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ELAINE DELMAR ~ SNEAKIN` UP ON YOU VOCALION 8437 (Barcode: 765387843724) ~ UK ~ Jazz Recorded: 1968 Released: 2007 British singer / actor Elaine DelmarFind albums by this artist is a prominent figure on the local entertainment scene, with several decades of activity on stage, cinema and recording studio. Delmar started her career as a Jazz singer in the mid 1960s, recording several albums for Denis PrestonFind albums by this artist, and then signed with the CBSFind albums on this label label, on which she released just the one album, now reissued on VocalionFind albums on this label. As opposed to her early strictly Jazz recordings, on this album Delmar presents repertoire drawn from the cinema and stage as well as contemporary songbook. Of course her Jazz inclinations are still very much audible, as are her natural charm and talent. The music is superbly arranged and the orchestral accompaniment perfectly executed, with that marvelous 1960s sound. In many respects this album is a perfect example of vocal albums made in Britain in the late 1960s / early 1970s, where arrangers and orchestra conductors were an integral part of the final result and the overall result full of brilliant details, both vocal and instrumental. They don´t make music like that any more, that´s for sure. This is a most pleasant trip don the memory lane, which lost nothing of its charm over time.

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