Nostalgia Catalogue – Alto CD

A Nation Sings – Welsh Song Festival also ‘with Rhos & Treorchy Male Voice Choirs

amuletts — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 00:05:50 +0000

Here, indeed, is artistic talent bearing the indelibly engraved hallmark of suffering and heroism translated for all time into song.

‘Gymanfa Ganu’ / 5,000 Voices

[1] Diadem 3:48 [2] Trewen 3:11 [3] Aberystwyth 2:37

[4] Llef (Cry) 2:42 [5] Calon Lan (Guileless Heart) 2:54 [6] Sanctus 3:40

[7] Cwm Rhondda 3:10 [8] Builth 2:36 [9] Rachie 3:04

[10] I Need Thee Every Hour 3:42 [11] Bryn Calfaria (Calvary Hill) 1:55

[12] Rhyd y Groes 4:55 [13] Crimond 2:30

Director: Terry James; Royal Albert Hall Organ: Cyril Anthony; Words: Emyr Jones

Treorchy Male Voice Choir

Conductors: John Haydn Davies, John Cynan Jones* Organ (14): D.J. Rees

[14] Zion Hears the Watchmen Singing (‘Sleepers Awake’- JS Bach) 5:00

[15] O Bone Jesu 2:00 [16] A Russian Hymn 2:26

[17] Come Let Us to the Lord Our God* 2:08

Rhos Male Voice Choir

Director: Edward Jones; Organ: John Tudor Davies

[18] Ave Verum 3:39 [19] Ar Doriad Dydd (At Break of Day) 2:18

[20] Myfanwy 3:22 [21] Tydi A Roddaist (Thou Gavest) 3:16

[22] Hiraeth (Exiles Longing) 3:59 [23] Psalm 23 (Schubert) 6:21

[24] Hen Wlad Fy Nhadru (Welsh National Anthem) 1:40

TOTAL TIME 78:00 Recordings 1958-62

LP Audio restoration & remastering: Gene Gaudette & Paul Arden-Taylor

Bing Crosby – Best EVER 1CD Collection !

amuletts — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 00:05:16 +0000

Over 60 mins original HITS PLUS 15 mins Christmas ‘GOLD’ tracks including also many famous accompanists from the Andrews Sisters to Frank Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney, Louis Armstrong, Bob Hope, Grace Kelly and more !

[1] Don’t Fence Me in (with Andrews Sisters) 3:03

[2] True Love (with Grace Kelly) 3:06

[3] People Will Say We’re in Love (with Rosemary Clooney) 2:57

[4] Galway Bay 3:01

[5] MacNamara’s Band 2:41

[6] I’ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen 2:51

[7] The Isle of Innisfree 3:01

[8] Ac-cen-tchu-ate the Positive (with Andrews Sisters) 2:41

[9] I’ll Be Seeing You 2:49

[10] Road to Morocco (with Bob Hope) 2:36

[11] It’s Been a Long Long Time (with Les Paul Trio) 2:56

[12] Anything You Can Do (with Andrews Sisters) 3:02

[13] Gone Fishin’ (with Louis Armstrong) 2:29

[14] Swingin’ on a Star (with Williams Brothers) 2:30

[15] Sweet Leilani (Hawaiian Lullaby) 2:02

[16] Pennies from Heaven 3:09

[17] Well Did You Evah (with Frank Sinatra) 3:49

[18] Some Enchanted Evening 3:03

[19] Whiffenpoof Song (with Fred Waring / Glee Club) 3:01

[20] Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ra (The Irish Lullaby) 3:18

[21] Now is the Hour (Maori Farewell) 3:07

[22] Where the Blue of the Night… 3:10

XMAS GOLD

[23] I’ll Be Home for Christmas 2:55

[24] Silent Night 2:41

[25] Mele Kalikimaka (Hawaiian Christmas) (with Andrews Sisters) 2:53

[26] Silver Bells (with Carol Richards) 3:03

[27] White Christmas 3:03

TOTAL TIME 79:18 Remastered for Alto by Paul Arden-Taylor

Crooners- HITS: Let there be LOVE Best EVER 1CD Collection !

amuletts — Wed, 15 May 2024 00:05:44 +0000

Perfect romantic vocals !

Nat King Cole: Let There be Love 2:44

Andy Williams: Moon River 2:44

Dooley Wilson: As Time Goes by (Casablanca) 2:44

Matt Monro: Portrait of my Love 2:47

Elvis Presley: Can’t Help Falling in Love 3:01

Engelbert Humperdinck: Love me Sincerely 2:38

Dean Martin: Memories are Made of This 2:15

Al Martino: I Love you Because 2:43

Harry Belafonte: Try to Remember 3:23

Perry Como: Magic Moments 2:38

Elvis Presley: Love me Tender 2:42

Frank Sinatra: Someone to Watch over Me 2:58

Bing Crosby: True Love (with Grace Kelly) 3:03

Bobby Vinton: Blue Velvet 2:47

Jimmie Rodgers: Kisses Sweeter than Wine 2:18

Perry Como: Catch a Falling Star 2:29

Jim Reeves: Welcome to my World 2:33

Bing Crosby: Galway Bay 3.00

Vic Damone: On the Street Where you Live 2:18

Charles Trenet: La Mer 3:19

Kyu Sakamoto: Sukiyaki (Ue o Muite Arukō) 3:07

Roy Orbison: In Dreams 2:50

Elvis Presley: Wooden Heart 2:03

Tony Bennett: I Left My Heart In San Francisco 2:49

Billy Eckstine: Passing Strangers (with Sarah Vaughan) 2:38

Andy Williams: Can’t Get Used to Losing You 2:22

Burl Ives: Little Bitty Tear 2:00

Roy Orbison: Crying 2:47

Matt Munro: Softly as I Leave You 3:24

Favourite Shakespeare Sonnets

amuletts — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 01:49:21 +0000

This superb selection is based upon collective favourites of academics and public alike and each part starts with the most popular choices’.

NB below is a SMALL selection of 60-plus Sonnets

Which will be grouped in tracks of 3 at a time

No. 18: “Shall I Compare thee to a summer’s day?” 0.83

No. 29: “When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes” 0.95

No. 30: “When to the sessions of sweet silent thought” 1.03

No. 33: “Full many a glorious morning have I seen” 0.93

No. 2: “When forty winters shall besiege thy brow” 0.87

No. 12: “When I do count the clock that tells the time” 0.85

No. 73: “That time of year thou mayst in me behold” 0.97

No. 87: “Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing” 0.97

No. 106: “When in the chronicle of wasted time” 0.83

No. 116: “Let me not to the marriage of true minds” 0.88

No. 129: “The expense of spirit in a waste of shame” 0.92

No. 14:. “Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck” 0.85

No. 34: “Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day” 0.85

No. 71: “No longer mourn for me when I am dead” 0.93

No. 49: “Against that time, if ever that time come” 0.95

No. 130: “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” 0.95

No. 55: “Not marble, nor the gilded monuments” 0.9

No. 66: “Tir’d with all these, fur restful death I cry” 0.93

No. 91: “Some glory in their birth, some in their skill” 0.83

No. 97: “How like a winter hath my absence been” 0.83

No. 19: “Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion’s paws” 0.92

No. 138: “When my love swears she is made of truth” 0.83

No. 144: “Two loves I have of comfort and despair” 1.03

& MANY MORE !

Stand by Me: 30 Soul & Chiffon HITS

amuletts — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:48:57 +0000

“in mid-1950’s USA the Teenager was born of the post-war boom. A new retail demographic was determined to impose their tastes away from sheet-music to newly invented 45’s, LP’s and Charts: a major worldwide industry was born” (MusicalMerit)

1. Stand by Me – Ben E. King 2:58

2. Save the Last Dance for Me – The Drifters 2:28

3. Another Saturday Night – Sam Cooke 2:42

4. Let’s Twist Again – Chubby Checker 2:17

5. Please Mr. Postman – The Marvelettes 2:26

6. The Loco-Motion – Little Eva 2:22

7. He’s So Fine – The Chiffons 1:51

8. Don’t Make Me Over – Dionne Warwick 3:13

9. Spanish Harlem – Ben E. King 2:52

10. Take these Chains from My Heart – Ray Charles 2:55

11. These Arms of Mine – Otis Redding 2:31

12. Can I Get a Witness – Marvin Gaye 2:48

13. At Last – Etta James 2:59

14. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? – The Shirelles 2:40

15. Tell Him! – The Exciters 2:27

16. To Know Him is to Love Him – Teddy Bears 2:22

17. Up on the Roof – The Drifters 2:34

18. You Better Move on – Arthur Alexander 2:43

19. Baby it’s You – The Shirelles 2:40

20. Just One Look – Doris Troy 2:29

21. Make it Easy on Yourself – Jerry Butler 2:39

22. Let’s Stick Together – Wilbert Harrison 2:27

23. Heat Wave – Martha Reeves & The Vandellas 2:43

24. You’re No Good – Betty Everett 2:21

25. Cry to Me – Solomon Burke 2:32

26. Bring it on Home to Me – Sam Cooke 2:42

27. My Boyfriend’s Back (live) – The Angels 2:11

28. Da Doo Ron Ron – The Crystals 2:13

29. Chain Gang – Sam Cooke 2:34

30. I Can’t Stop Loving You – Ray Charles digital 4:15 2:37

Total Time 78:33

Produced by Tony Watts Final Master: Paul Arden-Taylor

Favourite Military Bands

amuletts — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:48:35 +0000

“78+ minutes of classics in superb sound – (UK best-seller)
originals plus 18 minutes with favourites for Pipes & Drums !

Favourite Military Bands

Best New Collection !

COLDSTREAM GUARDS / Douglas A Pope

1. Lilli Marlene 2:37 2.Polonaise Militaire 3:28 3.Medley – Canada 1:40

4. Song of the Volga Boatmen 3:10 5. Waltzing Matilda 2:29

6. Funiculi Funicula 2:38

Royal Scots Greys + Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders

7. The Kiltie’s Courtship 1:30 8. Robbie Burns Medley 3:36

9. Colonel Bogey 2:24 10. Holyrood 1:41

11 The Green Hills of Tyrol + We’re No Awa’ tae Bide Awa’ 2:29

ROYAL MARINES 12. Mechanised Infantry 2:17 13. The Middy 1:51

GRENADIER GUARDS 14. Sussex by the Sea 1:31

15. On the Quarter Deck 2:52 16. The Rose – Selection 4:37

COLDSTREAM GUARDS in London/ Douglas A Pope

17. Knightsbridge March 4:16 18. Medley Around Buckingham Palace 3:33

19. March of the Peers 3:16 20. Old Father Thames 3:22

1st Battalion Irish Guards Pipes & Drums

21. The Wearing of the Green – The Last Rose of Summer 2:04

22. Believe Me 2:01 23 Canbeen Trimmed with Blue 2:10

CLP 1705 RAF CENTRAL BAND Wing Cmdr J L Wallace

24. RAF March Past 2:55 25. The Queen’s Colour 1:18

26. The College March 1:47 27. The Lincolnshire Poacher & Fanfare 1:04

28. Water Music 3:16 29. Coburg 2:22

30. The British Grenadiers / Scipio 2:05

31. Highland Laddie / Auld Lang Syne 1:30

Dean Martin: Best Ever Collection !

amuletts — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:48:34 +0000

“That luxurious voice, personal warmth, and humour (with Italian flourish…) come through so well in these 30 hit tracks”

1 How d’ya Like Your Eggs in the Morning (with Helen Ross) 2:46

2 Memories are Made of This 2:15

3 That’s Amore ! 3:06

4 Return to Me 2:23

5 Volare 2:58

6 You Belong to Me 3:02

7 Sway 2:42

8 Arrivederci Roma 2:40

9 Mambo Italiano 2:18

10 Napoli 2:07

11 Santa Lucia 2:50

12 The Man Who Plays the Mandolino 2:48

13 Innamorata (Sweetheart) 2:25

14 Dream a Little Dream of Me 3:13

15 Kiss 2:20

16 How Do You Speak to an Angel 1:56

17 La Vie en Rose 2:23

18 Under the Bridges of Paris 2:45

19 I Love Paris 2:59

20 Let Me Go, Lover 3:00

21 My Rifle, My Pony, and Me 2:43

22 There’s No Tomorrow (O Sole Mio) 2:46

23 Take Me in Your Arms (Torna a Sorriento) 2:37

24 You’re Breaking My Heart (Mattinata) 2:44

25 Things … Like a Walk in the Park 2:36

26 The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane 2:48

27 You’re Nobody ‘til Somebody Loves You 2:11

28 I Walk the Line 2:25

29 Baby it’s Cold Outside 2:16

30 Let it Snow, Let it Snow… 1:56

Best of British Brass Bands

amuletts — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:47:48 +0000

“Plenty of treats here as expert players are able to display their skills both in groups and as soloists in 27 pieces (mostly specially arranged)”

Massed Brass Bands of Fodens, Fairey Aviation & Morris Motors

conducted by Harry Mortimer OBE

1. William Tell Overture – finale (Rossini) 3:23

2. Three of a Kind (Heyler) 2:25

3. The Donkey Serenade (Friml) 2:16

4. Finlandia (Sibelius arr Bidgood) 7:14

5. Trumpet Voluntary (Clarke arr Wright) 2:20

6. Serenade (Heykens) 3:15

7. Trombones to the Fore (Scull arr Pope) 3:04

8. Whispering Brass (Haysom arr Gay) 2:33

9. Marching Trumpets (Seymour/Siebert) 2:29

Harry Mortimer and his All-Star Brass

from Faireys, Fodens, GUS and Morris Bands

10 The Faithful Hussar (Frantzen) 2:35

11 When Johnny Comes Marching Home (Trad arr Howe) 3:58

12 Sousa on Parade (Medley- Sousa arr Palmer) 4:45

Hymns with Grimethorpe Colliery Band / George Thompson

13 Aberystwyth – Saviour When in Dust to Thee (Parry) 2:01

14 Bethany – Nearer my God to Thee (Mason) 1:56

15 Crimond – The Lord’s my Shepherd (Irvine) 2:00

16 Easter Hymn – Christ the Lord is Risen Today (Anon) 1:11

17 Eventide – Abide with me (Monk) 3:20

18 The Old Rugged Cross (Trad arr Thompson) 2:44

19 St. Clements – The Day Thou Gavest (Schofield arr Thompson) 2:01

20 Jerusalem – And did Those Feet (Parry arr Rimmer) 3:00

21 Cwm Rhondda – Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer (Hughes) 1:31

22 Old Hundredth – All People that on Earth do Dwell (arr Allan) 1:08

Black Dyke Mills Band / Geoffrey Witham* / Major C.H. Jaeger**

23 Spanish Harlequin (Haysom arr Pope)* 2:39

24 Carnival of Venice (W Rimmer arr D Rimmer)* Solo cornet: Jim Shepherd 5:18

25 Orpheus in the Underworld – Can-Can (Offenbach arr Hibbert)** 2:00

26 Thunder and Lightning Polka (J Strauss II arr Wright)** 2:43

27 The Mikado – Selection (Sullivan)* 4:41

Time 79:36; Originally issued Decca (1-9); EMI (10-12, 23-27); (Pye 13-22).

Digital Re-mastering: Paul Arden-Taylor (www.dinmore-records.co.uk)

Judy Garland – BEST EVER COLLECTION !

amuletts — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:47:04 +0000

28 tracks, 79 minutes of one of Hollywood’s most endearing, but also tragic, major stars who could act as well as sing and who blazed a trail from The Wizard of Oz, through For Me & My Gal Meet Me in St.Louis, and Easter Parade and many more !

1. Over the Rainbow (Wizard of Oz) 2:47

2. Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart 2:55

3. On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe (with The Merry Macs) 3:07

4. (Dear Mr. Gable) You Made Me Love You 3:10

5. For Me and My Gal (with Gene Kelly) 2:29

6. Be a Clown (with Gene Kelly) 2:36

7. When You Wore a Tulip (and I Wore a Big Red Rose) (with Gene Kelly) 2:35

8. On the Sunny Side of the Street 2:30

9. I’m Nobody’s Baby 2:53

10. But Not for Me 3:07

11. It’s a Great Day for the Irish 2:26

12. That Old Black Magic 2:43

13. A Couple of Swells (with Fred Astaire) 2:36

14. Easter Parade (with Fred Astaire) 2:40

15. Get Happy 2:47

16. You’ll Never Walk Alone 3:17

17. How About You? 2:57

18. Love 3:23

19. Friendship (with Johnny Mercer) 2:31

20. Embraceable You 2:48

21. This Heart of Mine 3:13

22. I’m Just Wild About Harry 1:55

23. The Man That Got Away 3:38

24. By Myself 2:34

Meet Me in St. Louis:

25. Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis 2:13

26. The Boy Next Door 3:05

27. The Trolley Song (Ring ring ring …) 2:44

BONUS: 28. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 2:00

Ultimate Jazz Classics: 2LPs – 1CD John Coltrane: Giant Steps / My Favorite Things

amuletts — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:47:03 +0000

Giant Steps (Coltrane)

Cousin Mary (Coltrane) 4:47

Countdown (Coltrane) 5:48

Spiral (Coltrane) 2:24

Syeeda’s Song Flute (Coltrane) 7:04

Naima* (Coltrane) 4:19

(*Wynton Kelly piano, Jimmy Cobb drums)

Mr.P.C. (Coltrane) 7:00

John Coltrane (tenor sax) Paul Chambers (bass) Art Taylor (drums) Tommy Flanagan (piano)

Album originally issued on Atlantic, SD 1311, 1960

Recorded May 4,5 (1-5 and 7) and December 2 (track 6), 1959

Producer: Nesuhi Ertegun; Engineers : Tom Dowd; Phil Lehle

My Favorite Things

My Favorite Things (Rodgers) 13:52

Ev’rytime We Say Goodbye (Porter) 5:45

Summertime (Gershwin) 11:40

But Not for Me (Gershwin) 9:44

John Coltrane (soprano sax); McCoy Tyner (piano); Steve Davis (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)

Album originally issued on Atlantic, SD 1361, 1961

Recorded at Atlantic Studios, NYC October 21,24 and 26th 1960;.

Producer: Nesuhi Ertegun; Engineer, Phil Lehle

[Giant Steps] “perhaps Coltrane’s most playable, memorable, and best-sustained record. The tunes are uniformly marvellous, riffs or steps or even melodies which have become integral parts of the modern jazz book” [MFT] “dominated by his soprano sax … the important thing is that both Coltrane and Tyner reduce the material to a couple of scales and ignore the changes, without forgetting to return to the main theme ..gives the music a suitably endless feel” (Penguin Jazz Guide)