Fantastica #09
Beatles exotica 1
 Johan

 
 
  1. Mrs. Miller: "Yellow submarine"
    • album "Will succes spoil Mrs. Miller?"
    • LP, Capitol T 2579, USA | +++++
    • info: I like this LP even better than her "Greatest hits"!
  2. Julie Driscoll & Brian Auger: "A day in the life"
    • album "Pop History Vol. 26"
    • LP | +++
  3. William Shatner (Captain Kirk): "Lucy in the sky with diamonds"
    • album "The transformed man"
    • CD, Rev-Ola CREV004CD (Creation), UK, 1992
      CD, Varèse Sarabande, USA, 199? | +++++
  4. Buddy Morrow: "I saw her standing there"
    • album "Big band Beatlemania"
    • LP, Epic LN, USA | ++++
  5. Some Very Talented Kids: "Here comes the sun"
    • compil. "The talent show"
    • CD, Arf! Arf! AA-056, USA, 1996 | ++++
  6. Mike Melvoin: "The ballad of John and Yoko"
    • album "The Plastic Cow Goes Moooooog"
    • LP, Dot DLP 25961 stereo, USA | +++++
  7. Susanna Hoffs: "Are the Beatles really here? (fragment)"
    • compil. "English as a second language" (talking package)
    • LP, Freeway records | ++
  8. Woofers & Tweeters Ensemble: "Love me do"
    • album "Beatle Barkers"
    • LP, Passport 6032, USA? | ++++
  9. Band of the Irish Guards: "Michelle"
    • compil. "Break-through - An Introduction to Studio Two Stereo"
    • LP | +
    • info: One Great track on a bad LP.
  10. The Hollyridge Strings: "The delayed fool on the hill MIX"
    • album "The Best of the Beatles Songbook"
    • CD, Varèse Sarabande VSD 3020 5690 2, USA, 1996 | +++
  11. Vincent Bell: "Eleanor Rigby"
    • album "Pop goes the electric sitar"
    • LP, Decca DL 74938, USA | ++++
  12. The Wild Honey Singers: "That would be something"
    • album "A child's introduction to the Beatles"
    • LP, Kid Stuf | +++++
    • info: Regarded as 1 of the worst albums ever.
  13. Wim De Bie: "Yesterday"
    • home-recording "Van Kooten & De Bie"
    • TV show | not rated
  14. Paul Frees: "Let it be"
    • album "Paul Frees and the poster people"
    • LP, MGM SE 4735, USA, 1969 | +++++
    • info: Hilarious!
  15. Living Guitars: "Baby, you're a rich man"
    • album "San Franciscan nights"
    • LP, RCA CAMDEN CAS 2192 stereo, USA | ++++
  16. Sounds Galactic: "Across the universe"
    • album "An astromusical Odyssey"
    • LP | ++++
    • info: Mostly softly played electronics (Moog, Arp etc) covers of pop songs
  17. Dick Hyman: "Ob-la-di, ob-la-da"
    • album "The Age of Electronicus"
    • LP, Command 946 stereo, USA | +++++
    • info: Classic Moog album
  18. Paul Mauriat: "Get back (Vuelve)"
    • album "Interpreta a Los Beatles"
    • LP | ++
    • info: Another of those LP's with 1 incredible track and lots of mediocer ones.
  19. Derek Enright M.P.: "Yellow submarine (in Latin)"
    • compil. "The exotic Beatles Part 1"
    • CD, Exotica Pelé 3, distributed by Revolver, UK, 1993 | +++++ Review
  20. The Frivolous Five: "All my loving"
    • album "Sour Cream & Other Delights"
    • LP, RCA LPM-3663 | +++++
    • info: Novelty, "atrocious" category out-of-tune covers of pop classics played Tijuana brass style.
  21. commercial: "Help"
    • compil. "15/30/60"
    • LP | not rated
    • info: rock groups radio commercials
  22. The Baroque Ensemble w/ Joshua Rifkin: "Help"
    • album "The Baroque Beatles book; rediscovered and edited by Joshua Rifkin"
    • LP, Nonesuch H-7306 | +++
  23. Patrick Husson: "Hey Jude"
    • album "Le jardinier"
    • CD, Sony Columbia 478117-2, France, 1995 | +++++ Review
    • info: "Woow-factor" 10 once again! The other-wordly beauty of Husson's (super rare) male soprano voice is combined with the raw power of grunge guitars.


 
ratings: +++++outstanding, ++++very good, +++good, ++not bad, +so-so, -yuk