Startime

8LP* Set / 4 Cassette Set
Released 1978
Cat No.: RDS9541-8  RDC90721-4
RD Code: IME 001

*Was issued with the bonus LP "Dance Party (with the Kai Warner Singers and Orchestra) / Salute To New York (with Frank Chacksfield and his Orchestra" (RDS9549) 

In 1978, someone at RD finally decided to use a uniform numbering system, starting with this item. It was to be several years before the system was adopted by everyone in the UK office, so several anomalies still exist after this point, but it was a good start.

LP1  Romancing with the Stars

1 - Never Ending Song of Love - New Seekers

2 - Don't Stay Away Too Long - Peters and Lee

3 - (It Looks Like) I'll Never Fall In Love Again  - Tom Jones

4 - Come Softly To Me - New Seekers

5 - As I Love You - Shirley Bassey

6 - Love Is Blue - Paul Mauriat Orchestra

7 - My Friend The Wind - Demis Roussos

8 - Only You (And You Alone) - The Platters

9 - Kisses Sweeter Than Wine - Frankie Vaughan

10 - Love Me Tender - Vicky Leandros

11 - Killing Me Softly With His Song - Peters and Lee

12 - Yesterday - Tom Jones

13 - Have You Met Miss Jones? - Ella Fitzgerald

14 - I Can't Stop Loving You - Ray Charles

15 - Make It Easy On Yourself - Walker Brothers

16 - The Last Waltz - Engelbert Humperdinck

LP2  The Stars Entente Cordiale

1 - Edelweiss - Norrie Paramour Orchestra

2 - All or Nothing At All - Michel Legrand Orchestra

3 - Winchester Cathedral - Paul Mauriat

4 - Welcome Home - Peters and Lee

5 - Charmaine - Bachelors

6 - Without a Song - Harry Secombe

7 - We Can Work It Out - Sacha Distel

8 - Je t'aime - Francoise Hardy

9 - Petite Fleur - Chris Barber and his Jazz Band

10 - I Love Paris - Maurice Chevalier

11 - Michelle - Sounds Orchestral

12 - All Over The World - Francoise Hardy

13 - On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever) - Cleo Laine

14 - Les Bicyclettes de Belsize - Engelbert Humperdinck

15 - Shadow Of Your Smile - John Hanson

16 - Milford - Frankie Vaughan

LP3  Folk and Country Stars

1 - Witchita Lineman - Tom Jones

2 - Take These Chains From My Heart - Ray Charles

3 - Love Minus Zero - No Limit - Julie Felix

4 - It's Four In the Morning - Faron Young

5 - Proud Mary - The Hillsiders

6 - Gentle On My Mind - Roger Miller

7 - I Know Where I'm Going - Mary O'Hara

8 - Walk On By - Conway Twitty

9 - Seven Drunken Nights - The Dubliners

10 - Both Sides Now - Julie Felix

11 - Ring of Fire - Tom Jones

12 - I Walk the Line - Hank Williams Jnr.

13 - She Moved Through The Fair - The Spinners

14 - I'm a Rover - The Corries

15 - Love's Been Good To Me - Tom T Hall

16 - By The Time I Get To Phoenix - Engelbert Humperdinck

LP4  International Cabaret

1 - Happy To Be On An Island In The Sun - Demis Roussos

2 - Stompin' at The Savoy - Sarah Vaughan

3 - (Sittin' On The) Dock Of The Bay - Tom Jones

4 - Circles - New Seekers

5 - You'll Never Know - John Hanson

6 - Love Me or Leave Me - Nina Simone

7 - Release Me - Engelbert Humperdinck

8 - Tulips From Amsterdam - Max Bygraves

9 - What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstong

10 - Sound Of Silence - Bachelors

11 - Walk Tall - Val Doonican

12 - Send In The Clowns - Peters and Lee

13 - I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing - New Seekers

14 - Stormy Weather - Shirley Bassey

15 - Girl from Ipanema - Astrud Gilberto

16 - Queen of 1964 - Neil Sedaka

LP5  Starring the Orchestras

1 - Something - Bert Kaempfert and his Orchestra

2 - Hello Young Lovers - Norrie Paramour Orchestra

3 - Those Were The Days - Arthur Fiedler And The Boston 'Pops' Orchestra

4 - La Mer - Frank Chacksfield and his Orchestra

5 - Popcorn - Ray McVay Orchestra

6 - Lilli Marlene - Werner Miller Orchestra and Chorus

7 - Perfidia - Michel Legrand Orchestra

8 - Peanut Vendor - Syd Lawrence Orchestra

9 - The Very Thought Of You - David Rose and his Orchestra

10 - Bye Bye Blues - Bert Kaempfert and his Orchestra

11 - I Kiss Your Hand Madame - Helmut Zacharias Orchestra

12 - Morning Has Broken - Cascading Strings

13 - Cecilia - Arthur Fiedler And The Boston 'Pops' Orchestra

14 - Plaisir d'Amour - Norrie Paramour Orchestra

15 - Come Back to Sorrento - Michel Legrand Orchestra

16 - Nights in White Satin - Werner Miller Orchestra and Chorus

LP6  Showtime with the Stars

1 - More - Stuart Gillies

2 - Walk On the Wild Side - Brook Benton

3 - On The Street Where You Live - Billy Eckstine

4 - The Way We Were - Vince Hill

5 - What Kind of Fool Am I - Antony Newley

6 - What's New Pussycat? - Tom Jones

7 - Mame - Bachelors

8 - I Got Rhythm - Ethel Merman

9 - Softly As In A Morning Sunrise - John Hanson

10 - The Ballad of Mack The Knife - Lotte Lenya

11 - A Taste of Honey - Tom Jones

12 - A Man and A Woman - Engelbert Humperdinck

13 - Tonight - Harry Secombe

14 - You'll Never Walk Alone - Bachelors

15 - Can't Help Loving Dat Man - Lena Horne

16 - Good Morning Sunshine - Annabel Leventon and Linda Kendrick

LP7  Stars Around Britain

1 - Ye Banks And Braes - Moira Anderson

2 - Paddy McGinty's Goat - Val Doonican

3 - Rose of England - John Hanson

4 - We'll Keep a Welcome - Harry Secombe

5 - Scarborough Fair - Kenneth McKellar

6 - Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms - Frank Patterson

7 - Life Is Nothing Without Music - Harry Secombe

8 - Underneath The Arches - Morecambe and Wise

9 - All Kinds of Everything - Dana

10 - Mighty Lak' A Rose - John Hanson

11 - Try A Little Tenderness - Vera Lynn with The Williams Singers

12 - Will Ye Go, Lassie Go - The Corries

13 - Finnigan's Wake - Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem

14 - Bonnie Annie - Andy Stewart

15 - All Through The Night - Harry Secombe

16 - Streets of London - Vince Hill

LP8  Classics By Starlight

1 - Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring - Swingle Singers

2 - Symphony No. 1 in C Major, 4th Movt. - Manuel De Falla Orchestra

3 - Love Theme from 'Romeo And Juliet' - Tilsley Orchestral

4 - Symphony No. 1 in C Major, 4th Movt. -  Theme - Manuel De Falla Orchestra dir. Waldo De Los Rios

5 - Clair de Lune - Tilsley Orchestral

6 - Nabucco: Chorus of the Slaves - Manuel De Falla Orchestra and Chorus

7 - Symphony No. 6 in F major - Manuel De Falla Orchestra and Chorus

8 - Air in D - Swingle Singers

9 - Aida: Triumphal March - Manuel De Falla Orchestra and Chorus

10 - Gaudeamus Igitur - Tilsley Orchestral

11 - Symphonie Fantastique, 2nd Movt - Manuel De Falla Orchestra

12 - Missa Luba - Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin