Birds 'N Brass - Soundsational (1970)

The brainchild of Keith Roberts, Birds 'N Brass derived their unique sound from conventional brass, guitar, etc and fused this with the wonderful voice of Barbara Moore (an album from her coming over the weekend) and with the Trivox, a weird electronic accordion.

Birds 'N Brass released one more album in 1973; which is just as good.  I'll try and post that soon.

Porbably the finest album released on the legendary Rediffusion label.

American Woman and Sort Of Soul

Mark over at Easy Listening World has kindly posted the follow-up, ...Are Back.

Tony Osborne - Moods For Romance (1972)

For all you lovers out there, etc.

Alternate Megaupload link.

Rediffusion Stereo Sampler (1972)

Snatched from the jaws of queasy listening by the magnificent Birds 'N' Brass.

Arthur Smith - Original Guitar Boogie (1974)

Not usually a fan of guitar albums, but this is on Rediffusion.  Some nice tracks on here.

Pete Moore - Plays The Best Of Bacharach (1970)

Here's something for my wife who is forty today.  What better than some Pete Moore from 1970.

Vic Flick Sound - West Of Windward (1968)

Fanbloodytastic.  Not much else to say really.

Tony Osborne - Lennon and McCartney Go Latin (1970)

Another one of the zillions of Beatles covers albums I have and certainly one of my favourites.  A Rediffusion classic.

Pete Moore Orchestra - Everybody's Talkin' (1971)

Pete Moore and his Orchestra - Everybody's Talkin'

Pete Moore Orchestra - Lively and Latin (1972)

A truly sensational album.  Includes the great self-penned Black Water and the brilliant version of Buffalo Springfield's For What It's Worth.

Popular Guide To Stereo (1973)

Now like a lot of people I'm a big fan of labels; Studio 2 Stereo, Phase 4, etc.  One of my favourites is Rediffusion, who in the 60s used to run a TV Network here in the UK.  They lost their licence towards the end of the decade and moved into music. 

This is a nice example of one of their samplers.  There is some narration by BBC science boffin James Burke (whatever happened to him?).  They'v even thrown in a stereo balance check for good measure!  Some lovely stuff from Pete Moore, Alan Moorhouse and Ray Martin.