James Last's Well Kept Secret

Album number 109 by James Last - a record of supreme 70s lounge funk - is one of the very few albums he made that can be viewed as 'good'.

And by good I mean REALLY good as, orchestration aside, there's very little to make you think this is by the Mr Last that we know from charity shop bins around the world.

But what I love most about my copy is the stamp on the inner sleeve stating that it was once owned by the Head Office of the British Forces Broadcasting Service. The thought of this album soundtracking our forces as they nobly protected our country during the 1976 Icelandic Cod Wars makes me smile.