Return to Me 1956-61 [Box set]

Dean Martin | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 20, 1998)
• Original Release Date: April 27, 1998
• Format: Box set
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• Label: Bear Family
• ASIN: B000006N0S
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #145,500 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Complete Dino 1956-61, January 18, 2000

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Scott T. Rivers (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Return to Me 1956-61 (Audio CD)

"Return to Me" is a fine continuation of the Bear Family's excellent box set "Memories Are Made of This." This 8-CD package features all of Dean Martin's Capitol recordings from 1956 to 1961, along with rare movie songs and an entire CD of early radio broadcasts. The Capitol material is good, but some songs suffer from overproduction - particularly those from the "Pretty Baby" and "Cha Cha de Amor" sessions. The inclusion of the entire "Bells Are Ringing" soundtrack is questionable, since Dino doesn't perform on all the film recordings. Apart from those criticisms, "Return to Me" is an ideal collection for Dean Martin completists. It's also nice to hear Dino's 1948 radio performance of "Everybody Loves Somebody" - 16 years before his studio recording hit the top of the charts.

23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From The Co-Producer of this Terrific Box Set On Dean Martin, March 16, 1999

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This review is from: Return to Me 1956-61 (Audio CD)

Co-producing this box set on Dean Martin for the Bear Family Label was a wonderful experience. Like everything else the Bear Family produces, nothing is left out. Detail is given to making this set absolutely complete. Supplied from my own private collection are some of the early recordings, with most from the vaults at Capitol. Every detail is given to the Capitol tracks from the original sources and masters. Also included is a full color hard-bound book with a complete discography, filled with photographs and sections on Dean's motion pictures. Also a absolutely great biography by historian John Chintala. This box set is a must for every Dean Martin fan! "Memories Are Made of This" (Also on the Bear Label) is a prelude to this second half of the great Capitol Years! As president of the Dean Martin Fan Center, and co-producer of this box set, I am proud to have my name on it and to be associated with the Bear Family Record Company. - Neil T. Daniels

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Great Dino, July 3, 2000

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"tjh58" (Hartford, WI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Return to Me 1956-61 (Audio CD)

I just have one thing to say...... AWESOME! This is the best Dean Martin collection money can buy, except for the entire Bells Are Ringing soundtrack. Can someone tell me why it was included? I would highly recommend this collection, it's well worth the money.