ALMA COGAN/THE BEST OF ALMA COGAN C 1044 (-68) MONO GERMANY

For artist story with the fatal ending check post on her Swedish only eponymous LP https://monolover.blogspot.com/2018/01/alma-cogan-pmes-535-65-mono-sweden.html . While that came directed to the Swedish public, this posthumous 45 compilation was aimed to please the German, with five of the songs sung in German, including versions of "Tennessee Waltz" and "A Lovers Concerto". I also get one of her biggest hits at the time "The Birds And The Bees" and both sides of her now very rare Lennon/McCartney 45 - "Help!"/"Eight Days A Week" - where the flip side has to be one of the more unexpected Beatles covers. The original perky up-tempo, but this coming out incredibly slow, fully orchestrated with prominent grand piano. Interesting. It seems all cuts comes with initial mono mixes. Audio shifts a little due to original recordings, but most of it tophole - big and strong, still natural. More schlager than pop and not even close to rock, but good listening for any openminded music lover with a rave for the sixties. To my knowledge this German was the only issue. It came with label as shown here and thin fully laminated cover. (FÄV*) (GÖXÄ*)