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Columbia Singles 2: 52 - 58

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This set of singles from 1952-1958 features some of Faith's more lush tunes unlike the Columbia Singles 1 which features his very early work.The first part of the cd is mostley some of his early work before he got into the lush strings but starting at track 11 down it starts getting lush.Most of the songs on this cd is vocal but about 11 are instrumental.Also some tracks on this cd are in mono and some are in stereo.Liner Notes are included from Collectibles.Here is the track info.

1)Festival-Mixed Chrous the chrous also did some clapping in this song.
2)Da Du-Mixed Chrous
3)Over The Mountain Mixed Chrous Light strings
4)Rap A Tat Tat(The Dancing Cat)Chrous
5)Funny Fellow Chrous
6)Little Jumping Jack Chrous
7)The Mosqito Parade Chrous
8)Everybody Loves Satuarday Night Chrous
9)Rainfall Instrumental Harpsichord done by Bernie Leighton at times it sound similar to Delicado it also has light strings coming in at times.
10)Land Of The Pharaohs Light Strings Instrumental
11)The Rose Tattoo Lush Chrous
12)We All Need Love Lush Chrous Most of this song is instrumental but Faith's chrous comes in in the middle of the song.This is a very beautiful song.Faith used heavy strings in this one.
13)Vally Valparaise Lush Chrous
14)Baby Doll Lush Instrumental
15)The Last Dance-Lush Instrumental Percy Faith composed(wrote this song)
16)What's It Like In Paree Lush Chrous
17)Katsumi Love Song Lush wordless chrous This song sounds similar to the version of this song that is on the Music Of Brazil/Shrangri La cd but not the same.The latter is a little more lush and doesn't have the wordless chrous.
18)Never Till Now Lush Instrumental
19)Do I Need You Mixed Chrous Lush
20)The Stars Mixed Chrous Lush
21)Somewhere Lush Instrumental Note this song sounds similar to the same song on Broadway Bouquet but not the same.The strings on each album sound different.
22)Maria Lush Instrumental
23)Impala Theme Lush Instrumental Very Beautiful reminds you of what you use to hear on beautiful music stations.
24)Indiscreet Vocal
25)Same Old Moon Vocal
26)Isle Of Paradise(Sur La Plage)Lush Instrumental Very Beautiful This is a song Faith did to honor Hawaiia.
27)Pyramid Dance Instrumental

The Following Tracks Appear In Stereo
17)Katsumi Love Song
18)Never Till Now
19)Do I Need You
21)Somewhere
22)Maria
23)Impala Theme
24)Indiscreet
25)Same Old Moon
26)Isle Of Paradise
27)Pyramid Dance

If your a Faith fan or you like beautiful easy listening music this is a must have for your collection.

UPDATE
Look for Percy Faith Columbia Singles Volume 3 1959-1967 to arrive this Summer.This will include a lot of singles from those years plus the songs that was left off of Bouquet and Tara's Theme.Keep checking oldies.com for the release date to be announced soon.

Maestro Percy Faith was cranking out beautiful arrangements in the early to mid '50s for singers of the Columbia Record stables (Tony Bennett, Rosie Clooney, Doris Day, Johnny Mathis and Guy Mitchell) to name just a few...but his true and real ambition was arranging tunes of the yesterday and composing songs of his own...now enters the album and tunes of "COLUMBIA SINGLES VOL. II 1952-1958", featuring countless melodies of many decades, all arranged in perfect order by Mr. Faith...in the next few paragraphs let's look at some of them...featuring Bernie Leighton (harpsichord), Barbara Manners, Paulette Sisters, Burt Taylor and the Percy Faith Chorus...all under the watchful eye of Mitch Miller (head of artist and repertoire department) of Columbia Records.

Originally released on Columbia Records from March 4, 1952 until September 12, 1958 all inclusive with the unmistakable "Percy Faith Touch" on arrangements:

1. FESTIVAL
2. DA-DU (Percy Faith)
3. OVER THE MOUNTAIN
4. RAP-A-TAT-TAT-(The Dancing Cat) (Percy Faith/Stephen Gale)
5. FUNNY FELLOW (Percy Faith/Stein/Ferreira)
6. LITTLE JUMPING JACK
7. THE MOSQUITOES' PARADE
8. EVERYBODY LOVES SATURDAY NIGHT (featuring the Paulette Sisters and Burt Taylor)
9. RAINFALL (Eddie Heywood) (featuring Bernie Leighton on harpsichord)
10.LAND OF THE PHARAOHS (Dimitri Tiomkin) (from the film "Land of the Pharaohs")
11.THE ROSE TATTOO (from the film "The Rose Tattoo)
12.WE ALL NEED LOVE
13.VALLEY VALPARAISO
14.BABY ROLL (from the film "Baby Doll")
15.THE LAST DANCE (Percy Faith)
16.WHAT'S IT LIKE IN PAREE? (vocals by Barbara Manners)
17.KATSUMI LOVE THEME (Franz Waxman) (from the film "Sayonara")
18.NEVER TILL NOW (from the film "Raintree County")
19.DO I NEED YOU (Percy Faith/Sigman) (previously unreleased)
20.THE STARS (Percy Faith/Stillman)
21.SOMEWHERE (from "West Side Story")
22.MARIA (from "West Side Story")
23.THE IMPALA THEME
24.INDISCREET (from the film "Indiscreet - starring Cary Grant & Ingrid Bergman)
25.SAME OLD MOON (from the film "Majorie Morningstar" - featuring Gene Kelly & Natalie Wood)
26.ISLE OF PARADISE (Sur La Plage)
27.PYRAMID DANCE (Heart of Stone) (from "Goldilocks")

Stand up and take a bow Dan Rivard (produced & compiled by), Ken Robertson (digital audio restoration), Collectables Records, Sony Music and of course "Our Man from Canada" Maestro Percy Faith have given all the fans what they have wanted and craved for years...there's a Volume 3 (1959-1967) in the works featuring the theme from "Lawrence of Arabia", theme from "Mahahonny", theme from "Advise & Consent", "The Sound of Surf", "Our Language of Love" (from "Irma La Douce"). "The Last Time I Saw Archie, "There Was A Time"(Faith), "The Brass Ring"(Faith), "Jacquline's Journey"(Faith), "Love Me Now(from "The Third Day")(Faith), "Lover's Prelude"(Faith), "Hawaiian Lullaby"(Faith), "Theme for Young Lovers"(Faith - 1st arrangement), plus many more coming your way with that "Percy Faith Sound"...gotta love it!

Total Time: 75:00 on 27 Tracks ~ Collectables Records 7636 ~ (11/09/2004)