Musical Mystery Tour Vol.1 (Gobble Gobble Gobbble) - Hilary James

Advantages: Great for children and adults alike.
Disadvantages: Drawing a blank here...

...Up in a Big Balloon is the second record in the Musical Mystery Tour, a series of lighthearted records aimed (not solely) at Children from folk duo Simon Mayor and Hilary James. It's guaranteed to have children singing, rather than screaming, all the way to the car's destination, leaving the adults free to... well... sing along as well. Catchy is the operative term here. Quick one-liners, simple structures and lyrics, tenuous rhymes to die for; you can't but fall in love with James and Mayor's offering on the first listening. Naturally, the main genre is folk, mandolins, couble basses guitars are the running musical theme. However, everything is covered (in both senses of the word), from classical to country and western. The songs are interspersed by merry banter between the couple, who assume various roles connected... Read review

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Advantages: A good mix of songs
Disadvantages: Doesnt help you get through the housework

...A cd thats a couple of years old now but still fun to listen to. I mean this cd says its meant to help you through the housework but I personally dont think it really does,if anything it distracts you,because you just start singing along to all the great tracks this album has to offer, you get caught up in the music and completely lose track of what you were doing - maybe a good thing in a way :-) Housework vol 1 is a double album that has some cracking songs that you just dont seem to hear on the radio anymore such as The Beach Boys - Help Me Rhonda and Don McLeans - American Pie. The songs on this album just make you feel good and really help to lift your spirits,but I honestly think its marketed wrong,this is a feel good album for anyone just not people doing the housework.I dont think the title of the album really represents... Read review

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Advantages: Very entertaining, and superbly engineered
Disadvantages: Some of the electronic effects are a little cheesy

...Vince’s superlative engineering. It is a producer’s disc if ever there was one, and an object lesson in how to create original, high-quality sound recordings. The sound quality is of course up to the usual very high standards of the Studio 2 label, which was once synonymous with easy listening repertoire of the utmost quality, in terms of both music and production. ~ Where Can I Get It? ~ The vinyl album has long been deleted, but the same material is available, along with “Space Experience 2” (an slightly inferior sequel, in my humble opinion) on a recently discontinued compilation CD called “Space Experience Vol. 1 and Vol. 2”. Both of these are still available on eBay from time to time (vinyl album averages £10.00 used, CD compilation around £8.99 new). Both are on the Studio 2 label.... Read review

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