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9LP  4 Cassette Set
Released 1977 (1972 Original)
Cat No.: RDS8061-9  (RDC90391-4)
RD Code: MDM 004
In 1977 came with Bonus LP 'Tony Bennett Sings' (RDS8070)

Picked up from the USA, this had a weird tracklisting that was programmed across the first sides of each LP and then reversing from the last LP to the first on side two. As they were all CBS recordings, I'm guessing that the compilation was made by the CBS people who didn't understand the Digest brief?
 

Programme 1       LP1       1941 - 1943 Riding High With The Big Bands

1 - Why Don't You Do Right? - Peggy Lee

2 - Who Wouldn't Love You - Trudy and Harry

3 - Sleepy Lagoon - Harry James and His Orchestra

4 - All Or Nothing At All - Harry James and His Orchestra

5 - A String Of Pearls - Benny Goodman and his Orchestra

6 - Pistol Packin' Mama - Al Dexter and His Troopers

Programme 2       LP2       1944 There Goes That Song Again

1 - I'm Beginning To See The Light - Kitty Kallen

2 - I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm - Les Brown and His Band of Renown

3 - There Goes That Song Again - Georgia Carroll

4 - Bijou - Woody Herman and His Orchestra

5 - Walter Mitchell Rhumba - Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra

6 - My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time - Doris Day

Programme 3       LP3       1945 We'll Be Together Again

1 - Laura - Woody Herman and His Orchestra

2 - It's Been A Long, Long, Time - Harry James and His Orchestra

3 - We'll Be Together Again - Frankie Laine

4 - Caldonia - Woody Herman and His Orchestra

5 – Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy - Dinah Shore

6 - Autumn Serenade - Harry James and His Orchestra

Programme 4       LP4       1946 - 1947 Love Somebody

1 - Linda - Buddy Clark with Ray Noble and His Orchestra

2 - Peg O' My Heart - Jerry Murad's Harmonicats

3 - Love Somebody - Doris Day

4 - Rumours Are Flying - Majories Hughes

5 - Woody Woodpecker - Gloria Wood

6 - How Are Things In Glocca Morra - Buddy Clark with Ray Noble and His Orchestra

Programme 5       LP5       1948 Tennessee Waltz

1 - Baby, It's Cold Outside - Dinah Shore

2 - It's Magic - Doris Day

3 - My Happiness - Jon and Sandra Steele

4 - Buttons and Bows - Dinah Shore

5 - On A Slow Boat To China - Kay Kyser and his Orchestra

6 - Tennessee Waltz - Patti Page

Programme 6       LP6       1949 - 1950 Some Enchanted Evening

1 - Some Enchanted Evening - Ezio Pinza

2 - Mule Train - Frankie Laine

3 - Mockin' Bird Hill - Patti Page

4 - That Lucky Old Sun - Frankie Laine

5 - Harbour Lights - Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra

6 - My Heart Cries For You - Guy Mitchell

Programme 7       LP7       1951 Because Of You

1 - Cry - Johnnie Ray

2 - A Guy Is A Guy - Doris Day

3 - Jezebel - Frankie Laine

4 - Come - On A My House - Rosemary Clooney

5 - Because Of You - Tony Bennett

6 - Half As Much - Rosemary Clooney

Programme 8       LP8       1952 High Noon

1 - (How Much Is That ) Doggie In The Window? - Patti Page

2 - Botch A Me (Ba Ba Baciami Piccina) - Rosemary Clooney

3 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Guy Mitchell

4 - Delicado - Percy Faith and His Orchestra

5 - High Noon - Frankie Laine

6 - I Believe - Frankie Laine

Programme 9       LP9       1953 Rags To Riches

1 - Rags To Riches - Tony Bennett

2 - Secret Love - Doris Day

3 - Where Is Your Heart (The Song From Moulin Rouge) - Felicia Sanders

4 - Just Walking In The Rain - Johnnie Ray

5 - The Gang That Sang "Heart of My Heart" - Les Elgart and His Orchestra

6 - Stranger In Paradise - Tony Bennett

Programme 10     LP9       1954 Hey There

1 - Hey There - Rosemary Clooney

2 - Singing The Blues - Guy Mitchell

3 - Man That Got Away (From A Star Is Born) - Judy Garland

4 - The Bandit (Theme from O Congaceiro) - Percy Faith and His Orchestra

5 - This Ole House - Rosemary Clooney

6 - Ebb Tide - Roy Hamilton

Programme 11     LP8       1955 Moments To Remember

1 - Yellow Rose Of Texas - Mitch Miller and His Orchestra

2 - The Party's Over - Johnny Mathis

3 - Misty - Erroll Garner

4 - Marianne - The Easy Riders

5 - A Woman In Love - Frankie Laine

6 - Moments To Remember - The Four Lads

Programme 12     LP7       1956 Whatever Will Be Will Be

1 - On The Street Where You Live - Vic Damone

2 - I Walk The Line - Johnny Cash

3 - Whatever Will Be, Will Be - Doris Day

4 - I Could Have Danced All Night - Andre Previn and His Quartet

5 - Standing On The Corner (from the Most Happy Fella) - The Four Lads

6 - Twelfth Of Never - Johnny Mathis

Programme 13     LP6       1957 It's Not For Me To Say

1 - It's Not For Me To Say - Johnny Mathis

2 - Theme From The Threepenny Opera - Louis Armstrong

3 - Till - Tony Bennett

4 - Mangos - Rosemary Clooney

5 - Battle Of New Orleans - Johnny Horton

6 - March (from the River Kwai) - Mitch Miller and His Orchestra

Programme 14     LP5       1958 A Certain Smile

1 - Everybody Loves A Lover - Doris Day

2 - Gigi - Vic Damone

3 - Little Susie - The Ray Bryant Trio

4 - This Is All I Ask - Tony Bennett

5 - Don't Take Your Guns To Town - Johnny Cash

6 - A Certain Smile - Johnny Mathis

Programme 15     LP4       1959 Hawaiian Wedding Song

1 - Hawaiian Wedding Song - Andy Williams

2 - El Paso - Marty Robbins

3 - Greenfields - The Brothers Four

4 - Small World (from Gypsy) - Johnny Mathis

5 - Heartaches by the Number - Guy Mitchell

6 - Smile - Tony Bennett

Programme 16     LP3       1960 - 1964 Happy Days Are Here Again

1 - Happy Days Are Here Again - Barbra Streisand

2 - Washington Square - The Village Stompers

3 - If Ever I Would Leave You (from Camelot) - Robert Goulet

4 - Theme From A Summer Place - Percy Faith and His Orchestra

5 - I Left My Heart In San Francisco - Tony Bennett

6 - Green, Green - The New Christy Minstrels

Programme 17     LP2       1965 - 1968 Love Me With All Your Heart

1 - Love Me With All Your Heart - Jim Nabors

2 - Spinning Wheel - Ray Conniff And The Singers

3 - People (from Funny Girl) - Barbra Streisand

4 - Little Green Apples - O. C. Smith

5 - With A Little Help From My Friends - Barbra Streisand

6 - Invisible Tears - Ray Conniff And The Singers

Programme 18     LP1       1969 - 1971 Today's Hits  -  Tomorrow's Memories

1 - Born Free - Andy Williams

2 - What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life? - Percy Faith and His Orchestra

3 - A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash

4 - (They Long To Be) Close To You - Johnny Mathis

5 - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head (from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) - Ray Conniff And The Singers

6 - For The Good Times - Ray Price

FLEXI DISC

 

Christmas Through The Years

6LP Set
Released 1985
Cat No.: RDS10341-6  (RDC91461-4)
RD Code: XTY 169

A UK adaption of a US collection released on CD a year previously.

1        ALL-TIME CHRISTMAS FAVOURITES

1 - Sleigh Ride - Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra

2 - Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) - Nat King Cole

3 - Happy Holiday - Andy Williams

4 - Carol of the Bells - Johnny Mathis

5 - Here We Come a Caroling - Ray Conniff Singers

6 - Rudolph the Red - Nosed - Johnny Mathis

7 - Jingle Bells - Barbra Streisand

8 - Little Drummer Boy - Harry Simeone Chorale

9 - White Christmas - Barbra Streisand

10 - Mary's Boy Child - Harry Belafonte

11 - I Saw Three Ships - Nat King Cole

12 - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Doris Day

13 - Go Tell It on a Mountain - Ray Conniff Singers

2        CHRISTMAS IN THE 50S

1 - Little Donkey - Beverley Sisters

2 - Santo Natale - David Whitfield

3 - First Noel - Connie Francis

4 - Santa Clause Is Coming to Town - Pat Boone

5 - (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays - Perry Como

6 - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Beverley Sisters

7 - Where Did My Snowman Go? - Pattie Page

8 - Winter Wonderland - Johnny Mathis

9 - Jingle Bell rock - Max Bygraves

10 - Christmas Alphabet - Dickie Valentine

11 - Here Comes Santa Claus - Ray Conniff Singers

12 - A Marshmallow World - Bing Crosby

13 - Christmas in Killarney - Ruby Murray

14 - That Christmas Feeling - Perry Como

3        CHRISTMAS IN THE 60S

1 - Deck the Halls - Nat King Cole

2 - O Tannernbaum - Ray Conniff Singers

3 - O Little Town of Bethlehem - Barbra Streisand

4 - Very First Christmas Of All - Ronnie Hilton

5 - Snowfall - Doris Day

6 - An Old Christmas Card - Jim Reeves

7 - That's What I'd Like for Christmas (form 'Pickwick') - Harry Secombe

8 - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams

9 - Christmas Waltz - Doris Day

10 - Toyland - Perry Como

11 - Real Meaning of Christmas - Ray Conniff Singers

12 - Must Be Santa - Alma Cogan

13 - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree -  Brenda Lee

14 - Bambino - Springfields

4        CHRISTMAS IN THE 70S AND 80S

1 - Twelve Days of Christmas - Roger Whittaker

2 - Silver Bells - Richard Clayderman

3 - Secret of Christmas - Julie Andrews

4 - Christmas Present - Andy Williams

5 - A Christmas Wish (From Me to You) -  Vera Lynn

6 - Christmas Is - Jack Jones

7 - What Child Is This? - Johnny Mathis

8 - Joy to the World - Andy Williams

9 - Do You Hear What I Hear? -  Vera Lynn

10 - Past Three O'Clock - Roger Whittaker

11 - When a Child is Born - Johnny Mathis

12 - Rocking - Julie Andrews

13 - On Christmas Night the Lights Are Burning - Richard Clayderman

14 - A Chistmas Dream - Perry Como

5        CHRISTMAS SOUVENIRS

1 - Silent Night - Bing Crosby

3 - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (from 'Meet Me in St Louis') - Judy Garland

3 - Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot -  Vera Lynn

4 - It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas - Perry Como and the Fontane Sisters

5 - Christmas Island - Andrews Sisters

6 – C.H.R.I.S.T.M.A.S. - Perry Como

7 - Jolly Old St Nicholas - Ames Brothers

8 - Blue Christmas - Russ Morgan, his Chorus and Orchestra

9 - You're All I Want For Christmas - Frankie Laine

10 - It Came Upon the Midnight Clear - Ames Brothers

11 - I'll be Home For Christmas - Bing Crosby

12 - Merry Christmas Polka - Andrews Sisters

13 - Frosty the Snowman - Nat King Cole

14 - Toy Drum - Beverley Sisters

6        THE JOY OF CHRISTMAS

1 - Joy (Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring) - Henry Mancini and his Orchestra

2 - While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks - Harry Secombe

3 - Ave Maria - Richard Clayderman

4 - O Holy Night - Placido Domingo

5 - Holly and the Ivy - Mantovani with the Mike Sammes Chorus and Singers

6 - Away in a Manger - Roger Whittaker

7 - See Amid the Winter Snow - Julie Andrews

8 - Once in Royal David's City - Mantovani with the Mike Sammes Chorus and Singers

9 - O Come, All Ye Faithful - Julie Andrews

10 - I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day - Placido Domingo

11 - Christmas Concerto - Richard Clayderman

12 – Christ-Child's Lullaby - Moira Anderson

13 - Good King Wenceslas - Harry Secombe

14 - Hark! The Hearald Angles Sing - Roger Whittaker

TIMELESS FAVOURITES - The Look Of Love - Burt Bacharach

Second issue in the “Timeless Favourites” series, which was to run for 13 editions.

3CD Set
Released 1994
Cat No.: RDCD891-3 (RDC92561-3)
RD Code: BURT 002
Series Code 58
Compiled by M Moritz

The original series design (top) was replaced for the main mailing in 1995 with the image below it.

1          Great Romantic Hits

1 - The Look Of Love - Dusty Springfield

2 - Alfie - Cilla Black

3 - Trains And Boats And Planes - Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas

4 - Message To Martha (Kentucky Bluebird) - Adam Faith

5 - Wishin' And Hopin' - Dusty Springfield

6 - (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me - Sandie Shaw

7 - Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Johnny Mathis

8 - That's What Friends Are For - Perry Como

9 - Arthur's Theme - John Gregory Orchestra

10 - (They Long To Be) Close To You - Perry Como

11 - Sunny Weather Lover - Dionne Warwick

12 - You'll Never Get To Heaven - The Stylistics

13 - Lost Horizon Theme - Ronnie Aldrich

14 - A House Is Not A Home - Shirley Bassey

15 - Faithfully - Johnny Mathis

16 - Paper Mache - David Whitaker and his Orchestra

17 - Do You Know The Way To San Jose? - Connie Francis

18 - This Guy's In Love With You - The Les Reed Orchestra

19 - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself - Dusty Springfield

2          Magic Moments

20 - Magic Moments - Perry Como

21 - The Story Of My Life - Michael Holliday

22 - I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Bobbie Gentry

23 - The Story Behind My Tears - Gary Miller

24 - I Say A Little Prayer - Johnny Mathis

25 - It's Love That Really Counts - Merseybeats

26 - True Love Never Runs Smooth - Petula Clark

27 - Odds And Ends - Johnny Mathis

28 - Long After Tonight Is All Over - Dusty Springfield

29 - Reach Out For Me - Burt Bacharach

30 - Don't Say I Didn't Tell You So - Petula Clark

31 - I Wake Up Crying - Jimmy Justice

32 - Seconds - Gladys Knight

33 - One Less Bell To Answer - Fifth Dimension

34 - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head from ' - Andy Williams

35 - Wanting Things - Connie Francis

36 - Heavenly - Johnny Mathis

37 - South American Getaway - Burt Bacharach

38 - Baby It's You - Cilla Black

39 - Promises, Promises - Connie Francis

40 - Make It Easy On Yourself - The Walker Brothers

3          Favourites From The Sixties

41 - Tower Of Strength - Frankie Vaughan

42 - Casino Royale - Arthur Greenslade and his Orchestra

43 - Promise Her Anything - Tom Jones

44 - Magic Potion - The Searchers

45 - 24 Hours From Tulsa - Dusty Springfield

46 - What The World Needs Now Is Love - Jack Jones

47 - Another Tear Falls - The Walker Brothers

48 - (Don't Go) Please Stay - David Garrick

49 - The Windows Of The World - David Whitaker And his Orchestra

50 - All Kinds Of People - Fifth Dimension

51 - Walk On By - Helen Shapiro

52 - Blue On Blue - Bobby Vinton

53 - Saturday Sunshine - Burt Bacharach

54 - The Last One To Be Loved - Billie Davis

55 - London Life - Anita Harris

56 - This Empty Place - Cilla Black

57 - Wives And Lovers - Jack Jones

58 - What's New Pussycat? - Tom Jones

59 - Don't Make Me Over - Swinging Blue Jeans

60 - I'm A Better Man - Arthur Greenslade and his Orchestra

61 - The Love Of A Boy - Julie Rogers

62 - Anyone Who Had A Heart - Cilla Black