Various Artists
American Dance Bands Play The Music Of Cole Porter [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Nov/2004 ] This is the first CD in a series highlighting the greatest song writers of the last century, performed by arguably some of the best American dance bands of the 30s & 40s. 24 tracks meticulously compiled & annotated by nostalgia expert Geoff Milne. |
The Commanders
The Ultimate Collection - Featuring Tutti Camarata & Eddie Grady [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2007 ] Including all the hard-to-find singles by the studio and the touring bands. Plus the rare singles with vocalists Dick Todd, Delores Gray, Don Cherry and Louis Armstrong. Detailed notes giving the history of the band and its leaders... |
Connie Boswell
They Can't Take These Songs Away From Me [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] This high-quality, bargain priced, two-disc set is chock full of rare delights from the unparalleled Connie Boswell. Connie was not only a singer of otherworldly beauty, with an impossible sense of swing, she was also a multi-instrumentalist... |
Connie Francis
Everybody's Somebody's Fool - The Very Best of Connie Francis 1959 - 1961 [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] Connie Francis is the original Madonna, the only female artist of her generation who was able to surpass many of her male contemporaries and top the charts, and still to this day troubles the modern ilk as the biggest selling female recording... |
Connie Francis
Fallin' - Best of the Early Years [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] Alongside Brenda Lee, Connie Francis was the most popular female singer of the R&B era, and like Brenda she was a child prodigy made good. This special 2CD set presents a comprehensive overview of Connie's early career, all these sides being... |
Connie Stevens
Sixteen Reasons [ Jasmine Records / CD - released 5/Aug/2015 ] In what has been a truly remarkable life and career, multi-talented CONNIE STEVENS started out as an actress and singer, before going on to become a successful Broadway star, business tycoon, movie director, public servant and philanthropist. She... |
Conway Twitty
Lonely Blue Boy 1957 - 1959 [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] This CD presents a selection of the earliest recordings of the great Country superstar Conway Twitty. Featured here are his Mercury singles, his two MGM albums from 1959 plus 45s not featured on those albums... |
Cookie & his Cupcakes, Ben E. King, Fats Domino, Little Willie John, Brook Benton, Ray Charles, Fontella bass, LaVern Baker, etc
Please Release Me - The Soulful Side of Country [ Jasmine Records / CD - released 8/Nov/2016 ] The unexpected success of Ray Charles' million selling Modern Sounds In Country & Western Music LP, in the Spring of 1962, led to a flood of soul and R&B artists recording C&W songs. Including Ben E. King, Clyde McPhatter, William Bell, Arthur... |
Count Basie
Dance Sessions [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] Count Basie was among the most important bandleaders of his era. With the exception of a brief period in the early '50s, he led a big band from 1935 until his death almost 50 years later. This issue covers the initial recordings by Basie's... |
The Crew Cuts
Sh-Boom - Where Swing meet Doo-Wop & Rock 'n Roll [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2006 ] The Crew Cuts were regular visitors to the Top 20 in the mid fifties with hits such as "Sh-Boom", "Earth Angel" & Crazy 'Bout Ya Baby" which are all included in this set. The Toronto foursome were synonymous with covering Black R&B hits... |
The Crickets
I Fought The Law [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/May/2011 ] After The Crickets split with Buddy Holly in late 1958 shortly before his death they continued to cut great records. This unique compilation features everything they recorded between 1958-60 including the 'In Style With The Crickets' LP... |
The Crosby Brothers
Bing & Bob [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/May/2006 ] For the first time on one CD, are all 18 recordings made by Bing with his younger brother Bob's band, one of the best Dixieland outfits of the last century. Bob also sings, plus there's a handful of solos and some titles with his own band... |
Dale Hawkins
Susie Q - The Singles As & Bs 1956 - 1960 [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Sep/2011 ] With drawling delivery, sense of humour, affinity for blues, and sharp guitar work, Dale Hawkins was one of the most exciting early rockabilly singers. For the first time the A and B sides of his first 14 singles are appearing on one package... |
Danny Kaye
The Maladjusted Jester [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] Successful on Film, Broadway and a favourite on American radio, Danny Kaye was a gifted mimic and peerless physical comedian who invented his own language of 'gibberish'. He once quipped "I wasn't born a fool, it took work to get this way"... |
Dave Apell & The Applejacks
Mexican Hat Rock, 1954-1962 [ Jasmine / CD - released 14/May/2021 ] A Philadelphia-born guitarist with a strong empathy for Jazz, whose career as a professional musician stretched back to the late 1930s, DAVE APPELL carved out an unlikely career in Rock'n'Roll as an arranger, bandleader, musical director and... |
Dave 'Baby' Cortez
The Happy Organ & Other Great Recordings (1956 - 61) [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] Dave 'Baby' Cortez hasn't received much attention as far as reissues are concerned so Jasmine has decided to put together what is the best and most comprehensive collection of hits and rarities... |
Red River Dave Mcenery
There's A Blue Sky Way Out Younder [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/May/2007 ] 29 tracks including swing, cowboy songs, country ballads, and dance numbers from one of the finest voices of all the singing cowboys. Featuring classic titles like "Cool Water", "Tumbling Tumbleweeds", "Shame On You", "I'll Be All Smiles Tonight"... |
Red River Dave Mcenery
The Yodelling Cowboy Sings - Amelia Earhart's Last Flight [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Mar/2005 ] One of the finest and most versatile voices of the "Singing Cowboy" era. Features the rare, original recording of the classic story song "Amelia Earhart's Last Flight" written by Red River Dave himself, many rare recordings of western classics... |
David Carroll
Fascination - The Great Hit Sounds of... [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] David Carroll was also a top arranger for such noted artists as Patti Page, Rusty Draper, Sarah Vaughan, The Crew Cuts, The Gaylords. Here we focus on his own material, and this is the first David Carroll collection to include all of his hit... |
David Rose
The Hits and More - King of Strings [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2011 ] David Rose was one of the most admired and characteristic mainstream instrumental pop composers of the '40s, '50s and '60s and rightly deserved the moniker 'King of the Strings'... |