Sincerely [Import]

1. All Night Long

2. Dreamin' Away

3. Angel Angel Angel

4. Crystal Love

5. Don't Let Go

6. Flower Bed

7. Simple As That

8. Just Be A Man

9. Over The Rainbow

10. Soon You'll Be Alone

11. Sincerely

12. You Want This

13. Precious Baby

14. Once Again

Sincerely,Melody,Toys Factory,World Music

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Sincerely/Twilley Don't Mind Dwight Twilley Manufacturer: Raven [Australia] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Power Pop | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About The Rubinoos Stand in the Fire Time on Earth Jersey Beat: Music of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons Shrunken Heads ASIN: B000QFAF5Y Release Date: 2007-07-17

Tracks:

1. I'm on Fire
2. Could Be Love
3. Feeling in the Dark
4. You Were So Warm
5. I'm Losing You
6. Sincerely
7. TV
8. Release Me
9. Three Persons
10. Baby Let's Cruise
11. England
12. Just Like the Sun
13. Here She Come
14. Looking for the Magic
15. That I Remember
16. Rock and Roll
17. Trying to Find My Baby
18. Twilley Don't Mind
19. Sleeping
20. Chance to Get Away
21. Invasion
22. I Don't Know My Name [*]
23. Shark (In the Dark) [*]
24. Didn't You Say [*]
25. You Never Listen to My Music [*]

Average customer rating: Sincerely Yours - Eydie Gorme Eydie Gorme The Beginning Of A Great Artist Amazing Talent at a Young Age The Early Eydie Gorme

Sincerely Yours Eydie Gorme Manufacturer: Jasmine Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Songs by Kay Starr Keep Me in Mind The Ultimate Collection The End Of The World/The Wonderful World of Julie London Liltin' ASIN: B000O77SDQ Release Date: 2007-04-30

Tracks:

1. Tell Me More
2. That Night of Heaven
3. Don't Tell Lies
4. I'd Forgotten
5. Frenesi
6. All Night Long
7. I Danced with My Darling
8. Uska Dara
9. Sure
10. Fini
11. Chain Reaction
12. Fallen Apples
13. Tea for Two
14. Crocodile Tears
15. Climb Up the Wall
16. I've Got Crow
17. Make Yourself Comfortable - Eydie Gorme,
18. (Close Your Eyes) Take a Deep Breath - Eydie Gorme,
19. Besame Mucho - Eydie Gorme,
20. Girl Can't Say
21. Give a Fool a Chance
22. Knickerbocker Mambo - Eydie Gorme,
23. Soldier Boy
24. What Is the Secret of Your Success

Tracks:

1. Sincerely Yours
2. Come Home
3. That's How
4. Mama Teach Me to Dance
5. You Bring out the Lover in Me
6. Soda Pop Hop
7. I've Got a Right to Cry
8. I'll Come Back
9. It's a Pitty to Say Goodnight
10. I'll Take Romance
11. This Is No Laughing Matter
12. Fine and Dandy
13. Day by Day
14. Gentleman Is a Dope
15. Too Close for Comfort
16. Guess Who I Saw Today
17. Be Careful It's My Heart
18. Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night in the Week)
19. First Impression
20. How Long Has This Been Going On
21. Gypsy in My Soul

Album Details

Traditional Pop Singer Eydie Gorme Carved Out a Place for Herself in Several Areas of Entertainment, from the Mid '50s to the Mid '70s, She Consistently Scored in the Pop Charts. This Double CD Set Covers Gorme's Period with the Coral Label and Some Early Abc Paramount Work. The Coral Tracks Include the Upbeat Number "Chain Reaction". All the Coral Tracks and Many of the Abc Paramount Recordings Are Available on CD for the First Time. Included Are Eydie's Early Hits "Mama Teach Me to Dance", "Too Close for Comfort" and ''i'll Take Romance".

Customer Reviews:

Sincerely Yours - Eydie Gorme.......2007-07-19

Eydie Gorme has a great appealing voice and selected excellent songs to sing. This CD includes songs from her earlier career.

Eydie Gorme The Beginning Of A Great Artist.......2007-06-28

On CD-1 You Can Go Back To The First Recordings Of Eydie On Coral Records/
Back In I Believe Was October 1952//Oh So many Years Ago/All You Had To Do
Was Hear 4Bars And You Knew That This Young Lady Had That Something Extra/
She Was Really Someone Special To Hear//Eydie Had Her Own Sound and If You Listen To Her Rendition Of Tell Me More With Monty Kellys Arrangement
You Knew That This Young Lady Would Be Recording For Many Many Years//If Any of
you Steve And Eydie Fans Are Out There Look For Steve And Eydies Recording Of LOOK OVER HERE//This Record Is A Work Of Art//If It Were A Painting It Would Hang In A Museum/So far It's Only On An LP But I Hope To Find It On A CD Someday//So Let Me Say Listen To These CORAL SIDES CD 2 Has Some Wonderful ABC Paramount Sides//Most Of These Have Been Collector Items for A Long Time//This CD Will Also Be A Collectors Item//So Listen and Enjoy Eydie Gorme The Beginning//Thanks To Jasmine Records For Putting This CD Out// Stanley Cooper Jupiter Florida

Amazing Talent at a Young Age.......2007-06-22

This collection of Eydie's early work is a testament to her talent. Even at such an early age, Eydie showed the potential of being one the most talented entertainers of our time. From hearing this young voice, it is clear why such legends as Steve Allen, Frank Sinatra, Irving Berlin and Johnny Carson respected Eydie as being a "singer's singer." Of course, Eydie has only gotten better with age just like fine wine. It just doesn't get better than a Gorme version of an American classic.

The Early Eydie Gorme.......2007-06-17

This double set from Jasmine begins with one disc devoted to her period with Coral Records from 1952 and ABC-Paramount 1956 - 1960.

From the very first track 'Tell Me More' you can hear the that the lady has always been one hell of a singer. Listening to this now it comes as
no surprise she won a Grammy in 1967 for her interpretation of 'If He Walked Into My Life'.

These were the pop songs of her early recording career and as usual you find that she always gave of her best no matter how trite the song,

Eydie has great fun with 'Climb Up The Wall' 'Uska Dara' and 'I've Gotta
Crow' but it is in the ballads she excels.

Side 2 has 9 of her early ABC Paramount singles to open with plus her first ABC-Paramount LP 'Eydie Gorme'

Fantastic buy and only three Coral sides could not be found to make the set complete

Drew Blackburn

Average customer rating: Couldn't Get it Off My Player 3 1/2 stars-- A sign of better things to come. Amazing Performer Awesome performer ! Yawn!

I Sincerely Apologize For All The Trouble I've Caused David Ford Manufacturer: Red Int / Red Ink ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Through Toledo Time Without Consequence 9 Till the Sun Turns Black I Don't Care What You Call Me ASIN: B000F4LOA6 Release Date: 2006-05-02

Tracks:

1. I Don't Care What You Call Me
2. State Of The Union
3. What Would You Have Me Do
4. Cheer Up (You Miserable F**k)
5. A Long Time Ago
6. Don't Tell Me
7. Katie (What the F**k Is Going On?)
8. If You Only
9. Laughing Aloud

Amazon.com

On his assured debut, David Ford serves up folk-pop with punk attitude. In other words, the instrumental backing may be acoustic, but the lyrics are as caustic as they are confessional. Three tracks, "State of the Union," "Katie," and "Cheer Up (You Miserable F**k)," can't even be played on the radio--in their unedited form, at any rate. Released to wide acclaim in the UK in 2005, Ford wrote, performed, and produced I Sincerely Apologize for All the Trouble I've Caused. He even shot the videos. Granted, there are a few guests: Franco Bidanco (saxophone), Frances Law, and Ford's football club, Team Sundry (backing vocals). The rest is all David, who has a way with self-deprecation and a soothing voice that reveals a trace of a Sussex accent. In "I Don't Care What You Call Me," he laments, "I am unforgivable." On "Katie," it's "I'm so dumb." He has choice words for old lovers, too, like "I know I let you down/and Christ, you let me know/every time/and time again" ("I Don't Care"). The results lie between fellow Brits Badly Drawn Boy and label mate Aqualung, with whom he has shared the stage. I Sincerely Apologize may not exactly be a day brightener, but it's a cathartic listen for anyone who's ever wronged or been wronged--and who hasn't been on one side or another of that equation? --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Customer Reviews:

Couldn't Get it Off My Player.......2007-03-09

The first single, "I Don't Care What You Call Me," is one of the best songs I've heard in ages. And the rest of the album not only hooked me fast, but has held onto me for weeks. I almost have to ration myself so I don't overplay it. Hasn't happened so far, though. I love the emotion Mr. Ford brings through his voice, melodies and especially the vocal harmonies. The entire production of this album is first rate.

3 1/2 stars-- A sign of better things to come........2006-11-01

Over the years, I've seen several hundred live shows and one thing is pretty much true of virtually every show I've seen-- the warmup act (unless they're who I'm going to see) pretty much always bores me to tears. So of course, when an opener does hold my attention, it's someoen I take notice of. The most recent of this was David Ford who recently opened for Aimee Mann. "I Sincerely Apologize For All the Trouble I Cause" is Ford's debut.

If Aimee Mann has a reputation for being a bit of a downer, David Ford epitomizes that. Unflappingly British in both his sound and his presentation, Ford clings pretty much to a bitter atmosphere throughout, but he somehow avoids falling into cliche, and at his best-- "Cheer Up (You Miserable F***") for example-- he manages to find a way to be laced in a sarcastic bitterness and still maintain an uplifting spirit. Musically, the album swirls with acoustic guitars, pianos, organs and harmonica, typically starting with one accompanying instrument and building over time to a head as Ford layers instrument on top of instrument and occasionally vocal on top of vocal. It gives the music an almost locomotive feel to it.

In the end, "I Sincerely Apologize..." is a bit of a mixed effort-- it's never unlistenable, albeit sometimes it isn't particlarly memorable ("What Would You Have Me Do?"), and when it's great, it's occasional undercurrent of British folk ("Katie") and ability to be unnervingly direct and building to overwhelming (Bush criticism "State of the Union") sink pretty deep. It's tendency to fall into the same patterns keeps me from rating it higher than i did, but it's clear David Ford has a fine future ahead of him. Check him out live if you can, he impressed me. Recommended.

Amazing Performer.......2006-10-06

I too saw David Ford open for Amiee Mann in Fairfield,CT. and he blew me away. Love his voice and his sometimes touching, sometimes torching lyrics.

You should give him a try and see him live if you can - it is great to see one man make such a wall of sound through tight layering and looping of his own sounds.

Laura Klein

Awesome performer !.......2006-09-25

I was able to see David opening for Aimee Mann. He did an awesome performance. I got to talk to him afterwards and he is also very personable. I bought the CD and the music does remind me of David Gray, but the song "I don't care what you call me" reminds me of the Wallflowers. Bottom line, I think we will hear more of Mr. Ford.

Yawn!.......2006-07-20

This is no less a waste of resources than is the destruction of the Amazon rainforest. Insipid lyrics, constant whining and no capacity to ignite any sense of awe or passion in the listener. Katie's a standout track, though much as oil is to water when compared to the others offered.

Compare this guy to David Gray? I don't think so.

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Sincerely Hot Domenico+2 Manufacturer: Luaka Bop ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music World Dance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Futurismo Cê Music Typewriter A Gente Ainda Não Sonhou The Bird & The Bee ASIN: B0002WZT66 Release Date: 2004-09-28

Tracks:

1. Go On, Happiness
2. Airport 77
3. Possibility
4. I Invited You To The Samba
5. With Me
6. Solar
7. Sincerely Hot
8. Happy Stay In The Way
9. You And Me
10. Telepathist
11. Arrival Afternoon
12. Tema Da Zorra
13. Farewell

Amazon.com

The second album from the creative Brazilian trio of Moreno Veloso, Alexandre Kassin and Domenico Lancelloti, Domenico + 2's Sincerely Hot is the follow up to Moreno + 2's Musical Typewriter. Whereas the quiet Typewriter featured Moreno Veloso front and center with acoustic guitar and vocals, Hot is altogether more electronic and beat-oriented with drums higher in the mix. Domenico co-wrote and sung all the songs and resulting album is an interesting collision of styles that range from the bossa nova of "Solar" to the punk of "Você E Eu" to the American R&B of "Felizes Ficaremos Na Estrada." Those songs in the Brazilian electro-pop middle ground are typically denser with electric keyboards and bass, horns, loops or even cello filling out the sound. If the beautiful Moreno album was a wistful look back to bossa nova and the Tropicalia movement, Domenico + 2 steadfastly moves forward in the here and now with its eclectic influences and avant-garde flavoring. --Tad Hendrickson

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Sincerely End of a Year Manufacturer: Revelation ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Voices Travel Facetious Folly Feat Disconnecting ASIN: B000FUF8DY Release Date: 2006-07-18

Tracks:

1. The Browns
2. Time Shares
3. Beleaders
4. Darnel
5. Harrison
6. Midwest
7. Anxiety II
8. Bad Land Deals
9. You Better Work
10. Escrow
11. Above Ground Pools

Product Description

1.The Browns
2. Timeshares
3. Beleaders
4. Darnel
5. Harrison
6. Midwest
7. Anxiety II
8. Bad Land Deals
9. You Better Work
10. Escrow
11. Above Ground Pools

Format: CD

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Sincerely The McGuire Sisters Manufacturer: Jasmine Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: Trying Together Yours in Song The Complete Original Hits One More Time ASIN: B000IZJTUY Release Date: 2006-10-13

Tracks:

1. Something's Gotta Give
2. Heavenly Feeling
3. Not as a Stranger
4. Muskrat Ramble
5. One, Two, Three, Four
6. Tiptoe Through the Tulips
7. Be Good to Me
8. In the Alps
9. Weary Blues
10. Cuddle Up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine
11. Frosty, The Snowman
12. Thank You Day
13. Blue Skies
14. Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight
15. Missing
16. Picking Sweethearts
17. Hey, Mr. Cotton Picker
18. Tell Us Where the Good Times Are
19. All by Myself
20. Melody of Love
21. Open Up Your Heart
22. Hearts of Stone
23. Naughty Lady of Shady Lane
24. Sometimes I'm Happy
25. Give Me Your Heart for Christmas
26. Christmas Alphabet
27. Doesn't Anybody Love Me?
28. DeLilah Jones
29. June Night
30. Picnic

Tracks:

1. Goodnight My Love, Pleasant Dreams
2. Are You Looking for a Sweetheart?
3. Heart
4. Endless
5. No More
6. Uno, Due, Tre
7. Does Your Heart Beat for Me?
8. I'd Like to Trim a Tree with You
9. Littlest Angel
10. If You Believe
11. He
12. 'S Wonderful
13. It May Sound Silly
14. Rhythm 'N' Blues
15. Miss You
16. Pine Tree, Pine Over Me
17. Cling to Me
18. Tell Me Now
19. Sweet Song of India
20. Do You Remember When?
21. Ev'ry Day of My Life
22. Cactus Christmas Tree
23. Happy New Year
24. Give Me Love
25. Tootle-Loo-Siana
26. You Never Know Till Monday
27. Lonesome Polecat
28. My Baby's Got Such Lovin' Ways
29. Sincerely

Album Details

The Mcguire Sisters were Stars of Radio and Television and were the Most Popular Sister Group of the 1950's this Huge 59 Tracks Double CD Set Compilation Covers Many of the Mcguire Sisters Biggest Hits, and is a Great Follow Up to Our Successful Original Issue (With Eight Duplicate Tracks).

Average customer rating: Robert Goulet My Love Forgive Me/Sincerely Yours My Love Forgive Me/ Sincerely Yours by Robert Goulet Goulet Hits The Mark A CLASSICAL SINGER A not-so-guilty pleasure!

My Love Forgive Me/Sincerely Yours... Robert Goulet Manufacturer: Collectables ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: 16 Most Requested Songs On Broadway/On Broadway, Vol. 2 Always You/In Person Two of Us/Begin to Love Robert Goulet - Greatest Hits ASIN: B00000093P Release Date: 1997-07-01

Tracks:

1. My Love Forgive Me
2. Now That It's Ended
3. Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)
4. Softly, As I Leave You
5. What Kind Of Fool Am I?
6. What Can You Do?
7. Just Say I Love Her (Dicitencello Vuie)
8. Two Different Worlds
9. Welcome Home Angelina
10. Choose
11. Too Good
12. This Is All I Ask
13. I Talk To The Trees
14. The Nearness Of You
15. Tonight
16. Another Time, Another Place
17. Poinciana (Song Of The Tree)
18. Ebb Tide
19. The Moon Was Yellow
20. You Stepped Out Of A Dream
21. Two People
22. Maria
23. Gigi
24. Stella By Starlight
25. Bonus Tracks: If Ever I Would Leave You
26. Bonus Tracks: Summer Sounds

Customer Reviews:

Robert Goulet My Love Forgive Me/Sincerely Yours.......2007-06-08

The CD arrived on time and was in perfect condition.

My Love Forgive Me/ Sincerely Yours by Robert Goulet.......2001-10-10

When someone mentions Robert Goulet, it triggers a memory.

Back in 1964, barely in my teens, I walked into my grandmother's
house one Saturday to find my two middle-aged aunts gushing over
a handsome male singer who was scheduled to appear on the Ed
Sullivan show.

I could not imagine who could elicit such a reaction.

One of my aunt's dashed from the room and returned, holding
a copy of the LP "My Love Forgive Me." The singer was Robert
Goulet.

Well, years later, late in my teens, and listening to the music
of my parent's generation instead of my own, I discovered what
all the fuss was about.

Robert Goulet has one of the finest voices in the pop music of
that era. Indeed, that handsome baritone sings those warm and
tender ballads so convincingly, it's no wonder the ladies swoon.
On the swing numbers, I can't help but snap my fingers and sing
along. His showmanship radiates in every performance, whether
in cabaret, in musical theater, or on records.

This CD reissue, in addition to the forementioned LP, also
includes the LP "Sincerely Yours," a beautiful recording also
released in the early 60s on Columbia Records. His albums back
then were big sellers for the label. It's wonderful that two
more are now available to his fans in the CD format.

Footnote: Highly recommended, too, is the Sony import that
includes his two LPs of Broadway songs.

Goulet Hits The Mark.......2001-03-12

Having had both "Sincerely Yours" and "My Love Forgive Me" on vinyl I was familar with the content of this CD.

Robert Goulet had released 2 alblums prior to "Sincerely Yours" with mixed results. He had been trying to make that transition from "Broadway Baritone" to the pop charts , and he finally hit the mark with "Sincerely Yours". With a mixture of both Broadway and Standards charts and a letting loose of that big voice he finally found the combination that showed his talents. The arranger and conductor, Sid Ramin, should be given credit for a job well done.

The "My Love Forgive Me" tracks are a different kind of offering. This alblum was Robert Goulet's most popular, given the fact that beside "If Ever I Would Leave You", the title track of this alblum is the song he was most associated with during his recording career. There are 4 different conductors on the 12 tracks and the alblum, although it doesn't suffer from this,it feels a little less consistent. I will say that on the tracks Mr. Goulet is at the top of his form, and most of the set has a very serious feel to it.

The 2 bonus tracks are the icing on the cake. Marty Manning's arrangement of "If Ever I Would Leave You" and Mr. Goulet's delivery of his signature song are worth the price of admission. "Summer Sounds" is a representative song of the mid-60's, when summer songs were the rage.

Now if we can only get Sony to produce a box set of Robert Goulet's entire Columbia output!

A CLASSICAL SINGER.......2001-02-13

Robert Goulet is gifted with an extraordinary voice: vibrant, deep and emotive. This CD is the reedition of 2 early LPs with an excellent choice of songs. Listen to an authentic voice, with no trick and let this old-school crooner put a spell on you! His style is out of fashion and he has the quality of a classical singer.

A not-so-guilty pleasure!.......1999-04-29

Aside from Goulet's self-parody image, he was indeed an amazing singer! These two early albums display this in beautiful form. Goulet is in full, dramatic voice here. A pure not-so-guilty pleasure!

Average customer rating: "When It's Summer" ~ composed by Nat King Cole Eureka! I've found "Capuccina."! Overdubbed versions - but for most songs, you've no choice. Disappointing, but not because of Nat Not Quite Beautiful, Remastered

Sincerely/The Beautiful Ballads Nat King Cole Manufacturer: EMI Gold Imports ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Classic Vocalists | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Where Did Everyone Go?/Looking Back! Sings the Great Songs!/Thank You, Pretty Baby Dear Lonely Hearts/I Don't Want To Be Hurt Anymore Tell Me All About Yourself/Touch Of Your Lips Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer/My Fair Lady ASIN: B000005RRQ Release Date: 1998-10-27

Tracks:

1. Sweethearts On Parade
2. You Are Mine
3. Let Me Tell You, Babe
4. No Other Heart
5. Because You Love Me
6. Cappuccina
7. Let True Love Begin
8. Baby Blue
9. Silver Bird
10. Nothing In The World
11. Take A Fool's Advice
12. Felicia
13. Miss Me
14. Marnie
15. Here's To My Lady
16. Fool Was I
17. Bend A Little My Way
18. You'll See
19. If I Knew
20. Back In My Arms
21. When It's Summer
22. I'll Always Be Remembering (Things)

Album Details

Two Original Albums on One CD. Digitally Remastered in Abbey Road Studios in London. 22 Tracks featuring Many Unreleased in CD Format Before. Original Vinyl Artwork.

Customer Reviews:

"When It's Summer" ~ composed by Nat King Cole.......2005-01-12

Nat King Cole had a tenderness in his voice, completely flawless...he could never deliver a bad tune...his style and signature of making a song his own has never been duplicated...within this twofer album are some favorite ballads...some are timeless and remain classics, while others are songs that have never seen the light of day...the sound quality of this collection isn't the main issue here...but this release is a dream come true...more selections from the greatest entertainer of our time.

On the first album recorded in 1967 "Sincerely", we have never before in an album a wonderful collection of love songs "BABY BLUE", "BECAUSE YOU LOVE ME", "CUPPUCCINA", a swingin' lively love tune that Nat completely grooves with, "LET ME TELL YOU, BABE", "LET TRUE LOVE BEGIN", "NO OTHER HEART", "NOTHING IN THE WORLD", "SILVER BIRD", "SWEETHEARTS ON PARADE", "TAKE A FOOL'S ADVICE" and "YOU ARE MINE"...from the arrangements of David Cavanaugh and Nat's spellbinding vocals make very track a classic listen.

The second album "The Beautiful Ballads", was recorded in the late '60s with a compilation of songs arranged by Nelson Riddle, Ralph Carmichael, Les Baxter, Gus Levene and Tony Lavello...featuring a few stands outs "MARNIE", the haunting Bernard Herrmann tune from the Alfred Hitchcock film of the same name, "HERE'S TO MY LADY", a wonderful lyrical Johnny Mercer outing, "IF I KNEW", a touching Meredith Wilson track, "WHEN IT'S SUMMER", in collaboration with Johnny Burke, Nat wrote this tune himself, no wonder there is something special and magical about this recording.

This collection is available on EMI/Capitol Import label...but the care that was taken is incredible on every twenty two tracks...a must have for all the fans of this beloved man...they'll never be another pass this way again...thank you to the UK for this release of Nat "King" Cole and the songs that will remain with us always and forever...just the way we like 'em!

Total Time: 57:50 on 22 Tracks ~ EMI/Gold 854545 ~ (6/30/1998)

Eureka! I've found "Capuccina."!.......2004-06-26

I didn't think this song (I once had the original version)was available on cd. Thank you Amazon (caiman_com}. The cd is on it's way to me in Australia. I like what I hear of the sound samples--nothing wrong with a bit of tastefully executed modernisation! I've been searching for the song for the last five years but wouldn't settle for the Frankie Avalon version. Searching is challenging and fun--finding it is rewarding.
I also have a Nat LP with the song: "You will never grow old" and am looking out for the cd.
All the reviews are interesting and helpful--I won't be getting
any "surprises"as a result. But I know I will like my new CD!

nukid001@aol.com.

Overdubbed versions - but for most songs, you've no choice........2003-12-04

After Nat's untimely passing, Capitol decided to release a few compilation albums, largely consisting of singles and some previously unreleased tracks. However, they took things a step further by overdubbing additional rhythm instrumentation (cymbals, bass guitar, drums, sometimes electric guitar) in the dubious belief that the overdubs would make it more popular to 1965 contemporary pop buyers. While it's doubtful the overdubs helped in any way, it is certain it hurts many of the tracks. These two albums (on one CD) were among those releases.

Unfortunately, in reissuing these records, EMI decided to be faithful to the releases rather than the original recordings. Therefore, the overdubbed, not the original versions, are on this CD. This would rule the release out for most folks, were it not for one little detail: almost all of these tracks are not available anywhere else, original or overdubbed. So in some cases, you really don't have a choice.

What does this mean for the musical value here? That's the question, and it's a good one. If you want good, effective "classic pop" and aren't concerned what's overdubbed and what's original, this is a surprisingly strong CD. These two are the best albums of the overdubbed lot, containing the best songs overall and suffering the least from the overdubs.

Particular points of interest include one of the best of Nat's singles, 'Back In My Arms', featuring not only a vocal of a nature only Nat could provide, but one of Nelson Riddle's most daring orchestrations. As it would have to go, this track is harmed the most by the overdubs. Knowing the original off an original 45, I can't even listen to this version despite their obvious attempts to make the overdubs "fit." But if you can't get the original, this is the best you can do for now. Let's hope you'll soon hear the original orchestration! Fat chance though, thanks to Capitol having left this classic single off their so-called "Classic Singles" box set.

Another beauty is 'When It's Summer' in part owing to Nat's particular talents. Consisting of but a set of verse and a relatively simple musical structure, the song is an example of simplicity. Nelson Riddle adds an exquisite orchestration, a warm mid-summer day in nature caught in sound (not helped, but not entirely destroyed by the overdubs). Nat proceeds to read the spare lyrics with a musicality, sensitivity and breadth of expression that is unique to him.

Another to single out is 'Take A Fool's Advice', which is to my opinion Nat's strongest early rock'n'roll/R&B oriented song. He completely melds with the context here, and his vocal is superb. Whatever overdubs are in this track do it no harm (for a change).

Other tracks range from the early ballads such as 'Here's To My Lady' (the intro is good) through to latter ballads such as 'Marnie' (another good intro), popular numbers such as 'Let Me Tell You Babe' to the last song he ever recorded, 'No Other Heart'. All of them have their moments and some are wondrous.

While the original LPs were also available in stereo mixes, for some reason EMI uses the mono mixes for the CD. This was unfortunate. On the plus side, the majority of the set is a clear, excellent mono, with very good extension and resolution. The transfer is of good quality, free of needless processing, dropouts and other issues. Considering the overdubbed nature of the sources, then, the sound is generally more than satisfactory. It's the overdubbing that's most objectionable, in line behind Capitol for still not having released the original versions of these and so many other Nat King Cole songs.

Other reissues of the overdubbed albums include 'Sings the Great Songs' / 'Thank You Pretty Baby' (the weakest albums of the lot) and 'Looking Back' (next best after this CD and paired with the original, unadulterated NKC masterpiece, 'Where Did Everyone Go?' no less!).

The rating reflects both the songs themselves and the presentation, including consideration of the overdubbing, which I cannot condone. Presentation notwithstanding, many tracks in this set warrant a higher rating.

- CJ

Disappointing, but not because of Nat.......2001-04-25

I finally gave in and purchased this 2-fer import from EMI, SINCERELY/THE BEAUTIFUL BALLADS, even after I read the reviews here. I decided to take a chance on it. This CD features really beautiful tunes. These songs were recorded and released in the late '50s-early '60s and weren't available on any of Nat's albums (with the exception of a couple of songs) until they were released a couple of years after Cole's death on these two LPs.

My favorite of this 2-fer CD is SINCERELY. Nat as always, sounds superb, especially on my favorites, "Sweethearts on Parade" (1958), "You Are Mine" (1960), "Cappuccina" (1961) (if you like the songs "L-O-V-E" and "More", you'll love this song), "No Other Heart" (1964), "Nothing In the World" (1957) and "Take A Fool's Advice" (1961). However, I have to only repeat what the other reviewers had said: THEY SHOULD HAVE NOT REMASTERED THIS IN MONO!!! You can't even experience the true beauty of these tunes in that format. I know that a few of these songs were originally recorded in mono, and it's understandable as to why they would leave THOSE as they were...but to remaster the stereo versions into mono too, was a VERY bad idea.

Capitol/EMI, the tunes on these two LPs deserve better than this! I only rated it with three stars because Nat's vocal performances are remarkable...stereo, if it IS an option, is the ONLY way to listen to Nat Cole! So, please, can we try it again?

Not Quite Beautiful, Remastered.......2000-11-19

This attempt at re-mastering then re-issuing on CD doesn't quite work. I bought the expensive import version, thinking I would acquire an enhanced recording level of the orchestra and string section, but found it acoustically unchallenging. If you're turntable's still working, try and get the LP version, if you can because it sounds better. For those of you who are fans of the film composer Bernard Herrmann, and are curious about Nat 'King' Cole's vocal rendition of ''Marnie'', I would recommend ordering the new version as recorded by American vocalist, Michael Poss. This particular lush arrangement swells dramatically with a full string section, and is available on Michael's 'SILVER SCREEN SERENADES' CD, from Twilight Souls Music.

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I Sincerely Apologise For All The Trouble I've Caused David Ford Manufacturer: Independiente UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: State of the Union I Don't Care What You Call Me Ammunition Till the Sun Turns Black Separate Ways ASIN: B000ASTEOA Release Date: 2005-11-29

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Former Easyworld Singer David Ford Shakes off his Major Label Blues with a Serious Indie Record Reminiscent of the Best of Tom Waits, all Written, Performed and Produced by Himself. First Signing at Independiente from David Boyd, Former Hut Records Supremo and the Man that Discovered David Gray.

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1. Angels Marching
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Album Description

Deb Talan live, solo, and gripping an acoustic guitar...A treasure chest of favorite songs.

Customer Reviews:

Buy it on iTunes.......2006-03-05

This is a great CD, but the prices that these third-party sellers are asking are lunacy. You can download this album from the iTunes Music Store for 99 cents/song. Check debtalan.com for updated info on where's best to get all her CDs. My favorite Deb Talan album, Something Burning, is still in print and is sold here at Amazon, so get that, too while it's still around!

Deb is now playing with Steve Tannen under the name, The Weepies. Her sound hasn't really changed, so if you like her solo stuff, you'll enjoy The Weepies as well.

heartbreakingly good.......2005-12-12

First of all, I love Deb Talan. She has edged out Tegan & Sara, Edie Carey, Sarah Harmer, Sarah Slean & Ani in my listening habits...for a while, I only listened to her albums (I've got 'em all)
So many of her songs make me cry (but in a good way)
And I sing along to the music at the top of my lungs in my car.
If you're only going to buy 1 Deb Talan album...I suggest A Bird Flies Out. But as soon as you get one, you're going to want them all!

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