By Pavel Rynt and James Branam
This is the second volume of the Easy English with Beautiful Music series. By this time, I was a veteran when it came to studio sessions, and they went more smoothly. And once again, I had Pavel looking over my shoulder, constantly watching the clock. We decided on twelve songs for this volume, and once again, two of my original songs were included.
Here is the track list:
1. Lemon Tree (Fool´s Garden)
2. Unchained Melody (Righteous Brothers, from the film Ghost – A. North)
3. Strange Currencies (R.E.M.)
4. The Things You Do For Me (James Branam)
5. It Must Have Been Love (Roxette – Per Gessle)
6. Heaven For Everyone (Queen – Roger Taylor)
7. Runaway Train (Soul Asylum)
8. I Can´t Help Myself (Kelly Family)
9. By Your Side (James Branam)
10. Streets Of Philadelphia (Bruce Springsteen)
11. The Winner Takes It All (ABBA – Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus)
12. Ticket To Ride (Beatles – John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
I performed all of the instruments and sang all of the vocals except the lead vocals on It Must Have Been Love and The Winner Takes It All. Zora Branžovská sang these two songs. There is an interesting story behind this. Originally, a student of mine named Pavlina had agreed to sing these two song, but got a case os strep throat right before the scheduled recording session. I then asked my students if any of them would like to give it a try. Zora reluctant agreed to try. She was very good. She was already familiar with The Winner Takes It All, but hadn’t heard It Must Have Been Love before. She learned the song in the studio.
Today, Zora is a model, somewhere in the world. I hope that she sees this. Well done, Zora!
Authors: James Branam, Pavel Rynt
Publisher: Easy English
Illustrations: Milan Rynt, Sylvie Mikulcová
ISBN: None
Pages: 98
Year of publication: 1997