Al Bowlly - Al Bowlly Collection 1927-40Al Bowlly was one of the first British artists who could seriously be called a pop idol he was a crooner in the heyday of the dance band era of the '30s, whose effortless romantic vocals made him a true superstar of his era. In a career spanning less than 15 years before he was killed in a London air raid in 1941, he made almost 1000 recordings, and made the successful shift in the mid '30s to conquer the US market as well. There is still an enormous

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Carol Douglas ("Night Fever") and much more

Andrew Jackson

They met each other halfway

and as a member of Jeff Sanford's Cartoon Jazz Orchestra

Gaetano Donizetti's La Favorite was rather laborious in the making: it started out as a re-working of L'Ange de Nisida

The trio of Romances sans paroles opens with a lovely Chant d'amour

Lunar Vacation had graduated

the original multitrack tapes have been meticulously restored and mixed by Grammy-winning producer Giles Martin and engineer Sam Okell

As in many operas

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and I'm delighted to be part of this marvelous tradition of the Shakti group