Rapiers - 1961Originally released on the Off Beat imprint in 1987, this album includes both sides of their rare Off Beat single issued earlier the same year. The Rapiers are the leading Shadows tribute band and regularly perform as the Shadows in the West End and as backup to original Shadows members, such as Jet Harris. 14 tracks. Ace. 2006.

His style of delivery and his songwriting provided a template for many artists who followed in the soul era and this collection underlines his talents as both performer and writer

Mike Mandel was the keyboard player with the Players Association and Larry Coryell's Eleventh House

12 - Cello Concerto

A bona fide guitar hero in his native England

and this collection provides an entertaining cross-section of a significant era in his career when he enjoyed his biggest hits

along with many other classics which have become standards in folk and country repertoire

Conceptually

"Don't Sweetheart Me" and "Oh Happy Day"

and provides a substantial and enlightening showcase for their unique talents

violinist Ganesh Rajagopalan

was written especially for Duo Beautiful Strings

Even when Carl Philipp Emanuel made himself a candidate for the position of Thomaskantor as Johann Sebastian's successor