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jaimeeduardo 30th Sep 2013		Vinyl Album Freddy - Freddy Auf Hoher See (Songs Of The Sea) (1962)	Freddy (or Freddie) also records as Freddy Quinn; real name is Manfred Petz. The label is somewhat confusing for track 1: "Einleitung" (Introduction) is a monologue by Freddy with fragments of music as background. Presumably these fragments are of the first two songs named on the label. These two songs are named on the cover as if they were complete tracks, which they are not. Some songs are traditional (Volksweise), others composed.
jaimeeduardo 30th Sep 2013		Vinyl Album Various Artists - History Of British Rock, Volume 3 (1975)	The cover appears to be damaged, but the blur is really smoke rising from a motor.
jaimeeduardo 30th Sep 2013		Vinyl Album Olivia Newton-John - Totally Hot (1978)	Track B1 reached the U.S. top ten in November 1978. Lyrics on inner sleeve.
jaimeeduardo 30th Sep 2013		Vinyl Album Marlene Dietrich - Marlene Dietrich (1957)	As the liner notes say, this is an album that recalls her career and the music during World War II. The songs are mostly nostalgic, but B5 offers a bit of fun.
jaimeeduardo 30th Sep 2013		Vinyl Album Los Freddy's - Los Freddy's (1979)	Peerless (Mexico) also appears as publisher. Cat. no. appears to be from Peerless. Notes on orthography/language: interesting that the A side orthography of personal names is incomplete on the label while the B side is complete and correct. The container shows correct orthography for all names. It's often useful to scan all sources for orthography if one doesn't know the non-English language well. Track B4 has an interesting title beginning with "El que ..." Speakers of languages other than Spanish often assume el means the. It often does. In this case, however, it has the meaning of he. The title El que pierde una mujer translates as He Who Loses a Woman. As a further complication, in this special instance, he is not written with the usual accent as él, but without accent. So while one should see Él or él to mean he, in this case el also means he, not the. As a matter of style, capital letter vowels are sometimes written without accents, so one needs to pay attention to the context in translating. It's often said that the "little words" in Spanish cause problems, even for native speakers. This title illustrates one such case.
jaimeeduardo 29th Sep 2013		Vinyl Album John Barry - From Russia With Love (1964)	Cover images include Sean Connery as James Bond, and Daniela Bianchi.
jaimeeduardo 29th Sep 2013		Vinyl Album Sena Jurinac - Arias From The Marriage Of Figaro, Fidelio, The Bartered Bride, Joan Of Arc, Etc. (1966)	Texts with English translations on insert. Orchestra credits: Tracks A1-A2 with the Gylndebourne Festival Orchestra conducted by Fritz Busch -- A3-A4 with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan -- A5-A6 with the Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra conducted by Vittorio Gui -- B1 with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler -- B2 with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Warwick Braithwaite -- B3 with the South West Radio Orchestra, Baden-Baden, conducted by Otto Ackermann -- B4 with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Lawrance Collingwood.
jaimeeduardo 29th Sep 2013		Vinyl Album Various Artists - British Sixties (1985)	Issued also on chrome cassette. On track 6, Bernes seems to be a variation for Bert Berns.
jaimeeduardo 29th Sep 2013		Vinyl Album Elmer Bernstein - Original Sound Track Recording Of Walk On The Wild Side (1963)	The bluesy title song sung in the film by Brook Benton reached Billboard #42 in Feb. 1962. His version doesn't appear on this album, however. The movie stars Laurence Harvey, Capucine, Jane Fonda, Anne Baxter, Barbara Stanwyck. The quality noir film with its stellar cast and memorable music are worth seeing/hearing.
jaimeeduardo 29th Sep 2013		Vinyl Album Various Artists - Oldies But Goodies Vol. 7 (1966)	Cat. no. LPS 8857 appears only on container spine.
jaimeeduardo 29th Sep 2013		Vinyl Album The Kingsmen - The Kingsmen In Person Featuring Louie, Louie (1963)	The studio version of Louie Louie reached Billboard #2 in Nov. 1963. It one of the most influential rock songs ever; even proposed as the Washington State state song (it's a local product-- Kingsmen from Portland, Oregon). The anarchic qualities of sound and lyrics of Louie, Louie set it apart. Pub. date 1963 is probable.
jaimeeduardo 27th Sep 2013		Vinyl Album Jan Peerce, Philharmonia Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari - Golden Moments Of Song (1951)	Tracks A1-A3, B1 in Italian; B2-B3 in English. Track B1 has container title: Return to Sorrento. Not having any luck dating this. Probably late forties or early fifties.
jaimeeduardo 26th Sep 2013		Vinyl Album Julio Iglesias - El Álbum De Julio Iglesias (1982)	Songs sung in Spanish except for tracks E2 in Galician and F4 in English. An interesting quirk of orthography is seen on track F5, the name Chaplin is transformed into a Spanish version, Chaplín. This reverses the pronunciation of the surname, something often seen in Spanish names rendered into English (Pérez to Perez, etc.). Another quirk is the orthography on "Marti," without accent. This would also reverse the pronunciation from the well-known Martí (as in José Martí, famous Cuban revolutionary and poet).
jaimeeduardo 26th Sep 2013		Vinyl Album Rodriguez - Coming From Reality (2009)	Recorded in 1970 at Lansdowne Recording Studios, London, England. Notes and lyrics on insert. Also available as CD or digital download.
jaimeeduardo 26th Sep 2013		Vinyl Album Lalo Schifrin - Enter The Dragon (2005)	The movie starred Bruce Lee, John Saxon, and Jim Kelly. Odd there is no reissue date on item, just the original ℗1973.
jaimeeduardo 25th Sep 2013		Vinyl Album Julio Iglesias - Julio (1983)	Produced by Ramón Arcusa. Track A1 in Italian; A2, A5 in English and Spanish; A3 Portuguese; A4, B2 French; B1 English; B4 German; B3, B5 Spanish.
jaimeeduardo 25th Sep 2013		Vinyl Album Various Artists - Oldies But Goodies Vol. 8 (1966)	Two instrumentals are included here, B4 and B6. Raunchy (B6) was also a hit at the same time (1957) for composer Bill Justis. La Bamba is unusual as one of the few foreign language (Spanish) songs to make the top 40 in the U.S.
jaimeeduardo 25th Sep 2013		Vinyl Album Julio Iglesias - A Mis 33 Años (1980)	These songs are all in Spanish, in spite of the Italian title on A2, and English/Italian on B5.
jaimeeduardo 25th Sep 2013		Vinyl Album Olivia Newton-John / Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980)	A Side is called the "ONJ Side"; B Side is called "ELO Side." Lyrics on inner sleeve. Other entries in Worlds use Various Artists as entry, but album cover clearly indicates ELO and Newton-John as principal performers. As with many albums, other artists make contributions also, but they don't receive star billing.
jaimeeduardo 25th Sep 2013		Vinyl Album Olga María - Ámame (1980)	Track B1 is the English version of track A1.
jaimeeduardo 25th Sep 2013		Vinyl Album Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass - The Lonely Bull (1962)	Artist name on container: Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass. Parallel titles on container: Track A1: El solo toro -- Track A2: The Wolf -- Track B6: Lágrima quieta.
jaimeeduardo 25th Sep 2013		Vinyl Album Roberto Carlos - Roberto Carlos (1980)	Songwriting credits on container include Buddy Mary McCluskey, the translator, on all tracks. The surname is misspelled as "McCloskey."
jaimeeduardo 25th Sep 2013		Vinyl Album Roberto Carlos - Un Millón De Amigos (1975)	These are songs in Spanish translated from Portuguese. Roberto Carlos is a Portuguese-speaking singer/songwriter from Brazil. His singing in Spanish retains an intriguing Portuguese accent.
jaimeeduardo 25th Sep 2013		Vinyl Album Anna Moffo, RCA Italiana Orchestra, Franco Ferrara - A Verdi Collaboration (1963)	Parallel titles on container in English: A1: My thanks, beloved companions (Bolero) -- A2 Ernani, fly with me -- A3 My native land -- A4 Love, fly on rosy wings -- A5 Joan's Prayer -- B2 I shall die, but first, in mercy -- B3 As in this dark hour. Tracks A1 and A4 are the prizes here. The Bolero is fast and bright with a thrilling high E; the Trovatore excerpt captures the intense feeling of the aria and is capped by a fine high D-flat (often substituted with a lower note).
jaimeeduardo 21st Sep 2013		Vinyl Album Maria Callas - Dallas Rehearsal 11/20/57 ... Tosca (Act 2-Abridged) 2/9/64	Composers not given, but are: Tracks A1, C1: Giuseppe Verdi -- Track A2: Vincenzo Bellini -- Track B1: Gaetano Donizetti -- Track C2: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Track D1: Giacomo Puccini. Track C2 is an Italian translation of: Die Entführung aus dem Serail. Martern aller Arten.
jaimeeduardo 21st Sep 2013		Vinyl Album Culture Club - Colour By Numbers (1983)	Tracks A1 (Billboard #1), A2 (#13), B1 (#10), B2 (#5) charted in the U.S. Epic also appears as publisher. Lyrics on inner sleeve. Issued also as cassette. Personnel: Boy George, vocals Jon Moss, drums, percussion Mike Craig, bass Roy Hay, guitar, keyboards Additional vocalists and instrumentalists, including backing vocals by Jermaine Stewart.
jaimeeduardo 21st Sep 2013		Vinyl Album Billy Ocean - Take Down These Walls (1988)	Tracks A4 (Billboard #17) and B1 (#1) made the U.S. charts. Arista also given as publisher. Lyrics on inner sleeve.
jaimeeduardo 20th Sep 2013		Vinyl Album Peter, Paul And Mary - Peter, Paul And Mary (1962)	Cover photo of Peter, Paul and Mary at The Bitter End, New York City, by Bernard Cole. Tracks B3 and B4 charted in the U.S. in 1962, but this record had greater impact than the chart action would suggest. The group was one of the most successful in the folk/pop genre. Peter is Peter Yarrow; Paul is Paul Stookey; Mary is Mary Travers.
jaimeeduardo 20th Sep 2013		Vinyl Album Christie - Yellow River (1970)	Personnel: Mike Blakley, drums Vic Elmes, lead guitar Jeff Christie, lead singer and bass guitar
jaimeeduardo 20th Sep 2013		Vinyl Album The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Jazz Impressions Of Japan (1964)	Track A3 is from the CBS Television Network series Mr. Broadway. Personnel: Dave Brubeck, piano Paul Desmond, alto sax Eugene Wright, bass Joe Morello, drums

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