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  1. More - Kai Winding
  2. Love Is Blue - Paul Mauriat
  3. Washington Square - Village Stompers
  4. Mexico Bob Moore
  5. Our Winter Love - Bill Pursell
  6. Fly Me To The Moon - Joe Harnell
  7. Flying Circle - Fray Slay
  8. Image - Hank Levine
  9. Alley Cat - Bent Fabric
  10. Beautiful Obsesion - Sir Chauncey
  11. Java - Al Hirt
  12. The Enchanted Sea - The Islanders
  13. A Walk In The Black Forest - Horst Jankowski
  14. Calcutta - Lawrence Welk
  15. Moon River - Henry Mancini
  16. Cast Your Fate To The Wind - Sounds Orchestral
  17. A Swingin Safara - Billy Vaughn
  18. Stranger On The Shore - Mr. Acker Bilk
  19. Summer Set - Monty Kelly
  20. Baby Elephant Walk - The Miniature Men
  21. Lost Love - H.B. Barnum
  22. Soul Coaxing (Amy Caline) - Raymond Lefevre
  23. The Dis-Advantages Of You - The Brass Ring
  24. Summer Samba (So Nice) - Walter Wandereley
  25. Canadian Sunset - Hugo Winterhalter (With Eddie Heywood)
  26. Theme From A Summer Place - PERCY FAITH
  27. Music To Watch Girls By - The Bob Crewe Generation
  28. Bonanza - Al Caiola
Release DateMay 12, 2009
MediaAudio CD
FeaturesImport
LabelAce Records UK
UPC029667035224


Description
Here are the orchestral and 'easy' instrumental hits, both big and small - but mostly big - that helped define the Golden Age of Popular Music, an era spanning, roughly, 1956-1967, when the US charts were brimming with an eclectic cornucopia of sounds and styles that is unlikely to be repeated in today's age corporate, socially engineered music making. Hits With Strings And Things is an important addition to this best-selling Ace UK series.

An element of post-modern ironic in our approach makes Hits With Strings And Things extremely pleasing on the ear while avoiding the blandness that characterizes other releases of this kind. There is a surprise at every turn. Many of the tunes feature strings or horns (or a combination of both) with intrusions from the occasional twangy guitar (Flying Circle) and even a dash of marimbas (The Dis-Advantages Of You).

MOJO rated Hits With Strings And Things highly enough to award it 4-stars, describing some of the US-only hits (which the majority were) as 'pleasantly alien'.

Three of the titles, by H.B. Barnum, The Miniature Men and Frank Slay, are completely new to CD. In common with all other selections, these have been mastered from the original tapes. Compiled and annotated by Rob Finnis with an exceptionally well presented booklet contains dozens of rare ads and evocative illustrations. Extremely attractive eye-catching cover art.



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