Classic Cocktail [Box set] [Import]

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
UK box-set featuring 54 of the very best in swingin' easy listening & smooth cocktail tunes from such artists as Dean Martin 'Just In Time', Sammy Davis Jr. 'Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone', Julie London 'Sway', Dinah Washington 'Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby', Peggy Lee 'Sneakin' Up On You' & many more. The compilation is tailored to the listener's mood by being divided up into swinging dance 'Swingin' On The Floor', TV & film 'Cocktails On Screen' & a moody late-night collection 'Late Night Cocktails'. Three standard jewel cases housed in a slipcase. 2001.

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Ye Olde Space Band: Plays Classic Rock Hits
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • synthetic cuteness
  • deconstructive musical comedy
  • 0wns the originals
  • Hilarious! Had me laughing out loud.
  • The Worst Album Ever? (Real rating - Zero Stars)
 Ye Olde Space Band: Plays Classic Rock Hits
The Moog Cookbook
Manufacturer: Restless Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003BLC
Release Date: 1997-10-28

Tracks:

  1. Born To Be Wild
  2. Cat Scratch Fever
  3. Sweet Home Alabama
  4. More Than A Feeling
  5. Ain't Talkin' About Love
  6. Whole Lotta Love
  7. Ziggy Stardust
  8. 25 Or 6 To 4
  9. Hotel California
  10. Rock N' Roll All Night

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars synthetic cuteness.......2006-10-11

This discoid consists of cute, kitschy interpretations of classic rock songs from the 60s-70's. Without getting into specifics, they spice it up by dropping solos in from the songs of other bands (organ/synth). Anyway, this is fun stuff, and if you like this, please check out Devo's E-Z Listening Disc, very muzak-y versions of their songs (Come Back Jonee and Space Junk are the best in my opinion) and the Exotica 2000 cd by the late great Korla Pandit. All are worth the price.

4 out of 5 stars deconstructive musical comedy .......2006-01-05

Forget The Producers and Grease! You want musical comedy, then give this a listen. Subjecting a series of classic rock era tunes to a synthesizer based reworking, the Moog Cookbook - Brian Kehew and Jellyfish/Imperial Drag's Roger Joseph Manning Jr. - is a band dedicated to hilarious deconstruction. Using moog sythnthesizers, here they cook up a series of versions of well known rock hits, and in many instances, actually improve the original; while I could care less if I ever heard Chicago's 25 or 6 to 4 or Ted Nugent's Cat Scratch Fever again, these versions breathe much new life into these songs. Their version, too, of Kiss's showstopper Rock and Roll All Night goes places that Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley could not possibly have ever imagined. However, while the Moog Cookbook have tongues firmly planted in cheeks, this is not merely an exercise in cheaps laughs. Intead, these renditions are really enjoyable to listen to as music. If you like bands like the Residents and/or music by techno artists like Daft Punk, you'll probably like this a lot.

5 out of 5 stars 0wns the originals.......2005-12-21

My feelings for the originals ranged from love to hate. I love the original "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Ziggy Stardust" while I hated classics like "Cat Scratch Fever" and "Rock N' Roll All Night".

The Moog Cookbook breathed new life into my beloved classics and it made me love their renditions of those that I hated. Not only is it a novel album, but it is always fun to listen and dance to. For me, it has not grown old in the years that I have owned it.

When you play it for your friends, make them guess each song. That is the best way to be introduced to the Moog Cookbook.

4 out of 5 stars Hilarious! Had me laughing out loud........2004-10-01

I love all of the little whirs and blips that the Moog synthesizer makes but there isn't a lot of really fun music out there that uses the Moog. Maybe a couple of Perrey/Kingsley records and the Hot Butter album but that was about it. Until these guys hit the scene. It was a great idea to take songs that we are all very familiar with and reinterpret them via the Moog. This allows you to appreciate every little bleep and bloop as you listen to the songs. Some of the interpretations here are just downright brilliant. Favorites are Born to be Wild and Sweet Home Alabama. I still chuckle when I hear the little computerized voice say "Turn it up!" at the beginning of the latter.
To me the Moog's many sound effects stimulate the same pleasure centers that a Las Vegas slot machine does. It just feels good to listen. One word of warning though. This stuff is hilarious but should be digested in small doses. It's a novelty record and is not meant to be listened to over and over. So break it out every once in a while and let it bring a smile to your face!

1 out of 5 stars The Worst Album Ever? (Real rating - Zero Stars).......2004-08-10

If there is a musical afterlife, Moog Cookbook will occupy the lowest level of hell. They will look up at the likes of Ace of Base, The Moldy Peaches, Great White, Richard Marx, and Wesley Willis, each of them singularly terrible artists, and know that covering the likes of "Cat Scratch Fever" and "Sweet Home Alabama" with a cheap Casio synth is what delivered them directly to the music equivalent of the river Styx. (Not to be confused with the band, Styx, which undoubtedly will have to answer for the dreck it recorded during its far-too-lenghthy career.
CBS Dinner Classics: Cocktail Party
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Great Recordings with a twist
  • Bolling holds a swinging party & I won't leave
  • Class Act
 CBS Dinner Classics: Cocktail Party

Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000277L
Release Date: 1991-01-09

Tracks:

  1. Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, No. 1: Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, No. 1: Baroque And Blue
  2. Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, No. 1: Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, No. 1: Sentimentale
  3. Suite for Violin and Jazz Piano Trio: Suite for Violin and Jazz Piano Trio: Ragtime
  4. Suite for Violin and Jazz Piano Trio: Suite for Violin and Jazz Piano Trio: Baroque In Rhythm
  5. Concerto for Classic Guitar and Jazz Piano Trio: Concerto for Classic Guitar and Jazz Piano Trio: Africaine
  6. Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, No.2: Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, No.2 : Jazzy
  7. Toot Suite: Toot Suite: Mystique
  8. Picnic Suite: Picnic Suite: Canon
  9. Picnic Suite: Picnic Suite: Tendre
  10. Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, No. 2: Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, No. 2: Amoureuse
  11. Toot Suite: Toot Suite: Rag-Polka
  12. California Suite: California Suite: Black Folks

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great Recordings with a twist.......2006-08-03

This CD is full of jazz in spite of the fact that I have associated most of the performers with classical music. This shows the diversity in their ability to perform a wide array of music that I never heard in the past from them.

If you like jazz without too much dissonance, this is a great CD to purchase. The interesting and awkward rhythms are the best parts of this CD.

You can have your own party just from listening to this music.

5 out of 5 stars Bolling holds a swinging party & I won't leave.......2001-04-29

I had this CD around and was going to put it up for sale via Amazon Marketplace. I listen to other Bolling CDs. But, somehow I had "missed" the jivvy jazz in this recording.

As the sounds of "Baroque and Blue," 5:15, Track 1 started playing, the thoughts of selling the CD disappeared.

Bolling plays the piano superbly and Maurice Andre's trumpet radiates pure jazz notes. This is a clasical jazz CD. The 12 tracks tie together like movements of a symphony and there is a bewitching common theme, best heard in track 7 "Mystique." After Andre and Bolling swing in #7, track 8 "Canon," emerges with Jean Pierre Rampal's flute, golden. Guy Pedersen's string bass is crisp and Daniel Humair plays the drums with unhearlded pizzaz. And, how can one overlook the strumming of guitarist Alexandre Lagoya?

This is one of the best jazz or instrumental CDs I have ever heard. I normally listen while writing and use the sounds as background music. Lagoya's contribution to #9, Tendre, matching Rampal's clarity is mystical. So, I am enjoying each note and marveling at the classical synergy displayed.

The cover notes cite "recipes from Martha Stewart's "Entertaining" and her other best-selling books on food and lifestyle." Sure enough, Martha has a menu: 1. Cocktails & Sparkling Water...the CD's sounds sparkle. 2. Crudites with Anchovy Mayonnaise, complete with the recipe. 3. Chicken on Skewers, also including what to use & how. 4. Prosciutto and Figs: Anyone can lay this dish out. 5. Cornmeal-Fried Oysters: The recipe is for 2 dozen.

So, a person can buy this album (just) to get great recipes for dishes to accompany superb jazz. The recipes are simple to follow and delicious to read. One can buy the CD for the delightful cocktails that Bolling presents. But here "one = two." Or, to put this in other words "With two you get eggroll." The eggroll is the delightful dish one savors listening to the music while nibbling on the chicken & oysters. Magnifique!

...

4 out of 5 stars Class Act.......2000-11-19

Very entertaining, classy music that I can listen to anytime, best of all with friends and suitably classy nosh!
Cocktail Hour: Big Bands
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Cocktail Hour: Big Bands
    Various Artists
    Manufacturer: Columbia River Ent.
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
    Swing GeneralSwing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B00005A0CW
    Release Date: 2001-03-06

    Tracks:

    1. Perdido - Duke Ellington
    2. Minnie The Moocher - Cab Calloway
    3. Yes, Indeed - Harry James
    4. At The Woodchopper's Ball - Woody Herman
    5. Maple Leaf Rag - Earl Hines Quartet
    6. Taking A Chance On Love - Tommy Dorsey
    7. California Here I Come - Lionel Hampton
    8. Begin The Beguine - Artie Shaw
    9. King Porter Stomp - Benny Goodman
    10. Drummin' Man - Gene Krupa
    11. In The Mood - Glenn Miller
    12. Drop Me Off In Harlem - Duke Ellington
    13. Honeysuckle Rose - Count Basie
    14. All Or Nothing At All - Harry James
    15. Caldonia - Woody Herman

    Tracks:

    1. East St. Louis Toodle-oo - Duke Ellington
    2. Sweet Lorraine - Artie Shaw
    3. My Blue Heaven - Jimmie Lunceford
    4. One O'Clock Jump - Count Basie
    5. All Of Me - Jimmy Dorsey
    6. American Patrol - Glenn Miller
    7. The Boogie Woogie Man - The Casa Loma Orchestra
    8. I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Louis Armstrong
    9. Mississippi Mud - Bix Beiderbecke
    10. Jumpin' At The Woodside - Count Basie
    11. The Nearness Of You - Glenn Miller
    12. Christopher Columbus - Benny Goodman
    13. Take The 'A' Train - Duke Ellington
    14. King Porter Stomp - Fletcher Henderson
    15. On The Sunny Side Of The Street - Tommy Dorsey
    Cocktail Hour: Swing Time
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		Cocktail Hour: Swing Time
      Various Artists
      Manufacturer: Columbia River Ent.
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      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B00000IXJY
      Release Date: 1999-05-04

      Tracks:

      1. In The Mood - Glenn Miller
      2. I'll See You In My Dreams - Jan Garber
      3. Stardust - Artie Shaw
      4. Deep Forest - Earl Hines
      5. Dameron Stomp - Harlan Leonard & His Rockets
      6. Take The 'A' Train - Duke Ellington
      7. Woodsheddin' With Woody - Woody Herman
      8. Drum Boogie - Gene Krupa
      9. Joltin' Joe Di Maggio - Les Brown
      10. Little John Special - Lucky Milinder
      11. The Elks Parade - Bobby Sherwood
      12. Tailspin - Dorsey Bros Orchestra
      13. Swing That Music - Louis Armstrong
      14. One O' Clock Jump - Count Basie

      Tracks:

      1. South - Benny Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
      2. Stomping At The Savoy - Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra
      3. Mush Mouth - Claude Hopkins
      4. Ain't What You Do (It's The Way That You Do It) - Jimmy Lunceford
      5. Everybody Shuffle - Benny Carter
      6. Shuffle Off To Buffalo - Hal Kemp
      7. Jazz Cocktail - Mills' Blue Rhythm Band
      8. Farewell Blues - Paul Whiteman
      9. Walkin' And Swingin' - Andy Kirk & His 12 Clouds Of Joy
      10. I Can't Get Started - Bunny Berigan
      11. My Reverie - Larry Clinton
      12. Tuxedo Junction - Erskine Hawkins
      13. Queer Notions - Fletcher Henderson
      14. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues - Jack Teagarden

      Amazon.com

      The titles of the respective discs in this two-CD set pretty much tell the story. Disc 1 covers the 1930s and '40s. There are venerable standards like Glenn Miller's "In the Mood," Duke Ellington's "Take The 'A' Train," and Les Brown's "Joltin' Joe DiMaggio." Additionally, there are gems from Count Basie, Woody Herman, Louis Armstrong, and the Dorsey Brothers. A total of 14 bands strut their stuff. Disc 2, entitled "Martini Mood," keeps things equally lively and varied. Among the numerous highlights are Benny Carter's "Everybody Shuffle," Andy Kirk's "Walkin' and Swingin'," and Fletcher Henderson's wonderful "Queer Notions." This is a marvelous anthology if you're looking for music, plain and simple--it gives an almost complete overview of the big-band era and, of course, swings like crazy. The one drawback is the lack of session details, but the music speaks well for itself. --Wally Shoup
      Classic Cocktail
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        		Classic Cocktail
        Various Artists
        Manufacturer: EMI Gold Imports
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B00005QX5M
        Release Date: 2001-11-12

        Tracks:

        1. Unforgettable - Vikki Carr
        2. Chicago - Tony Bennett
        3. More - Bobby Darin
        4. On the Sunny Side of the Street - Keely Smith
        5. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone - Sammy Davis, Jr.
        6. Little Girl - Vic Damone
        7. Strangers in the Night - Wayne Newton
        8. Peter Gunn Mambo - Jack Costanzo
        9. Way Down Yonder in New Orleans Mambo - Van Alexander & His Orchestra
        10. Poor People of Paris (Jean's Song) - Billy May
        11. Hernando's Hideaway - Billy May's Rico Mambo Orchestra
        12. Sway - Julie London
        13. Cheek to Cheek - Fred Astaire
        14. Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby? - Dinah Washington
        15. Closest to the Bone - Louis Prima
        16. Dig That Crazy Chick - Sam Butera & the Witnesses
        17. What Is This Thing Called Love? - Keely Smith
        18. Music to Watch Girls By - Matt Monro

        Tracks:

        1. Moon River - Henry Jerome
        2. Odd Couple - Billy May
        3. Man from U.N.C.L.E. /The Spies - Al Caiola
        4. Mission: Impossible - Billy May
        5. Batman Theme - David McCallum
        6. Naked City Theme - Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra
        7. Peter Gunn Suite - Ray Anthony, Ray Anthony
        8. Cool - Martin Denny
        9. Silencers - Vikki Carr
        10. Pink Panther/It Had Better Be Tonight (Meglio Sta Sera) - Plas Johnson
        11. Thinking of Baby - Elmer Bernstein
        12. Bewitched - Peggy Lee
        13. Girl Talk - Billy May
        14. Shadow of Your Smile/Days of Wine & Roses - Ray Anthony, Ray Anthony, George Shearing
        15. You Only Live Twice/Thunderball - Elliot Fisher,
        16. I Spy - Earle Hagen
        17. Man With the Golden Arm - Billy May
        18. James Bond Theme - Leroy Hadidi

        Tracks:

        1. Just in Time - Dean Martin
        2. Sneakin' Up on You - Peggy Lee
        3. Call Me Irresponsible - Bobby Darin
        4. Nobody But Me - Lou Rawls
        5. Daddy - Julie London
        6. Snootie Little Cutie - Bobby Troup
        7. Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Vikki Carr
        8. Playboy's Theme - Cy Coleman
        9. Lover Man - Dinah Washington
        10. Angel Eyes - Jack Jones, Jack Jones
        11. From Russia With Love - Count Basie
        12. Spring, Sprang, Sprung - Jack Fascinato
        13. Big Town - Laurindo Almeida
        14. Beast - Milt Buckner
        15. Harlem Nocturne - Martin Denny
        16. Melancholy Serenade - King Curtis
        17. Fly Me to the Moon - Sarah Vaughan
        18. Black Coffee - Julie London

        Album Description

        UK box-set featuring 54 of the very best in swingin' easy listening & smooth cocktail tunes from such artists as Dean Martin 'Just In Time', Sammy Davis Jr. 'Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone', Julie London 'Sway', Dinah Washington 'Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby', Peggy Lee 'Sneakin' Up On You' & many more. The compilation is tailored to the listener's mood by being divided up into swinging dance 'Swingin' On The Floor', TV & film 'Cocktails On Screen' & a moody late-night collection 'Late Night Cocktails'. Three standard jewel cases housed in a slipcase. 2001.

        Album Details

        54 of the Very Best in Swingin' Easy Listening - all in One Three CD Boxset. Capitol's Repertoireof Smooth Cocktail Tunes is Outstanding, with Deanmartin, Tony Bennett, Bobby Darin, Sammy Davis Jr, Vic Damone, Julie London, Matt Monro, Peggylee, Lou Rawls, Sarah Vaughan and More plus the Orchestras Ofbilly May and Nelson Riddle. The Box Isdivided Up Into Swinging Dance, TV and Film and a Moody Late-night Collection, featuring the Verybest Tunes in the Genre.
        Cocktail Hour
        Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
        • Boswell sisters capture the spirit of thirties
        		 Cocktail Hour
        The Boswell Sisters
        Manufacturer: Columbia River Ent.
        ProductGroup: Music
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        3. Shout, Sister, Shout!
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        ASIN: B00005AQKM
        Release Date: 2001-05-01

        Tracks:

        1. Shout, Sister, Shout!
        2. What Is It?
        3. Gee, But I'd Like to Make You Happy
        4. It's the Girl
        5. I'm All Dressed up With a Broken Heart
        6. Don't Tell Him What Happened to Me
        7. Evening in Caroline
        8. Shine on Harvest Moon
        9. That Old Feeling
        10. Concentratin' (on You)
        11. There'll Be Some Changes Made
        12. Heebie Jeebies
        13. (With You on My Mind I Find) I Can't Write the Words
        14. Nothing Is Sweeter Than You

        Tracks:

        1. If It Ain't Love
        2. Mama Don't Allow It
        3. My Future Just Passed
        4. When I Take My Sugar to Tea
        5. It's You
        6. Time on My Hands
        7. Nights When I'm Lonely
        8. Wha'd Ja Do to Me?
        9. We're on the Highway to Heaven
        10. River Stay Away from My Door
        11. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself a Letter)
        12. That's What I Like About You
        13. Was That the Human Thing to Do
        14. Roll on, Mississippi, Roll On

        Customer Reviews:

        4 out of 5 stars Boswell sisters capture the spirit of thirties.......2001-08-17

        This big 2-disc set of little thirties songs presents a great listening experience for those nostalgic for the days of the Dorsey Brothers and "real radio." The Boswell Sisters, who Ella Fitzgerald cited as an early influence, made a fine trio of jazz singers!
        Cocktail Hour: Billie Holiday
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • Billie's Feel Good Music
        • an excellent compilation
        		 Cocktail Hour: Billie Holiday
        Billie Holiday
        Manufacturer: Columbia River Ent.
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        Classic Female Vocal BluesClassic Female Vocal Blues | Blues | Styles | Music
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        ASIN: B00001ZSZH
        Release Date: 1999-10-12

        Tracks:

        1. I Wished On The Moon
        2. What A Little Moonlight Can Do
        3. Miss Brown To You
        4. A Sunbonnet Blue
        5. These Foolish Things
        6. I Cried For You
        7. Summertime
        8. Billie's Blues
        9. A Fine Romance
        10. Let's Call A Heart A Heart
        11. Easy To Love
        12. The Way You Look Tonight
        13. Who Loves You?
        14. Pennies From Heaven

        Tracks:

        1. Carelessly
        2. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
        3. They Can't Take That Away From Me
        4. I'll Get By
        5. Mean To Me
        6. Easy Livin'
        7. I'll Never Be The Same
        8. Me Myself And I
        9. He's Funny That Way
        10. Nice Work If You Can Get It
        11. My Man
        12. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
        13. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
        14. You Go To My Head

        Amazon.com

        These early sides of the inimitable Billie Holiday, featuring Lester Young on tenor sax (and occasional clarinet), reveal just how joyful and good-humored her singing could be, in contrast to her darker, postwar image. Her uncanny ability to stretch lyrics in new and revealing ways was there from her beginning, but on this two-CD budget-priced collection, an unmistakable playfulness is evident. On cuts like "Easy to Love" and "Easy Livin'," the steady eighth-note rhythms and piping clarinets provide just the right element for Holiday to enter unexpectedly, giving each tune an emotional lift and turning it into something completely her own. She's totally sui generis. No one has ever quite sounded like her, before or since. On these discs, the torment and trouble plaguing her later years are missing, but the music still has emotional depth and those wonderful, lyrical nuances that only Holiday could impart. That this album set lacks session information is a drawback, but the music is spectacular. --Wally Shoup

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Billie's Feel Good Music.......2001-02-07

        A very generous helping of the early Holiday (28 tracks) and what a different Billie we have here, one that is happy, vibrant and ready to swing. While these tracks can be found on Columbia's Quintessential series, which stretch to 9 volumes, it's nice to have most of the cream of the crop packed onto 2 CD's here. Interestingly, it omits the songs from the last 2 volumes which is comprised of mostly slow melancholic sentimental stuff. I was surprised not to find any dates or liner notes inside, maybe that's the tradeoff for the low priced set (only ..... for 2 CDs). Listening to a lot of her Verve recordings of late, it's really refreshing to hear Billie swing again and not worry about her voice being weak or out of it on these tracks. She sounds like she's taking charge of the material and doing her own original "thing" but never at the expense of the song's spirit.. While the debate rages on about whether these sides or her later Verve stuff is better, one thing remains clear: these songs and the way they are sung here are what put Billie on the map to jazz immortality. This is very much "feel good" music of Billie's Columbia stuff. Even on the sad lyrics of "I'll Get By" and "Mean to Me", Billie never strays far from her uplift swing. She's very much in the swing mold of Ella on these sides, but there's only ONE Billie.

        5 out of 5 stars an excellent compilation.......2000-08-31

        Comprised of music that is available on Columbia's "Quintessential Billie Holiday" series, this 2 disc compilation gives us an interesting look at Lady Day during her years at that studio (1933-42). Her voice, not yet ravaged by years of drug addiction and alcoholism, is almost upbeat on most of these cuts, a marked contrast to the melancholia that accompanied much of her later recordings for Norman Granz at Verve records. Although Columbia could be accused of trying to to squeeze a few more dollars out of the "same old material", I think that this bargin priced set is an excellent introduction to Miss Holidays earlier work. Better liner notes would be helpful, a flaw that is evident in the whole "Cocktail Hour" series.
        Cocktail Hour: Cheek to Cheek Love Songs
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          		Cocktail Hour: Cheek to Cheek Love Songs
          Various Artists
          Manufacturer: Columbia River Ent.
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          ASIN: B00005MKCG
          Release Date: 2001-10-30

          Tracks:

          1. Come Rain Or Come Shine - June Christy
          2. That's My Desire - Frankie Laine
          3. You Do - Vic Damone
          4. It's Wonderful - Ella Fitzgerald
          5. How Deep Is The Ocean - Patti Page
          6. I'm Glad There Is You - Mildred Bailey
          7. My Devotion - Vaughn Monroe
          8. Anniversary Song - Al Jolson
          9. It's Too Soon To Know - Dinah Washington
          10. Tall, Dark And Handsome - Ivie Anderson
          11. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man - Billie Holiday
          12. I Was Doing All Right - Ella Fitzgerald
          13. Moanin' Low - Lena Horne
          14. I Don't Know Why (I Just Do) - Bing Crosby/Lauren Bacall

          Tracks:

          1. They Can't Take That Away From Me - Fred Astaire
          2. Embraceable You - Judy Garland
          3. The Man I Love - Lena Horne
          4. You Go To My Head - Billie Holiday
          5. We'll Be Together Again - Frankie Laine
          6. I've Got A Crush On You - June Christy
          7. Isn't This A Lovely Day - Ginger Rogers
          8. That Old Feeling - Peggy Lee
          9. I'm Falling In Love - Bing Crosby/Frances Langford
          10. Say It With A Kiss - Maxine Sullivan
          11. You Go To My Head - Marlene Dietrich
          12. Moonlight And Roses - Vaughn Monroe
          13. I Love You (Porgy) - Billie Holiday
          14. Stardust - The Mills Brothers
          Cocktail Hour: Mills Brothers
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            		Cocktail Hour: Mills Brothers
            The Mills Brothers
            Manufacturer: Columbia River Ent.
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            ASIN: B0000508FI
            Release Date: 2000-11-14

            Tracks:

            1. Paper Doll
            2. I'll Be Around
            3. Jeepers Creepers
            4. Lazybones
            5. Organ Grinder's Swing
            6. Nagasaki
            7. Smoke Rings
            8. Basin Street Blues
            9. Funiculi Funicula
            10. Asleep In The Deep
            11. Ay Ay Ay Ay (Cielito Lindo)
            12. Lazy River
            13. Till Then
            14. You Always Hurt The One You Love

            Tracks:

            1. Shine
            2. You Tell Me Your Dream, I'll Tell You Mine
            3. Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet
            4. Rockin' Chair
            5. F.D.R. Jones
            6. Stardust
            7. Caravan
            8. Georgia On My Mind
            9. It Don't Mean A Thing
            10. The Flat Foot Floogie
            11. When You Were Sweet Sixteen
            12. Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)
            13. Till We Meet Again
            14. Manana
            Cocktail Classic: Margaritas for Two
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              		Cocktail Classic: Margaritas for Two
              Various Artists
              Manufacturer: Rhino Flashback
              ProductGroup: Music
              Binding: Audio CD

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              ASIN: B00000FCIU
              Release Date: 2003-10-10

              Tracks:

              1. Once in Love With Amy
              2. Love Is a Dancing Thing
              3. C'est Magnifique
              4. Siboney
              5. Night Is Filled With Music
              6. C'est Si Bon
              7. Say It With Music
              8. Look of Love
              9. Body and Soul
              10. Midnight in Paris

              Music:

              1. Copacabana [Import]
              2. Dinah Jams (Jpn Lp Sleeve)
              3. Double Standards
              4. Downtown [Extra tracks]
              5. Elaine Paige
              6. Everything's Coming Up Rosie [Import] [Limited Edition] [Original recording remastered]
              7. Four Decades of Songs [Box set]
              8. From Battersea to Broadway [Box set]
              9. German-American Line of Hits [Import]
              10. Goldfinger (Soundtrack) [Soundtrack]

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