Summer holiday sounds with a 60s flavour currently feature on Listening Posts in Arts. They include new releases and old favourites in film sound tracks and popular music.
The online catalogue indicates which Listening Post the CD is available on. There are eight jukebox listening posts in the Arts Reading Room, where you can listen to CDs from the audiovisual collection.
The Beatles. On air – live at the BBC, Volume 2.
Down Under Nuggets : original Australian artyfacts 1965-1967.
Movie soundtracks include two popular classic Henry Mancini scores from The Pink Panther and Breakfast at Tiffany’s plus It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, composed and conducted by Ernest Gold. The Beatles : On Air, Live at the BBC, Volume 2, is a new release of original broadcasts with some great hit songs such as Twist and Shout, Roll Over Beethoven and She Loves You, performed live on air.
The Seekers complete is a spectacular five-disc set of hits, rare and live recordings from the local supergroup. Compilations of Australian rock/pop groups and artists include Down Under Nuggets, Bandstands singing sweethearts and Jukebox bop featuring many local bands and performers from Little Pattie and Lana Cantrell to The Easybeats and The Throb singing their hits.
The pink panther : music from the film score composed and conducted by Henry Mancini.
Bandstands singing sweethearts.
Group of people using listening post in Arts room © Andrew Lloyd
Also check out the Naxos Music Library, one of our many online databases, for the following release featuring Arthur Fiedler and The Boston Pops playing music of The Beatles.
It is available for anyone to use here in the Library via the website. If you’re one of our Victorian registered users you can log in from home and explore at your leisure!
RCA, 2000, 1964
