What Are You Listening To?

[Music Head]

from my library (vinyl)



Beautiful voice, and two beautiful songs that I know of, both on this compilation. Had no idea
Roger is from Kenya. The guy is almost 80 now. His parents are English and moved to Kenya.
Roger decided on medicine as a career and enrolled at the University Of Capetown. Dropped out
of there to focus on a teaching degree. He then moved to England to pursue his studies. To help
pay for that he started singing in local clubs and was discovered by Fontana Records around
1962. Four years later a move to Columbia Records eventually brought Roger his first top 20 UK
hit in 1969 with Durham Town. The next year Roger signed a US distribution deal and his US
label released New World In The Morning, which was a minor hit here. It was 1975 that brought
him his biggest hit, The Last Farewell. No contest for those two love tracks on this album.
Three really bad ones to go with those, one a whistler, one a bad cover of Good Morning
Starshine, and the last, one where he sounds like he's trying to be Tom Jones. Roger is living
well in France at this time. It's Not Unusal.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Whistle Stop

Best Track - The Last Farewell

1) New World In The Morning *** - very nice clip
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkFxPh4s0C4
2) Both Sides Now ** - thought this would suck, but it didn't
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6WbX7TRc78
3) Halfway Up A Mountain **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkXy6_ZxbXk
4) Water Boy *
5) The Last Farewell *** - TOTP, the teens are confused, "you can't even dance to this"
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROK6Y7ynQww
6) I Don't Believe In If Anymore **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY-2einPmd4
7) Good Morning Starshine *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLhtvUU64xc
8) Sunrise, Sunset **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLzmI5EqE3o
9) Whistle Stop *
10) Durham Town **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9XcuN5hZwk

Grade - 1.9
allmusic - 2.7