features in: Album Chart of 1973 ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1970s |
The “Damil Records House Band” (as I call them) made albums which contained anonymous cover versions of recent and current hit singles. The recordings were intended to replicate the sound of the original hits as closely as possible. The albums were recorded by a studio group comprising session musicians and singers who remained unaccredited. The label had been inspired by Hallmark Records “Top of the Pops” series which had been the forerunner of the concept. When TOTP and their rivals were allowed onto the national LP charts in 1971 they had a spell of high success and were selling by the bucket load. And so inevitably, yet more covers albums started appearing, by a flurry of labels big and small. Damil Records of the USA were just one of many such labels, and launched their “12 Tops” Series in 1972.
The Jukebox Rebel
21–Feb–2010
Tracklist |
A1 | [02:54] Damil Records House Band - Right Thing To Do (Carly Simon) Songwriter |
A2 | [03:18] Damil Records House Band - Sweet Dreams (Don Gibson) Country |
A3 | [02:49] Damil Records House Band - Love Train (Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff) Disco / Funk |
A4 | [04:03] Damil Records House Band - Drive-In Saturday (David Robert Jones) Rock n Roll Ballad |
A5 | [03:15] Damil Records House Band - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree (Irwin Levine, Lawrence Russell Brown) Pop |
A6 | [03:25] Damil Records House Band - Why Can’t We Live Together (Timmy Thomas) Soul Ballad |
B1 | [02:29] Damil Records House Band - Get Down (Gilbert O’Sullivan) Pop |
B2 | [04:36] Damil Records House Band - I’m A Clown (Tony Romeo) Pop Ballad |
B3 | [03:58] Damil Records House Band - My Love (Paul McCartney) Pop Ballad |
B4 | [03:11] Damil Records House Band - Hello! Hello! I’m Back Again (Paul Gadd, Mike Leander) Pop |
B5 | [03:00] Damil Records House Band - Power To All Our Friends (Guy Fletcher, Doug Flett) Pop |
B6 | [03:31] Damil Records House Band - Never-Never-Never (Tony Renis, Alberto Testa, Norman Newell) Crooner / Cabaret |