Dean Martin - Live From Las Vegas
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Artist: Dean MartinEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2005-04-26
Music Label: Capitol
Soundtracks:
- Fanfare with Intro & opening theme (Everybody Loves Somebody)
- Medley: Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes/Pennies From Heaven (Bourbon)/Hello Dolly (Vegas)
- Monologue
- June In January
- Everybody Loves Somebody
- Babyface
- That's Amore
- Everybody Loves Somebody (instrumental run-off/Monologue)
- Medley: Try A little Tenderness/Love Walked In/Cecilia/Me And My Gal/Swing Low, Sweet Chariot/My Heart Sings /There's No Tomorrow (O Solo Mio)?/It Was A Very Good Year
- Medley: You Made Me Love You/It Had To Be You/Nevertheless
- Welcome To My World
- If You Knew Susie
- Medley: Volare/On An Evening In Roma
- Monologue
- Celebrity introductions
- Mr. Wonderful
- Closing Theme (Everybody Loves Somebody)
Music reviews of Live From Las Vegas
Music Review: Very familiar territory that could've sounded better
Rating: 3 Stars
Capitol has released a new CD series collection of live concerts featuring storied Vegas entertainers like Bobby Darin, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and others. (I've also reviewed the Sinatra offering.) An evening with Frank was always a major dramatic and musical event, and you could be sure he would pull out all the stops. Somewhat of a polar opposite, Martin's live shows were "feel good" affairs- something enjoyable but never too serious. Dean would prefer you have a drink and laugh along with him, and he would intersperse the merriment with some light musical numbers. (This is not to belittle Dino. He would certainly be the first to admit that he had no intentions of being serious on stage. And those who would want to hear Dean sing seriously can always listen to his studio efforts.)
A number of Rat Pack solo and group concerts have turned up on CD and DVD in the last few years. This particular Martin show is from April 4, 1967 at the Sands, and if you've heard a Dino show before, you will have no difficulties anticipating the punchlines before Dino slings them. The expected songs, medleys and stories are all in their usual spots. And for those who haven't heard it, be warned... some of it won't be completely politically correct.
Capitol's CD brings us some "previously unreleased live hits"... well, let's not label Dean as completely predictable, right? We get his most recognizable theme song, "Everybody Loves Somebody" (written by pianist Ken Lane), but ever the wiseguy, he must change a lyric in the bridge for a quick joke. The most serious 2:30 in the show occurs with the simple but lovely composition "Welcome To My World". Here Martin does it straight up in a very pretty arrangement, and if the recording were in stereo it probably would have been the standout track on the disc. (More on this below.) Dino breezes through "If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie)", but he does give us something to get excited about when he sings "Baby Face". Martin was always fabulous when he sang Dixieland fare, even when performed in swing style. (Capitol, if you are reading this, won't you PLEASE reissue Dino's Dixieland studio recordings?)
I'm not bothered by the fact that I'm familiar with much of the content of this disc already. I expected that. The caveat I have with this disc is that it's in mono. Nowhere on the packaging (or insert) are we told that this is a mono recording. It is unfair not to reveal this fact to those of us who consider such things before we purchase. Stereo would certainly have made this a much more memorable affair. Although the show sounds okay, there is no doubt this disc could have sounded much better.
Amidst all the rather flashy graphics is an essay from the always enlightening Bill Zehme as well as a handful of B & W pictures and memorabilia. The slightly disappointing mono mix makes this CD really geared more toward the hard core Dino fan or someone who must complete their Las Vegas Centennial Collection.
Description of Live From Las Vegas
17 previously unreleased tracks recorded LIVE at the Sands. Light scuff on disc will not affect play. Digipac has light wear.Broadway & Vocalists CDs
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