Petula Clark......Luisa Tetrazzini

Another Dip into the shellac 78's....Sooooooo lets go Classical For The "Sound Bite" !!

Luisa Tetrazzini (29 June 1871 – 28 April 1940) was an Italian coloratura soprano of great international fame. Tetrazzini “had a scintillating voice with a brilliant timbre and a range and agility well beyond the norm...” She enjoyed a highly successful operatic and concert career in Europe and America from the 1890s through to the 1920s. Her voice lives on in recordings made from 1904-1920. She wrote a memoir, My Life of Song, in 1921 and a treatise, How to Sing, in 1923. After retirement, she taught voice in her homes in Milan and Rome until her death.

1. With Your Love......Petula Clark
2. Suddenly There's A Valley......Petula Clark
3. Ah Forse E Lui Che L'anima......Luisa Tetrazzini
4. Sempre Libera Degg'io Folleggiare......Luisa Tetrazzini



     4. Sempre Libera Degg'io Folleggiare.

Inez Foxx

Inez Foxx (born September 9, 1942) and her elder brother Charlie Foxx (October 23, 1939 – September 18, 1998) were an American rhythm and blues and soul duo from Greensboro, North Carolina. Inez sang lead vocal, while Charlie sang back-up and played guitar. Casey Kasem, and doubtless many others, mistakenly thought that the two were husband and wife.

The record company, keen to promote Inez Foxx as a solo singer, issued later recordings under her name alone, despite the presence of two voices on the records. Perhaps because "Mockingbird" was seen as a novelty record, the pair had difficulty following it up. Inez also had some success recording on her own, beginning in 1969, but her popularity faded in the 1970s. 

1. Mockinbird

2. Sitting Here

3. The Ball Game

4. Confusion

5. Tom And Jim

6. Jaybirds

1. I See You My Love

2. Broken Hearted Fool

3. The Angels Got Together

4. Searching For My C.C.

5. Love Me Today

6. Talk With Me

     2. Broken Hearted Fool.

Elsa Popping & Her Pixieland Band

This was recorded and released in 1958....Great Sound that is 62 years old !!!

Released in America under the name of "Elsa Popping & Her Pixieland Band" – the record is actually stunning collaboration between French orchestra leader Andre Popp and sound effects wizard Pierre Fatosme. The sound is wild and swinging, with a feel that's similar to Esquivel, but with a lot weirder effects, and a little bit less music-based sound overall. Popp cares less about swinging than Esquivel, and he's much freer with his music – as there's moments on here that sound like avant garde chamber pieces, which then swing into tight little bits with cool sounds made by editing and playing with tape. The album's wonderful all the way through – with very high quality material that makes a lot of the other cheaper lounge releases sound hollow! 

Posing as ‘Elsa Popping and her Pixieland Band‘ Andre Popp and Pierre Fatosme utilised early splicing and multi-tracking techniques which were pretty breakthrough at the time. The music is essentially polka but the compositions are schizophrenic and jerky, with strange vocal samples, quirky arrangements and surprising instrumental additions.

Some vocal parts were sung backwards, and then reversed. An orchestral sneeze is used at one point. Popp and Fatosme were thinking well outside the box, and a very odd polka album emerges as a result.

1. Peries De Cristal

2. Java

3. La Paloma

4. Beer Barrel Polka

5. La Java Du Diable

6. Jalousie

1. La Polka Du Roi

2. Java Des Bombes Atomique

3. Adios Muchachos

4. La Polka Du Colonel

5. La Java Martienne

6. La Cumpasita 

     2. Java.

Vanity Fare

Vanity Fare (due to the similarity of the novel and magazine title often misspelled Vanity Fair) are an English pop/rock group formed in 1966. They had the million-selling song, "Hitchin' a Ride", which became a worldwide hit in 1970.

School friends Trevor Brice (born 12 February 1945, Rochester, Kent, England) (vocals), Tony Goulden (born Anthony Goulden, 21 November 1942, Rochester) (guitar), Dick Allix (born Richard Allix, 3 May 1945, Gravesend, Kent) (drums) and Tony Jarrett (born Anthony Jarrett, 4 September 1943, in Rochester, Kent) (bass) formed the band in Kent in 1966, originally calling themselves The Avengers. As The Avengers, they recorded a number of demos with record producer Joe Meek, including "Marianne", though none were ever released. After this they changed their name to The Sages, and had one 45 single release on the RCA Victor label (47–8760) called "In The Beginning" on the "A" side and "I'm Not Going To Cry" on the "B" side. They played local clubs and were spotted by entrepreneur Roger Easterby who became their manager and producer. Having changed the name of the band to Vanity Fare after the novel Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray, they signed to Larry Page's Page One Records.

Vanity Fare achieved a UK hit single with their first release, a cover of "I Live for the Sun" (originally recorded by The Sunrays in 1965) in the summer of 1968.

Following two more singles, "Summer Morning" and "Highway of Dreams," both of which failed to make the UK Singles Chart, they released their biggest UK hit, "Early in the Morning". Written by Mike Leander and Eddie Seago, it reached number 8 in that country in August 1969, number 12 in the US, and number 10 in Canada in early 1970. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc....( Info Edited From Wikipedia )

     3 Music Music Music.

The Left Banke

Still in the pop mode !

The Left Banke is an American baroque pop band, formed in New York City in 1965. They are best remembered for their two US hit singles, "Walk Away Renée" and "Pretty Ballerina". The band often used what the music press referred to as "baroque" string arrangements, which led to their music being variously termed as "Bach-rock" or "baroque rock". The band's vocal harmonies borrowed from contemporaries such as The Beatles, The Zombies, and other British Invasion groups.

     6. Evening Gown.

The Fortunes

Jazz below and below that some Big Band & Classical !...now here is some "Pop" !...


The Fortunes are an English harmony beat group. Formed in Birmingham, the Fortunes first came to prominence and international acclaim in 1965, when "You've Got Your Troubles" broke into the US and UK Top 10s. Afterwards, they had a succession of hits including "Here It Comes Again" and "Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again"; continuing into the 1970s with more globally successful releases such as "Storm in a Teacup" and "Freedom Come, Freedom Go".
The Fortunes (Rod Allen, Glen Dale, Barry Pritchard as vocalists, Chris Capaldi as piano player, Gary Fletcher as drummer and Tony Britnell as saxophone player) were formed in 1961 and were resident at Cliffdon Hall in Rugby where many 60s rockstars formed their career. The three vocalists had been the Merrie Men backing Robbie Hood (A.K.A Mike West, previously co-singer with Fred Heath in Johnny Kidd & The Pirates). ( Info Edited From Wikipedia )

1. You've Got Your Troubles
2. Looking Through The Eyes of Love
3. Wont You Give Him One More Chance
4. This Empty Place
5. I'm Still Alone
6. If We Lived On The Top Of A Mountain
7. You Can Have Her

1. Maria
2. Laughing Fit To Cry
3. Coloured Lights
4. All Cried Out
5. Voice Your Choice
6. Here It Comes Again

     6. Here It Comes Again.

The Singers Unlimited

If you like The Swingle singers, The Hi lo's, and any other Doo Wop vocal groups then I am sure you will like this one....This group is more Jazz  than pop !!


The Singers Unlimited was a four-part jazz vocal group formed by Gene Puerling in 1971. The group included Len Dresslar (better known as the Jolly Green Giant in General Mills commercials), Bonnie Herman, and Don Shelton.

Artist Biography by Rovi Staff

This vocal quartet originally started life as an extension of jazz band the Hi-Lo’s. From that prominent '50s band came Don Shelton, who decided to form Singers Unlimited after the Hi-Lo’s broke up in 1964. After retreating to Chicago, Illinois, where he worked on a series of television commercials, he enlisted fellow Hi-Lo’s veteran Gene Puerling of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to join him in the city in 1967. The group was formed along with Len Dresslar and Bonnie Herman, with the express intention of recording commercials in the doo wop/vocal group idiom. Shelton’s connections in the industry ensured the group was able to exploit the market successfully, and lucrative work rolled in. However, the 30-second snatches of songs hardly satisfied their artistic ambitions, and when they found themselves with studio time left over after one session, they recorded a take on the Beatles' "The Fool on the Hill." Through visiting jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, the demo of the a cappella recording was passed to MPS Records in Germany. As a consequence, the Singers Unlimited, as the group had named themselves, found themselves with their own recording contract. An album of standards followed in 1972, with more John Lennon/Paul McCartney compositions, plus material plucked from Joni Mitchell's back catalog, all performed in a technically precise but spirited doo wop/a cappella idiom. While it hardly set the pop charts alight, the collection did receive one notable accolade, the German Record Grand Prix of 1973.

1. Bye Bye Blues

2. Round Midnight

3. Cry Me A River

4. Born To Be Blue

5. I Left My Heart In San Francisco

1. Mood Indigo

2. Gotcha

3. Why Don't You Do Right

4. When I Fall In love

     3. Why Don't You Do Right.

Let's Go With The 78's

Lets have a dip now into the sound of the old shellac 78's....got myself a new turntable that has the 78 rpm speed on it and also the stylus that can play them.....got a box of 78's that I inherited some time ago and have never been played so I'm going to give them a spin...I guess the content will not be enjoyed by everyone considering the advance in the recording techniqes of today.....Be great to have some comments about them....The Box is quite big !!!

Ray Anthony & Orchestra

Ok....Big Band Sound for a start !!

I have decided to record the tracks twice....1st track will be the original recording 2nd track will be recorded with the clicks and hiss removed...so if anyone has a better programe that can remove the hiss and clicks better than the one I have then go for it !....Also the samples will be the one with the noise removed...enjoy a bit of rare nostalgia !!

1. Rollin' Home
2. Busmans Holiday


2. Busmans Holiday.

Chopin By Pouishnoff.

Big Band fades in the distance !!!...and here is some classy Chopin Piano Music !

1. Nocturne In B Major Op 32 No 1
2. Waltz In A Flat Major Op 34 No 1

2. Waltz In A Flat Major Op 34 No 1

Ted Straeter & Orchestra

Theodore Anthony Straeter (November 21, 1913 – April 2, 1963) was an American pianist, singer and bandleader.

Born in St Louis, Missouri, Straeter was a child prodigy as a piano player and made his first tour at the age of 12, billed as "The 12-Year-Old Wonder". He organized and toured with his own band the following year, 1927, and at the age of 14 had his own radio show. After two years formally studying music, he set up his own vocal studio.
He moved to New York in 1935, and at Irving Berlin's suggestion worked in Tin Pan Alley before becoming the pianist in Billy Rose's stage musical Jumbo. The Rodgers and Hart song "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World", featured in the musical, became Straeter's theme song. Straeter also worked with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra.

Praised by orchestral conductor Walter Damrosch, Straeter became a leading performer at society dances in New York after the end of World War II. He had a long residency at the Persian Room in the Plaza Hotel, before moving to the Savoy Hilton. He also performed in clubs in New York, Florida and Los Angeles. He had a successful recording career as both a pianist and singer, with a "whispery" vocal style. His first hit record was "Imagination" (1940), featuring vocals by Dorothy Rochelle, and he had a second chart hit in 1952 with a re-recorded version of "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World".

Leading his Society Dance Orchestra, he also recorded several albums in the 1950s and early 1960s, including Ted Straeter's New York (Atlantic, 1955), Come Dance With Me (Columbia, 1958), The Romantic Piano of Ted Straeter (Columbia, 1958), Ted Straeter Sings to the Most Beautiful Girl in the World (Columbia, 1959), and Dance to the Music from Sail Away (Capitol, 1962)..... ( Info Edited From Wikipedia )

       
       3. I've Got Beginers Luck / They All Laughed.