[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2012; #035]
A personal compilation of songs by composer Steve Beresford and lyricist Andrew Brenner. Over a 10-year period this couple produced classic songs in the tradition of Tin Pan Alley or the later Brill Building. Most of them were released on Jean Rochard's French label nato or its subsidiary chabada.
tracklist:
01. You've Become Habitual to Me
CD: The Melody Four - Love Plays Such Funny Games (Chabada, 1984)
02. I Was There
03. Back in Cincinnati
10": Steve Beresford - Eleven Songs for Doris Day (Chabada, 1985)
04. The Melody Four? Si Señor!
10": The Melody Four - The Melody Four? Si Señor! (Chabada, 1985)
05. (To Be Or Not To Be) B. B.
LP: Kazuko Hohki - Chante Brigitte Bardot (Chabada, 1986)
06. Tendance
07. Gift of Linen
08. Cicada
LP: Steve Beresford - Dancing the Line / Anne Marie Beretta (Nato, 1986)
09. Thanks to Minnie
CD: The Melody Four - Hello! We Must Be Going / A Selection of Marx Brothers Goodies (Chabada, 1987)
10. Sandra Tavernier + Steve Beresford - Everybody's Gone Christmas
CD: Joyeux Noël (Nato, 1987)
11. (Let Me Hear That) Cheesy Organ (Play)
12. Sci Fi Hi-Fi
13. Astronaut Girl
CD: The Melody Four - Shopping for Melodies (Chabada 1988)
14. Apprenez le Français avec Trenet
CD: Steve Beresford - L'Extraordinaire Jardin de Charles Trenet (Chabada, 1988)
15. Stationary Moves Me
CD: Steve Beresford - Cue Sheets (Tzadik, 1989)
16. Kazuko Hohki - When it Rains
17. Rain is My Desire
CD: Kazuko Hohki - Love in Rainy Days (Chabada, 1990)
18. Signals for Tea
19. Unremarkable (solo version)
CD: Steve Beresford - Signals for Tea (Avant, 1994)
total time: 79'21
All music composed by Steve Beresford, all lyrics by Andrew Brenner.
Booked by Lucky, 2012.
Cover painting by Pierre Cornuel.
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