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George Slv 17th Sep 2021		Vinyl Album Jimmy Forrest - Jimmy Forrests's Night Train	This record illustrates the problem with valuations. It is rare and important. Somebody was asking $300 on Discogs. Another sale was for $60. Now I know a collector in St. Louis who found a copy at a local store for $10. No matter which value you listed on this page I would consider it meaningless
George Slv 1st Sep 2021		Cassette Album The Diamonds - Live And Well	Review The vocals are fine, and they did specially good recordings of Little Darlin and Stroll. The tape is chrome, normal play, with no Dolby. 7 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
George Slv 11th Aug 2021		Vinyl Album Various Artists - Fire Down Below	Here are the Diamonds with Limbo, along with the version in the movie. [YouTube Video]
George Slv 18th Jun 2021		Vinyl Album Elvis Presley - For The Asking : "The Lost Album"	To answer my own question. The back cover says the last 3 songs were recorded in January 1964, so they were not intended for the 1963 album release. I wonder what the original title would have been? I think there are some weak songs on there that would have dragged the LP down, like A5, A8, B3. Some others are mediocre. I fear the LP could have been a flop if it had been released. Some of these were added to the 1965 regular LP Elvis For Everyone. I'll have to review the original lineup, and some of those songs should get featured videos here. Thankyou verr mush. I am leaving the building.
George Slv 2nd May 2021		Vinyl Album Elvis Presley - Elvis Is Back!	Added cover with no sticker, which is how it first appeared in stores. It is a valuable historical image, try to find a better copy.
George Slv 3rd Apr 2021		Cinema Treasure Island	Twistin, but they used 1.66 in Britain.
George Slv 3rd Apr 2021		Cinema Treasure Island	Since it was a UK production I'd expect it to be 1.66. This film is not even listed in Maltin's book. Leonard Leonard ...
George Slv 2nd Apr 2021		Cinema Treasure Island	I can't find info on the film's aspect ratio. The DVD was 4:3. This was not a TV movie was it.
George Slv 29th Mar 2021		Cinema Surf Party (1964)	The pictured scene with the four on the beach made me wonder. The women in full shirts over their bathing suits. Blowing a chance to see them in bikinis. Tame. +lame.
George Slv 25th Dec 2020		TV Stars Of The Grand Ole Opry (1955 - 1956)	I only know that the TV series was named the Country Show. Gannaway may have used Stars Of The Grand Ole Opry for theatrical showings and later for video. They might have tried to use it at the start of the TV series. The Grand Ole Opry disputed his use of the name. I've added an image from the closing of one show on video showing Al Gannaway. Images of him were not easy to find.
George Slv 9th Dec 2020		Vinyl Album Bill Justis - Raunchy And Other Great Instrumentals	Review This is good listening for the type of music. Nothing else on it is the caliber of Raunchy. There are errors in the compilation due to the new owner not identifying the master tapes properly. The Stranger is incorrect, it should say The Stinger. The Stranger was a soft vocal on the flip of College Man. College Man is far from being the single master tape. It omits the intro vocal of "We hate college ....". The volume levels are faulty - it starts off too low and halfway the engineer raises it. Raunchy is the correct single recording but not the single master. The volume has a wide range and the guitar does not have a strong impact. The single sounds better. Many reissues now duplicate these errors and Raunchy does not have as good a reputation as it should. I have posted a volume graph of Raunchy and College Man. 7 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
George Slv 20th Oct 2020		Vinyl Album The Diamonds - The Diamonds 1970s	The contents of the album can be sampled here.
George Slv 19th Oct 2020		Vinyl Album The Diamonds - Live And Well	Apparently this group got the legal right to continue the original legacy. They had the right approach. I have the cassette of this album.
George Slv 19th Oct 2020		Vinyl Album The Diamonds - The Diamonds Are Forever Featuring Glen Stetson	Does anyone say that this is an official continuation of the group? I know that after 1971 there was a legal dispute with Mike Douglas and Douglas lost the right to the official name. Just as well, considering the travesty he was making of the music (adopting the ugly 1970s styles).
George Slv 19th Oct 2020		Vinyl Album The Diamonds - The Diamonds	I saw a budget reissue around 1964 with only 10 songs (in Canada).
George Slv 3rd Oct 2020		Vinyl Album Teresa Brewer - Good News	Somebody put up the entire album. The CD is no longer available and the people who handled it are gone, so it's fair in my book, to keep it alive. [YouTube Video]
George Slv 19th Sep 2020		Vinyl Album The Platters - The Greatest Hits	These were rerecordings with a new lead singer. Nicely done but not the same. The last four songs were new ones with him in the mid-1960s.
George Slv 19th Sep 2020		Vinyl Album Teresa Brewer - Unliberated Woman	There are a few Youtube videos, and be wary that mp3 raises the pitch. The album is archived at IA.
George Slv 13th Sep 2020		VHS Unforgettable Performances Vol.1 1950-52 - Swingtime Video	The Rita Rio Girls' Orchestra. I'm not sure if that's the same Alan Ladd as the actor. It's not the actor's voice anyway. They also used some stand-in girls who are not even playing the instruments. As a Soundie it was overdubbed. [YouTube Video] Youtube video is not mine but from harryoakley
George Slv 8th Sep 2020		VHS Unforgettable Performances Vol.1 1950-52 - Swingtime Video	Teresa Brewer from this tape [YouTube Video]
George Slv 18th Aug 2020		VHS Unforgettable Performances Vol.1 1950-52 - Swingtime Video	Review It seems they intended this to be the first in a series titled Unforgettable Performances, but I see no sign of any further release. Their Vol. 101-120 were basically bands, while these are mainly vocals. Video quality is very good. These were musical shorts filmed for theaters or television in the 1930s to early 1950s. I don't see followup DVD releases but these films are available in many compilations. Nat King Cole sings Mona Lisa with makeup to make him look less black on some of these Snader films. He objected to the look and and the rest were filmed without that. Looking at the girls, we get a Connie, a Connee, a Bonnie, and a Ginny before we get to a Teresa. The Dinning Sisters had the brother named Mark Dinning who sang Teenangel in 1960. Connie Haines' song is Duke Ellington's It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing. Ada Leonard and Rio Rita were females leading all-girl bands. Far be it from them to just stand and swing a baton. Ada holds one but dances elegantly before the camera throughout. Rita (Dona Drake) gets vocalist Alan Ladd to hold the baton while she stands and flirts with him, and does some dancing too. She is a great looker, but not quite a pro dancer. This tape has been the only source for Teresa Brewer's 1951 Snader film of Music Music Music. The Snaders were all recorded live, while the earlier Soundies were often dubbed and lip-synced. 6 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
George Slv 17th Aug 2020		VHS Unforgettable Performances Vol.1 1950-52 - Swingtime Video	Inside cover scan shows contents of Volumes 101 to 112.
George Slv 12th Aug 2020		VHS Meet The Band Leaders - Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton	There are a few of this series on sale at ebay now.
George Slv 8th Aug 2020		VHS 50 Classic Cartoons - Embury Communications	Rated 7/10 The video quality is reasonable. A wide variety of early color cartoons. 3 complete Superman. Many Warner Brothers Looney Tunes including A Corny Concerto (1943). One Casper The Ghost, one Mighty Mouse, one Woody Woodpecker, one Betty Boop, four Paramount singalong. 5 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
George Slv 30th Jul 2020		Cinema For Your Eyes Only (1981)	Alternate Bond theme, by Bill Conti. [YouTube Video]
George Slv 24th Jul 2020		Cinema Diane (1956)	Lana famously had to correct Roger about his kissing method - so she would not appear to have a double chin. It ended up being filmed from behind her head. [YouTube Video] [YouTube Video]
George Slv 24th Jul 2020		Cinema Diane (1956)	Review One of Roger Moore's early Hollywood films, and Lana Turner's last under MGM contract. Costing $2.6 million, it did not seem to have enough substance to warrant this. It was a huge financial loss for MGM, and led them to cancel Moore's contract after two years. Moore then returned to England and became a successful TV actor starting with Ivanhoe. The film is beautifully produced and Lana and Roger are both eyefuls, it was no fault of theirs. 6 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
George Slv 12th Jul 2020		VHS Box Set Memories Of The 30s 40s 50s. The Big Band Years. The Great 48 Shows - Al Gannaway Collection	Here are the selections on this volume: Show 37: Count Basie - Basie's Conversation Sarah Vaughan - These Things I Offer You Ada Leonard - It's the Same Old Shillelagh West Point Story preview Bonnie Baker - What Are Little Girls Made Of Eddie Peabody - Marchetta Merle Travis - Lost John Wilma Middleton - Buzz Me Baby Frankie Laine - Only If We Love Bob Crosby - Dream Show 38: Artie Shaw's Class In Swing .. Nightmare Jan Arden - Because Of You Lucky Millinder - Hello Bill The Gang's All Here preview Delta Rhythm Boys - Just a-Sittin and a-Rockin Red Allen - Count Me Out Tennessee Ernie Ford - Woman Is A Five Letter Word Tune Tumblers - Honolulu Skeets Tolbert - No No Baby Gale Storm - Isn't It Romantic Duke Ellington - Harlem Rhythm
George Slv 12th Jul 2020		VHS Box Set Memories Of The 30s 40s 50s. The Big Band Years. The Great 48 Shows - Al Gannaway Collection	A video sample from Volume 19, of Sarah Vaughan. [YouTube Video]
George Slv 11th Jul 2020		VHS Unforgettable Performances 1950-1952 Volume 20 - Charly Video	There is one on sale at ebay now, but I can't use PAL. This is the source of Teresa Brewer's Snader film of Music Music Music which can be found all over the web. [YouTube Video]

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