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Featured tracks in recent programmes:
Handful of Songs/Tommy Steele (Decca 1957)
Train of Love/Johnny Cash (Sun-US, 1957 - see CD-vinyl list below)
Love Letters/Julie London (Capitol, 1962)
Sealed with a Kiss/Bryan Hyland (HMV, 1962)
We Gotta get out of This Place/Animals (Columbia, 1965)
Here Comes the Night/Them (Decca, 1965)
What are we Gonna Do/Davy Jones (Colpix-US, 1965)
Hard days Night/Peter Sellers (Parlophone, 1965)
Have I Stayed too Long/Sonny & Cher (Atco-US, 1966)
River Deep Mountain High/Ike & TinaTurner (London, 1966)
Cowboys to Girls/Intruders (Ember, 1968)
Alone Again, Or/Love (Elektra, 1968 - see CD list below)
United we Stand/Brotherhood of Man (Deram, 1970)
I’ll Play the Blues for You/Albert King (Stax, 1972)
Clog Dance/Violinski (Jet, 1979)
Call of the Wild/deep Purple (Polydor, 1987 from the LP ‘House of Blue Light’)

Our Top 3 biggest selling UK singles this week come from Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - now featured on a Rhino double CD. Follow the links from the LOVE CD review below.

Please note all the above are original UK label details except where shown as a US original release.

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Current featured CD’s:

You’ll remember many of Petula Clark’s big Pye hits, but what about her 70’s recordings?’Don’t Cry For Me Argentina - the CBS Years Volume 2′ represents some of her finest but lesser-known recordings. Go to www.zonerecordsltd.com and you can also follow the link there to find out more about the new double CD from Rod McKuen, recorded in London in the early 70’s. And watch for a new Doris Day set from Zone, to be released at the end of this month.

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Go to www.cherryred.co.uk and look for a new ‘Presenting The Bachelors’ release on RPM. It’s a re-issue of the original Decca LP with hits ‘Diane’ and ‘Charmaine’ but there are other bonus hit single tracks as well like ‘I Wouldnt Trade You For The World’.

From the Rhino-Atco label comes ‘Lulu - the Atco Sessions 1969-72′ - listen out for tracks in our programmes starting this weekend. The double CD - part of the ‘Collector’s Edition’ - contains gems such as ‘In The Morning’ and Lulu’s version of ‘Mr Bojangles’. A really quality release.

Released later in August on Retro Deluxe there’s a limited edition boxed set of 7-inch vinyl singles by one-time Sun recording artist and Country legend Johnny Cash. Replicating the original label art, this six single set includes Cash classics like ‘I Walk The Line’,recorded for Sam Phillips’ Sun label, where of course Elvis Presley started his recording career. We’re playing ‘Train of Love’ this week - find out more at http://www.vibrantrecordsgroup.com and watch for a David Soul collection, for release in September from the same company.

Go to www.shoutrecords.co.uk where you will find details of new CDs by Solomon Burke (’This is It - the Origins of Soul’) and Joe Tex. ‘First on the Dial’ is a collection of Joe’s early work, before the days of ‘Hold on to What You’ve Got’ and ‘Show Me’. Listen for tracks on our shows.

Rhino have a Collectors Edition double CD with bonus tracks. From that same Rhino label comes a double CD by LOVE, whose ‘Forever Changes’ album was one of THE releases of the late 60,s featuring the fabulous ‘Alone Again…Or’ track. Superbly packaged - more on this and other Collector’s Editions at http://www.rhino.co.uk/collectors-editions.htm

From EMI, a collection of CD’s by Kiki Dee, who hit number one in the 70’s with Elton John, but made some superb solo singles herself. We’ll be looking at all of the CD’s in the coming weeks - first is ‘Loving & Free’ which includes that mid-70’s hit and her version of ‘Amoureuse’. All the re-issues come with excellent liner notes by music journalist Chris White. All EMI releases are available from the major stores or online at www.amazon.co.uk.

Acrobat Music continue their programme of re-issuing the best of the Ember catalogue, now with a CD from the brilliant Scottish jazz singer Annie Ross. ‘A Handful of Songs’ can be found at www.acrobatmusic.net and watch for more Ember re-issues from Acrobat in the coming weeks, including one from Lita Roza, a big 50’s star, who died just recently.

There’s a top CD from Isles FM, the local station based in Stornoway. ‘And The Accordions Played’ includes tracks from bands such as Wolfstone and Face the West.

And, lastly, take time out to listen to a new name Steve Larkman. Go to www.foreverrecords.co.uk for more information. You can buy his CD ‘Love, Hope and Glory’ at that website - or from Amazon.

Our weekly regular programmes are broadcast over OMR:-

Sundays 1200 - 1320

Wednesdays 1300 - 1420

Thursdays 2000 - 2120

Saturdays 0800 - 0920

Isles FM to the Highlands and Islands of Scotland:-

Mondays 1005 - 1130

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Rodney Collins has worked in the media since the mid 1960’s, including management posts at ATV, Pye Records, Billboard inc, BBC Radios 1 & 2, Radio Luxembourg and as Managing Director of several local radio stations in the British Isles. See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1790935.stm and
http://www.bridlingtonfreepress.co.uk/news/Broadcasting-to-the-world-.3702707.jp
Since 2000, he has operated small hotels with his wife and daughter (currently Radcliffe House in Bridlington see www.theradcliffeguesthouse.co.uk ) while continuing to broadcast and produce music CD’s.

Published Tuesday, August 19 2008

Rodney Collins Blog