Wednesday, 20 August 2014

JULIE LONDON+1954 MILLION SELLERS ON COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS 18TH AUGUST 2014

JULIE LONDON.....EMI RECORDS. Liberty records.
Tracks played....
Cry me a river / Must be catchin' / Broken hearted melody / Our day will come.

Most of Julie London's singles included on this CD plus some choice tracks from LPs
issued in the sixties. 20 tracks in all and a satisfying varied collection. Her voice is
intimate....she must have sung close to the microphone giving a first class sensual
experience  to every listener.Clever girl,clever producer ! ****.

52 ORIGINAL HITS OF 1954.....MEMOIR (2CDS)
Tracks played...
Sway...Dean Martin / This ole house...Rosemary Clooney / I see the moon...The Stargazers
Little things mean a lot...Kitty Kallen / Granada...Frankie Laine / Secret love..Doris Day
Cara Mia...David Whitfield / No one but you....Billy Eckstein.

Another good-value Package of most of 1954's big hits American and British. Recorded
straight from 78rpm records these recordings are the genuine thing although some tracks
lose from this system.For example....Dean Martin's "Sway" sounds a lot better on more recent
albums because they originated from masters at Capitol records, however   it's nice to have
the other tracks otherwise we would not have the opportunity of hearing them at all.
***.

PLAYLIST.
Hey you beautiful....Olly Murs...RIGHT PLACE,RIGHT TIME.****.
With open arms / Easy going me....Adam Faith....THE VERY BEST OF...**.
You've got your troubles....Nancy Wilson.... A TOUCH OF TODAY.****.
Corrina Corrina....Dean Martin...THE RAT PACK.***.
Love is a many splendored thing...Matt Munro...THE COLLECTION.****.
Just born....Perry Como....ICONS.****.
Shortnin' bread...Viscounts....PLAYLIST.**.
Goodnight girl...Wet wet wet....PLAYLIST.***.
Saving Grace...Rumer...SEASONS OF MY SOUL.***.
Valentino....Petula Clark....THE CLASSIC COLLECTION.(3CDS)****.
Liverpool lullaby....Val Doonican...THE VERY BEST OF...****.
Ho Hey....Lumineers....DOWNLOAD.***.
Everybody gotta learn sometime...Korgis....PLAYLIST.***.
I'm gonna run away from you...Tammi Lynn...PLAYLIST.****.
Foot tapper....Shadows....PLAYLIST.***.
Wade in the water....Ramsey Lewis....DOWNLOAD.***.
Have you ever really loved a woman...Engelbert Humpadink....LET THERE BE LOVE.***.
Up..Shania twain....UP.****
Downton Abbey.....Theme.***.
Love me...Collin Raye...ALL I CAN BE.****.

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Wednesday, 13 August 2014

SCOTT WALKER + MILLION SELLING HITS OF 1960 ON COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW.

SCOTT WALKER.   NO REGRETS. THE BEST OF SCOTT WALKER AND THE WALKER
BROTHERS.....UNIVERSAL/ Fontana.
Tracks played.....
Make it easy on yourself / The sun ain't gonna shine anymore / Baby, you don't have to tell me.
Joanna / The lights of Cincinatti.

6 good tracks from Scott Walker and 12 from the Walker Brothers. Good value at over one
hour of music. Scott Walker's voice is a revelation with a depth and vibrancy that brings
exquisite vocal colour to all the recordings on this album. The Walker brothers tracks were
purely commercial heartbreak recordings (not unlike Westlife) with an annoying muffled
sound on some tracks. This,in it's day, made for a new ( Phil Spectorish) sound. The jury
is out on that one. ****.

1960 BRITISH HIT PARADE....ACROBAT MUSIC.
MILLION SELLING 1960 RECORDINGS.
Tracks played....
Let the little girl dance....Billy Bland / I'm sorry...Brenda Lee / Wonderful world...Sam
Cooke / Because they're young...Duane Eddy / Apache...Shadows / The girl of my best
friend / Only the lonely...Roy Orbison(not played)) / Everybody's somebody's fool.

PLAYLIST.
The race is on....Jack Jones....MY KIND OF TOWN.****.
Desafinado...Ella Fitzgerald...A PORTRIAT OF....*****.
Tonight my love, tonight...Paul Anka....CLASSIC SONGS MY WAY.***.
Everybody has the right to be wrong...Peggy Lee....THEN WAS THEN, NOW IS NOW.****.
Walkin' on sunshine....Katerina and the Waves......SINGLE.***.
Need you now....Lady Antebellum....DOWNLOAD.*****.
Ruby, don't take your love to town.....Kenny Rogers....THE BEST OF...****.
You don't know....Helen Shapiro.....PLAYLIST.****.
Stairway of love....Michael Holliday....EMI PRESENTS THE MAGIC OF...****.
Looking for Linda..Hue & Cry....DOWNLOAD****.
Enjoy yourself....Jools Holland....PLAYLIST.***.
Classical Gas...Mason Williams.....PLAYLIST.****.
Johnny Will....Pat Boone   PAT'S 40 BIG ONES.****.
Memories are made of this....Ray Conniff....THE ESSENTIAL...*****.
The lady's in love with you...Mel Torme....THE PLATINUM COLLECTION.****.
Words and music....Don McLean....CHAIN LIGHTNING.****.
Do you want the truth or something beautiful...Paloma Faith...ALBUM TITLE SONG.*****.
I won't let you walk this road alone...Rhydian....O FORTUNA.*****.
Breaking up is breaking my heart,,,,Roy Orbison....THE SINGLES COLLECTION.*****.
Love me tonight...Tom Jones....THE ULTIMATE HITS.****.
Bim Bom....Astrud Gilberto.....THE VERY BEST OF....***.

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Wednesday, 6 August 2014

DIONNE WARWICK +1948 MILLION SELLERS ON COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW. AUGUST 5TH 2014.

DIONNE WARWICK .....ORIGINAL ALBUM SERIES(5)...RHINO.
Tracks played....
Up Up and away /Any old time of the day / I say a little prayer / The windows
of the world / Reach out for me / Walking backwards down the road.

The early first five albums of Dionne Warwick packaged on 5 cds. Excellent voiced music
from Bacharach &David but not all of the tracks were hits. There are several repeats all over
the albums so, you could say, it was hastily put together. Not to worry. Well recorded and
beautifully sung as well as being good value.****.

HITS OF 48....LIVING ERA.
Tracks played...
Buttons and bows...Dinah Shore / I'm looking over a four leafed clover...Art Mooney.
Because...Perry Como / Nature boy...Nat King Cole / Little white lies...Dick Haymes .
Love somebody..Doris Day,Buddy Clark / Twelfth street Rag...Pee Wee Hunt./ A tree
in the meadow...Margaret Whiting / On a slow boat to China...Benny Goodman.

Most of 1948's Million selling records on one disc.Memories are made of this !

PLAYLIST.

How to you know it's love...Teresa Brewer....THE BEST OF...***.
Someone who cares....Peggy Lee.....NORMA DELORIS EGSTROM FROM JAMESTOWN.***.
On a little street in Singapore....Manhatten Transfer.....THE VERY BEST OF....****.
Time for August.....Julie London....CALENDAR GIRL.*****.
Best days of my life....American Authors.....DOWNLOAD.****.
I drove all night...Roy Orbison....THE VERY BEST OF...*****.
Multiplication...Bobby Darin....THEM WONDERFUL WORLD OF...****.
Show me the meaning of being lonely....Backstreet boys....PLAYLIST.***.
I write the songs...Barry Manilow.....THE BEST OF....***.
What I've got in mind.....Billie Jo Spears.....PLAYLIST.****.
Stand by me....Ben E King......THE BEST OF....****.
Fool ( if you think it's over) Chris Rea.....DOWNLOAD.****.
Pepe....Duane Eddy.....GREATEST HITS.***.
Ruby....Ray Charles.....THE DEFINITIVE...****.
Baby Roo....Connie Francis....THE SINGLES.****.
A man and a woman...Percy Faith....THE PERCY FAITH ORCHESTRA.****.
Too darn hot...Ella Fitzgerald...SINGS COLE PORTER.*****.
The mood I'm in....Jack Jones....JACK JONES.****.
Can't get you out of my head...Kylie Minogue...THE ABBEY ROAD SESSIONS.****.
It amazes me....Tony Bennett....THE ESSENTIAL....*****.
An improvisation on Liebestraum....Ray Conniff....CONCERT IN RHYTHM 2.****.

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Wednesday, 30 July 2014

1952 MILLION SELLERS ON COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW JULY 29TH 2014

HITS OF 52.....LIVING ERA.....SANCTUARY CLASSICS.
tracks played...
Blue Tango...Leroy Anderson / Any time...Eddie Fisher / A guy is a guy...Doris Day
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...Guy Mitchell / The kiss of fire...Georgia Gibbs / Here in
my heart...Al Martino / Somewhere along the way...Nat King Cole / High Noon....
..Frankie Laine / Aufwiederseh'n, sweetheart....Vera Lynn.

Good representative of what most records were being bought in 1952.****.
The naughty lady of shady lane....Dean Martin....THE BEST OF....(CAPITOL)*****.
Maybe it's you....Carpenters.....40/40*****
Walkin' in the sunshine.....Roger Miller....GOLD.***.
Our favourite melodies....Craig Douglas.....THE VERY BEST OF...***.
Lost....Michael Buble.....CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE.*****.
Love don't care....Perry Como....THE DEFINITIVE....(2CDS)*****.
It's all in the game....Jane Morgan.....THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION.****.
How can I meet her....Everly Brothers....50 YEARS OF HITS.****.
Never enough...Petula Clark....LOST IN YOU.***.
No other love....Jo Stafford....THE ULTIMATE CAPITOL COLLECTION****.
I need a dollar...Aloe Blacc......SINGLE.****.
Someone else's baby.....Adam Faith......THE BEST OF....***.
Make you feel my love.....Adele....19.****.
Doctor Jones.....Aqua.....SINGLE.***.
Baby I'm yours....Barbara Lewis.....PLAYLIST.****.
Itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka-dot bikini...Bombelrina.**.SINGLE.
Peace train....Cat Stevens.....PLAYLIST.****.
Southern nights...Johnny Mathis.....MATHIS IN MEMPHIS.*****.
You don't own me...Lesley Gore.....THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION.****.
Midnight sun....Bossa Nova Pops.....FLY ME TO THE MOON.*****.
Something wonderful...Peggy Lee....RIDIN' HIGH(3CDS)*****.
That's the way love is.....Bobby Darin....THAT'S ALL.****.
Never on Sunday....Percy Faith....THE PERCY FAITH ORCHESTRA.****.
Gotta have something in the bank,Frank...Frankie Vaughn,Kaye sisters....MUSIC OF THE YEAR 1957.***.

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Wednesday, 23 July 2014

1950 ON COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW JULY 22ND 2014.

HITS OF 1950....LIVING ERA....SANCTUARY CLASSICS.
tracks played...
My foolish heart...Billy Eckstein / Ragg Mopp...The Ames Brothers / The Third Man...Anton
Karas / Music Music Music...Teresa Brewer / Tzena tzena tzena....The Weavers / If I knew
you were coming I'd have baked a cake...Eileen Barton / Play a simple melody...Bing & Gary
Crosby / All my love...Patti Page / The Thing...Phil Harris.

All the million selling hits of 1950. Original recordings sounding as good as they did in 1950!

South of the border / If you can dream / It's just the sun....Don McLean...PRIME TIME(3CDS)*****.
Stargazer....Paloma Faith....DO YOU WANT THE TRUTH...*****.
Crazy.....Gnarls Barkley.....SINGLE.*****
At the river.....Groove Armada....THE BEST OF...****.
Angie Baby.....Helen Reddy....THE BEST OF....****.
Rock the boat....Hues Corporation.....PLAYLIST.****.
Big Bad John....Jimmy Dean......PLAYLIST.***.
Hit and Miss...John Barry......PLAYLIST.***.
Fly me to the moon....Julie London....PLAYLIST.****.
If the lights go out...Katie Melua...PLAYLIST.***.
Up on the roof...Kenny Lynch....TH BEST OF..***.
Woodstock....Mathew Southern Comfort....PLAYLIST.***.
Twistin' the night away.....Sam Cooke....THE BEST OF...****.
The great escape....John Leyton.....THE ANTHOLOGY.**.
What a difference a day made....Dinah Washington.....THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION.****.
Make your own kind of music.....Mamas and the papas.....THE BEST OF....****.
The continental.....Ray Conniff.....S'CONTINENTAL.*****.
When I fall in love....Carpenters.....LOVELINES.****.
If you were the only girl in the world.....Dean Martin....DREAM WITH DEAN.*****.
Chattanooga Choo Choo.....Floyd Cramer.....THE ESSENTIAL...****.
The glory of love...Paul McCartney.....KISSES ON THE BOTTOM.****.

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Wednesday, 16 July 2014

COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW .1953. JUNE 15TH.

HITS OF 53.....LIVING ERA....WWW.SACTUARYCLASSICS.COM

Tracks played....
Don't let the stars get in your eyes...Perry Como / Song from Moulin Rouge...Percy Faith.
She wears red feathers...Guy Mitchell / Side by side...Kay Starr / You,you,you..The Ames
brothers / Answer me my love..David Whitfield / Ricochet...Teresa Brewer / That's Amore
...Dean Martin.

Good value(29 tracks) of the big songs of 1953.

PLAYLIST
Pie Jesus...Sarah Brightman, Paul Miles-Kingston.....DOWNLOAD.****.
I saw her standing there...Peter Grant....PETER GRANT.*****.
I'm gonna get away from you...Tammi Lynn.....PLAYLIST.****.
Miss you like crazy...Natalie Cole....PLAYLIST.****.
Lazy song....Bruno Mars....PLAYLIST.****.
Gypsy Woman...Bryan Hyland....THE BEST OF...***.
United we stand....Brotherhood of man.....THE BEST OF...***.
For all we know.....Carpenters......THE BEST OF...****.
Elusive butterfly....Val Doonican....THE VERY BEST OF....****.
I guess the Lord must be in New York city...Nilsson...THE BEST OF....****.
No matter what shape....The T-Bones.....HARD TO FIND INSTRUMENTALS(2)***.
Mr Wonderful....Bette Midler....SINGS THE PEGGY LEE SONGBOOK.****.
They can't take that away from me...Frank Sinatra....THE BEST OF FRANK.*****.
Please Mr Sun.....Tommy Edwards....IT'S ALL IN THE GAME.****.
Daydream believer....Anne Murray.....THE BEST...SO FAR.****.
Come dance with me....Michael Buble....TO BE LOVED.****.
The way you look tonight...Richard Clayderman....AT THE MOVIES.***.
Dear hearts and gentle people...Dinah Shore......THE BEST OF....(2CDS)*****.
It had to be you...Overtones.....SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES.****.
Up a lazy river....Si Zentner......UP A LAZY RIVER.****.
Hurry, it's lovely up here.....Doris Day.....MY HEART.****.
In the cool cool cool of the evening....Bing Crosby ,Fred Astaire...THE COMPLETE UNITED ARTISTS SESSIONS.(3CDS)****.
Poor little fool...Ricky Nelson......GREATEST HITS.****.
Music and memories...Patti Page.....THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA SINGLES 1962-70(2CDS)****.
Falling in love with love...Andy Williams.....CAN'T GET USED TO LOSING YOU.****.

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Wednesday, 9 July 2014

NANCY WILSON +1955 HITS ON COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW JULY 8TH

NANCY WILSON....A touch of today / Today,tomorrow ,forever....CAPITOL/EMI
Tracks played....One note samba / Go away little boy / On Broadway / You've got
your troubles / No one else but you.

This is probably Nancy Wilson's most commercial outing in CD form. Essentially a Jazz and
soul singer, she recorded these albums in the late sixties because of a popular Chart entry with
"No one else but you". Much more popular in America than here...but then that's a matter
of taste. Her re-working of well-known hits of the time doesn't always work effectively but
she always sounds great. ****.

HITS OF 1955.
Cherry pink and apple blossom white..Perez Prado / Hearts of stone..Fontane sisters.
Finger of suspicion...Dickie Valentine / Tweedle Dee...Georgia Gibbs.
Cool water....Frankie Laine / The yellow rose of Texas...Mitch Miller.
Love is a many splendored thing...Four Aces. ALL MILLION SELLERS.

PLAYLIST.
Together wherever we go.....Peggy Lee.....OLE A LA LEE.*****.
Love me....Collin Raye....ALL I CAN BE.****.
As long as I'm singing...Matt Munro....THE COLLECTION.*****.
Treasure....Bruno Mars.....SINGLE.***.
Tell him...Celine Dion.Barbra Striesand......PLAYLIST.****.
Rabbit rabbit...Chas & Dave.....PLAYLIST.**.
Move it...Cliff Richard.....VARIOUS.****.
By the time I get to Pheonix....Glen Campbell......PLAYLIST.*****.
Walking back to happiness....Helen Shapiro.....PLAYLIST.****.
Semi-detached suburban Mr James....Manfred Mann....PLAYLIST.***.
Dear Heart....Michael Holliday....THE MAGIC OF...****.
So far away....Carole King....TAPESTRY.*****.
Manha De Carnaval...Perry Como....LIGHTLY LATIN.*****.
Today's teardrops....Roy Orbison....THE ORIGINAL SINGLES COLLECTION****.
50 ways to leave your lover....Rosemary Clooney....NICE TO BE AROUND.****.
A steel guitar and a glass of wine....Paul Anka....CLASSIC SONGS MY WAY.****.
Small town girls....Gary Barlow.....DOWNLOAD.****.
Sogno....Andrea Bocelli....VIVERE.*****.
El Rancho Grande.....Dean Martin.....DINO LATINO.****.
Hazy crazy days of summer.....Nat King Cole.....HAZY CRAZY etc.****.
Why don't you believe me...Joni James....THIS IS...***.
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