Love Nest/All over the Place

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
The '50s Jazz vocal ensemble The Hi-Lo's embraced elements of folk and barbershop singing in their repertoire. As winners of both the Downbeat and Playboy Magazine Readers' Poll, the group enjoyed wide success on both the concert stage and on records. This release features both original LP's Love Nest / All Over The Place together on1CD at a fantastic price! 24 tracks.

Tracks:

Dancing On The Ceiling
Yesterdays
Impossible
But Beautiful
In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
The Love Nest
This Heart Of Mine
Music For Lovers
My Romance
The Lamp Is Low
Wait Till You See Her
Fairyland
Bali Ha'i
How Are Things In Glocca Morra?
My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua, Hawaii
Sand In My Shoes
Autumn In New York
April In Fairbanks
Italian Street Song
Massachusetts
Isle Of Capri
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
Dixie
Island In The West Indies

Album Description

The '50s Jazz vocal ensemble The Hi-Lo's embraced elements of folk and barbershop singing in their repertoire. As winners of both the Downbeat and Playboy Magazine Readers' Poll, the group enjoyed wide success on both the concert stage and on records. This release features both original LP's Love Nest / All Over The Place together on1CD at a fantastic price! 24 tracks.

Customer Reviews:

Just the best!!.......2004-02-13

These two recordings are some of the best things the storied group recorded for Columbia. Gene Puerling was at his near best on Love Nest, perhaps spurred on by Clare Fischer's three wonderful vocal arrangements for the group--Yesterdays, This Heart of Mine, Fairyland. The vocal arrangements here are full of lush dense chords, contrary motion, wide intervals,and impecable intonation. This, combined with just great singing---especially the upper register combination of tenors Bob Morse and Clark Burroughs--helped make the group one of a kind. Frank Comstock's orchestral backings compliment things as only he could (with a healthy influence of Robert Farnon).

The second recording, All Over the Place, is the second release with new tenor Don Shelton (Morse moved down to sing baritone). A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square, Gloca Mora, Sand In my Shoes, Bali H'ai, and the gorgeous Autumn in New York lead the pack. Also, check out the vocal gymnastics on Italian street Song, and Fairbanks, Alaska. Orchestral arrangements are by Marty Paich who did a spectacular job on the groups' All That Jazz recording, as well as several notable recordings with Mel torme.

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