Thursday 12 July 2012

Two hi-fi demos

One serious, one not.  First, Decca's "Adventures in Stereo" released in Australia on Festival.

Side 1
  1. The Magic Islands - Alfred Newman and his Orchestra with the Ken Darby Singers
  2. Sones Gaditanos - Mario Escudero and Company
  3. Boogie-Woogie - The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Starring Warren Covington
  4. La Campanella - The Concert-Masters of New York
  5. Song and Dance Man - Sammy Davis Jr.

Side 2
  1. The Young Lions (main title theme) - Lionel Newman Conducting the 20th Century Fox Orchestra
  2. Fascination - Wayne King and his Orchestra
  3. Yesterdays - The Sal Salvador Quartet with Brass
  4. Turkish March - Mishel Piastro and His Concert Orchestra
  5. The Stroll - The Lawson-Haggart Rockin' Band
  6. Music Maestro Please - Felicia Sanders

And now, Spike Jones' take:
Dinner Music for People Who Aren't Very Hungry - Spike Jones Demonstrates Your Hi-Fi

Side 1
  1. Ramona
  2. Duet for Violin and Garbage Disposal
  3. Black & Blue Danude Waltz
  4. The Sow Song
  5. Cocktails for Two

Side 2

  1. Wyatt Earp Makes Me Burp
  2. Memories are Made of This?
  3. The Sneezein' Bee
  4. Little Child
  5. Brahm's (sic) Alibi
  6. Chloe

Thursday 5 July 2012

The Sounds of the Seventies

          

At first glance, this double cassette pack looks like a collection of Abba and Bay City Rollers hits, but is in fact a slightly expanded review of major events of the 1970s from ABC Radio, written and presented by Huw Evans.






Tuesday 3 July 2012