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Top 20 on Spotify for August 2011

1	The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face	Roberta Flack
2	Money In My Pocket	Dennis Brown
3	7th Heaven Main Title Theme	Steve Plunkett
4	Great Balls Of Fire	Jerry Lee Lewis
5	Beyond The Sea	Bobby Darin
6	I Walk The Line	Johnny Cash
7	Mad World Donnie Darko	DLG Orchestra
8	Blue Suede Shoes	Carl Perkins
9	The Closer I Get To You	Roberta Flack
10	Love Lift Us Up Where We Belong	Reba McEntire
11	Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On	Jerry Lee Lewis
12	What Do You Think About Loving	Dolly Parton
13	Dream Lover	Bobby Darin
14	Last Of The Mohicans	Musica Paradiso
15	Black Bottom	Annette Hanshaw
16	Love Me Tender	Elvis Presley
17	Its A Sin To Tell A Lie	Vera Lynn
18	Ballad Of A Teenage Queen	Johnny Cash
19	Welsh National Anthem	Rugby Crowd National Stadium Cardiff
20	Pressure Drop	Toots and the Maytals

Allen Pollack’s In Tune Magazine Review ( Perez Prado CD )

PEREZ PRADO: MAMBO KING, Delta Bygone Days 8YD77065

A very apt title  for this release from the bandleader musician (singer, organist and pianist), and composer often labelled "The King of the Mambo."With recordings covering the period 1949- 1958 (some vocals uncredited) I was impressed by both sound quality and choice of material with MAMBO No. 5, CHERRY PINK AND APPLE-BLOSSOM WHITE and PATRICIA emanating from Prado's hit popularity package.

However, more off-centre Latin-beat interpretations include Leroy Anderson' famous composition SYNCOPATED CLOCK MAMBO along with an effective nod towards Johnnie Ray's SUCH A NIGHT and transitional reworking of C'ESTS l BON. ANNA and SILVANA MANGANO link film and its star of the successful 1951-released ltalian movie whilst two tracks - FREDDY and SWEET AND GENTLE - are heightened by clicking cha-cha heels and purring vocal seduction of the inimitable Eartha Kitt. Twenty full-blooded tracks containing Latin pleasure!

Mambo No. 5 (listen on spotify)

Available on Amazon MP3 & iTunes

Eddie Stobart: Trucks & Trailers Series Two

The observational documentary series about the iconic haulage firm, Eddie Stobart, returns with bigger and better trucks and more time-laden jeopardy. Their 2000 drivers cover the distance to the moon and back every day, making deliveries every 4 seconds.

Eddie Stobart’s trucks are a familiar sight on the motorways of Europe and they play a massive role in keeping freight moving across the UK & the continent.

Now the Stobart trucks, with their female names and distinctive livery, are featured in this new DVD release of the second series of the Channel Five series, Eddie Stobart Trucks and Trailers. But this four DVD box set is not just about trucks – it’s also about the men and women that keep the Stobart trucks rolling 24 hours a day.

For the truckers, planners, and bosses of Eddie Stobart, time is money, and jams, breakdowns and empty trailers are cash down the drain.

Stobart make a delivery every 4.6 seconds, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It's a company of five thousand people, driving two thousand trucks, packing three thousand trailers, running two ports, two airports and endless freight trains.

In each episode we tell stories which will have characters facing high stakes. We'll get to know the bosses who watch every penny from the control room and negotiate multi-million pound contracts. We'll see the men and women who move millions of pounds of stock in and out of the huge warehouses and container ports filled with everything that keeps Britain going. But we'll also find out about the quirky traditions and routines that have made Stobarts a national treasure - and even meet the "Eddie spotters" who spend their free time in search of Stobart lorries...

All the time the clock will be ticking. Will they get the fridge trucks to the supermarket before the fresh food goes bad? Can they shave vital minutes - and thousands of pounds - off the time taken to unload and turn around a container ship? Can our tramper get home in time for his son's school play?

This is the story of the people who race against time, all night and day, in the wind, the rain and the snow, to get everything you eat and buy delivered to you.

The Detonators Series One, Explosive experts Dr. Braden Lusk and Dr. Paul Worsey travel the globe to see how the biggest demolitions are done.

The Detonators - Join explosives experts Dr. Braden Lusk and Dr. Paul Worsey for a backstage pass to the world’s biggest and toughest demolition jobs. From urban skyscrapers and massive steel bridges to giant stadiums and towering cranes, you'll meet the highly-skilled blasters who can bring down any structure with pinpoint accuracy. Using special sacrifice cameras and high-speed camera technology, our experts will give you a unique, behind-the-scenes look at how demolition specialists take down engineering giants with the push of a button.

The Detonators takes you inside the explosive-packed world of professional demolition engineers as they use all their skills to fire off the perfect blast.

Available from Amazon | Deltamusic 

How the West was Lost, It is the story of how two great civilizations, each occupying vastly different viewpoints, that inevitably came into conflict.

How the West Was Lost is about the westward expansion of the nation across the North American continent during the last half of the 19th century, with special attention on the Native American experience and point of view. It is the story of how two great civilizations, each occupying vastly different viewpoints, each regarding the other over an uncrossable chasm of misunderstanding and incomprehension, met and inevitably came into conflict. Each episode looks at a specific tribe or battle and features interviews with descendants of Indian legends. 13 Episodes spread over 4 DVD's.

Availbe  from Amazon | Deltamusic

Central Steam, fascinating access behind the scenes at preserved steam heritage railway, the Great Central Railway.

The series follows a year in the life of the railway, as we meet some of the seven hundred staff and volunteers who share their passion for the golden age of steam. Over the series we meet engine drivers and firemen, chefs, engineers, and visiting celebrities including artist David Shepherd and pop mogul Pete Waterman. And not to mention visiting engines including ‘Tornado’, ‘Oliver Cromwell’, and the vintage ‘Sir Berkeley’ that helped build the Great Central 110 years ago.

Across the series we discover the history of the railway, including the story of the TPO – the ‘Travelling Post Office’ where the post was sorted on mail trains as they sped through the night, and the ‘Windcutters’ – freight trains that carried coal from the Nottinghamshire coalfields to London and the South of England.

Special Gala events include visits by engines such as TORNADO, the first Peppercorn class A1 steam locomotive to be built in Britain since the 1960s and there are plenty of vintage visitors too including a replica of Stephenson’s ROCKET and SIR BERKELEY – an engine that helped build the railway 110 years ago! Other steam engines making regular appearances on the series include the BR standard class 7 OLIVER CROMWELL and the FAIRBURN tank engine.

As well as covering events happening along the line, the series delves into the fascinating world of the engine and wagon sheds where old locomotives, carriages and wagons are restored back to working life by the skill and passion of the engineers. One engine, the JINTY tank engine that was rescued from a scrapyard has been rebuilt over a fifteen year period by her owner and a small band of volunteers and makes her restoration debut at the Great Central. 

Available on Amazon & Deltamusic.co.uk

Punk Makes a Return!

Punk makes a return this year with 3 new albums covering some of the greatest punk songs of all-time.

Featuring classic punk tunes made famous by The Clash, Iggy Pop, The Stooges, The New York Dolls, and a couple of rock ‘n’ roll classics beloved by the first generation of punks, ‘Be Bop A Lula’ and ‘Real Wild One’.Featuring performances by Vice Squad, Subway Sect, Dave Vanian (lead singer of the Damned) and many more. Punk and new wave classics, including songs by Joy Division, Talking Heads, Sex Pistols and The Clash, as interpreted by 999, The Stranglers, Dresden, Lydia Lunch and more... A collection of punk covers and new wave classics performed by Beki Bondage, The Slits, John Cooper Clarke, UK Subs, Peter And The Test Tube Babies and many more.. No Future: Amazon (CD) | iTunes | Deltamusic (CD) Broken Britain: Amazon (CD) | iTunes | Deltamusic (CD) We're So Pretty: Amazon (CD) | iTunes | Deltamusic (CD)

Allen Pollack’s In Tune Magazine Review (Doris Day CD)

As a postscript, for those still looking for those songs and albums from the mainstay of Doris' recording career, I can do no better than recommend four nicely packaged budget-priced CD sets from Delta Leisure that have just been released as attribute to her with some duplication affecting three of them so it's best to check track listings in order to choose the ideal set.

The main hits are included as are many other singles covering the full spectrum of the solo Day recording career. DAY BY DAY - THE GREATEST HITS & MORE- Three-CD set of sixty songs – 60385.

THE BEST OF DORIS DAY - Double-CD set containing forty songs- Performance 38337.

DORIS DAY-HER GREATEST HITS- 20 tracks on a single CD - CD6B26.

The final collection is a double-CD set DORIS DAY SINGS HOLLYWOOD & BROADWAY 40 - CLASSICS FROM STAGE & SCREEN - containing album selections from her many albums including HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD and SHOWTIME- Performanc 3E8336.

All these great Doris Day titles are available through iTunes and Amazon MP3

The Best Of Doris Day - Amazon MP3 | iTunes
Day By Day - Her Greatest Hits - Amazon MP3 | iTunes
Sings Hollywood & Broadway - Amazon MP3 | iTunes
With Love From Doris Day - Her Greatest Hits - Amazon MP3 | iTunes

Mr Men Collectors Edition 4 DVD Embossed Tin.

Mr Men Collectors Edition Embossed Tin.

This 4 DVD box set contains Mr Men & Little Miss Original Complete Series 1 featuring 13 original episodes.  Mr Men & Little Miss Original Complete Series 2 including 15 Episodes. Little Miss Original Complete Series featuring the 13 original episodes of Little Miss, narrated by John Alderton and Pauline Collins and Mr Men & Little Miss - The Christmas Letter an enchanting story narrated by Geoffrey Palmer (As Time Goes By) and with original artwork adapted by Adam Hargreaves.

It’s Christmas time and everyone in Misterland is writing letters to Santa, especially young Jack. However, he makes a big mistake and asks Mr Forgetful to post his letter! Jack is distraught – how will Santa know what he wants for Christmas? Mr Happy has a fantastic idea and with Mr Daydream’s help they set off to find none other than Santa himself. Their amazing journey takes them through many strange lands, and we are reunited with many of our favourite characters: Mr Silly, Little Miss Scatterbrain, Mr Greedy, Mr Snow, Mr Mischief, Little Miss Tiny, Little Miss Trouble and all of their friends.

Available on Amazon and at Delta Music

The Battle of Britain, Special Offfer!

This September sees our Battle of Britain collection on special offer! This offer is running along side Britain at War Magazine (Sept Issue) which you can buy online. The DVD's and CD offers can also be found on the Delta site.just visit our site and click on special offers.

"The resilience of the British throughout the years of World War II was legendary and to this day this is still regarded as the nation's finest hour. Follow the progress of the war as the triumphs and disasters unfolded and discover what life in Britain, keeping the home fires burning, was really like. From Dunkirk to D-Day, Pearl Harbour to Nagasaki, plot the major events that shaped a new order and peace in our time."