Benny Sings - Beat Tape II - VINYL LP

Dutch singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Benny Sings releases Beat Tape III, his third installment in the Beat Tape series on Stones Throw Records. Beat Tape III is an assembly of chance sessions and rare collaborations, each track telling a story of it's own a jam with Jacob Jeffries of Vulfpeck in Amsterdam, a demo with Grammy-nominated Leven Kali, or a cut recorded with Kelsey González of The Free Nationals. More than a collection of outtakes, the project is a portrait of the process, the people, and the moments that shape Benny's music.

On July 8 Benny Sings will the reissue of his highly anticipated and most sought after 2011 album 'ART' The vinyl album is completely remasterd and comes with a new, never releases bonus track 'How Can I Move On'. The vinyl comes with a 20-page songbook on clear white 180 gram vinyl. The album includes the evergreen 'Big Brown Eyes' & 'All We Do For Love' which was heavily supported by Frank Ocean on his Blonde playlist.Benny Sings about 'ART'It's 2008, I had finished my 3rd studio album, and felt like I did all the necessary experiments with songwriting and production techniques on the first 3 albums, to now be free to write whatever I wanted.It felt like I had done my first 3 years in music school, learning the trade, and was now in my final year,to write my big end thesis. My final work that would say it all. The first three albums were more practice, this was going to be the real deal. This time I was going to make ART. Haha.I had one main idea If I just write as many songs as I could, it would be a matter of time before I would write the perfect song. No Inchriding the wave of inspirationInch for me. Just putting hours in. And so I got to work. I wrote 3 songs a day, for months on end. Just compulsively getting to work every day, punching in the same chords, blurting out the a same melodies and words. And the perfect song did not come along. It felt nightmarish at moments. My relationship just ended, and those days of solitude, filled with constant seemingly senseless repetition were getting to me. Was this the way? is this normal? Am I actually going insane?Until one day, same doubts, same lack of inspiration, I did the thing I did every day Joylessly punched in some chords, got my book with keywords and phrases out, and began murmuring Pleaase help me out.. The word InchdisappearInch was in my book, the chorus was about to come in and I sang Inchdid it ju

Summer! Heat! Swimming! Nature! Beach parties... and music!!!This edition mercilessly continues what was started in the predecessors, 'Banana Split' (BCD17513), 'Another Banana Split, Please' (BCD17601) and 'Good Old Summertime' (BCD17528) by Bear Family.On 31 tracks from 1952-1963, the Summer season of the year comes extremely alive, whether as a 'soundtrack' in the car or as a musical enhancement of the garden party!Of course we hear classics of famous artists, for example songs by Keely Smith, Dinah Washington, Conway Twitty, The Brothers Four or Hank Snow!On the other hand, we present plenty of recordings from the rarities box, some appear here for the first time on CD!Instrumentals by the Viscounts or by Tito Puente with a summery Latin flair can be heard as well as early surf sounds by Dave York & The Beachcombers or The Fleetwoods!The musical range is wide from pop to jazz, rhythm 'n' blues, doo-wop, country music and lots of rock 'n' roll, with Ricky Dean, Johnny O'Neill, Sammy Salvo, Paul Peek and many others!The 20-page color booklet includes notes by producer Marc Mittelacher on each song & many photos and illustrations, some of which are rare.What could be better than dreaming of summer?! Of the sun and the beach, the warm sand and the subsequent cooling bath in the sea. Or the warm summer nights under the blue moon in the nature smelling of blossoms. Would you enjoy a warm summer breeze? The themes surrounding the most beautiful season of the year are almost immeasurable. This is shown especially in the music on Bear Family's already fourth summer compilation! The perfect soundtrack, suitable for all summer activities!Put On A Happy Face demands the legendary crooner Tony Bennett right at the beginning and fitting for the summer. Bennett, like Eydie Gorme and Don Cherry, is on the roster of pop artists in this compilation. There are also classics by the