Dream Along With Me/Dreamer's Holiday

Perry Como | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 26, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B0002XVS9C
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #356,058 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Me and My Shadow

2. Without a Song

3. More Than You Know

4. Blue Skies

5. My Melancholy Baby

6. Girl of My Dreams

7. Chincherinchee

8. If I Loved You {From Carousel}

9. They Say It's Wonderful [From Annie Get Your Gun]

10. I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling

11. Oh, How I Miss You Tonight

12. Dream Along with Me (I'm on My Way to a Star)

13. My Love and Devotion

14. To Know You (Is to Love You)

15. The Rose Tattoo

16. Kewpie Doll

17. The Things I Didn't Do

18. Tumbling Tumbleweeds

19. Just Born (To Be Your Baby)

20. Ivy Rose

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Yet again Collectables ruin a Como release!, January 29, 2005

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M. A. Dunnington (Stourbridge, West Midlands United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dream Along With Me/Dreamer's Holiday (Audio CD)

Why oh why do BMG let this company get there hands on Como .... it is as if they have a desire to ruin everything they ever get there hands on regarding Como!!!!! Both albums have been released previously by BMG Special Products...so if you can, get hold of those! Although the sound quality on this 2on1 is quite good the first track "Me And My Shadow" is cut by the first 30 seconds!!!!!!!!!! It is so obvious you are coming in ithe middle of a song..........why????? They do not care at Collectables....they are a dreadful company who have no pride in their work and just ruin and disappoint with every new release. BMG wake up and go elsewhere for your profit!!!!!!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another poor effort from Collectables, February 2, 2006

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Matthew Long (West Midlands, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dream Along With Me/Dreamer's Holiday (Audio CD)

This is one of the Collectables CD's where this Third Party label went back to their old ways; unfortunately. The albums collected here are 2 of Perry Como's RCA Camden Albums: "Dream Along With Me" [1957] and "Dreamer's Holiday" [1960].

This CD has undoubtedly been sourced from records. The album cover used for "Dream Along With Me" is not the original RCA Camden release; it is a much later re-release which appears to have been from the 1980's. So, the sources of this CD really couldn't get much more multi-generational.

On the back of the CD, the songs are listed in the correct order with composer credits, but the majority of the songs from "Dream Along With Me" are listed under the album title "Dreamer's Holiday". In turn, the "Dreamer's Holiday" songs under the "Dream Along With Me" album title; which in itself is misleading.

Probably the most frustrating error is that "Me And My Shadow" is missing more than 30 seconds of the beginning of the recording.

More a point a humour is that on the back of the CD cover, there is an FBI Anti-Piracy warning, forbidding unauthorized copying! This is in effect what Collectables have done! They have quite simply copied two of Perry's record albums to CD. The sources are unidentified and no effort has even been made to make the most of the sources used.

What many failed to understand is that the earlier Collectables CD releases of Perry Como (from 2001), represented the best ever attempt made by this budget label. The sources were mainly Original Release Master Tapes. It is unfortunate that the tapes used were worn; but this is not a big concern because the 1st Generation Masters are fully intact in the vaults. It is these original masters which need to be digitally re-mixed and re-mastered. It is the fact that so many complained about the 2001 releases that clearly made Collectables go back to their old ways - using multi generational sources. We as consumers will determine the standard. If we happily except poor quality products without question or complaint, companies will continue to produce such releases. Collectables have little incentive to do better because their main market supports mediocrity, are unaware of sources or simply don't care.

Perry deserves the very best sources and engineering of his entire legacy; as do all artists who's recordings were made to a very high standard - both musically and technically.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Como front and center, August 14, 2007

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Matthew G. Sherwin (last seen screaming at Amazon customer service) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dream Along With Me/Dreamer's Holiday (Audio CD)

Perry Como was a prolific recording artist during his very long career; and this wonderful "two-fer" CD give us all the songs from two of Perry's record albums. We get all the tracks from Dreamer's Holiday and Dream Along With Me as well. Great!

The track set begins with "Me And My Shadow." This wistful tune sets the stage for more tracks like this; and Perry delivers "Me And My Shadow" without a superfluous note. The musical arrangement stuns me with its beauty. "More Than You Know" gives us a beautiful love ballad; Perry massages the lyrics to this number with all the magic he could ever muster--and that's a lot! "Blue Skies" opens with a sharp horn intro and the somewhat upbeat melody enhances this relentlessly happy number. In addition, Perry sings "My Melancholy Baby" with panache and passion that I rarely enjoy.

"Chincherinchee" sports a relatively boisterous melody and the backup chorus bolsters the number. Great! "They Say It's Wonderful" from Annie Get Your Gun reverts back to the more traditional love song that only Perry could master the way he did.

"Dream Along With Me (I'm On My Way To A Star)" boasts a particularly lush musical arrangement as Perry sings this beautifully. "To Know You (Is To Love You)" gives us yet another relentlessly happy tune with a magnificent musical arrangement. Perry delivers this to perfection--awesome! Love that female backup chorus, too!

"The Rose Tattoo" features Perry pouring all his heart and soul into this classic number; and the violins enhance the number greatly. "Just Born (To Be Your Baby)" sports a typical 1960s arrangement with the backup chorus added in to bolster Perry's performance--as if he needed help! "Watchin' The Trains Go By" continues in the same vein as "Just Born (To Be Your Baby);" and the arrangement works wonders for "Watchin' The Trains Go By."

The liner notes are almost nonexistent; but the cover art impresses me. WE do get the song credits.

Perry Como cannot ever be forgotten. Perry possessed the rare ability to take a tune and infuse it with his singularly beautiful voice to make that tune seem new, fresh--and completely his own. We are better off for Perry Como's contributions to the arts.

Thank you, Perry!