| Product Summary | | Label: Capitol Records | | UPC: 00724353984021 | | Release Date: 9/17/2002 | | Buy.com Sku: 60568213 | | Item#: M2HP2Y | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. It Is Betting Time! ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. With Plenty Of Money And You - Count Basie/Tony Bennett ~ Various Artists | | | 3. Something's Coming - Vic Damone ~ Various Artists | | | 4. That Old Black Magic - Louis Prima/Keely Smith ~ Various Artists | | | 5. Danke Schoen - Wayne Newton ~ Various Artists | | | 6. This Could Be The Start Of Something - Jack Jones ~ Various Artists | | | 7. Once In A Lifetime - Bobby Darin ~ Various Artists | | | 8. I'm Shooting High - Nat "King" Cole ~ Various Artists | | | 9. Lucky Day - Judy Garland ~ Various Artists | | | 10. Who's Got The Action? - Dean Martin ~ Various Artists | | | 11. Games People Play - Mel Torme ~ Various Artists | | | 12. It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones ~ Various Artists | | | 13. On The Sunny Side Of The Street - Keely Smith ~ Various Artists | | | 14. Ain't That A Kick In The Head? - Sammy Davis Jr. ~ Various Artists | | | 15. Are You Having Any Fun? - Count Basie/Tony Bennett ~ Various Artists | | | 16. Night And Day - Steve Lawrence ~ Various Artists | | | 17. Big Spender - Peggy Lee ~ Various Artists | | | 18. Pennies From Heaven - Louis Prima ~ Various Artists | | | 19. Shangri-La - Wayne Newton ~ Various Artists | | | 20. Ace In The Hole - Bobby Darin (live, hidden, bonus track) ~ Various Artists | |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Compilation producers: Frank Collura, Kevin Flaherty. | | All tracks have been digitally remastered. | | ULTRA-LOUNGE: VEGAS BABY was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards For Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package. | | Compilation producers: Frank Collura, Kevin Flaherty. | | All tracks have been digitally remastered. | | ULTRA-LOUNGE: VEGAS BABY was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards For Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package. | | Photographer: Don Miller. | | Unknown Contributor Role: Jim Heimann. | | From its founding in the 1940s until after it became the label of the Beach Boys and the Beatles in the 1960s, Capitol Records devoted itself to solo pop singers, its flagship artist being Frank Sinatra. Stars like Dean Martin, Nat King Cole, and Judy Garland flourished at Capitol, and the company also contracted such performers as Peggy Lee and Bobby Darin for a stint. All that material has served as a basis for EMI/Capitol's Ultra-Lounge series of compilations, which reaches its 25th volume with Ultra-Lounge: Vegas Baby!. The only surprise is that it took so long for the concept of a Las Vegas volume to come to fruition. The 20 tracks include a number of artists closely associated with the city of sin, including those mentioned above (with the exception of Sinatra, whose recordings generally are not available for compilations) plus Tom Jones, Steve Lawrence, and Wayne Newton. Usually, the songs themselves also have some connection with Las Vegas' principal business of gambling ("With Plenty of Money and You," "I'm Shooting High," "Lucky Day," etc.) or at least can be interpreted that way. (Joe South wasn't thinking of Vegas when he wrote "Games People Play," covered here by Mel Torm?, but the title and Torm?'s lively treatment justify its inclusion.) The arrangements tend toward the loud and brassy, the better to be heard over those slot machines, and the singers are equally demonstrative. The result is an excellent compilation of traditional pop, Vegas-style. ~ William Ruhlmann |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 09/17/2002 | | Original Release Date : 2002 | | Catalog ID : 39840 | | Label : Capitol/EMI Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00724353984021 |
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