PERRY COMO UNRELEASED/ PATTI PAGE ON COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW 29TH OCTOBER.

PERRY COMO.RARITIES FROM NASHVILLE. RCA/REAL GONE.

TRACKS PLAYED....Take a look at me/It was such a good day/I'll take my chance with you
                                    Somehow/Take me home/Love looks so good on you/Wonderful baby.

23 tracks including previously released "Just out or reach" album.The rest have not been released
before except a couple that have turned up on the slipside of certain singles. There are more
Como peformances still unreleased but these are the most recent. Mostly ballads, and some are
especially appealing from a very laid-back Como. he was always laid back you may say but
I suppose, not like this. Let's face it, this is a must for Como fans but the lack of excitement
not generated will limit it's sales.***.

PATTI PAGE. THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA SINGLES 1962-1970. COLUMBIA/REAL GONE.

TRACKS PLAYED...Can I trust you/Almost persuaded / Music and memories / This house
                                   Stand by your man/Drina / Days of the waltz /Promises/You don't need a heart.

Exceptional release of all of Patti Page's columbia singles over 8 years including all flip sides.
Commercial/country and Western music with inspired vocals on all tracks. her voice is superb.
Not all the tracks are as inspired as her singing but most flip sides are not throwaway extras.
Unappreciated here in Britain this album is an outstanding model for commercial singles versus
British groups in the sixties. Beautiful! ****.

PLAYLIST.

Royal...Lorde....DOWNLOAD.***.
Romantica.....Jane Morgan....THE SECOND TIME AROUND.****.
It had to be you...Andy Williams....DEAR HEART.****.
The things we did last summer...Nancy Wilson/George Shearing...THE VERY BEST OF(3CDS)****.
Let it be me....Johnny Mathis....MATHIS IN NASHVILLE.*****.
A rockin' good way...Brook Benton,Dinah Washington...THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION.****.
Young world....Ricky Nelson....GREATEST HITS.***.
Falling in love with love....Dinah Shore....THE BEST OF....*****.
Come softly to me/Hushabye....Astrud Gilberto...THE VERY BEST OF...***.
Will you still be mine....Connie Francis....CONNIE & CLYDE.****
Moonlight in Vermont.....Frank Sinatra....COME FLY WITH ME.*****.
Lullaby of broadway...Ella Fitzgerald.... A PORTRAIT OF....*****.
Mr Music Man....Tommy Edwards....THE COMPLETE HITS OF...****.
I hope you find it...Cher....DOWNLOAD.***.
Come dance with me...Michael Buble....TO BE LOVED.****.
The very thought of you....Ray Anthony and his orchestra....DREAM DANCING 3.****.
I may never pass this way again....Ronnie Hilton....THE VERY BEST OF....****.
Welcome to the world....Mama Cass Elliot....THE MUSIC OF...***.

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PLAYLIST.

I hope you find it....Cher.....DOWNLOAD.****.
Countdown theme / Mr Selfridge / Countryfile / Midsummer murders / Allo Allo /
Keeping up appearances / Downton Abbey. ALL DOWNLOADS.****.
Do you know....Enrique Eglesias.....PLAYLIST.***.
A man without love...Englebert Humpadink...PLAYLIST.**.
Get away....Georgie Fame...PLAYLIST.***.
All my loving....Beatles....PLAYLIST.***.
Hit and miss....John Barry 7+4....PLAYLIST.***.
I won't let you walk this road alone....Rhydian...O FORTUNA.****.
Nice to be around....Rosemary Clooney....NICE TO BE AROUND.****.
Love don't care....Perry Como...THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION.*****.
Mary in the morning....Al Martino....COLLECTOR'S SERIES.****.
Take a message to Mary...Everly Brothers....50 YEARS OF HITS.****.
What will my Mary say...Johnny Mathis....THE VERY BEST OF..(2 CDS)*****.
Hey brother pour the wine.....Dean Martin....THE SINGLES COLLECTION.****.
Grace...Will Young....LET IT GO.****.
Nevertheless...Michael Buble....TO BE LOVED.****.
Thankyou pretty baby....Brook Benton....THE BEST OF....****.
What's new....Julie London....LOVE ON THE ROCKS.****.
This is the life....Matt Munro......THIS IS...(2CDS)*****.
Cycles......Frank Sinatra.... A FINE ROMANCE(2 CDS).*****.
Come fly with me.....SWINGING WITH THE BIG BAND.****.
Comin' home baby....Mel Torme....THE PLATINUM COLLECTION.****.
Gambling man....Overtones....THE OVERTONES.****.
Say si si....Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney....FANCY MEETING YOU HERE.*****.
Rainin'...Bobby Darin....SINGS THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE.****.
Together again....Vic Damone....COUNTRY LOVE SONGS.****.
Georgia Camp meeting.....Swe-Danes.....GEMS FROM THE WARNER BROTHER'S VAULTS.****.
My favourite things...Tony Bennett.... A SWINGIN' CHRISTMAS.***.
Warm this winter.....Gabriella Cilmi.....LESSON'S TO BE LEARNED.***.
Can't get you outta my head....Kylie Minogue....THE ABBEY ROAD SESSIONS.***.

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BOBBY DARIN ON COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW OCTOBER 15TH.

BOBBY DARIN.SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE / IN A BROADWAY BAG. (1CD,2 ALBUMS)

Tracks played...I will wait for you / The ballad of Cat Ballou / Rainin' /Cute / Liza.
                          Mame / Don't rain on my parade / Once upon a time / It's today.

Tracing the versatile voice of Bobby Darin, these two combined albums are a must for
smooth swinging vocals that jump off the Hi Fi and hit you. Most recorded in 1966 but
many of the tracks do not show their age. I loved it.*****.

PLAYLIST.
It's all in the game...Cliff Richard...VARIOUS.***.
Talking in your sleep....Crystal Gayle....SINGLE.****.
Gentle on my mind....Dean Martin....VARIOUS.****.
Burn...Ellie Goulding....SINGLE.***.
Gonna Make you an offer....Jimmy Helms....PLAYLIST.***.
Asia Minor...Kokamo / Yakety sax....Boots Randolph/ A walk in the Black Forest....Horst
Jankowski......HARD TO FIND INSTREMENTALS 2****.
Party for two...Shania Twain....GREATEST HITS.****.
It had better be tonight...Michael Buble...CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE.*****.
Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte...Al Martino....COLLECTOR'S SERIES.****.
Make the world go away.....Johnny Mathis....MATHIS IN NASHVILLE.*****.
Why do fools fall in love....Overtones....GOOD OL' FASHIONED LOVE.****.
I've been married....Gerard Kenny....TIME BETWEEN THE TIME.***.
Lullaby of the leaves...Ventures / Can this be love...Matt  Munro/Breakaway...Springfields
Linda Scott...I told every little star...1961 BRITISH HIT PARADE.***.
Hey, look me over.....Rosemary Clooney....CLOONEY ON BROADWAY****.
Very kind....Will Young....FRIDAY'S CHILD.*****.
On a bicycle built for two...Nat King Cole....CRAZY DAYS OF SUMMER.***.
If you go....Peggy Lee.....IF YOU GO.*****.
Jerusalem...Don McLean....THE VERY BEST OF...****.
You know what I mean.....Vernons Girls....THE VERNONS GIRLS.***.

FRANK SINATRA ALBUM ON COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW.OCTOBER 8TH.

POINT OF NO RETURN...FRANK SINATRA...CD CAPITOL RECORDS.

tracks played....A million dreams ago / I'll see you again / These foolish things
                         I'll be seeing you / Memories of you / Lean baby.

This is the album Sinatra recorded with old friend Alex Stordahl as a last favour
and reunion with his past master. It was one of the contractual albums( 1 of 3)
that he had to record before leaving for his own new label...Reprise. It has been
said he rushed through it leaving quickly after sessions were finished without
listening to playbacks.   If that, indeed was the case, he certainly know how to
put pure professionalism on vynyl  as every track is a masterpiece. He's sung them
before...sure...but with new arrangements, he knew what he was doing.
The last four tracks were not released in September 61 as the liner notes infer.
They are the two singles Sinatra recorded after he had just signed with Capitol
in 1953 including Lean Baby, very modern at the time. Elvis wasn't around for
another three years. The extra four tracks, not really mixing well with the rest
of the album are however a good bonus. ****.

PLAYLIST.

Call me up....Overtones...HIGHER.****.
Chee chee o chee.....Dean Martin.....DOWNLOAD.**.
You can't stop me now....Rod Stewart....DOWNLOAD.***.
Penny Arcade.....Roy Orbison....THE SINGLES COLLECTION (POLYDOR)****.
Someone to watch over me...Susan Boyle....SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME.***.
Young girl...Gary Pucket, Union gap....PLAYLIST.***.
Looking for Linda....Hue @ Cry......THE BEST OF....****.
Walk don't run....John Barry.....DOWNLOAD.**.
Tears...Ken Dodd....THE BEST OF...****.
Autumn almanac...Kinks.....THE BEST OF....****.
Marry you...Bruno Mars.....DOWNLOAD.***.
You and me...Disclosure / Eliza Dolittle.....PLAYLIST.**.
For the good times....Perry Como.....THE BEST OF....****.
I don't beleive in if anymore...Roger Whittaker....THE VERY BEST OF...****.
It's only life....Elaine Paige / Sinead O Connor....ELAINE PAIGE AND FRIENDS.***.
The bells of St Mary's....Jane Morgan....THE SECOND TIME AROUND.***.
Dance with me...The Drifters....THE DEFINITIVE DRIFTERS.****.
Our favourite melodies....Craig Douglas.....the very best of....**
Feeling good...Michael Buble....IT'S TIME.*****.
The surrey with the fringe on the top....Peggy Lee....OLE A LA LEE.*****.
Take it all...Adele...21.****.
Downton Abbey Theme....DOWNLOAD.***.
Come running back...Dean Martin....THE LONG LOST REPRISE HITS.***.
Crying...Don Mc Lean......THE BEST OF...****.
Dinah Cha Cha....The Tommy Dorsey orchestra....TEA FOR TWO CHA CHAS.****.
Love in Portafino...Andrea Bocelli....PASSIONE.****.

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ROY ORBISON.THE FORGOTTON SINGLES ON COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW OCTOBER 1ST.

ROY ORBISON. THE FORGOTTON SINGLES.

Roy Orbison is highly respected in the music industry and in the general public as being
an icon from the sixties whose popularity continued right up to the new millenium  and
beyond. Now a cult figure whose music from most decades, especially the big hits,
are played continuously is still as popular....however between 1965 and 1980 most
of his singles were ignored. From that era these singles below are some played on
my programme last night.

Say,you're me girl / Belinda / Southern man / Drifting away / Shadaroba(B-side)
CD THE ORIGINAL SINGLES COLLECTION(2CDS) *****.
Breaking up is breaking my heart / She / Walk on / Cry softly lonely one / Ride away.
CD.THE SINGLES COLLECTION 1965-73 ****.

PLAYLIST. OCTOBER 1ST.

Let the river run...Carly Simon....THE VERY BEST OF...****.
Stormy weather....Liza Minelli...THE COLLECTION.***.
She makes me happy.......Rod Stewart.....DOWNLOAD.***.
They can't take that away from me...Ray Conniff....THE ESSENTIAL...(2CDS)****.
I will be there...Katie Melua....DOWNLOAD.***.
Loving the sound....The Overtones....HIGHER.****.
Nina....Mel Torme...OLE TORME...*****.
Reflections....Petula Clark....LOST IN YOU...***.
Come dance with me....Michael Buble...TO BE LOVED.****.
I'm gonna miss you....Connie Francis...THE ULTIMATE EP COLLECTION.(2CDS)****.
This October...Julie London....CALENDAR GIRL.*****.
Love on the rocks...Neil Diamond...THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION.***.
Broken hearted melody...Sarah Vaughn...HARD TO FIND JUKEBOX CLASSICS 59.****.
You stepped out of a dream...Peggy Lee....OLE O LEE.*****.
Funny little world...Alexander Rybak...FAIRYTALES.*****.
Who's got the action....Dean Martin...FOREVER COOL.****.
Somethings coming....Caterina Valente....I HAPPEN TO LIKE NEW YORK.***.
Deep Purple....Val Doonican....THE SONGBOOK.***.
Angry...Rosemary Clooney....ROSIE SOLVES THE SWINGING RIDDLE.****.
Mandolins in the moonlight..Perry Como...THE BEST OF...****.
When...Shania Twain...COME ON OVER.****.

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THE X-FACTORY 2013. STILL THE SAME.

THE X FACTORY.

I was interested to see how the X factor was changing this year after losing ratings
to that "Dancing programme" on the other side. Viewers must have been shocked to
see the cattle market experiance  greatly enhanced this year. Judged by
 the judges,judged by large audiences, re-judged by both in a seemingly musical
chair episode of unbelievable error -filled judgement. Is reality like this ? The
consistant tearful competitors of both sexes hopefully hoping their tears will
somehow engage with sympathy from the live audience, the TV audience ,
the judges, or anyone....please!Help me !    No. In the real reality tears will
get you nowhere at an entertainment audition. The producers of the entertainment
will pass on you for the next person....then you might get a callback.Then, you might
get another callback. Then, you still might not get what you want. Tears will be
ignored. That's show-biz. The X factory is not. It's about ratings.
There's still more tears, buckets of them, because now it's book camp time when
fifty percent of those remaining will be eliminated by the four judges. Then the real
programme starts with the same back-stories, tears, and judgements as we head
tediously to the final three, or two, followed by a Christmas No 1, an album
and then possibly C-list obscurity. In the "real" end it's about a really good song
that lasts.....not about the winner.
The X factory just repeats itself year after year and loses TV audiences. Soulful
tearful,noisy female singers. Cute young men. Boring groups. It goes on and on.
There is a young woman with glasses who has a nice tone to her voice singing
simple songs....not unlike the young lady who won "The Voice" earlier in the
year. She could win.......but I feel the ratings for Strictly come dancing and it's
straighforward family entertainment appeal will be the channel that most people
switch to. No more tears.