This CD consists of two Hoagy Carmichael albums from the late 1950s making their CD debut, 'Hoagy Carmichael's Havin' a Party' and 'Ole Buttermilk Sky'. While composer Hoagy Carmichael holds the record for the most recorded love song of all time, "Stardust", he also made numerous recordings himself of which some achieved hit status. The two albums featured on this CD were recorded in the late 1950s and were some of the last commercial recordings he made. The first album, "Havin' a Party" is aimed at the children's market where he sings some of his best old and new songs for the young and old. The collection on the second album, "Ole Buttermilk Sky" shines with several never-before-recorded originals combined with some of his earlier hits that Carmichael revisits with a more up-to-date arrangement and backing. The CD ends with two very unusual gems previously only to be found on a 45 single release, including the Johnny Cash classic, "I Walk the Line".
Trumpet Virtuoso Doc Severinsen was leader of the Johnny Carson hosted "Tonight Show" from 1967 to 1992 while having a prolific recording career. Tempestuous Trumpet / the Big Band's Back in Town, both from the early 1960s and produced by Enoch Light, offer the listener exciting big band music with excellent trumpet playing. First time on CD and re-mastered.
An unusual CD uniting the complete 1961 stereo album "Blues Make Me Happy" with, as bonus tracks from 1956 to 1960, a dozen of the most atypical recordings that Cab ever made. Seven of the blues songs were on a 1992 mail order-only release, while the other 17 selections, including swing songs, ballads, inspirational, r&b, novelties, and even rock'n'roll, have never been on CD at all.
A do-it-yourself dance party in hi-fi, with 18 tunes played by six of the top name orchestras of the mid-1950s: Ray Anthony, Les Brown, Woody Herman, Harry James, Stan Kenton, and Billy May, from the Capitol album "Dance to the Bands!." Plus, as a bonus, 5 songs (including one with guest Buddy Rich on drums) that have never been on CD before. The booklet will delight collectors, adding period images, liner notes that put the music in context, a discography which provides recording dates, personnel, and a necrology of band member
Founded in 1924 MGM celebrates it's centenary and we pay homage with this 2 CD set of soundtrack favourites and some rare tracks sung by the stars! Included are the Show Boat sequence from Till the Clouds Roll By. From Easter Parade, we present the entire version of Fella with an Umbrella sung by Judy Garland & Peter Lawford. Other first time releases include Betty Garrett and Lotte Lehman in songs from Big City, & an alternate version of Hoe Down from Babes on Broadway with Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney.(Contains 2 discs) Run time - 2 hours and 30 minutes.
Judy Garland - The Judy Garland Show 1962. - Taped for TV in 1962 "The Judy Garland Show" with Judy & guests Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin have been remastered from the original playback discs. - Taped before an invited audience for TV in early 1962, "The Judy Garland Show" starred Judy and guests Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. The three stars were magical and ratings reached an all time high. The tracks have been remastered from the original playbac
This is the first CD release of the complete film scores for both 'White Christmas' and 'Holiday Inn' derived from pre-recordings made during the film making process. Included is a previously unreleased 1942 recording of 'White Christmas' as sung by Bing Crosby, and Rosemary Clooney's thrilling 1953 soundtrack sessions recorded for Irving Berlin's White Christmas!
A list Hollywood stars perform songs from the Fox musicals between 1936-1938 remastered from studio playback discs sans dialogue etc. First time available and on 2 CDs listen to Judy Garland, Tony Martin, Shirley Temple, Dolores Del Rio, Barbara Stanwyck, Eddie Cantor, Ethel Merman, Betty Grable, Jane Withers etc.
Jackie Gleason presents Riff Jazz and Lazy Lively Love, two "mood music" LPs on CD in remastered, full dimensional sound with original cover art. As bonus tracks, a rare 1955 single, Capri in May, which has never been reissued until now, plus two of Gleason's famous themes, You're My Greatest Love (from "The Honeymooners") and Melancholy Serenade (from "The Jackie Gleason Show"), are included. *the last three tracks may not be included.
This CD gathers 25 tracks including some of the best full-length 1947 pre-recordings sourced from original Goldwyn Studios acetates; cuts from Capitol's "Giants Of Jazz" CC-106 album whose sales proceeds benefited the Damon Runyon Memorial Fund for Cancer Research; several alternate versions of songs from the film that were issued by competing record labels; highlights from a special 1948 radio broadcast promoting the Runyon Memorial Fund and featuring one of the film's musical stars, Louis Armstrong, aired from the famous Blue Note jazz club in Chicago with fellow jazz masters Jack Teagarden and Earl Hines as sidemen in Satchmo's band; and an additional, spirited bonus performance of A Song Is Born from a 1949 Armed Forces Radio Service "Jubilee" show. Certain of these audio selections have never been released commercially, while others which may be more familiar take a fitting place as part of this package.
In March 2011 when the 2-CD set '75 Glenn Miller Masterpieces' (SEPIA1165) was created by combining a keepsake album of some of his finest broadcast performances, 'For the Very First Time', with a dozen choice tracks from two landmark "Limited Edition" anthologies, fans were delighted. Now, in response to requests from around the world, Sepia happily gathers the remaining 80 wonderful air checks from both "Limited Edition" sets for this new 3 CD package. This fabulous collection, lovingly presented in remastered sound and with original artwork and other archival images, adds the production history and little-known trivia about the "Limited Edition" albums, plus a discography which corrects many names, dates, or other details.
The first compilation devoted to Mario Lanza's Neapolitan and Italian song recordings, representing the tenor at his interpretative peak in the genre! This collection comprises not only the highlights of his Mario! And Caruso Favorites albums, but the best of his earlier recordings of Neapolitan and Italian songs. It also includes a newly discovered rendition of "Mattinata." Bonus tracks aside, the recordings are arranged chronologically, providing fascinating evidence of the rapid darkening of Lanza's timbre during his final years, as his voice changed from a lirico spinto to a richer, pure spinto.
This is a pairing of two sought after Perez Prado albums - "Prado in Japan", a "live" recording of his 1960 concert in Tokyo featuring his hits "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White", "Tequila", "Historia de un Amor", only issued in Japan and never been issued on CD till now, and the album "Twist Goes Latin", also first time on CD. As bonus tracks we have included the rare single "Princess Suga" and "Tokyo Fantasy", only issued in Japan.
This UK import packs in 32 tracks, from rock 'n' roll to folk-pop to pop-soul to country-pop. A few CD debuts join If I Had a Hammer Peter, Paul & Mary; Johnny Angel Shelley Fabares; Limbo Rock Chubby Checker; The End of the World Skeeter Davis; Our Day Will Come Ruby & the Romantics; Come Back Silly Girl The Lettermen; Moon River Jerry Butler, and more! Sepia.
For those who know Lanza for his pop hits and screen roles, this will come as a revelation. The first CD to bring together his most breathtaking operatic performances (live and studio) includes selections from Puccini's Tosca and La Boheme; Verdi's Rigoletto; Leoncavallo's Pagliacci; unissued performances from Verdi's Otello; Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte, and more! Sepia.
On this CD twofer are two best-selling Lawrence Welk LPs, LAST DATE and MOON RIVER plus 6 bonus tracks. Apart from making best-selling albums of easy listening "champagne" music, bandleader Welk also hosted a popular TV show from 1955 until the 1970s. As a single the song LAST DATE was a Top 30 hit. Re-mastered in glorious stereo with 6 bonus tracks (including a re-recording of his signature theme BUBBLES IN THE WINE in stereo) this 30 track CD of popular tunes from the early 1960s is one musical trip down memory lane.
Sepia Records celebrates the 75th anniversary of the iconic Wizard of Oz with this anthology CD featuring songs from the movie (and some dropped) performed "live" for a promotional radio broadcast by the stars such as Judy Garland, Bert Lahr, Ray Bolger, and also including recordings by composer Harold Arlen and popular performers of the day such as Glenn Miller and his orchestra. Most of the tracks here are not from the movie sound track but recordings made to promote the movie such as "live" radio broadcasts. Included are four versions of the ever popular "Over the Rainbow" performed by Judy Garland - the movie version, a "live" version, a "pop" version and finally, one with the Tommy Dorsey orchestra recorded for radio broadcast to sell government war bonds. The big band orchestras are represented here by Glenn Miller, Vincent Lopez and Frankie Masters, each performing their "dance band" version of songs from the movie.
This CD combines the 1962 LP 'Teresa Brewer's Greatest Hits', an album of stereo re-recordings of her Top Ten hits from the 1950s, and 'Don't Mess with Tess', an album of standards, all on CD for the first time. Teresa Brewer was a popular artist of the 1950s and 1960s who sold millions of records. Of the eight Top Ten hits Teresa scored in the 1950s including two chart-toppers ("Music, Music, Music" and "Till I Waltz Again with You") all were recorded in mono. She re-recorded seven in stereo for her "Greatest Hits" album in 1962 and amazingly that album has never been on CD until now. Also featured on this CD is 'Don't Mess with Tess', another stereo album making it's CD debut in which Teresa sings standards. Four bonus tracks from singles have been added and are all re-mastered and in stereo.
From Julie London, the smoky-voiced vocalist, a CD containing 24 tracks from her singles that have never appeared on any of her many LPs. One of the most distinctive pop singers of the 1950s, (between 1955 and 1957, Billboard proclaimed London the most popular female vocalist around) Julie London enjoyed a varied career that included releasing thirty-two albums and appearing on television and film. Her hit single of "Cry Me a River" remains the benchmark rendition of this much-covered song. In this tribute to London's varied singing career, Sepia Records presents twenty-four tracks from her single releases from the 1950s and early 1960s, including her earliest known recordings from 1955 - recordings that have almost disappeared between the cracks but show the expressive and technical range of this unique artist.
First time on CD, the 2 best-selling albums, 'Roman Guitar' and 'Mr. Big', starring the brilliant and legendary guitarist Tony Mottola presenting Italy's most beautiful melodies and standards from the Great American Songbook. 'Roman Guitar' is a showcase for guitar presenting beautiful and romantic melodies from Italy given a depth of feeling by the unparalleled performances of the brilliant guitarist, Tony Mottola. The album was a world-wide best-seller when first released in 1960 and this is the first time it is on CD. Coupled with another best-seller, 'Mr. Big', also appearing on CD for the very first time, the latter album offers standards from the Great American Songbook including three tunes Mottola composed and performed for the acclaimed hit TV series "Danger" directed by Yul Brynner.
Xavier Cugat, the daddy of Latin American music, introduced Latin music and dance rhythms to the world. 'Viva Cugat!' was his first adventure into the ear-arresting world of stereo with a group of outstanding Afro-Cuban melodies performed with a rare lyricism and rhythmic drive. 'The Best of Cugat' presents twelve great songs of the 1930s to the 1950s with a Latin touch all of which receive the Cugat treatment. Of the six bonus tracks, American classics such as "Chattanooga Choo Choo" and "In the Mood" are performed with an innovative and fun Twist beat.
When "Mario Lanza: Greatest Operatic Recordings" (SEPIA 1274) was released in February 2015, Lanza fans were delighted, for this compilation disc was said "to do justice to his much misrepresented recording legacy". Now, in response to requests from around the world, we gather some more Lanza operatic recordings; some never before released commercially ("Qual occhio al mondo"), some private ("Aria sconosciuta" and "Questa bocca tua"), some live ("Lasciatemi morire" and "Gia il sole dal Gange") and some radio broadcasts ("Vesti la giubba") etc. To form a Volume 2 compilation, lovingly presented in re-mastered sound including Lanza rehearsing and warming up his voice.
2014 reissue of two albums first time on CD from Billy Vaughn, one of the most successful orchestra leaders of all time based. 1962's Greatest Hits" peaked at #17 and was 32 weeks in the charts. "The Shifting Whispering Sands" was originally a Top 5 single recorded in Mono; Vaughn re- recorded the version here in stereo and the album was his tribute to the American West with the inclusion of songs such as "Cool Water", "Red River Valley", "Home on the Range" and his own musical saga "Songs of the West". 6 bonus tracks are from Vaughn's other best-selling albums "Look for a Star" and "A Swingin' Safari".
