Channel West / O.S.T. Channel West / O.S.T. CD

UK two CD collection. Listen to any popular British recording of the late 1950s and '60s and the chances are you will be listening to the voices of The Mike Sammes Singers. Theirs is probably one of the one of the oddest and most extraordinary stories in show business; that of singers whom everyone heard but relatively few saw, for years enjoying a perversely anonymous fame. In their heyday, Mike Sammes' playful and impressively versatile singers provided the backing for hundreds of international artists; from Pinky and Perky to the Beatles. As well as smooth vocal textures and musical punctuations for both film and television productions and countless advertising jingles. Along the way, they somehow found time to record a quantity of much admired albums of their own, either as the Michael (or Mike) Sammes Singers, or under such pseudonyms as the Knightsbridge Chorale. In short - for a time - they were everywhere. This two-disc anthology comprises four long out of print albums -the first two historic Mike Sammes Singers long-players, The Melody Moves (1959) and Let's Get Away from It All (1962), complimented by the Singers' exciting collaborations with the skilled arranger, conductor, composer Johnny Gregory, Channel West (TV Western Themes) and The Avengers and Other TV Themes. The collection is rounded out by an array of elusive Sammes singles and EPs, including a swinging Eton Boating Song, recorded for Tony Hatch a Top Rank as The Knightsbridge Chorale.

1. Gunlaw / Maverick 2. Cheyenne 3. Bronco 4. Sugarfoot 5. Wyatt Earp 6. High Noon 7. The Deputy 8. Gunlaw / Laramie 9. Wagon Train 10. Wells Fargo 11. Rawhide (Take Me Back to My) 12. Boots and Saddle 13. The Last Round-Up 14. Shane 15. Bonanza 16. Route 66 17. Tightrope 18. The Roaring Twenties 19. M-Squad 20. Ghost Squad 21. Suco-Suco (Theme from "Top Secret") 22. Perry Mason 23. Maigret 24. The Avengers 25. Echo Four-Two 26. 77 Sunset Strip 27. Johnny Staccato 28. The Eton Boating Song 29. Pick Yourself Up 30. Somewhere Along the Way 31. Put on a Happy Face 32. Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise 33. Misty 34. Spring, Spring, Spring 35. Dreaming 36. There Will Never Be Another You 37. California Here I Come 38. Baby Talk to Me 39. I'll Know 40. Deep in a Dream 41. Passing Breeze 42. Let's Get Away from It All 43. Taking a Chance on Love 44. Nice to Know You Care 45. O Can Ye Sew Cushions? 46. It Was a Lover and His Lass Au Clair de la Silvery Moon 47. Little Drummer Boy 48. Comin' Thru' the Rye 49. I Know That You Know 50. Hi Lili, Hi Lo 51. Love Is Here to Stay 52. Manhattan 53. I'm Beginning to See the Light 54. Stork Talk 55. Til Autumn Comes 56. San Fernando Valley (With Michael Holliday) 57. Oh My Twisted Bach!