Yesterday Is Now

David Campbell | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 22, 1997)
• Original Release Date: April 22, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Philips
• ASIN: B000001EMX
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #115,797 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Whatever Happened to Melody!

2. Help Is on the Way

3. Errol Flynn

4. I Have Dreamed / Out Of My Dreams

5. Only Heaven Knows

6. Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody

7. Come Rain Or Come Shine

8. Broadway Baby

9. Alexander's Ragtime Band

10. Australian Musical Medley

11. A Kid Inside

12. Mr. Tanner

13. On Such A Night As This

14. 'Til Tomorrow / The Promise (I'll Never Say Goodbye

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars David Campbell, One of the Few Classy Cabaret Stars of Today, October 7, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Yesterday Is Now (Audio CD)

I purchased this CD about a year ago, and love it. My favorite songs are "Help Is On The Way" and the medley of "Out Of My Dreams/I Have Dreamed". I think his vocal presentation and interpretation is gorgeous! He has the same vocal presence as another one of my favorite male Pop/Cabaret vocalists, Michael Poss. In fact, David Campbell's CD listed above, and Michael Poss'new CD release 'Silver Screen Serenades', contain one of my favorite songs, "On Such A Night As This". It's always fascinating to hear the same song arranged,interpreted and presented by vocalists in a fresh, new way. Michael Poss' version is Big Band style, yet David's is done slower and more introspective. Both are excellent recordings. I think David has the same vocal quality as Broadway great, Michael Crawford. I hope he will be performing in Los Angeles in the near future. I'll also be looking for his name in a Broadway show. I know it'll be coming, soon!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent combination of "oldies" with a couple of new., September 16, 1998

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Susan A Louiseau (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yesterday Is Now (Audio CD)

I've heard David in person on several occasions, and he's so fine. Both CD's show off his versatility and style. On YESTERDAY IS NOW, I particularly enjoy ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND, and knowing the story behind ON SUCH A NIGHT AS THIS makes it even more enjoyable. David "borrowed" the song from Michael Feinstein, and wound up winning a trip to New York with a Master's Class with it. When he sang it in New York, Feinstein was in the audience, and went backstage after the concert to ask where David got the song. David acknowledged "borrowing" it from him, and they became fast friends. David went on to become the youngest star to open at RAINBOW & STARS in New York City.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars pure joy, September 5, 2000

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Kevin B "kevbink" (Charlotte, NC) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Yesterday Is Now (Audio CD)

I very much disagree with the reviewer who said that "natural beauty of voice needs more training." I certainly believe in the value of vocal training. It's not clear to me that Mr. Campbell hasn't been well-trained. The beauty of Mr. Campbell's talent is that he isn't afraid to interpret his music using the gift that is uniquely his, without homogenizing it as would a singer staying true to his training. There is an emotion and intensity in Mr. Campbell's interpretations that defy training and which could be restrained otherwise. Mr. Campbell is not an opera singer. He tells stories; he stirs emotions, without the over-stylized tendencies of other singers, like Mandy Patinkin. I am so impressed with many of choices Mr. Campbell made in his delivery. He doesn't hold notes too long for dramatic effect; his tempos don't slow to convey melodrama. His voice is a glorious instrument. I bought the CD 2 weeks ago and have listened to it repeatedly. The songs that have become my favorites are the ones I've never heard before, particularly "The Kid Inside" and "Mr. Tanner". In these selections, and even the well-known ones on the CD, his talents burst forth so strongly that the new songs become standards and the standards become new songs. Bravo.