His Greatest Love Songs (Remastered) [Import] [Original recording remastered]

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Album Description
2004 compilation showcases the best ballads from the man known as 'The King Of Romance'. 24 tracks. Universal.

Tracks:

Release Me
There Goes My Everything
Last Waltz
Am I That Easy to Forget?
Man Without Love
Way It Used to Be
I'm a Better Man (For Having Loved You)
Winter World of Love
Sweetheart
Another Time, Another Place
Too Beautiful to Last
Quando, Quando, Quando
There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)
Spanish Eyes
I Want to Wake Up With You
She
This Guy's in Love With You
True Love at Last
If
Can't Take My Eyes off You
Misty Blue
Bicyclettes de Belsize
What a Wonderful World
Stardust

Album Description

2004 compilation showcases the best ballads from the man known as 'The King Of Romance'. 24 tracks. Universal.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Anthology of Recordings from the Middle-of-the-road Crooner who Rose to Fame in the 1960's with his Movie Star Looks and Distinctive Baritone Voice. While Tom Jones was a Burst of Sexual Energy, Humperdinck was Much More Conservative, the Kind of Guy a Girl Could Could Introduce to her Father. While his Singles were Chart Toppers in Europe, the USA was Slower to Warm Up, but his Singles Consistently Occupied Berths on the Mor Charts. These Recordings Are from his Years on the Decca Records Label.

Customer Reviews:

Wonderfully remastered!.......2006-03-25

This CD will bring back so many memories. Funny too, how you really recall all the words to most of the songs. I had a few of the albums by Engelbert, but Katrina swept them away. What a joy to find all of them on one CD!
I would highly recommend this collection to anyone who loves a voice as smooth as Jack Daniels, who loves candle light and who loves being in love.

Definitive UK hits collection.......2004-09-25

Despite the title, this is actually a greatest hits collection in all but name - not really surprising as Engelbert was a balladeer. It contains all but two of his UK hits together with Quando quando quando and a fine selection of covers. The two missing UK hits (My Marie, Love is all) didn't make the top thirty and their omission is not important to UK fans.

At this point, I should add that Engelbert was less successful in the American singles charts although Release me made the top five and After the lovin' (which didn't chart in the UK and is not included here) made the top ten in America. A different compilation, Ultimate collection, released in America by Hip-O, may suit American listeners better as it includes After the lovin' and other American hits that didn't chart in the UK.

Engelbert began his career in spectacular style with a cover of Release me, originally a country song, which stayed at number one in the UK for six weeks, breaking the long run of number ones enjoyed by the Beatles, whose double-sided single Penny Lane / Strawberry fields forever peaked at number two. After such a huge success with an old country song, Engelbert recorded more covers of country songs during his career, two others (There goes my everything, Am I that easy to forget) also becoming UK top three hits for him. Misty blue, another song here, is also of country origin although most people remember it via Dorothy Moore's disco hit version in the seventies.

The last waltz (my favorite Engelbert song) replaced another classic (Scott McKenzie's San Francisco) at the top of the UK charts and stayed there for four weeks. Engelbert had four other UK top ten hits (A man without love, Les bicyclettes de Belsize, The way it used to be, Winter world of love) , three other UK top twenty hits (I'm a better man, Another time another place, Too beautiful to last) and another hit that just missed the UK top twenty (Sweetheart).

Apart from the UK hits, this collection includes excellent covers of There's a kind of hush, Spanish eyes, I want to wake up with you, She, This guy's in love with you, If, Can't take my eyes off you, What a wonderful world and Stardust.

There have been many compilations of his music, but this is the best single CD available (at least from a British perspective) as I write this review although, as I indicated earlier, American chart followers may prefer Ultimate collection.

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at last I was able to find a Liverpool Express album
at last I was able to find a Liverpool Express album

The Best of Liverpool Express
Liverpool Express
Manufacturer: Every Man Records
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00008DP0Y
Release Date: 2002-07-15

Tracks:

You Are My Love
Dreamin
Margie
Take It Easy With My Heart
Every Man Must Have a Dream
I Want Nobody But You
It's A Beautiful Day
Julian The Hooligan
So Here I Go Again
John George Ringo & Paul
Smile
So What
Last Train Home
Hold Tight
Never Be The Same Boy
Don't Stop The Music

Album Description

For years, Liverpool Express fans and DJs from around the world have been contacting the band asking why their music hasn't been available on CD. Well, finally their prayers have been answered! The Best of Liverpool Express was released in July 2002 and features the band's greatest hits compiled from the three LPs they released during the 1970s in the UK/Europe/South America. The CD includes "You Are My Love" which Paul McCartney has called one of his all-time favorite songs, "Every Man Must Have a Dream," "Smile," and "Dreamin." Also includes the band's amazing tribute song to The Beatles called "John, George, Ringo, and Paul" which has been receiving rave reviews from everyone who hears it.

Customer Reviews:

at last I was able to find a Liverpool Express album.......2006-04-19

Since the first time that I'd listened the song "you are my love" and " don't stop the music" I started a search for an album from this group. I was no lucky for a long time. Thank to the Web I was able to get into its official page and buy this greatest hits album.
The album has got very good songs (including the two main previously mentioned), but to my taste it's rather a little soft, let's say I wanted for more diversity of sounds like E.L.O. or Supertramp.
Anyway, I think it's an album that well worth the money you invest in it.

at last I was able to find a Liverpool Express album.......2003-09-19

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His Greatest Love Songs
Engelbert Humperdinck
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CCU7Q8
Release Date: 2006-05-30

Tracks:

Release Me
There Goes My Everything
Last Waltz
Am I That Easy to Forget?
Man Without Love
Way It Used to Be
I'm a Better Man (For Having Loved You)
Winter World of Love
Sweetheart
Another Time, Another Place
Too Beautiful to Last
Quando, Quando, Quando
There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)
Spanish Eyes
I Want to Wake Up With You
She
This Guy's in Love With You
True Love at Last
If
Can't Take My Eyes off You
Misty Blue
Bicyclettes de Belsize
What a Wonderful World
Stardust

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from Solo Piano Publications
Highly Recommended!

A Nice Boy from Brooklyn

Manufacturer: Equity Digital
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ASIN: B00000JHK2
Release Date: 1999-06-29

Tracks:

Man I Love
Swanee
Nobody But You
I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise
Do It Again
Fascinating Rhythm
Oh, Lady Be Good
Somebody Loves Me
Sweet and Low Down
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My One and Only
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Album Description

A 'must have' for all fans of George Gershwin OR Michael Dulin. 32 of Gershwin's own knockout arrangements of some of his greatest songs, in a performance by pianist/composer Michael Dulin that is "fresh and flawless". Gershwin's rollicking piano style comes shining through in every note, as Dulin performs some of Americas' favorite songs, by George - 'I Got Rhythm', 'Someone to Watch Over Me', 'Funny Face', 'My One and Only', and many, many more! Plus you'll get 8 songs arrangements of songs from Gershwin's radio appearances. As an extra bonus, 6 Preludes - the 3 original Preludes PLUS 3 more that were recently discovered! Over an hour of great Gershwin melodies, joyously performed by master pianist Michael Dulin. A 'Must Have' for any fan of George Gershwin OR Michael Dulin!

Customer Reviews:

from Solo Piano Publications.......2004-10-20

Equity Digital is rereleasing pianist Michael Dulin's two earlier classical recordings at the same time as his newest release, "Timeless: Classics for a New Age" (October 19, 2004). Originally released in 1999, "A Nice Boy From Brooklyn" is comprised of "The Gershwin Songbook," Six Preludes, and eight Improvisations that were never written down by Gershwin himself, but were transcribed from live radio broadcasts from 1926 and 1928 by Artis Wodehouse. Dulin's mastery of the piano makes all thirty-two tracks seem effortless and showcase his brilliant virtuosity as well as his amazing versatility. A world-class pianist with a long career in classical music, Dulin makes all of these pieces his own, giving them a sparkling freshness and a feeling of spontaneity. He added some of his own embellishments to the improvisations, but otherwise, remains faithful to Gershwin's original scores.

The extensive liner notes, also written by Dulin, give insight into Gershwin's personality with quotations from other artists and people who knew Gershwin, and then gives a history of many of the selections. "The Gershwin Songbook" was originally published in 1932, and is made up of eighteen variations and arrangements of songs that Gershwin used to entertain his friends in the intimacy of living room settings. Many of Gershwin's most famous and popular songs are included such as "The Man I Love," "Swanee," "Fascinating Rhythm," "Lady Be Good," "'S Wonderful," and "I Got Rhythm." The variety of styles is amazing - from bluesy ballads to full-tilt finger-flying jazz. Dulin's emotional range and tonal colorations are remarkable. The Six Preludes are quite short, and Dulin calls the firs three "his most perfect compositions." Of the six, I especially like "Blue Lullaby," a dark, slinky little piece. Some of the eight Improvisations are variations or arrangements of pieces from the songbook, so it is fascinating to see what Gershwin (and Dulin!) did to flesh them out. Again, Dulin's playing is fresh and flawless. Some of the titles in this section of the recording are "Clap Yo' Hands," "Someone to Watch Over Me," "Sweet and Low Down," and "'S Wonderful/Funny Face."

If you are new to Gershwin's music, "A Nice Boy From Brooklyn" is an absolute must-have. If you know all of Gershwin's music, this is also a must-have to hear the music as it was composed and interpreted by the composer himself. So much of Gershwin's music has been performed and recorded over the years, and most of it is improvised and arranged by the various musicians who play it, so it's refreshing as well as informative to hear the "real deal" - or, at the very least, how the music began and evolved during Gershwin's life. I give "A Nice Boy From Brooklyn" my highest recommendation. Great stuff!

Highly Recommended!.......2000-05-01

This is a fabulous performance of Gershwin's piano music. The CD includes some great music and new arrangements that I was unfamiliar with. Dulin plays the fire out of the piano on this CD. I heard him play live in New York, and he is a great player. I have a lot of Gershwin's music, and this CD is one of my favorites!

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His Greatest Love Songs

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ASIN: B000A2G8P4
Release Date: 2004-03-09

Album Description

2004 compilation showcases the best ballads from the man known as 'The King Of Romance'. 24 tracks. Universal.

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