Monday, July 26, 2010
Charlie Gillett - Malcolm McLaren
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Another old Capital Rado show from the 80's. Malcolm Maclaren makes an entertaining guest and plays a variety of music from The Pink Fl...
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Sunday, July 25, 2010
Die Stimmungswalze
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A curious EP on the German Telefunken label I found today at a local boot sale. Recorded in 1960. A strange mixture of oompa bands and laug...
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Pankat Kawayan
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A curious record found in a charity shop some time ago. It's from the Philippines- maybe brought back from a holiday? It's an instru...
Saturday, July 24, 2010
George Formby
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A 4 LP boxed set of George's finest work released on the World Record label in 1977. Wikipedia says - "Formby was born at 3 Westmin...
Guy Mitchell
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The last 78 for a while, this is a catchy pop hit from the 50's by Guy Mitchell who had many hits back then. I bought a CD compilation o...
Ella Fitzgerald
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More crackly shellac on 78. From 1958 this is Ella Fitzgerlad and Her Shepherds. Wikipedia says - "Fitzgerald was born in Newport News,...
Friday, July 23, 2010
Earl Bostic
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Earl Bostic again, this time on an old 78 from the coal shed. The usual standards given the bluesy saxaphone treatment. Wikipedia says - ...
The Johnny Otis Show
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78 from the 50's that was a big hit. All that screaming on Ma must have been quite revolutionary at the time. Now it sounds a bit cras...
Georgia Gibbs
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Another scratchy 78 from the coal shed. Bluesy big band singer from the USA. Ive not heard of her before I must admit but she seems to hav...
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Charlie Gracie
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I don't know much about Charlie Gracie I must admit. An Elvis clone singing songs that sound VERY familiar indeed . How he got away with...
Nat King Cole
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Clearing out the shed today and came across a pile of old 78's. Some were cracked and broken but others like this Nat King Cole version...
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Oliver In The Overworld
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An odd Lp from 1971 featuring Freddie Garrity of Freddie and the Dreamers fame in the soundtrack to a TV musical written by Mike Hazlewood. ...
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Monday, July 19, 2010
Crackerjack
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This LP on the BBC label is from 1974 gives a flavour of the much loved children's variety show that graced our TV sets back in the 60...
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Thursday, July 15, 2010
Billy Preston
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A rather battered LP on the Sue label, a subsidary of Island Records that was released in the mid 60's. Wikipedia says - "Preston b...
Golden Voices Of The Music Hall
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An LP on Ace Of Clubs cheapo label from the 60's with various artistes including Ella Shields, Nellie Wallace and Tom Leamore that I hav...
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Music Hall - Top Of The Bill
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More music hall songs from the late 1800's and early 1900's on a double LP on EMI. It claims to have been digitally re-mastered but ...
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Jack Warner
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I thought I had uploaded some tracks from this LP on the Music For Pleasure label (1968) but seems I haven't which is much remiss of me....
Sunday, July 04, 2010
Charlie Gillett - Undercurrents
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Two more Undercurrents shows from Charlie when he was on Capital Radio - a one hour lunchtime show on Sundays from 1980 to 1982 I think. Mos...
The String-a-longs
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Another boot sale find today which I remember from my youth. An EP on the London label from 1961. Its a bit scratchy on side two so sorry fo...
The Ases Of Flamenco
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An EP I found the other day in a charity shop for a quid. I was struck by the title and the cover design. Not a great lover of flamenco myse...
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