The Duke The Lady

BBC - Modern Times: The Last Dukes (2015)
HDTV | 1280x720 | .MP4/AVC @ 3024 Kbps | 58mn 59s | Audio: English AAC 160 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: English | 1.31 GiB
Genre: Documentary

Dukedoms are created by the monarch for reasons ranging from a grateful nation rewarding a major war leader to a king acknowledging his illegitimate son. The last dukedom to be created was by Queen Victoria. As they gradually become extinct, what will become of those that remain? Do they still have power and wealth? What is it to be a duke in the 21st century? Answers come from a surprising variety of extraordinary characters - the Duke of Marlborough and his aunt, born Lady Rosemary Spencer-Churchill, who remembers being brought up in Blenheim Palace with 36 indoor servants, and the Duke of Atholl, who until 2012 was a rural South African sign-maker called Bruce Murray - on succeeding to the dukedom he now heads the only private army in Europe - the Atholl Highlanders. The Duke of Montrose is a Scottish hill farmer and a politician, one of the few dukes who still sit in the House of Lords. The Duchess of Rutland made dozens of people redundant when she took over Belvoir Castle, but is determined to make it an efficient business. The Duke and Duchess of St Albans don't have a stately pile, but do have their coronets and coronation robes.

Rendezvous is definitely one of them, a solid effort that showcases all of Duke's immeasurable skills as a composer, arranger, producer, performer, and so on. The album does have that tinny 80's digital sound, especially in the gated drums.

Recorded in 1966 in RCA Studios. All the tracks that made the Duke 'Popular' are re-recorded on this album. The 3 bonus tracks are 'Caravan' & 'Wings and Things' & 'Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me'. Original cover, digipak and remastered 24 bits. 2002. ~ Amazon

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