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...garage (total cost: $415), he produced such performers as Gene Austin, the Andrews Sisters and his pal and patron Bing Crosby. His work with White, Crosby and the Andrews Sisters, as well as some Les Paul Trio sides, can be found on Les Paul: The Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus...
Months went by, yet Holly's albums continued to sell. Decca rushed out a greatest hits album, which would float on and off the Billboard charts for another seven years. Britain devoured Holly records faster than the record company could produce them. Demo tapes, B-sides, previously unreleased recording sessions - they all shot up the British charts and turned Holly into one of the forefathers of the British Invasion that would strike America five years later. Both John Lennon and George Harrison learned to play guitar in part by listening to Buddy Holly records. The first Rolling Stones' single released...
...Paul’s is famous. Scott has had many works written for him by composers such as Petr Eben, Charles Camilleri, Kenneth Leighton and William Mathias, among others, and his recordings of twentieth century great Marcel Dupré are considered authoritative. He has recorded two albums for Decca, and his recording at the organ of Southwark Cathedral won the Gramophone magazine’s “Critic Choice Award” in 1983. Recent compact disc releases on the Hyperion, Guild, Nimbus and Priory labels have brought wide critical acclaim. Program highlights will include Bach?...
...narrative with some astute snapshots of international dope meccas, more than a few chuckles, and an ending that leaves the reader coming down like the end of a good, night-long buzz. (Too bad the manuscript didn't have a better editor?or a decent fact-checker. Note to Decca: Spike Lee directed the film Malcolm X, not Oliver Stone...
...Phangnga. The Thai speed pills known as yaba, full moon raves and the Oriental Hotel are all referenced, but more insightful are Aitkenhead's observations about sex tourism and the psychology of farangs who consort with Thai hookers. Indeed, one of the most humorous exchanges occurs when Decca's husband and another Englishman argue over whether the ladies should be called "bar girls" or "prostitutes." "Men in Chaweng had the idea that the girls were so lovely, the least one could do was lie about what they did for a living," remarks Aitkenhead, adding that she later stopped even noticing...