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Pridesale 18th Nov 2013		Vinyl Album Various Artists - Christmas At Home (1961)	Label is a sort of powder blue , with the dreaded scanning silver. Related EPs include http://www.45cat.com/record/wep1098 and part of http://www.45cat.com/record/wep1016. Continues the use of Trad. when for the carols when there are known composers ( though out of copyright ). Bought from a Charity Shop for the Cover , just so naff nostalgia. Anyone date this record , I would guess 1963 from the EP date and cover artwork Sleeve Printed and Made By Ernest J Day & Co Ltd , London
Pridesale 19th Oct 2013		Vinyl Album The Electric Light Orchestra - The Electric Light Orchestra (1971)	I have a feeling this was one in the bunch of LPs I got from the rubbish pile in at the car boot in the summer. As no LP World then , and no space to store , it did end up ( with 5 other ELO LPs ) at a charity shop near me.
Pridesale 19th Oct 2013		Vinyl Album The Giants [England] - The Giants (1964)	Review So , onto the tracks , which thanks to 45cat not only are mostly well known , but we can get back to the roots of this album. At a young age this was probably my first impression of many of the titles , although some I would have heard on the radio. Tony Vincent's vocals kick off Sam Cooke's Twistin' The Night Away which the label spells Twisting' , and the Sax features heavily , overall a close match to the original. Broadly Instrumental and Lord Rockingham's XI - Hoots Mon similar to the original without the organ. I forget The Giants Own contributions in detail , suffice that Sax and a good swing to the music feature. Duane Eddy's Cannon Ball has the twang on the Bass guitar likewise Peter Gunn. Carl Perkins Matchbox is ideally suited to Tony Vincent's voice, as is Let The Four Winds Blow , although Dave Bartholmew's overall collaboration with Fats Domino is done slightly better in the originals. Tell William To Twist is an instrumental based loosely on the William Tell Overture , done in Twist Style , Unique , I think , to The Giants. After a break in the club ( both side have announcer (It's 11 O'Clock , and here we are , in Hamburg) and I think its Alan Monger that does the line-up call out at the start of A2 ) . Boots Brown's Cervaza is up-tempo'd into a syncopated Latin rhythm that would go down well on 'Strictly' , and The Markey's Last Night sexed up even more than the original. Chuck Berry's Reeling and A Rocking is almost disposable pop by comparision , but Rudi's Rock from Bill Haley is even more frenetic than the original . Ray Charles' Talkin' 'Bout You is done to perfection by Tony. The Champ's Midnighter gets a make-over from Dave Cameron , and I dont recall sounding like the YTs over on 45cat. Checkmate stomp is different to to the only one listed on 45cat , but Chuck Berry's ( Rolling Stones Version) of Come On , finishes up a hot , sweaty hours worth of performing. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Pridesale 18th Oct 2013		Vinyl Album The Giants [England] - The Giants (1964)	Review Record transferred from live recording by Polydor's Paul Murphy Until recently this was rarely on the internet , with Discogs showing up this and a related single off the album, and the odd auction site ones , these views from one unsold as of end July this year priced at around £12 all in, seems reasonable as well worth a listen , again tracks are not on an internet friendly (free) source to my knowledge ( without the Cat Number trying to internet search or you tube for 'The Giants' gives every result except the one one might be looking for ) My copy is (*) at home , playing on the wifes (mono) 1974 record player now!! . How did this one ( and come to that the one of a present to me from my dad probably around 1967 - he bought mum a Phillips Hairdryer ( which only recently fell apart) same day , get into the UK , an export issue ? (Answer it didnt, as I found my one was the UK release ). as I don't think it was heavily promoted , despite the association by implication with The Beatles tours of Hamburg night clubs. As it is , if you are going to buy an album of live , mostly cover versions , buy one like this. Professional , experienced , musicians belting out tracks that probably surpass the originals by a mile and a quarter, unsurprising when 3 of the member had been in the Flee-rekkers from just about their start. Meanwhile , and to copy , unfortunately , the rear sleeve notes , written by David Firmstone ( who looks like wrote A8 ) Frimstone being Polydor Manager for Alex Harvey And His Soul Band (earlier wrote for Peter Wynne, Later Producer / Writer for Annabel Leventon ), are the only way to introduce the personnel , namely Tex (Dave) Cameron - Lead Guitar Elmy Durrant - Tenor Sax Harry Kershaw - Bass Guitar Alan Monger - Rhythm Guitar / Baritone Sax Kenny Slade - Drums Tony Vincent - Vocals So in late in the summer of 1963 The Fleerekkers disbanded following the finishing of the Summer Season at Blackpool (Lancashire ) Tex Cameron ( Who Wrote Sunday Date Elmy Durrant , whom I think might be the Durante on the B Side - Shiftless Sam , and Alan Monger had all been original Flee-Rekkers members. They met in Blackpool Harry Kershaw (In an un-named local band ) and Kenny Slade ( Whom had Just Left Jimmy Crawford and The Ravens) ? http://www.45cat.com/artist/jimmy-crawford & http://www.45cat.com/record/7n25077 ?? ) And their first booking was in October , 1963 at the Top Ten Club , Hamburg where they met as arranged with vocalist Tony Vincent. Earlier Careers - Tex (Dave) Cameron (Ealing , London) formed The Statesides and in 1960 Elmy Durrant (Edgware, Middlesex) and Peter Fleerekker (Whom Elmy had been at school with) joined , the group then adopted his distinctive name , with Tex writing instrumentals. Harry Kershaw (Blackpool) , when not being a decorating materials salesman , was picking the the Guitar and playing by ear ( still learning to read music when this record recorded ) , but switched to Bass Guitar . Alan Monger ( Hackney, London ) joined the Fleerekkers some six months after the others , and after a couple of years took up Baritone Sax. Kenny Slade (b Canterbury, Kent , but brought up in Sheffield) played with Dave Berry then five months with Jimmy Crawford . Tony Vincent (b London , based Dundee) formed The Men Of Mystery, the joined the Basil Kirchin Band (1960) touring dance halls for 8 months , returning to Dundee , reforming The Men Of Mystery, and winning the Butlins 'All Britain' Contest for vocalists - getting a recording of ' I'm Never Going To Fall In Love Again ' as a reward, and appeared on Teenbeat and so on with the group, when the again broke up Tony went to Hamburg Top Ten Club as soloist , and five weeks later The Giants joined up with him. So , thanks to 45cat.com I have been able to make a little sense of the history, although some of the groups and names need further confirmation as records come to light , as the history of the touring bands around 1958-1962 is quite difficult to find on the internet , if it exists at all. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Pridesale 13th Oct 2013		Vinyl Album Various Artists - You Can All Join In (1969)	Presumably S for stereo ( wording on the other two labels ) , to get consistency in later Island numbering ?
Pridesale 28th Sep 2013		Vinyl Album The Beatles - Live At The BBC (1994)	At their rate , 2mins or less = 34mins
Pridesale 27th Sep 2013		Vinyl Album [no artist listed] - The Wit And Wisdom Of Margaret Thatcher (1983)	W&W of RR [YouTube Video]
Pridesale 26th Sep 2013		Vinyl Album The Beatles - The Decca Tapes (2013)	The Lennon/McCartney compositions would get performance royalties if sung by others - I think that is for life + 50 years ( as indeed the copyright holders of the other songs listed. Does the CD give a licenced from for the mechanical copyright , which may be for some reason omitted from the LP copy ? My spell check tells me Laquers per rear cover , should be spelled Lacqures. (and the mastering company seem not to advertise their presence on the net however spelled )
Pridesale 25th Sep 2013		Vinyl Album Tony Osborne And His Orchestra - Lennon & McCartney Go Latin (1970)	[YouTube Video] Does This Help ? Instrumental , Shades of When I'm Sixty-Four floating around. I quite like tjiana brass style stuff , in small doses , an album full can get tedious ( but so can Mozart )
Pridesale 24th Sep 2013		Vinyl Album The Electric Light Orchestra - The Light Shines On (1977)	Unless Harvest Heritage is on the label , would it not make the best sense to put them all in the Harvest label , with 'Harvest Heritage' in the notes , otherwise you end up with the London/ London American Recordings argument over in 45rm reaching a different logical conclusion
Pridesale 18th Sep 2013		Vinyl Album [no artist listed] - Hot Hits (1970)	Series was preceeded by 'Hits' 'yy
Pridesale 4th Sep 2013		Vinyl Album Peter Sellers - The Best Of Sellers (1958)	A1 lasts for around 7mins , [YouTube Video]
Pridesale 4th Sep 2013		Vinyl Album The Archies - Jingle Jangle (1969)	Did we ever get the Archies in the UK ( I dont recall it on London ITV or BBC, maybe other regions ? Anyway 'Get On The Line' covered by The Sweet on an RCA B Side. A1 from the show , as re-broadcast on the Ed Sullivan Show (Hence the applause at the start ) [YouTube Video]
Pridesale 2nd Sep 2013		Vinyl Album Jean Michel Jarre - Magnetic Fields (1981)	One I have heard of , I bought Oxygene , but this one came out of the communal rubbish bins. looks unplayed.
Pridesale 2nd Sep 2013		Vinyl Album Sky - Sky 2 (1980)	Is Wiki wrong , as there is some confusion on what is Ariola and what is Arista for the credited record company ( by 1979 both were sub brands of Ariola Eurodisc Ltd , which is what this one actually is. Pressed by Pye , both my copies have mis-mouldings of a pip on one side slightly affecting a track - cannot remember which , my first one was warped both discs from new . Never mind turn up the volume full blast for Curved Air's Vivaldi , and Bach's Toccata and Fugue. in D Minor. Comprehensive double sided album sleeve sized insert sheet stating whose whom playing what on one side and the five performers biographies / summary discographies on the other
Pridesale 2nd Sep 2013		Vinyl Album Sky - Sky (1979)	Started with Sky after hearing on a Val Doonican TV programme one Saturday Night , getting Sky 3 first then acquiring all up to The Great Balloon race. Thankfully some live youtubes are around as well , but as yet no telly performances from those 1980s Saturday evening shows.
Pridesale 2nd Sep 2013		Vinyl Album Procol Harum - Procol Harum (1967)	For various reasons I missed this the first time it was released , only catching the tunes on a CD re-issue a few years back, and more recently some of the live later performances on youtube.
Pridesale 2nd Sep 2013		Vinyl Album [no artist listed] - 12 Tops (1973)	Will charity shops suddendly see a strange increase in demand for this and the other Top Pops type LPs in order to feed 45worlds ?

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