Dance," "The Photograph Of Mother's Wedding Group," "Home," "Take Me To Your Heart Again," "We've Got To Keep Up With The Jones," "September more space to wander. The operation Song," "I Belong To Glasgow." "The has paid off handsomely, for the sound Ugly Duckling," "He Forgot To Come is well above average and well dis- Back." and "The Lord's Prayer." persed between the two channels. (W.N.W.). The program: "I Hear Music," "Dry ★ * ★ Bones," "In The Still Of The Night," MOONLIGHT AND ROSES. Jim "01' Man River," "Hit The Road To Reeves, Vocal With Orchestra. Pro- Dreamland," "Smoke Gets In Your duced by Chef Atkins. Stereo, Eyes," "Give Me Your Tired, Your R.C.A. Dynagroove LSP-2854. (Also A MUST FOR EVERY HOBBYIST, Poor," "Cigarette, Sweet Music And available in Mono). You," "The Whiffenpoof Song," "Hora Interest: Vocal evergreens. HANDYMAN, MOTORIST AND HOUSEWIFE Staccato," "Lolly Too Dum Dee," Performance: Smooth . . . but . . . • P!ug« Into dome«tic pc»^er «ocket j "Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Quality; Excellent. to energise • Juit 31" long—ideal Child," "You'll Never Walk Alone," Stereo; Nicely spread. for glove box, handbag or pocket "Battle Hymn Of The Republic," "Quiet and compelling" is how the • Attrectiva, two-tone plastic finish "Sleep." jacket notes describe Jim Reeves' vocal • Strong, reliable beam • A beauty! (W.N.W.) style; in a way it is, but it is marred Guaranteed for six months. ★ ★ ★ by a frequent tautness on sustained notes, Send 78/- plus 2/- forwarding chargei lo: which contrasts uncomfortably with his SELECTIONS FROM ALFRED LORD 'ACCULUX' Division 0 TENNYSON, presented by Ray- "round" tones elsewhere. It may be a matter of style but, personally, I would P.O. Box 2460V. Melbourne mond Massey. Selected by Profes- prefer it otherwise. Hence the reserva- , sor H. E. Pagliaro, Columbia Uni- tion expressed above. versity. From The Spoken Word However, full marks must be given Library Of Recorded Classics, for the Nashville vocal and instrumental TRANSISTOR SERVICE Mono, Festival FC-31316. backing, arranged by Anita Kerr. The Interest: Tennyson classics. titles: ALL JAPANESE MAKES Performance: Classic also. "Moonlight And Roses," "Mexicali REPAIRED Quality; Excellent. Rose," "Carolina Moon," "Rosa Rio," including . . . In this television age, one wonders "Oh What It Seemed," "What's In It Ariifone Sony Mittubithi Fujlya who least needs any introduction, Alfred For Me," "Roses," "One Dozen Roses," Berlin Sharp Nlvico P.8000, Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate of Eng- "Moon River," "There's A New Moon, General~ , Auroraa Spica. SanyoNanaola land for 40 years prior to the turn of Over My Shoulder," "It's Only A Paper Mariner Crown Toshiba Standard the century, or Raymond Massey — National Hitachi Belair Yashica Gillespie in the "Dr Kildare" television Moon," "When I Lost You." series. Quality-wise, the sound is very clean We do nof sell spare parts But, if the association seems in any and completely free from background PETER G. BROUGHTON way odd, don't let it deter you. Ray- noise. (W.N.W.). mond Massey's talents extend far be- 209 George Street, yond the world of TV serials and, to THE BEST OF JIM REEVES. Vocal Sydney. Tel. 27-5831 borrow the wording of the jacket notes, With Chorus And Orchestra. Stereo, "his melodious delivery has just the right R.C.A. LSP-2890. (Also available touch of sombreness, the right hint of in Mono). lyrical despair." With this remark, I Interest: Jim Reeves. completely agree. Performance; Characteristic. PRICE'S RADIO The poems and extracts, representative Quality: Good. of Tennyson's work, include: "The Lady Stereo: Routine. BOX 1212 G.P.O., SYDNEY Of Shallot," "Tears, Idle Tears," "The Much the same remarks apply to Jim Mail order service for ail radio and Lotus Eaters," "Ulysses," "Break, Break, Reeves' performance here, as to the disc television spare parts Break," "Guinevere" and "Crossing The above, although there are fewer sustained 200H MULTIMETER Bar." notes to expose the effect for which I , expressed dislike. However, for those DC Volts 5-25-2.i0-500 and 2.5k It may be a long time since you've with a liking for Jim's admittedly easy (20.000 ohms per volt) read or heard some of these poems but style, the choice between discs will really AC Volts 10-50-100-500-1000 I'm quite certain that you will hear rest on the titles: (10,000 opv) many familiar excerpts, as you listen "He'll Have To Go," "Four Walls," DC Current 0-50 ua 0-2 ma 0250 . . . excerpts that you may appreciate "Guilty," "Blue Boy," "I'm Gettin' Bet- ma. more now than in the days when they ter," "The Blizzard," "Am I Losing Resistance 0-6k 0-6 meg (300 and were learnt as a matter of compulsion. You?" "Billy Bayou," "Anna Marie," 30k at centre scale). This is a record well worth having "Stand At Your Window," "Adios Capacitance lOuf—.OOluf .OOluf,— in your library. (W.N.W.) Amigo," and "Danny Boy." .luf. ★ ★ ★ Sad footnote; Between preparation of Decibels —20db to 22db. "GRAC1E"—Grade Fields. Mono, Col- these reviews and their publication, Jim PRICE £5/12/- umbia Encore Series 33-OEX-9004. Reeves was killed in a private plane Interest; The irrepressible Gracie. crash. (W.N.W.). PHILIPS Power Supply for Transis- Performance; As always. tor Portable Radios 240v AC to ★ ★ ★ 9v DC, Quality; Excellent, 36 MARCHES FROM MUSICAL At first encounter, there was nothing COMEDY. The Southern Command PRICE £4/15/- on the economy packaging to indicate Band, under the baton of W.O.I Capacitance Substitution Boxes .001 whether this was a recent recording or lo 22 MF. 9 steps. a microgroove re-issue of earlier discs. H. J. Silk, M.B.E. Crest 12-incb The first few bars of orchestral back- stereo, ST-S01. PRICE £2/2/- ing dispel any doubts, however, for the Interest.' Local band. Resistance Substitution Boxes 15 sound is far too vital to have come Performance; Lively, drilled. ohm lo 10 M.ohm. 24 steps. from 78 masters. Nor is there much Recording: Noisy, but good. doubt about Gracie. either. It's Gracie, Stereo Quality: Very good. PRICE £3/10/- all right, but sounding more mellow and This is the first disc from the new Crystal Microphone with stand. more mature than the irrepressible, Crest label to come my way. Apart from Piezo Model X.18. somewhat raucous entertainer of the a rather high surface noise level and a PRICE £1/10/- thirties. slight touch of distortion it is quite Still, those with memories which good. The tonal and stereo balance are We can supply a large range of stretch back that far should enjoy this good and the frequency response is fine. radio and television test equipment new recording of a famous "old trouper." The Southern Command Band plays Write for a quote on any particular "Sing As We Go," "Young At Heart," tunes from musical comedies in a drilled instrument. "You Didn't Want Me When Yon Had but lively military fashion. The tunes MAIL ORDERS ONLY Me," "Mrs Binn's Twins,' "'The Kerry played are from all the popular shows, Aadio, Television & Hobbies, September, 1964