The Swingers! [Import] [Limited Edition]

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Japanese Limited Edition in an LP-STYLE Slipcase.

Tracks:

You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You - Dean Martin
Paid For Loving - Love Jones
With Plenty Of Money And You - Count Basie/Tony Bennett
You & Me & The Bottle Makes 3 Tonight (Baby) - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Knock Me A Kiss - Louis Jordan
Wake Up - The Jazz Jury
Groove Me - King Floyd
I Wan'na Be Like You - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Mucci's Jag M.K.II - Joey Altruda
King Of The Road - Roger Miller
Pictures - The Jazz Jury
She Thinks I Still Care - Goerge Jones
Car Train - The Jazz Jury
Pick Up The Pieces - Average White Band
Go Daddy-O - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
I Beginning To See The Light - Bobby Darin

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It's ironic that the success of director Doug Liman's microbudgeted Swingers brought the sensibilities of the underground lounge music revival to a broader American audience; in many other countries, Frank, Dino, Sammy, Bobby Darin, and Count Basie have long been revered as cultural heroes.

The retro-chic movement has always had one well-kept secret on its side--high musical quality--and this collection plays like an adventurous hipster anthology that's open-minded enough to invite George Jones, Roger Miller, and The Average White band to the party. Also includes standout tracks by modern jazz-swing revivalists Joey Altruda and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Eclectic mix of jazz, funk, swing, standards, and R&B.......2007-05-29

A perfect sampling of the music from one of the greatest indie films to hit the streets. This CD has everything. If I had to complain, and this is really not a negative about the CD as much as a small gripe because I love the song, the only thing missing is Heart's "Magic Man". That song was on the movie but I understand that it didn't fit in with the rest of the offerings in this compilation.

A quick rundown of my highlights for you: Dean Martin croons "You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You" and it still sounds classy, cool; "Paid for Loving" is a funky song, heavy on the funk guitar, with sappy-smooth vocals; "With Plenty of Money and You" by Tony Bennett and Count Basie and the Boys, come on, it's a Vegas standard; three offerings by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy with "You and Me and the Bottle Makes 3 Tonight" being the highlight of the 3, these guys are amazing and do swing proud; "Knock Me a Kiss" is a great standard; "Groove Me" is a treat if you love bass lines, the song is light on synth and guitars with a thick bass lead; Roger Miller's "King of the Road" is a great classic that somehow fits in with the edgier stuff along with "She Thinks I Still Care"; Bobby Darin tops of the album with "I'm Beginning to See the Light"

The album has everything but Rock & Roll, and for once, that is OK with me.

A great soundtrack from a great movie. A definite must have. Dig in and enjoy!

It swings!.......2007-01-03

This cd swings! Great compilation, especially for the casual swing enthusiast who doesn't want to invest in many different swing cds. It's a great cd to go to when you want to listen to some great dance music!

Endo.......2004-06-04

It's so money and it doesn't even know it.......The movie was amazing with an equally intresting soundtrack......Three thumbs up.

Cool Soundtrack for a Cool Movie.......2004-02-03

In no other movie have I witnessed music govern the tone like in "Swingers." Sure, other movies have great, moving soundtracks that can move you to tears, but this movie lived and breathed off of the music played throughout.
There is not one bad track on this disc. "You're Nobody Til Somebody Loves You" should be mandatory listening for every blue-blooded American. "Paid For Loving," "Knock Me A Kiss" and "Groove Me" are great as well. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and the Jazz Jury add instant modern hipster cred to the sound of this album. Country fried hits like "King Of the Road" and "She Thinks I Still Care" fit perfectly in this collection.
This album dominates the entire movie. Without it, "Swingers" would just have been another meager budget cult film. It opened the floodgates for bands like the "Cherry Poppin' Daddies" and good ol' Brian Setzer. It single-handedly made it cool, if only for a little while, to swing again. Gap owes a lot of credit to this album for doing what it did for their commercials.

It is a highly important, necessary piece of music history. You have to own this if you call yourself a true music fan.

Can I gush over this disc anymore? BUY IT.

It's "Money"........2003-11-19

Besides complementing the movie well, this soundtrack is pretty much an instant lounge party. It's a great mix of swing, crooners, funk, and other random oddballs. The best tracks being from "Dean Martin", "Love Jones", "Roger Miller", and "George Jones". But it's all good and fun. It could have been even better if it had bits from the movie throughout it, like between tracks. But it's still the ultimate road music for beautiful babies going to Vegas.

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"Arlen, Mercer and Frank DeVol ~ Ella!"
A CLASSIC RELEASE AT LAST ON CD!

Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers
Ella Fitzgerald
Manufacturer: Verve
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ASIN: B0000ACAOH
Release Date: 2003-09-23

Tracks:

Sweet And Lovely
Let's Fall In Love
Makin' Whoopee
That Old Feeling
I Remember You
Moonlight Serenade
Gone With The Wind
Can't We Be Friends?
Out Of This World - Ella Fitzgerlad
My Old Flame
East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon)
Lullaby Of Broadway

Customer Reviews:

"Arlen, Mercer and Frank DeVol ~ Ella!".......2003-11-07

Ella's recordings could fill an entire library ~ her performances are flawless with each tune more satisfying than the previous one. From the mid '30s we've come to enjoy "The First Lady of Song" ~ Verve Records has released for the first time on CD "Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers", originally released on LP on November of 1958 featuring 12 unforgettable tracks that will leave no doubt about the best of the best female vocalist ever to record and perform. What is so nice about this collection is she can change tempos on a dime and never miss a beat.

Ella's style is so timeless as you're instantly amazed by her voice ~ take for instance the tracks "SWEET AND LOVELY", "LET'S FALL IN LOVE" and "MAKIN' WHOOPEE" with absolutely to die for arrangements by the legendary Frank DeVol ~ swingin' standards that work perfectly. "GONE WITH THE WIND", as only Ella can do justice ~ "MOONLIGHT SERENADE", an old Glenn Miller classic that Ella completely remodels and it works ~ "CAN'T WE BE FRIENDS", this time solo but previously with Pop Armstrong ~ "LULLABY OF BROADWAY", another favorite from the past and our lady of song makes it her own ~ but the highlight in my book is "OUT OF THIS WORLD", from the pen of Arlen and Mercer has always stuck in my mind, ever since I first heard it.

This album and her voice is truly one of a kind ~ she sang with such sweet emotion. The music is magical, it brightens my spirits when I listen as she gave the world her talent...always in a postive mood. Ella is truly one of the best vocalists ever to grace this planet ~ what a great lady ~ there is only one ELLA and you've gotta love her!

Total Time: 40:05 on 12 Tracks ~ Verve Records 000076202 ~ (9/23/2003)

A CLASSIC RELEASE AT LAST ON CD!.......2003-09-24

Ella fans, clamor and quake no more! This is one of the last albums we've been waiting for on CD (only Hello Dolly remains unreleased; keep the faith!) Here is Ella in absolutely stunning form, and abetted by the versatile Frank DeVol orchestra in the late 50's, with a folder full of classic gems of the Great American Songbook. There's no way you can miss. While half of the tracks could be considered "covers" (Ella would either re-record them later or had done them previously), there are a few surprises here, including the fooler of the album, the classic Johnny Mercer penned I REMEMBER YOU, with it's slow simmering opening verse giving way to a flag waving swinger. Definitely a different and swingin' treatment that might not work for anyone else. Her later version with Nelson Riddle in the 60's would be more true to the usual renditions of this classic, but this version makes for a good alternative. SWEET AND LOVELY, a done-to-death standard takes on new life here and the arrangement is crisp and swinging as well. Ella is in wonderful form and with Harry "Sweets" Edison's fills, this is the perfect opener to the album. GONE WITH THE WIND was one that Ella would carry through until the end of her career. She used it early on, in concerts, and covered it again here.
A lighter version of Lady Day's "prelude to no kiss", MY OLD FLAME also shines as one of this set's standouts (was that a Plas Johnson sax solo at the break?) It's a shame that we don't have complete personnel listings included, but no complaints here; just thrilled to have this one on CD at last! And to be universally correct, we have a dreamy, straight forward version of MOONLIGHT SERENADE, and an easy going version of EAST OF THE SUN (And West Of The Moon) that grows steadily into a swinger. Yes, Ella has sung and swung for the swingers over the years, but this album just endears her more to we adoring fans.

Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers: More from the Golden Age of Western Swing

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Swingin' Boogie Woogie
Great Set Of Western Swing
Uneven but worth the price for one GREAT song
The Best Deal in Town

Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers: More from the Golden Age of Western Swing
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Proper UK Boxed Sets
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ASIN: B0006ZRX5Y
Release Date: 2005-01-31

Tracks:

Mama Don't Like No Music - Bill Boyd
Mean Mama Blues - Bob Wills
Rosetta - Bob Wills
Crafton Blues - Jimmie Revard
Triflin' Gal - Jimmie Revard
I'm a Do Right Papa - Leon Chappelear
White River Stomp - Leon Chappelear
Little Hillbilly Heart Throb - The Light Crust Doughboys
Oh, Susannah - The Light Crust Doughboys
There'll Be Some Changes Made - Ocie Stockard
I Can't Dance (I've Got Ants in My Pants) - Roy Newman
Lady in Red - The Prairie Ramblers,
Round and Round - Sweet Violet Boys
Mary Lou - Roy Newman
Try It Once Again - Shelly Lee Alley
Getting That Lowdown Swing - Modern Mountaineers
Woodchip Blue - Smokey Wood
There's Evil in You Chilun - The Sons of the West
Oh Monah - The Sons of the West
Up Jumped the Devil - The Tune Wranglers
Tiger Rag - The Wanderers
Hot Mama Stomp - Universal Cowboys
Underneath the Sun - Bar X Cowboys
It's Best to Behave - Adolph Hofner
Sh'es Doggin' Me - Bill Boyd

Tracks:

Dan the Banana Man - The Nettles Brothers String Band
There'll Come a Time - Al Dexter
Honey Don't Turn Me Brown - Buddy Jones
I'm Going Back to Sadie - Buddy Jones
Hey Toots - Dick Reinhart
Wooly Booger - Dick Reinhart
Tulsa Twist - Dickie McBride, Village Boys
I Wonder What I'm Going to Do - Johnnie Lee Wills
Alice Blue Gown - The Light Crust Doughboys
Bear Creek Hop - The Light Crust Doughboys
Jeep's Blues - Port Arthur Jubileers
Mississippi Delta Blues - Bob Wills
She's a Rounder - Sunshine Boys
Worried Mind - Ted Daffan's Texans
Because - Ted Daffan's Texans
Rackin' It Back - Texas Wanderers
Sundown Blues - Texas Wanderers
Darling It's All Over Now - Al Dexter
Drink the Barrell Dry - Bill Boyd
What'cha Know Joe - Johnnie Lee Wills
Red Wagon - Johnnie Lee Wills
Mean Mama Blues - Charles Mitchell
Rooky Toody - Dick Reinhart
Reno Street Blues - The Hi-Flyers,
Milk Cow Blues - Johnnie Lee Wills

Tracks:

Who's Gonna Love You When I'm Gone - Al Dexter
Panhandle Shuffle - Billy Briggs,
Bob Wills Boogie - Bob Wills
Devil Ain't Lazy - Bob Wills
Rattle Snakin' Daddy - Boots Woodall
Honey There Ain't No Pleasin' You - Bud Hobbs
Georgie Boogie - Curley Williams
That's My Linda Lou - Jimmie Widener
It Ain't Far to the Bar - Johnny Tyler
Shut Up and Drink Your Beer - Luke Wills,
Drinkin' and A-Thinkin' - Smokey Rogers
Silver Dew on the Bluegrass Tonight - Bob Wills
Great Long Pistol - Jerry Irby,
Never Trust a Woman - Tex Williams
Air Mail Special on the Fly - Leon Rusk
What It Means to Be Blue - Tex Russell
I'm All Through Trusting You - Jimmie Widener
High Voltage Gal - Luke Wills,
That's What I Like - Tex Williams
Comin' Down the Pecos - Hoyle Nix
Deep Down Inside - Ted Daffan's Texans,
Behind the Eight Ball - Johnny Tyler
My Sweet Papa - Al Clauser
I Can't Help the Way You Feel - Smokey Rogers
Darling Why Are You So Mean to Me - Hoyle Nix

Tracks:

Hi-De-Ho Boogie on a Saturday Night - Al Dexter
Clean Town Blues - Benny Leaders,
Dip Snuff Stomp - Billy Briggs
B. Bowman Hop - Bob Wills
That's My Weakness Now - J.P. Morgan, Hank Penny
Mule Boogie - Jimmy Boyd
Joaquin Special - Jesse James & All the Boys
Catch Me Cheatin' - Smokey Rogers
Wild Card - Tex Williams
I Was a Gambler in Texas - Cliff Bruner & The Texas Wanderers, , Texas Wanderers
Hot Foot Shuffle - Al Dexter
Amarillo Rose - Billy Briggs
Hubbin' It - Bob Wills
Blue Guitar Stomp - Leon McAuliffe
You Got the Right Number - Rusty McDonald
Saturday Night Rag - Curley Williams
Tomato Can - Tommy Duncan
Snatchin' and Grabbin' - Bob Wills
Spider and the Fly - Jimmy Thomason
It's All Your Fault - Wade Ray
I'm a Lover Not a Fighter - Walt McCoy,
This Side of Town - Leon McAuliffe
Roped and Tied - Billy Jack Wills
You Can't Pull the Wool Over My Eyes - Hank Penny
Nancy Jane - Tommy Duncan

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Western Swing was the Most Eclectic Form of Country Music and in Its Free-wheeling Diversity, it Set the Stage for Rock and Roll. Based in Traditional String Band Music, Western Swing also Incorporated Traditional Pop Melodies, Jazz Improvisation, Blues and Folk, Creating a Wildly Entertaining and Eclectic Form of American Music. Bob Wills and Milton Brown Popularized the Genre in the '30s, and Wills Became Known as the Father of the Genre, Since He Remained Popular for Several Decades, During which He Had a Remarkable String of Hit Singles.

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Swingin' Boogie Woogie.......2007-02-07

Another great set from Proper, and as usual packed with information in the booklet. A real musical history lesson. But hey all you Rock-A-Billy fans be warned this is alot of early 40's swing, and boogie stuff, and you might not find it to your likin' Well worth the money and some real gems!

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KNON 89.3
Dallas, Texas

Great Set Of Western Swing.......2005-11-17

"Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers" takes up where Proper's last Western Swing set, "Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys", left off.
Plenty of great toe-tapping music from the famous and not-so-famous performers of the era.
The songs are the original versions and the sound quality is just fine.
Also included is an informative booklet with facts about the songs and the artists.
As with every other box set I own from Proper, this is a tremendous value.

Uneven but worth the price for one GREAT song.......2005-09-21

Not what I expected. I was hoping for lots of Western swing here but many of these songs do not qualify for that category - there is no way that some of these songs could be considered Western swing. Lots of filler. But then you come upon Wade Ray's "It's all your fault!" What a find! This is one GREAT song. Sheer perfection: great lyrics, great music, a perfect vocal, wonderful guitar and fiddle. I uploaded that one in my ipod and have been listening to it ever since. If my ipod was a jukebox, I would have spent the equivalent of this set's price in quarters for all the times I have played that song. If you love Western swing, get the Bob Wills box set. He was the king of Western swing and his band was red hot.

The Best Deal in Town.......2005-03-31

Over 100 western swing masterpieces, most not available elsewhere, are here for your dancing and listening enjoyment! Most of them are up-tempo and have jazzy and jivey themes with hot solos and impassioned vocals - nothing called "country" music today compares to this. If you have the previous set in the series (Cowboys, Doughboys and Playboys), you'll know how good the Proper label sets are, and this one is at least as good. There's also an informative booklet included, with pictures, which will teach you all you need to know about the music and the artists. If you have ever heard of Cab Calloway, Fats Waller, Buck Owens or Asleep at the Wheel and appreciate this kind of music you simply can't go wrong here.

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Awesome....forshiggitty
Kermit Smokes!!
The next best thing...
Next Best to Live
What God intended music to be.

The Barbecue Swingers Live
Kermit Ruffins
Manufacturer: Basin Street Records
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ASIN: B000006BEV
Release Date: 1998-03-24

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Introduction
Chicken And Dumplings
Interlude
Smokin' With Some Barbecue
St. James Infirmary
Interlude
Just Showin' Off
What Is New Orleans?
Do The Fat Tuesday
Peep This Groove Out
Killing Me Softly With His Song
Do Watcha Wanna (The Final Chapter)
The Star Spangled Banner

Customer Reviews:

Awesome....forshiggitty.......2004-01-02

Mere words cannot describe this cd...listen and be captivated!

Kermit Smokes!!.......2000-10-26

I've had the pleasure of seeing Kermit & the BBQ Swingers live more than once, & I think that this CD really does a good job of capturing their sound. Also, as a frequent visitor to NOLA, this disc evokes the whole feeling of the city every time I put it on. Do yourself a favor, and pick up a copy of this CD. Better yet, take a trip to New Orleans and check Kermit out live @ Vaughn's!!

The next best thing..........2000-03-28

If you can't be in New Orleans to hear him live, this is the next best thing. Capturing the heart and soul of the New Orleans music scene are songs "Smokin' With Some Barbecue" and "Do Watch Wanna (The Final Chapter).

Next Best to Live.......2000-03-04

Next to a Thursday night performance at Vaughn's and eating red beans and rice in between Kermit's sets, this is the next best thing. The album really captures the flavor of a live show, and the subtlety of this group -- as a prior reviewer said, from the traditional, St. James Infirmary to the more funky, the sound of this band is pure NO. Great listening any time of day, any mood. Only down side is the New Orleans song, which I thought fell a little flat, but still 5 starts

What God intended music to be........1999-08-30

Kermit rocks

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Versus shines through all expectations of what you would consider good music
Possibly the best indie rock album, ever!!
GOOD ALBUM
Get this CD or else!
This is good music

Secret Swingers
Versus
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ASIN: B000000I2Z
Release Date: 1996-07-30

Tracks:

Lose That Dress
Yeah You
Glitter Of Love
Ghost Story
Use As Directed
Double Suicide(Mercy Killing)
Jealous
Shower Song
Angels Rush In
One Million
A Heart Is A Diamond

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Versus shines through all expectations of what you would consider good music.......2007-07-13

Versus...ahh...musically magical in a very manic and immediate...listen to me sing and jerk your soul around kinda way. Listening to this album repeatedly over the years just allows me to build up these incredible feelings of nostalgia. A band like this, as Bukowski said so eloquently, is like finding gold in a garbage dump; a washed out 5 dollar bill in your jean pocket; an unexpected kiss from your new, strange lover; a cup of good steaming coffee while you blow smoke from your cigarette into the air. Fantasic and ecstatic in its urgency to brand you with their sound.

This lyrics are rugged, yearning and melodically raw. Female and male vocals come together on this album so distinctively and yet so complimentary. What a real pleasure hearing this band put together one rugged and immediate song after another. If you listen closely, you will hear a band driving their spikey souls into your soft inners.

This is by far their best album. I saw them live and they will keep you enthralled with their energetic performance and their sound. They have perfected driving their sounds into anyone who will listen.

Don't let this classic indie album pass you by.

I strongly believe that after repeated listenings of this album, you will begin to develop a vague romantic nostalgia for the melodies. This nostalgia will develop unbeknownst to your active consciousness and your unconscious will haunt you with these songs of lust, lost feelings and misguided yearnings for romance.

Listening to this album is like listening to a young, hungry, passionate singer and his band yelling, groping, melodically hammering, sternly searching for some kind of love undefined.

Possibly the best indie rock album, ever!!.......2003-06-28

High praise, I know, but well deserved on this, the greatest of Versus releases. "Lose That Dress" is simply one of the most stunning entrances on a rock album. If those chords don't touch you, check your pulse...or turn up your stereo, it's too quiet.
In my opinion this was the height for this essential Indie band although Two Cents deserves a good look as well. Be sure to check out Dead Leaves (a singles comp) and The Stars Are Insane as well.

GOOD ALBUM.......1999-07-01

All I have to say is, if your smart and you like good pop, you'll buy this album.

Get this CD or else!.......1999-04-04

I bought the Versus CD "Two Cents Plus Plus Tax" before this one. I decided I should stop listening to the same CD over and over again and finally go out and buy another Versus CD. Not that I was getting sick of it, but I wanted to hear their other stuff. I love "Secret Swingers" just as much as "Two Cents..." My favorite tracks are 1 and 6, Lose That Dress and Double Suicide (Mercy Killing). The blending of Fontaine and Richard's voices is fantastic on "Mercy Killing". I love Versus very very very very very much! They are excellent live, too. If you get the chance, see them live! I am going to buy one of their older albums "Dead Leaves" very soon. I'm sure it won't disappoint. Oh yeah, the person from Hatfield, what a coincidence! I used to live in Hatfield!!!

This is good music.......1999-01-09

This album is ever so enjoyable to listen to. The quality of indie rock has been declining steadily. However, Versus is always a joy. "Jealous" is a wonderful song. This is good music for a long car ride.

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A wondeful cross over for the STape Singers

The Staple Swingers
The Staple Singers
Manufacturer: Stax
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This Is A Perfect World
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The first Staples disc to be recorded with Stax producer Al Bell and the first made with sister Yvonne as Tyrone's replacement, 1971's The Staple Swingers is best known for producing the hit single "Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom)." But it's one of the group's finest overall moments--there's nary a clunker on this outing. Recorded at Muscle Shoals with horn arrangements and playing by the Bar-Kays, this disc is the flowering of the Staple Singers' mid-tempo, gospel-flavored '70s funk-pop. "This Is a Perfect World," an uplifting antiviolence anthem, melds Sly Stone-style acid-funk to the Staples's pure vocals. Check out "What's Your Thing": that snaking Delta slide by Pops is still in the mix, but there's a whole lot more--bluesy organ lines, bad-ass bass, heavy guitar, the works. The Staple Swingers is the group's bluesiest, grittiest release, and charts the move from the soul-folk style of the '60s into the primo funk-pop of their Stax heyday. --Mike McGonigal

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A wondeful cross over for the STape Singers.......1999-04-30

I have a copy of this cd, and it is a mind opening experence. IT shows the Staples crossing over to a new message in their music.

This is a cd that shows off their talents for reacing people out of the church circut.

Swingers Too!: Get A Nightlife. Again. : More Music From... "Swingers"
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Perhaps a little biased...

Nice companion to the original, but not necessary

The ultimate soundtrack sequel!

Not Bad...good Swingers music...more 2 1/2 stars than 2

Swingers Too!: Get A Nightlife. Again. : More Music From... "Swingers"
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Release Date: 1999-09-28

Tracks:

Ain't That A Kick In The Head - Dean Martin
Adam and Eve - Paul Anka
Magic Man - Heart
She's A Woman (W-O-M-A-N) - Sammy Davis Jr. with Count Basie
Baby (You've Got What It Takes) - Dinah Washington/Brook Benton
Down For Double - Mel Torme
Staying Alive - Marty & Elayne
There'll Be Some Changes Made - Ann-Margret
One Mint Julep - Xavier Cugat
Gimme That Wine - Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
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Bring Me Sunshine - Willie Nelson

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Anyone looking to comprehend the understated power of the Rat Pack should first read Nick Tosches's brilliant Dean Martin biography Dino: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams. By cutting past nightclub clichés to matters both carnal and appreciably dark, Tosches locates the music and the period's special appeal. Looking to take that bygone era a few steps closer to absurdity, try this collection--a mop-up of tracks featured in the movie Swingers, but left off the original soundtrack. Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Mel Torme, and the awkward Ann-Margret are all naturals and deserve to be here. But you have to wonder who invited Paul Anka to this party. Probably the same joker who added Marty & Elaine's cover of the Bee Gees' "Staying Alive" and Heart's completely out-of-place hard rock contribution, "Magic Man." Very strange, indeed. --Rob O'Connor

Customer Reviews:

Perhaps a little biased..........2001-01-31

...Because this CD has my all-time favorite dance song on it: Baby (You've Got What It Takes). It took me 2 weeks to find the version I liked after I first heard Dinah and Brook's fabulous standard-setting rendition. Such fun! The rest is good too, with the exception of the swing version of "Stayin' Alive," which I find simply awful. The Heart song that was left off the original makes for a good mix. If it was a record I would have wonr it out in just the first few weeks!

Nice companion to the original, but not necessary.......2000-08-28

To answer at least one of Rob O'Connor's questions from the above Amazon.com review: Stayin' Alive is included because it is featured in the movie. Imagine that, a song on a soundtrack that was in the movie... strange thing indeed. The same goes for the Heart song Majic Man. Beyond that the rest of this "soundtrack" are songs that the creators of the movie used as "inspiration". Royal Crown Revue is included here since RCR was the band the Jon Favreau used to dance to at the Derby before Big Bad Voodoo Daddy took over. Other songs are tunes that they wanted to include but could not afford at the time. All in all it's a nice companion to the original. There is a nice photo booklet included. This album is not meant to be a scrapbook of the "swing scene" and lindy hoppers, but a portrait of the music in and around the retro-lounge lifestyle.

The ultimate soundtrack sequel!.......1999-10-05

Finally there is a soundtrack sequel out there that I liked the first one enough to buy the secound. It isn't quite as good as the first one yet it is very enjoyable. I couldn't help but buy it when I saw it on the sales racks. Check it out if you like the original. The only complaint is that it is too short. Some dialogue from the film would be nice.

Not Bad...good Swingers music...more 2 1/2 stars than 2.......1999-09-30

This 2nd Swingers Soundtrack is not bad. It only has maby 2 or 3 songs that are acutally in the movie, but its not bad. I personally like the first soundtrack better. It has more songs from the movie and is just all around better. This one is good to but I like the first one better and I think you will to.

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Revisiting the Freshmen moving on

Stars in Our Eyes/The Swingers
The Four Freshmen
Manufacturer: Collector's Choice
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music

Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music

Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music

Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music

General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music

Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music
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First Affair/Voices in Fun
Two Classic Albums from The Four Freshmen (Voices In Love/Love Lost)
The Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones/4 Freshmen and 5 Trumpets
Voices in Modern/Funny How Time Slips Away
Four Freshmen in Person/Voices and Brass

ASIN: B0000507YY
Release Date: 2000-11-14

Tracks:

Shangri-La
Sentimental Me
Standing On The Corner
The Lamplighter's Serenade
Teach Me Tonight
Tom Dooley
Opus One
I Thought About You
Green Fields
Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
In Apple Blossom Time
Imagination
Lulu's Back In Town
Li'l Darlin'
Let's Take A Walk Around The Block
Dynaflow
Do Nothin' Til You Hear From Me
Spring Isn't Spring Without You
Taps Miller
When My Sugar Walks Down The Street
Satin Doll
This Could Be The Start Of Something
Lullaby Of Birdland
I'm Gonna Go Fishin'

Customer Reviews:

Revisiting the Freshmen moving on.......2000-11-17

These two reissues from the Capitol files chronicle the Four Freshmen in the 1960s after they lost co-founder Don Barbour and replaced him with Bill Comstock. "Stars in Our Eyes" is a salute to other vocal groups of the period, while "The Swingers" takes the quartet more into jazz. The remastered sound is good, and the packaging includes the original LP album covers. No Four Freshmen collector should be without these albums, and thanks to Collectors' Choice, they're now available in one CD.

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Nothing Like Beating A Dead Horse . . . .

You Call This Swing?
Eight to the Bar
Manufacturer: Jitterbop Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music

General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music
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Behind the Eight Ball

ASIN: B000BPYKMS
Release Date: 2005-08-05

Tracks:

Rock and Roll
Hello, I Love You
Living in the USA
Rag Doll
Synchronicity II
White Rabbit
Ticket To Ride
Low Down
Satisfaction
Young Americans
Foxey Lady
I Want You

Product Description

What happens when swing and rock collide? You get our new CD, "You Call This Swing?" We've taken 12 of the world's best-known rock classics, broken them down and recreated them as swing tunes. Swingers love them, rockers love them, you'll love them!

Customer Reviews:

Nothing Like Beating A Dead Horse . . . ........2006-03-26

I was very disappointed when I got this CD as it turns out to be another one of those "let's turn modern rock songs into swingy lounge tunes" albums. And it's not even good. After past albums where the band shines, this one jsut shows them jumping on the bandwagon. It's too bad that this particular bandwagon fell apart from too many bad "swing" bands. 8 to the bar is too good of a band to do something like this. Or so I thought. I think they need to take a step back and think of something new rather then trying to keep their swing status alive in the main stream. Especially by copying Richard Cheese and Paul Anka. And let's face it, Paul Anka's attempt wasn't that great either. It really is a shame that they had to stoop so low on this.

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1936-1937
State Street Swingers
Manufacturer: RST
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

Tracks:

I Kept on Rubbing That Thing - Dr. Leonard Scott, State Street Swingers
Chicago Rhythm - Dr. Leonard Scott, State Street Swingers
Oh, Red! - State Street Swingers, Washboard Sam
Whippin' That Jelly - State Street Swingers, Washboard Sam
You Waited Too Long - Bob Robinson, Bob Robinson, State Street Swingers
When You Were a Girl of Seven - Bob Robinson, Bob Robinson, State Street Swingers
Swing Cat Swings - State Street Swingers, Washboard Sam
Oh, Red [No. 2] - State Street Swingers, Washboard Sam
Rattlesnakin' Daddy - Mary Mac, State Street Swingers
You Can't Do That to Me - Mary Mac, State Street Swingers
Don't Tear My Clothes [No. 2] - Big Bill Broonzy, , State Street Swingers
You Drink Too Much - Big Bill Broonzy, , State Street Swingers
You Drink Too Much - Mary Mac, State Street Swingers
Don't Tear My Clothes [No. 2] - Mary Mac, State Street Swingers
Stingaree Man - Mary Mac
Every Night - Mary Mac
Get Going - Mary Mac
I Vouch for My Man - Mary Mac
I Can Dish It - Blue Scott and His Blue Boys
You Can't Lose - Blue Scott and His Blue Boys
Rubbin', Rubbin' [Take 1] - Blue Scott and His Blue Boys
Rubbin', Rubbin' [Take 2] - Blue Scott and His Blue Boys
At the Bottom - Blue Scott and His Blue Boys
She's Got Something Good - Dr. Leonard Scott
You Done Tore Your Playhouse Down - Dr. Leonard Scott

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Music

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