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| 1. Killing Me Softly With Her Song | |||
| 2. There Was A Girl | |||
| 3. 'S Wonderful | |||
| 4. For All We Know | |||
| 5. Unchained Melody | |||
| 6. "Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo" | |||
| 7. The Look Of Love | |||
| 8. Music To Watch Girls By | |||
| 9. "Somewhere, My Love (Lara's Theme from ""Doctor Zhivago"")" | |||
| 10. Killing Me Softly With Her Song/There Was A Girl | |||
| 11. As Time Goes By | |||
| 12. Memories Are Made Of This | |||
| 13. The Continental (You Kiss While You're Dancing) | |||
| 14. Goin' Out of My Head | |||
| 15. "Up, Up And Away" | |||
| 16. (When Your Heart's On Fire) Smoke Gets In Your Eyes | |||
| 17. I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony) | |||
| 18. Fernando | |||
| 19. All By Myself | |||
| 20. Frost Festival | |||
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Ray Conniff used to provide backing for people like Johnny Mathis, Johnny Ray and Frankie Lane, with whom he scored million selling hits. So vivid were his talents, he was signed as an artist himself in the mid-1950s. For three decades, he turned out a series of albums based on the pioneering sound of blended choral voices with orchestral instruments. Female voices were doubled with trumpets, high saxaphones or clarinets, while male voices were paired with trombones, trumpets or saxes in the lower registers. This subtle colouring intensified the soft tones, simultaneously mellowing the harsh tones. This album serves as a perfect introduction to his music. Highlights include "Besame Mucho", "Memories are Made Of This" and "Seasons In The Sun". --F.B.Hawkes
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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The Ray Conniff back catalogue is pretty big and there is plenty to choose from. Contained here is my all time favourite Ray Conniff track 'There was a Girl / Killing me Softly'. If you haven't heard it, it's marvellous - knocks spots off Roberta Flack's original. The two complimentary melodies ('There was a Girl' written by Conniff) placed beside each other are a joy to be hold coupled with a great instrumental backing. Elsewhere the most well known Conniff track 'Somewhere my love' (a big hit in the States; covered by the Mike Sammes Singers in the UK) is an essential inclusion here. Other highlights are 'Memories are made of this', the rousing 'S'wonderful' and 'For all we know' which open the album and 'Goin' out of my head'.
But there are some duffers here too. 'I'd like to teach the world to sing' contains the awful "it's the real thing" section missing from the New Seekers original and 'Fernando' should not have been attempted by Conniff. 'Don't cry for me Argentina' sounds good but is a little rushed. So several tracks don't represent the best of Ray Conniff and glaring omissions are 'Harmony', 'Here today and gone tomorrow' (another Conniff original), 'Greenfields' (lovely take on the Brothers Four classic), Georgy Girl' (as good as the Seekers version), 'How can I tell her' (written by Lobo) and 'Twelfth of Never'. In fact, I can recommend the double cd coupling of 'I can see clearly now' and 'Harmony' to compliment this set as several of these tracks feature on there.
But there are some duffers here too. 'I'd like to teach the world to sing' contains the awful "it's the real thing" section missing from the New Seekers original and 'Fernando' should not have been attempted by Conniff. 'Don't cry for me Argentina' sounds good but is a little rushed. So several tracks don't represent the best of Ray Conniff and glaring omissions are 'Harmony', 'Here today and gone tomorrow' (another Conniff original), 'Greenfields' (lovely take on the Brothers Four classic), Georgy Girl' (as good as the Seekers version), 'How can I tell her' (written by Lobo) and 'Twelfth of Never'. In fact, I can recommend the double cd coupling of 'I can see clearly now' and 'Harmony' to compliment this set as several of these tracks feature on there.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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What a nostalgic experience. I have not played( or listened to)Conniff since before I was married-that`s about Julius Caeser time- and what a great bunch of memories this disc brought back....If anyone wants to return to the "good old days" ..with petrol at 25p a gallon..this is THE disc to buy.
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