Tom Jones - Live At Caesar´s Palace (1971)

Sir Thomas Jones Woodward, (born 7 June 1940), is a Welsh singer known by his stage name Tom Jones.

He became one of the most popular vocalists to emerge from the mid-1960s. Since then, he has sung nearly every form of popular music pop, rock, R&B, show tunes, country, dance, soul, and gospel and sold over 100 million records.

Tom really mixes it up in this energetic 1971 performance, singing everything from Soul Man to My Way to his own hits She's a Lady and I (Who Have Nothing) . He also tosses his screaming fans a "hit medley" ( I'll Never Fall in Love Again/Daughter of Darkness/Love Me Tonight/It's Not Unusual ) and a "rock 'n' roll medley" ( Johnny B. Goode/Bony Moronie/Long Tall Sally ).

Of all the live Tom Jones albums this one comes closest to the "feel" of his fabulous TV variety show from 1969 to 1971. The arrangements sound essentially the same as on "This Is Tom Jones" and his performance is typically...Tom Jones.

The burning opener, "Dance of Love", sets the tone and mood of the show. Although a little light lyrically, it does seems to borrow from the Everly Brothers' version of Little Richard's "Lucille", and so we're right in Jones' musical territory - sock it to 'em, Big Tom. Soon he settles in for many expected romantic bombasts like "Till" and "Delilah". Ofcourse, at the end it's Richard's "Long Tall Sally" which takes 'em home.

Side A
A1.  Dance Of Love  (2:41)
A2.  Cabaret  (3:28)
A3.  Soul Man  (3:41)
A4.  I (Who Have Nothing)  (3:51)
A5.  Delilah  (4:15)
A6.  Bridge Over Troubled Water  (4:16)
A7.  My Way  (4:39)
A8.  God Bless The Children  (3:24)

Side B
B1.  Resurrection Shuffle  (4:37)
B2.  She's A Lady  (2:27)
B3.  Till  (2:23)
B4.  Hit Medley (I'll Never Fall In Love Again / Daughter Of Darkness / Love Me Tonight / It's Not Unusual)  (6:44)
B5.  Hi Heel Sneakers  (4:07)
B6.  Rock 'N' Roll Medley (Johnny B. Goode / Bony Moronie / Long Tall Sally)  (5:03)

Artist:  Tom Jones
Title:  Live At Caesar´s Palace
Release: 1971
Format:  LP
Label:  MFP Records
Catalog#  MFP 50351

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Enoch Light & The Light Brigade - Film Fame (1966)

Enoch Henry Light (18 August 1905, in Canton, Ohio – 31 July 1978, in Redding, Connecticut) was a classical violinist, bandleader, and recording engineer.

He led a band who recorded as early as March 1927 through at least 1940. In 1928, he led a band in Paris. The remaining band records were recorded in New York. As A&R chief and vice-president of Grand Award Records, he founded Command Records in 1959. Light's name was prominent on many albums both as musician and producer. In the 1930s Light studied conducting with the French conductor Maurice Frigara in Paris.

He is credited with being one of the first musicians to go to extreme lengths to create high-quality recordings that took full advantage of the technical capabilities of home audio equipment of the late 1950s and early 1960s, particularly stereo effects that bounced the sounds between the right and left channels (often described as "Ping-pong recording").

Enoch Light released myriad albums in various genres of music under a variety of names during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Some were released under Grand Award Records, a subsidiary label he founded earlier. The music was intended for older audiences, as opposed to most popular music of the time, which was generally intended for teenagers and young adults.

During this time, he pioneered many recording techniques such as the use of 35 mm magnetic film instead of magnetic tape, thereby reducing the effects of "wow" and "flutter". The recordings were released under the "35MM" series, starting from "Stereo 35-MM" released by Command Records. Musicians who appeared on Light's albums include The Free Design, The Critters, Rain, Doc Severinsen, Tony Mottola, Dick Hyman, organist Virgil Fox (on the Wanamaker Organ), and arranger Lew Davies.

In 1965, Light sold the Command record label, which had released the Persuasive Percussion series, to ABC Records, which itself was subsequently sold to MCA Records. After the sale, the quality of those records plummeted dramatically.The signature gatefold format (along with Light's prose) was immediately discontinued, and the covers changed to budget labels pressed on recycled vinyl. In 1975 they were completely discontinued.

Light continued recording after the sale of Command with a new label called Project 3, but did not concentrate so heavily on stereo effects. Light recorded several successful big band albums with his earlier established band in the Command days Enoch Light And The Light Brigade

In 1966 he released the album !Film Fame”. "Here is movie music at an unmatched peak of perfection! Rarely in the entire history of motion pictures have as many brilliant, exciting songs come from films all at one time as there are in the movies that are being shown right now!"

Side A
A1.  If Ever I Would Leave You  (3:15)  
A2.  To Sir, With Love  (2:40)  
A3.  Tara Theme  (3:06)  
A4.  More Than A Miracle  (2:45)  
A5.  Theme From 'Valley Of The Dolls'  (3:27)  
A6.  Bonnie & Clyde  (2:03) 

Side B
B1.  For A Few Dollars More  (2:22)  
B2.  When The World Is Ready  (2:58)  
B3.  In The Heat Of The Night  (2:27)  
B4.  Wait Until Dark  (3:03)  
B5.  Live For Life  (2:19)  
B6.  Imagine  (2:49)

Artist:  Enoch Light & The Light Brigade
Title:  Film Fame
Release:  1966
Format:  LP
Label:  Project 3 Total Sound
Catalog#  33016

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Elvis Presley - Elvis Sings Hits From His Movies (1972)

“Elvis Sings Hits from His Movies, Volume 1” is a compilation album by Elvis Presley, featuring tracks from four of his movies plus two non-movie tracks.

Released in 1972, this is a budget collection of previously recorded songs from Elvis' movies.

It was a minor hit reaching number 87 on the Billboard album chart and was eventually certified PLATINUM by the RIAA.

It includes several songs that had made the singles chart in the US including: They Remind Me Too Much Of You (peaked at number 53 in 1963), Frankie And Johnny (number 25 in 1966), Guitar Man (43 in 1968), Long Legged Girl (63 in 1967), You Don't Know Me (44 in 1967), and Big Boss Man (38 in 1967).

When ELVIS SINGS HITS FROM HIS MOVIES VOLUME 1 first appeared as an LP in 1972, it at least served the purpose of giving his fans some fine songs like "Guitar Man" and "Big Boss Man" that had appeared as singles but were hard to get ahold of on LPs. And those 2 songs were not even from his movies at all!

 But now that there are much better compilations of Elvis's music available, there's just not much purpose in this album any more.


Side A
A1.  Down By The Riverside And When The Saints Go Marching In  
A2.  They Remind Me Too Much Of You  
A3.  Confidence
A4.  Frankie And Johnny
A5.  Guitar Man

Side B
B1.  Long Legged Girl (With The Short Dress On)
B2.  You Don't Know Me
B3.  How Would You Like To Be
B4.  Big Boss Man
B5.  Old MacDonald

Artist:  Elvis Presley
Title:  Elvis Sings Hits From His Movies
Release:  1972
Format:  LP
Label:  RCA Records
Catalog#  BCRS 5270

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Snip En Snap - Hoogtepunten Uit De Snip En Snap Revues (1972)

Snip en Snap was een komisch duo bestaande uit Willy Walden en Piet Muijselaar. Met hun eigen revue trokken ze in de periode van 1937 tot 1977 volle zalen.

De act werd bedacht door Jacques van Tol, die het grotendeels had overgenomen van een act van het duo Solser en Hesse: "Wip en Snip".

Walden en Muijselaar voerden hem voor het eerst op in 1937 in een uitzending van het AVRO-radioprogramma De bonte dinsdagavondtrein. Het duo had aanvankelijk geen zin om in vrouwendracht oubollige grapjes uit te wisselen, maar op aandringen van theaterproducent René Sleeswijk wilde men voor een eenmalige radio-uitzending wel een uitzondering maken.

Het optreden werd door het publiek zo leuk gevonden dat de AVRO een promotietournee bij Sleeswijk bestelde waarin Snip en Snap als publiekstrekkers moesten fungeren. Na een jaar zette Sleeswijk de tournee los van de AVRO voort onder de titel De Snip & Snap Revue.

De eenmalige uitzondering werd daardoor veertig jaar lang voortgezet.
Gerard Walden, ook revue-artiest, typeerde de rol van zijn broer zo: "Een mannetje dat allerlei domme dingen zegt, maar toch goochemer blijkt dan die andere vent".

Willy Walden in een interview: "Ik was zelf helemaal niet dol op die jurken. We vonden het eigenlijk allebei vreselijk. Maar ja, het hoorde erbij. De mensen bleven erom vragen. En dan doe je die jurk toch maar weer aan."

Side A
A1.  Dat Is Revue - 0:35
A2.  Conference - 9:50
A3.  Ich Bin Von Kopf Bis Fuss Auf Liebe Eingestellt - 1:50
A4.  ´K Ben Zo  oe (C´est Si Bon) - 0:35
A5.  Ca C´est Paris - 0:30

Side B
B1.   Conference - 2:30
B2.   Ga Je Op Stap (Bedtime For Drums) - 1:10
B3.   Herinnering Van Een Oude Bon-vivant - 2:58
B4.   Al Grijzen Ook Je Haren - 1:30
B5.   Ik Snap Er Niks Meer Van - 0:30
B6.   Maybe It´s Because I´m A Londoner - 0:30
B7.   Oude - 0:45
B8.   Als Op Het Leidseplein De Lichtjes Weer Eens Branden Gaan -  0:20
B9.   He Buurman (Hey Neighbour) - 0:30
B10. Alles Gaat Voorbij - 0:35
B11. Dat Is Revue - 0:35

Artist:  Snip En Snap
Title:  Hoogtepunten Uit De Snip En Snap Revues
Release:  1972
Format:  LP
Label:  Philips Records
Catalog#  6440983

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Dolly Parton - Heartbreaker (1978)

“Heartbreaker” is the 20th solo studio album by Dolly Parton, released in 1978.

Released following the huge pop crossover success of “Here You Come Again”, “Heartbreaker” was designed as an even more direct aim at the pop charts, with several of its songs verging on disco.

Dolly Parton found increasing success in the late '70s, and “Heartbreaker” showcases her increasing confidence beautifully.

The title song, a ballad written by Carole Bayer Sager, topped the U.S. country charts, and became Parton's third top-forty pop hit, while the follow-up single was the double-A-sided "Baby I'm Burning"/"I Really Got the Feeling", with "Baby I'm Burnin'" targeted for pop airplay, and "I Really Got the Feeling" for country.

The formula (which had previously worked for "Here You Come Again's" double-A-sided "Two Doors Down"/"It's All Wrong, but It's All Right") was successful again, with the single reaching #1 on the country charts, and #25 on the pop charts.

Disco remix singles of two of the album's songs, "Baby I'm Burning" and "I Wanna Fall in Love" were also released and received significant airplay in clubs and discos at the time.

The album cover, a gatefold design depicting Parton in a series of surreal, dream-like images, was designed by graphic artist Ed Caraeff, who'd also designed the cover art for "Here You Come Again".


The album stayed at #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart for nine consecutive weeks. It ended up being certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Side A
A1.  I Really Got the Feeling  (3:06)
A2.  It's Too Late to Love Me Now  (3:00)
A3.  We're Through Forever ('til Tomorrow)  (3:50)
A4.  Sure Thing  (3:32)
A5.  With You Gone  (3:05)

Side B
B1.  Baby I'm Burning  (2:36)
B2.  Nickles and Dimes  (3:23)
B3.  The Man  (3:16)
B4.  Heartbreaker  (3:32)
B5.  I Wanna Fall in Love  (2:25)

Artist:  Dolly Parton
Title:  Heartbreaker
Release:  1978
Format:  LP
Label:  RCA Records
Catalog#  PL-12797

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Soundtrack - West Side Story (1961)

“West Side Story” is the soundtrack to the 1961 film “West Side Story”, released in 1961. 

"West Side Story" is a 1961 American romantic musical drama film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. The film is an adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical of the same name, which in turn was inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.
It stars Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, and George Chakiris

On the grounds that “West Side Story” was listed on a chart for stereo albums only at a time when many albums were recorded in mono. In 1962, it won a Grammy award for "Best Sound Track Album.

The soundtrack of the “West Side Story” film is deservedly one of the most popular soundtrack recordings of all time, and one of the relatively few to have attained long-term popularity beyond a specialized soundtrack/theatrical musical audience. 

Its widespread impact could be attributed to a few factors: the wide range of compositional and orchestral styles, from cool swing jazz and shades of Latin pop to classical; the universality of the storyline, pitting underdog lovers against the world; and an assortment of songs that goes well beyond the sentimental love odes that are the staples of musicals (though it has some of those, too), including some downright tough posturing and sardonic social commentary.

"Jet Song," "America," "Gee, Officer Krupke," "Tonight," "Cool," "Maria," "I Feel Pretty," and "Something's Coming" are all among the most famous and oft-sung soundtrack numbers ever.

Side  A
A1. Prologue  (5:39)
A2.  Jet Song  (2:11)
A3.  Something's Coming  (2:38)
A4.  Dance at the Gym (Blues, Promenade, and Jump)  (3:37)
A5.  Maria  (2:40)
A6.  America  (5:05)
A7.  Tonight  (3:35)

Side B
B1.  Gee, Officer Krupke  (4:11)
B2. I Feel Pretty  (2:50)
B3.  One Hand, One Heart  (2:03)
B4.  The Rumble  (2:32)
B5.  Cool  (4:27)
B6.  A Boy Like That/I Have a Love  (4:34)
B7.  Somewhere  (2:03)

Artist:  Soundtrack (by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim)
Title:  West Side Story
Release:  1961
Format:  LP
Label:  CBS Records
Catalog#  S 70006

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Paul Humphrey And The Funky Thumbs - Supermellow (1973)

Paul Nelson Humphrey (born October 12, 1935, Detroit, Michigan, United States) is an American jazz and funk/R+B drummer

He worked as a session drummer in the 1960s for jazz artists such as Wes Montgomery, Les McCann, Kai Winding, Charles Mingus, Lee Konitz, Blue Mitchell and Gene Ammons.

As a bandleader, he recorded under the name Paul Humphrey and the Cool Aid Chemists, with Clarence MacDonald, David T. Walker, and Bill Upchurch.
He also recorded with Steely Dan, Frank Zappa, Jerry Garcia, Jimmy Smith, The Four Tops, Al Kooper, Jackie DeShannon, Natalie Cole, Albert King, Quincy Jones, Dusty Springfield, Jean-Luc Ponty, Michael Franks, Maria Muldaur, Marc Bolan and others.
Humphrey was one of the drummers on Marvin Gaye's album "Let's Get It On".

Not “Supermellow”, but super dope one of the grooviest albums ever from drummer Paul Humphrey, and a sweet batch of laidback electric funky jazz cuts! Paul's working here with a bit more keyboards and guitar than before all nicely compressed into the grooves that are directed by his tight work on drums often stepping around in a really badass mode that we totally love, and which moves past a simple approach to funky rhythms.

Humphrey clearly knows that he's got to complicate things a bit more than usual to keep the ears of the increasingly sophisticated 70s listener by going for hipper changes and timings, while still keeping the tight core funky groove intact.

He's helped strongly in his efforts here by players who include Joe Sample, Wilton Felder, and Arthur Adams all playing in a more laidback, less studio mode than on other sets and even the arranger Nick Decaro manages to play some groovy accordion on a few tracks! Titles include "Boo A Cha", "Macho", "Do The Buzzard", "Hot Ice Cream", and "Got It Together".

Side A
A1.  Supermellow  (5:15) 
A2.  Hot Ice Cream  (3:25) 
A3.  Do The Buzzard  (3:00) 
A4.  St. Thomas  (3:35) 
A5.  Boo-A-Cha  (4:25)

Side B
B1.  Got It Together  (4:20) 
B2.  Grapefruit Juice  (2:24) 
B3.  Poppa Charlie (3:36)  
B4.  Everything I Do Is Going To Be Stupid  (4:03)  
B5.  Macho (2:55)

Artist:  Paul Humphrey And The Funky Thumbs
Title:  Supermellow
Release:  1973
Format:  LP
Label:  Blue Thumb Records Inc.
Catalog#  BTS 47

Helen Reddy - Helen Reddy (1971)

Helen Maxine Lamond Reddy (born 25 October 1941) is an Australian American singer, actress, and activist.

In the 1970s, she enjoyed international success, especially in the United States, where she placed 15 singles in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. Six made the Top 10 and three reached No. 1, including her signature hit "I Am Woman". She is often referred to as the "Queen of '70s Pop."

Helen Reddy's second album contains two originals, as well as covers of material by John Lennon, Carole King and Toni Stern, Randy Newman, Donovan Leitch, Leon Russell, and Alex Harvey.

 Over the years Reddy would continue to cover material by Carole King, Leon Russell, and Harvey; both she and Bette Midler covering Harvey's "Delta Dawn," with Reddy getting the chart hit. Here her rendition of his "Tulsa Turnaround" is intriguing and gives a good indication of the direction her music would take. These are very personal readings of Paul Parrish's"Time" and Leon Russell's "I Don't Remember My Childhood"; the accompaniment is laid-back and subdued, unlike Reddy's Love Song for Jeffrey album. Producer Larry Marks has a haunting foundation for David Blue's "Come on John," and one wonders if like Mama Cass on "I Call Your Name" or Janis Joplin's "Happy Birthday John Lennon," Reddy isn't singing this to the Beatle? Her rendition of Lennon's solo tune, "How?," is a rarity for the singer  and as sparse as the Plastic Ono Band, minus what backed her on the soundtrack to "All This and World War II" when she performed "Fool on the Hill."

The album "Helen Reddy" has a cover photo of the vocalist wearing a red and blue dress in ankle-deep water, a resting point before her cluster of Top 40 recordings. Donovan's "New Year's Resolution" and Carole King/Toni Stern's "No Sad Songs" give the singer a platform to help craft her sound.

It's a nice glimpse of the naïve side of Reddy and a pleasant listening experience, though it was the only one of her early albums not to find representation on her Greatest Hits.

Because there was no big hit on the record, it is not as well known as her other recordings, but it definitely has charm and is an essential part of her collection of music.

Side A
A1.  Time  (3:37) 
A2.  How?  (3:30) 
A3.  Come On John  (4:20)   
A4.  Summer Of 71  (2:28) 
A5.  I Don't Remember My Childhood  (3:30)  

Side B
B1.  No Sad Song  (3:09)  
B2.  I Think It's Going To Rain Today  (2:16)  
B3.  Tulsa Turnaround  (3:32) 
B4.  More Than You Can Take  (2:40)   
B5.  New Jear's Resovolution  (3:37)

Artist:  Helen Reddy
Title:  Helen Reddy
Release: 1971
Format:  LP
Label:  Capitol Records
Catalog#  5C 062-81024