Lighthouse Family

 

Artist:  Lighthouse Family
Origin:  Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Genre:  Pop, R&B, Soul, Lounge, Easy Listening, Blue-Eyed Soul, Adult Alternative Pop, Alternative Pop, Indie Pop

Original line-up:

Tunde Baiuyewu:  Vocals
Paul Tucker:  Keyboards

Lighthouse Family are a British Pop Duo from Newcastle Upon Tyne, formed in 1993 by Tunde Baiyewu (Vocals), and Paul Tucker (Keyboards).  After meeting while studying at university and both working at the same bar.  Their debut album Ocean Drive sold more than 1.8 million copies in the UK alone in 1995.  They are well known for their songs "Lifted", "Lost In Space", "Ocean Drive", Raincloud" and "High", which reached No. 1 on the Australian Singles Chart.

Title:  Ocean Drive (Limited Edition) (2023)

Genre:  Pop, R&B, Soul, Lounge, Easy Listening, Blue-Eyed Soul, Adult Alternative Pop, Alternative Pop, Indie Pop

Label:  Polydor Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1. Lifted (4:31)

 2.  Heavenly (3:47)

 3.  Loving Every Minute (4:10)

 4.  Ocean Drive (3:48)

 5.  The Way You Are (5:01)

Side 2:

 1.  Keep Remembering (4:01)

 2.  Sweetest Operator (4:03)

 3.  What Could Be Better (3:57)

 4.  Beautiful Night (4:48)

 5.  Goodbye Heartbreak (4:11)

Personnel:

Tunde Baiuyewu:  Lead & Backing Vocals
Paul Tucker:  Keyboards

Additional Musicians:

Dave Brewis:  Guitar

Rupert Brown:  Drums

Danny Cummings:  Percussion

Simon Eyre:  Guitar

Tim Kellett:  Flugelhorn, Trumpet

Steven Dante:  Backing Vocals

David Grant:  Backing Vocals

Lain Gray:  Backing Vocals

Tee Green:  Backing Vocals

Clive Griffin:  Backing Vocals

Heard But Not Seen:  Backing Vocals

Lawrence Johnson:  Backing Vocals

The London Session Orchestra:  Strings

Frank Ricotti:  Vibraphone

Phillip Todd:  Bass, Brass, Flute

Pete Wingfield:  Piano

Gavyn Wright:  Violin

Ocean Drive is the debut studio album by Lighthouse Family, originally released on September 1, 1995 by Polydor Records, remastered and reissued on October 13, 2023 by Polydor Records.  Limited Edition Blue Vinyl.

Lighthouse Family

Artist:  Lighthouse Family
Origin:  Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Genre:  Pop, R&B, Soul, Lounge, Easy Listening, Blue-Eyed Soul, Adult Alternative Pop, Alternative Pop, Indie Pop

Original line-up:

Tunde Baiuyewu:  Vocals
Paul Tucker:  Keyboards

Lighthouse Family are a British Pop Duo from Newcastle Upon Tyne, formed in 1993 by Tunde Baiyewu (Vocals), and Paul Tucker (Keyboards).  After meeting while studying at university and both working at the same bar.  Their debut album Ocean Drive sold more than 1.8 million copies in the UK alone in 1995.  They are well known for their songs "Lifted", "Lost In Space", "Ocean Drive", Raincloud" and "High", which reached No. 1 on the Australian Singles Chart.

Title:  Essential Lighthouse Family (2023)

Genre:  Pop, R&B, Soul, Lounge, Easy Listening, Blue-Eyed Soul, Adult Alternative Pop, Alternative Pop, Indie Pop

Label:  Spectrum Music

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

Disc 1L

 1.  Lifted (4:19)

 2.  Ocean Drive (3:58)

 3.  Beautiful Night (4:46)

 4.  What Could Be Better (3:53)

 5.  Keep Remembering (4:00)

 6.  Heavenly (3:44)

 7.  Loving Every Minute (4:12)

 8.  Goodbye Heartbreak (4:05)

 9.  The Way You Are (5:01)

10.  Sweetest Operator (4:02)

11. Lifted (Rokstore R&B Mix) (6:36)

12. Ocean Drive (Linslee R&B Mix) (4:01)

13. Goodbye Heartbreak (Phil Bodger Mix) (3:55)

14. Loving Every Minute (Cutfather & Joe Remix) (4:19)

15. High (Itaal Shur's Beautiful Urban Edit) (3:47)

16. Raincloud (D-Influence Remix Edit) (4:28)

Disc 2:

 1.  High (5:12)

 2.  Raincloud (4:02)

 3.  Question Of Faith (3:50)

 4.  Lost In Space (5:20)

 5.  Postcard From Heaven (4:20)

 6.  Once In A Blue Moon (3:53)

 7.  Let It All Change (5:13)

 8.  Sun In The Night (5:20)

 9.  When I Was Younger (4:17)

10. Restless (4:300

11. Raincloud (Basement Boys Paradox Vocal) (8:11)

12. High (Big Club Mix) (6:10)

13. Lost In Space (Main Mix) (5:24)

14. Question Of Faith (Faithful Club Mix) (7:50)

Disc 3:

 1.  (I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be) Free/One (5:18)

 2.  Run (4:00)

 3.  You're A Star (4:36)

 4.  Whatever GetsUou Through The Day (4:40)

 5.  Happy (4:35)

 6.  Absolutely Everything (4:14)

 7.  I Could Have Loved You (3:56)

 8.  Ain't No Sunshine (3:42)

 9.  Lifted (Acoustic Version) (3:12)

10. Ocean Drive (Acoustic Version) (3:20)

11. High (Acoustic Version) (3:54)

12. Lost In Space (Acoustic Version) (3:32)

13. High (Live Acoustic Version) (4:08)

14. End Of The Sky (Phil Bodger Mix (4:59)

15. Live Again (4:07)

16. My Salvation (4:41)

17. Light On (4:48)

18. Blue Sky In Your Head (4:37)

Essential Lighthouse Family is the compilation album by Lighthouse Family, released on February 12, 2023 by Spectrum Music.  For Music Collectors.

Stereolab

Artist:  Stereolab
Origin:  London, England
Genre:   Indie Pop, Alternative Pop, Avant-Pop, Post-Rock, Indie Electronic, Ambient Pop, Experimental Rock, Art Pop, Lounge, Space, Age Pop

Original line-up:

Tim Gane:  Guitar, Keyboards
Laetitia Sadier:  Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar

Stereolab are an English-French Indie Pop and Avant-Pop Band formed in London in 1990 by Tim Gane and Laetitia Sadier, the group's music combines influences from Krautrock, Lounge-Pop, Bossa Nova, Movie Soundtracks and 1960s Pop Music, also draw from Funk, Jazz and Brazilian Music, and were one of the first artists to be dubbed "Post-Rock".

Title:   Sound Dust (Expanded Edition)  (2019)
Genre:   Indie Pop, Alternative Pop, Avant-Pop, Post-Rock, Indie Electronic, Ambient Pop, Experimental Rock, Art Pop, Lounge, Space, Age Pop
Label:  Duophonic 
Rating:  *****

Format:   CD:

Tracks:

Disc 1:

 1.  Black Ants In Sound-Dust  (1:58)
 2.  Space Moth  (7:35)
 3.  Captain Easychord  (5:30)
 4.  Baby Lulu  (5:1x4)
 5.  The Black Arts  (5:13)
 6.  Hallucinex  (3:52)
 7.  Double Rocker  (5:38)
 8.  Gus The Mynah Bird  (9:05)
 9.  Naught More Terrific Than Man  (4:08)
10. Nothing To Do With Me  (3:38)
11. Suggestion Diabolique  (7:53)
12. Les Bons Bons Des Raisons  (6:44)

Disc 2:

 1.  Black Ants  (Demo)   (1:43)
 2.  Space Moth Intro  (Demo)  (0:34)
 3.  Space Moth (Demo)  (3:45)
 4.  Baby Lulu (Demo)  (3:19)
 5.  Hallucinex Pt. 1 (Demo)  (2:08)
 6.  Hallucinex Pt.  2  (Demo)  (0:52)
 7.  Long Live Love (Demo)  (2:19)
 8.  Les Bon Bons Des Raisons (Demo)  (3:24)

Personnel:

Tim Gane:  Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Piano, Wurlitzer, Rhodes, RMI Rocksichord, Pianet Pianos, Clavinet, Electric Harpsichord, Farfisa Organ, Celesta, Electronics, Tape Echo and Delay
Laetitia Sadier:   Vocals, Percussion, Whistles, Sound Effects
Mary Hansen:  Vocals, Percussion, Whistles, Sound Effects
Simon Johns:  Six-String Bass
Andy Ramsay:  Drums

Additional Musicians:

Tim Barnes:  Bongos on "Gus The Mynahbird"
Jeb Bishop:  Trombone
Dave Max Crawford:  Trumpet
Mikael Jorgensen:  Electric Harpsichord Rhodes Piano
Glenn Kotche:  Crotales on "Captain Easychord" and "Gus The Mynahbird", Marimba on "Gus The Mynahbird"
Rob Mazurek:  Cornet on "Captain Easychord", "Gus The Mynahbird"
John McEntire:  Piano, Wurlitzer, Rhodes, RMI Rocksichord, Pianet Pianos, Clavinet, Electric Harpsichord, Farfisa Organ, Celesta, Vibraphone, Marimba, Glockenspiel, Electronics, Tape Echo and Delay, Percussion, Whistles, Sound Effects
Paul Mertens:  Flut, Bass Harmonica
Sean O'Hagan:  Piano, Wurlitzer, Rhodes, RMI Rocksichord, Pianet Pianos, Clavinet, Electric Harpsichord, Farfisa Organ, Celesta, Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Brass, Flute Arranements
Jim O'Rourke:  Piano, Wurlitzer, Rhodes, RMI Rocksichord, Pianet Pianos, Clavinet, Electric Harsichord, Farfisa Organ, Celesta, Vibraphone, Marimba, Glockenspiel, Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Electronics, Tape Echo and Delay
Andy Robinson:  Brass And Flute Arrangements
Chad Taylor:  Cymbals on "The Black Arts", Drums on "Nothing To Do With Me'

Sound Dust is the seventh studio album by Stereolab, originally released on August 28, 2001 by Duophonic, remastered and reissued on November 29, 2019 by Duphonic, includes Bonus Disc of out-of-print album session tracs and unreleased Demos.

Lighthouse Family

Artist:  Lighthouse Family
Origin:  Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Genre:  Pop, R&B, Soul, Lounge, Easy Listening, Blue-Eyed Soul, Adult Alternative Pop, Alternative Pop, Indie Pop

Original line-up:

Tunde Baiuyewu:  Vocals
Paul Tucker:  Keyboards

Lighthouse Family are a British Pop Duo from Newcastle Upon Tyne, formed in 1993 by Tunde Baiyewu (Vocals), and Paul Tucker (Keyboards).  After meeting while studying at university and both working at the same bar.  Their debut album Ocean Drive sold more than 1.8 million copies in the UK alone in 1995.  They are well known for their songs "Lifted", "Lost In Space", "Ocean Drive", Raincloud" and "High", which reached No. 1 on the Australian Singles Chart.

Title:  Blue Sky In Your Head  (2019)
Genre:  Pop, R&B, Soul, Lounge, Easy Listening, Blue-Eyed Soul, Adult Alternative Pop, Alternative Pop, Indie Pop
Label:  Polydor Records
Rating:   *****

Format:  CD:

Tracks:

Disc 1:  Blue Sky In Your Head:

 1.  Blue Sky In Your Head  (4:37)
 2.  My Salvation  (4:41)
 3.  Live Again  (4:27)
 4.  The Long Goodbye  (3:54)
 5.  Clouds  (5:23)
 6.  Waterloo Street  (5:40)
 7.  Put My Heart On You  (4:30)
 8.  Light On  (4:48)
 9.  Who's Gonna Save Me Now?  (3:34)
10. Super 8  (5:20)
11. The Streetlights And The Rain  (4:33)
12. Under Your Wings  (3:27)
13. Immortal  (5:27)

Disc 2:  Essentials:

 1.  Ocean Drive  (4:01)
 2.  Lifted  (4:20)
 3.  High  (5:14)
 4.  Raincloud  (4:34)
 5.  Lost In Space  (5:23)
 6.  Loving Every Minute  (4:12)
 7.  (I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be) Free/One  (5:17)
 8.  Question Of Faith  (4:33)
 9.  Goodbye Heartbrea  (4:09)
10. Postcard From Heaven  (4:23)

Personnel:

Tunde Baiuyewu:  Vocals
Paul Tucker:  Keyboards

Blue Sky In Your Head is the band first album of Lighthouse Family in 18 years and it includes in a second disc titled Essentials, which contains remastered versions of their classic hits such as "Lifted", "Lost In Space", "Ocean Drive", Raincloud" and "High".

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Artist:  Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Origin:  Ventura, California, USA.
Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Swing Revival, Big Band, Jump & Jive

Original line-up:

Scotty Morris:  Lead Vocals, Guitar
Kurt Sodergren:  Drums, Percussion
Dirk Shumaker:  Double Bass, Vocals
Andy Rowley:  Baritone Saxophone, Vocals
Glen Marthevka:  Trumpet
Karl Hunter:   Saxophones, Clarinet
Joshua Levy:  Piano

With:  Ira Nepus, Lee Thornburg, Jim Fox, Paul Kreibich

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is a contemporary Swing Revival Band from Southern California, formed in 1989 by leader Scotty Morris, the band has concentrated on the Swing of the 1940s and 1950s.

Title:  Louie Louie Louie   (2017)
Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Swing Revival, Big Band, Jump & Jive, Retro Swing, Contemporary Pop, Neo-Swing, Jump Blues, Lounge
Label:  Savoy Jazz
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Dinah  (2:55)
 2.  Oh, Marie  (2:42)
 3.  Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't My Baby?  (4:05)
 4.  Jack, You're Dead  (3:19)
 5.  Whistle Stop  (2:31)
 6.  Choo Choo Ch'Boogie  (2:59)
 7.  Basin Street Blues  (3:44)
 8.  Jump, Jive An' Wail  (3:53)
 9.  Knock Me A Kiss  (2:48)
10. Struttin' With Some Barbecue  (3:55)
11. Five Months, Two Weeks, Two Days  (2:30)
12. Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens  (3:20)
13. When The Saints Go Marching In  (4:31)

Personnel:

Scotty Morris:  Lead Vocals, Guitar, Banjo
Kurt Sodergren:  Drums
Dirk Shumaker:  Double Bass, Vocals
Joshua Levy:  Piano
Glen "The Kid" Marthevka:  Trumpet
Andy Rowley:  Baritone Saxophone, Vocals, Whistling
Karl Hunter:  Alto & Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet

Louie Louie Louie is the ninth studio album by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, was released on June 16, 2017 by Savoy Jazz.  Great Swing Jazz Album!.