden,His Piano & Orchestra
April Showers - Robert Mandell,His Chorus & Orchestra
Happy days Are Here Again - Norman Laboff Choir
Lover Come Back To Me - Jim Tyler,His Piano & Orchestra
My Blue Heaven - Floyd Cramer
I Cant Give You Anything But Love - Joy Martell With Alan Copeland & His Orchestra
Ballin' The Jack - Les Brown & His Band Of Renown
Great Day - The Kings Sisters With Frank Deval & His Orchestra

SAMPLE
Track 12 - Great Day By The Kings Sisters

Stardust Discs 5 and 6 (Readers Digest -1971)

2011-06-30T10:26:00.007+01:00

Discs 5 and 6 of the Stardust Boxset

DISC 5 -see coments for disc 5 :)

TRACKS

My Melancholy Baby - Harry James & His Orchestra
Blue Moon - Jo Stafford With Paul Weston & His Orchestra
All Alone - The Pete King Chorale
Among My Souvenirs - Jim Tyler & His Orchestra
I'll Be Seeing You - Harry James & His Orchestra
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - Jim Tyler & His Orchestra
I Believe - Ed Ames
Without A Song - Perry Como
Till The End Of Time - Jim Tyler,His Piano & Orchestra
You'll Never walk Alone - John Gary
Because - Jan Pearce With Joe Reisman & His Orchestra
God Bless America - Johnny Gibbs,His Orchestra & Chorus

DISC 6 - Stardust Romance

TRACKS

These Foolish Things Remind Me Of You - Richard Alden,His Piano & Orchestra
I'm In The Mood For Love - Helen Forest With Alan Copeland & His Orchestra
How Deep Is The Ocean - Robert Mandell & His Orchestra
I'll Get By - Ed Ames
Love Me Or Leave Me - Robert Mandell & His Orchestra
The Man I Love - Joy Martell With Alan Copeland & His Orchestra
Tenderly - Jim Tyler,His Piano & Orchestra
Thanks For The Memory - Helen Forest With Alan Copeland & His Orchestra
Love Walked Out - Robert Mandell & His Orchestra
Over The Rainbow - Jo Stafford With Paul Weston & His Orchestra
Some Enchanted Evening - Richard Alden,His Piano & Orchestra
Let Me Call You Sweetheart - Joe Reisman,His Orchestra & Chorus

Stardust Discs 3 and 4 (Readers Digest -1971)

2011-06-29T14:08:00.007+01:00

Discs 3 and 4 from the Stardust Boxset

DISC 3 - Stardust In Blue

TRACKS

Birth Of The Blues - Perry Como With The Mitchell Ayes Orchestra
Blues In The Night - Billy May & His Orchestra
Stormy Weather - Jo Stafford With Paul Weston & His Orchestra
Come Rain Or Come Shine - Billy May & His Orchestra
You Made Me Love You - Joy Martell With Alan Copeland & His Orchestra
St Louis Blues - Roland Shaw & His Orchestra
Begin The Beguine - Chet Atkins
April In Paris - Richard Alden,His Piano & Orchestra
Where Or When - Joe Reisman,His Orchestra & Chorus
How High The Moon - Les Brown & His Band Of Renown
Embraceable You - Rosemary Squires With Wally Stott & His Orchestra
Always - Jim Tyler & His Orchestra

DISC 4 - Stardust Gets happy

Dancing In The Dark - Joe Reisman & His Orchestra
Dinah - New Christy Minstrels
Little White Lies - Richard Alden,His Piano & Orchestra
Get Happy - Rosemary Squires With Wally Stott & His Orchestra
Darktown Strutters' Ball - Alan Copeland & His Orchestra
Some Of These Days - Billy May & His Orchestra
Peg O' My Heart - Robert Mandell & His Orchestra
For Me And My Girl - Ed Ames With Joe Reisman & His Orchestra
Swanee - The Kings Sisters With Frank Deval & His Orchestra
La Vie En Rose - Richard Alden,His Piano & Orchestra
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now - New Christy Minstrels
Easter Parade - Robert Mandell & His Orchestra

Stardust Discs 1 and 2 (Readers digest -1971)

2011-06-28T17:31:00.007+01:00

Well i was planning to close this blog for a few months to do a bit of tidying up of the dead links,but that can wait,so its on with the music.If you downloaded the first album from the tijuana-a touch of magic set,you might have heard a mp3 of the promo flexi disc for this set-so here are the first 2 discs of the 9 album set ( plus there is a rather nice bonus freebee album that i might upload Later ;) )

DISC 1 -Stardust Remembers

Stardust - Joe Reisman,His Orchestra & Chorus
Fly Me To The Moon - Harry James & His Orchestra
Night And Day -Ed Ames With Joe Reisman & His Orchestra
Sometimes I'm Happy - Roland Shaw & His Orchestra
I Concentrate On You - Helen Forest With Alan Copeland & His Orchestra
Just One Of Those Things - Richard Alden,His Piano & Orchestra
Isle Of Capri - Joe Reisman & His Orchestra
I'll See You In My Dreams - Joe Reisman,His Orchestra & Chorus
What Is This Thing Called Love - Roland Shaw & His Orchestra
Laura - Robert Mandell & His Orchestra
As Time Goes By - Jo Stafford With Paul Weston & His Orchestra
My Heart Stood Still - Jim Tyler & His Orchestra

DISC 2 - Stardust In Love

Lover - Roland Shaw & His Orchestra
My Funny Valentine - Helen Forest With Alan Copeland & His Orchestra
You Go To My Head - Harry James & His Orchestra
Charmaine - Johnny Gibbs,His Orchestra & Chorus
The Nearness Of You - Richard Alden,His Piano & Orchestra
Remember - The Pete King Chorale
Poor Butterfly - Harry James & His Orchestra
Body And Soul - Ed Ames With Joe Reisman & His Orchestra
Deep Purple - Jim Tyler,His Piano & Orchestra
Bidin' My Time - Robert Mandell & His Orchestra
Goodnight Sweetheart - Jim Tyler,His Piano & Orchestra
September Song - The Pete King Chorale

The Best Of Everything - Frank Cordell (United Artists 1967)

2011-06-09T23:23:00.004+01:00

Some nice'n' Easy tunes on this 1967 album from frank cordell and his orchestra

TRACKS

Guantanamera
Alfie
A Man And A Woman
The Gentle Rain
Music To watch Girls By
The Shining Sea
Something Stupid
Once Upon A Summertime
Berimbau
And We Were Lovers
London Life
Never On A Sunday

SAMPLE
Track 7 - Something Stupid

Cordell

Springbok Hits Electronic Vol 2 - Mike Hankinson (MFP 1974)

2011-06-07T16:15:00.003+01:00

Some synth sounds from mike hankinson on the south african mfp album

TRACKS

Love's Theme
Tchp Tchip
I Need A Little Love
You're Sixteen
Solitaire
Gimme Back My Woman
Jet
Dark Lady
Seasons In The Sun
waterloo
The Air That I Breathe
Everything I Want To Do

Hits Electronic Vol 2

Sample

Shades Of Today The Glen Miller Way - The Tony Evans Orchestra (Polydor 1971)

2011-06-02T07:11:00.005+01:00

from 1971- a nice album of modern tunes,glen miller style (with 2 tracks from mr evans himself)

TRACKS

Ob La Di-Ob La Da
Wichita Lineman
Here There & Everywhere
by The Time I Get To Phoenix
The Look Of Love
Gentle On My Mind
For Once In My Life
The Impossible Dream
Hey Jude
Till I Find You
The Last Waltz
Once More

The GM Way

Sample

Romance Of Tijuana (Marble Arch 1968)

2011-05-28T12:11:00.002+01:00

more tijuana sounds,this time from Los Norte Americanos on this 1968 marble arch album

TRACKS

Casino Royale
Summer Wind
Flamingo
Born Free
Ciudad Quieta
The Happening
Swinger's Theme
She's A Jazz Baby
Cielito Lindo
Mexican Hat Dance

Romance

SAMPLE

On The Beach At Waikiki - The Big Ben Hawaiian Band (Columbia 1963)

2011-05-26T07:31:00.005+01:00

Some Hawaiian sounds from norrie paramor and his big ben hawaiian band(and with help from the mike sammes singers on a few tracks)

TRACKS

On The Beach At Waikiki
Song Of The Islands
My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua
Hawaiian Wedding Song
Honolulu
On Treasure Island
Sing Me A Song Of The Islands
Pagan Love Song
Paradise
Drifting And Dreaming
Goodbye Hawaii
Aloha Oe

SAMPLE
Track 1 - On The Beach At Waikiki

On The Beach At Wikiki

A Taste Of Tijuana - The Tequila Brass (Saga 1967)

2011-05-16T21:24:00.007+01:00

It's been a while since i uploaded some knock off tijuana (the tijuana touch of magic boxset in march :)),so from 1967 we have the tequila brass on this saga album

TRACKS

A Taste Of Honey
A Walk In The Black Forest
Josephine
Tema De Los Banana Monkeys
Red Roses For A Blue Lady
Chapultepec Brass
The Lonely Bull
Spanish Flea
Fly Me To The Moon
Banana Split
Alameda Brass
Banana Brass
Sweet Georgia Brown
Tijuana Taxi

Sample
Track 4 - Tema De Los Banana Monkeys

A Taste Of Tijuana

Charleston Und Dixie (Musik Für Alle 196?)

2011-05-14T20:15:00.003+01:00

A Fun album of twenties style tunes from pat gonez and his crazy seven

TRACKS

Charleston
Funny Little Lady
Down By The Riverside
Husaren Dixie
Washington Post
Es Kann Im Frühling Sein
Tiger Rag
When The Saints Go Marching In
Keep Smiling
Yes Sir That's My Baby
Guys And Dolls
Swing It Mr Tell
Charlies Favorit
Can Can

C und D

Sample
Track 2-Funny Little Lady

morty lewis (Design records 19?)

2011-05-13T18:00:00.008+01:00

some nice tunes on this design records album with morty lewis on Sax

Edit-I've slightly edited the title of this posting as it was pulled by the dmca,so if you want it get the album while you can before it gets pulled again

TRACKS

Happy Heart
Goodbye Columbus
The Minor March
Bluette
Blue Tambourine
Both Sides Now
Hello Spain
The Mountain King
Fleur Rouge
Opus No1

Morty

Sample - Track 8 - The Mountain King

Caballero! -The Denis Lopez Latin Sound (Pye 4D 1971)

2011-05-10T23:02:00.005+01:00

From 1971 comes this album of smooth latin sounds from the denis lopez latin sound,with some really nice arangements from the likes of barbara moore,Pete smith and john fiddy

TRACKS

Spinning Wheel
Moliendo Cafe
Mas Que Nada
The Fool On The Hill
El Currutaco
The Shadow Of Your Smile
Caballero!
Quien Sera (Sway)
O Pato
My Empty Life
It's Not Unusual
Something

Caballero!

Sample track 9 - O Pato

Gary On TheBall - Gary Miller with Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen (Pye Goden Guinea-1961)

2011-05-09T19:48:00.007+01:00

From 1961 comes this fun album from gary miller helped out by kenny ball and his jazzman

TRACKS

Steppin' Out With My Baby
When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful
Easy Street
Sometimes I'm Happy
You Made Me Love You
Virginia
My Hat
Lazy River
Shine
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
Let's Put Out The Lights (And Go To Sleep)
In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town

Gary On The Ball

Sample

Instrumentally Yours - The Larry Page Orchestra (Page One records 1969)

2011-05-08T21:52:00.005+01:00

Had some major problems over the last few weeks (a dodgy changeover of broadband supllier and pc Problems),But everything seems ok now,so it's on with the albums and from 1969 we have this decent album from larry Page And his orchestra

TRACKS

Wichita Lineman
Happily Ever After
Light My Fire
My Special Angel
I Say A Little Prayer
Les Bicylettes De Belsize
Those Were The Days
Scarbro' Fair
Elenore
Dream A Little Dream
Hey Jude
Little Green Apples

EDIT:Mediafire Deleted the original link so if you want the album , get it Here while you can before it goes again

Sample

Wout Steenhuis meets The Wedgwoods (EMI Starline 197?)

2011-04-05T20:14:00.003+01:00

Something a little different from wout on this regal starline release as he joins with singing group,the wedgwoods.if you like The mama's and Pappa's youll enjoy this nice album.

TRACKS

Everybody's Talkin'
With A Little Help From My Friends
Dedicated To The One I Love
Why Not Today
The Last Thing On My Mind
900 Miles
Go Where You Wanna Go
Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Nobody Knows
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Always
It's Getting Better
My Home

Wout Meets the wedgwoods

Sample
track 7 - Go Where You Wanna Go

Wagons West - 101 Strings (alshire 197?)

2011-03-28T18:29:00.003+01:00

we're off down west with 101 strings on this 1970's alshire album
TRACKS

Just Out Of Reach
Wagons West
Cornbelt Medley
Get Along
Sermonette
High Sierra
Shenandoah
A Cowpoke's Dream
My Aching Heart Needs You
My Valley

SAMPLE
Track 5 - Sermonette

Wagons

Ra Ta Ta - Franz Rose's Brass Band (Musik Für Alle 197?)

2011-03-12T22:14:00.006Z

Another cheesey but fun album ,this time from franz rose's Brass band on this musik für alle album from the early seventies.

TRACKS

Ra Ta Ta Medley
Er Hat Ein Knallrotes Gummiboot Medley
Oh Lady Mary medley
Arrivaderci Hans Medley
grüezi wohl,Frau Stirnimaa Medley
Hinter Den Kuiliseen Von Paris Medley
Anuschka Medley
Er Steht Im Tor Medley
Ein Kleines Glück Medley
Puppet On A String Medley
Un Rayo De Sol Medley
Tarata Ting Tarata Tong Medley

SAMPLE
Track 11 - Un Rayo De Sol Medley

Ra Ta Ta

Teen Scene - Chet Atkins (RCA Victor 1963)

2011-03-07T18:47:00.005Z

I've had this album a while but in mono and very scratchy,So it was nice to pick up this copy from my local chazza shop in decent nick and in Lovely ''Living stereo'' for 20p.So from 1963 we have some nice guitar sounds from chet atkins with some nice production by anita kerr

TRACKS

I Got A Woman
Rumpus
I Love How You Love Me
Alley Cat
Walk Right In
Back Home Again In Indiana
Teen Scene
Sweetie Baby
A Little Evil
I Will
Bye Bye Birdie
Suzie Q

SAMPLE
Track 5 - Walk Right In

See Coments for new link :)

The Bobby Crush Incredible Double Decker Party (Warwick 1982)

2011-03-05T15:21:00.003Z

Disc 2 of a buy one get one free set (Sadly i dont have the first album) from warwick and a very cheesey but fun album of singalong tunes from bobby crush

TRACKS

Lets Twist Again/Its My Party/Do Wah Diddy/knock 3 times/Bobbys Girl/Save Your Kisses For Me/Matchstick men And Matchstick Cats And Dogs/Those Were The Days/My Old Mans a Dustman/Mull Of Kintyre/Somewhere My Love/Edelwiess/Are you Lonesome Tonight/Birdie song/Is'nt She Lovley/Green door/nine to five/Bye Bye Love/Congratulations/Tie a yellow ribbon/this old house/bye bye love/when I'm 64/All you need is Love/hard days night/she loves you
Hands up/YMCA/Loop De Loop/In The Navy/Shaddup ya Face/I'd Like to teach The World To Sing/Walk Right Back/Singing The Blues/The Day We Went To Bangor/Lilly The Pink/Yellow Submarine/Release Me/Green Green Grass Of Home/Tears/I Love You Because/E Viva Espana/One Day At A Time/Que Sera/Delilah/Simple Simon Says/Brown Girl In The Ring/Rivers Of Babylon/Ob La Di-Ob La Da/Sailing/You'll Never Walk Alone

SAMPLE

Beatles Medley

Double Decker Party 2

Sopisticat In Cuba - Stanley Black (Decca 1958)

2011-03-04T18:04:00.007Z

Some nice tunes on this 1958 decca album from stanley black

TRACKS

Should I
Time On My Hands
All Of You
And This Is My Beloved
I've Got You Under My Skin
You're The Top
One,Two Button Your Shoe
Melancholy Baby
Yes,My Darling Daughter
Fools Rush In
Ooh,That Kiss!
It's All Right With Me

SAMPLE

Sophisticat In Cuba

It's Tijuana Time (Readers Digest 1974)

2011-03-02T22:01:00.004Z

The 5th and Last disc in the tijuana-a touch of magic boxset and Arthur greenslade and david whitaker are helped out on this volume from peter Knight and his orchestra.Hoped you enjoyed this set,i have a few more readers digest boxsets that i dont think have been blogged so watch this space :)

TRACKS

Peter Knight & His Orchestra - Sunny
David Whitaker & His Orchestra - Wave
Arthur Greenslade & His Orchestra - I'm A Old Cow Hand
David Whitaker & His Orchestra - We've Only Just Begun
Arthur Greenslade & His Orchestra - Reach Out For Me
Arthur Greenslade & His Orchestra - Strike Up The Band
Peter Knight & His Orchestra - Corrida De Jangada
David Whitaker & His Orchestra - Come Saturday Morning
Peter Knight & His Orchestra - Voce
Arthur Greenslade & His Orchestra - The Maltese Melody
David Whitaker & His Orchestra - Windows Of The World
Peter Knight & His Orchestra - Milord

SAMPLE

Tij Time

Tijuana Sunshine (Readers Digest 1974)

2011-03-02T15:17:00.004Z

Disc 4 of the tijuana touch of magic boxset and more tunes From the orchestras of david whitaker,joe reisman and arthur Greenslade

TRACKS

David Whitaker & His Orchestra - Lollipops And Roses
David Whitaker & His Orchestra - Girl Talk
Joe Reisman & His Orchestra - Harper Valley PTA
Johnny Harris & His Orchestra - The Day I Met Marie
Joe Reisman & His Orchestra - Love Has A Way
Joe Reisman & His Orchestra - Light My Fire
Joe Reisman & His Orchestra - Volare
Johnny Gibbs & His Orchestra - The Best Is Yet To Come
Arthur Greenslade & His Orchestra - Acapulco 1922
Arthur Greenslade & His Orchestra - Lemon Tree
Arthur Greenslade & His Orchestra - Somethin' Stupid
Arthur Greenslade & His Orchestra - Mexican Road Race

SAMPLE
Track 10 - Lemon tree

Tijuana Sunshine

A Taste Of Tijuana (Readers Digest 1974)

2011-03-01T10:46:00.003Z

Disc 3 of the Tijuana - a touch of magic boxset and more tunes from the orchestras of Arthur greenslade,david whitaker and joe reisman

TRACKS

David Whitaker & His Orchestra - It Makes No Difference
Arthur Greenslade & His Orchestra - Galveston
Joe Reisman & His Orchestra - Perdido
Johnny Harris & His Orchestra - Cherish
Pete King & His Orchestra - Here There And Everywhere
David Whitaker & His Orchestra - You Were On My Mind
David Whitaker & His Orchestra - Sukiyaki
Arthur Greenslade & His Orchestra - Zambesi
Arthur Greenslade & His Orchestra - Peanuts
David Whitaker & His Orchestra - Pata Pata
Arthur Greenslade & His Orchestra - Numero Cinco
David Whitaker & His Orchestra - Zasueira

SAMPLE
Track 7 - Sukiyaki

A Taste of tijuana

The Royal Marines Play Burt Bacarach (Studio 2 Stereo 1974)

2011-02-28T10:42:00.007Z

Bacarach Marching band style as the royal marines have a go at burt's finest tunes on this studio 2 stereo album

TRACKS

Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head / Magic Moments
This Guys In Love With You
What's New Pussycat
I'll Never Fall In Love Again
Do You Know The Way To San Jose
To Wait For Love/(There's)Always Something There To Remind Me
The World Is a Circle
Alfie
Wives And Lovers
Trains And Boats And Planes /I Say A Little Prayer
They Long To Be Close To You
What The World Needs Now Is Love

SAMPLE

Marines Play Burt

Big Hits-Tijuana Style (Readers Digest 1974)

2011-02-27T17:06:00.005Z

Disc 2 Of The Tijuana Touch of magic boxset and more decent tunes from The Orchestras Of Joe Reisman,david whitaker and arthur greenslade

TRACKS

Joe Reisman & His Orchestra - Mack The Knife
David Whitaker & His Orchestra - The Continental
Joe Reisman & His Orchestra - Hold Me
Arthur Greenslade & His Orchestra - Thanks For The Memory
Arthur Greenslade & His Orchestra - In A Little Spanish Town
Arthur Greenslade & His Orchestra - Tea For Two
Joe Reisman & His Orchestra - Tangerine
Joe Reisman & His Orchestra - Mrs Robinson
Arthur Greenslade & His Orchestra - A Quiet Tear
Arthur Greenslade & His Orchestra - For Carlos
David Whitaker & His Orchestra - Little Green Apples
David Whitaker & His Orchestra - Good Morning Starshine

SAMPLE
Track 4 - Thanks For The Memory

Big Hits

Tijuana Festival (Readers Digest 1974)

2011-02-25T11:05:00.009Z

The first disc from a boxset called tijuana-A touch of magic and some decent tunes from the orchestras of arthur greenslade,david whitaker,joe reisman,reg guest and bill walker.also inside the album Sleeve was a couple of promo flexis-one for nicolas de angelis and another for the stardust boxset (i've included mp3s of these but as they are from flexidiscs the quality is'nt too good :) )

TRACKS

Arthur Greenslade & His Orchestra - Hello Dolly
David Whitaker & His Orchestra - The Click Song
Arthur Greenslade & His Orchestra - So What's New
Joe Reisman & His Orchestra - The Look Of Love
Arthur Greenslade & His Orchestra - Brasilia
Reg Guest & His Orchestra - Marta
David Whitaker & His Orchestra - A Walk In The Black Forest
Joe Reisman & His Orchestra - The Windmills Of Your Mind
David Whitaker & His Orchestra - Work Song
Joe Reisman & His Orchestra - Theme From Zorba The Greek
Bill Walker & His Orchestra - If I Were A Carpenter
Arthur Greenslade & His Orchestra - Casino Royale

SAMPLE
Track 8 - The Windmills of your Mind

Tijuana Festival

Hits Of The 60's - Raymonde's Magic Organ (Deram 1969)

2011-02-21T15:11:00.005Z

A album of 60s tunes hammond style by raymonde's magic organ,one of a series released by deram in 1969 with hits of the 20's,30's,40's and 50's as well as this volume.And as it is a ivor raymonde production it has some decent arangements

TRACKS

Winchester Cathedral
It's Not Unusual
What's New Pussycat
This Guy's In Love With You
Shadow Of Your Smile
Down Town
Green Green Grass Of Home
These Boots Are Made For Walking
Honey
Young Girl
Yellow Submarine
A Man And A Woman
McArthur Park
The Last Waltz

SAMPLE
Track 6 - Down Town

Hits of the 60's

Sweet Sounds Of Bert Weedon's Guitar (Contour 1971)

2011-02-19T10:25:00.005Z

Another Contour album from bert weedon and some more nice guitar sounds

TRACKS

Love Story
Didn't We
Athens Theme
Pretend
Laura's Theme
It's Impossible
Love's Been Good To Me
Granada
Fascination
Spanish Harlem

SAMPLE
Track 1 - Love Story

Sweet Sounds

Mike Hill In 'Pop' Concert (Avenue 1969)

2011-02-18T09:40:00.004Z

More Hammond sounds,This time from mike hill helped out by the alan caddy orchestra on this 1969 avenue album

TRACKS

Help Yourself
Gentle On My Mind
Man Without Love
Dancing In The Street
Witchita Lineman
Michelle
Delilah
Windmills Of Your Mind
Hey Jude
Up The Waltz
Saved By The Bell
Yesterday

SAMPLE

In Pop

Banjos Are Back! (Rediffusion 1971)

2011-02-15T20:44:00.003Z

A Denny wright prodction,this is an excellent album of mainly sixties and early seventies tunes (with a few standards thrown in ) Banjo style with a fun version of maxwells siver hammer

TRACKS

Malt & Barley Blues
Happy Weekend
Lady Rose
Breakin' Bread
Hava Nagilah
Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
Too Many Rings Around Rosie
Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Never Ending Song Of Love
Those Were The Days
Monsieur Dupont
Tea For Two

SAMPLE
Track 3 - Lady Rose

Banjos Are Back!

Close To You - The Geoff Love Singers (Sounds Superb 1975)

2011-02-13T09:49:00.005Z

Slight Return,But as it's Valentines day tommorow I'd thought i'd upload this album from the geoff love singers.It's another Album in the singer and the song series and a nice selection of love songs

TRACKS

Close To You
Love Story
I'm Stone In Love With You
It's Impossible
My Eyes Adored You
So Deep Is The Night
If
Killing Me Softly With His Song
Our Day Will Come
Passing Strangers
Something
What A Wonderful World

SAMPLE
Track 11 - Something

Close To You

The magnificent Manuel:Manuel With Love (World Records/EMI)

2011-02-06T07:11:00.009Z

Disc 6 and the last album from the magnificent manuel box set,and on this Disc manuel is getting mushy with us with 18 love songs.hope you have all enjoyed this box set.
TRACKS

Games That Lovers Play
Chanson D'Amour
The Ways Of Love
And I Love You So
How Deep Is Your Love
Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet
So In Love
Amor,Amor
You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
And This Is My Beloved
Somewhere My Love
What Is Love
I Wish You Love
How Near Am I To Love
For My Love
No Greater Love
What I Did For Love
Lover

SAMPLE
Track 5 - How Deep Is Your Love

Manuel With Love

The Alan Haven Organ Show (Pye 4D - 1973)

2011-02-05T09:49:00.003Z

More Organ sounds,this time from alan haven on this fab pye 4d album

TRACKS

Close To You
The Odd Couple
Here's That Rainy Day
Finding Words To Say
Watch What Happens
Caravan
Aranjuez Mon Amour
South To The Sun
Sheherazade
Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
Misty
Mozarts Rondo Alla Turca

SAMPLE
Track 12 - Mozarts Rondo Alla Turca

Organ Show

The Magnificent Manuel:Manuel International (World Records/EMI)

2011-02-04T07:50:00.005Z

Here's Disc 5 Of The magnificent Manuel Boxset,and another nice collection of tracks from manuels albums

TRACKS

La Cumparsita
Be Mine
La Golondrina
Quando Quando Quando
Jealousy
Y Viva Espana
Arrivederci Roma
El Relicaio
Paloma Blanca
Autumn Concerto
La Mer
The White Rose Of Athens
Tango Des Jumeaux
Concerto De Aranjuez
Delicado
Autumn Leaves
A Man And A Woman
Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White

SAMPLE
Track 4 - Quando Quando Quando

Manuel International

A Golden Age Of Dance Bands Vol.2 (Marble Arch - 1969 )

2011-02-03T19:13:00.004Z

A decent album of big band tunes from the hertford big band on this marble arch album

TRACKS

Take The 'A' Train
Bobchick
I Left My Heart In San Fransisco
It can Strike Anywhere
This Can't Be Love
The Trolley Song
9.20 Special
I'm Begining To See The Light
On The Aitcheson,Topeka & Santa Fe
Great Day

SAMPLE
Track 3 - I Left My Heart In San Fransisco

Golden Age Vol.2

Cha Cha Charm - Jan August (Fontana Special 1968)

2011-02-01T15:50:00.006Z

Some cha cha cha tunes from jan august on this fontana special album

TRACKS

Jealous
Boogie Woogie Cha Cha
Volare
Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing
Green Eyes
Lazy River
Greek Bolero
Kiss Of Fire
Merry Madrid
Siboney

SAMPLE
Track 5 - Green eyes

Cha Cha Charm

The Magnificent Manuel:South Of The Border (World Records/EMI )

2011-01-31T09:24:00.005Z

Disc 4 of the Magnificent Manuel boxset,and another nice compilation of classic tracks (sadly el condor pasa has a nasty great scatch running through the track,i've managed to cut out the worst but it still sounds a little ropey :( )

TRACKS

Meditation
Tico Tico
Baia
Tequilla
Sabara
Wave
El Condor Pasa
Maria Elena
Corcovado
Mas Que Nada
La Cucaracha
South Of The Border
Canto De Ossanha
Guantanermera
Recado Bossa Nova
Mexican Hat Dance
Chanto Le Gusta
How Insensitive

SAMPLE
Track 4 - Tequilla

South Of The Border

Mrs Mills Plays The Roaring Twenties (Parlophone - 1962)

2011-01-30T22:51:00.005Z

The First album from mrs mills,and a cheesy but fun album (with help as always from geoff love)

TRACKS

Dont Bring Lulu
Five Foot Two Eyes Of Blue
Crazy Rhythm
Broken Doll
I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight
Birth Of The Blues
I Cant Give You Anything But Love
Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
Black Bottom
You're The Cream In My Coffee
If I Had You
The Sheik Of Araby
Rose Of Washington Square
Aint Misbehavin'
Chilli Bom Bom
I'm Just wild About Harry

SAMPLE

World Disco Dancin Championship - Ray McVay (EMI 1978)

2011-01-29T23:06:00.012Z

After Lounglegends posted the geoff loves big disco album (which i bloged a good while back on my old blog ) I'd thought i'd upload this cheesey classic (Although slaughter on tenth avenue is pretty decent,i dont know what ray thought he was doing with the stevie wonder,simon & Garfunkel and beatles medleys!!)

TRACKS

Slaughter On Tenth Avenue
Disco Stevie Wonder (Supersisition/For Once In My Life/You Are The Sunshine Of My Life/Uptight)
Disco Medley (Scarborough Fair/Cecilia/Sound Of Silence)
I Got Rhythm
Disco Medley(I-Who Have Nothing/Somewhere/Young Girl/God Only Knows)
Nights In White Satin
Disco Beatles (Hey Jude/Yesterday/Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds/Something/Ob La Di-Ob La Da)

SAMPLE
Track 4 - I Got Rhythm

Disco Dancin

And while we're in a disco mood how about this Rather saucy Version of Je T'aime :) (from the disco drums album released on the arcade label also from 1978)

Stereo Sound Stage (philips 197?)

2011-01-28T18:51:00.004Z

A Excellent Easy Listening Compilation from philips,with 3 great Chaquito tracks plus tunes from syd lawrence,the cascading strings,ray davies and the button down brass

TRACKS

Chaquito - Hawaii 5.0
The Cascading Strings - La Mer
Cortez & His New Latin - You're The Top
The Pete Smith Orchestra - Bless Your Beautiful Hide
The Norman Newell Orchestra - Theme From The Onedin Line
Ray davies & The Button Down Brass - Fool On The Hill
The Wally Stott Chorale - Shadows
Chaquito - Theme From Shaft
The John Gregory Orchestra - We've Only Just Begun
Horst Jankowski - A Walk In The Black Forest
The Orchestrah - If
Syd Lawerence Orchestra - Jersey Bounce
Cortez & His New Latin - My Ship
Chaquito - The Bandit

SAMPLE
Track 4 - Bless Your Beautiful Hide

Stereo Sound Stage

Leave off....It's Us ! - Acker Bilk & The Paramount Jazz Band (Pye 1975)

2011-01-27T19:37:00.006Z

A Great Album from Acker and his paramount Jazz Band with some decent tunes (with a couple of suprisingly funky tracks in out back and Blood pressure)

TRACKS

Chelsea Cake walk
The Games People Play
There'll Be Some Changes
Out Back
Honeysuckle Rose
I Heard You Been Around
Some Other Time
Blood Pressure

SAMPLE
Track 8 - Blood Pressure

Leave Off

The magnificent Manuel:Big Screen,Little Screen (World Records/EMI)

2011-01-26T07:36:00.004Z

Disc 3 of The magnificent Manuel Boxset,And this time Manuel & The music of the mountains are playing themes from both tv and the movies

TRACKS

Eye Level
The Homecoming
I Talk To The Trees
The Poldark Theme
Sailing
Tara Theme
InterMezzo
I Will Wait For You
Sunrise,Sunset
Can You Read My Mind
Cavatina
Princess Leia's Theme
Evergreen
Song Of The Barefoot Contessa
Theme From A Summer Place
Bella Notte
The One And Only
You Light Up My Life

SAMPLE
Track 5 - Sailing

Big Screen,Little Screen

The Magnificent Manuel:In The Still Of The Night (World Records/EMI )

2011-01-25T15:27:00.004Z

Disc 2 Of The magnificent Manuel Boxset and some more easy sounds

TRACKS

As Time Goes By
In The Still Of The Night
Moon River
Sand In My Shoes
The Shadow Of Your Smile
Begin The Beguine
Come Closer To Me
But Beautiful
Honeymoon Song
The Very Thought Of You
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
All The Things You Are
Dancing In The Dark
Moonlight Serenade
Moonglow
Clair De Lune
What Are You Doing The Rest Of My Life
Softly As In A Morning Sunshine

SAMPLE

Track1 -As Time Goes By

In The Still Of The Night

Shearing Today (Capitol 1968)

2011-01-23T14:58:00.004Z

Some Smooth Tunes from george Shearing On this 1968 Capitol Album

TRACKS

Goin' Out Of My Head
A Time For Love
I Say A Little Prayer
Echoes In The Night
Dont Sleep In The Subway
By The Time I Get To Phoenix
Love Is Blue
Theme From Valley Of The Dolls
Never My Love
Here Comes The Morning
Morse Mode

SAMPLE
Track 7 - Love Is Blue

Shearing Today

The World Of Tijuana (Decca 1970)

2011-01-22T08:02:00.002Z

Another entry in Decca's ''World Of'' series and some more Tijuana sounds -This time from the Mexicans.some nice sounding covers of herb and the brasses best on this album

TRACKS

Spanish Flea
A Taste Of Honey
Winds Of Barcelona
Mexican Corn
Accapulco 1922
Surfin' Senorita
Limbo Rock
Whipped Cream
Up Cherry Street
Swinger From Seville
Mexican shuffle
Mexican Drummer Man
Comin' In The Back Door
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You

SAMPLE
Track 12 - Mexican Drummer Man

World Of Tijuana

The Magnificent Manuel:Manuel Forever (world Records/EMI -197?)

2011-01-20T18:26:00.008Z

From the Magnificent manuel Boxset released by world records/EMI in the late 70s,here is disc 1-Manuel Forever with a nice selection of smooth tunes

TRACKS

Just For You
You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
Feelings
Fernando
Dont cry For Me Argentina
Forever And Ever
My Thanks To You
The Way We Were
When I Need You
You Make Me feel Brand New
Strangers In The Night
The Twelth Of Never
Killing Me Softly With His Song
Alone Again Naturally
Yesterday
I'll See You Again
Stranger On The Shore
It's Magic

Sample
Track 1 - Just For You

Manuel Forever

Hammond Dance Party - Lars Tiselius (Joy 1970)

2011-01-19T18:15:00.005Z

From 1970 We have Lars Tiselius On the hammond on this album on the joy Label (originally released as Hammond orgel Favoriten on the Die Volksplatte label in Germany)

TRACKS

A Walk In The Black Forest
Meet Mr Callaghan
Delicado
Rouge Et Noir
Anna
Guaglione
Mr Sandman
Nola
Donkey Seranade
Derby Finish
Amorada
Hawaiian War Chant

Sample
Track 8 - Nola

Hammond Dance Party

Up,Up And Away - Pete Winslow & The King size Brass (Philips 1972)

2011-01-18T13:54:00.006Z

Top Class Parping from Pete Winslow and the king size brass on this 1972 Philips Applause Album

TRACKS

Up,Up And Away
Isle Of Capri
April In Portugal
Taxi To Bombay
On A Slow Boat To China
Brazilian Love Song
Indiana
Guantanamera
Clouds Over Tahiti
I Love Paris
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Show Me The Way To Go Home

Sample
Track 4 Taxi To Bombay

Up Up And Away

Guitars Galore - 101 Strings (Marble Arch 1967)

2011-01-14T15:16:00.002Z

A Rather nice album from 101 strings (And six Guitars!!) on this marble arch album from 1967

TRACKS

Girl From Ipanema
Call Me
When Will We Know
Cast Your Fate To The Wind
Malibu Sun
Guantanamera
A Man And A Woman
Maria Maria
Yellow Bird
Rio Del Mar

Sample
Track 4 - Cast Your Fate To The Wind

Guitars Galore

Blues And Brass (Deacon 1970)

2011-01-12T23:02:00.003Z

A nice mix of brass and hammond sounds on this album from Deacon

TRACKS

Sugar Blues
Basin Street Blues
Cryin' The Blues
5th Avenue Blues
Easy Going
Little Brown Jug
Blues In The Night
When My Baby Walks Down The Street
Limehouse Blues
Get Along
Peppersteak Blues
Steamboat Blues

SAMPLE
Track 2 - Basin Street Blues

Blues & Brass

Viva Tijuana - The Torero Band (MFP 1970)

2011-01-11T21:59:00.005Z

Some More mock Tijuana Parping,This time from MFP's Torero Band who give us thier versions of herb alpert and the tijuana Brass best

TRACKS

America
This Guy's In Love
casino Royale
I'll Never Fall In Love again
A Man And a Woman
These Boots Were Made For Walkin'
Hello Dolly
Guantanamera
Milord
Our Day Will Come
Spanish Harlem
A Banda

Sample
Track 6 - These Boots Were Made For Walkin'

Viva Tijuana

I'm In The Mood For Dancing - Tony Evans & His Orchestra (Tema Records 198? )

2011-01-10T16:40:00.003Z

An album of cheesey tracks from tony evans and his orchestra & Singers

TRACKS

I'm In The Mood For Dancing
I Remember Yesterday
Together We Are Beautiful
Old Fasioned Way
Three Times A Lady
Song Of My Life
I Only Want To Be With You
We Dont Talk Anymore
Rise
Cuba
Copacabana
Crazy Little Thing Called Love

SAMPLE
Track 12 - Crazy Little Thing Called Love

In The Mood For Dancing

Mexican Fiesta - Pepe Jaramillo (parlophone 1960)

2011-01-08T07:45:00.003Z

a album of smooth latin tunes from pepe jaramillo and his latin american rhythm from 1960

TRACKS

Green Eyes
Cachito
The Breeze And I
Cachita
Amor
Siboney
Sway
South Of The Border
El Choclo
Stairway To The Sea
Torero
To Be Or Not To Be
Capullito De Aleli
The Man Who Plays The Mandolino

Sample
Track 7 - Sway

Mexican Fiesta

and if you missed it here Pepe's The Mexican on broadway album that i uploaded to my old blog abot 2 and a half years ago (I'm Amazed that the link is still OK :) )

Together Again -The Larry Page Orchestra And Chorus (Penny Farthing 1973)

2011-01-07T14:38:00.004Z

a nice album of beatles solo hits by larry page and his orchestra and chorus

TRACKS

Hi Hi Hi
My Love
Back Off Boogaloo
Imagine
C Moon
My Sweet Lord
It Dont Come Easy
Bangla desh
Happy Xmas-War Is Over
Give Me Love
Instant Karma
Live An Let Die

Sample
Track 5 - C Moon

Together Again

Hammond Heatwave - Harry Stoneham (Studio 2 Stereo 1975)

2011-01-06T15:02:00.003Z

Another Album of Hammond tunes,This Time By Excellent Mr Stoneham

TRACKS

High Chapparral Theme/Bonanza Theme/Alias Smith & Jones Theme
Poinciana/Frenesi
Calcutta/Top Of The World/Snowbird
Soleado/The Way we Were
Dream A Little Dream of Me/Daydream/When You Smile
Something's Coming/America
The Good Old Bad Old Days/One Of Those Songs/If my friends Could See Me Now
Goodbye To Love/Rainy Days And Mondays
The Pushbike Song/Java (Vision On Theme)/Las Vegas (Animal Magic Theme)
Triste/Tristeza/Samba De Orfeu
Hello Summertime /There's a Whole Lotta Loving/Summerlove Sensation
Ironside Theme/Kojak Theme

Sample
Track 3 Calcutta Medley

Hammond Heatwave

Hot Steel - Original Tropicana Steel Band (Polydor - 1978)

2011-01-04T18:10:00.005Z

Not as well known as thier Tropicana album famous for the tracks - Funky abbey road and calypso rock which are included on various break Compilations) this is still a good LP with some really nice tracks :)

TRACKS

Don't Leave Me This Way
Spanish Hustle
Feelings
Breezin
Side Show
Let Go
The Hustle
Palisa
Shame And Scandal In The Family
El Porompompero
Don't Wanna Lose You

SAMPLE
Track 10 - El Porompompero

Hot Steel

I Uploaded The Tropicana Album last year to my blog ,but 4shared deleted the link ,but if you missed it and want to hear it click here

Hammond Pop Party - Zygmunt Jankowski (Windmill 1972)

2011-01-02T15:03:00.003Z

A Nice album of hammond tunes from zygmunt jankowski on this album from windmill

TRACKS

Help Yourself
My Cherie amour
Gentle On My Mind
Proud Mary
Dont Forget To Remember
Ballad Of John And Yoko
Je T'aime -Moi Non Plus
Venus
Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
Yesterme Yesteryou Yesterday

Sample
Track 7 - Je T'aime

Hamm Pop Party

Come To Our Suprise Party Vol 2 - The Gate Crashers (Stereo Gold Award 1972)

2010-12-31T18:39:00.003Z

As it's New Years Eve,Lets all go down to the gate crashers Suprise Party for some cheesey sounds on this fun stereo gold award album from 1972-hope you have a happy new year and i'll be back for more easy and cheesey sounds in 2011 !

TRACKS

Hello Dolly/La Bamba/La Cucaracha/El Condor pasa/Johnny Comes Marching Home/Anvil Chorus/Go Get It
Get Me To The Church On Time/Happy Days Are Here Again/Battle Hymn Of The Republic/Hello Johnny/Randy Boogie/Tavern In The Town/He's a Jolly Good Fellow/Auld Lang Syne

SAMPLE
Happy Days Are Here Again

Suprise Party 2

Belles And Bones (Enterprise 1970)

2010-12-26T20:32:00.005Z

from the enterprise record label A Nice album of tunes in the style of the birds and brass,Not too sure who performs on this album (All I Know is that the backing vocals are by the magie eaves singers though:) )

EDIT - I just found out that this album was recorded by the Johnny watson orchestra on a self titled album released on the avenue label with arangements by cy payne (info from here )

TRACKS

Love Me Tonight
Little Bit Of You
Goodbye
Caroline
Other Side Of Life
Windy
Shades
Butterfly
Green Grass
Yesterday's Sunshine
See The Tinker Ride
Games People Play

SAMPLE

Belles And Bones

Christmas With Pinky & Perky (MFP 1969)

2010-12-23T15:33:00.002Z

It's nearly christmas time,so time for pinky and perky (acompanied by geoff love and his orchestra) to give us some chrimbo tunes,Hope you all have a nice christmas :D

TRACKS

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
The Holly And The Ivy
Sliegh Ride
The First Noel
Snowy White Snow And Jingle Bells
Away In A Manger
Winter Wonderland
While Sheperds Watched
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Good King Wenceslas
It's Christmas Eve
Silent Night

Sample - track 3
Sliegh Ride

Cristmas with P&P

The Sweet & Swinging Sound Of The Charles Young Chorale (Rediffusion 1971)

2010-12-20T20:53:00.006Z

Nice and relaxing sounds from The Charles Young Chorale on this Rediffusion Album (Sadly track 1 is a bit ropey :( )

TRACKS

Goin' Out Of My Head
With A Little Love
Summer Love
Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
Mame
Happiness is
Invisible Tears
Cant Take My Eyes Off You
Birds 'N Bees N' Things
Somewhere My Love
Red Roses For A Blue Lady
Memories Are Made Of This

SAMPLE
Track 2

Sweet & Swinging

22 Original Hits From The One And Only Magic Organ

2010-12-03T11:32:00.003Z

Cheesetastic organ sounds from the magic organ aka Jerry Smith on this 1975 Album (Perhaps in the early to mid 70s this was state of the art music :) )

TRACKS

My Melody Of Love
Moon River
Rangers Waltz
Beer Barrel Polka
Twilight Time
Alabama Jubilee
Top Of The World
Street Fair
Blue Hawaii
Lichenstiener Polka
Song Sung Blue
Wheels
Penny Arcade
Stranger On The Shore
Pennsylvania polka
Melody Of Love
Love Story
Amazing Grace
Truck Stop
Somewhere My Love
Beautiful Ohio
Under The Double Eagle

SAMPLE
Track 5 - Twilight Time

MAGIC ORGAN

Happy Xmas Party! - George Chisholm & His Snowmen (Line 1974)

2010-12-02T13:34:00.006Z

Time to Join George Chisholm & His Snowmen For His Happy Xmas Party On This fun 1974 album

TRACKS

Winter Wonderland
Rudolph The Red Nosed Raindeer
Frosty The Snowman
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Does Santa Sleep With His Whiskers
The Christmas Song
Jingle Bells
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
Snowballs
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Let It Snow,Let It Snow,Let It Snow
White Christmas

Happy Xmas

Bert Weedon's 22 Golden Guitar Greats (Warwick 1976)

2010-11-30T18:59:00.007Z

A album you'll find in most chazza shop crates,this is a nice album of guitar hits recreated by bert (i remember having fun with this album as a kid by putting on the yakety sax track and doing benny hill style chases round the settee and trying to ripple my stomach muscles to wheels like the chap on opertunity knocks )

TRACKS

Dance On
Wipe Out
Wheels
Diamonds
40 Miles Of Bad Road
Yakety Sax
Kon Tiki
Ginchy
Pepe
Sleepwalk
Guitar Boogie Shuffle
Walk Don't Run
Scarlet O'Hara
F.B.I
Sorry Robbie
Marie Elena
Shazam
Perfidia
Man Of Mystery
Hava Nagila
Albatross
Apache

SAMPLE
Track 6 Yakety Sax

22 GG GREATS

i also uploaded bert's 20 super guitar greats album a good while back which is still ok

Hammond A La Latin - Paul Dubois (Davjon 1968)

2010-11-28T14:56:00.005Z

More Cheesey Hammond Sounds,This Time From Paul Dubois On This 1968 Album

TRACKS

Bessame Mucho
Patricia
Brazil
Delicado
Meditation
Hernando's Hideaway
Perfidia
In A Little Spanish Town
Do You Know The Way To San Jose
El Cumnanchero
Girl From Ipanema
I Love You and Don't Forget It

SAMPLE
Track 3 - Brazil

A La Hammond

Beat Club (Saga 1967)

2010-11-25T08:13:00.003Z

Following on from the last post here are more sixties tunes,This time from Top london beat group (or so the sleevenotes say )The first impression.some quite nice covers on here including nice versions of gimme some lovin and sgt pepper and an istrumental version of puppet on a string

TRACKS

Silence Is Golden
Gimme Some Lovin'
I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman
San Francisco
The House That Jack Built
Happy Together
I'm A Believer
The Letter
The Last Waltz
Mellow Yellow
puppet On A String
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Sample
Track 12 - Sgt Pepper

BEAT CLUB

Wonderland By Night (Readers Digest 1969)

2010-11-21T17:32:00.003Z

Not too sure if this album was a seperate release or was part of a boxset,but it has some really nice versions of 60s classics with the orchestras of david whitaker,billy may and perry botkin jr

TRACKS

Pretty Flamingo - Johnny Harris And His Orchestra
Here Comes My Baby - Perry Botkin Jr And His Orchestra
Light My Fire - Jack Jones With Pat Williams And His Orchestra
Born free - London Pops Orchestra
Scarbourgh Fair - Joe Reismann,His Orchestra And Chorus
Elanor Rigby - Perry Botkin Jr And His Orchestra
Waterloo Sunset - Norman Percival And His Orchestra
A World Of Our Own - Norman Percival And His Orchestra
Baby I Need Your Lovin' - Billy May And His Orchestra
The Boxer - David Whitaker And His Orchestra
A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Perry Botkin Jr And His Orchestra
Soul Coaxin' - Billy May And His Orchestra
Wonderland By Night - Ray Davis,Trumpet With Robert Mandrell And His Orchestra
in The Midnight Hour - Richard Alden,His Piano And Orchestra

SAMPLE
Track 1 -Pretty Flamingo

Wonderland By Night

Hammond Organ Favourites - Johnny Patrick (Castle Pulse 1997)

2010-11-19T11:10:00.004Z

A nice cd from Johnny Patrick compiled from his 2 golden hour of hammond hits albums from the 70s

TRACKS

Spanish Flea
Cabaret
Yellow Submarine
Puppet On A String
The Girl From Ipanema
Hello Dolly!
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Get Me To The Church On Time
Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
One Note Samba
On The Street Where You Live
Sunny
This Guy's In Love With You
Theme From Love Story
Mame
The Shadow Of Your Smile
Music To Watch Girls Go By
Do You Know The Way To San Jose?
I Will Wait For You
Amazing Grace
Moon River
Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Ole Oak Tree
And I Love You So
I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing

Sample
Track 8 Get Me To The Church On Time

Hammond Organ Favourites

and here is a track from golden hour of hammond hits vol 2 that was missed from the CD-
Orders of the day

Sweet Trumpets -The Acapulco Brass (Boulevard 1971)

2010-11-17T17:37:00.003Z

Another Fun album of tijuana knockoffs,This time by the Acapulco Brass on this Boulevard LP

TRACKS

La Matchiche
Cielito Lindo
Wine Women & Song
La Perica
Donna,Donna
Mexican Hat Dance
Fiesta Aimara
Espana
Vive L'Amour
La Cucaracha
Song Of India
La Bamba
Greensleeves
Carmen
Little Brown Jug
From The New World

Sample
Track 13 Greensleeves

SWEET TRUMPETS

Ken Turner & His Orchestra From Blackpool (Dansan 1979)

2010-11-14T17:57:00.003Z

An Album Of Dancing Tunes From Blackpool's tower ballroom and the wintergarden ballroom Favourite Ken Turner & His Orchestra

TRACKS

September Song/It Had To Be You
What A Difference A Day Made
Mountain Greenery/Day In Day Out
One Morning In May
Seranade
Diane
Ole Gupa
Cherry Pink
Patsy
For You,Rio Rita
Copacabana
I Love You And Dont You Forget It
Born Free
Temptation

SAMPLE
Track 8 - Cherry Pink

From Blackpool

Spotlight On Hammond -Franz Lambert (Philips 1975)

2010-11-12T14:55:00.005Z

A Nice album of Medleys by the German hammond maestro franz lambert

TRACKS

Rose Garden/Knock Three Times/Silver Moon Baby
Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep/Power To The People/Another Day
Love Story/Butterfly/Hot Love
Monica/I Hear You Knocking
Mammy Blue/Soley Soley/Something Tells Me
Freedom come,Freedom Go/Good Old Fasioned Music/Sacramento
Mame/I Love You/Cherokee
Banana Boat Song/Bonny And Clyde
True Love/Moon River/Give Me Your Hand
Begin The Beguine/Amor Amor/Siboney
Bye Bye Blues/Bir Mir Bist Du Schön/September In The Rain
Night And Day / It Had To Be You
Danke Schön/Goody Goody/Mack The Knife
Hello Dolly/So Whats New/C'est Magnifique
All Right Now/Spirit In The Sky/Never Marry A Railroad Man
Amapola/Mambo Jambo/Delicado/Amorada/Tico Tico
Yummy Yummy Yummy/Ob La Di,Ob La Da/Chewy Chewy
In A Little Spanish Town/Charmaine
Signed sealed Delivered,I'm Yours/Lady D'arbanville/Lola
Pack Fast/Strike Up The Band/Yes Sir Thats My Baby
Morning Of My Life/Green Green Grass Of Home/Une Larme Aux Nuages
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye/Dynamite Woman/Mendicino
Cracklin' Rosie/Look What They've Done To My Song Ma/Nickel Song
Never Ending Song Of Love/Co Co/Witch Queen Of New Orleans
Tammy/Loves Last Word Is Spoken Cheri/Forget Me Not
I Could Have Danced All Night/Soft Music/Ponciana

SAMPLE
Track 2 Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep Medley

Spotlight

Tamla MeetsTijuana (MFP 1971)

2010-11-06T17:03:00.003Z

I Love a bit of motown As well as a bit of tijuana so in my opinion this is a great album

TRACKS

How Sweet It Is
Tracks Of My Tears
Up Tight
My Guy
Baby Love
Baby I Need Your Loving
The Happening
I've Passed This Way Before
My Girl
Dancing In The Street
Stop In The Name Of Love
It's The Same Old Song

SAMPLE
Track 8 - I've Passed This Way Before

Tamla Meets Tijuana

Nero's Non Stop Hits (Liberty 1967)

2010-11-01T14:58:00.006Z

From 1967 comes this fun hansi ripoff from paul nero

Sample
Memories Of Hidelberg Medley

Non Stop Hits

Playgirl - Thee Prophets (Kapp -1969)

2010-10-28T20:11:00.004+01:00

A Nice album of 60s bublegum pop i picked up from my local Charity Shop hidden inbetween the jim reeves and mantovani albums.some really nice sounds on this album including thier minor US hit-Playgirl,and nice versions of the buckinghams,Kind of a drag and the drifters ,some kind of wonderful

TRACKS

Playgirl
Broken Heart
Man Enough
It Isn't Easy
Magic Island
Double Life
Some Kind - A Wonderful
Heartbreak Avenue
They Call Her Sorrow
I Pretend I'm With You
Kind Of A Drag
Shame Shame

Sample
Track 3 -Man Enough

Playgirl

Blue Hawaii - Wout Steenhuis (Regal Starline 197?)

2010-10-24T11:41:00.002+01:00

Some More Wout And From the early 70s comes this Budget rerelase of wouts first columbia album -Surfin With Wout Steenhuis.Wout Used to sell and sign copys of this when he appeared on the working mens clubs curcit in the 70s so most copys you find in the charity shops are usually signed by wout himself (my copy is signed at the back and also has a rather nice publicity photo signed by wout with his discography on the rear :) )

TRACKS

Pidgin English Hula
Hawaiian Hula Song
Hawaiian War Chant
Hawaiian Wedding Song
Hula Blues
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
Bali Ha'i
Minehaha
Moon Of Manakoora
Aroha
Moon River
Kassian
Blue Hawaii
Green Leaves Of Summer

SAMPLE
Track 10 Aroha

Blue Hawaii

My Favourite Polkas - James Last (Polydor 1983)

2010-10-22T13:26:00.006+01:00

Time for some Hansi and a rather nice compilation from the gentleman of music series of albums of polka tunes

TRACKS

Lisa The Huntsman's Daughter
Anneliese
Trompeten Echo
The Vienna I Remember
Flyer's March
Anvil Polka
Rosamunde
Herz Schmerz Polka
Adelheid
Wochenend Und Sonnenschein
Tritsch Tratsch Polka
Rose Of The Mountain

SAMPLE Track 6 Anvil Polka
Favourite Polkas