Jackpot: Las Vegas Story

Va-Jackpot The Las Vegas Story | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 19, 1996)
• Original Release Date: November 19, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B0000033W9
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #388,332 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Something's Coming

2. Danke Schoen

3. That Old Black Magic

4. The Lady Is a Tramp

5. I've Gotta Be Me

6. That's Amore

7. Wives and Lovers

8. Lazy River

9. C'Est Si Bon

10. Release Me

11. Delilah

12. Spanish Eyes

13. It's De-Lovely

14. Al-Di-La

15. Begin the Beguine

16. What Kind of Fool Am I?

17. Parks & Recreation: Cherry Hill Park/Macarthur Park/Echo Park

18. My Way [Live]

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Remember the sequence in Casino in which De Niro's character becomes the star of a nightly talk show/pro-Mob harangue in order to keep hanging around the joint after he gets in Dutch with Nevada state authorities? Not much of that freewheeling spirit is captured on this gorgeously garish package. (It comes complete with a tiny pair of dice slipped inside the jewel box.) With main-room kings Sinatra and Presley absent from the proceedings here, the tic-ridden 1960 rendition of "The Lady Is a Tramp" offered by Buddy Greco is the kind of thing that too often passes for vocal sty-li-za-tion here. That insult to Frank--and Paul Anka's nonmythic rendition of "My Way"--aside, the Rat Pack does get props with the inclusion of the Dino and Sammy signatures "That's Amore" and "I've Gotta Be Me." In fact, the former's ur-Italian mischief keys into one of Jackpot!'s essential subtexts: the celebration of all things Mediterranean that was once a major part of the Vegas experience--Mel Tormé, Vic Damone, "Al Di La," even the bloodthirsty angst of Tom Jones's "Delilah," the best thing here and a murder ballad that Nick Cave shouldn't have missed. To think that this stuff was preferred by many parents as superior to rock & roll: "She saw the knife in my hand and she laughed no more," indeed. Too bad that so much of what surrounds Jones on this disc sounds foolish, even for those on a happy kitsch trip. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A staple for any get-together., July 11, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Jackpot: Las Vegas Story (Audio CD)

My friends request this CD when they come over because it brings back memories of every party we've had. It's a great way to relate to our parents' generation and appreciate the quality of the music that has become timeless.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fab Baby, Fab!, November 22, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Jackpot: Las Vegas Story (Audio CD)

This has got to be pure shwank! You can't help but make a martini and lounge on the couch in your finest clothes. Try it, and you'll never be able to take it out of your cd player. Enjoy baby, enjoy!

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential for any Lounge Lizard, May 16, 2002

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This review is from: Jackpot: Las Vegas Story (Audio CD)

Or a lover of the sounds that we associate with Vegas. Perfect background for that cocktail party or when you just want to pretend you're leading the show at the casino. The album is a sampler of the greats who made Vegas the town it is today. Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Tom Jones, and Mr. Vegas himself Wayne Newton. Pop in the disc and take a walk down memory lane.