0616 Laurie Johnson [Two Cities Suite] FLAC 10(25.54)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:_
I suppose this is best described as 'jazz-tinged' light music but don't let that put you off.
It presents a musical portrait of two cities - London and New York played by a big band with added strings in places but the musicians are nor identified. Johnson usually drew on the best session and jazz musicians for his recordings but we do know that Tubby Hayes was on this recording and it is he who solos on M1.
Whilst this appeared originally on the Pye label, this version is taken from a Laurie Johnson compilation cd.

Laurie Johnson - leader
Tubby Hayes - tenor
other personnel unknown

LONDON
01 M.1.
02 Soho
03 The City
04 Limehouse
05 West End
NEW YORK
06 Latin Quarter
07 Grand Central
08 Times Square
09 south Beach
10 Seventh Avenue

Label: Pye NPL 18136
Recorded: 1966
Lineage: CD>FLAC
Scans: None

0435 Laurie Johnson [Lock Up Your Daughters] FLAC 4(9.11)

Contributed by bellawoods, who writes:-
This is a bit of a musical oddity.
Laurie Johnson wrote the music and Lionel Bart the words for a 1959 musical, 'Lock Up Your Daughters', based on Henry Fielding's book 'Rape Upon Rape.
It ran successfully in the West End for three or four years and eventually a cast recording was made.
Johnson then decided to cover four of the songs in the show with a big band recording including jazz soloists and this is the result. The ep is elusive and expensive (there's one on ebay for £80) but the four 'jazz' tracks were found buried away in a 'Best Of Laurie Johnson' compilation cd issued in 2009.
The tracks are quite short and each is a feature for one of the jazz soloists - Johnny Scott, Bert Courtley, Shake Keane and Joe Harriott.  The other musicians in the band are not identified and the recording date is not known, but presumably in the early 1960s.
To paraphrase the lawyers, 'the discographies are silent'.
FLAC from cd with original ep cover scans.

Laurie Johnson - leader
Bert Courtley - trumpet
Shake Keane - trumpet
Joe Harriott - alto
Johnny Scott - flute
other personnel unknown

01 Lock Up Your Daughters (Johnson, Bart) (2:00)
02 Lovely Lover (Johnson, Bart) (2:52)
03 'Tis Plain To See (Johnson, Bart) (:2)03
04 There's A Plot Afoot (Johnson, Bart) (2:15)

Label: Pye NEP 24156
Recorded: Late April 1960 London
Lineage: Compilation CD>FLAC