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The Great British Experience

from: EMI

Release Date November 10, 1997
Other reviews will tell you of the close links (well documented with this double disc) of the light music pieces on this splendid compilation with famous radio and television shows of the (our? certainly my)past. What they don't mention is that a lot of these recordings have simply not been available to the public, but came from music publishers catalogues and CDs (the Bosworth discs are good).
The source material is superb here, the quality fantastic...
These are discs to be sought and savoured.

They truly do not compose or perform music like this any more.

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Josef Locke: Hear My Song

from: EMI

Release Date April 27, 1992
Other reviews will tell you of the close links (well documented with this double disc) of the light music pieces on this splendid compilation with famous radio and television shows of the (our? certainly my)past. What they don't mention is that a lot of these recordings have simply not been available to the public, but came from music publishers catalogues and CDs (the Bosworth discs are good).
The source material is superb here, the quality fantastic...
These are discs to be sought and savoured.

They truly do not compose or perform music like this any more.

CD-Charts Position 3
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The Golden Age of Light Music: 1950s Volume 4 - Cornflakes,

by: Frank Cordell, Holmes Orchestra, Leroy Holmes, Cyril Stapleton, Les Baxter

Release Date January 22, 2007
Other reviews will tell you of the close links (well documented with this double disc) of the light music pieces on this splendid compilation with famous radio and television shows of the (our? certainly my)past. What they don't mention is that a lot of these recordings have simply not been available to the public, but came from music publishers catalogues and CDs (the Bosworth discs are good).
The source material is superb here, the quality fantastic...
These are discs to be sought and savoured.

They truly do not compose or perform music like this any more.

CD-Charts Position 4
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British Light Music Classics, Vol.3

by: New London Orchestra

Release Date February 28, 2000
This time it's good to see some less well-known pieces keep company with the favourites. However, there is still a good helping of pieces which everyone used to know but few could name. Who remembers Ronald Binge's Miss Melanie as a TV sig tune in the 50s? Or programmes like Housewives' Choice or My Word? It's good to see a nod towards our own time too with the inclusion of the waltz which was used in the film Titanic. Keep buying!

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Immortal Ladies/Under Western Skies

by: George Melachrino

Release Date November 10, 2008
This time it's good to see some less well-known pieces keep company with the favourites. However, there is still a good helping of pieces which everyone used to know but few could name. Who remembers Ronald Binge's Miss Melanie as a TV sig tune in the 50s? Or programmes like Housewives' Choice or My Word? It's good to see a nod towards our own time too with the inclusion of the waltz which was used in the film Titanic. Keep buying!

CD-Charts Position 6
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The Golden Age of Light Music - Light Music on the Move

by: Georges Devereaux

Release Date January 22, 2007
This time it's good to see some less well-known pieces keep company with the favourites. However, there is still a good helping of pieces which everyone used to know but few could name. Who remembers Ronald Binge's Miss Melanie as a TV sig tune in the 50s? Or programmes like Housewives' Choice or My Word? It's good to see a nod towards our own time too with the inclusion of the waltz which was used in the film Titanic. Keep buying!

CD-Charts Position 7
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The Golden Age of Light Music: Four Decades of LightMusic, Vol 2: 1940s & 1950s

by: Meredith Willson, David Carroll, Werner Müller, Charles Dorian, Rudi P. O'Donnell, Albert Sandler, Percy Faith

Release Date September 03, 2007
This time it's good to see some less well-known pieces keep company with the favourites. However, there is still a good helping of pieces which everyone used to know but few could name. Who remembers Ronald Binge's Miss Melanie as a TV sig tune in the 50s? Or programmes like Housewives' Choice or My Word? It's good to see a nod towards our own time too with the inclusion of the waltz which was used in the film Titanic. Keep buying!

CD-Charts Position 8
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English String Miniatures

from: Naxos

Release Date February 07, 2000
Light, happy music, beautifully performed. Although the composers are contemporary, they have captured a very "classical" sound. The low-price label doesn't diminish the first-class contents. Thoroughly enjoyable!

CD-Charts Position 9
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Under Western Skies/Xmas in High Fidelity

by: George Melachrino

Release Date March 07, 2001
Light, happy music, beautifully performed. Although the composers are contemporary, they have captured a very "classical" sound. The low-price label doesn't diminish the first-class contents. Thoroughly enjoyable!

CD-Charts Position 10
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Our Man in London/Lisbon at Twilight

by: George Melachrino

Release Date November 12, 2007
This CD is a marvelous example of just how good an arranger/conductor George Melachrino actually was.
The tracks have been remastered superbly by Michael Dutton at his own sound labs in Hertfordshire and what a tremendous job he has done.
The sound is excellent as is always the case with Mike's Vocalion CD's and the depth and breadth of sound is stunning. The arrangements are gorgeous and the sound of those strings in unison and in harmony is wonderful.The recording sounds as fresh and bright as if it had been recorded yesterday instead of 50 years ago!
The programm is lush and romantic - this is of course a 2 on 1 CD and represents exceptional value for money.George was a real master of his craft and it is such a pity that there are so ... Read More: