City Lights

Nick Gilder is best remembered as a 70's relic for his one hit Hot Child In The City, however if you really take the time to explore some of his albums, his first 3 most notably, you'll find some great snappy rock numbers. Hot Child wasnt the only song. Originally in the early 70's Canadian rock band Sweeney Todd, which also featured Bryan Adams, they had a hit in that country called Roxy Roller which went on to become somewhat of a classic associated with the mid 70's glam/pre punk movement…

Jerry Lee Lewis - Country Songs For City Folks (1965) & Memphis Beat (1966) {2on1 BGO Records BGOCD658 rel 2005)
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© 1965-66, 2005 Philips Records / BGO Records | BGOCD658
Country / Rock & Roll / Country Rock / Traditional Country / Country Pop

A really cool pairing of two relatively obscure and always overlooked early- to mid-'60s LPs by Jerry Lee Lewis that, respectively, capture him as a country crooner (and quite a good one) and a high-energy country-rocker with a bluesy edge. The original albums never sold any significant numbers to speak of, with the result that the material will essentially be new to all but the most hardcore fans. None of it is bad and a large portion of it is not only good but impressive, showing some sides to Lewis' talent that weren't always obvious amid the rippling ivories of the Sun Records hits.

Double album dedicated to the music of Charlie Chaplin films. Work of the American composer and conductor Carl Davis (New York, 1936) leading the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and featuring 'The Wihan Quartet'. The first CD features a compilation work of the various passages of some of the movies of Chaplin with music composed by himself. Most of the fourteen topics include medleys of several of the outstanding compositions of Chaplin's films. The second CD offers another work produced by Carl Davis focused on the twelve magnificent short films that Chaplin created in 1916-17 for the 'Mutual Film Company'.

This CD contains selected themes from five of Chaplins brilliant films. The Kid (1921), The Gold Rush (1925), The Circus (1928), City Lights (1931) and Modern Times (1936). If you love the music from these films then you will love this album. Carl Davis has been very sensitive when rerecording the original scores. The music sounds amazing and he has remained true to Chaplins own styles and tempo's. The thing that will strike you more than anything is how amazing these scores really are in Stereo! They really do sound very good indeed. It also fully demonstrates just how good a composer Chaplin really was, and his talent for marrying music to film. As music it is beautiful from the harshness of "Gold Rush" to the haunting "Modern Times" and not forgetting the swinging "City Lights". Magical stuff! 5 out of 5, 10 out of 10 etc… But if you are planning on listening to this 80 minute album from beginning to end, you'd better make sure you have some Chaplin films close to hand because you WILL want to watch them all again. Nostalgia at its very best.