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25 tracks from two Pat Boone LPs - 'Moody River' and 'Great! Great! Great!' including his chart-topper "Moody River", plus 5 bonus tracks all newly re-mastered. 25 of the 30 tracks on this CD are from two Pat Boone LPs, 'Moody River' & 'Great! Great! Great!'. The single "Moody River" reached #1 in the U.S. charts with the LP reaching #29. Also on this CD are songs made famous by others but given the Pat Boone treatment here - "Cathy's Clown", "That'll Be The Day", "Tweedle Dee", "The Wayward Wind", "The Great Pretender", Georgia On My Mind", "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" etc. Whilst there are many Pat Boone Greatest Hits compilation CDs available there are only a few of his studio albums available on CD. This release follows two previous well-received Pat Boone CD releases from Sepia, 'Star Dust/Tenderly' and 'Moonglow/Yes Indeed!'.
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Pat Boone's clean-cut good looks and boy-next-door image always seemed at odds with his early rock 'n' roll hits; most of which were covers poached from black performers - reworked and presented by his record company (Dot) as more commercially viable if fronted by a white vocalist during the mid to late Fifties. However, Pat turned to updated ballads for his subsequent albums with a few new romantic songs thrown into the mix and satisfactory sales confirmed he was on the right track as he widened his fan base to include those who also enjoyed his movies and television appearances.
Sepia has already delved into such appealing collections via two "2 on 1" reissues but Pat regressed to the pop idium for this pair of early Sixties albums with MOODY RIVER, a Chart-topping US single for Pat, ideally included in the same-titled 1961 album which reached #29 in the US Charts. In fact, blending covers of popular songs by others - ANGEL ON MY SHOULDER, THE GREAT PRETENDER and WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW? etc.with standards BLUE MOON, GEORGIA ON MY MIND and I'VE TOLD EV'RY LITTLE STAR - the latter trio already pop-assessed by others but all nicely rendered by Pat. Add the tender waltz LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO 'ROUND from Bob Merrill's Broadway hit, CARNIVAL, is a perfect choice with the album's orchestra conducted by Marty Paich in commercial mode.
Released the previous year, GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! also honed a cache of covers of other singers' hits with STAGGER LEE, EL PASO, RUNNING BEAR, CATHY'S CLOWN and THE WAYWARD WIND following up the singles success enjoyed by Lloyd Price, Marty Robbins, The Everly Brothers, Johnny Preston and Gogi Grant respectively. This concept thread continues throughout the album, with his old orchestral mate and Dot Records music-maker, Billy Vaughn helping to prove that together with the other album, Pat had not forgotten his own pop roots!
Adding five bonus singles, including THAT'S MY DESIRE, BOURBON STREET BLUES (from MARDI GRAS) and Pat's lower-placed charter (#62) WANG DANG TAFFYAPPLE TANGO helps maximise playing time, with Sepia's excellent remastering, notes and high-level presentation makes this a noteworthy release.
Sepia has already delved into such appealing collections via two "2 on 1" reissues but Pat regressed to the pop idium for this pair of early Sixties albums with MOODY RIVER, a Chart-topping US single for Pat, ideally included in the same-titled 1961 album which reached #29 in the US Charts. In fact, blending covers of popular songs by others - ANGEL ON MY SHOULDER, THE GREAT PRETENDER and WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW? etc.with standards BLUE MOON, GEORGIA ON MY MIND and I'VE TOLD EV'RY LITTLE STAR - the latter trio already pop-assessed by others but all nicely rendered by Pat. Add the tender waltz LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO 'ROUND from Bob Merrill's Broadway hit, CARNIVAL, is a perfect choice with the album's orchestra conducted by Marty Paich in commercial mode.
Released the previous year, GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! also honed a cache of covers of other singers' hits with STAGGER LEE, EL PASO, RUNNING BEAR, CATHY'S CLOWN and THE WAYWARD WIND following up the singles success enjoyed by Lloyd Price, Marty Robbins, The Everly Brothers, Johnny Preston and Gogi Grant respectively. This concept thread continues throughout the album, with his old orchestral mate and Dot Records music-maker, Billy Vaughn helping to prove that together with the other album, Pat had not forgotten his own pop roots!
Adding five bonus singles, including THAT'S MY DESIRE, BOURBON STREET BLUES (from MARDI GRAS) and Pat's lower-placed charter (#62) WANG DANG TAFFYAPPLE TANGO helps maximise playing time, with Sepia's excellent remastering, notes and high-level presentation makes this a noteworthy release.
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Not only does this compilation contain 2 complete Dot LPs but a number of singles releases.
Pat Boone's 'Moody River' LP was mostly standards, what some would demean as 'covers'. But the interesting thing is that many of those in their hit recreations were already covers: Ray Charles' Georgia was a cover, Linda Scott's I've Told Every Little Star was a cover, Marcels' Blue Moon a cover, Little Willie Johns' Sleep was a cover, Ray Peterson's Corrine, Corrina was a cover! So why is it that people bemoan the fact that many of Pat's recordings were 'covers'? Could it be because he was very successful at it and made the original songwriters/publishers lots of dough?
I don't see anyone bemoaning the fact that many of Elvis' recordings were covers.
The 2nd LP "Great, Great, Great" referred to the songs which were big hits at the time or had been during the 50s. Most of them actually can be placed in the 'standards category' as they've been recording by numerous artists and continue to be performed live everywhere: The Wayward Wind, El Paso, Send Me the Pillow, White Silver Sands, Cherry Pink, That'll Be the Day and He's Got the Whole World in His Hands.
And many of these songs (including the singles sides) were big hits in other parts of the world (meaning Top 10): Send Me The Pillow, There's a Moon Out Tonight, That's My Desire, Angel on My Shoulder.
This is a most welcome collection for anyone who appreciates a quality singer and the songs of the 50s and 60s.
Pat Boone's 'Moody River' LP was mostly standards, what some would demean as 'covers'. But the interesting thing is that many of those in their hit recreations were already covers: Ray Charles' Georgia was a cover, Linda Scott's I've Told Every Little Star was a cover, Marcels' Blue Moon a cover, Little Willie Johns' Sleep was a cover, Ray Peterson's Corrine, Corrina was a cover! So why is it that people bemoan the fact that many of Pat's recordings were 'covers'? Could it be because he was very successful at it and made the original songwriters/publishers lots of dough?
I don't see anyone bemoaning the fact that many of Elvis' recordings were covers.
The 2nd LP "Great, Great, Great" referred to the songs which were big hits at the time or had been during the 50s. Most of them actually can be placed in the 'standards category' as they've been recording by numerous artists and continue to be performed live everywhere: The Wayward Wind, El Paso, Send Me the Pillow, White Silver Sands, Cherry Pink, That'll Be the Day and He's Got the Whole World in His Hands.
And many of these songs (including the singles sides) were big hits in other parts of the world (meaning Top 10): Send Me The Pillow, There's a Moon Out Tonight, That's My Desire, Angel on My Shoulder.
This is a most welcome collection for anyone who appreciates a quality singer and the songs of the 50s and 60s.
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I purchased this CD cause Pat Boone has a fabulous voice and this CD contains a great many songs, well-known to all listeners.
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