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Author Archives: Franko
DAVID LONDON – David London – (RCA) – 1981
what Frank is listening to #197 – DAVID LONDON – David London – (RCA) – 1981 I'd never heard of this guy before and didn't hold out much hope given the sleeve art. The sleeve art is fairly … Continue reading
HELEN MERRILL – Rodgers & Hammerstein Album – (DRG) – 1982
what Frank is listening to #196 – HELEN MERRILL – Rodgers & Hammerstein Album – (DRG) – 1982 The reason I like "commenting" on albums by acts I have already commented on is that I don't have to invest … Continue reading
WORLD PARTY – Private Revolution – (Chrysalis) – 1986
what Frank is listening to #194 – WORLD PARTY – Private Revolution – (Chrysalis) – 1986 I actually bought the single from this album, "Ship of Fools" when it came out. For fucks sake it is an incredibly catchy … Continue reading
CHER – Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves – (Kapp) – 1971
what Frank is listening to #193 – CHER – Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves – (Kapp) – 1971 Back in #130 when commenting on a "Sonny & Cher" album I said the following: I have a dirty little secret … Continue reading
AL STEWART – Orange – (CBS) – 1972
"Year of the Cat", anything else? Even the reasonably involved musical listener would have problems naming another song by Al Stewart. Just like "Streets of London" is forever associated with Ralph McTell, an artist not dissimilar to Stewart, "Year of … Continue reading
THE BEAT – The Beat – (CBS) – 1979
This album was always going to be approached favourably by me, after all, lead singer Collins was in the Nerves with Peter Case. I went through a big Peter Case / Plimsouls stage in the 80s. So I figured this … Continue reading
THE HOMBRES – Let It Out – (Verve) – 1967
I've been hanging to play this album since I got it … which wasn't that long ago. It was one I've been looking for for some time but it was always too expensive locally. Luckily I won this copy for under … Continue reading
PETER AND GORDON – Somewhere – (Columbia) – 1966
Back in what Frank is listening to #141 I said this about Peter & Gordon … Peter Asher and Gordon Waller always crop up on "hits" albums of the 60s and indeed they should as they had many hits in the … Continue reading
KERRY CHATER – Love on a Shoestring – (Warner Brothers) – 1978
I didn't know about this guy at all … with more research than was required I found: He was bass player in Gary Puckett and the Union Gap … the whitest and slickest of the soft pop groups from … Continue reading
