Shirley Bassey - Shirley Bassey Is Really Something LP 70 w The Fabulous Shirley Bassey LP 70 w I, Capricorn LP 72 w And I Love You So LP 72 w You Take My Heart Away LP 77 w Homemade 24 Song Compilation CD from Goodwill [unlabeled]

REPOST and ADD ON:  Well, I grew up watching James Bond films on TV with my old man and have had the torn New Zealand pressing on the bottom for just as long--loving her sharp singing style with great emotion similar to the Righteous Brothers posted last week and also have The Searchers on que for next week but haven't heard them before.  I am making this the main post because I was so enthralled with how funky the added vinyl from later years was...WoW!!!  Also maybe I will finally get that Goodwill CD songs labeled if anyone is so inclined. Per Discogs: Real Name: Shirley Veronica Bassey  Profile: Born: 8 January 1937 in Tiger Bay, Cardiff, Wales, UK.

Formally known as Dame Shirley Bassey DBE (Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire), after HM Queen Elizabeth II awarded her recognition with the 1999/2000 New Years Honours List announced on 31 December 1999.

Shirley Bassey is a singer, often regarded in the 'diva' sense, due to her strong and masterful prowess in her vocal talents, continuing into her latter years. She is perhaps best known as having done the vocals on the theme tunes to three films in the popular British espionage film franchise James Bond.

https://bestfile.io/en/TvobMi64ND5VdcA/file

 

JOHNNY RICHARDS AHO - WALK SOFTLY bw RUN WILD! LP 59

 I like this cool jazz vinyl sound so much I was going to make it main post but then the funky new one from Shirley got the nod at the last minute.  Here is the Discogs:  Real Name:  Juan Ricardo Cascales

Profile:  American jazz composer, orchestra leader and arranger.

Born 2 November 1911 in Querétaro, Mexico. Died 7 October 1968 in New York, USA.

Brother of Chuck Cabot (aka Carlos Guillermo Cascales) and Jack Cascales (aka Juan Adolfo Cascales). Richards married singer Pat Kaye in the early 1940's.

As a songwriter, Richards is best known for writing the music for the song "Young at Heart" by Frank Sinatra (lyrics by Carolyn Leigh).

https://bestfile.io/en/kG8XcedMT5RQ55S/file

LATIMORE - MORE MORE MORE LP 74

 I knew this looked to be a real funk soul rocker and I was right.  Per Discogs:  Real Name: Benjamin Latimore

Profile: American soul singer. Born on September 7th, 1939, in Charleston, Tennessee (USA). Died on August 22nd, 2026, at 86. Latimore's first professional experience came as a pianist for various Florida-based groups including Joe Henderson and Steve Alaimo before securing a contract with the Dade Records and Glades labels of Florida under the name Benny Latimore. He signed with Malaco Records in 1982 and released 7 modern soul albums.

https://bestfile.io/en/hOLZTjx0w81lomZ/file

LEFTY FRIZZELL - T.V. SPECIAL 20 GOLDEN HITS LP 80

 Well our friends at Jon-ky blog had a recent post mentioning Lefty so I pulled it up the ripping order (https://jonderblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/jean-shepards-greatest-52-64.html) talking about his bordering on rockabilly and it was in the Jean Shepard post (Stinky--I checked my old post and actually it was a work mate Johnny from Enid, OK who gave me his dad's old records to rip for him so he could send it to his brother for Christmas.  At any rate, that Greatest hits i mentioned I just searched the vinyl number and found the date to be 1963 and so Stinky has all that up to 1965 I think he said).  Per Discogs:  Real Name:  William Orville Frizzell

Profile:  American country music singer and songwriter, born 31 March 1928 in Corsicana, Texas, USA and died 19 July 1975 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Frizzell is considered one of the most important country musicians, influencing many country vocalists in the generations that followed with his more mainstream honky-tonk style.

His younger brother is country singer David Frizzell and his other brother is Allen Frizzell His niece is Tess Frizzell.

https://bestfile.io/en/UbaYWJC9x3brw9e/file

SAILBOAT JOURNEY (RELAX WITH) (ENHANCED WITH MUSIC) PILZ Ent. tape 1993

 This cassette of the week is a very cool one as I made it all one song and you do feel like you are there with the birds and the boats!  Enjoy!

https://bestfile.io/en/8eS7JajiiPP49dx/file

MERLE HAGGARD And The Strangers - The Best Of LP w solo Best Of LP 72 w Mama Tried LP w If We Make It Through December LP 73 74 w Presents His 30th Album LP 74 w KEEP MOVIN' ON LP 74 75 w MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH TRAINS LP 76 w HIS GREATEST AND HIS BEST CD 85 w Bonnie Owens & The Strangers - The Fightin' Side Of Me LP 70

REPOST and ADD ON:  Adding the album on top and what a cool live experience it is!  Per Discogs:  Real Name:  Merle Ronald Haggard

Profile:  American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler and songwriter.

Born on April 6, 1937 in Bakersfield, CA – died on April 6, 2016 in Palo Cedro, CA (day of his 79th birthday).  He was married to Leona Williams from 1978 to 1983 and Theresa Lane Haggard was his fifth wife from 1993 until his death.

For his studio see Talley Studios.

Real Name:  Bonnie Maureen Campbell

Profile: American country music singer and the first wife of Buck Owens.

From 1965–78 she was married to Merle Haggard.

In 1975, she ended her career as a singer and from then on worked only as a songwriter.  Bonnie Owens was born October 1, 1929 in Blanchard, Oklahoma and died April 24, 2006 in Bakersfield, California.

The Strangers: Merle Haggard's backing band, who have also recorded & performed on their own, as well as backing other artists.

https://bestfile.io/en/XOfLAcm19Twgcma/file

VA - The New Sound Of The Stars LP

REPOST Request:  What I wrote last time:  Found another mint old one here featuring most with Orchestra's:  Sid Ramin, Mitchell Ayres, Chet Atkins, The Cascading Voices Of The Hugo and Luigi Chorus, Eddy Arnold, Floyd Cramer, Marty Gold, Jim Reeves, Peter Nero, The Limeliters (remember them from 2 weeks ago?), Sam Cooke (great later period tune I didn't have!) and Al (He's The King) Hurt.

https://bestfile.io/en/vB39FB0we7QCquZ/file

SAM COOKE - Hits Of The 50's Orch. cond. by Glenn Osser LP w At The Copa 7-8-1963 tape 87 w The Best Of tape 62

REPOST Request:  I used to own the yellow one on top as beat up album from Goodwill from high school days and always loved it.  Find it on tape was great as well as the others.  Per Discogs:  Sam Cooke (born 22 January 1931, Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA - died December 11, 1964, Los Angeles, California, USA) was an American gospel/R&B/soul/pop singer, songwriter and entrepreneur. He is recognized as one of the founders of soul music and one of the most important singers in soul music history. Details about his death are still in dispute (when I see this I assume a fallen angel changing roles--it is most celebrities); official police records state he was killed by a gunshot. In 1961, he founded SAR Records. The label folded after his death.

Younger brother of Charles Cook (who co-wrote Chain Gang) and elder brother of L.C. Cook.

Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 (Performer).

Inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987.

https://bestfile.io/en/uqsdUZ3TlXAjLcg/file

ART & DEANNA - THANK YOU LORD LP

 Great cover shot for this weekly Jesus Music selection although more towards Goxpel which I am not so thrilled about.  Not a mention of it in Discogs:  I share the sentiment though so Enjoy!

https://bestfile.io/en/dmSPTkdHFVbhrQB/file

Icarus - The Marvel World Of Icarus CD 72 04 -cc

COLLECTOR'S CHOICE:  Now this one is cool--especially for me being an old comic book reader with many of these characters...I even had Stan Lee's thick activity book to learn them all and of course love that song title on later release by Captain Beyond [but you need the 'best' version].  Per Discogs:  British psych/prog rock group active from 1968 to 1972/73.

When the group was formed in 1968, it was primarily a songwriting vehicle for keyboardist Iain Hines and bassist/singer Glyn Havard. Hines had played in Alex Harvey's late 50s band before becoming an integral part of the Hamburg scene in Germany, where his band, The Jets , became friendly with The Beatles - indeed Hines arranged "The Saints (When The Saints Go Marching In)" in 1961 for Tony Sheridan & The Beat Brothers (2). Also working as a freelance pop journalist, he alternated between London and Hamburg before linking up with Havard. After releasing a single in 1968, they recorded in July 1969 two tracks for a single that failed to appear. At this point Havard decamped to form Jade Warrior. Hines put together a new line-up - Steve Hart (vocals), John Etheridge (guitar), Norrie Devine (sax, flute, clarinet), Jimmy Wiley (bass) and Peter Curtain (drums) - who issued in 1972 the concept album "The Marvel World Of Icarus", with a sound more prog-oriented, before falling apart.

https://bestfile.io/en/uLGNU71v1yEqLOg/file

Hunter Muskett - Every Time You Move CD 70 w st CD 73 -cc

COLLECTOR'S CHOICE:  Moving right along with this theme, I believe it was the first platter that got the 'vote'.  Per Discogs:  English folk rock group, active 1968 to 1974 and 2010 to present. The band's name was taken from an anecdote about an eccentric Cornishman.

https://bestfile.io/en/66K1AVidQIqXPEw/file

IDLE EYES - st LP 84 w Love's Imperfection LP 86

REPOST Request:  Seems we still need more per my comment last time [I didn't see it on youtube]: Per Discogs: Idle Eyes was formed in Vancouver, Canada in the early 80′s.

https://bestfile.io/en/mUpp6epbQXwHHrU/file

The Tony Williams Lifetime - Emergency! 2CD 69 w (Turn It Over) CD 70 w Ego LP 71 w The Old Bum's Rush CD 73

 Being such a big fan of Return To Forever in the past, I would be remiss in not including this band who started the jazz fusion more or less with nods to Brian Auger & Julie Driscoll and Tower of Power, etc.  Per Discogs:  Tony Williams formed Lifetime after leaving the Miles Davis Group in 1969, around the time In A Silent Way was finished. The formative trio included guitarist John McLaughlin (who turned down Davis' offer to join his group since he felt he would more likely be able to play his own compositions with Williams) and Hammond organ innovator Larry Young. Ex-Cream bass player Jack Bruce joined just after the first album was recorded for live dates and the second album, after which McLaughlin left in order to pursue his own career and Bruce left for other projects including his own career. Larry Young remained for the third album (in 1971), which featured a much larger ensemble. For the fourth Lifetime album the personnel had changed completely as the direction shifted further toward something less radical.

The original formation recorded two albums (Emergency! and (Turn It Over)) and a single called One Word - a McLaughlin composition that was also included to huge success in his second Mahavishnu Orchestra album. Lifetime's sound was on the very cutting edge of fusion for many listeners. Loads of distortion, unconventional lyrics and erratic drumming were the trademarks of this remarkable project.

https://bestfile.io/en/zOIY1IYn6RPse0J/file

The International Submarine Band -Safe At Home LP 68

 Another 'must include' suggestion from Josef (Austria) for this blog!  Per Wiki:  The International Submarine Band (ISB) was a country-rock band formed by Gram Parsons in 1965, while a theology student at Harvard University and John Nuese, a guitar player for local rock group, The Trolls. Nuese is credited with having persuaded Parsons to pursue the country-rock sound for which he would later be remembered. Parsons' work with the band predates his better known ventures with The Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers, and the Fallen Angels with Emmylou Harris.

https://bestfile.io/en/jROWU648aaGxfe5/file

Mayfly - st LP 73

 Well, we have a very cool album as suggested by Josef (Austria) and I might note there are missing 7 inch singles not on youtube that I would love to add to it!  Per Discogs:  Dutch progressive folk rock band from Bergen, Netherlands. Active in the early/mid seventies.   

https://bestfile.io/en/5kcIMv06lWcX7fC/file

Fred Schneider & the Shake Society - st LP 84

REPOST Request:  Well that is a nice beat up/well loved cover to look at!  What I wrote last re-up:  A hard to find party platter with the male lead singer of the B-52's...constantly on 'repost' circulation at this blog!

https://bestfile.io/en/9bGvbygx7ZJJ6xJ/file

LOS INDIOS TABAJARAS - CASUALLY CLASSIC LP 66

 For this weeks classical offering we have more guitar which I am not used to for just Classical, but long ago I got a collection dumped at Goodwill with lots from this genre.  Per Discogs:  Los Indios Tabajaras was a guitar duo of two brothers from Ceará, in the Northeast of Brazil. Probably as early as 1943, RCA's Latin American arm signed the duo to a recording contract. In the early 1950s, they took a break from performing and went back to study the guitar. After returning to the stage later that same decade, they released an album in the United States on a label named Vox.

Throughout this period, the duo had a steady stream of releases on RCA in Mexico and one of these, a Mexican popular tune named "María Elena", became a steady seller, a success throughout Latin America and was finally released on a single in the U.S. in 1963. It spent 14 weeks on the Hot 100 in the fall of 1963. RCA released albums by Los Indios Tabajaras into the 1980s

https://bestfile.io/en/CXudXrZdQfdczSW/file

LET'S ACTIVE - afoot EP 83 w Cypress LP 84 w Big Plans For Everybody CD 86 w Every Dog Has His Day CD 88 w Live & Rarities CD

REPOST Request and ADD ON:  Keeping my old vinyl rips on the first two then adding all the rest that I had in back files and from youtube.  Couldn't find the live that was tacked on to one album and Rarities tacked on to the other folder I had from blogs.  Here is the Discogs:  American jangle pop band based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Formed in 1981 by Mitch Easter, disbanded in 1990. In August 2014 the band reunited for a benefit performance.  This band it seems has become quite popular

https://bestfile.io/en/sUMyldZFfhmx2Rt/file