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Bob Crewe - Street Talk (1976)
1976 - Elektra - 7E-1083So underrated! Bob Crewe, pioneer of The Four Seasons and brilliant composer of the Barbarella soundtrack releases another long player here. Street Talk is a fabulous mix of...
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Bob Crewe - Barbarella (1968)
1968 / Dynovoice / DY-31908Has there been a more quirky and yet brilliant soundtrack from the swinging Psychedelic sixties as Barbarella? Supervised by the maestro himself Bob Crewe, and sung by The...
View ArticleStill tinkering...
So I've given the site a tiny refresh...Also - working out some changes...such as..Who to host the files with?What bitrate / format to upload?To split albums into tracks or not? If I don't - I'll be...
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Donovan - A Gift From A Flower To A Garden [Mono 1968]
VS-880001968 - Mono - Pye - NPL 20000 (*New Remaster March 2013)Ah Donovan! This was a double-album curiousity when it came out - but it's quickly become one of his most loved albums - balancing stark...
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Buckingham Nicks - Buckingham Nicks [1973]
VS880011973 / Polydor / PD 5058Well look at this! I was in Springfield, MO last week on business and look what turned up at Spit It In Your Ear records!! To make it even more of a swell deal, the...
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John Williams - The Towering Inferno OST [1974]
VS-880041974 / Warner/RCA / BS 2840A classic, ultra-Williams-esque score drenched in thirties' melodrama and seventies-disaster-movie vibe. Different records to the Film Score monthly CD, and featuring...
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Lana Cantrell - Lana! (1968)
VS-88006* New Remaster - April 20131968 / RCA / LSP-4026Lana Cantrell delivers some stirring standards from the late sixties with suitable Lounge oomph and Shirley Bassey Pow! I particularly never tire...
View ArticleThe rebirth...
So...here is the reboot!Any album with a VS88XX code in the top of the post has been newly remastered and is part of the rebirth of Vinyl Shipwreck.LP stands for Long Player. So it's my intention to...
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Oliver - Good Morning Starshine [1969]
VS88007* New Remaster April 20131969 / Crewe / CR 1333Bob Crewe launched solo artist Oliver which resulted in this album, whereby Oliver covered his film namesake and a couple of psychedelic numbers of...
View ArticleVinyl Shipwreck v2 - The List of releases....
VS88001 - Buckingham Nicks - Buckingham NicksVS88002 - Samantha Sang - EmotionVS88003 - Jack Jones - Wives And Lovers [Mono]VS88004 - John Williams - The Towering Inferno OSTVS88005 - Heatwave -...
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Bee Gees - Children Of The World [1976]
VS-880101976 / RSO SUPER 2394-169I confess - I posted this because I love this probably more than anyone else. My favourite album other than Tusk and anything by the Beatles. The Bee Gees hit such a...
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The Mike Sammes Singers - Sounds Sensational [1965]
VS-880121965 / EMI/Columbia - SMC 74 115I heard an average rip of this album off the net years ago and fell in love with it. So much so I bought an original vinyl copy from abroad and did all my usual...
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Henry Mancini - 10 OST [1979]
VS-880013*New remaster - April 20131979 / Warner / BSK 3399My favourite Henry Mancini album, and a blissful soundtrack to the mid-life-sex-comedy 10, starring Dudley Moore. All of the arrangements here...
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Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - Anything For You (1987)
VS-88017* new remaster August 20131987 / Epic / 463125This type of Eighties production is going out of fashion lately - I heard "1-2-3" in some club in London the other night and was immediately...
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Maureen McGovern - Nice To Be Around [1974]
VS-880201974 / 20th Century - T-439Most famous (at the time) for chart-topping with the song "The Morning After" from The Poseidon Adventure, Maureen McGovern turns in a stirring album in Nice To Be...
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Chi-Lites - Chi-Lites [1973]
VS-880211973 / Brunswick / BRLS 3009Wow! The Chi-Lites put the soul into soulful, and finding decent non-NR'd to hell version of their albums is very, very difficult in the CD age. Here's their...
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The Hollies - Hollies' Greatest [Mono 1968]
VS-880221968 / EMI/Parlophone / PMC 7057I'm noticing a growing trend of Hollies fan year-by-year, and their mixes are all over the place when it comes to no-noise CD masterings and pure mono greatness....
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Sandie Shaw - Sandie Sings [Mono 1966]
VS-880231966 / Pye / MONO GGL 0378Sandie Shaw is the perfect encapsulation of swingin' sixties London. A primary-colour blend of pop, soul, rock & roll and jazz sensibilities presented here in...
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Paul Williams - A Little Bit Of Love [1974]
VS-880241974 / A&M / AMLH 63655I get requested for Paul Williams more than any other artist so here you go - a new remaster and a reupload of his 1974 effort. Some good tracks, particularly...
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Andy Williams - The Wonderful World Of Andy Williams [Mono 1964]
VS-880251964 / Columbia / MONO CL-2137Effortlessly tackling the pop hits of the day, and here bringing his whole family ensemble into the mix! Andy Williams, in one of my favourite long-players of his,...
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