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Al Bowlly, Love Is The Sweetest Thing : His 51 Finest, 1931-1941
 
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Al Bowlly, Love Is The Sweetest Thing : His 51 Finest, 1931-1941

Al Bowlly Audio CD
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Product details

  • Audio CD (1 July 2010)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Label: Retrospective
  • ASIN: B003UFMK3W
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 35,828 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Disc 1:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Love Is the Sweetest ThingAl Bowlly 3:21£0.69
Listen  2. Time on My HandsAl Bowlly 3:14£0.69
Listen  3. Lady of SpainAl Bowlly 3:20£0.69
Listen  4. Lazy DayAl Bowlly 3:08£0.69
Listen  5. Hang Out the Stars in IndianaAl Bowlly 3:00£0.69
Listen  6. Sweet and LovelyAl Bowlly 3:22£0.69
Listen  7. Got a Date with an AngelAl Bowlly 2:30£0.69
Listen  8. GuiltyAl Bowlly 3:14£0.69
Listen  9. Hold My HandAl Bowlly 3:15£0.69
Listen10. I Was TrueAl Bowlly 3:06£0.69
Listen11. By the FiresideAl Bowlly 3:20£0.69
Listen12. We've got the Moon and SixpenceAl Bowlly 2:15£0.69
Listen13. Sailin' on the Robert E. LeeAl Bowlly 2:57£0.69
Listen14. I Can't Write the WordsAl Bowlly 2:32£0.69
Listen15. Lying in the HayAl Bowlly 3:16£0.69
Listen16. Maybe It's Because I Love You Too MuchAl Bowlly 3:15£0.69
Listen17. The Old Spinning-WheelAl Bowlly 3:29£0.69
Listen18. Roll Up the CarpetAl Bowlly 3:20£0.69
Listen19. Love Locked OutAl Bowlly 3:14£0.69
Listen20. Night and DayAl Bowlly 2:57£0.69
Listen21. My Hat's on the Side of My HeadAl Bowlly 2:48£0.69
Listen22. Close Your EyesAl Bowlly 3:17£0.69
Listen23. You Ought to See Sally on SundayAl Bowlly 2:39£0.69
Listen24. I'll String Along with YouAl Bowlly 2:49£0.69
Listen25. Over My ShoulderAl Bowlly 2:31£0.69
Listen26. The Very Thought of YouAl Bowlly 2:49£0.69


Disc 2:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. When You've Got a Little Springtime in Your HeartAl Bowlly 3:17£0.69
Listen  2. I Never Had a ChanceAl Bowlly 3:15£0.69
Listen  3. JudyAl Bowlly 3:05£0.69
Listen  4. The Isle of CapriAl Bowlly 3:22£0.69
Listen  5. Blue MoonAl Bowlly 2:42£0.69
Listen  6. My Melancholy BabyAl Bowlly 3:10£0.69
Listen  7. Paris in the SpringAl Bowlly 3:27£0.69
Listen  8. Top Hat, White Tie and TailsAl Bowlly 3:28£0.69
Listen  9. Dinner for One Please, JamesAl Bowlly 3:21£0.69
Listen10. The Touch of Your LipsAl Bowlly 3:31£0.69
Listen11. Easy to LoveAl Bowlly 3:08£0.69
Listen12. I've Got You Under My SkinAl Bowlly 2:56£0.69
Listen13. Where the Lazy River Goes ByAl Bowlly 2:50£0.69
Listen14. Bei Mir Bist du SchoenAl Bowlly 2:49£0.69
Listen15. MarieAl Bowlly 2:48£0.69
Listen16. Moonlight on the HighwayAl Bowlly 2:58£0.69
Listen17. Sweet as a SongAl Bowlly 3:09£0.69
Listen18. Mama, I Wanna Make RhythmAl Bowlly 2:28£0.69
Listen19. Music, Maestro, Please!Al Bowlly 2:49£0.69
Listen20. Penny SerenadeAl Bowlly 3:22£0.69
Listen21. Two Sleepy PeopleAl Bowlly 3:17£0.69
Listen22. DreamingAl Bowlly 3:09£0.69
Listen23. It Was a Lover and His LassAl Bowlly 2:48£0.69
Listen24. When That Man Is Dead and GoneAl Bowlly, Jimmy Mesene 3:01£0.69
Listen25. Goodnight, SweetheartAl Bowlly 3:17£0.69


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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
By Barry McCanna TOP 50 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD
If you tap in "Al Bowlly" on Amazon you'll find over 100 albums on offer, of which you probably own a number already. So you may well ask why should you add this to your collection? The short answer is because of the quality of Alan Bunting's remastering, which is as good as I've heard, and enables every nuance of the words and music to be appreciated to the full. It's claimed to be "His 51 Finest", but to cover the period 1931 to 1941 without including a single Roy Fox recording strikes me as perverse.

Amazon shows only the song titles, which is an insufficient guide. On the first CD, tracks 1 to 5, 7 to 13, 16 to 19, and 21 to 25 are by Ray Noble with the NMDO, as are tracks 1, 2, 4 & 25 on CD 2, 5 to 13 being by his US orchestra. Filling in the gaps, on CD 1 tracks 6 & 20 are by Carroll Gibbons & the SHO, 14 & 15 are by Lew Stone (as are tracks 16, 18 & 19 on CD 2) and Monia Liter on piano accompanies track 26 on CD 1 and track 3 on CD 2. To complete CD 2, tracks 14, 15 and 22 are by Ronnie Munro, track 17 is with the Crooner's Choir, tracks 20 & 21 are by Geraldo, track 23 is with Ken "Snakehips Johnson, and track 24 is with Jimmy Mesene.

Thus the emphasis is very much on Ray Noble, with 24 recordings by the NMDO and nine by his US orchestra, and the compilation is topped and tailed by two of the most reissued song in the Al Bowlly canon. So there's a fair amount of duplication, not least with the Vocalion and Rathbone series, which in these straitened times is an important factor. But it's attractively packaged, with a good track listing, and a potted bio by Peter Dempsey, so if you can stretch to it I guarantee you'll not be disappointed.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I think purchasing this cd is the best thing ever. Although, I am young at age I am a fun of Al Bowlly and I always wanted to buy a cd that will have most of my favourite songs. This includes all of my favourites! Also the high quality of the sound, gives you the sense that it was recorded just yesterday! Thumbs up for Al Bowlly's '51 finests'!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By C. Webb
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
All the best known ones and quite a few I've never heard before, in a good quality affordable package. Nostalgia at its best!
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