Orchestra Walter Rizzati - Park Avenue (Original Soundtrack) (1978

Walter Rizzati composed the soundtrack to many dodgy, low-budget films, but they were always good soundtracks.  A mixture of easy listening and disco.  This is one of them from the 1978 picture, Park Avenue.

Check out the wonderful Central Park.

Stelvio Cipriani - Gli Orrori Del Castello Di Norimberga (Baron Blood) (1972)

What can I say?  I have been away for a while but I had a genuine excuse this time: leukaemia.  Anyway, all that is hopefully behind me now so thought I would start to post the odd album again, though I won't be as prolific as I was a few years ago.

This is a great soundtrack from Stelvio Cipriani and if you've not heard it before then you're in for a treat, this is the title track.  I've been a bit lazy and have ripped the tracks as side one, side two, etc.  It would have been a nightmare trying to separate the tracks.  MP3 though I can provide a FLAC version if you wish.

Good to be back.

16 All-Time Orchestral Chartbusters (1973)

Duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh, duh-duh-duh

 

Well, as Andy Williams once sang "It's the most wonderful time of the year..." and he was right...the release of a new Star Wars film, what could be more wonderful than that?

To celebrate I'm reposting some of those cool (in quotes) Star Wars albums we all love so much.

Have a great Christmas everyone and a great New Year.  Hopefully see you again in 2016.

BBC Radiophonic Workshop - Fourth Dimension (1973)

I have posted this in the past but my previous copy was a little crackly.  This is a new 180G version I bought a couple of months back, so I thought I'd repost.  And very nice it sounds too.

Zacharias - The Sensational Sound Of (Studio 2 Stereo) (1970)

Hope you're all having a good summer.  I've been wanting to post this for a while as it's one of my favourite S2S albums, mainly because of the great version of Carry That Weight.

It's good to be back.

Frank Chacksfield - The Beatles Song Book (1970) - REQUEST

BBC Sporting Themes (1979) - REQUEST

BBC Space Themes (1978) - REQUEST

Chris Waxman - Organized (1970) - REQUEST

Les Baxter Conducts 101 Strings (1970)

This is a great album from Les Baxter and 101 Strings, there are some cracking up-tempo numbers such as this one,  A Taste Of Soul.

 

One note of apology though there's a small skip on track three.  Hope it doesn't spoil the enjoyment too much.

Patrick Gleeson - Patrick Gleeson's Star Wars (1977)

I love these synth Star Wars albums.  This one was recorded on the world's most advanced synthesiser apparently, so there you go.

Star Wars (Luke's Theme)

Perrey And Kingsley - The In Sound From Way Out (1973)

Yeah, I know, I know.  It's been ages again despite me saying I'd have to get my act together.  I'm not going to make any excuses...

OK, for my comeback post I've decided on this nice little Perrey and  Kingsley album.  Originally released in 1966, this is the UK re-release from '73.

Rene Armand - Cocktail Piano (1970)

Great little album this.  The tracks run in to each other so I've just recorded it as two tracks; side one and side two.

Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1978)

I've wanted to post this for a while (a good couple of years) but I've been searching for another copy as this one, unfortunately, is a little sad.  I bought it at the time and for some reason didn't look after it as much as I should.  I've given up getting a better copy, so I thought I'd post as is, so apologies for the surface noise, etc.

Side one is standard fare, nice enough.  Side two is unusual though as they are self-penned tracks from the producer and others and are pretty cool (if dated) ambient sounding affairs.

EDIT:  Thanks to Brian for cleaning my original files.  There are now new links to the cleaned version and I recommend you grabbing those.

Harry Stoneham Sextet - In The Still Of The Night (1977)

Johnny Harris - All To Bring You Morning (1973)

I recently dug my vinyl copy out, but unfortunately it was too warped to record.  I don't normally post CDs but I didn't have much choice as I've wanted to post this for a while.

It's a brilliant album from Johnny Harris and a classic along side his 1970 album, Movements.  This album features members of Yes and Chris Spedding too; a real session musicians who's who.

Sadly, now out of print on CD, so if you ever see a copy I would buy it.

Pepe Jaramillo - Tequila Cocktail (1971)

Apologies in advance as this is a little crackly in places, but it's worth it.

Tequila Cocktail

Alan Tew - These I Like (1971)

Big Yellow Taxi

Johnny Harris - Bloomfield (1971)

I've had a few requests to repost this so here it is.

The Loner