Fairy Tales & Fantasies: The Best of Nancy & Lee

Nancy Sinatra, Lee Hazlewood

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: 1989
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B0000032BN
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #161,291 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

2. Elusive Dreams

3. Greenwich Village Folk Song Salesman

4. Summer Wine

5. Storybook Children

6. Did You Ever?

7. Sundown, Sundown

8. Jackson

9. Some Velvet Morning

10. Sand

11. Lady Bird

12. I've Been Down for So Long (It Looks Like up to Me)

13. Down from Dover

14. Paris Summer

15. Arkansas Coal (Suite)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

37 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mellow grooves, rockin' country & psychedelia at its best!, December 9, 1999

By	J. Stearns (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood may seem like an unlikely pair to collaborate on duets, yet one could not do without the other. Lee helped to make Nancy a star, and Nancy returned the favor by asking Lee to sing with her on songs that are now viewed as masterpieces in their own right. "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling," is a lethargic, mellow, groovy piece of art, which is, in turn, followed by the pleasing "Elusive Dreams" and the foot-stomping "Greenwich Village Folk Song Salesman." Within the first three songs, you have apretty good example of Nancy & Lee's work, each a different genre mastered to perfection. All the hits are included here. "Summer Wine" is brilliant. "Jackson," their highest-charting Billboard hit is a rousing country number done perfectly. Both "Sand," and the eclectic, mesmerizing "Some Velvet Morning" demonstrate their versatility even moreso, as these songs delve into the musical genre of sixties psychedelia. No CD collection is complete without this.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Magical World of Nancy and Lee, May 21, 2002

By	Miriam (Austin, TX United States) - See all my reviews

Once upon a time, I was a kid listening to my parents' LP, "Nancy & Lee". Her voice was light and airy, his a low growl -- together, they wove a spell. One of the strongest songs is the rarely-heard "Summer Wine," a duet between Lee as a rugged cowboy and Nancy as an elusive temptress. Continental Airlines includes this track on their "summer" background music -- the songs playing as you board the planes in Houston during the months of June, July and August. Hearing it on the plane, I was reminded of the songs from my childhood and set off on a search to find them. Success at last, when I located this CD on Amazon.com.

The CD brings back those songs from the "Nancy & Lee" record, plus a few added tracks. Their contrasting voices work well on "Sundown, Sundown" as well as country classics like "Jackson" and "Elusive Dreams." The Hazlewood-penned lyrics of "Some Velvet Morning", "Sand" and "Ladybird" are vague and alluring, drawing us into a magical world. It's good to know that world is still there, and I can go back....

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A masterpiece!, November 25, 1999

By	Bernard Perusse (Beaconsfield, Quebec Canada) - See all my reviews

This beautiful, creepy music gets under your skin like almost nothing else. I doubt that Lee and Nancy were even aware of what they were creating when they recorded this brilliant material. Down From Dover, Some Velvet Morning, Sand, Sundown Sundown --- they're all in permanent rotation on the CD player. A must-have.