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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Norrie Paramor: Staged for Stereo-Strings

CD / Hallmark / 2013-03-05

Artists: Norrie Paramor

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

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...

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...

Arthur Lyman: The Colorful Percussions of Arthur Lyman

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: Arthur Lyman

Although the album's generic title -- The Colorful Percussions of Arthur Lyman (1962) could have applied to most any entry in the artist's sizable discography, this particular dozen-song platter prese...continue...

Arthur Lyman: Latitude 20

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: Arthur Lyman

In keeping with his previous efforts, Latitude 20 (1967) affords Arthur Lyman (vibraphone/marimba/vocals) a chance to try out a couple of concurrently popular songs from the stage, screen, and charts ...continue...

George Wright: Have Organ Will Travel

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: George Wright

Arthur Lyman: Bahia

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: Arthur Lyman

As the outer LP jacket proudly proclaims, "The Exotic Sounds of Arthur Lyman" are back once again for another dozen tiki-inspired tunes on Bahia (1959). Just like he had done on his influential breakt...continue...

Arthur Lyman: Arthur Lyman's Greatest Hits

CD / Essential Media / 2013-02-12

Artists: Arthur Lyman

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...

Arthur Lyman: Authentic Hawaiian Favorites

CD / Essential Media / 2013-02-12

Artists: Arthur Lyman

Arthur Lyman: Love for Sale

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: Arthur Lyman

This Arthur Lyman LP has been issued under two distinctly different names. Initially titled I Wish You Love (1963), after the surprise success of the Cole Porter ballad "Love for Sale" -- which took t...continue...

Polish Radio Polka Band: More Polish Polkas

CD / Essential Media Group / 2013-02-12

Artists: Polish Radio Polka Band

Contains 15 tracks....continue...

Arthur Lyman: Yellow Bird [Single]

CD / Essential Media / 2013-02-12

Artists: Arthur Lyman

Arthur Lyman: Aloha, Amigo

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: Arthur Lyman

Arthur Lyman: Taboo 2: New Exotic Sounds of Arthur Lyman

CD / Essential Media / 2013-02-12

Artists: Arthur Lyman

Producer: Richard Vaughn.

Reissue producer: Anton Glovsky.

This stands up to any Martin Denny album as an example of exotica in full flight, decorated with lots of bird noises and soft v...continue...

Various Artists: Golden Echoes [Arvee]

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: Various Artists

Arthur Lyman: On Broadway [EP]

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: Arthur Lyman

With the fertile songbook of The Great White Way to guide him, Arthur Lyman and crew salute the American stage. On Broadway (1959) mixes the bandleader's distinct brand of jazzy instrumental exotica w...continue...

Rags to Riches: Ragtime Favorites, Vol. 4

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: Rags to Riches

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...

George Wright: At the Mighty Wurlitzer Pipe Organ, Vol. 3

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: George Wright

Arthur Lyman: Call of the Midnight Sun

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: Arthur Lyman

Rudy Vallée: Goodnight My Love

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: Rudy Vallée

George Wright: Plays the Conn Electronic Organ

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: George Wright

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

CD / Essential Media Group / 2013-02-12

Artists: The Flamingos (Doo Wop)

Al Soyka: Polka Carnival

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: Al Soyka

Arthur Lyman: Cotton Fields

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: Arthur Lyman

Arthur Lyman's unique blend of tiki and jungle-inspired instrumental exotica takes a rural detour on Cotton Fields (1963). One might not visually connect the incongruous cover art imagery -- of a fier...continue...

Arthur Lyman: Hits Anthology

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: Arthur Lyman

Various Artists: Soap Opera Themes

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: Various Artists

Arthur Lyman: Aphrodisia

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: Arthur Lyman

By the mid- to late '60s, Arthur Lyman (vibraphone/marimba) had carved himself a comfortable musical niche that typically yielded several new long-players a year. Each inevitably contained a mixture o...continue...

George Wright: George Wright Plays the Mighty Wurlitzer Pipe Organ

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: George Wright

TDP: 25 Waltz Favorites

CD / Essential Media Group / 2013-02-12

Artists: TDP

John Williams (Guitar): Virtuoso Guitar

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: John Williams (Guitar)

Arthur Lyman: Many Moods of Arthur Lyman

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: Arthur Lyman

Exotica instrumentalist extraordinaire Arthur Lyman (vibraphone/marimba) is joined by John Kramer (bass/flute/guitar), Alan Soares (keyboards), and Harold Chang (percussion) for this package filled wi...continue...

Various Artists: Mad Music Presents: Smooth Vocals

CD / Essential Media Group / 2013-02-12

Artists: Various Artists

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...

Rags to Riches: Ragtime Favorites, Vol. 2

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: Rags to Riches

Arthur Lyman: Isle of Enchantment

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: Arthur Lyman

By the time of Arthur Lyman's Isle of Enchantment (1964), the multi-faceted musician/arranger/instrumentalist was a staple -- if not an outright tourist destination -- in and around the Hawaii tiki ci...continue...