MUSIC

Coloured Vinyl, High Quality
As a follow-up of “Lonesome & Blue – The Original Versions”, herewith “Lonesome & Blue – Under The Covers”. 21 remastered originals from England’s Newest Hit Makers in the early sixties. Opener on “Lonesome & Blue Vol. 2” is Howlin’ Wolf’s “Little Baby” (‘Stripped’ 1995). There’s Allen Toussaint’s “Fortune Teller” (‘Got Live If You Want It’ 1966), Muddy Waters’ “Mannish Boy” (‘Love You Live’ 1977), The Coasters’ “Poison Ivy” (‘No Stone Unturned’ 1970) and the closing track on the album is “You Better Move On” from southern soul singer Arthur Alexander (‘December’s Children’). The blues as chosen by five young (blues)-rockers from London.

High Quality, Coloured Vinyl
Like the two ‘Lonesome & Blue’ compilation albums containing the ‘Rhythm ‘n Blues’ & ‘Rock ‘n Roll’ music that inspired Keith and Mick, fellow Londoners Led Zeppelin were also fans of the rich Afro-American jazz and blues culture. They were Inspired by Muddy Waters’ Mississippi blues, Robert Johnson’s Delta blues and the upcoming Rock ‘n Roll from the likes as Little Richard and Eddie Cochran. When the Afro-American Jazz and Blues scene gave birth to the Rock ‘n Roll in America, on this side of the Atlantic during the early to mid-1960s, the ‘Mods’ pre-paired a British Invasion with The Stones, The Who, The Cream and Led Zeppelin inventing and introducing the ‘British (white) Blues’.

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The Hollywood String Quartet plays Schoenberg, Ravel and Debussy.

Label: Vinyl Passion – VP 80080
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered
Country: Europe
Released: 2017
Genre: Rock, Pop
Style: Rock & Roll, Chanson

High Quality
Russ Garcia’s ‘Sounds In the Night’ has often been hailed by critics as one of the greatest choral albums ever made. The album transforms traditional jazz/pop standards into wonderfully haunting pieces for a mixed male and female chorus of nine voices. There aren’t many details about ‘Sounds In The Night’. Garcia later remarked that he used session singer Marni Nixon on the album, which might imply that the other voices came from Randy Van Horne’s ensemble, since Nixon and Van Horne were working together at the time. The choral arrangements by Garcia create a melancholy mood, almost a heavenly, transcendental music, that cannot be compared to anything you have ever heard!