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THE OVERTONES "SMOKE RINGS / HAWAIIAN HAZE" (1959) [featuring VINNIE BELL on...
Here comes another chapter in my attempt to reconstruct Vinnie Bell's path in the recorded music industry before his first single and debut album were released in 1960.The last time I treated you with...
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HEAT EXCHANGE "ONE STEP AHEAD" (1979)
Brian Lawrence Bennett was born in Palmers Green, North London, on February 8th, 1940. His interest in music dated from an early age, and as a small child he used to listen to radio broadcasts from the...
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DICK JENSEN "THE WRITER" (1979)
Oh me, oh meI hate the morning after the night beforeI know I can't take it anymoreI know I've said it once or twice beforeI hate the morning after the night beforeThese bloodshot eyes now realizethose...
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THE SPACEMEN "JERSEY BOUNCE / BLAST OFF" (1959) [featuring VINNIE BELL on...
This is the short final chapter in my attempt to reconstruct Vinnie Bell's path in the recorded music industry before his first single and debut album were released in 1960.Previous posts have featured...
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DICK HYMAN "MOOG - THE ELECTRIC ECLECTICS OF DICK HYMAN" (1969)
«The Startling Sounds of the Brave New Music World!... Singular, synthesized composition that heralds the future art of Sound-Expansion! This is the new sound of music: amazing, melodic electronic...
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PANCY LAU (劉鳳屏) "MY HEART IS BEATING - 我的心蹦蹦跳" (1968)
Pancy Lau (Lau Fung Ping, 劉鳳屏 or 刘鳳屏, also referred to as Liu Feng Ping) was born sometimes in the late 40s / early 50s in a family of musicians; her father Lau Bak Lok (劉伯樂) - also known as Tin Ngai...
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SAKURA (櫻花) "SAKURA GOES BOOM BOOM WITH THE QUESTS" (1967)
Ying Hua, best known by her stage name of Sakura Teng, was born in Muar, state of Johor, Malaysia, in May 1948. She grew up there, where she received her education in Chinese and English, but has...
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VINNY BELL "WHISTLE STOP" (1964)
«SPECIAL NOTE TO THE CONSUMER AND RECORD REVIEWER: this album contains recordings by VINNIE BELL, at this writing New York's busiest studio guitar player. It is designed to show-case Vinnie's...
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DICK JENSEN "HONOLULU GIRLS / ON THE BEACH" (circa 1982-84)
As promised just a few months ago, here comes what could possibly be one of the last posts in the long series that I dedicated to Dick Jensen since October 2011. Well, I must admit that I am...
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FOUR TOPS "LIVE & IN CONCERT" (1974)
There's not a street that you can walkYou've got to watch just who you're talkin' toThey're out to get 'yaCan't turn your back on a smiling faceNext thing you know, there ain't no trace of youAnd this...
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DICK HYMAN "STROBO / LAY, LADY, LAY" (1969)
Richard "Dick" Hyman (born March 8, 1927, New York City) is an American jazz pianist/keyboardist and composer, best known for his versatility with jazz piano styles. Over a 50-year career, he has...
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THE SHEEP RECORDS STORY #21: LOS BANDITOS "OPIUMPARTY" (2002)
Sheep Records was a Swiss underground label specialized in Garage-Rock, Surf, Lounge and other Rock'n'Roll oddities. Run by Christian Müller from Zürich, along with friends Andi Frick and Andreas Egi,...
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ANDREA LIBEROVICI "LIBEROVICI" (1980)
Piccola mia, dormi ancora che è prestodormi ancora, il sole è lontanoPiccola mia, no, non voglio svegliartivoglio solo accarezzartiIl sole è nato, ancora addormentatala tua pelle è tutta sudataLa casa...
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ENOCH LIGHT AND THE LIGHT BRIGADE"PERMISSIVE POLYPHONICS"(STEREO-4...
«Enjoy a wild, all-out performance of “Puppet Man” featuring Julio Ruggiero on Fender bass, Bernie Glow and Mel Davis on trumpets, Dick Hyman on electric organ, Arnie Lawrence on alto sax.Experience...
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DICK HYMAN "THE AGE OF ELECTRONICUS" (1969)
«Joe Carlton, Command Records president, is moving on several roots to advance the field of electronic pop music. He is proposing to guitar companies that they manufacture a guitar synthesizer which,...
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PIETRO ATTILA AND THE WARLOCKS "PIETRO AND THE WARLOCKS" (1969)
You say it's your birthdayIt's my birthday too, yeahThey say it's your birthdayWe're gonna have a good timeI'm glad it's your birthdayHappy birthday to youYes we're going to a party partyYes we're...
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FERRANTE & TEICHER "ADVENTURE IN CAROLS" (1956)
«What other duo-pianist can boast that they have played together since the age of six? Arthur Ferrante and Louis Teicher were fellow prodigies at New York’s famous Juilliard School of Music, and even...
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PANCY LAU (劉鳳屏) "快回頭望一望" (EP, 1969)
Pancy Lau (Lau Fung Ping, 劉鳳屏 or 刘鳳屏, also referred to as Liu Feng Ping) was born sometimes in the late 40s / early 50s in a family of musicians; her father Lau Bak Lok (劉伯樂) - also known as Tin Ngai...
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ROBERTO BRIVIO "SALVE EROI DELLA LUNA / GLASS" (1969)
Best known as a member of I Gufi (The Owls) - an Italian musical and comedy ensamble - actor, singer, comedian and writer Roberto Brivio was born in Milan in February 1938.Son of a man from the Brianza...
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SCOTT WALKER, 9 January 1943 - 25 March 2019
Scott Walker has joined the great majority today. I truly regret that the final chapter in the trilogy of posts dedicated to his lostalbums could not be posted here on Stereo Candies before this...
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RITA CHAO (凌雲) "RITA CHAO WITH THE QUESTS" (1967)
Rita Chao, best known to her Mandarin-speaking fans as 凌雲 (…Ling Yun, Ling Ying or Seow Mei-Mei, depending on your preferred source of information…), was born in Singapore, probably sometimes in 1949...
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LONG HOT SUMMER
Long time no see! There hasn't been any new posts here on Stereo Candies since late April... Unfortunately, sometimes life gets in the way and priorities change. I am still not calling it a day, but I...
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DICK HYMAN "THE MAN FROM O.R.G.A.N." (1966)
«The dynamic genius of Dick Hyman, who has found unbelievably resourceful ways of using the organ to express the pulsing drama, the fun and the soaring beauty of today's vivid, new music, goes to work...
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RITA CHAO (凌雲) "HANKY PANKY" (1967)
Rita Chao, best known to her Mandarin-speaking fans as 凌雲 (…Ling Yun, Ling Ying or Seow Mei-Mei, depending on your preferred source of information…), was born in Singapore, probably sometimes in 1949...
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JIMI TENOR AND HIS SHAMANS "FIGHT / CRISIS" (1989)
Jimi Tenor was born in 1965 as Lassi O. T. Lehto in Lahti, Finland. The resemblance to the youngest member of The Osmonds, Little Jimmy Osmond, earned him his nickname of Jimi in the early '70s. Just...
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