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Friday, July 10, 2026

Bonnie Tyler - A Box of... Bonnie (In Memory of... 1951-2026 Super Deluxe Edition) (21CDs) (2026)

A BOX OF...

BONNIE TYLER

Bonnie Tyler - A Box of... Bonnie (In Memory of... 1951-2026 Super Deluxe Edition) (21CDs) (2026)

Bonnie Tyler was born on 8 June 1951 in Skewen, Wales, and her career grew from small club stages to international charts through the force of a voice that carried grain, power and emotional weight. Her early singles on RCA, including Lost in France in 1976 and More Than a Lover in 1977, introduced a singer who could move between soft phrasing and full dramatic lift. It was It’s a Heartache in 1977 that changed her reach. The single appeared on the album Natural Force in 1978 and travelled across Europe and the United States, becoming one of the decade’s most recognisable radio songs.

Her work in the early eighties shifted again when she began recording with Jim Steinman. Faster Than the Speed of Night in 1983 placed her voice inside a widescreen production style that suited its scale. Total Eclipse of the Heart became the album’s centrepiece, a single that moved across charts in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia. Holding Out for a Hero followed in 1984, first appearing on the Footloose soundtrack and later on her album Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire in 1986. These recordings shaped her reputation as a singer who could carry theatrical intensity without losing human detail.

Tyler continued releasing albums through the nineties and two thousands, including Bitterblue in 1991 on Hansa and Simply Believe in 2004 on Stick Music. Her later work, such as Rocks and Honey in 2013 and The Best Is Yet to Come in 2021, showed a performer who remained committed to melody, phrasing and emotional clarity. She represented the United Kingdom at Eurovision in 2013, adding another chapter to a career built on resilience and presence.

Bonnie Tyler passed away on 8 July 2026 in Faro, Portugal, after complications from emergency intestinal surgery. She was seventy-five. Her catalogue remains a record of strength, vulnerability and unmistakable tone, carried across formats, labels and decades. Her loss is felt deeply, yet her recordings continue to hold the same force they carried when first released. (B)

Included in this set are the following albums:

01 Bonnie Tyler - Natural Force (2008 Expanded Edition) (1978)
02 Bonnie Tyler - Faster Than the Speed of Night (2009 Japanese Expanded Edition) (1983)
03 Bonnie Tyler - Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire (2009 Japanese Expanded Edition) (1986)
04 Bonnie Tyler - Greatest Hits (2001)
05 Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse - The Bonnie Tyler Anthology (2CD) (2002)
06 Bonnie Tyler - The Collection (2CD) (2013)
07 Bonnie Tyler - Rocks and Honey (2013)
08 Bonnie Tyler - The Very Best of (2CD) (2015)
09 Bonnie Tyler - Remixes and Rarities (2CD) (2017)
10 Bonnie Tyler - Between the Earth and the Stars (2019)
11 Bonnie Tyler - The RCA Years (4CD) (2019)
12 Bonnie Tyler - The Ultimate Collection (3CD) (2020)
13 Bonnie Tyler - Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire (2009 Japanese Expanded Edition) (1986)

All these albums are shared by K. Please thank him.

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Track lists

Bonnie Tyler Discography: Vinyl, CDs, & More | Discogs

https://www.discogs.com/artist/30344-Bonnie-Tyler

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Music weaves itself into the fabric of our emotions, dances through the corridors of memory, and whispers to the soul of who we are. Sharing these stories deepens the connection, turning the experience into something timeless and profound.

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Thanks to K for sending these albums to be shared.

VA - Journeys Into Psychedelic Africa (A Butterboy Compilation) (4 x CDs)

AFRICAN PSYCH

VA - Journeys Into Psychedelic Africa A Butterboy Compilation) (4 x CDs)

African psychedelic music was never a single sound. It was not a scene in the way London, San Francisco or Berlin were scenes. It emerged in fragments, in port cities, university halls, roadside studios, national radio rooms, desert camps, nightclubs, political ceremonies and half-functioning pressing plants. Across the continent, musicians absorbed rock, funk, soul, traditional rhythms, spiritual music, electric blues and homemade electronics, then reshaped them into something stranger and far more personal. What survives on these recordings is not simply “African rock” or “Afro-funk.” It is the sound of musicians discovering entirely new emotional languages in real time.

This collection follows that journey across four discs, each one moving deeper into a different psychological space.

CD1 begins at ignition point. Raw guitars, distorted organs, fuzz pedals and ecstatic rhythms collide with highlife, Afrobeat and local ceremonial traditions. These recordings carry an incredible sense of possibility. Bands like Witch, Ofege and The Funkees were not imitating Western psychedelic music, they were transforming it into something rooted in entirely different landscapes and spiritual traditions. The energy is youthful, restless and alive.

CD2 moves inward. Rhythm becomes ritualistic, hypnotic and cyclical. Desert blues, modal repetition and trance structures begin to dominate the music. The pulse slows down, but the intensity deepens. Here, artists such as Tinariwen, El Wali and Fela Kuti stretch music into long-form spiritual movement. Songs become journeys rather than performances. Time itself starts to dissolve.

CD3 represents the electric city at night. Psychedelia mutates into urban groove systems, cosmic disco, deep funk and hypnotic repetition. Synthesizers appear beside traditional percussion. Studio experimentation becomes part of the language. Artists like William Onyeabor, Manu Dibango and Steve Monite create music that feels futuristic even decades later, balancing dancefloor motion with something deeply mysterious beneath the surface.

By CD4, the journey reaches dissolution. The music becomes spacious, reflective and dreamlike. Voices drift through desert air, rhythms fade into memory, and songs feel suspended between continents, histories and states of consciousness. What remains is atmosphere, emotion and distance. The recordings by Francis Bebey, Ali Farka Touré, Mamani Keïta and Tinariwen do not simply close the collection, they transform it into something almost cinematic, as though the listener is slowly travelling beyond the physical world these recordings came from.

Many of these tracks survived against impossible odds. Small pressings, unstable political climates, collapsing studios, disappearing master tapes and decades of neglect nearly erased this music entirely. Yet the recordings endure because they contain something timeless, discovery. The feeling of musicians pushing beyond known forms and finding sounds that still feel radical today.

This box set is not intended as an invitation into a different way of hearing music, where rhythm becomes landscape, repetition becomes trance, and psychedelia is not escapism but transformation. And it is not a definitive anthology. It is but a structured listening environment, one that encourages one to hear psychedelia not as a sound, but as a series of evolving systems of perception across African musical history. (B)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Witch - Introduction 3:14

02 Cicada - Let the Bread Flow In 3:29

03 Osibisa - Music for a Gong Gong (Single Version) 4:38

04 Monomono - Give The Beggar A Chance 5:57

05 Moussa Doumbia - Keleya 6:42

06 Ofege - It's Not Easy 4:20

07 Sorry Bamba - Porry 8:17

08 BLO - Time to Face the Sun 4:03

09 The Funkees - Dancing Time 3:19

10 Question Mark - Love 5:12

11 Marijata - No Condition is Permanent 7:04

12 El Rego et Ses Commandos - Feeling You Got 3:44

13 Thermometers - Babalawo 3:35

14 Nkengas - Anyi Bundi Igbo 3:07

15 Fubura Sekibo - Psychedelic Baby 3:10

16 Tunji Oyelana and The Benders - Ifa 4:59

17 Super Eagles - Love's A Real Thing 2:59

18 Amanaz - Khala My Friend 3:40

19 Hygrades - In The Jungle (Vocal) 3:17

20 Tony Grey & The Black 7 - The Feelings 4:47

CD2

01 Tinariwen - Cler Achel 4:23

02 Tamikrest - Adagh 3:09

03 Imarhan - Temet 5:01

04 El Wali - Dreams and Nostalgia 4:20

05 Les Abranis - Akoudar 4:13

06 Orchestre National de Mauritanie - Chabab El-Bilad 2:09

07 Orchestra Baobab - Diarabi 5:15

08 Nass El Ghiwane - Essiniya 6:48

09 Super Mama Djombo - Dissan na m’bera 5:12

10 Attarazat Addahabia, Faradjallah - Albaki 7:06

11 Assagai - Telephone Girl 3:27

12 Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Alu Jon Jonki Jon 12:41

13 Orchestre Regional De Kayes - Sanjina 6:00

14 Ebo Taylor & Uhuru-Yenzu - Love and Death 8:19

15 William Onyeabor - good name 10:08

16 Francis Bebey - Forest Nativity 4:23

17 Peter King - Ajo 4:00

18 Opotopo (Easy Kabaka Brown) - Agboho 8:53

19 Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey & His International Brothers - Ajoyio 6:39

20 Philip Cohran and The Artistic Heritage Ensemble - On The Beach 17:30

CD3

01 William Onyeabor - Fantastic Man 6:26

02 Ebo Taylor - Heaven 6:04

03 Manu Dibango - Big Blow 5:39

04 Francis Bebey - New Track 8:17

05 Segun Bucknor - Sorrow, Sorrow, Sorrow 12:34

06 Mombasa - Nairobi 7:30

07 Steve Monite - only you (disco jam) 6:29

08 Pat Thomas & The Sweet Beans - False Lover 3:22

09 Black Truth Rhythm Band - Save D Musician 8:06

10 Orlando Julius & His Afro-Sound - Afro-Blues 6:11

11 Amadou & Mariam - Ce N´est Pas Bon 4:22

12 Getatchew Mekurya - Eywat Setenafegagn 5:05

13 Hykkers - I Want a Break Thru' 3:02

14 Buari - Karam Bani 4:22

15 Dr Victor Olaiya's International All-Stars - Kinringjingbin 4:29

16 Question Mark - Love 5:12

17 Funkees - Slipping Into Darkness 4:23

18 Tony Grey & The Black 7 - The Feelings 4:47

19 Ice - Time Will Tell 4:45

20 Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou Dahomey - Minsato Le, Mi Deyihome 3:19

CD4

01 Francis Bebey - The Coffee Cola Song 5:05

02 Ali Farka Touré & Ry Cooder - Ai Du 7:10

03 Mamani Keïta - Yelema 4:45

04 Boubacar Traore - Mali Twist 5:57

05 Malouma - Yarab 5:02

06 Ismael Lo - Tajabone 4:04

07 Oumou Sangare - Saa Magni 7:36

08 Salif Keita - Madan 5:07

09 Youssou N'Dour - Birima 3:47

10 Farafina - Dounounia 5:22

11 Ali Hassan Kuban - Mabruk (Egypt) 6:33

12 Waves - Wake Up You 4:01

13 Rokia Traoré - Kounandi 5:23

14 Dhafer Youssef - A Kind of Love 4:51

15 Group Bombino - Amidinine 4:35

16 Abdallah Ag Oumbadougou - Imidiwan 3:42

17 Tinariwen - Izarharh Tenere 5:01

18 Bassekou Kouyate & Lobi Traore - Banani 3:39

19 Getatchew Mekurya - Eywat Setenafegagn 5:05

20 Hugh Masekela - Stimela (Coaltrain) 6:26

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Thursday, July 9, 2026

VA - A World of Our Own, The UK & Irish Folk Explosion of 1965 (3 x CDs)

FOLK

VA - A World of Our Own, The UK & Irish Folk Explosion of 1965 (3 x CDs)

The set, released by Strawberry Records, gathers eighty‑six tracks that show how quickly the scene expanded once younger performers began blending inherited ballads with contemporary ideas. The anthology begins quietly, almost as if it is letting you step into the rooms where this music first took shape. Early tracks sit close to the bone, voices carrying traditional songs with a steadiness that reflects the folk clubs of the period. The sequencing keeps these roots in focus, allowing the listener to settle into the atmosphere before the set begins to widen. Nothing feels rushed. The first disc moves with the patience of musicians who understood that folk was built on memory, not momentum.

As the collection progresses, the tone shifts. Newer artists appear, bringing small but noticeable changes to the sound. A guitar line that leans toward pop, a vocal phrasing that hints at radio, a lyric that feels more contemporary than inherited. These touches arrive gradually, and the pacing lets them register without breaking the flow. The compilers shape the year as a slow expansion, showing how tradition and modern songwriting were beginning to share the same space. The contrast between older ballads and newer compositions becomes part of the pleasure, each track adding a different shade to the picture.

American voices drift in and out, not as interruptions but as reminders of how open the scene had become. Their presence adds a different texture, a sense of exchange rather than influence. You hear how London and Dublin were becoming meeting points for musicians carrying their own folk languages, and how those languages blended into something new.

By the final disc, the anthology feels settled. The year has unfolded in full, from club stages to chart‑minded singles, from inherited songs to fresh writing. The pacing remains gentle, the transitions thoughtful, and the overall shape invites you to hear 1965 as a moment when folk stepped forward with confidence, carrying its past while shaping its future. (B)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Shirley Collins - Reynardine 2:33

02 Jon Mark - Baby I Got A Long Way to Go 2:30

03 Southland Trio - Once I Had A Sweetheart 3:11

04 Bert Weedon - Colour Him Folky 2:21

05 Hedy West - The Wife of Usher's Well 3:51

06 Malcolm Price Trio - The Long Black Veil 3:01

07 Alex Campbell - The Night Visiting Song 3:30

08 David H. Lee - The Road That Carries Me Home 2:14

09 Ian Campbell Folk Group - Geordie Black 2:40

10 Harry Boardman - Hard Times 1:54

11 Freewheelers - Why Do You Treat Me Like A Fool 2:51

12 Maureen Craik - Bonny at Morn 1:50

13 New Faces - So Small 2:27

14 Bert Jansch - Needle of Death 3:20

15 Louis Killen - The Bramble Briar 5:04

16 Wedgwoods - Peace 2:08

17 Seekers - A World of Our Own 2:42

18 Judi Smith - Leaves Come Tumbling Down 1:57

19 Dave Helling - It Ain't Me Babe 2:55

20 Chad & Jeremy - Donna, Donna 3:01

21 Three City Four - Sally Free and Easy 3:15

22 Hamilton Folk Four - Ballad of A Teenage Queen 2:09

23 Dominic Behan - Master McGrath 3:16

24 Davy Graham - Maajun (A Taste of Tangier) 2:41

25 Jesse Fuller - Move on Down The Line 4:25

26 Dubliners - McAlpine's Fusiliers 2:55

27 McKinleys - Give Him My Love 2:18

28 Nightshift - The Lavender Tree 2:13

CD2

01 Marianne Faithfull - The Most of What is Least 3:01

02 Unit Four Plus Two - Wild is The Wind 2:14

03 Fred Wedlock - Franklin 3:29

04 Dorris Henderson - The Leaves Are Green 2:20

05 Patrick Small - Man of Constant Sorrow 4:12

06 Gentle Folk - That's My Song 2:10

07 Lyn & Graham McCarthy - Seven Doves 2:00

08 Glenfolk 4 - My Singing Bird 3:09

09 Bob Pegg - Ballad of The Five Continents 3:41

10 Anne Mavius - She Moves Through The Fair 1:57

11 Dave Sless - Pretty Polly 4:14

12 Barbara Ann - Black is The Colour of My True Love's Hair 2:26

13 Harvey Andrews - Harvest of Hate 2:13

14 Bev Dewar - Fare Thee Well 3:47

15 Greta Ann - Children's Song 2:58

16 Spike Woods - The Quiet Beast 1:26

17 Alan Klein - It Ain't Worth The Lonely Road Back 2:29

18 Slade Brothers - Love and Comfort 2:25

19 Levee Breakers - Wild About My Loving 2:28

20 Peter & Gordon - I Told You So 2:47

21 Craig Carrington - Ain't That A Shame (Dark Blues) 2:04

22 Paul Simon - The Sound of Silence 3:08

23 Trisha - The Darkness of My Night 2:46

24 Donovan - Universal Soldier 2:14

25 Jennifer Lewis - Bring it to Me 2:16

26 Lonnie Donegan - Farewell 3:22

27 Leonore Drewery - The First Time Ever 2:57

28 Green Ginger Three - Oh Miss Mary 2:35

29 Dedicated Men's Jugband - Boodle-Am-Shake 2:40

CD3

01 Nico - I’m Not Sayin’ 2:52

02 Crofters - Pill Ferry 2:29

03 Southern Folk Four - The Travelling People 3:01

04 Vashti Bunyan - I Want to Be Alone 2:50

05 Sandy and Jeanie - Honey Babe Blues 3:10

06 Martin Carthy - Scarborough Fair 3:29

07 Paul Evans - Across The Hills 1:51

08 Julie Felix - Someday Soon 3:04

09 Ludlows - The Last Thing on My Mind 2:40

10 Josh Macrae - Baron James McPhait 2:07

11 Steve Benbow - The Gallows Pole 2:52

12 Overlanders - Room Enough for You and Me 2:10

13 Micha - The Serpent 2:58

14 Dana Gillespie - You're A Heartbreak Man 2:21

15 Mick Softley - I'm So Confused 2:53

16 Settlers - Woman Called Freedom 2:27

17 Watersons - Hal-an-Tow 2:08

18 Ramblers Two - Mountains and The Sea 2:19

19 Thomas Yates - Long Time Gone 2:30

20 Bob Davenport & The Rakes - The Hexamshire Lass 2:06

21 Karlins - Who Would? 2:26

22 Jackson C. Frank - Blues Run The Game 3:34

23 Corrie Folk Trio & Paddie Bell - I Saw Three Ships 1:40

24 Justin Hayward - London is Behind Me 2:07

25 Gordeanna McCulloch - The Dowie Dens O' Yarrow 4:15

26 Chantelles - Weeping Willow 2:52

27 Exiles - Tae The Beggin’ 3:05

28 Vernon Haddock's Jubilee Lovelies - Stealin' 3:21

29 Benny Hill - What A World 2:47

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REUPLOADS # 145

REUPLOADS # 145

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VA - Can The Glam! (4 x CDs)

https://butterboycompilations.blogspot.com/2022/08/va-can-glam-4-x-cds.html

NME C86, C87, C88, C89 Deluxe Edition Box Sets [2014 - 2018] (12 x CDs)

https://butterboycompilations.blogspot.com/2019/11/nme-c86-c87-c88-c89-deluxe-edition-box.html

VA - Great Rock Instrumentals (A Butterboy Compilation) CD1 + CD2 + CD3

https://butterboycompilations.blogspot.com/2019/05/va-great-rock-instrumentals-cd1-cd2-cd3.html

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BB LUCKY DIP #540

BB LUCKY DIP #540

Lucky Dip's will be a mystery gift to those who choose to pick them up.

Be quick. No re-uploads.

Today's topic: MIXED BAG

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Wednesday, July 8, 2026

VA - Decameron, Ten Days In 100 Novellas, Parts 1-3 [2011-2016] (12 CDs)

PROGRESSIVE FOLK ROCK

VA - Decameron, Ten Days In 100 Novellas, Parts 1-3 [2011-2016] (12 CDs)

Released between 2011 and 2016 through the ongoing collaboration between the Finnish progressive-rock collective Colossus, Musea Records, Seacrest Oy, and Visual Power, the three volumes of Decameron, Ten Days In 100 Novellas form an extraordinary twelve-disc exploration of progressive folk, acid folk, pastoral psychedelia, underground pop, and progressive rock, psychedelic rock, and the wider progressive underground.

Taking inspiration from Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron, a collection of interconnected stories told over ten days, the series approaches compilation-making as a narrative art, where each track contributes to a larger journey of discovery.

Rather than relying on obvious classics, the compilers balance recognised artists with forgotten albums, private-press rarities, and overlooked recordings. Familiar names provide occasional landmarks, but the real pleasure lies in the unexpected connections that emerge between tracks. Songs separated by years, countries, or styles often feel as though they belong in the same conversation, linked by mood, imagination, and a shared spirit of exploration.

Acoustic folk melodies, intricate vocal harmonies, progressive arrangements, and psychedelic textures appear throughout the set. Mellotrons drift through pastoral landscapes, acoustic guitars intertwine with chamber-pop flourishes, and moments of quiet reflection give way to passages of musical adventure. The sequencing is central to the experience. Each disc unfolds with patience, allowing contrasts and relationships to reveal themselves naturally rather than announcing them outright.

What ultimately distinguishes Decameron is its ability to create a world rather than simply document a genre. The music evokes landscapes, stories, seasons, and states of mind, drawing the listener into an alternative history of the progressive underground. Across twelve discs, the collection rewards curiosity and attentive listening, demonstrating how thoughtful curation can transform individual recordings into something greater than the sum of their parts. Rich in atmosphere, musical invention, and discovery, Decameron stands as a remarkable achievement in the art of compilation. (B)

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Track lists

Part 1 - CD1

01 La Coscienza di Zeno - Il Paradiso Degli Altri 9:56

02 Nexus - The Evil Priests 7:24

03 Lady Lake - Wisdom 10:46

04 Tommy Eriksson - Abbotic Cure 7:16

05 La Theorie des Cordes - Le Repas des Gelinottes ou Anecdotes sur un Roi de France 6:27

06 Resistor - The Inquisitor's Jig 8:38

07 Faveravola - Cangrande e Bergamino 8:04

Part 1 - CD2

01 Under - Loretta's Tale 10:42

02 Safara - Elissa 5:31

03 Andrew Roussak Project - Alberto of Bologna 5:51

04 Penelli di Vermeer - La Novella di Martellino 3:41

05 Jinetes Negros - Templanza 5:05

06 Posto Blocco 19 - Scandendo il Tempo 6:55

07 Servimontana - Campaign 5:10

08 Fufluns - Andreuccio da Perugia 7:38

09 Senogul - Sixtha Tale 6:35

10 Kate - Alathiella 6:24

Part 1 - CD3

01 Roz Vitalis - Eight tale 8:12

02 Rhys Marsh - In Deceit They Play 4:37

03 Inner Drive - Second Day 10th Tale 4:33

04 Trion - Fast Forward 4:52

05 Attilio Perrone - Peste 8:17

06 Attilio Perrone - Amami 4:23

07 Contrarian - The Alchimist 6:11

08 The Samurai of Prog - The Promise 8:13

09 Jukka Kulju - Decameron Day 3 Tale 6 6:36

Part 1 - CD4

01 Ars Ephemera - Decameron 3-7 12:00

02 Mogon - Snuff 10:55

03 Ciccada - She Went for Love 7:45

04 Ozone Player - Putting the Devil in Hell 6:40

05 Castle Canyon - The Poison Heart 9:50

06 La C.O.S.A. - Orizzonte perduto 6:30

07 Cary Clouser - After All 3:49

08 Daal - Witches 6:53

09 Marco Lo Muscio - White Prelude 4:24

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Part 2 - CD1

01 Robert Webb - Intro 8:10

02 Nexus - The Ship 6:32

03 Serdimontana - Legend 5:13

04 Jinetes Negros - Fatales Rastros 6:19

05 Mogon - Mr. Toad 8:24

06 Willowglass - The Salvestra Tears 7:54

07 Intarsia - Cuore Strappato 10:32

08 Oceanic Legion - The Sleeping Lover 8:35

Part 2 - CD2

01 Samurai of Prog - Sweet Iphigenia 7:36

02 Steve Unruh - Carapresa's Tale 14:38

03 Ars Ephemera - Lost and Found 9:34

04 Rome Pro(G)ject - Day 5 Tale 4 5:08

05 Orchestra d'Oblio - Neifile 6:15

06 King of Agogik - Damsel's Love 8:18

07 Marchesi Scamorza - La Storia 6:09

08 Playing The History - Nastagio 8:51

Part 2 - CD3

01 Senogul - Ninth Tale 5 9:15

02 Camelias Garden - Quinto Giorno 5:29

03 Rhys Marsh - The Tales That You Tell 3:57

04 Narrow Pass - Day 6 Tale 2 8:05

05 Tale 3 - Mauro Mulas - Day 6 9:12

06 La Bocca Della Verità - Chichibio 5:08

07 Faveravola - Dell'Amore 9:03

08 Trion - Xindia 4:25

09 La Theorie Des Cordes - Nouvelle VII 10:51

10 Jaime Rosas & Rodrigo Godoy - Creer Crecer 5:00

Part 2 - CD4

01 Unitopia - Day 6 Tale 9 20:08

02 Piccolo Zoo - Guccio Porco 8:59

03 Karda Estra - The Wanton Subtlety 7:41

04 Yagull - Ways 2:52

05 D'Accord - The Rock and Roll Missionary 6:52

06 Ozone Player - The Well 9:14

07 The Rebel Wheels - Golden Chains 8:21

08 Tommy Eriksson - Cherchez La Femme 5:50

09 Robert Webb - Ode to Good Sex 7:46

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Part 3 - CD1

01 Robert Webb - Intro - HeeBeeGeeBee 5:39

02 Ageness - The Bizarre Garden Incident 7:46

03 Ellesmere & Pericle Sponzilli - Sull'orlo dello spago 9:24

04 JPL - Masquerade (Lydia and Pyrrhus) 5:24

05 Willowglass - The Siena Ghost 8:06

06 Trion - Two Hundred Florins 3:45

07 Stella Lee Jones - A Wandering Poet 5:47

08 Nexus - The Heliotrope 5:19

09 The Nova Mob - The Jagged Edge 5:23

10 Elephants of Scotland - Swing the Gavel 5:37

11 Jinetes Negros - The Other Pig 7:15

Part 3 - CD2

01 Mauro Mulas - Pampinea 9:45

02 Latte E Miele - Elitropia 4:57

03 Oceanic Legion - Indictment Ever After 6:57

04 Interpose+ - Lady of Sicily 11:43

05 Court - Bleeding Hearts 10:45

06 Ars Ephemera - At Lombardy Convent 8:20

07 United Progressive Fraternity - Mercenaries 6:36

08 Alex Grata - Take Thief 5:47

09 Il Tempo Delle Clessidre - Gnaffe 6:12

Part 3 - CD3

01 Rebel Wheel - A Night With Niccolosa 9:16

02 Taproban - Il Sogno, la Bestia, la Ritrosa 7:26

03 D'accord - Rai-ti-tai 7:12

04 Phoenix Again - The Bridge of Geese 6:23

05 Castle Canyon - Put a Tail on It 6:12

06 S.A.L.U.E.N.A. - Ahead of Fortune 9:43

07 Il Castello Di Atlante - Ghino e l'Abate di Cligni 6:32

08 Fran Turner - Neighbors 5:29

09 Blank Manuscript - Decamerone 10I4 10:26

Part 3 - CD4

01 Ozone Player - The Winter Garden 8:21

02 Faveravola - Carlo D'Angio e l'Amore Perduto 8:02

03 Cirrus Bay - The Kight's Tale 9:37

04 Marchesi Scamoza - De bello inter fratres 11:53

05 Bornidol - Il ritorno mai sperato 13:05

06 Locus Amoenus - Comunque vada 9:46

07 Castle Canyon - Outro - Nephile's Song 8:09

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Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Dean Martin - Lay Some Happiness On Me, The Reprise Years And More 1966-1985 [2001] (6 x CDs)

DEAN MARTIN

Dean Martin - Lay Some Happiness On Me, The Reprise Years And More 1966-1985 [2001] (6 x CDs)

Issued in 2001 by Bear Family Records, Lay Some Happiness On Me, The Reprise Years And More 1966-1985 documents the later decades of Dean Martin's recording career, a period often overshadowed by the classic Capitol recordings that established his reputation. Spread across six CDs, the set reveals an artist who adapted to changing musical fashions while remaining unmistakably himself.

By the mid-1960s, Martin was one of America's most recognisable entertainers. Success in film, television, and live performance had made him a household name, yet his recording career continued to flourish. The material gathered here reflects a singer whose relaxed delivery and conversational phrasing remained remarkably consistent even as popular music evolved around him. Whether interpreting contemporary songs, country-influenced material, romantic ballads, or easy-listening favourites, Martin rarely sounds as though he is trying to follow trends. Instead, he draws every song into his own world.

The collection benefits from its broad scope. Familiar hits sit alongside lesser-known singles, album tracks, and later recordings that rarely receive the same attention as his earlier work. Heard in sequence, the set highlights the durability of Martin's approach. His voice retains its warmth and effortless charm, while the arrangements gradually reflect the changing sounds of the late 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s.

Beyond its value as a comprehensive archive, the set offers a fuller picture of Martin as a recording artist. It demonstrates that his later years were far more than an extended victory lap. There is consistency, craftsmanship, and quiet confidence throughout these recordings. For collectors, the collection stands as one of the most substantial examinations of Dean Martin's Reprise-era catalogue, preserving a significant chapter in the career of one of popular music's most enduring voices. (B)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Dean Martin - Come Running Back 2:08

02 Dean Martin - Shades 2:21

03 Dean Martin - One Lonely Boy 2:23

04 Dean Martin - Terrible, Tangled Web 2:11

05 Dean Martin - Don't Let the Blues Make You Bad 2:06

06 Dean Martin - Nobody But a Fool (Would Love You) 2:13

07 Dean Martin - I'm Living in Two Worlds 2:40

08 Dean Martin - Today is Not the Day 2:03

09 Dean Martin - A Million and One 2:57

10 Dean Martin - A Marshmallow World 2:42

11 Dean Martin - Nobody's Baby Again 2:26

12 Dean Martin - It Just Happend That Way 2:58

13 Dean Martin - White Christmas 2:54

14 Dean Martin - Winter Wonderland 2:10

15 Dean Martin - Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snwo! 1:57

16 Dean Martin - Jingle Bells 2:20

17 Dean Martin - The Things We Did Last Summer 2:43

18 Dean Martin - Blue Christmas 2:16

19 Dean Martin - Silent Night 2:48

20 Dean Martin - I'll Be Home for Christmas 2:29

21 Dean Martin - Silver Bells 2:24

22 Dean Martin - The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else) 2:16

23 Dean Martin - Baby, Won't You Please Come Home 2:08

24 Dean Martin - If I Had You 2:36

25 Dean Martin - I've Grow Accustomed to Your Face 2:14

26 Dean Martin - It's the Talk of the Town 2:22

27 Dean Martin - Just Friends 2:40

28 Dean Martin - S'posin' 2:31

29 Dean Martin - What Can I Say After I'm Sorry 2:03

30 Dean Martin - Home 2:30

31 Dean Martin - I'm Not a Marrying Kind 2:01

32 Dean Martin - Thirty More Miles to San Diego 2:56

CD2

01 Dean Martin - (Open Up the Door) Let the Good Time In 3:20

02 Dean Martin - Pride 2:36

03 Dean Martin - You've Still Got a Place in My Heart 2:49

04 Dean Martin - Sweet, Sweet Lovable You 2:34

05 Dean Martin - Think About Me 2:40

06 Dean Martin - Lay Some Happiness on Me 2:22

07 Dean Martin - He's Got You 2:47

08 Dean Martin - If I Ever Get Back to Georgia 2:44

09 Dean Martin - Little Ole Wine Drinker, Me 2:50

10 Dean Martin - Turn to Me 2:33

11 Dean Martin - Release Me 3:13

12 Dean Martin - I Can't Help Remembering You 2:45

13 Dean Martin - The Green, Green Grass of Home 3:11

14 Dean Martin - A Place in the Shade 2:21

15 Dean Martin - Wallpaper Roses 2:10

16 Dean Martin - Things 2:46

17 Dean Martin - You've Still Got a Place in My Heart 2:53

18 Dean Martin - Five Card Stud 2:06

19 Dean Martin - By the Time I Get to Phoenix 2:46

20 Dean Martin - Gentle on My Mind 2:37

21 Dean Martin - Rainbows Are Back in Style 3:06

22 Dean Martin - Honey 3:59

23 Dean Martin - That's When I See the Blues 2:38

24 Dean Martin - Welcome to My Heart 2:24

25 Dean Martin - Drowning in My Tears 2:25

26 Dean Martin - Not Enough Indians 3:28

27 Dean Martin - That Old Time Feelin' 2:46

28 Dean Martin - April Again 2:50

CD3

01 Dean Martin - Crying Time 3:15

02 Dean Martin - I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am 3:15

03 Dean Martin - If You Ever Get Around to Loving Me 3:03

04 Dean Martin - One Cup of Happiness (And One Piece of Mind) 2:43

05 Dean Martin - Little Green Apples 4:19

06 Dean Martin - Do You Believe This Town 2:34

07 Dean Martin - Where the Blue and Loney Go Me 3:02

08 Dean Martin - Make it Rain 3:28

09 Dean Martin - The Sneaky Little Side of Me 2:44

10 Dean Martin - The Sun is Shining (On Everybody But Me) 2:38

11 Dean Martin - Down Home 2:52

12 Dean Martin - For the Love of a Woman 2:50

13 Dean Martin - The Tracks of My Tears 2:54

14 Dean Martin - Come on Down 2:41

15 Dean Martin - Make the World Go Away 2:48

16 Dean Martin - Together Again 2:33

17 Dean Martin - Detroit City 3:43

18 Dean Martin - Once a Day 2:45

19 Dean Martin - Heart Over Mind 2:45

20 Dean Martin - Turn the World Around 2:24

21 Dean Martin - Here We Go Again 3:08

22 Dean Martin - The Tips of My Fingers 2:29

23 Dean Martin - It Keeps Right on a-Hurtin' 2:42

24 Dean Martin - My Woman, My Woman, My Wife 3:30

25 Dean Martin - Invisible Tears 2:12

26 Dean Martin - Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head 2:45

27 Dean Martin - For Once in My Life 2:19

CD4

01 Dean Martin - Rainig in My Heart 2:39

02 Dean Martin - Sweetheart 2:41

03 Dean Martin - Georgia Sunshine 3:02

04 Dean Martin - A Perfect Mountain 2:48

05 Dean Martin - Marry Me 2:37

06 Dean Martin - For the Good Times 3:51

07 Dean Martin - She's a Little Bit Country 2:35

08 Dean Martin - The Right Kind of Woman 2:30

09 Dean Martin - I Don't Know What I'm Doing 3:04

10 Dean Martin - The Small Exception of Me 3:10

11 Dean Martin - Party Dolls and Wine 2:50

12 Dean Martin - Blue Memories 3:01

13 Dean Martin - I Can Give You What You Want Now 2:16

14 Dean Martin - Kiss the World Goodbye 3:24

15 Dean Martin - Just the Other Side of Nowhere 2:22

16 Dean Martin - Guess Who 2:53

17 Dean Martin - What's Yesterday 3:18

18 Dean Martin - I'm Sitting on Top of the World 2:11

19 Dean Martin - Smile 2:52

20 Dean Martin - When the Red, Red Robin Comes, Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along 2:26

21 Dean Martin - Ramblin' Rose 2:13

22 Dean Martin - Get on with Your Livin' 2:48

23 Dean Martin - I Wonder Who's Kissing Here Now 2:20

24 Dean Martin - It's a Good Day 2:08

25 Dean Martin - At Sundown 2:37

26 Dean Martin - You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It) 2:32

27 Dean Martin - Almost Like Being in Love 1:59

28 Dean Martin - I'm Forever Blowing in Love 2:22

29 Dean Martin - Amor Mio 2:42

CD5

01 Dean Martin - Gimme a Little Kiss (Will Ya, Huh!) 2:34

02 Dean Martin - Baby, Won't You Please Come Home 2:29

03 Dean Martin - I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) 3:07

04 Dean Martin - I Don't Know Way 2:53

05 Dean Martin - Free to Carry On 2:39

06 Dean Martin - Tie a Yellow Ribbon 2:44

07 Dean Martin - You Better Move On 2:20

08 Dean Martin - You're the Best Thing That Ever Happend to Me 4:01

09 Dean Martin - Twilight on the Trail 4:17

10 Dean Martin - Love the Neighbor 2:38

11 Dean Martin - Without a World of Warning 2:49

12 Dean Martin - That Old Gang of Mine 2:26

13 Dean Martin - If I Had You 2:30

14 Dean Martin - It's Magic 2:26

15 Dean Martin - I Cried for You 2:54

16 Dean Martin - The Day You Came Along 2:57

17 Dean Martin - Only Forever 3:10

18 Dean Martin - Once in a While 2:49

19 Dean Martin - My First Country Song 3:04

20 Dean Martin - Love Put a Song in My Heart 2:17

21 Dean Martin - Old Bones 3:12

22 Dean Martin - Drinking Champagne 2:34

23 Dean Martin - Everybody's Had the Blues 2:21

24 Dean Martin - Don't Give Up on Me 2:52

25 Dean Martin - Shoulder to Shoulder 3:29

26 Dean Martin - Since I Met You Baby 2:44

27 Dean Martin - In Love Up to My Heart 2:58

28 Dean Martin - Hangin' Around 2:51

CD6

01 Dean Martin - LA is My Home 3:04

02 Dean Martin - A Wonderful Time (Soundtrack Version) 0:34

03 Dean Martin - I'm Not the Marrying Kind (Soundtrack Version) 1:09

04 Dean Martin - Five Card Stud (Soundtrack Version 1) 2:09

05 Dean Martin - Five Card Stud (Soundtrack Version 2) 0:53

06 Dean Martin - I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter 2:10

07 Dean Martin - Come Live with Me 2:43

08 Dean Martin - Smoke 3:24

09 Dean Martin - Bidin' My Time 3:06

10 Dean Martin - Murder's Row 0:58

11 Dean Martin - Murder's Row~The Silencers 1:00

12 Dean Martin - Texas Across the River 6:49

13 Dean Martin - Rough Night in Jericho 0:56

14 Dean Martin - Rough Night in Jericho 0:56

15 Dean Martin - The Ambushers 1:01

16 Dean Martin - The Ambushers 0:55

17 Dean Martin - Something Big 1:03

18 Dean Martin - Something Big 0:59

19 Dean Martin - Something Big 1:00

20 Dean Martin - Something Big 1:00

21 Dean Martin - Airport 0:56

22 Dean Martin - Airport 1:00

23 Dean Martin - Airport (Radio Feature) 17:07

24 Dean Martin - Airport (Interview) 4:38

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