With the new Susan Boyle album and the new Christmas Micheal Buble album holding the top two places in the Album charts there is little easy listening CDs on offer this Christmas, however , I can recommend a few choice albums played on my radio show last night.....
THE OVERTONES...PLATINUM EDITION.
This is really a re release of the album GAMBLIN' MAN which was a successful first release. As usual the record company have added eight new tracks and released it again. A new ploy adopted by the music industry to sell an album twice. In this case if you havn't bought the original this is a worthy purchase.A very 'pop' feel for this group which use great harmonies to back themselves with sympathetic orchestrations. 8 stars.
ANDREA BOCELLI...MY CHRISTMAS.
Released last year and it was by far the best seasonal release of 2010. That soring voice over a wonderful choice of Christmas music makes it one of my favourites. You can't go wrong. 10 stars.
JULIE LONDON...CALENDAR GIRL/YOUR NUMBER PLEASE.
Soft silky voice over smooth atmospheric arrangements make this an evocative sexy album. These two albums are on one CD and they are proberbly the best two albums she recorded. I have played tracks from this album many times on my radio show and the response has always been...Where can I get it ? Online record shops do have it. 9 stars.
COME FLY WITH ME. FRANK SINATRA.
Search out this album of Sinatra at his best. Ignore the greatest hits, of which there are many, and go for this jewel. 15 tracks of pure pleasure, smooth and uptempo backed by Nelson Riddle. This a re-release of a Capitol Hit album of the fifties with four added tracks at bargain price. 10 stars.
PREDICTABLE PRE CHRISTMAS TV.
It looks pretty grim. More X factory.....soap opera with dancers galore backing the carioke stars. Enough is enough. Give it to Misha B and lets be done with it.
Strictly....who cares if Len Goodman swears in frustration....this Saturday they are at Wembley. The participents have been talking about reaching Wembley for weeks.Next they will be talking about being in the final. It's a yearly treadmill actually BUT it is more entertaining than the X factory.
I'm a celebrity get me out of here and give me the remote control so I can change the channel !
If you want to watch something a bit more interesting watch MASTERCHEF THE PROFESSIONALS. A programme that has wannabees talking continuously about being in the final, but with Michele Roux and his flashy eyed assisstant in charge, they're going to have to show their culinary talent at it's best to win. Intrigueing and extremely watchable the programme leaves the other continuous sagas as mere wallpaper.
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