A follow-up to the widely successful 1963 "All Star Festival" (see earlier post) six years later. But while that had for its time mostly unique tracking, this seems to have a mix of originals, re-recordings and ones made exclusively for the event. Can't find any additional info on the making anywhere and for now neither have the ears nor patience to sort out every single track by myself so I'm leaving that be. More important is I get a collection of very good songs, most of them classics, performed by top artists and conveyed by very good audio. Ones from the then youth-orientated pop scene - by act as Simon & Garfunkel, Sonny & Cher, Bee Gees, Supremes, Dusty Springfield and Tom Jones - blended with songs directed to a more mature audience from artists like Frank Sinatra, Barbara Streisand, Andy Williams and Shirley Bassey. Either you prefer to jump tracks, or have an indiscriminate taste for good pop regardless of genres and take the full journey, this can never be a bad thing. Still rather common and sometimes sold very cheap so if you don't have it already and want a compilation of top pop cuts performed by some of the best it could be a bargain. Released on vinyl pretty much all over the world at the time, also as US 8-track, by to my knowledge never reissued in any form. Premiere Dutch had label as shown here and thin matt flip/back cover (writing on front sleeve on this copy seems to be a Shirley Bassey autograph). (SÄM*) (HÖLX*) (FÄV*)
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