| Product Summary | | Label: Emd/capitol | | UPC: 00724383613021 | | Release Date: 7/23/1996 | | Buy.com Sku: 60135888 | | Item#: MXKDDH | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. I Love Paris - Sam Butera & The Witnesses ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. Song From Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart?) - Jonah Jones Quartet ~ Various Artists | | | 3. Milord - Les Baxter ~ Various Artists | | | 4. Under Paris Skies / La La Collette - Joe "Fingers" Carr ~ Various Artists | | | 5. Valentina - Elmer Bernstein & The Swinging Bon Vivants ~ Various Artists | | | 6. Parisian Women - Cy Coleman ~ Various Artists | | | 7. Mon Amour, O Mon Amour / The La Panse :: Pansy - Les Baxter ~ Various Artists | | | 8. C'est Magnifique - Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra ~ Various Artists | | | 9. Vive L'Amour - Dicky Doo & The Don'ts ~ Various Artists | | | 10. April In Paris - The Mighty Accordion Band ~ Various Artists | | | 11. Poor People Of Paris, The (Jean's Song) - Billy May/Les Baxter ~ Various Artists | | | 12. French Rat Race - The Double Six Of Paris ~ Various Artists | | | 13. Petite Fleur - Henri Rene ~ Various Artists | | | 14. Clown On The Eiffel Tower, The - Les Baxter ~ Various Artists | | | 15. La Vie En Rose - Sam Butera & The Witnesses ~ Various Artists | | | 16. C'est Si Bon - Jack Cooper/Terry Snyder :: It's So Good - Jack Cooper/Terry Snyder ~ Various Artists | | | 17. I Love Paris - Jack Costanzo ~ Various Artists | | | 18. Can, Can, Can - Jerry Shard & His Music ~ Various Artists | | | 19. (untitled) - (hidden track) ~ Various Artists | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Recorded between July 25, 1952 and April 8, 1965. Includes liner notes by R.J Smith. | | Digitally remastered by Bob Norberg at Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood, California. | | This is part of Capitol Records' Ultra-Lounge series. | | Songs with a Parisian motif were a natural for bachelor pad music, the whole genre putting a premium on the sort of suave grace for which French culture is noted. Bien sur, when it's refracted through Hollywood easy listening musicians, you're getting a sound which is about as authentically French as french fries. But no matter -- bachelor pad music isn't about authenticity, and this compilation presents some enjoyably cheesy attempts at evoking the city of lights, recorded for Capitol in the '50s and '60s. Whether instrumental or vocal, English or French, giants of the idiom like Les Baxter, Nelson Riddle, and the immortal Dicky Doo & the Don'ts offer their homages, filled with B-movie soundtrack orchestration and blindingly White vocal choruses. There are some surprisingly hot, uptempo jazzy lounge takes on the theme, though, by Sam Butera, Elmer Bernstein, Jack Costanzo, and the Double Six of Paris, featuring a faster-than-light French scat vocal from Mimi Perrin. ~ Richie Unterberger |
Producer: Brad Benedict (Compilation) |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 07/23/1996 | | Original Release Date : 1996 | | Catalog ID : 36130 | | Label : Capitol/EMI Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00724383613021 |
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