Columbia CL 925
Columbia CL 8143
Ray Conniff

'S Wonderful + It's The Talk Of The Town (2 LPs on 1 CD)

Blue Moon Golden Series

Reference: BMCD 820

Bar code: 8427328008204

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RAY CONNIFF MASTERWORKS

· Collectors Edition
· Issued in Digipack
· 2 LPs on 1 CD
· Original Covers and Liner Notes
· Hi-Fi and Stereo Recordings
· Newly Remastered

"Beginning with his first successful album, S Wonderful, Ray Conniff endowed dance music with a tantalizing beat, a new sound and some very stylish arrangements, featuring a wordless chorus, and thus developing one of the freshest new ideas in popular music since the early Forties. The main departure on Its the Talk of the Town is that of mood; here Ray and the singers are in a somewhat more reflective vein, and many of the selections are slower in tempo and smoother in over-all design."

Tracklist

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01.

's Wonderful (Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin) 2:28

02.

Dancing in the Dark (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) 2:51

03.

Speak Low (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) 3:58

04.

Wagon Wheels (Billy Hill, Peter DeRose) 3:18

05.

Sentimental Journey (Bud Green, Les Brown, Ben Homer) 2:44

06.

Begin the Beguine (Cole Porter) 2:45

07.

September Song (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson) 2:48

08.

I Get a Kick Out of You (Cole Porter) 3:16

09.

Stardust (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) 2:21

10.

Im an Old Cow Hand (Johnny Mercer) 2:57

11.

Sometimes I'm Happy (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) 3:02

12.

That Old Black Magic (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) 2:49

13.

It's the Talk of the Town (Al J. Neiburg, Jerry Livingston, Marty Symes) 2:43

14.

You're an Old Smoothie (Buddy G. DeSylva, Nacio Herb Brown, Richard A. Whiting) 2:25

15.

Buttons and Bows (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) 2:17

16.

Let's Put Out the Lights (Herman Hupfeld) 2:12

17.

It's Been a Long, Long Time (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) 2:12

18.

Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah (Ray Gilbert, Allie Wrubel) 2:07

19.

Deep in the Heart of Texas (June Hershey, Don Swander) 2:17

20.

Love Is the Sweetest Thing (Ray Noble) 2:41

21.

They Say It's Wonderful (Irving Berlin) 2:29

22.

Hands Across the Table (Jean Delettre, Mitchell Parish) 2:15

23.

My Heart Cries for You (Carl Sigman, Percy Faith) 2:29

24.

Rosalie (Cole Porter) 1:52

Total time: 63:15 min.

Album details

Recorded in late 1955 (tracks #6 & 9), 1956
(tracks #1-5,7,8,10-12) and 1959 (#13-24)

Original albums released by Columbia:

S Wonderful! (CL 925) in 1956 [#1-12]
Its the Talk of the Town (CS 8143) in 1959
[#13-24]

Hi-Fi / Stereo · Digitally Remastered