title: Otis Spann/Lightnin' Hopkins Sessions

text:
The Complete Candid Otis Spann/Lightnin' Hopkins Sessions [BOX SET] (1960)

Track Listing

Disk 1
01. Beat-Up Team (First Version) (6:36)
02. Great Northern Stomp (4:13)
03. Cow Cow Blues (4:16)
04. Walking the Blues (4:56)
05. Otis in the Dark (4:35)
06. This Is the Blues (3:09)
07. Worried Life Blues (4:19)
08. Country Boy (4:24)
09. Beat-Up Team (5:59)
10. The Hard Way (5:03)
11. My Home Is on the Delta (3:11)
12. It Must Have Been the Devil (3:43)
13. Take a Little Walk With Me (3:26)
14. Rambling on My Mind 4:03)
15. Little Boy Blue (3:40)
16. My Daily Wish (4:26)
17. Spann and Bob (3:19)

Disk 2
01. Monkey Face Blues (4:56)
02. One Doggone Reason (2:40)
03. Strange Woman Blues (3:51)
04.. It Hurts Me Too (4:56)
05. Baby Child (Take 3) (4:26)
06. Baby Child (Take 5) (4:04)
07. Talkin' the Blues (Take 1) (5:42)
08. Talkin' the Blues (Take 3) (5:20)
09. Can't Stand Your Evil Ways (Take 2) (3:43)
10. Otis' Blues (4:15)
11. Half Ain't Been Told (4:39)
12. Can't Stand Your Evil Ways (Take 4) (3:50)
13. Goin' Down Slow (3:57)
14. The Girl I Love (3:47)
15. Bad Condition (4:20)
16. Come Day, Go Day (Take 2) (4:08)
17. Come Day, Go Day (Take 3) (4:10)

Disc 3
01. Rainy Highway (3:10)
02. When My First Wife Quit Me (3:24)
03. Walk On (4:30)
04. Lightnin's Guitar Boogie (4:04)
05. I've Had My Fun If I Don't Get Well No More (3:55)
06. Mr. Charlie (7:30)
07. Mighty Crazy (7:07)
08. Wonder Why (6:15)
09. Black Cat Blues (6:26)
10. The Trouble Blues (4:43)
11. Your Own Fault, Baby, to Treat Me the Way You Do (4:47)
12. Lightnin's Piano Boogie (2:30)
13. Take It Easy (6:17)
14. Come Go Home With Me (3:30)

Run Time: 202.0 minutes

Personnel:
Otis Spann: Piano, Vocals, Main Performer
Robert Lockwood, Jr.: Guitar, Vocals
Lightnin' Hopkins: Guitar, Piano, Performer
St. Louis Jimmy Oden: Vocals, Vocals (Background)


title: Miracle at St. Anna

text:
Miracle at St. Anna /Soundtrack/ 2008 music Terence Blanchard

I think Terence Blanchards soundtrack saved this movie from being a total disaster; not one of Spike Lee's best movies, but i enjoyed it.
For the soundtrack, i think it is excellent, Terence Blanchard knows how to capture the mood. My favourite track is "War is Hell" the use of Bongo's and Chains sets the mood perfectly :)

1. Opening Credits 1:11
2. Main Theme 4:04
3. Tim Boyle Theme 4:12
4. The Primavera 0:57
5. War Is Hell 11:58
6. Theme Of An Angel Part 1 3:00
7. White Commander 0:55
8. Renata You're Beautiful Theme 1:47
9. Third Reich 5:13
10. Great Butterfly Part 1 1:45
11. Paisans Theme Part 1 2:31
12. Stamps & Bishop Argue 1:36
13. Main Theme At Herbs 3:50
14. Theme Of An Angel Part 2 1:17
15. Paisans Theme Part 2 1:46
16. Main Theme - The Prayer 1:11
17. Renata You're Beautiful Theme / Bishop And Renata 1:23
18. Paisans / The Massacre 1:21
19. Great Butterfly Part 2 5:31
20. War Is Hell / Final Battle 7:14
21. Theme Of An Angel Part 3 2:17
22. War Is Hell / Mourn The Dead 2:36
23. Finale Theme 3:45
24. End Credits 4:36

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title: Rumba Rumba

text:
RUMBA RUMBA - THE LATIN LOUNGE: VARIOUS

>>>THIS TITLE IS PENDING DELETION<<<

Format: CD
Barcode: 9316797993793
Genre: Latin/Cuban
Label: Mastersong
Pricecode: B10
Release Date: 01-Mar-04

Details:

TRACKS:

1 Mambo # 5 -Perez Prado
2 Hong Kong Mambo -Tito Puente
3 Bonco -Celia Cruz
4 Taka Taka Ta -Irakere
5 Santa Barbara -Celina Gonzalez
6 Mambo Infierno -Machito
7 Mambo Beat -Tito Puente
8 Frenesi -Perez Prado
9 Brazil -Xavier Cugat
10 El Cumbanchero -Desi Arnaz
11 O Yi Yi Yi Yi (I Like You Very Much) -Carmen Miranda
12 Besame Mucho -Xavier Cugat
13 Chic Chic Boom Chic -Carmen Miranda
14 Babalu -Desi Arnaz
15 Mama Yo Quiero -Perez Prado
16 Misirlou -Xavier Cugat
17 Rumba Rumba -Xavier Cugat
18 I See I See -Carmen Miranda
19 Tico Tico -Desi Arnaz
20 Que Bonito Es Puero -Rico Machito
21 Quede Zaina -Celia Cruz
22 New Cha Cha -Tito Puente
23 Zambia -Machito
24 Cuban Nightmare -Tito Puente
25 The Peanut Vendor -Desi Arnaz


title: Winter In Moscow

text:
In retrospect, the musical direction each of these artists would take was already becoming clear. Since that winter, each of them has found an individual manner of expression based on his or her respective national culture. Mari Boine created an inlet for the musical culture of her people, the Sami, into the great river of World Music, developing a very personal idiom and style from the Sami traditions. Inna Zhelannaya continued to work on her own texts and songs, initially still in collaboration with the popular Russian group Alliance, which accompanied her on this album, later with other Russian musicians. Her highly unique blend of rock, jazz and traditional (Russian) music has since culminated in her successful project FARLANDERS. Sergey Starostin, who -- working with the MOSCOW ART TRIO -- had already begun combining elements of jazz, classical and traditional Russian music, carried on with this brilliant concoction in various collaborative settings -- with Inna Zhelannaya and the FARLANDERS, with the MOSCOW ART TRIO and recently in his voice project "Vocal Family."

The recordings for this production convey the innovative energy of young musicians seeking independence and expression and -- perhaps just as strongly -- their will to break out of old, traditional structures in an era of radical political and societal change. Many young Moscow musicians set out to explore Western music -- but without disowning their own traditions. Mari Boine was concerned with integrating the rich musical culture of the Sami with contemporary music.

This project helped the musicians involved to establish their positions, find their directions and absorb new ideas. The mutual confirmation of each other's efforts and the realisation that similar concepts were being worked on in various places within a new, greater Europe strengthened each of the participants and inspired them to continue along their newly broken paths. Winter in Moscow is a unique document of this turning point, this new beginning, this departure of different but kindred careers in a new, young Europe.

The Farlanders from Moscow with Sergey Starostin & Inna Zhelannaya received best reviews from all over Europe with their two released albums on JARO records. Recently JARO discovered that there was a recording done in Moscow years ago with Mari Boine, the great Sami singer from Norway. Mari Boine and Inna Zhelannaya -- two women between the traditional and the contemporary.

In the early 1990s, as Mari Boine's career was just getting underway, the Norwegian music journalist Sigbjørn Nedland introduced her to the two most important protagonists of the present-day Moscow band FARLANDERS: Inna Zhelannaya and Sergey Starostin. In the winter of 1992 they and a number of other Norwegian and Russian musicians gathered in Moscow to work together in the recording studio.

1. Das Aiggun Cuozzut (He Will Stand) 7.49

2. Pjesna Ljesorubov (Song of the Lumberjacks) 5.47

3. Korridorsangen (The Corridor Song) 6.26

4. Sjestra Maja Notsj (The Night is my Sister( 4.59

5. Vozlje Tvojej Ljobvi (Near your Love) 4.54

6. Odinotsjestvo-sestritsa (Sister Loneliness) 3.44

7. Roahkkadit Rohtte Luodi, Manazan (Joik with Pride, My Child) 6.56

8. Balada O Gorje (Ballad of Grief) 4.38


title: Funky Lalo!!

text:
As jazz became a popular element of film scores during the 1960s and 1970s, jazzman turned film composer Lalo Schifrin rose to prominence by penning notable jazz-inflected scores for films such as Bullitt and Dirty Harry. In 1973, he tackled a new challenge by writing the score for Enter the Dragon, an ambitious martial arts film that was the American debut of cult legend Bruce Lee. The resulting score combined Schifrin's penchant for adding jazz and funk elements to the traditional film scoring style with elements of traditional Chinese music, giving the whole combination a new, ethnic flavor. The best example of this unique fusion is the film's "Main Titles": After establishing itself with a combination of jazzy horn stabs and funky wah-wah guitar, this inventive tune layers a Chinese-style melody played by strings and synthesizers over the insistent rhythms, creating a composition that cuts across several different musical genres while still fulfilling the requirements for an exciting action film theme. Another showcase for the film's fusion of Chinese and jazz styles is "Su Lin (The Monk)," which layers Asian-styled melodic elements over churning jazz rhythms. Other highlights in the action-oriented style include "Bamboo Birdcage," which alternates moody, wind instrument-driven sections with outbursts of horn-driven funk, and "The Big Battle," which restates several of the film's action themes over a percolating bass line. There are also a few quiet interludes, like the sax-driven mid-tempo jazz of "The Gentle Softness." The result is an entertainingly diverse soundtrack whose musical invention makes it just as entertaining when listened to away from the film. Collector's note: This soundtrack was reissued in 1998 by Warner Bros. as part of a deluxe video reissue of the film in an expanded edition that restored all of the film's musical cues to the album.

Track listing:

1. PROLOGUE - THE FIRST FIGHT (02:36)

2. MAIN TITLES (02:20)

3. SU-LIN (THE MONK) (04:57)

4. SAMPANS AND FLASHBACKS (06:21)

5. HAN'S ISLAND (02:57)

6. THE BANQUET (03:02)

7. HEADSET JAZZ (02:10)

8. THE GENTLE SOFTNESS (02:40)

9. INTO THE NIGHT (03:44)

10. GOODBYE OHARRA (01:54)

11. BAMBOO BIRDCAGE (02:32)

12. HAN'S CRUELTY (02:09)

13. THE HUMAN FLY (03:36)

14. THE BIG BATTLE (04:47)

15. BROKEN MIRRORS (05:55)

16. END TITLES (01:10)

17. MAIN TITLES (ALTERNATE) (03:17)


title: Expensive Miles!!!

text: Why buy this Incomplete 2 CD box set for over $200, when you can buy the 4 CD, "In Stockholm, 1960 Complete Box Set" for about $50!!


title: Beautiful

text: Gorgeous music. Instant tranquility in a troubled world.


title: Bootlegs are a better option.

text: Much as would like to rate this higher, the sound quality really sucks.  Taken from a live broadcast, I'd say someone recorded off thier radio, but, certainly not off anything resembling the original tapes.  Don't get me wrong, it sounds like the band was on that night.  Trouble is, whatever, they did that night is lost in translation.  If you are dedicated to Marshall Tucker, then give it a try.  Otherwise, stick with the old Capricorn releases. This is a POS, compared to other choices.


title: Revisiting a Muse gem from '78

text: This particular KB in a lovely sympathetic trio format with Reggie Johnson (bs) and Sherman Ferguson (dr). Five songs. There are two particularly lovely pieces: his own 'So Little Time' and the classic 'I'm Glad There is You'. The centerpiece<br />is 'All Blues'....and it is very good considering how drummed my brain is to the Kind of Blue Miles version. He certainly knows the electric guitar as this tune attests...all over again on Midnight Blue his triumph with Turrentine. But me, I really dig him on acoustic for the harmonic slurrings and the strings against his fingers. The last tune is another fine example of this, 'It Could Happen to You'.  How he and Reggie speak their strings to each other. Sheer bliss for these ears....41 years and counting. Heavens bless KB for another 87 years, please.  AB Cohen


title: This is such fine music.

text: I have had this vinyl since '78. Knowing it was a classic I've cleaned it the right way and babied it. Why THIS gem has not been reissued in cd format is beyond me and scores of jazz aficionados. This is such fine music....to just describe it as funk is to not pay it homage as a great adventure this pianist genius scored. Somebody influence Concord or Cuscuna or Columbia. I'd buy 10 copies alone as gifts. ixxi Alex


title: Oscar Peterson compilation

text: Wonderful, wide selection!


title: Blu Ray Audio disc is defective

text:
This is a defective set. If you bought it, you should return it, and the manufacturer should recall it.

The individual discs of the set place the Slavonic March and Capriccio Italien on disc 3, after Symphony 3, and tracks are numbered accordingly. On the Blu Ray Audio the March and Capriccio are placed after the 6th symphony. However, the Blu Ray Audio disc numbers and labels tracks as on individual discs. So if you go to track 24 expecting to hear the beginning of Symphony 6, you will be rudely surprised, since you will be hearing the third movement of that symphony. Since the Blu Ray Audio simply numbers the tracks from 1 to 27, we are dependent on what the disc says the track contains. And what the disc says is wrong. So if you want to persist, you will have to figure out by trial and error where specific tracks of music are.

This is not the job of the listener. DG, please recall this set and release the corrected version. If anyone from Amazon is reading this, I would urge them to stop selling this item and spare the potential buyers the agony of discovering the error and returning the item.


title: PLEASE BABY, PLEASE BABY, PLEASE BABY, PLEASE!!

text:
Two legendary Blue Note titans; contained on a release that
 practically "flew under the radar"! PLEASE Amazon, try to get
 this EXCELLENT box set back in stock A.S.A.P.!!  Terrance L. Hodges


title: This is a superb album..

text: The remixes included are excellent. I like most the instrumental version of Heart Shaped Tumor. Get this before trying 'Two'.


title: Pete Jolly

text: Good CD


title: Miles is great.

text: IMHO, the two best young (post Dizzy) trumpet players are Miles and Chet Baker.  I like Chet on ballads, Miles on everything else.  You can't go wrong with a Miles Davis CD!  Harry


title: ... Auvergne in the mid '50s and I fell in love with the music and with Gray's voice

text: I first heard Gray's Songs of the Auvergne in the mid '50s and I fell in love with the music and with Gray's voice.  I now listen to it almost every week over 60 years later,  It is marvelous!


title: Very good Debussy piano. A (Shock!) first choice Debussy String Quartet!

text: I know you can't believe five stars. But, the Debussy String Quartet is both that good and this performance is spectacular. It was a surprise to me. Maybe "shock" is a better word. The first violinist plays such energy and passion. The ensemble is tight. I have never before heard of the International String Quartet. Are they a pseudonym for a better-known quartet under contract to a major label? I have no idea, but they are worthy of your ears. Oh, and speaking of that, the sound is also wonderful. The balances are fine. The loudest climaxes are never distorted, but simply dynamic as they should be. This is a fine rendition. After hearing the string quartet, the piano pieces seem a little plainer. Of course, there's more competition as it seems every pianist has their Debussy set. What I can say is Peter Schmalfuss plays all the right notes and with some distinction. His selection is also quite nice. He's got most of the most of the beloved Debussy pieces; filling out the first disc and filling the second. Value is assured. Again the digital audio is clear and dynamic in a good acoustic space. I doubt you can find a better deal, but the performances and sound make it a good choice even if it were at a higher cost.


title: Delightful in every respect.

text: A delightful collection of pieces for this deep-voiced clarinet-like instrument. No matter the weather, you will hear spring in these piece and Paul Gallo's playing is romantic and pastoral. You've never heard of the composers, but you won't care. It's also beautifully recorded by renown engineer David B Hancock and recorded at NYC's Church of the Holy Trinity.


title: Collector's Dream Set

text: My wife found this at a Goodwill store. I'd missed it. Luckily she handed it to me. The tracks are all classics, although many, perhaps most, are covers of songs that were hits by other artists. The performances are all top notch. This was still the era of live music and these artists came prepared to the studio. Arrangements are from third parties who studied classical music. These would be mostly G.I. Generation songs recorded in the 1950s, perhaps some early 60s. They are pre-Beatles, but even pre-Berry and Presley. One song had an electric guitar but it was amazing to hear it sans any distortion. The recording quality is perhaps as good as it gets. Remember this was the age of radio. The ribbon mikes were at their peak and recording engineers were eager and adept to capture sound that mimicked what it would be at a live event. Early ones are left in mono and later ones are in stereo. Stylistically these cover the era post-Glenn Miller until Elvis. From a collector's point of view, the restoration is a dream. When I saw the name Dennis Drake on the cover, I knew we were in for a treat. Drake, who was the primary mastering engineer for Philips' legendary Mercury Living Presence series is known for digging to find the best masters, then exercising restraint when transferring them to digital for release. He uses little or no  noise-reduction, equalization or reverb to attempt to "modernize" the sound. His goal is to purely make them sound like the master tape would if you had access. I can't confirm he's the sole mastering engineer, but it indeed sounds like him. Kudos. I think anyone interested in hearing this music will be delighted. I'll have to order the other volumes, or get lucky at other Goodwill stores or more likely, on Amazon.


title: Excellent Buy/100% recommendation for fans of MJQ.

text:
After not finding any reviews of this CD or the label "Documents" I was hesitant to buy from this label after a bad experience with the "Enlightenment" label. The "Enlightenment" label is low end pirated product and I will never buy from them again.

However the "Document" label produces excellent quality CDs. I have purchased 5 box sets and am very satisfied. The editing (no running of one track into the next), sound quality (although these are not the master tapes but other sources is of high quality), and the packaging are good although I would have liked a booklet included with recording information. Also, the price is very good.

I CAN RECOMMEND THE "DOCUMENT" LABEL as far as the product that I have purchased: "Milestones of a Legend Sammy Davis Jr," "Milestones of a Legend Cal Tjader," "Milestones of a Legend Ray Charles," "Milestones of a Legend MJQ."

I only hope that "Milestones of a Legend Ramsey Lewis" is of similar quality.

Michael Karp


title: This is essential Tjader (BUY)

text: The music is the Tjader as recorded by Fantasy Records both in studio and in concert. What's missing, sadly, is Cal's sets as heard on "Saturday Night At The Blackhawk.


title: The music is beguiling!

text: The album (CD) is terrific! It has great sound quality, editing, and brings back memories which I associate with the wonderful experience of seeing the movie many times over. I recommend this soundtrack w/out qualification.


title: A gem!

text: What a beautiful album. Nothing else needs to be said.


title: Ripoff

text: Over $10.00 for one song. 4 miinutes....was led to believe this was his album. This is a very misleading item.


title: Amazing album

text: Amazing album by an amazing band. Great singer, great guitars, great drummer. Interesting music. The production could be a little clearer, but eh, it doesn't take away from the power of the music.


title: Bird at the top of his game mostly and a ...

text: Bird at the top of his game mostly and a glimpse into when he hit bottom as well. A terrfic collection of nearly all Dial studio recordings.


title: Five Stars

text: great album


title: Not fiddle. My error!!

text: Thought he was a fiddle player!


title: Metheny plus!

text: Fantastic combination of Pat Metheny's compositions and an extremely talented young woman.  A must for any Pat Metheny fan and you won't be disappointed!


title: One of Her Best.

text: Patti Austin has recorded many albums and backed up other singers on twice that number without somehow gaining the recognition she deserves. The arrangements and production quality of this album are flawless. I have most of her albums and without doubt, this is my favorite. So much so that I give it as a Christmas present to my friends. If you like the Manhattan Transfer, you will love this CD.


title: Choice Chet

text: Absolutely not (see the other review). Chet's vocals here are superb, and this may be the definitive version of Deep In A Dream by any artist. Nice restrained guitar work from Bill Frisell in one of his earliest recordings. Chet's trumpet is otherworldy and ethereal as always, and the production values are high, with great sound and very tasty ensemble work from all involved. With a nice cover shot of Chet with camera as an added bonus. An underrated gem in the large Baker catalog well worth seeking out.


title: A special feel to it !

text: This ablum has a special feel to it, it's very personal,with a vibe that seems to entice the listener.Nina Simone shows so much control , with her vocals, indeed a jazz classic!


title: Noise rock / sludge rock

text:
Remarkable how much this stuff sounds like Flipper, hearing it many years later. You get that slow plodding kind of rhythm, feedback galore and shouted vocals... but there the comparison pretty much ends. Red Bliss had trouble finding hooks for their songs, so the album is a little spotty.

The fact that the singer can't sing much at all, really, was part and parcel for bands of this genre. Fans of Killdozer might have dug this, but Red Bliss were sorta lost in the noise in 1990 because so many releases sounded like this one.


title: Perfect for vinyl collectors and QOTSA fans.

text: If you are a fan of QOTSA,  this is a great vinyl to have. Mine are green and blue. The fact that they are all random colors is also a plus. There are plenty of styles of songs on it too and the sound qualiity is good. I do not and will not regret buying this album.


title: Light and swinging

text: Wonderful singer with a sharp, swinging band. Kind of an old-fashioned style, but what a great style! I'm not always in the mood for old-time swing but when I am, this record hits the spot. Plus, you get a few cuts with Wycliffe Gordon.


title: Brilliant

text: These are the best jazz arrangements of Stevie Wonder tunes that I’ve heard. Somehow the arrangers have added all kinds of jazz content without losing the underlying beauty and spirit of the songs. I’ve been listening to some of these songs for forty years, and it’s fun to hear a fresh take. And what a great band! My only question is whether I should have bought the live version instead (which includes some originals)—but I don’t see how it could possibly be better than this studio album.


title: If it's half as funny as I remember...

text: I remember this album. I've been looking for it recently, hoping I would find a CD. I did not remember the name of the record, only that it was a National Lampoon record. I came across this listing by googling "there's a lobster loose", which is shouted by a drunken bar patron during a Country Western song. All the songs were pretty/very good, but add two stars because they were hysterically funny. I recall a Bob Dylan impersonator singing lyrics, "Take the J train down to Houston Street - it'll let you off in Jamaica" - a tasty little Reggae number. The history of the Beatles was told by a female narrator who was high on qualludes and/or heroin. My favorite line on the record was spoken by the British narrator who explains the history of rock and roll, describing how the music is an American form, derived from from African rythms and Negro Spirituals, but is "invariably best interperted by young, longhaired, British homeosexuals...". I would love to hear this again.


title: Five Stars

text: Very happy


title: Just So-So

text: Its' difficult to review sonic art as tastes can vary much as they do for those who like Van Gogh, Picasso or Rembrandt.  However, the clarinetist's performance can be said to be fairly ordinary throughout as there are simply too many breaks in reed technique for it to be considered otherwise.  There isn't a lot of variance in the compositions either and, for me, no pleasant surprises.  I also didn't hear a solitary track that I consider to be  outstanding or exceptional in composition or performance.  Having written those things, there is also nothing so very terrible about the recording either, though I did instantly delete tracks 5,6, 11, 12 & 13 from my playlist.  The rest I consider OK with 48 minutes of performance remaining.  Of those tracks deleted, 5 & 6 were simply too cluttered (for my taste) as well as tedious.  The composer and/or clarinetist simply overplay(s) his/their hand on tracks 11-13 by being too calculatingly clever.  They (11-13) end up being ridiculous and ill-fitted to the overall composition.  BS for the sake of BS, I think.  This seems to be a quite common trait among electronic sound artists, like insensitive jazz drummers who overdo their cymbal work, snare tapping, or rim knocking at inappropriate moments.  (Restraint can be a good thing.)  In fairness, I must note that that same composer (of tracks 11-13) also composed 4 of the better tracks (7-10) on this outing, as well.  For the time being, I have this CD earmarked for use solely in the car.  It's not a purchase I would make again.


title: I was only too happy to see all of these albums together in one ...

text: I have previously purchased these albums on vinyl many years ago,and as they wore the sound degraded.I was only too happy to see all of these albums together in one package.Harry James has always been a favorite of mine,going back to the Goodman days.This is a great value for anyone who loved Big bands as much as I do.


title: knock-off alvin and the chipmunks

text: i found a copy of this record at a thrift store for 25 cents and i just listened to it and i was actually very entertained by it. i collect childrens records as a hobby. i have an alternate jacket though. i love good rip-off childrens stuff lol.


title: CONTENTS

text:
Disc 1

The Stars of Branson

1.) Kiss an Angel Good Mornin' - Charley Pride
2.) If I Had to Do it All Over Again - Roy Clark
3.) For the Good Times - Ray Price
4.) Houston - The Gatlin Brothers
5.) One Day at a Time - Cristy Lane
6.) It's a Cheating Situation - Moe Bandy
7.) Spiders & Snakes - Jim Stafford
8.) It's 4 in the Mornin' - Faron Young
9.) Stand by Me - Mickey Gilley
10.) Take this Job and Shove it - Johnny Paycheck
11.) Country Boy - Glen Campbell
12.) Don't it Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle
13.) It Ain't Never - Mel Tillis & the Statesmen
14.) Night Time Magic - The Gatlin Brothers
15.) It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy - Janie Fricke
16.) Snowbird - Buck Trent
17.) Somebody Somewhere - Loretta Lynn
18.) Broken Lady - The Gatlin Brothers
19.) Boxcar Blues - Boxcar Willie
20.) The Streak - Ray Stevens

Disc 2

Branson's Guest Stars

1.) Elvira - The Oak Ridge Boys
2.) (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Wanna Be Right - Barbara Mandrell
3.) Funny How Time Slips Away - Willie Nelson
4.) Drivin' My Life Away - Eddie Rabbitt
5.) Stand by Your Man - Tammy Wynette
6.) Red Bandana - Merle Haggard
7.) I Believe in You - Don Williams
8.) Paper Roses - Marie Osmond
9.) Finally - T.G. Sheppard
10.) Till the River Runs Dry - Don Williams
11.) Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On - Mel McDaniel
12.) Can I Sleep in Your Arms - Jeannie Seely
13.) Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico - Johnny Rodriguez
14.) World of Make Believe - Bill Anderson
15.) I Wanna Say Yes - Louise Mandrell
16.) Luckenbach, Texas - Waylon Jennings
17.) Lizzie & the Rainman - Tanya Tucker
18.) Last Cheaters Waltz - T.G. Sheppard
19.) On the Wings of a Nightingale - The Everly Brothers
20.) Cajun Moon - Ricky Skaggs

Disc 3

Branson Pop

1.) Let Your Love Flow - The Bellamy Brothers
2.) Love Story - Andy Williams
3.) Tie a Yellow Ribbon - Tony Orlando
4.) The Most Beautiful Girl in the World - Jim Nabors
5.) Save the Dance for Me - John Davidson
6.) Born Yesterday - The Everly Brothers
7.) Roses Are Red - Bobby Vinton
8.) Down by the Lazy River - The Osmonds
9.) Unchained Melody - Andy Williams
10.) Knock 3 Times - Tony Orlando

Branson Stars "Live" on the Stage

11.) All the Gold in California - Gatlin Bros
12.) Lovesick Blues - Charley Pride
13.) Dreams of the Everyday Housewife - Glen Campbell
14.) Rocky Top - Roy Clark
15.) Medley: Mr. Record Man/ Hello Walls/ One Day at a Time - Willie Nelson
16.) Hey, Good Lookin' - Barbara Mandrell
17.) Bob Willis Is Still the King - Waylon Jennings
18.) Sunday Morning Coming Down - Johnny Cash
19.) Mama Tried - Merle Haggard
20.) Delta Dawn - Tanya Tucker


title: Contents

text:
80 tracks

Disc 1
1.) Some Enchanted Evening ~ Paul Weston & His Orchestra / Jo Stafford
2.) Let There Be Love ~ Hal Derwin / Shep Fields & His Orchestra
3.) My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time ~ Frances Lane / Johnny Long & His Orchestra / Dick Roberston
4.) It's de-Lovely ~ Carmen Cavallaro & His Orchestra
5.) Where or When ~ Harry James & His Orchestra / Helen Ward
6.) This Can't Be Love ~ Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians
7.) Body and Soul ~ Benny Goodman Trio
8.) With Plenty of Money and You (Oh! Baby What I Couldn't Do) ~ Bob Hammon / Henry Busse & His Orchestra
9.) I Can't Give You Anything But Love ~ Artie Shaw & His Orchestra / Tony Pastor
10.) Fools Rush in (Where Angels Fear to Tread) ~ Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra
11.) You Go to My Head ~ Larry Clinton & His Orchestra / Bea Wain
12.) Did You Ever See a Dream Walking? ~ Carmen Cavallaro & His Orchestra
13.) P.S. I Love You ~ Don Burke / The 4 Hits & A Miss / Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra
14.) The Most Beautiful Girl in the World ~ Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
15.) Let's Fall in Love ~ Polly Bergen / Bob Crosby & His Orchestra
16.) Who Wouldn't Love You ~ Harry Babbitt / Trudy Erwin / Kay Kyser
17.) Sweet and Lovely ~ Russ Morgan & His Orchestra
18.) Exactly Like You ~ Woody Herman & His Orchestra
19.) My Foolish Heart ~ Victor Young & His Orchestra

Disc 2
1.) Begin the Beguine ~ Stan Kenton & His Orchestra
2.) My Prayer ~ Bob Eberly / Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra
3.) I Won't Dance ~ Carmen Cavallaro & His Orchestra
4.) Cheek to Cheek ~ Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
5.) Two Sleepy People ~ Harriet Hilliard / Ozzie Nelson & His Orchestra
6.) Sweethearts on Parade ~ Lawrence Welk & His Orchestra
7.) Dancing in the Dark ~ Freddy Martin & His Orchestra
8.) The Lady in Red ~ Anita O'Day / Stan Kenton & His Orchestra
9.) Blue Tango ~ Ray Anthony & His Orchestra
10.) Carioca ~ Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
11.) Three O'Clock in the Morning ~ Ted Lewis & His Band
12.) Racing With the Moon ~ Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra
13.) Moonlight Bay ~ Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
14.) Moonlight in Vermont ~ Billy Butterfield & His Orchestra / Margaret Whiting
15.) Moonglow ~ Les Brown & His Orchestra
16.) In the Still of the Night ~ Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra
17.) Moonlight Serenade ~ Carlotta Dale / Jan Savitt & His Top Hatters
18.) Moonlight Becomes You ~ Charlie Spivak & His Orchestra
19.) The Way You Look Tonight ~ Freddy Martin & His Orchestra
20.) Goodnight Sweetheart ~ Snooky Lanson / Ray Noble & His Orchestra

Disc 3
1.) Love Is Here to Stay ~ Eddy Howard & His Orchestra
2.) Heart and Soul ~ Russ Carlyle / Blue Barron & His Orchestra
3.) If I Had a Talking Picture of You ~ Bing Crosby / Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
4.) Always ~ Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra
5.) Nevertheless (I'm in Love With You) ~ Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians / Kenny Gardner
6.) I Only Have Eyes For You ~ Les Brown & His Band of Renown
7.) I Love You Truly ~ Wayne King & His Orchestra
8.) There! I've Said It Again ~ Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra
9.) The Very Thought of You ~ Lawrence Welk & His Orchestra
10.) Forever and Ever ~ Russ Morgan & His Orchestra / Skylarks
11.) The Glory of Love ~ Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra
12.) It Had to Be You ~ Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
13.) She's Funny That Way, (I Got a Woman Crazy For Me) ~ Ted Lewis & His Band
14.) Serenade of the Bells ~ Harry Babbitt / The Campus Kids / Kay Kyser
15.) Peg o' My Heart ~ Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
16.) I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm ~ Ozzie Nelson & His Orchestra
17.) The Anniversary Song ~ Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians / Kenny Gardner
18.) Because of You ~ Jan Garber & His Orchestra
19.) To Each His Own ~ Eddy Howard & His Orchestra
20.) All the Things You Are ~ Stan Kenton & His Orchestra
21.) I've Got You Under My Skin ~ Carmen Cavallaro & His Orchestra

Disc 4
1.) Pennies From Heaven ~ Louis Armstrong / Bing Crosby / Frances Langford / Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra
2.) Blue Moon ~ Billy Butterfield & His Orchestra
3.) I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now ~ Perry Como / Ted Weems & His Orchestra
4.) Harbor Lights ~ Tony Alamo / Kaydets / Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra
5.) Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You) ~ Jan Garber & His Orchestra
6.) Red Roses For a Blue Lady ~ Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra
7.) Now Is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song) ~ Eddy Howard & His Orchestra
8.) Smoke Gets in Your Eyes ~ Freddy Martin & His Orchestra
9.) Oh! What It Seemed to Me ~ Marjorie Hughes / Frankie Carle & His Orchestra
10.) After You've Gone ~ Benny Goodman Quintet
11.) Thanks For the Memory ~ Bob Hope / Harry Sosnik & His Orchestra / Shirley Ross
12.) Medley ~ Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra
13.) Maybe You'll Be There ~ Charlie LaVere / Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra
14.) They Can't Take That Away From Me ~ Fred Astaire / Johnny Green & His Orchestra
15.) Deep Purple ~ Helen Forrest / Carmen Dragon and Orchestra
16.) There Goes That Song Again ~ Billy Butterfield & His Orchestra / Margaret Whiting
17.) I Remember You ~ Les Brown & His Orchestra
18.) Stardust ~ Harry James & His Orchestra / Frank Sinatra
19.) Sentimental Journey ~ Ray Anthony & His Orchestra
20.) These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) ~ Eddy Howard & His Orchestra


title: Top Songs, Top Singers, Satisfying Country Schmaltz

text:
Country Sweet 'n' Sentimental
Reader's Digest Music

DISC 1

THINKIN' 'BOUT LOVE

I Honestly Love You ~ Ronnie Milsap with The Nashville Edition
Somebody Loves You ~ Crystal Gayle
Mary in the Morning ~ Eddy Arnold
I Love You Because ~ Barbara Mandrell
Never Ending Song of Love ~ Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty
That's My Desire ~ Patsy Cline
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? ~ Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius
Roses Are Red (My Love) ~ Bobby Goldsboro
Think About Love ~ Dolly Parton
I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You) ~ Charlie Pride with The Jordanaires
All I Have to Offer You Is Me ~ The Staler Brothers

THINKIN' 'BOUT THE LONELY TIMES

It Keeps Right on A-Hurtin' ~ Elvis Presley
Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)? ~ Patsy Cline
She's Got You ~ Loretta Lynn
Oh, Lonesome Me ~ Johnny Cash
Help Me Make it Through the Night ~ Jeannie C. Riley
Walking the Floor Over You ~ Merle Haggard
Before the Next Teardrop Falls ~ Donna Fargo
Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You) ~ Patsy Cline
Cold, Cold Heart ~ Johnny Cash
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry ~ Dottie West with The Jordonaires

DISC 2

THINKIN' 'BOUT HER

I Don't Mind the Thorns (If You're the Rose) ~ Lee Greenwood
Walking Piece of Heaven ~ Marty Robbins
The Tip of My Fingers ~ Conway Twitty
All Roads Lead to You ~ Steve Wariner
I Wonder Do You Think of Me ~ Keith Whitley
But You Know I Love You ~ Kenny Rogers and The First Edition
Born to Be with You ~ Sonny James
I Can't Stop Loving You ~ Jim Reeves
Love Me ~ Marty Robbins
Today I Started Loving You Again ~ Merle Haggard

THINKIN' 'BOUT THE GOOD TIMES

Dear Hearts and Gentle People ~ Jim Reeves
Love Letters in the Sand ~ Patsy Cline
I Believe in Music ~ The Statler Brothers
San Antonio Stroll ~ Tanya Tucker
What a Wonderful World ~ Eddy Arnold
Gentle On My Mind ~ George Hamilton IV
Mountain of Love ~ Dickey Lee
Little Green Apples ~ Bill Anderson
Hey Good Lookin' ~ George Jones
Jambalaya (On the Bayou) ~ Brenda Lee

DISC 3

THINKIN' 'BOUT HIM

Send Me the Pillow You Dream On ~ Dolly Parton
Only You (And You Alone) ~ Reba McEntire
Eighteen Wheels and A Dozen Roses ~ Kathy Mattea
Love Me Like You Used To ~ Tanya Tucker
I Love You So Much It Hurts ~ Patsy Cline
Please Help Me, I'm Falling (In Love with You) ~ Patti Page
Hold Me ~ K. T. Oslin
My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You ~ Loretta Lynn
You Don't Know Me ~ Dottie West
Wish You Were Here ~ Jeannie C. Riley

THINKIN' 'BOUT THIS 'N' THAT

By the Time I Get to Phoenix ~ Conway Twitty
Just for Old Times' Sake ~ Ferlin Husky
For the Good Times ~ Jimmy Dean and Dottie West with The Jordonaires
She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye ~ Jerry Lee Lewis
Guess Things Happen That Way ~ Charlie Pride
Funny, Familiar, Forgotten Feelings ~ Don Gibson with The Jordonaires
The Wayward Wind ~ Crystal Gayle
That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) ~ Red Foley
Both Sides Now ~ Skeeter Davis
Gotta Travel On ~ Webb Pierce

DISC 4

THINKIN' 'BOUT HOME

Take Me Home, Country Roads ~ The Statler Brothers
Detroit City ~ Jim Ed Brown
Song of the South ~ Alabama
Homeward Bound ~ Glenn Campbell
Tennessee Homesick Blues ~ Dolly Parton
Saginaw, Michigan ~ Bill Anderson
Green, Green Grass of Home ~ Conway Twitty
The Roots of My Raising ~ Merle Haggard
Smokey Mountain Memories ~ Earl Thomas Conley

THINKIN' 'BOUT THE LORD

Wings of a Dove ~ Charlie Pride
Precious Memories ~ Skeeter Davis
Mama Sang a Song ~ Jimmy Dean
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands ~ Loretta Lynn
The Great Speckled Bird ~ The Browns Featuring Jim Ed Brown
Just a Closer Walk with Thee ~ Jimmy Dean
How Great Thou Art ~ Connie Smith
Put Your Hand in the Hand ~ Elvis Presley
In the Garden ~ Jim Reeves
The Church in the Wildwood ~ Red Foley
I Believe ~ Loretta Lynn


title: Good Selection

text:
Gentle Memories of the `60s
Reader's Digest 2004 - 4 CDs - 75 tracks
Easy-listening hits, original artists

DISC 1
ALL-TIME EASY-LISTENING FAVORITES
1. Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
2. What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
3. I Believe - The Bachelors
4. Ramblin' Rose - Nat King Cole
5. We'll Sing in the Sunshine - Gale Garnett
6. Love Me Tonight - Tom Jones
7. Break It to Me Gently - Brenda Lee
8. Theme From A Summer Place - Percy Faith and His Orchestra
9. Second Hand Love - Connie Francis
10. Walk Right Back - The Everly Brothers
11. Please Love Me Forever - Bobby Vinton
12. Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head - B.J. Thomas
13. On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) - Johnny Mathis
14. Moon River - Henry Mancini, His Orchestra and Chorus
15. Days of Wine and Roses - Andy Williams
16. Hello Mary Lou (Goodbye Heart) - Rick Nelson
17. Red Roses For a Blue Lady - Vic Dana
18. I Hear a Symphony - The Supremes
19. Georgy Girl - The Seekers
20. Born Free - Roger Williams

DISC 2
SMOOTH MEN OF SONG
1. Gentle on My Mind - Glen Campbell
2. Winter World of Love - Engelbert Humperdinck
3. It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones
4. Make the World Go Away - Jim Reeves
5. Mr. Lonely - Bobby Vinton
6. I Gotta Be Me - Sammy Davis, Jr.
7. If I Were a Carpenter - Bobby Darin
8. Child of Clay - Jimmie Rodgers
9. Dream on Little Dreamer - Perry Como with The Anita Kerr Quartet
FAIR AND GENTLE LADIES
10. This Is My Song - Petula Clark
11. To Sir with Love - Lulu
12. Put a Little Love in Your Heart -Jackie DeShannon
13. Where the Boys Are - Connie Francis
14. The Windmills of Your Mind - Dusty Springfield
15. You Can't Hurry Love - The Supremes
16. Big Spender - Peggy Lee
17. All Alone Am I - Brenda Lee
18. Dream a Little Dream of Me - Mama Cass with the Mamas and the Papas

DISC 3
TIMELESS BALLADS AND LOVE SONGS
1. Let It Be Me - The Everly Brothers
2. Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme from Dr. Zhivago) - Ray Coniff and the Singers
3. Spanish Eyes - Al Martino
4. My Special Angel - The Vogues
5. Sweet Memories - Andy Williams
6. When I Fall in Love - Johnny Mathis
7. Ebb Tide - The Righteous Brothers
8. I'll See You in My Dreams - Pat Boone
9. Sealed with a Kiss - Brian Hyland
TRUE LOVE AND DEVOTION
10. I Love How You Love Me - Bobby Vinton
11. Never My Love - The Association
12. Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet - Henry Mancini, His Orchestra and Chorus
13. Dear Heart - Jack Jones
14. Love Me With All Your Heart - The Ray Charles Singers
15. The Way You Look Tonight - The Lettermen
16. I've Got You Under My Skin - Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
17. The Very Thought of You - Rick Nelson
18. My Love - Petula Clark
19. 18 Yellow Roses - Bobby Darin

DISC 4
EASY-LISTENING GROUPS AND DUOS
1. Harbor Lights - The Platters
2. Under the Boardwalk - The Drifters
3. Where Have All the Flowers Gone - The Kingston Trio
4. California Dreamin' - The Mamas and the Papas
5. Try to Remember - The Brothers Four
6. Up, Up And Away - The 5th Dimension
7. Windy - The Association
8. I Only Have Eyes for You - The Lettermen
9. Tonight (from "West Side Story") - Ferrante and Teicher
SOFT SONGS OF HEARTACHE
10. Among My Souvenirs - Connie Francis
11. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - The Righteous Brothers
12. Can't Get Used to Losing You - Andy Williams
13. Only Love Can Break a Heart - Gene Pitney
14. I'll Never Smile Again - The Platters
15. She's Got You - Patsy Cline
16. Am I That Easy to Forget - Engelbert Humperdinck
17. Tears and Roses - Al Martino
18. It's Over - Jimmie Rodgers


title: Easy Listening Pleasure

text:
In Tune with Nature : Nature's Most Popular Music
Selection by Romantic Strings Orchestra; Notes with vocals; 4 compact discs
Distributed by and ©1998 Reader's Digest Association
DISC 1: FROM DAWN TIL DUSK:
1. Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'
2. Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise
3. On a Clear Day You Can See Forever [Roger Williams, piano]
4. Morning Has Broken
5. Lazy Afternoon
6. Singin' in the Rain [with Ken Barrie, The Clare Sisters and Chorus]
7. Blue Skies
8. Canadian Sunset
9. Red Sails in the Sunset
10. Twilight Time Nighttime Moods
11. Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado) [with Jo Stafford, vocal, and Warren Covington, trombone]
12. Stardust [with Henry Mancini, piano]
13. Stella by Starlight
14. Stars Fell on Alabama [with chorus]
15. Moonglow [with Ronnie Aldrich, piano]
16. Moonlight in Vermont
17. Blue Moon [with chorus]
18. The Moon of Monakoora
19. Moon over Miami [with chorus]
20. In the Still of the Night
DISC 2: BEYOND THE SEA :
1. Beyond the Sea (La Mer)
2. Ebb Tide [with Ronnie Aldrich, piano]
3. Bali Ha'i
4. Harbor Lights [with chorus]
5. Sleepy Lagoon
6. (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) the White Cliffs of Dover
7. Stranger on the Shore [with Pierre Belmonte, pan flute]
8. Sweet Leilani
9. Now Is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song)
10. Yellow Bird [with Jorge Morel, guitar]
11. The Sound of Music
12. Climb Every Mountain
13. Colors of the Wind
14. What a Wonderful World
15. Over the Rainbow
16. Beyond the Blue Horizon
17. Trees
18. When the Moon Comes over the Mountain [with Jo Stafford, vocal]
19. Shenandoah
20. America the Beautiful
DISC 3: THE SWEET SOUNDS OF SPRINGTIME:
1. April Showers [with chorus]
2. Younger than Springtime
3. It Might as Well Be Spring [with Margaret Whiting, vocal]
4. April in Portugal
5. April Love
6. April in Paris
7. Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
8. Easter Parade
9. I'll Remember April
10. June Is Bustin' out All over [with chorus]
SUMMERTIME PLEASURES:
11. Theme from a Summer Place
12. Summer Samba (So Nice)
13. Love Me with All Your Heart (Cuando Calienta El Sol)
14. On the Boardwalk in Atlantic City
15. The Girl from Ipanema
16. Summertime
17. Love Letters in the Sand
18. Summertime in Venice
19. The Things We Did Last Summer [with The Pete King Chorale, vocal]
20. Theme from Summer of 42 (The Summer Knows)
DISC 4: AUTUMN MAGIC:
1. Indian Summer [with The Mike Sammes Singers, vocal]
2. Early Autumn [with Ronnie Aldrich, piano]
3. Autumn Nocturne
4. September in the Rain [with Jo Stafford, vocal]
5. Autumn Leaves [with chorus]
6. September Song
7. Shrine on Harvest Moon [with The Peter King Choral, vocal]
8. September Mourn
9. Autumn Wind
10. Autumn in New York
A WINTER WORLD OF BEAUTY:
11. Winter Wonderland
12. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
13. It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas
14. Skaters Waltz
15. Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!
16. White Christmas [with chorus]
17. Winter World of Love
18. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
19. Snowfall
20. (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays [with chorus].


title: Beatiful Music, but the CD is a Better Deal

text:
This is beautiful jazz music. Cole's piano playing is alive and commanding and hot and cool and smooth. (It says in the liner notes that Cole was a disciple of Fatha Hines' piano playing.) Oscar Moore's electric jazz guitar is equally astounding.

This LP introduced me to the sound of a jazz trio. It made me a convert. This is one my favorite Cole albums.

The first four cuts, the January 17, 1944 recording session, bear repeated play.

The writer of the liner notes tells how playing the original discs back in the 1940s was a morning ritual. I followed suit after I got this album circa 1975-1976 when I was an undergrad. Put Side A on when you wake up. Perfect music to start the day with. Simultaneously soothing and enervating.

The LP "Capitol Jazz Classics Vol. 8: King Cole Trio - Trio Days" was a 1972 re-issue of the 1955 compilation LP "The King Cole Trio: Instrumental Classics."

The King Cole Trio: Instrumental Classics (1955) - Capitol T-592
Nat King Cole (piano), Oscar Moore (guitar), Johnny Miller (bass).
On "Laugh! Cool Clown" and "Bop Kick":
Nat King Cole (piano), Irving Ashby (guitar), Joe Comfort (bass), Jack Costanzo (bongos).

Re-released as budget LP under the title:
Capitol Jazz Classics Vol. 8: King Cole Trio - Trio Days (1972) - Capitol M-11033.

A1. 1944-01-17 The Man I Love
A2. 1944-01-17 Body and Soul
A3. 1944-01-17 Prelude in C Sharp Minor
A4. 1944-01-17 What Is This Thing Called Love
A5. 1944-03-06 Easy Listenin' Blues
A6. 1945-05-23 Sweet Georgia Brown
B1. 1945-11-01 This Way Out
B2. 1946-10-30 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
B3. 1947-06-25 Honeysuckle Rose
B4. 1947-08-06 Rhumba Azul
B5. 1949-03-22 Laugh! Cool Clown
B6. 1949-03-22 Bop Kick

Re-released on CD as:
The Best of the Nat King Cole Trio: The Instrumental Classics

with the following bonus tracks:
1943-11-30 Jumpin' at Capitol
1947-08-13 Moonlight in Vermont
1947-08-13 How High the Moon
1947-08-13 I'll Never Be the Same
1947-08-13 These Foolish Things
1949-03-30 Peaches

Tracks 2-11 and 16,17 duplicate the LP.

1. 1943-11-30 Jumpin' at Capitol
2. 1944-01-17 The Man I Love
3. 1944-01-17 Body and Soul
4. 1944-01-17 Prelude in C Sharp Minor
5. 1944-01-17 What Is This Thing Called Love?
6. 1944-03-06 Easy Listening Blues
7. 1945-05-23 Sweet Georgia Brown
8. 1945-11-01 This Way Out
9. 1946-10-30 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
10. 1947-06-25 Honeysuckle Rose
11. 1947-08-06 Rhumba Azul
12. 1947-08-13 Moonlight in Vermont
13. 1947-08-13 How High the Moon
14. 1947-08-13 I'll Never Be the Same
15. 1947-08-13 These Foolish Things
16. 1949-03-22 Laugh! Cool Clown
17. 1949-03-22 Bop-Kick
18. 1949-03-30 Peaches


title: Good Selection

text:
Legendary Singers of the Century
Readers Digest Music - 1998 - 4 CDs

CD1 - 56:13
THE GREAT POPULAR SINGERS
1. Bing Crosby - I Can't Begin to Tell You - 2:55
2. Kate Smith - When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain - 3:15
3. Perry Como - Wanted - 3:06
4. Peggy Lee - It's a Good Day - 1:44
5. Nat King Cole - Sweet Lorraine - 2:57
6. Ella Fitzgerald - I've Got a Crush on You - 3:29
7. Dean Martin - Memories Are Made of This - 2:18
8. Jo Stafford - You Belong to Me - 3:05
9. Vic Damone - Again - 3:25
10. Margaret Whiting - A Tree in the Meadow - 2:56
11. Frankie Lane - That's My Desire - 2:32
12. Edith Piaf - La Vie En Rose - 2:56
13. Tony Martin - Tonight We Love - 2:47
14. Sarah Vaughan - Tenderly - 2:31
15. Tony Bennett - I Wanna Be Around - 2:13
16. Rosemary Clooney - You Make Me Feel So Young - 2:54
17. Eddie Fisher - Oh! My Pa-Pa - 3:07
18. Patti Page - I Can't Get Started - 1:55
19. Lena Horne - More Than You Know - 3:06
20. Johnny Mathis - Chances Are - 3:02

CD2 - 56:35
GLORIOUS SINGERS FROM GREAT MUSICALS
1. Ezio Pinza - Some Enchanted Evening - 3:03
2. Mary Martin - Almost Like Being in Love - 2:56
3. Alfred Drake - Surrey With the Fringe on Top - 3:09
4. Ethel Merman - They Say It's Wonderful - 3:06
5. Shirley Jones - What's the Use of Wond'rin - 3:30
6. Gordon MacRae - You Keep Coming Back Like a Song - 3:00
7. Johnny Melton - In the Still of the Night - 3:06
8. Gertrude Laurence - Hello, Young Lovers - 3:10
9. Nelson Eddy - Indian Love Call - 3:37
THE GOLDEN VOICES
10. Mario Lanza - Be My Love - 3:32
11. Jane Froman - I Believe - 3:19
12. Howard Keel - Old Man River - 3:27
13. Luciano Pavarotti - O Sole Mio - 3:23
14. Ellen Farrell - If I Could Tell You (The Firestone Theme) - 2:50
15. Robert Merrill - The White Cliffs of Dover - 4:04
16. Martin Anderson - Ave Maria - 7:23

CD3 - 1:00:02
MAGICAL SINGERS . . . MOVIE MEMORIES
1. Judy Garland - That Man That Got Away - 3:37
2. Pat Boone - April Love - 2:44
3. Doris Day - Que Sera Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) - 2:06
4. Al Martino - Love Them from The Godfather (Speak Softly Love) - 3:06
5. Mel Torme - Blue Moon - 3:13
6. Julie London - Cry Me a River - 2:57
7. Fred Astaire - I'm Old Fashioned - 2:27
8. Connee Boswell - There's a Small Hotel - 3:09
9. Harry Belafonte - Island in the Sun - 3:09
10. Connie Francis - Where the Boys Are - 2:40
POPULAR SINGERS OF ONLY YESTERDAY
11. Bobby Darin - Mack the Knife - 3:10
12. Pasty Cline - Walkin' After Midnight - 2:36
13. Shirely Bassey - Yesterday - 3:23
14. Ed Ames - Anywhere I Wander - 3:17
15. Petula Clark - Downtown - 3:26
16. Engelbert Humperdinck - The More I See You - 4:04
17. Judy Collins - Both Sides Now - 3:15
18. Kenny Rogers - Lady - 3:52
19. Linda Ronstadt - What's New - 3:51

CD4 - 59:40
LEGENDARY BIG-BAND SINGERS
1. Frank Sinatra - All or Nothing At All - 3:07
2. Helen O'Connell - Green Eyes - 2:00
3. Dick Haymes - When You Wish Upon a Star - 2:50
4. Billie Holiday - Lover Man Oh Where Can You BE - 3:23
5. Kitty Kallen - I'm Beginning to See the Light - 3:15
6. Eddy Howard - Our Love is Here to Stay - 2:13
7. Don Cornell - It's Yours - 2:55
8. June Christy - On the Sunny Side of the Street - 3:53
9. Helen Forrest - I've Heard That Song Before - 3:03
THE EARLY YEARS
10. Louis Armstrong - The Sheik of Araby - 3:29
11. Rudy Vallee - As Time Goes By - 3:34
12. Ruth Etting - Love Me or Leave Me - 3:23
13. Maurice Chevalier - Valentine - 3:31
14. Mildred Bailey - All of Me - 3:07
15. Eddie Cantor - Makin' Whoopee - 3:12
16. Al Jolson - Anniversary Song - 3:07
17. Fanny Brice - Mon Homme (My Man) - 3:36
18. John McCormick - It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary - 3:13
19. Enrico Caruso - Over There - 2:49


title: Heigh Ho! Everybody, Heigh Ho!

text:
I am delighted with this product. I am so glad I bought it, used in very good condition. A steal, at such a low price.

4-CD set, artwork/inserts and double jewel case. No booklet issued.

Beautiful melodies, classic Tin Pan Alley songs, professional musicians of a bygone era, the great jazz age swing band era, commercial music once consumed by Americans across the land. And still consumed today.

Played by journeyman musicians who carried their musicians-union cards and were paid regularly. Lots of talent here, too. Discover bands you never heard of by listening to their most popular songs.

Art Kassel? <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Music-Maestro-Please-Art-Kassel/dp/B000BW9UK8">Music, Maestro, Please</a>

Who doesn't love shmaltz? Sweet sounds? Good ol' Readers Digest Music products?

Pop in the CDs, make a peanut-butter and jelly sandwich on Wonder Bread, pour a glass of whole milk, and enjoy aural sugar as you e-mail Forward the latest jokes to your friends and family.

Heartily recommended!

CD 1
01. Let's Fall in Love - Hugo Winterhalter / Fran Warren (vocal)
02. Where or When - Henry King / Joe Sudy (vocal)
03. My Prayer - Glenn Miller / Ray Eberle (vocal)
04. I'm Getting' Sentimental Over You - Carmen Cavallaro
05. The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi - Ted Lewis / Ted Lewis (vocal)
06. I Can't Give You Anything but Love - Russ Morgan
07. Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) - Tony Pastor / Tony Pastor (vocal)
08. Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread) - Bob Crosby / Marion Mann (vocal)
09. Love Is the Sweetest Thing - Ray Noble / Al Bowlly (vocal)
10. Ridin' Around in the Rain - Vincent Lopez / Frances Hunt (vocal)
11. You Walk By - Blue Barron / Russ Carlyle (vocal)
12. Temptation - Artie Shaw
13. Sweet and Lovely - Claude Thornhill / Russ McIntyre & The Snowflakes (vocal)
14. It Had to Be You - Artie Shaw
15. Stairway to the Stars - Sammy Kaye / Jimmy Brown (vocal)
16. (It Will Have to Do) Until the Real Thing Comes Along - Andy Kirk / Pha Terrell (vocal)
17. They Can't Take That Away from Me - Ozzie Nelson / Ozzie Nelson (vocal)
18. I Love You Truly - Wayne King
19. Linda - Paul Weston / Matt Dennis (vocal)
20. To Each His Own - Wayne King

CD 2
01. It's Been a Long, Long Time - Stan Kenton / June Christy (vocal)
02. P.S. I Love You - Gordon Jenkins / Don Burke & The 4 Hits & a Miss (vocal)
03. (I'd Love to Spend) One Hour with You - Jimmie Grier / Donald Novis (vocal)
04. A Beautiful Lady in Blue - Jan Garber / Lew Palmer (vocal)
05. Tenderly - Randy Brooks
06. Make Believe - Gray Gordon / Art Perry & Chorus (vocal)
07. A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody - Red Nichols & His Five Pennies
08. Sweethearts on Parade - Guy Lombardo / Carmen Lombardo (vocal).
09. The Very Thought of You - Carmen Cavallaro
10. The Breeze and I - Hal Kemp / Janet Blair (vocal)
11. Music, Maestro, Please - Art Kassel / Billy Leach (vocal)
12. Tuxedo Junction - Jan Savitt
13. The Anniversary Waltz - Freddy Martin / Clyde Rogers & His Quartette (vocal)
14. The Lullaby of Broadway - Richard Himber / Joey Nash (vocal)
15. I Won't Dance (Don't Ask Me) - George Hall / Loretta Lee & Sonny Schuyler (vocal)
16. Let's Face The Music and Dance - Ted Fio Rito / Stanley Hickman (vocal)
17. It's de-Lovely - Will Osborne / Dick & Dorothy Rogers (vocal)
18. April In Paris - Henry King / Joe Sudy (vocal)
19. The Object of My Affection - Glen Gray / Pee Wee Hunt (vocal)
20. Sunday - Jean Goldkette / Al Lynch & The Keller Sisters (vocal)
21. I'm in The Mood for Love - Frank Dailey / Nancy Flake (vocal)

CD 3
01. You're the Cream in My Coffee - Ted Weems / Parker Gibbs (vocal).
02. Pennies from Heaven - Eddy Duchin / Lew Sherwood (vocal)
03. Who? - George Olsen / Fran Frey, Bob Rice & Jack Fulton (vocal)
04. Love Walked In - Jimmy Dorsey / Bob Eberly (vocal)
05. Good Morning - Jan Savitt / George "Bon-Bon" Tunnell (vocal)
06. There Goes that Song Again - Bob Chester / Betty Bradley (vocal)
07. Laura - Elliot Lawrence
08. I've Heard that Song Before - Harry James / Helen Forrest (vocal)
09. My Foolish Heart - Lawrence Welk
10. Embraceable You - Jimmy Dorsey / Helen O'Connell (vocal)
11. Sweet Sue - Just You - Isham Jones
12. Heigh Ho! Everybody, Heigh Ho! - Rudy Vallee / Rudy Vallee (vocal)
13. Twilight Time - Lawrence Welk
14. This Love of Mine - Stand Kenton / Red Dorris (vocal)
15. Sunrise Serenade - Tex Beneke & The Glenn Miller Orchestra.
16. Ampola - Alvino Rey
17. What is this Thing Called Love - Leo Reisman / Lew Conrad (vocal)
18. In the Still Of The Night - Gordon Jenkins
19. Goodnight My Love - Benny Goodman / Ella Fitzgerald (vocal)
20. The Old Lamp-Lighter - Kay Kyser / Mike Douglas & Group (vocal)

CD 4
01. It's Only a Paper Moon - Eddie Heywood
02. Two Sleepy People - Sammy Kaye / Charlie Wilson (vocal)
03. Moonlight Becomes You - Claude Thornhill
04. Star Dust - Les Brown / Miriam Shaw (vocal)
05. Deep Purple - Paul Whiteman / Dana Suesse (piano)
06. Moonglow - The Benny Goodman Quartet
07. Blue Moon - Ray Noble / Al Bowlly (vocal).
08. Goodnight - Ted Lewis / Ted Lewis (vocal)
09. Red Roses for a Blue Lady - Vaughn Monroe / Vaughn Monroe & The Moon Men (vocal)
10. I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You) - Alvino Rey / The King Sisters (vocal)
11. You'll Never Know - Russ Morgan
12. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - Tommy Dorsey
13. Alone - George Hall / Johnny McKeever (vocal)
14. My Funny Valentine - Hal McIntyre / Ruth Gaylor (vocal)
15. When I Grow Too Old to Dream - Johnny Long / Bob Hourston & The Glee Club (vocal)
16. Long Ago (And Far Away) - Ben Bernie / Ray Hendricks (vocal)
17. Thanks For the Memory - Shep Fields / Bob Goday (vocal)
18. Sentimental Me - Russ Morgan / Russ Morgan & The Morganaires (vocal)
19. Once in a While - Ozzie Nelson / Harriet Hilliard (vocal)


title: Five Stars

text: Clear Vinyl is a great touch. Love this pressing and I can't stop listening to this album!


title: Best of the best!!

text: I had this album when I was much younger, I'm so happy, and frankly feel Blessed to have found it again.... it's the most beautiful music ever!!


title: It's not that serious, I never put that much...

text:
Hi there,

I never thought people would take this serious. When I accidentally came accross "Baby Woman" in a music store. It was in a pool that was holding "unsold" albums for a %90 off price. I got this cassette for less than 1$. App. 0.85 or less. I just listened to it once... That was all. Naomi deserves this. She can be tasted ONCE, than left outside alone... WHAT AN IRONY!!!!


title: A piece of history!

text: I can only echo what others have said about the Suk-Ancerl performances.  This is the version of the disc to pick up, frankly.  How often does one own a CD made in a country that no longer exists? "Made in Czechoslovakia," says the first Supraphone CD pressing from 1988.


title: Five Stars

text: Accurate description and great quality


title: Thrilling concert from 42 years ago

text: The arrangements are top notch and Maclaine is in her element. Perfect for musical theatre fans. Extremely well recorded. 10+


title: donna

text: it would be better if te cd was skips in it.I love the disco arrar.I like it replaced if possable.


title: Five Stars

text: awsome


title: Good stuff

text: My dad loves it


title: Magnificent Composer and Pianist

text: You will make this your favorite CD


title: Five Stars

text: Great talent. Tremendous variety. She covers many bases and does it all with great energy and quality.


title: Young Masters At Work

text: The SFJazz organization has done right by the jazz world by continuing to energize the SFJazz Collective.  Year after year for ten years this all-star band has celebrated the masters of jazz (Monk, Coltrane, Coleman, and, now, Corea) through their performances and recordings.  The Chick Corea tribute is a marvelous continuation of the series. It's hard to single out any one soloist, arranger, or writer on this set, so kudos to Miguel Zenon, who has the longest tenure in the band, fr keeping it strong and active.  Check out this CD and all of the other SF Jazz Collective CDs.  It's a musical journey, which is well worth taking.


title: Stacy and Lee Wiley from Commodore

text: The old Commodore recordings are surprisingly well engineered and just as good on CD as they were on vinyl. Hope to see more of the Commodores reissued. Lee Wiley's 'Steamboat Tennessee' is a very special classic performance.


title: Great music timeless!

text: 75 great songs by the best voice ever!


title: Five Stars

text: very nice work


title: Thank you

text: Thank you


title: Paul R. Shelton

text: This is a superb cd! The sound transfer was excellent.


title: Four Stars

text: A double gem on one cd!


title: Celtic Traditional and Folk Music Goodness

text:
(I would give this album a 4.5 if I could)
The Haunting, released in 1997, solidifies Clandestine's place in the Celtic music world. They are amazing musicians and vocalists with a knack for creating inspiring music. One of the best things about this band is that they have stripped away the current and pop influences from the music they play, much as peeling the layers back on a heavily painted piece of wood to show the natural beauty of the grain itself.

Clandestine is: Emily Dugas (congas, bodhran, percussion, vocals); Jennifer Hamel (vocals, guitar); E.J. Jones (Highland bagpipe, pennywhistle, back vocals); Gregory McQueen (fiddle, bodhran, back vocal); with guest Giancarlo Caffarena on fretless bass. All musicians shine brightly on this album, and it is apparent that they have spent many hours shedding on their respective instruments.

This album, in my humble opinion, is not as polished as it's follow-up, "To Anybody at All." That said, this album is still full of rip-roaring jigs and reels and some from-the-heart ballads, with full-bodied, beatiful harmonies. Discover Clandestine, one of the best Celtic music groups out-there.


title: Some great Trumpet

text: Edward Carroll and Jeff Curnow both sound great on this recording. They are both in great shape and their trumpet playing is both brilliant and vibranct. This disc is ceremonial music for trumpet at it's best, played by fantastic musicians, highly recommended!


title: Terrific set of great stories

text:
This is a great, comprehensive collection of the William Brown stories. As an American, I had never even heard of the stories until I had read some interviews with some British authors I admire. Quite a few mentioned Crompton as an early influence. I can see why. She's a great story teller, and a wonderful writer.

The Just William stories are expertly interpreted and read by Martin Jarvis. His voices are generally excellent. I have an aversion to the popular character and voice of "Violet Elizabeth"--whose lisp and personality are unappealing to me--but she's in only a handful of stories that are easily skipped.

Two interviews with Crompton are included in the set, and they are very helpful. She relates that the stories were not originally written for children. They appeared in magazines adults read. They have become children's favorites over the years, however, and it's easy to see why. The plots are simple and interesting, and often very funny.

Contemporary children also likely appreciate Crompton's lack of regard for being overly careful with her characters. The stories pre-date any sensitivity and safety concerns publishers of children's stories have today. There are lots of stories whose plots depend on lies, theft, fighting, blackmail, weapons, kidnapping, harm to animals, and other devices no publisher would use in a book about children today. It's at once alarming and refreshing. I think this explains why children have taken to them. These tales offer children vicarious recklessness with happy endings. William's plans don't always succeed, but nothing tragic happens, and given the daring of many of his wild adventures, it surely could. Modern life's risks are seldom so well insured, for adults or for kids.  In one of the interviews, Crompton quotes a young fan of the stories from decades ago who said he liked William because "He does what I daren't." That's why I like then, too.

This set is out of print as of this review, but it is available used. The set contains 28 discs and over a hundred stories. It's well worth seeking out.


title: Very enjoyable jazz CD

text: I just received the CD, "Waltz for Sharon Storm" in the mail today and I couldn't wait to hear it. After reading Artt Frank's book, "Chet Baker: The Missing Years," which I loved, I knew that Artt's CD would be outstanding, as well, which it is. Mr. Frank is the<br />consummate professional, who gives 100% to everything he does. He composed most of the tunes, as well as played drums on all of them. As a former amateur trumpet player, I am naturally attracted to instrumentals rather than vocals. But, I must saw that Earla Frank's vocal work on this CD is absolutely first rate. If you are a lover of jazz, you owe it to yourself to get this CD. I can assure you that you won't be disappointed.


title: The Horror, The Horror

text: Ladies & gentlemen. This so-called  example of recorded pop music deserves to be expunged from history. The music & lyrics of this miserable excuse for a commercially released product are so banal & beyond-the-pale farcical that it  should be placed in a time capsule containing the nadir of 12-tone music since the beginning of time. Please kind & gentle sentient beings: do not subject yourselves to this cacophony.


This is one of the best recording ever made on the planet. You have a chance to own it! Do it! Do it now!!!!!!


title: The Charley Pride CD

text: It was absolutely fine and dandy!!!!!!


title: Charley Pride single

text: It was absolutely fine and dandy!!!!!!


title: Jamie Reno CD

text: It was absolutely fine and dandy!!!!!!


title: The Marty Robbins CD

text: It was absolutely fine and dandy!!!!!!


title: Overdue for reissue

text: MGM's "Treasure Chest" issue of 3 lps by Benny Goodman in the important years, 1937-1938, are not just excellent recordings, they are recordings that are obviously significant for serious followers of Goodman's career.  Evidently, as James T. Maher tells us in the extensive liner notes, Goodman and his supporters pretty much documented every performance when they had the essential equipment to do so.  Goodman was a serious student of his own work and wanted to know what they did right and what they did wrong, no matter if they played in Podunk or Detroit.  The big scenes are all well-documented, the Palomar, Radio City, etc.  But here is the famous band maturing and cohering in night after night of touring, coming into its own.  The music is outstanding and well recorded, for the most part.  What is amazing is that these records haven't been re-released in cd.  Now, one realizes that there was no compelling reason for Goodman, who seemingly kept everything, to release these recordings until the late 1950s, when it became apparent that he was never going to climb back on top of the music charts.  His day in the upper stratosphere was long over.  Presumably, he let MGM put these albums out -- three solid albums documenting his triumph and that of his excellent players and singers.  Then, I surmise, he ultimately let them go into the Yale Archives.  Some of these recordings may have appeared here and there in other formats and contexts, but as far as I can tell this particular documentation has not been repackaged intact on compact disc.  I'd love to learn otherwise.


title: As advertised.

text: The OG of its ilk. Amazing.


title: You will love this!

text: Classic, beautiful!


title: Five Stars

text: Magical!!


title: Five Stars

text: Undefinable, enjoyable, memorable.


title: Five Stars

text: Holy cow, this is greatness!!!


title: Five Stars

text: Masterpiece!


title: Odd couple rocks!

text: Outrageously beautiful and stunningly unique!


title: Heliocentric World and their enigmatic disappearing act

text: Released in 1994, Where's Your Love Been came through on the radio one day and what seemed a pleasant, acoustic guitar strumming but unexceptional song has turned into one of my most treasured singles releases. The radio version is accompanied by two other versions of the same song (making 3 in total). One version takes on an extended electric guitar break while the other is a superb remix that changes the whole personality of the original into something less breezy and more psycho-therapeutic and sleazy. The other completely different track, In Our Time, is a big surprise; basically an instrumental that metamorphosis's through the loveliest of bass lines, with deft guitar touches and great use of electronics and a clever collage of voice over's. This sophisticated piece is finally led by the hand of a flute and snare drum into a fade out after an Indian flavoured interlude. Whenever this disk ends up in the tray, all four tracks get played. Whatever happened to this band of amazing vision is anyone's guess - in answer to my own question they did resurface under a different name (Slowdeck) for a 2002 release called Multiple Offences - but no follow up release has been forth coming under the name Heliocentric World, making this an enduring sample of what might have been. Their previous single format release to this one, Spiritual Sky, is another delight.


title: Old school rap is my thing

text: If you have a taste for the old school rap and Christian music...this is the cd for you! I had got a copy of this cassette many years ago and I loved it. I finally found this cd on here and I actually ripped into it when it arrived! lol<br />It was every bit as awesome as I had remembered!!!


One of my all time favorites and now a favorite in my collection, but it was way too expensive.


title: heaven bent

text: A great cd for the money now that it has been reissued and bonus tracks to boot so an even better value,it's about time they brought back this awesome album and remastered it the great punchy classic rock sound makes it a lot of fun to listen to and the raw fast tempo of the bonus tracks gives it that hard rock grit that metal bands lack today(they all sound to polished)I recomend this cd to any one to keep in thier arsenal.....so rush out and buy it today!


title: Overdue for reissue

text: This underrated 1969 classic LP deserved a better presentation than it had on this CD edition, and now it has vanished from sight. The original album was released by Fontana in the UK and on Uni in the U.S., so the tapes probably ended up in the Universal vaults unless Howard-Blaikley own them. In any case, this is overdue for a reissue and reconsideration.


title: Last best chance to hear the real Fifties

text:
As the 1950s recede in the memories of those who lived through them, and as more people who weren't around then assume responsibility for taking care of pop culture, the myth begins to overtake the reality. And as far as music is concerned, the myth is this: Popular music in the early 1950s was boring and sterile until rock 'n' roll suddenly burst onto the scene, giving birth to a new kind of radio, Top 40, that catered to teenagers.

As myth goes, that's OK, but the reality was more nuanced. To begin with, Top 40 radio was around before rock 'n' roll, and it originally was aimed largely at housewives and blue-collar adults in general; when rock 'n' roll appeared, Top 40 radio was ready, and so were the teenagers who bought little transistor radios so they could listen. As for rock 'n' roll itself, it didn't burst so much as creep up on everyone, crossing over from country and R&B into the pop sphere somewhat gradually, culminating in the arrival of Elvis Presley, who really did seem to hijack the music scene the way the Beatles would 10 years later. But in the 1950s, rock coexisted on the airwaves and in the charts with the pop styles and artists that were already established - Patti Page, Frankie Laine, Tony Bennett, etc. - and much of their output was every bit as catchy and gimmicky as anything in early rock, with elaborate production techniques, novel sounds and hooks designed to jump out of the radio or jukebox and tickle the ears.

Which brings us to these CD collections: they allow us, year by year, to hear the new sound gradually emerge amid the pop, R&B and country hits of the day, including a lot of wonderful stuff that the rock generation long ago consigned to Orwell's memory hole. (Note, however, that the `Golden Decade' chronicled actually runs from 1948 to 1957, presumably for copyright-related reasons.) One of the great lost gems here is Frank Sinatra's 1952 'Bim Bam Baby' on Vol. 9, a proto-rocker that's as outlandish as it sounds, but which also points ahead to the great Capitol years in its aggressive arrangement and Sinatra's powerful delivery. (Is it because he's doing all he can to keep from running into the booth and strangling Mitch Miller?) There's also a fair amount of British material here, presumably in the interest of reaching an wider clientele; most Americans probably will know only Lonnie Donegan and Petula Clark, who sounds nothing like the Petula who stole Yankee hearts in the '60s. (Among the stranger British offerings, you haven't lived until you've heard the very English Max Bygraves, on Vol. 20, sing 'Ballad of Davy Crockett,' complete with children's chorus; Bygraves also contributes a funny lampoon of American pop songs, called 'Cowpuncher's Cantata,' on Vol. 9.)

In the pre-rock Fifties, several artists and their labels would put out competing versions of songs that looked like hits, and so you get several different treatments of the same tunes over the course of these albums - some by British artists, some tailored to the country or R&B markets. And make no mistake: Pat Boone's version of 'Tutti Frutti,' for example, is every bit as important to our understanding of the Fifties as is Little Richard's.

Finally, about the presentation: Each volume is a hardcover book, slightly smaller than an LP, containing thumbnail biographies (in English and German) and chart information, plus photos, record sleeves, posters and other illustrations. The four CDs, totaling 80 tracks per set, are mounted inside the back cover. This format makes these volumes hugely attractive to collectors, though there are some amusing oddities among the illustrations: Nat Cole's 'Mona Lisa' is represented, not by Leonardo's original, but Marcel Duchamp's goateed version, and in place of the white crooner Don Cherry (`Band of Gold') is a photo of the black trumpeter.

Overall, this series may be the last best chance to hear the 1950s as we heard them then. Amassing all 25 is a pricey proposition, but each volume stands alone as a treasure trove and time capsule in its own right.

Tracks included in this volume:

CD 1 / Total Time: 50:35

1. DORIS DAY - Choo Choo Train 02:21
2. FATS DOMINO - Rose Mary 02:14
3. PERRY COMO - Wild Horses 02:47
4. HANK THOMPSON - Wake Up Irene 02:14
5. NAT KING" COLE - Strange 02:25
6. PATTI PAGE - The Doggie In The Window 02:26
7. EDDIE FISHER - Oh My Papa 03:05
8. LEFTY FRIZZELL - Bring Your Sweet Self Back To Me 02:11
9. KEN COLYER'S JAZZMEN - Goin' Home 03:16
10. TERESA BREWER - Ricochet 02:40
11. WINIFRED ATWELL - Let's Have A Party (Part 1) 01:51
12. JUNE VALLI - Crying In The Chapel 02:44
13. VIC DAMONE - Eternally 02:39
14. LAVERN BAKER - How Can You Leave A Man Like This 02:37
15. GOLDIE HILL - I Let The Stars Get In My Eyes 02:34
16. HANK LOCKLIN - Let Me Be The One 02:14
17. RUTH BROWN - Too Many Men 02:38
18. RUSTY DRAPER - Gambler's Guitar 02:32
19. FATS DOMINO - Something's Wrong 02:40
20. KITTY WELLS - Paying For That Backstreet Affair 02:36

CD 2 / Total Time: 54:05

1. DEAN MARTIN - That's Amore 03:06
2. ELLA MAE MORSE - Fourty Cups Of Coffee 02:50
3. HANK SNOW - Spanish Fireball 02:17
4. RAY ANTHONY & HIS ORCHESTRA -
Chattanooga Choo Choo 02:36
5. EDDIE FISHER - Down Hearted 02:23
6. RUTH BROWN - Hello Little Boy 02:40
7. NAT KING" COLE - I Am In Love 03:00
8. THE HILLTOPPERS - P. S. I Love You 02:40
9. THE AMES BROTHERS - You, You, You 02:52
10. PERRY COMO - You Alone (Solo Tu) 02:48
11. PATTI PAGE - Changing Partners 02:56
12. KEN COLYER'S JAZZMEN - Isle Of Capri 02:45
13. THE FOUR ACES - Stranger In Paradise 02:55
14. B. B. KING - Please Love Me 02:48
15. HANK WILLIAMS - Take These Chains From My Heart 02:36
16. MAX BYGRAVES - Big Head 02:18
17. JOAN REGAN - Till I Waltz Again With Youv 02:44
18. THE STARGAZERS & DICKIE VALENTINE - Broken Wings 02:53
19. PETULA CLARK - Where Did My Snowman Go? 02:10
20. NAT KING" COLE - Return To Paradise 02:56

CD 3 / Total Time: 51:26

1. TONY BRENT - Make It Soon 02:31
2. EDDIE FISHER - Even Now 02:16
3. JOAN REGAN - Ricochet 02:39
4. NAT KING" COLE - A Fool Was I 02:49
5. EDDIE CALVERT - O mein Papa 02:45
6. HANK SNOW - Honeymoon On A Rocketship 02:41
7. TONY BENNETT - Stranger In Paradise 03:04
8. RUFUS THOMAS - Bear Cat 02:52
9. SONNY JAMES - That's Me Without You 02:30
10. FIREHOUSE FIVE PLUS TWO - Running Wild 02:30
11. THE ROYALS (THE MIDNIGHTERS) - Get It 02:11
12. RAY CHARLES - Mess Around 02:38
13. RUTH BROWN - I Would If I Could 02:39
14. THE ORIOLES - Crying In The Chapel 03:01
15. NELSON RIDDLE & HIS ORCHESTRA - Brother John 02:13
16. CLEO LANE & JOHNNY DANKWORTH - Honeysuckle Rose 02:24
17. WEBB PIERCE - The Last Waltz 02:40
18. WINIFRED ATWELL - Coronation Rag 02:15
19. THE BEVERLEY SISTERS - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus 02:30
20. NAT KING" COLE - Lover Come Back To Me 02:29

CD 4 / Total Time: 53:34

1. TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD - Catfish Boogie 02:17
2. WINIFRED ATWELL - Flirtation Waltz 02:14
3. SLIM WHITMAN - North Wind 02:47
4. LLOYD PRICE - Tell Me Pretty Baby 02:16
5. TONY BENNETT - Congratulations To Someone 02:52
6. NAT KING" COLE - Can't I 03:13
7. THE HILLTOPPERS - Love Walked In 02:55
8. ROSEMARY CLOONEY - You'll Never Know 03:08
9. CHUCK WILLIS - Going To The River 02:56
10. TINY BRADSHAW - Soft 02:29
11. GEORGIA GIBBS - Seven Lonely Days 02:10
12. STICK McGHEE & HIS BUDDIES - Wiggle Waggle Woo 02:16
13. FAYE ADAMS - Shake A Hand 02:51
14. AMOS MILBURN - Let Me Go Home, Whiskey 02:41
15. ANNISTEEN ALLEN - My Baby Keeps Rollin' 02:29
16. JO STAFFORD - (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I 02:49
17. EDDIE FISHER - With These Hands 02:47
18. BIG MAYBELLE - Gabbin' Blues 02:33
19. KAY STARR - Half A Photograph 02:48
20. BILLY WARD & THE DOMINOES - The Bells 03:12


text:
As the 1950s recede in the memories of those who lived through them, and as more people who weren't around then assume responsibility for taking care of pop culture, the myth begins to overtake the reality. And as far as music is concerned, the myth is this: Popular music in the early 1950s was boring and sterile until rock 'n' roll suddenly burst onto the scene, giving birth to a new kind of radio, Top 40, that catered to teenagers.

As myth goes, that's OK, but the reality was more nuanced. To begin with, Top 40 radio was around before rock 'n' roll, and it originally was aimed largely at housewives and blue-collar adults in general; when rock 'n' roll appeared, Top 40 radio was ready, and so were the teenagers who bought little transistor radios so they could listen. As for rock 'n' roll itself, it didn't burst so much as creep up on everyone, crossing over from country and R&B into the pop sphere somewhat gradually, culminating in the arrival of Elvis Presley, who really did seem to hijack the music scene the way the Beatles would 10 years later. But in the 1950s, rock coexisted on the airwaves and in the charts with the pop styles and artists that were already established - Patti Page, Frankie Laine, Tony Bennett, etc. - and much of their output was every bit as catchy and gimmicky as anything in early rock, with elaborate production techniques, novel sounds and hooks designed to jump out of the radio or jukebox and tickle the ears.

Which brings us to these CD collections: they allow us, year by year, to hear the new sound gradually emerge amid the pop, R&B and country hits of the day, including a lot of wonderful stuff that the rock generation long ago consigned to Orwell's memory hole. (Note, however, that the `Golden Decade' chronicled actually runs from 1948 to 1957, presumably for copyright-related reasons.) One of the great lost gems here is Frank Sinatra's 1952 'Bim Bam Baby' on Vol. 9, a proto-rocker that's as outlandish as it sounds, but which also points ahead to the great Capitol years in its aggressive arrangement and Sinatra's powerful delivery. (Is it because he's doing all he can to keep from running into the booth and strangling Mitch Miller?) There's also a fair amount of British material here, presumably in the interest of reaching an wider clientele; most Americans probably will know only Lonnie Donegan and Petula Clark, who sounds nothing like the Petula who stole Yankee hearts in the '60s. (Among the stranger British offerings, you haven't lived until you've heard the very English Max Bygraves, on Vol. 20, sing 'Ballad of Davy Crockett,' complete with children's chorus; Bygraves also contributes a funny lampoon of American pop songs, called 'Cowpuncher's Cantata,' on Vol. 9.)

In the pre-rock Fifties, several artists and their labels would put out competing versions of songs that looked like hits, and so you get several different treatments of the same tunes over the course of these albums - some by British artists, some tailored to the country or R&B markets. And make no mistake: Pat Boone's version of 'Tutti Frutti,' for example, is every bit as important to our understanding of the Fifties as is Little Richard's.

Finally, about the presentation: Each volume is a hardcover book, slightly smaller than an LP, containing thumbnail biographies (in English and German) and chart information, plus photos, record sleeves, posters and other illustrations. The four CDs, totaling 80 tracks per set, are mounted inside the back cover. This format makes these volumes hugely attractive to collectors, though there are some amusing oddities among the illustrations: Nat Cole's 'Mona Lisa' is represented, not by Leonardo's original, but Marcel Duchamp's goateed version, and in place of the white crooner Don Cherry (`Band of Gold') is a photo of the black trumpeter.

Overall, this series may be the last best chance to hear the 1950s as we heard them then. Amassing all 25 is a pricey proposition, but each volume stands alone as a treasure trove and time capsule in its own right.

Tracks included in this volume:

CD 1 / Total Time: 47:33

1. ELVIS PRESLEY - Baby I Don't Care 01:52
2. TOM & JERRY (SIMON & GARFUNKEL) - Hey School Girl 02:15
3. HARRY BELAFONTE - Cocoanut Woman 03:17
4. BILLY LEE RILEY - Flying Saucers Rock & Roll 01:59
5. JOHNNIE RAY - Look Homeward Angel 02:47
6. DON GIBSON - I Can't Stop Loving You 02:34
7. CARL PERKINS - Matchbox 02:08
8. THE EVERLY BROTHERS - Wake Up Little Susie 01:56
9. BILL HALEY & HIS COMETS -
(You Hit The Wrong Note) Billy Goat 02:37
10. PERRY COMO - Mi Casa, Su Casa (My House Is Your House) 02:54
11. CHRIS BARBER'S JAZZ BAND - Brownskin Mama 01:45
12. BUDDY HOLLY - Mailman Bring Me No More Blues 02:11
13. GENE VINCENT - Wear My Ring 02:34
14. HANK SNOW - Tangled Mind 02:36
15. TOMMY SANDS - Teenage Crush 02:24
16. JOHNNY OTIS SHOW - Ma 02:25
17. JERRY LEE LEWIS - End Of The Road 01:47
18. CARL SMITH - You Can't Hurt Me Anymore 02:52
19. CLYDE McPHATTER - Rock And Cry 02:14
20. ELVIS PRESLEY - Got A Lot O'Livin' To Do 02:32

CD 2 / Total Time: 48:38

1. PAUL ANKA - You Are My Destiny 02:42
2. CARL SMITH - Why Why 02:27
3. ELVIS PRESLEY - Lonesome Cowboy 02:59
4. THE EVERLY BROTHERS - Maybe Tomorrow 02:05
5. TOMMY SANDS - Ring My Phone 02:01
6. HANK SNOW - My Arms Are A House 02:32
7. THE JOHNNY OTIS SHOW - Bye Bye Baby 02:17
8. HARRY BELAFONTE - Hold 'Em Joe 02:35
9. JOHNNIE RAY - Yes Tonight Josephine 02:29
10. ALMA COGAN - You, Me And Us 02:11
11. TONY BRENT - Dark Moon 02:35
12. BILLY LEE RILEY - (My Gal Is) Red Hot 02:30
13. RONNIE HILTON - Around The World 02:41
14. LAURIE LONDON - He's Got The Whole World In His Hands 02:20
15. THE BEVERLEY SISTERS - Long Black Nylons 02:14
16. ELVIS PRESLEY - Young And Beautiful 02:02
17. PETULA CLARK - Poppa Piccolino 02:14
18. JOHNNY DUNCAN - Last Train To San Fernando 02:28
19. MARVIN RAINWATER & CONNIE FRANCIS -
The Majesty Of Love 02:32
20. JERRY LEE LEWIS - You Win Again 02:56

CD 3 / Total Time: 47:51

1. HARRY BELAFONTE - I'm Just A Country Boy 03:04
2. JERRY LEE LEWIS - It'll Be Me 02:45
3. JOHNNIE RAY - Built Your Love (On A Strong Foundation) 02:22
4. ALMA COGAN - Whatever Lola Wants 02:45
5. JOHNNY DUNCAN - Rockabilly Baby 02:09
6. RONNIE HILTON - Wonderful, Wonderful 03:22
7. JIM REEVES - Anna Marie 02:29
8. SAM COOKE - You Send Me 02:44
9. CONNIE FRANCIS - Who's Sorry Now 02:17
10. ELVIS PRESLEY - I Want To Be Free 02:13
11. JOHNNY MATHIS - No Love (But Your Love) 02:18
12. BIG JOE TURNER - Love Roller Coaster 01:55
13. RUSTY DRAPER - Tiger Lilly 02:22
14. LEE ALLEN - Walkin' With Mister Lee 02:25
15. TOMMY SANDS - Ring-A-Ding-Ding 02:12
16. MARVIN RAINWATER & CONNIE FRANCIS -
You, My Darling You 02:00
17. CLYDE McPHATTER - Without Love (There Is Nothing) 02:56
18. BONNIE GUITAR - Dark Moon 02:40
19. THE AMES BROTHERS - Rockin' Shoes 01:54
20. ELVIS PRESLEY - Hot Dog 01:12

CD 4 / Total Time: 52:23

1. ELVIS PRESLEY - Party 01:26
2. SAM COOKE - (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons 03:15
3. JOHNNY MATHIS - Chances Are 03:04
4. HARRY BELAFONTE - Angelina 03:57
5. ROY HAMILTON - Don't Let Go 02:28
6. NAT KING" COLE - When I Fall In Love 03:09
7. BONNIE GUITAR - Mister Fire Eyes 02:23
8. NORMAN WISDOM - Wisdom Of A Fool 02:42
9. JOHNNIE RAY - Up Until Now 02:38
10. DON LANG - School Day 02:41
11. JIM DALE - Be My Girl 02:01
12. CHARLIE GRACIE - Butterfly 02:19
13. TOMMY SANDS - Goin' Steady 02:33
14. RAY PRICE - My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You 02:32
15. DEAN MARTIN - The Man Who Plays The Mandolino 02:50
16. ELVIS PRESLEY - Don't Leave Me Now 01:58
17. SLIM WHITMAN - I'll Take You Home Again, Cathleen 02:57
18. JOHNNY MATHIS - The Twelfth Of Never 02:29
19. PETER SELLERS - Any Old Iron 02:52
20. JIM REEVES - Two Shadows On Your Window 02:19


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As the 1950s recede in the memories of those who lived through them, and as more people who weren't around then assume responsibility for taking care of pop culture, the myth begins to overtake the reality. And as far as music is concerned, the myth is this: Popular music in the early 1950s was boring and sterile until rock 'n' roll suddenly burst onto the scene, giving birth to a new kind of radio, Top 40, that catered to teenagers.

As myth goes, that's OK, but the reality was more nuanced. To begin with, Top 40 radio was around before rock 'n' roll, and it originally was aimed largely at housewives and blue-collar adults in general; when rock 'n' roll appeared, Top 40 radio was ready, and so were the teenagers who bought little transistor radios so they could listen. As for rock 'n' roll itself, it didn't burst so much as creep up on everyone, crossing over from country and R&B into the pop sphere somewhat gradually, culminating in the arrival of Elvis Presley, who really did seem to hijack the music scene the way the Beatles would 10 years later. But in the 1950s, rock coexisted on the airwaves and in the charts with the pop styles and artists that were already established - Patti Page, Frankie Laine, Tony Bennett, etc. - and much of their output was every bit as catchy and gimmicky as anything in early rock, with elaborate production techniques, novel sounds and hooks designed to jump out of the radio or jukebox and tickle the ears.

Which brings us to these CD collections: they allow us, year by year, to hear the new sound gradually emerge amid the pop, R&B and country hits of the day, including a lot of wonderful stuff that the rock generation long ago consigned to Orwell's memory hole. (Note, however, that the `Golden Decade' chronicled actually runs from 1948 to 1957, presumably for copyright-related reasons.) One of the great lost gems here is Frank Sinatra's 1952 'Bim Bam Baby' on Vol. 9, a proto-rocker that's as outlandish as it sounds, but which also points ahead to the great Capitol years in its aggressive arrangement and Sinatra's powerful delivery. (Is it because he's doing all he can to keep from running into the booth and strangling Mitch Miller?) There's also a fair amount of British material here, presumably in the interest of reaching an wider clientele; most Americans probably will know only Lonnie Donegan and Petula Clark, who sounds nothing like the Petula who stole Yankee hearts in the '60s. (Among the stranger British offerings, you haven't lived until you've heard the very English Max Bygraves, on Vol. 20, sing 'Ballad of Davy Crockett,' complete with children's chorus; Bygraves also contributes a funny lampoon of American pop songs, called 'Cowpuncher's Cantata,' on Vol. 9.)

In the pre-rock Fifties, several artists and their labels would put out competing versions of songs that looked like hits, and so you get several different treatments of the same tunes over the course of these albums - some by British artists, some tailored to the country or R&B markets. And make no mistake: Pat Boone's version of 'Tutti Frutti,' for example, is every bit as important to our understanding of the Fifties as is Little Richard's.

Finally, about the presentation: Each volume is a hardcover book, slightly smaller than an LP, containing thumbnail biographies (in English and German) and chart information, plus photos, record sleeves, posters and other illustrations. The four CDs, totaling 80 tracks per set, are mounted inside the back cover. This format makes these volumes hugely attractive to collectors, though there are some amusing oddities among the illustrations: Nat Cole's 'Mona Lisa' is represented, not by Leonardo's original, but Marcel Duchamp's goateed version, and in place of the white crooner Don Cherry (`Band of Gold') is a photo of the black trumpeter.

Overall, this series may be the last best chance to hear the 1950s as we heard them then. Amassing all 25 is a pricey proposition, but each volume stands alone as a treasure trove and time capsule in its own right.

Tracks included in this volume:

CD 1 / Total Time: 57:56

1. MARGARET WHITING - Good Morning Mister Echo 02:38
2. EDDIE FISHER - Any Time 02:40
3. THE FOUR ACES - Tell Me Why 03:12
4. GUY MITCHELL - My Truly, Truly Fair 02:49
5. JOHNNIE RAY - Cry 03:05
6. FANKIE LAINE - Jezebel 03:11
7. ROSEMARY CLOONEY - Come On-A My House 02:00
8. NAT KING" COLE - Too Young 03:25
9. PERRY COMO - If 03:08
10. TONY BENNETT - Cold, Cold Heart 02:41
11. MARIO LANZA - Be My Love 03:31
12. THE WEAVERS - On Top Of Old Smoky 02:44
13. LES PAUL & MARY FORD -
The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise 02:13
14. FRANKIE LAINE - Rose, Rose I Love You 02:34
15. BING CROSBY & JANE WYMAN -
In The Cool, Cool, Cool..... 03:27
16. TONY BENNETT - Because Of You 03:02
17. JO STAFFORD - Shrimp Boats 02:54
18. MANTOVANI & HIS ORCHESTRA - Charmaine 03:08
19. BILLY ECKSTINE - I Apologize 02:54
20. DINAH SHORE - Sweet Violets 02:52

CD 2 / Total Time: 56:22

1. PERRY COMO - Zing Zing Zoom Zoom 03:02
2. JOHNNIE RAY - The Little White Cloud That Cried 02:17
3. Stuart Hamblen - It's No Secret 02:45
4. PATTI PAGE - Mister And Mississippi 03:11
5. MOON MULLICAN - Cherokee Boogie (Eh Oh Aleena) 03:01
6. LES PAUL & MARY FORD - Mockin' Bird Hill 02:17
7. B. B. KING - Three O'Clock Blues 02:59
8. GUY MITCHELL - Sparrow In The Tree Top 03:16
9. FATS DOMINO - Rockin' Chair 02:28
10. BIG JOE TURNER - Chains Of Love 03:23
11. DORIS DAY - (Why Did I Tell You I Was Going To) Shanghai 02:22
12. FRANKIE LAINE & JO STAFFORD - Pretty Eyed Baby 02:15
13. PEE WEE KING - Slow Poke 03:00
14. TONY MARTIN - I Get Ideas 02:39
15. JACKIE BRENSTON - Rocket 88" 02:49
16. MEL BLANC - I Taut I Taw A Puddy Tat 02:55
17. TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD - The Shotgun Boogie 02:35
18. TERESA BREWER - Longing For You 02:55
19. GUY MITCHELL - Christopher Columbus 03:12
20. DORIS DAY - Domino 03:10

CD 3 / Total Time: 55:23

1. GUY MITCHELL - Unless 02:46
2. PERRY COMO - There's No Boat Like A Rowboat 02:29
3. JO STAFFORD & FRANKIE LAINE -
In The Cool, Cool..... 02:37
4. LES PAUL - Whispering 01:59
5. EDDY HOWARD - (It's No) Sin 02:46
6. HANK WILLIAMS - Cold Cold Heart 02:43
7. EDDIE FISHER - Bring Back The Thrill 03:00
8. PATTI PAGE - Detour 02:45
9. VAUGHN MONROE - Sound Off The Duckworth Chant 02:46
10. FRANK SINATRA - You're The One 03:02
11. NAT KING" COLE - Red Sails In The Sunset 03:14
12. CARL SMITH - Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way 02:50
13. LEROY ANDERSON - Blue Tango 02:54
14. APRIL STEVENS - Gimme A Little Kiss, Will Ya Huh? 02:59
15. EDDY ARNOLD - I Wanna Play House With You 02:11
16. JIMMY WAKELY - My Heart Cries For You 02:53
17. THE DOMINOES - Sixty Minute Man 02:30
18. LEFTY FRIZZELL - Always Late (With Your Kisses) 03:05
19. EARL BOSTIC - Flamingo 02:42
20. EDDIE FISHER - Turn Back The Hands Of Time 03:20

CD 4 / Total Time: 58:06

1. FRANK SINATRA - We Kissed In A Shadow 03:36
2. EDDY ARNOLD - There's Been A Change In Me 02:15
3. JO STAFFORD & FRANKIE LAINE -
Gambella (The Gambling Lady) 02:45
4. VAUGHN MONROE - On Top Of Old Smokey 02:55
5. ERNEST TUBB - Driftwood On The River 03:03
6. GUY MITCHELL & ROSEMARY CLOONEY -
You're Just In Love 02:52
7. THE TRENIERS - Go! Go! Go! 02:24
8. RED FOLEY - (There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me) 03:12
9. VIC DAMONE - My Truly, Truly Fair 02:52
10. RUTH BROWN - Shine On 02:53
11. PEE WEE KING - Bonaparte's Retreat 02:04
12. COWBOY COPAS - The Strange Little Girl 02:52
13. PERRY COMO - There's A Big Blue Cloud 03:29
14. RED FOLEY - Hobo Boogie 02:51
15. HANK WILLIAMS - Hey Good Lookin' 02:55
16. NAT KING" COLE - Unforgettable 03:12
17. FRANK SINATRA - Castle Rock 02:34
18. FRANKIE LAINE - Jealousy 03:13
19. GUY MITCHELL -
I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You) 03:13
20. LEFTY FRIZZELL - I Want To Be With You Always 03.04