The Romantic Moods of Jackie Gleason [Original recording remastered]

Jackie Gleason

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 5, 1996)
• Original Release Date: November 5, 1996
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000002UFK
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #18,596 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Melancholy Serenade

2. Best Is Yet to Come

3. I Can't Get Started

4. When Your Lover Has Gone

5. Out of Nowhere

6. But Beautiful

7. I'm in the Mood for Love

8. From Russia With Love

9. Mystery Street

10. If I Should Lose You

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Melancholy Serenade

2. Yesterdays

3. That Certain Party

4. Moonlight

5. Midnight Sun

6. Laura

7. Taste of Honey

8. Brazil

9. I Love Paris

10. Allo, Allo, Allo

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars good anthology, well annotated, March 24, 1999

By A Customer

For those of us who have long wondered what the music sounded like on those Jackie Gleason albums long out of print ("Lover's Portfolio," "Rebound," "Lonesome Echo" and so forth), this is a good place to start. Selections from no less than 31 of Gleason's Capitol albums from the 50s and 60s can be found here along with single releases and previously unreleased sides. For each track the liner notes list recording date, soloist, and album on which the track first appeared.

The instrumentations on these sides range from full string orchestra with soloist (often trumpet) to brass orchestra to flute orchestra to mandolin orchestra (try it--you'll like it). The selections here are mostly standards with a few Gleason originals thrown in--one of these, "The Moonlight," is breathtaking. Wistful, yearning, and always romantic are the superb renditions of "Ruby," "I'm in the Mood for Love," "You Oughta Be in Pictures," and "I Can't Get Started." I've listened to these tracks over and over and haven't tired of them yet!

Get this compilation while it's still in print and let's all try to persuade Capitol to re-release some of Jackie Gleason's original albums--"Music, Martinis and Memories" inter alia.

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous Heavenly Music!, December 28, 2001

By	HUGO (HOUSTON, TEXAS United States) - See all my reviews

This double Cd compilation Of Jackie Gleason's Finest recordings is heavenly! I bought the David Duchovny Dvd "RETURN TO ME" and was so overwhelmed by the music soundtrack featuring Dean Martin & Jackie Gleason. Those guys were among the finest balladeers and musicians who have ever existed. I can recall both men's variety shows on television when I was a small child and how my parents just loved watching every one of them weekly. For all of you true music lovers, PLEASE get the "Return To Me" soundtrack(see the movie...you'll laugh, you'll cry...great new romantic lovestory classic!) and also get this great Jackie Gleason double disc as well as Dean Martin's "The Capitol Years" double disc mini-box set. All this music has never really gone out of style! It's been revived by the likes of LINDA RONSTADT(her Nelson Riddle Orchestra albums in the 80's), Harry Connick(90's), and the great new classy balladeer JOEY GIAN, who is featured both on the "Return To Me"(2000)movie & the soundtrack. Many other artists are still keeping this music alive all over the world.

30 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "The Great One", March 21, 2000

By	Steve Rawlings (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews

Jackie Gleason was one of the entertainment world's renaissance men. He was an accomplished comedian, actor, arranger, and composer. His music will forever serve as his living legacy. His works set the standard for many of the great musicians who followed, including Mantovani, Mauriat, and others. This CD eloquently captures the soft, sultry, and seductive sounds from an era that was Jackie's alone.

Jackie could not read a note of music, yet he composed and arranged some the of finest music ever recorded in America. He was a gifted artist who could blend the sounds from a crystal-clear coronet, with a simmering sax, soaring strings, and a deep, resonant bass to create an ambiance for romance, reflection, and rapture. From his signature work "Melancholy Serenade" to contemporary classics like "Ruby" and "Misty," the music flows like vintage wine...