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Il Volo (Italy): We Are Love [5/28]

CD / Geffen / 2013-05-28

Tracks: We Are Love; Questo Amore [I Don't Want to Miss a Thing]; Angel; Little Things; Can You Feel the Love Tonight; Beautiful Day; Il Canto - (featuring Plácido Domingo); Historia de un Amor; Maria; ...
Artists: Il Volo (Italy)

Recorded in Los Angeles and Rome under the watch of Grammy-winning co-producer Humberto Gatica and Tony Renis, the second studio album from dreamy teenage tenors Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto, and G...continue...

Various Artists: The Best of Burt Bacharach: Anyone Who Had a Heart [5/28]

CD / UMe / 2013-05-28

Tracks: I Say a Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin; Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head - B.J. Thomas; I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself - Dusty Springfield; Waiting for Charlie to Come Home - Etta James; ...
Artists: Various Artists

Tributee: Burt Bacharach....continue...

Bobby Vinton: Roses are Red and Other Songs for the Young and Sentimental/The Big Ones *

1 CD / Sepia Records / 2013-05-14

Tracks: Roses Are Red; Sentimental Me; I Fall To Pieces; Mr. Lonely; Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?; I Can't Stop Loving You; I Can't Help It; True Love; Always In My Heart; Crying; If I Give My Hea...
Artists: Bobby Vinton

Audio Remasterer: Robin Cherry.

Liner Note Author: Ossie Dales.

Recording information: 1962....continue...

Eileen Farrell (Soprano Vocals)/Percy Faith & His Orchestra: This Fling Called Love

1 CD / Sepia Records / 2013-05-14

Tracks: Hello, Young Lovers; My Romance; In the Still of the Night; Stormy Weather; Out of This World; I Never Has Seen Snow; I've Got You Under My Skin; Where Or When; April Age, The; Party's Over, The; Far...
Artists: Eileen Farrell (Soprano Vocals)/Percy Faith & His Orchestra

Audio Remasterer: Robin Cherry.

Liner Note Author: Dominic McHugh....continue...

Cliff Hugo/Carl Verheyen: Take One Step

2 CD / Aix / 2013-04-30

Artists: Cliff Hugo/Carl Verheyen

Yma Sumac: Recital [Digipak]

1 CD / ESP-Disk / 2013-04-30

Tracks: Fuego Sobre Los Andes [Instrumental]; Ataypura (High Andes); Montana Mama (Mother Mountain); Amor Indio (Indian Love Song) [Instrumental]; Serenata India (Indian Serenade) [Instrumental]; Supay Taki ...
Artists: Yma Sumac

With the release of Voice of the Xtabay in 1950, people all over the world were astounded by one of the most unusual voices to...continue...
Editor: Stephen Holtje.

Recorded in Romania in 1961, this live album captures the three-octave splendor and exotic stylings of the legendary Yma Sumac. Here she covers folk tunes of her native ...continue...

Richard Clayderman: Romantique *

1 CD / Decca (USA) / 2013-04-30

Tracks: Spartacus: Adagio; Les Misérables: Bring Him Home / I Dreamed a Dream; Ballade pour Adeline; Lakme: The Flower Duet; West Side Story: Maria / Tonight / America; Someone Like You; Romeo & Juliet:...
Artists: Richard Clayderman

The Prince of Romance is back!

Richard Clayderman will release his first album on Decca, and his first studio album in well over a decade!

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Liner Note Author: Richard Clayderman.

Photographer: James McMillan ....continue...

Fred Astaire/Judy Garland: The Ultimate Doubles [2 CD] *

2 CD / United Audio Entertainment / 2013-04-30

Tracks: Let's Face the Music and Dance; You Can't Take That Away From Me; Pick Yourself Up; Fine Romance, A; Cheek to Check; Nice Work if You Can Get It; Continental, The; Shall We DAnce!; Let's Call the Who...
Artists: Fred Astaire/Judy Garland

Patrick Doyle: Impressions of America

1 CD / / 2013-04-23

Tracks: Washington DC; Pumpkin Pie; Christmas in New York; Transcontinental Railroad; Great Depression, The; Mount Rushmore; Prairie Sunrise; Winter in Alaska; Decaying City; Yosemite; Death Valley; Rushing ...
Artists: Patrick Doyle

Personnel: Marc Bakos (programming).

Audio Mixer: Nick Wollage.

Liner Note Author: Patrick Doyle.

Recording information: Tom-Tom Studio, Budapest....continue...

Dancelife Studio Orchestra & Singers: Dancing Like The Stars [3 CD]

3 CD / AAO Music / 2013-04-16

Tracks: Madonna Medley [Cha Cha Cha] [31 BPM]; Venus [Cha Cha Cha] [31 BPM]; Killing Me Softly [Rumba] [26 BPM]; You've Got a Friend [Rumba] [25 BPM]; Night on Broadway [Samba] [49 BPM]; One Note de Samba [S...
Artists: Dancelife Studio Orchestra & Singers

Laurence Juber (Guitar): Catch LJ Live!

CD / Solid Air Records / 2013-04-16

Tracks: Intro Catch!; Stand by Me; Cobalt Blue; Every Breath You Take; White Pass Trail, The; Mosaic; Guitar Noir; Stolen Glances; Strawberry Fields Forever; Nighthawk; In Your Arms; Pass the Buck; All of Me...
Artists: Laurence Juber (Guitar)

Doug Smith/Mark Hanson: Guitar Confluence Live

CD / Solid Air Records / 2013-04-16

Tracks: Easy Virtue; Confluence; Sunday Sonata; Ryan Time (Again); It's Only Love; I'm Looking Through You; A Shot in the Dark; Dyerville; Giant Power of Two; Mister Sandman; Waimea Canyon; Viva Las Vegas; A...
Artists: Doug Smith/Mark Hanson

Janice Harper: Bon Voyage: The Best of Janice Harper

CD / Nite Life / 2013-04-09

Tracks: Devotion; Hands Across the Sea; Tell Me That You Love Me; Come on Home, All's Forgiven; Moonlit Sea; That's Why I Was Born; I'm Making Love to You; In Time; Georgie Porgie; I Was Hoping You'd Ask Me;...
Artists: Janice Harper

Olaf: Wenn der Anker Fallt [DVD]

DVD Video / Ariola (Germany) / 2013-03-26

Artists: Olaf

Liberace: Icon *

1 CD / UMe / 2013-03-19

Tracks: Theme From New York, New York; Rhapsody In Blue; Entertainer, The; Claire De Lune; Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; Send In the Clowns; Strangers In the Night; Dream of Love [Liebestraum]; How Inse...
Artists: Liberace

Part of Universal Music's budget-priced Icon series, this 11-track overview of flamboyant, candelabra-loving , easy listening/classical pop provocateur Liberace wisely focuses on the former highest-pa...continue...

Harvey Summers: Jupiter

CD / Big Village / 2013-03-19

Artists: Harvey Summers

Richard Sherman (Flute)/Richard M. Sherman: Keys of Love

CD / Solid Air Records / 2013-03-19

Tracks: Wishful Dreaming; Night Song; Keys of Love; Russian Lullaby; Above the Stars; Temptress, The; Our Nocturne; Taxi To Montmartre; Little Ballerina; Memories of Tuscany; That Loving Look; Grand Ball, Th...
Artists: Richard Sherman (Flute)/Richard M. Sherman

Liner Note Author: James Jensen.

Recording information: Marbro Studios, Burbank, CA.

Editor: Andy Belling.

Photographers: James Jensen; Tim O'Day....continue...

Blake: Start Over *

CD / Music Infinity / 2013-03-19

Tracks: Start Over; Living on Sunshine; Amazed; What Do I Do With the Love?; Beautiful Night; Rewind; To Make You Feel My Love; I Wanna Take All Night; What is My Heart To Do?; Don't Make Me Live Without You...
Artists: Blake

Recording information: Angel Studios; Britannia Row Studios; Jon Kelly's Studio, London; Rak Studios; Real World Studios, UK; Simon May's Studio, Guildford; Stevestudio, New York City, NY.

Phot...continue...

Enoch Light/Enoch Light & the Light Brigade: Provocative Percussion, Vols. 3 & 4 *

1 CD / Sepia Records / 2013-03-12

Tracks: Easy to Love; April in Portugal; Continental, The; Pagan Love Song; Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive; Relicario, El; Far Away Places; Let's Do It; Theme from Exodus; Adios Muchachos; Provocative Percuss...
Artists: Enoch Light/Enoch Light & the Light Brigade

Audio Remasterer: Robin Cherry.

Stereo sound innovator and early godfather of the lounge music revolution, Enoch Light's Persuasive Percussion albums set the tone for an entire era of sophistic...continue...

Kitaro: Tamayura

1 CD / Domo Music Group / 2013-03-12

Tracks: Introduction; Magma; Mercury; Sitara; Nageki; Beam Wave; Uranus; [Bonus Materials]
Artists: Kitaro

Personnel: Kitaro (electric sitar, Native American flute, keyboards, taiko); Yasushi Yamaoka (electric guitar); Yuko Mugikura, Keiko Takahashi, Fumie Ono (keyboards); Tako-Chan (drum, timpani, percuss...continue...

Liberace: The World of Liberace

1 DVD Video / Tony Palmer Films / 2013-03-12

Artists: Liberace

Liberace himself called the book The Things I Love, and this DVD is nothing more-nor-less than precisely that , as told to film maker Tony...continue...

Tercels: Now & Then

CD / Crystall Ball / 2013-03-12

Tracks: Love; Tell Him; Sway; I'm So Lonely; Be My Baby; Way, The; Tossin' & Turnin'; You Are My Angel; There's a Moon Out Tonite; Guajira; May I Have This Dance; Mandolay; Baby, It's You; December '63; Some...
Artists: Tercels

Various Artists: I'll Stand by You: 40 Uplifting Songs

CD / Decca (USA) / 2013-03-05

Artists: Various Artists

Norrie Paramor: Staged for Stereo-Strings

CD / Hallmark / 2013-03-05

Artists: Norrie Paramor

Various Artists: Ladies First! Chanson Collection

CD / Documents / 2013-03-05

Artists: Various Artists

Various Artists: XXXX...Un Tributo En Rok A José Alfredo Jiménez

CD / Sony Music Entertainment / 2013-03-05

Tracks: Rey, El - Moderatto; Así Es Mi Amor - Saul Hernández; Fugitivo - Elefante; Que Te Vaya Bonito - Aterciopelados; Ella - Cartel de Santa; Tu Recuerdo Y Yo - Panteón Rococó; Serenata...
Artists: Various Artists

Tributee: José Alfredo Jiménez....continue...

Andrea Nardinocchi: Il Momento Perfetto

CD / Capitol / 2013-02-26

Tracks: Il Momento Perfetto; Posto Per Me, Un; Storia Impossibile; Persi Insieme; Labbra Screpolate, Le; Tu Sei Pazzo; Pareti, Le; Non Mi Lascio Stare; Bisogno di Te; Con Uno Sguardo; Amare Qualcuno; Come St...
Artists: Andrea Nardinocchi

Hal Mooney/Hal Mooney & His Orchestra: Music in the Mooney Manner: Four Original Albums *

CD / Jasmine Records / 2013-02-26

Tracks: Aries; Taurus; Gemini; Cancer; Leo; Virgo; Libra; Scorpio; Sagittarius; Capricorn; Aquarius; Pisces; Oh What a Beautiful Morning; Hey There; Anna; I'll Be Seeing You; Ruby; But Not for Me; Affair to ...
Artists: Hal Mooney/Hal Mooney & His Orchestra

Jasmine Records reissued four albums from the '50s by arranger and composer Hal Mooney, Any Time, An Affair to Remember, Woodwinds and Percussion, and Dreamland USA. Even though this set does not cont...continue...

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Carl Davis (Conductor)/Barbara Dickson: Those Liverpool Days *

1 CD / Carl Davis Collection (Label) / 2013-02-26

Tracks: You'll Never Walk Alone; Educating Rita: Theme; A Lancashire Overture; Imagine; A Hard Day's Night; Scaffold Tribute, The; Easy Terms (from Blood Brothers); Champions Suite: Opening Titles; Champions...
Artists: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Carl Davis (Conductor)/Barbara Dickson

The album originally entitled 'Liverpool Pops at Home' grew out of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra's desire to put on a concert called Sounds of...continue...
Audio Remasterer: Andrew Walton.

Liner Note Author: Carl Davis .

Recording information: Birkenhead, England (01/05/1995-01/06/1995).

Photographer: Stephen Shakeshaft....continue...

Bois Goetre-Hen a'R Cylch: Make Them Hear You

CD / Music Wales / 2013-02-26

Artists: Bois Goetre-Hen a'R Cylch

Laura Jayne: Songbook

CD / Music Wales / 2013-02-26

Artists: Laura Jayne

Chita Rivera: Chita!/And Now I Sing!

CD / Stage Door / 2013-02-26

Tracks: Ten Cents a Dance; Lady's In Love With You [From 'Some Like It Hot'], The; Love, Look Away [From 'Flower Drum Song']; Occasional Man [From 'the Girl Rush'], An; Moanin' Low [From 'the Little Shows'];...
Artists: Chita Rivera

Various Artists: The Best Years of Our Lives: The Most Popular Songs of 1939

CD / Sounds of Yesteryear / 2013-02-19

Tracks: Say, The; Jeepers Creepers - Louis Armstrong; Umbrella Man, The - Flanagan & Allen; Deep Purple; Our Love; Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out the Barrel) - The Andrews Sisters - (featuring Glenn Miller); Wi...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: Michael Highton....continue...

Herb Alpert: Fandango [Digipak]

CD / Shout! Factory / 2013-02-19

Tracks: Fandango; Margarita; Push and Pull; California Blues; Quiéreme Tal Como Soy [Love Me the Way I Am]; Route 101; Coco Loco (La Guajira); Aria; Angel; Sugarloaf; Latin Medley: Frenesi/Bahia/Moliend...
Artists: Herb Alpert

Audio Remasterer: Bernie Grundman.

Audio Remixer: Bryan Stott.

Recording information: A&M Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA; CBS Recording Studios, Mexico City; Studio Sound Recorders, No...continue...

Esther Ofarim: Esther [Digipak]

CD / First Impression Music / 2013-02-19

Tracks: Kinderspiele; Rataplan; Rey Nimrod, El; Hayu Leiloth; Nique Nac No Muse; Una Matica De Ruda; Vezina Catina, La; Tziyunyanai Haderech; Scillitana, La; Leil Galil; Pamparapam; Pavane
Artists: Esther Ofarim

Personnel: Esther Ofarim (vocals); Erich Ferstl (guitar).

Liner Note Author: Winston Ma.

Recording information: Trixi Tonstudio, Munich, Germany (1972)....continue...

Josh Groban: All That Echoes [Deluxe Version]

CD / Reprise / 2013-02-12

Artists: Josh Groban

Vocalist Josh Groban's sixth studio album, 2013's All That Echoes features production from Rob Cavallo (Green Day, Goo Goo Dolls, Paramore). Included are covers of songs by such artists as Stevie Wond...continue...

Jackie Gleason: Today's Romantic Hits, Vols. 1 & 2 *

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories/Vocalion (UK) / 2013-02-12

Artists: Jackie Gleason

Various Artists: Tisheh O Risheh: Funk, Psychedelia and Pop from the Iranian Pre-Revolution Generation

CD / Pharaway Sounds / 2013-02-12

Tracks: Asheghi Kam Kadi Dare - Shahram; Nazr - Beti; Nasim-E Yaar - Soli; Pichak - Nooshafarin; Tisheh O Risheh - Amir Rassaie; Ki Bood - Neli; Maadar - Habib Mohebian/Kabib Mohelian; Dele Khoshbavar - Shoh...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: Angela Sawyer....continue...

Abbas Mehrpouya: Soul Raga: Anthology

CD / Pharaway Sounds / 2013-02-12

Tracks: Soul Raga; Shame Tanhai [Instrumental]; African Jumbo; Aseman Migeryad Emshab; Shane Tanhai; Nemimanad; Man Ke Mordeham; Ghabileye Leyli; Dokhtare Shab; Teshneke Mahabbat; To Kojaye; Ahh; To Bemani V...
Artists: Abbas Mehrpouya

Liner Note Author: Angela Sawyer....continue...

Hubert Laws: Land of Passion

CD / Wounded Bird / 2013-02-12

Tracks: Music Forever; Land of Passion; We're in Ecstasy; Heartbeats; Key, The; We Will Be; Land of Passion [Single Edit]
Artists: Hubert Laws

Personnel: Hubert Laws (alto, flute); Debra Laws, Eloise Laws, Blanch Laws, Johnny Laws (vocals); Roland Bautista (guitar); Dorothy Wade, Marcia Van Dyke, Janice Dower, Robert Sushel, Sandy Seymour, A...continue...

Hubert Laws: Make It Last

CD / Wounded Bird / 2013-02-12

Tracks: Gonna Be Happy (Tv Soaps); Make It Last; Happy Anniversary; Swan Lake; Stay With Me; Morning Star; Life Cycles
Artists: Hubert Laws

TDP: 25 Beer Garden Favorites

CD / Essential Media Group / 2013-02-12

Artists: TDP

Jeffrey Grogan/Mark O'Connor's String Orchestra/Mark O'Connor (Violin): America on Strings

1 CD / OMAC / 2013-02-12

Tracks: In the Summertime; Red Wing; Molto Perpetual; Fiddler's Dream; Arkansas Traveler; Peek-a-boo Waltz; Off She Goes; Over the Hills and Far Away; Rock 'n' Roll; Cielito Lindo; Gypsy Fantastic; Bunker Hi...
Artists: Jeffrey Grogan/Mark O'Connor's String Orchestra/Mark O'Connor (Violin)

Great American music for string orchestra from best-selling violinist Mark O' Connor, which ties in with his Orchestra Book II release from the popular O'...continue...
Audio Mixers: Sean Swinney; Mark O'Connor .

Recording information: The New York Ethical Culture Society (08/20/2012).

Arranger: Mark O'Connor ....continue...

Joan Collins/Bing Crosby/Bob Hope: The Road to Hong Kong/Say One for Me [Original Soundtracks]

1 CD / Sepia Records / 2013-02-12

Tracks: Road to Hong Kong: Overture, The; Road to Hong Kong: Let's Not Be Sensible, The; Road to Hong Kong: Moon Over Hong Kong, The; Road to Hong Kong: Team Work, The; Road to Hong Kong: The Only Way to Tra...
Artists: Joan Collins/Bing Crosby/Bob Hope

Audio Remasterer: Robin Cherry.

Liner Note Author: Malcolm MacFarlane.

This single-disc set includes the complete soundtracks for two relatively lesser-known Bing Crosby-led musical come...continue...

Tony Mottola: Roman Guitar, Vol. 2/Spanish Guitar *

1 CD / Sepia Records / 2013-02-12

Tracks: Tra Veglia e Sonno; Anema e Core; Carnival of Venice; Scapricciatiello; Autumn in Rome; Guaglione; Nina; Souvenir d'Italie; Scalinatella; Summertime in Venice; Te Voio Ben; Funiculi Funicula; Beguine...
Artists: Tony Mottola

Audio Remasterer: Robin Cherry.

Recording information: 1962.

This "two-fer" from American guitar legend Tony Mottola, one of the most highly regarded and sought-after studio musicians of...continue...

Heino: Herzlichst

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: Heino

TDP: 25 Organ Favorites *

CD / Essential Media Group / 2013-02-12

Artists: TDP

This collection of organ oldies includes classics like "The Glow Worm," "Maple Leaf Rag, " "My Gal Sal, " "Anchors Aweigh, " "The Entertainer, " "Kiss Me Again" and "Cuddle up a Little Closer." ~ Keit...continue...

TDP: 25 Waltz Favorites

CD / Essential Media Group / 2013-02-12

Artists: TDP

The Flamingos (Doo Wop): Dream of a Lifetime 1953-1959 *

CD / Essential Media Group / 2013-02-12

Artists: The Flamingos (Doo Wop)

Arthur Lyman: Taboo: The Exotic Sounds of Arthur Lyman

CD / Essential Media / 2013-02-12

Artists: Arthur Lyman

Personnel: Arthur Lyman (vibraphone, marimba, percussion, bird calls); Ethel Azama (vocals); John Kramer (guitar, ukulele, flute, clarinet, bass, percussion, bird calls); Alan Soares (guitar, piano, c...continue...