Raconteur : Show Biz Stories from the Soul

Jeff Wayne | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 13, 2000)
• Original Release Date: June 13, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: UPROAR
• ASIN: B00004TKEX
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #616,407 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Frank Sinatra

2. Dean Martin

3. Sammy Davis Jr.

4. Bing Crosby

5. The Beatles

6. Elvis Presley

7. Jerry Lee Lewis

8. Johnny Mathis

9. Sheena Easton

10. Pavarotti

See all 11 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Jerry Lewis

2. Bob Hope

3. Pauly Shore

4. Roseanne

5. Jay Leno

6. Andy Kaufman

7. Buddy Hackett

8. Marlon Brando

9. Richard Burton

10. Errol Flynn

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Compelling, Genius, and Positively Sagiatic, August 11, 2000

By 

Tom Lavagnino (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Raconteur : Show Biz Stories from the Soul (Audio CD)

RACONTEUR is the CD equivalent of cornering a show business legend at the bar at Joe Allen's, buying the guy a couple of stiff drinks, and -- systematically pointing to the portraits on the walls -- having him regale you with some of the wildest, funniest, and most poignant entertainment industry-related tales you've ever heard. Jeff Wayne is himself a veteran performer, and his "been there" perspective on these show business stories lends a curiously profound sense of verisimilitude to their telling. (And when Wayne becomes excited and/or begins laughing in the process of relating the accounts, the sheer glee in his voice becomes positively infectious.) My favorite stories: Johnny Mathis (and his post-golf-game ride in the back of a pickup truck), Errol Flynn (and his visit to the "decadent" nightclub), and Sammy Davis, Jr. (whom Wayne correctly identifies as one of the most under-rated talents in the history of show business). Highly recommended.