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TO FIRST OF RECORD 9 WELCOME 1960 S MAIL VISITORS 1°• A MONTHLY REVIEW AND DETAILS OF THE LATEST 'POPULAR' RECORDS ISSUED BY E.M.I RECORDS LTD. Concerts and television for H.M.V, Capitol, Columbia, Parlophonc, M-G-M. Mercur . all-star American contingent the New Year and here's Recsrd Meil rolling out a big 'welcome' )• Vol. 3. No. 1. January, 1960'T'S mat, preparing to greet an all-star contingent of American recording artistes due, at the time of going to press, to arrive here this month for concert and television dates. Scheduled to be among the first U.S star arrivals of 1960 are such poll-topping E.M.I names as Sarah Vaughan, The Platters, Joni James and Gene Vincent (making a quick return visit). RCURY'S magnificent Swab Vaughan opens a W I6-0av tour here with concerts at London's Royal Festival Hall on January 23. She follows up with appear- ances at the Astoria, Finsbury Park (Jan. 24), Town Hall. Birmingham (Jan. 25), City Hall, Newcastle (Jan. 26). Philharmonic, Liverpool (Jan. 27), and Guild Hall, Portsmouth (Jan. 28). On January 30 she returns to London for concerts at the New Victoria, London, and then travels to the De Montfort Hall, Leicester (Jan. 31), The Dome, Brighton (Feb. 1), Colston Hall, Bristol (Feb. 2), St. George's Hall, Bradford (Feb. 4), Odeon, Glasgow (Feb. 5), Free Trade Hall, Manchester (Feb. 6), and Gaumont, Hammersmith (Feb. 7). HE poll-topping Platters, firm disc favourites in Tthis and manv other countries open their concert tour here on January 13—at Sheffield. Then they move on to the City Hall, Newcastle (Jas. 14), Odeon, Glasgow (Jas. 15), and the Free Trade Hall, Manchester (Jao.'16). On January 17 they arc scheduled to appear on A.T.V's "Sunday Night at the London Palladium" and they follow this with concerts at the Odeon, Birmingham (Jan. 18), Guild Hall, Portsmouth (Jan. 19), Gaumont, Cardiff (Jan. 20), Colston Hall, Bristol (Jan. 22), Gaumont, to RECORD MAIL Hammersmith (Jan. 23), and De Montfort Hall, Leicester (Jan. 24). Thanks a million for putting my record "What Do You W=t?" at the IWFZWWF < in top of the "Hit Parade." It's a n O stranger to this country is M-GM vocal charmer Jooi James. She was a welcome visitor here dream come true and I really can't very m few months ago when she came for TV appearaoces— believe it. and to record here. And it was to record here again that Joni returned recently. On her first visit her television included I hope you, too, get "What you appearances a most successful "Sunday Night at the London Palladium" want." date. And in E.M.I's London studios she recorded her attractive "100 Strings and Joni" LP—with British air angers, musicians and technicians. Proof of the success of this combination is her return here now. mm�onnawmnmmunnwlmamnnnnm nn R Capitol star Gene Vincent his trip here this month mn is a quick return visit —he arrived here for the first time, in fact, in early December to make three very success- ECORD MAIL telephoned Parlophone star Adam ful appearaaces on A.B.C-TV's popular 'beat' show, RFaith to congratulate him, on behalf of Mail readers, "Boy Meets Girls". on the tremendous success of his Number Oce hit "What After his last television stint Gene took off for concerts Do you Went?" and "From Now Until Forever" in Paris and a tour of American Army camps in Germany. (45-R4591). Adam chose to say `thank you' by sending a Now he returns here this month for a Granada circuit personal message to his fans — and we are happy now to tour—and more concerts here for this likeable young p"blish it here. singer arc being planned for later in the year. 2 RECORD MAIL �lrul,F�nr/.:y a Gov° rcrorG/ oy✓6"rauhton "Expresso Bongo" WITTY, AMUSING—WORTH 7'0Rt YOUR TIME AND MONEY and fA iW By PETER HAIGH COME from a long line of squares. By that I mean "AT THE DROP OF A that I love traditional Jazz, dixie, boogie, Basin Micbed Flanders ' HAT," mu sic) alal comedies, and and Donald Swann Street, symphonies, operas concertos—and I don't like rock and roll. But Parlophone PMC1033 that's really neither here nor there. •` 'SWEET,' The entertainment with which "Expresso Bongo" VanessaVan— Bela- Lce, provided m only goes to prove that however square or Cardinal e, ere be, it is to find HMV CLP1242 unsquare may possible something amusing on the other side of the fence. 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