Perry Como - The Very Best Of Perry Como

3CD Set
Released March 1998

Cat No.: RDCD2371-3 (Tape RDC94041-3)
RD Code:PERY 435

1      The Early Years

1 - Some Enchanted Evening from 'South Pacific' - with the Mitchell Ayres Orchestra

2 - 'A'  You're Adorable - with the Fontane Sisters and the Mitchell Ayres Orchestra

3 - You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) - with the Satisfiers and the Russ Case Orchestra

4 - Chi - Baba, Chi - Baba (My Bambino Go To Sleep) - with the Satisfiers and the Lloyd Shaffer Orchestra

5 - They Say It's Wonderful from 'Annie Get Your Gun' - with the Russ Case Orchestra

6 - Prisoner Of Love - with the Russ Case Orchestra

7 - A Dreamer's Holiday - with the Fontane Sisters and the Mitchell Ayres Orchestra

8 - When You Were Sweet Sixteen - with the Satisfiers and the Lloyd Shaffer Orchestra

9 - Forever And Ever (My Heart Will Be True) - with the Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and Chorus

10 - Till The End Of Time - with the Russ Case Orchestra

11 - You're Just In Love - with the Fontane Sisters and the Mitchell Ayres Orchestra

12 - If I Loved You from 'Carousel' - with the Russ Case Orchestra

13 - Far Away Places - with the Henri René Orchestra

14 - Bali Ha'i from 'South Pacific' - with the Mitchell Ayres Orchestra

15 - Surrender - with the Russ Case Orchestra

16 - Because - with the Russ Case Orchestra

17 - If - with the Mitchell Ayres Orchestra

18 - I'm Gonna Love That Gal (Like She's Never Been Loved Before) - with the Russ Case Orchestra

19 - A Bushel And A Peck from 'Guys and Dolls' - with Betty Hutton and the Mitchell Ayres Orchestra

20 - Dig You Later (Hubba, Hubba, Hubba) - with the Satisfiers and the Russ Case Orchestra

2      Memories of the 50s

1 - Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes - with the Ramblers and the Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra and Chorus

2 - Hoop - Dee - Doo - with the Fontane Sisters and the Mitchell Ayres Orchestra

3 - No Other Love - with the Henri René Orchestra and Chorus

4 - Maybe - with Eddie Fisher and the Mitchell Ayres Orchestra

5 - Papa Loves Mambo - with the Ray Charles Singers and the Mitchell Ayres Orchestra

6 - Wanted - with the Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra and Chorus

7 - Say You're Mine Again - with the Ramblers and the Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra

8 - Hello, Young Lovers from 'The King and I'

9 - I May Never Pass This Way Again

10 - Idle Gossip

11 - More - with the Ray Charles Singers and the Mitchell Ayres Orchestra

12 - Catch A Falling Star - with the Ray Charles Singers and the Mitchell Ayres Orchestra

13 - Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) - with the Ray Charles Singers and the Mitchell Ayres Orchestra

14 - All At Once You Love Her

15 - Dream Along With Me (I'm On My Way To A Star) - with the Ray Charles Singers and the Mitchell Ayres Orchestra

16 - Magic Moments - with the Ray Charles Singers and the Mitchell Ayres Orchestra

17 - Kewpie Doll - with the Ray Charles Singers and the Mitchell Ayres Orchestra

18 - Moonlight Love

19 - A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes

20 - Round And Round - with the Ray Charles Singers and the Mitchell Ayres Orchestra

21 - Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So) - with the Ray Charles Singers and the Mitchell Ayres Orchestra

22 - Juke Box Baby - with the Ray Charles Singers and the Mitchell Ayres Orchestra

3      Favourites Forever!

1 - Love Makes The World Go Round (Yeah Yeah)

2 - Dream On, Little Dreamer

3 - I Know

4 - Caterina

5 - Delaware

6 - Mandolins In The Moonlight

7 - I Love You And Don't You Forget It

8 - Tomboy

9 - Moon Talk

10 - The Father Of Girls - with the Nick Perito Orchestra

11 - Try To Remember from 'The Fantasticks'

12 - For The Good Times

13 - The Way We Were

14 - It's Impossible

15 - The Shadow Of Your Smile

16 - Feelings

17 - And I Love You So

18 - Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)

19 - The Sweetest Sounds from 'No Strings'

20 - I Think Of You

Al Martino - Here In My Heart

3CD Set
Released September 2002

Cat No.: RDCD3681-3
RD Code:MART 651

COMPACT DISC 1 – Take My Heart - The Early Years

1 - Here In My Heart - 3:10

2 - Come Close To Me - 3:05

3 - Journey's End - 3:00

4 - Rachel - 2:41

5 - I Still Believe - 2:36

6 - The Girl I Left In Rome - 2:30

7 - On And On (In Love With You) - 2:17

8 - Mama - 3:20

9 - The Story Of Tina - 3:03

10 - The Man From Laramie - 2:27

11 - Darling I Love You - 3:05

12 - Take My Heart - 3:13

13 - Don't Go To Strangers - 3:26

14 - The Snowy, Snowy Mountains - 2:15

15 - Not As A Stranger - 2:38

16 - Wanted - 3:02

17 - I'm Sorry - 2:45

18 - Summertime - 2:57

19 - Now - 2:46 

COMPACT DISC 2 – Spanish Eyes - The Sixties

 

20 - Because You're Mine - 3:30

21 - We Could - 2:58

22 - Somebody Else Is Taking My Place - 2:23

23 - Just Yesterday - 2:43

24 - Tears And Roses - 2:23

25 - My Heart Would Know - 2:36

26 - Daddy's Little girl - 2:38

27 - Painted, Tainted Rose - 3:13

28 - Mary In The Morning - 2:58

29 - Wiederseh'n - 2:48

30 - Spanish Eyes - 2:52

31 - My Cherie - 2:38

32 - I Love You Because - 2:48

33 - Always Together - 2:42

34 - Living A Lie - 2:34

35 - I Love You More And More Every Day - 2:13

36 - Think I'll Go Somewhere And Cry Myself To Sleep - 2:52

37 - The Wheel Of Hurt - 3:00

38 - Forgive Me - 2:40 

COMPACT DISC 3 – Speak Softly Love - Into The 70s And Beyond

 

39 - Lili Marlene - 3:07

40 - A Voice In The Choir - 2:38

41 - Love Is Blue - 2:47

42 - Sausalito - 3:17

43 - Walking In The Sand - 3:11

44 - The Glory Of Love - 2:55

45 - More Than The Eye Can See - 2:49

46 - Jean - 3:23

47 - I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You) - 3:18

48 - I Love You And You Love Me - 2:53

49 - Speak Softly Love - 3:11

50 - Now That I've Found You - 3:33

51 - Can't Help Falling In Love - 2:25

52 - I Started Loving You Again - 2:37

53 - To The Door Of The Sun - 3:27

54 - I Won't Last A Day Without You - 3:43

55 - The Next Hundred Years - 3:31

56 - Sing My Loive Song - 3:36

57 - Volare - 3:04

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Digital Only
Released 2019
Cat No.: FNIMN001

First in a new series of sets that use Reader's Digest recordings that have never been compiled before in this configuration. The series includes music from the world of classical, opera, easy listening and everything recorded or owned by Reader's Digest over the last century (and a little into this!). Each volume will be themed to make for a pleasurable listening experience in the old style of Digest products, building up into an amazing selection of music for you to enjoy without having to lift all those heavy vinyl boxes from shelf to player.

Track Listing

01 Oh, What A Beautiful Morning from ‘Oklahoma!’ (Rodgers, Hammerstein II) - The Romantic Strings & Orchestra cond by Eric Hammerstein (1990) Taken from the collection “Romantic Magic”

02 Jupiter, The Bringer Of Jollity from 'The Planets' Op 32 (Holst) - The Philharmonia Orchestra cond by William Boughton (1988) Taken from the collection “Treasury Of Great British Music”

03 Laughing Song from 'Die Fledermaus' (Strauss II) - Anna Moffo with Orchestra And Chorus cond by Lehman Engel (1962) Taken from the collection “Glorious Songs, Great Voices”

04 Humoresque in G Flat, No 7 Op 101 (Dvorak) - National Philharmonic Orchestra cond by Eric Robinson (1971) Taken from the collection “150 Best Loved Melodies”

05 Blue Skies from ‘Betsy’ (Berlin) - Ken Thorne & his Orchestra (1964) Taken from the collection “Romantic Magic”

06 Golliwog’s Cake Walk from ‘Children’s Corner Suite’ (Debussy) - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra cond by Peter Knight (1964) Taken from the collection “Melodies That Will Live Forever”

07 Elephants from ‘Carnival Of The Animals’ (Saint Saens) - The National Philharmonic Orchestra cond by Vernon Handley (1993) Taken from the collection “Light-hearted Classics (DTC)”

08 Fossils from ‘Carnival Of The Animals’ (Saint Saens) - The Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra cond by James Walker (1962) Taken from the collection “Music For You”

09 Celebration Dance from ‘Billy The Kid’ (Copland) - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra cond by Charles Gerhardt (1962) Taken from the collection “Light-hearted Classics (DTC)”

10 Makin’ Whoopee from ‘Whoopee’ (Donaldson, Kahn) - The David Lindup Orchestra (1988) Taken from the collection “Soft Lights Sweet Music”

11 Health And Happiness from ‘Die Fledermaus’ (Strauss II) - Anna Moffo, Jeanette Scovotti, Cast and Orchestra cond. by Lehman Engel (1962) Taken from the collection “Treasury Of Great Operettas”

12 Tritsch Tratsch Polka (Strauss II) - The National Philharmonic Orchestra cond by Eric Robinson (1971) Taken from the collection “Great Music’s Greatest Hits

13 Toreador’s March from ‘Carmen (Bizet) - Orchestre De La Societe Des Concerts Symphoniques De Paris cond by Rene Leibowitz (1960) Taken from the collection “150 Best Loved Melodies”

14 Dance Of The Comedians from 'The Bartered Bride' (Smetana) - National Philharmonic Orchestra cond by Douglas Gamley (1972) Taken from the collection “Eric Robinson’s World Of Music”

15 La Réjouissance from 'Music for the Royal Fireworks’ (Handel) - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra cond by Yehudi Menuhin (1986) Taken from the collection “Pride And Patriotism (DTC)”

16 Do Re Mi from 'The Sound Of Music’ (Rodgers, Hammerstein) – James Walker Orchestra (1962) Taken from the collection “Some Enchanted Evening”

17 Humoresque in E Minor from 'Two Morceaux' (Tchaikovsky) - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra cond by Sir Malcolm Sargent (1963) Taken from the collection “Mood Music For Listening And Relaxation”

18 Elizabethan Serenade (Binge) – National Philharmonic Orchestra cond by Charles Gerhardt (1963) Taken from the collection “Candlelight Classics”

19 A Walk In The Black Forest (Jankowski) – Douglas Gamley Orchestra (1965) Taken from the collection “Instruments In Gold”

20 I Could Have Danced All Night from 'My Fair Lady' (Lerner, Loewe) – Doreen Hume with the Hill Bowen Orchestra (1961) Taken from the collection “The Magical World Of Operetta”

21 Marche Joyeuse (Chabrier) - RCA Italiana Symphony Orchestra cond by Rene Leibowitz (1962) Taken from the collection “Melodies That Will Live Forever”

22 Hallelujah Chorus from 'Messiah' (Handel) - London Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus cond by John Pritchard (1963) Taken from the collection “Classics For Eternity (DTC)”