Product Code: HSDM 1014
Artist: Jack Thompson ‎
Origin: New Zealand
Label: HMV (1971)
Format: LP
Availability: Enquire Now
Condition:
Cover: VG+
Record: VG+
Genre: Easy Listening , Jazz , Pop U

Jack Thompson Live At The Russley

Very nice clean vinyl with a smart gloss flipback cover.

You hum it, Jack Thompson could play it. He wore his experience on his face, which had seen countless late nights. Thompson, a show-tune pianist who tickled the ivories in dance halls, leading cabaret bands, and department store windows, was one of the biggest-selling recording artists in New Zealand and Australia.

In a honky-tonk style he played “evergreens”, jazz standards, hits from musicals and the latest films – anything that could be remade into a parlour singalong. His natural habitat would have been at the upright in the Rover’s Return, a fag in his mouth and a pint of bitter staining the varnish. Instead, that was the scene at HMV’s studio in Lower Hutt, when he cranked out his albums. In the 1960s and early 1970s he made at least 24 albums for HMV, sometimes three in a year.

Tracklist                           

A1a Anytime         
A1b It Had To Be You         
A2a I Love Paris         
A2b C'est Magnifique         
A2c Anniversary Waltz         
A2d Tammy         
A3a Tangerine         
A3b I'm In The Mood For Love         
A3c You're Just In Love         
A4 Hello Dolly         
B1a Heart Of My Heart         
B1b It's A Sin To Tell A Lie         
B1c Sleepy Time Gal         
B1d Ramblin' Rose         
B2a Is It True What They Say About Dixie         
B2b Button Up Your Overcoat         
B2c I'll See You In My Dreams         
B2d Margie         
B2e Baby Face         
B3a Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme)         
B3b Show Me The Way To Go Home         
B3c Now Is The Hour