UPC: 604988013023
Format: CD (2 disc)
Release Date: Apr 04, 2003
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Contains 54 tracks, including songs from HERE COME THE WAVES, OUT OF THIS WORLD, DUFFY'S TAVERN, THE BELL'S OF ST. MARY'S, BLUE SKIES, WELCOME STRANGER, VARIETY GIRL, ROAD TO RIO, THE EMPEROR WALTZ, TOP O' THE MORNING, and A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT.
Includes liner notes by Geoff Milne.
Liner Note Author: Geoff Milne .
Unknown Contributor Roles: Dorothy Lamour; Diana Lynn; Robert Benchley; The Calico Kids; Fred Astaire; Barry D. Fitzgerald; Olga San Juan; Sonny Tufts; Betty Russell; Ann Blyth; Cedric Hardwicke; The Andrews Sisters; Betty Hutton; Billy DeWolfe; Bob Hope; Cass Daley.
Arrangers: Ian Lysaght; Robert Emmett Dolan.
The fourth volume of British reissue label Jasmine's Going Hollywood series of Bing Crosby albums, like its predecessors, traces Crosby's appearances in films by assembling a combination of actual soundtrack excerpts of his song performances and studio recordings (originally issued by Decca) of songs featured in the pictures. (Generally, Crosby would go into the recording studio shortly before the release of one of his movies and cut versions of most of the songs he sang in it.) Compilation producer Geoff Milne does not offer explanations for why he chose to use a studio or soundtrack recording (of the 54 selections, 29 are soundtrack versions, 24 are studio versions, and one is a radio aircheck), but in some cases the decision is obvious; 11 tracks feature songs for which Crosby never made a commercial studio recording. In other cases, Milne may have opted for a studio recording when a soundtrack performance was incomplete or partially obscured by dialogue, but sometimes he retains a dialogue-ridden selection such as "That Old Black Magic" from Here Come the Waves. (There was really no choice here, however. Crosby's only commercial recording of the song was not made until 1976.) Milne manages to include selections from 11 films on two packed CDs by occasional editing and omissions. Lead-off track "Moonlight Becomes You," which ought to run over three minutes, is clipped to 1:48, and a few minor songs are missing. But he also adds some interesting material, including four performances recorded for but deleted from the films and the aforementioned aircheck, "For What?," an amusing duet with Bob Hope intended for Road to Rio. The result is another excellent distillation of Crosby's film-associated musical performances that should delight collectors. ~ William Ruhlmann
Includes liner notes by Geoff Milne.
Liner Note Author: Geoff Milne .
Unknown Contributor Roles: Dorothy Lamour; Diana Lynn; Robert Benchley; The Calico Kids; Fred Astaire; Barry D. Fitzgerald; Olga San Juan; Sonny Tufts; Betty Russell; Ann Blyth; Cedric Hardwicke; The Andrews Sisters; Betty Hutton; Billy DeWolfe; Bob Hope; Cass Daley.
Arrangers: Ian Lysaght; Robert Emmett Dolan.
The fourth volume of British reissue label Jasmine's Going Hollywood series of Bing Crosby albums, like its predecessors, traces Crosby's appearances in films by assembling a combination of actual soundtrack excerpts of his song performances and studio recordings (originally issued by Decca) of songs featured in the pictures. (Generally, Crosby would go into the recording studio shortly before the release of one of his movies and cut versions of most of the songs he sang in it.) Compilation producer Geoff Milne does not offer explanations for why he chose to use a studio or soundtrack recording (of the 54 selections, 29 are soundtrack versions, 24 are studio versions, and one is a radio aircheck), but in some cases the decision is obvious; 11 tracks feature songs for which Crosby never made a commercial studio recording. In other cases, Milne may have opted for a studio recording when a soundtrack performance was incomplete or partially obscured by dialogue, but sometimes he retains a dialogue-ridden selection such as "That Old Black Magic" from Here Come the Waves. (There was really no choice here, however. Crosby's only commercial recording of the song was not made until 1976.) Milne manages to include selections from 11 films on two packed CDs by occasional editing and omissions. Lead-off track "Moonlight Becomes You," which ought to run over three minutes, is clipped to 1:48, and a few minor songs are missing. But he also adds some interesting material, including four performances recorded for but deleted from the films and the aforementioned aircheck, "For What?," an amusing duet with Bob Hope intended for Road to Rio. The result is another excellent distillation of Crosby's film-associated musical performances that should delight collectors. ~ William Ruhlmann
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - Moonlight Becomes You (From Here Come the Waves)
2 - That Old Black Magic
3 - Let's Take the Long Way Home
4 - Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive
5 - I Promise You
6 - Out of This World
7 - I'd Rather Be Me
8 - June Comes Around Every Year
9 - Swinging on a Star (From Duffy's Tavern)
10 - Aren't You Glad You're You
11 - Adeste Fideles
12 - O Sanctissima
13 - In the Land of Beginning Again
14 - Bells of St. Mary's
15 - I've Got My Captain Working for Me Now (From Blue Skies)
16 - I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket/Cheek to Cheek (From Blue Skies)
17 - All by Myself
18 - I'll See You in C-U-B-A
19 - Couple of Song and Dance Men
20 - You Keep Coming Back Like a Song (From Blue Skies)
21 - What'll I Do?/All Alone/Remember (From Blue Skies)
22 - Blue Skies (From Blue Skies)
23 - Little Things in Life/Not for All the Rice in China/Russian Lullaby
24 - Everybody Step
25 - How Deep Is the Ocean?
26 - Say It Isn't So
27 - Getting Nowhere (From Blue Skies)
28 - Any Bonds Today?/This Is the Army, Mr. Jones/White Christmas
Disc 2:
1 - Smile Right Back at the Sun
2 - Country Style
3 - My Heart Is a Hobo
4 - As Long as I'm Dreaming (Welcome Stranger)
5 - Harmony
6 - Friendly Mountains
7 - I Kiss Your Hand, Madame
8 - Kiss in Your Eyes
9 - Get Yourself a Phonograph
10 - Emperor Waltz
11 - Whistler and His Dog
12 - Apalachicola, Fla./Swanee River
13 - But Beautiful (From Road to Rio)
14 - You Don't Have to Know the Language
15 - For What?
16 - Batuque Nio Morro (From Road to Rio)
17 - If You Stub Your Toe on the Moon
18 - Once and for Always
19 - Busy Doing Nothing
20 - Top O' the Morning
21 - When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
22 - Kitty of Coleraine
23 - Donovans
24 - You're in Love With Someone
25 - Oh! 'Tis Sweet to Think
26 - Top O' the Morning
1 - Moonlight Becomes You (From Here Come the Waves)
2 - That Old Black Magic
3 - Let's Take the Long Way Home
4 - Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive
5 - I Promise You
6 - Out of This World
7 - I'd Rather Be Me
8 - June Comes Around Every Year
9 - Swinging on a Star (From Duffy's Tavern)
10 - Aren't You Glad You're You
11 - Adeste Fideles
12 - O Sanctissima
13 - In the Land of Beginning Again
14 - Bells of St. Mary's
15 - I've Got My Captain Working for Me Now (From Blue Skies)
16 - I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket/Cheek to Cheek (From Blue Skies)
17 - All by Myself
18 - I'll See You in C-U-B-A
19 - Couple of Song and Dance Men
20 - You Keep Coming Back Like a Song (From Blue Skies)
21 - What'll I Do?/All Alone/Remember (From Blue Skies)
22 - Blue Skies (From Blue Skies)
23 - Little Things in Life/Not for All the Rice in China/Russian Lullaby
24 - Everybody Step
25 - How Deep Is the Ocean?
26 - Say It Isn't So
27 - Getting Nowhere (From Blue Skies)
28 - Any Bonds Today?/This Is the Army, Mr. Jones/White Christmas
Disc 2:
1 - Smile Right Back at the Sun
2 - Country Style
3 - My Heart Is a Hobo
4 - As Long as I'm Dreaming (Welcome Stranger)
5 - Harmony
6 - Friendly Mountains
7 - I Kiss Your Hand, Madame
8 - Kiss in Your Eyes
9 - Get Yourself a Phonograph
10 - Emperor Waltz
11 - Whistler and His Dog
12 - Apalachicola, Fla./Swanee River
13 - But Beautiful (From Road to Rio)
14 - You Don't Have to Know the Language
15 - For What?
16 - Batuque Nio Morro (From Road to Rio)
17 - If You Stub Your Toe on the Moon
18 - Once and for Always
19 - Busy Doing Nothing
20 - Top O' the Morning
21 - When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
22 - Kitty of Coleraine
23 - Donovans
24 - You're in Love With Someone
25 - Oh! 'Tis Sweet to Think
26 - Top O' the Morning