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If You Listen
''4th English Album'' is a studio album of the French singer Françoise Hardy released in South Africa in 1971. A French edition was released with no title in 1972. Since its French reissue in 2000 on CD, the album has a new cover and bears the title of its most commercially successful song: ''If You Listen'' (See section: "Other editions"). First edition * , December 1971: LP, ''4th English Album'', MvN (MVC 3520). Background *Arrangements, directions artistic: Tony Cox (A1 to A5 + B1 to B4), Hervé Roy (A6), Tommy Brown and Micky Jones (B5) * Sound engineers: Victor (A1 to A5 + B1 to B4 + B6), Bernard Estardy (A6), René Ameline (B5) Track listing Others editions * , 1972: LP, ''Let My Name Be Sorrow'', éd. Kundalini/Interfusion (SITFL 934.290). * , 1972: LP, ''Let My Name Be Sorrow'', éd. Kundalini/Interfusion (SITFL 934.290). * , September 1972: LP, Kundalini Editions (KUN 65057). * , 1972: LP, Kundalini/CBS (S 65057). * , 1974: LP, Kundalini/Som Livre (40 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Françoise Hardy
Françoise Madeleine Hardy (; born 17 January 1944) is a French former singer and songwriter. Mainly known for singing melancholic sentimental ballads, Hardy has been an important figure in French pop music since her debut, spanning a career of more than fifty years with over thirty studio albums released. She rose to prominence in the early 1960s as a leading figure of the yé-yé wave, a genre of pop music and associated youth culture phenomenon that adapted to French the pop and rock styles that came from the United States and the United Kingdom. The singer differentiated herself from her peers by writing her own material, a rare feat in an industry dominated by older, male composers and producers. France's most exportable female singer of the era, Hardy rose to international fame and released music sung in English, Italian and German, in addition to her native French. She also landed roles as a supporting actress in the films ''Château en Suède'', '' Une balle au cœur'' an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stormbringer!
''Stormbringer!'' is a 1970 album released by John and Beverley Martyn. It has no connection to Michael Moorcock's 1965 Elric novel of the same name. John Martyn wrote six of the ten songs and Beverley four. The album was recorded under the direction of Paul Harris in Woodstock, New York. Two of the tracks feature the drumming of Levon Helm, from the Band – who had an influence on John Martyn's music. Track listing All tracks composed by John Martyn except where indicated. #"Go Out and Get It" #"Can't Get The One I Want" (Beverley Martyn) #"Stormbringer" #"Sweet Honesty" (Beverley Martyn) #"Woodstock" #"John The Baptist" #"The Ocean" (Beverley Martyn) #"Traffic-Light Lady" #"Tomorrow Time" (Beverley Martyn) #"Would You Believe Me?" The remastered CD issue contained the following previously unreleased tracks: #"One of Those Days" #"I Don't Know" #"John The Baptist" #"Traffic-Light Lady" The bonus tracks were recorded during a demo session at Sound Techniques Stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randy Newman
Randall Stuart Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist known for his Southern American English, Southern-accented singing style, early Americana (music), Americana-influenced songs (often with mordant or satirical lyrics), and various film scores. His best-known songs as a recording artist are "Short People" (1977), "I Love L.A." (1983), and "You've Got a Friend in Me" (1995) with Lyle Lovett, while other artists have enjoyed more success with cover versions of his "Mama Told Me Not to Come" (1966), "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" (1968) and "You Can Leave Your Hat On" (1972). Born in Los Angeles to an extended family of Hollywood film composers, Newman began his songwriting career at the age of 17, penning hits for acts such as the Fleetwoods, Cilla Black, Gene Pitney, and the Alan Price Set. In 1968, he made his formal debut as a solo artist with the album ''Randy Newman (album), Randy Newman'', produced by Lenny Waro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Think It's Going To Rain Today
"I Think It's Going to Rain Today" (or "I Think It's Gonna Rain Today") is a song by American singer-songwriter Randy Newman. It appears on Julius La Rosa's 1966 album ''You're Gonna Hear from Me'', Eric Burdon's 1967 album ''Eric Is Here'', on Newman's 1968 debut album '' Randy Newman'', in '' The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1'' (2003), and in Newman's official and bootleg live albums. It is one of his most covered songs. Background Newman told ''Rolling Stone'' that he wrote the song around 1963 or 1964. He went on to say that the "music is emotional – even beautiful – and the lyrics are not." Newman also said that the song bothered him due to the darkness and that the song felt "sophomoric" and "too maudlin". Newman stated in 2017 that he had signed away the publishing rights on his first album and as a result, does not see any money from people doing covers of those songs. Tom Northcott version The song was covered by Canadian folk-rock artist Tom Northcott in 1970. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apple Records
Apple Records is a record label founded by the Beatles in 1968 as a division of Apple Corps Ltd. It was initially intended as a creative outlet for the Beatles, both as a group and individually, plus a selection of other artists including Mary Hopkin, James Taylor, Badfinger, and Billy Preston. In practice, the roster had become dominated by the mid-1970s with releases of the former Beatles as solo artists. Allen Klein managed the label from 1969 to 1973, then it was managed by Neil Aspinall on behalf of the Beatles and their heirs. Aspinall retired in 2007 and was replaced by Jeff Jones. History 1967–1969: Early years Apple Corps Ltd was conceived by the Beatles in 1967 after the death of their manager Brian Epstein. It was intended to be a small group of companies (Apple Retail, Apple Publishing, Apple Electronics, and so on) as part of Epstein's plan to create a tax-effective business structure. The first project that the band released after forming the company was th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Hopkin
Mary Hopkin (born 3 May 1950), credited on some recordings as Mary Visconti from her marriage to Tony Visconti, is a Welsh singer-songwriter best known for her 1968 UK number 1 single "Those Were the Days". She was one of the first artists to be signed to The Beatles' Apple label. Biography Early singing career Hopkin was born into a Welsh-speaking family in Pontardawe, Wales; her father worked as a housing officer. She took weekly singing lessons as a child and began her musical career as a folk singer with a local group called the Selby Set and Mary. She released an EP of Welsh-language songs for a local record label called Cambrian, based in her hometown, before signing to Apple Records, owned by the Beatles, one of the first artists to do so. The model Twiggy saw her winning the ITV television talent show '' Opportunity Knocks'' and recommended her to Paul McCartney. Her debut single, "Those Were the Days", produced by McCartney, was released in the UK on 30 August 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilles Marchal
Gilles Marchal (2 September 1944 – 11 April 2013), born Gilles Pastre, was a French songwriter and singer who reached the height of his career during the 1970s. Life Discovered by Georges Chatelain, his producer, who signed (with Jack Robinson as a co-producer) a contract with ''Disc' AZ'' and Lucien Morisse, who was then the program director at Europe 1. Most of his repertoire was original, but at the beginning of his career he performed a few interesting covers of songs by Lee Hazlewood and Fred Neil. "Summer Wine", for example, which Lee Hazlewood originally sang with Nancy Sinatra, was covered by Marchal in 1969 in a duet with Martine Habib, a young singer whom he met at CBE Studios and whose voice is reminiscent of Joan Baez. Marchal also chose to interpret the song in English; a French translation appeared this same year ("Le vin de l'été" by Marie Laforêt and Gérard Klein). One of Marchal's greater successes, "Un étranger dans la ville", is a version of "Everybody ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Artists Records
United Artists Records was an American record label founded by Max E. Youngstein of United Artists in 1957 to issue movie soundtracks. The label expanded into other genres, such as easy listening, jazz, pop, and R&B. History Genres In 1959, United Artists released ''Forest of the Amazons,'' a cantata by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos adapted from the music he composed for MGM's ''Green Mansions'', with the composer conducting the Symphony of the Air. Brazilian soprano Bidu Sayão was the featured soloist on the unusual recording, which was released on both LP and reel-to-reel tape. United Artists releases included soundtracks and cover versions from the James Bond movies, ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'' (1963), '' A Hard Day's Night'' starring the Beatles (1964), ''The Greatest Story Ever Told'' (1965), '' A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'' (1966), '' Fiddler on the Roof'' (1971), and '' Man of La Mancha'' (1972). The soundtrack album of United Art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBS Records International
CBS Records International was the international arm of the Columbia Records unit of Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. (CBS) formed in 1961 and launched in 1962. Previously, Columbia Records had licensed other record companies to manufacture and distribute Columbia recordings outside North America (excluding Canada by 1976), such as Philips Records and its subsidiary Fontana (now part of the Universal Music Group) in Europe. Formation and history In 1960, CBS acquired its Australian distributor since 1956, the Australian Record Company, and with it its flagship label Coronet Records. American Columbia material continued to be issued on the CBS Coronet Records label in Australia. The CBS label was launched in Australia in 1963. Also in 1960, CBS began negotiations with its European distributor Philips Records with the goal of the establishment of a CBS Records label in Europe. Philips' acquisition of Mercury Records paved the way for the formation of the CBS label in 1961 wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Garden Of Jane Delawney
''The Garden of Jane Delawney'' is the debut album of United Kingdom, British folk rock band Trees (band), Trees. Track listing All songs written by Bias Boshell except where noted. # "Nothing Special" (Boshell, Unwin Brown, Barry Clarke, David Costa (graphic designer), David Costa, Celia Humphris) – 4:31 # "The Great Silkie" (Traditional) – 5:15 # "The Garden of Jane Delawney" – 4:19 # "Lady Margaret" (Traditional) – 7:14 # "Glasgerion" (Traditional) – 5:18 # "She Moved Through the Fair, She Moved Thro' the Fair" (Traditional) – 8:09 # "Road" – 4:36 # "Epitaph" – 3:26 # "Snail's Lament" – 4:40 Bonus Tracks # "She Moved Thro' the Fair" (demo) # "Pretty Polly" (demo) # "Black Widow" (2008) # "Little Black Cloud Suite" (2008) Personnel ;Trees * Celia Humphris - vocals * Barry Clarke - lead guitar, lead and acoustic guitar, acoustic guitars * David Costa (graphic designer), David Costa - acoustic and 12-string guitar, 12-string guitars, design, cover painting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trees (band)
Trees was a British folk rock band recording and touring throughout 1969, 1970 and 1971, reforming briefly to continue performing throughout 1972. Although the group met with little commercial success in their time, the reputation of the band has grown over the years, and underwent a renaissance in 2007 following Gnarls Barkley's sampling of the track "Geordie" (from Trees’ second album '' On The Shore'') on the title track of their multi-million selling album ''St. Elsewhere''. Formation The original band comprised five members – bass and keyboard player Bias Boshell, lead guitarist Barry Clarke, acoustic guitarist David Costa, drummer Unwin Brown and singer Celia Humphris. David Costa, son of British singer and radio presenter Sam Costa, was reading Fine Arts at the recently opened University of East Anglia when he met Barry Clarke (who had been working at Royd's advertising agency in London) through a mutual girlfriend who had suggested, as they were both guitar pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bias Boshell
Tobias Boshell (born 20 July 1950) is an English songwriter and musician, best known as the founder of the folk rock band Trees. He was born in Wye, Kent, was educated at Bedales and the Royal College of Music. Boshell formed Trees in 1969 with Celia Humphris on vocals, Barry Clarke on lead guitar, Unwin Brown on drums/vocals, and David Costa on acoustic guitar & dulcimer. Bias sang and played bass, guitar and piano on their two CBS albums, ''The Garden of Jane Delawney'' (1970) and '' On the Shore'' (1971), and wrote much of their material. ''On the Shore'' was remastered in January 2007 and re released on CD. After the original group broke up in the early 1970s, Boshell worked with Kiki Dee, writing her hit songs "I've Got the Music in Me" and "First Thing in the Morning," among others. In the 1980s, Boshell became a guest musician for Barclay James Harvest, touring and recording with them. In 1987 he moved on to The Moody Blues, becoming their lead keyboard player after the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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