Golden Years of Dick Haymes [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS REMASTERED] 4CD SET

Dick Haymes - Golden Years of Dick Haymes [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS REMASTERED] 4CD SET

Golden Years of Dick Haymes [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS REMASTERED] 4CD SET
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Artist: Dick Haymes
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set, Import
CD Release Date: 2003-08-11
Music Label: Jasmine Music
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. I'll Get By
  2. Lament To Love
  3. A Sinner Kissed An Angel
  4. I Guess I'll Have To Dream The Rest
  5. Wait For Me, Mary
  6. You'll Never Know
  7. In My Arms
  8. It Can't Be Wrong
  9. Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey
  10. Long Ago And Far Away
  11. How Blue The Night
  12. Our Waltz
  13. It Had To Be You
  14. Together
  15. Great Day
  16. By The Old Corral
  17. Let The Rest Of The World Go By
  18. The More I See You
  19. I Wish I Knew
  20. Where Or When
  21. They Didn't Believe Me
  22. Love Letters
  23. Laura
  24. I'll Buy That Dream
  25. Some Sunday Morning
Music CD 2
  1. It Might As Well Be Spring - Dick Haymes
  2. Slowly - Dick Haymes
  3. That's For Me - Dick Haymes
  4. Till The End Of Time - Dick Haymes
  5. How Deep Is The Ocean? - Dick Haymes
  6. I'm Always Chasing Rainbows - Dick Haymes
  7. Oh! What It Seemed To Be - Dick Haymes
  8. It's A Grand Night For Singing - Dick Haymes
  9. In Love In Vain - Dick Haymes
  10. Two Sleepy People - Dick Haymes
  11. People Will Say We're In Love - Dick Haymes
  12. Aren't You Kind Of Glad We Did? - Dick Haymes
  13. For You, For Me, For Evermore - Dick Haymes
  14. Mi Vida - Dick Haymes
  15. The Girl That I Marry - Dick Haymes
  16. How Are Things In Glocca Morra? - Dick Haymes
  17. Stella By Starlight - Dick Haymes
  18. Mam'selle - Dick Haymes
  19. Anything You Can Do - Dick Haymes
  20. There's No Business Like Show Business - Dick Haymes
  21. When I'm Not Near The Girl I Love - Dick Haymes
  22. I Wish I Didn't Love You So - Dick Haymes
  23. And Mimi - Dick Haymes
  24. What'll I Do? - Dick Haymes
  25. You Do - Dick Haymes
Music CD 3
  1. Little White Lies
  2. Teresa
  3. My Sin
  4. It's Magic
  5. By The Way
  6. Say It Isn't So
  7. Lady Of The Evening
  8. The Girl On The Magazine Cover
  9. All Alone
  10. Say It With Music
  11. Soft Lights And Sweet Music
  12. I'd Love To Call You My Sweetheart
  13. What Did I Do?
  14. Golden Earrings
  15. You Can't Be True, Dear
  16. Nature Boy
  17. A Room Full Of Roses
  18. Maybe It's Because
  19. Let's Take An Old Fashioned Walk
  20. Little Fish In A Big Pond
  21. Hush, Little Darlin'
  22. Keepsakes
  23. I'm In Love
  24. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
  25. Why Won't You?
  26. Wunderbar - Dick Haymes
Music CD 4
  1. The Old Master Painter
  2. I Surrender, Dear
  3. You Stepped Out Of A Dream
  4. Can I Come In For A Second
  5. I Oughta Know More About You
  6. Did You Ever See A Dream Walking?
  7. Wishing (Will Make It So)
  8. Penthouse Serenade
  9. A Little Bit Independent
  10. Count Every Star
  11. Don't Be Afraid
  12. Your Eyes Have Told Me So
  13. The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
  14. Can Anyone Explain?
  15. Empty Saddles
  16. You're Just In Love
  17. Once Upon A Time Today
  18. It's A Lovely Day Today
  19. I Guess I'll Have To Dream The Rest
  20. Everything Happens To Me
  21. Too Late Now
  22. Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year
  23. Sunday, Monday Or Always
  24. It Could Happen To You
  25. Adieu

Music reviews of Golden Years of Dick Haymes [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS REMASTERED] 4CD SET

Music Review: Excellent balladeer of the forties
Rating: 5 Stars

Dick Haymes really wanted to be a songwriter, but nobody was interested in his writing - however, they liked his voice and he ended up having a very successful career as a singer. I notice that none of the songs here credit Dick as a songwriter, so I assume that he gave up his ambitions in that direction. As a singer, Dick started his career as a singer with Harry James and had a couple of top ten hits during that time. However, one record that didn't chart upon initial release in 1941, I'll get by, made number one when re-issued in 1944. By that time, Dick had firmly established his solo career, but the bonus hit would presumably have come as a welcome bonus.

Dick's solo career started with a flourish in 1943, his first two A-sides (You'll never know, It can't be wrong) both making number one, while their B-sides charted in their own right, both easily making the top ten. Dick never made number one again except for the already-mentioned re-release of I'll get by, but he had plenty of other top ten hits, including several excellent duets with Helen Forrest. All their seven top ten hits together are featured here, but the equivalent Helen Forrest compilation contains all 18 of their duets. Wisely, the compilers of this set didn't duplicate all 18 duets here.

Of the solo tracks here, perhaps the most famous song is Love letters, which didn't make the top ten for Dick, though it came close despite being the B-side of Till the end of time (a top three hit for Dick, but a number one hit for Perry Como). Love letters appears to have gone almost un-noticed until Ketty Lester covered it and had a huge international hit with it in the sixties. Elvis Presley followed suit a couple of years later. Alison Moyet had a huge UK hit with the song in the eighties. All of which shows that you can't hide a good song. Another song here, The more I see you, also inspired a sixties cover that became an international hit, this time by Chris Montez. At least the potential of the song was recognized first time around, Dick's version having been released as an A-side and becoming a top ten hit.

Helen Forrest is not the only female singer guest in this compilation, as there are also eight duets with the Andrews sisters (three of which also feature Bing Crosby), three duets with the Patty Andrews, two duets with Judy Garland and one duet each with Evelyn Knight, Ethel Merman and Eileen Wilson. Between them, these duets produced four minor hits, so the public definitely preferred Helen Forrest as Dick's duet partner, However, these duets are interesting in their own way. Fans of the Andrews sisters in particular have plenty of reason to invest in this set. I have a lot of Andrews sisters compilations and some of the duets featured here are new to me.

There is plenty of great music here by a balladeer who was a major star in his time. If you enjoy those other great male balladeers of the forties, Bing Crosby and Perry Como, you'll love Dick's music - and it's unlikely that there will ever be a better collection of it than this one.
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For many Dick Haymes collectors this will be a much-awaited gem of a box set. As with any project of this size the overall sound quality has to be a major consideration and this is consistently excellent throughout the 4 discs. In fact it was difficult to detect any surface noise even on the oldest of the recordings. There are examples of Dick s earliest work with Harry James I ll Get By, (1941) and those blockbusters hits such as You ll never Know & It can t be wrong (1943) with The Song Spinners. Put together, quite wisely, in chronological sequence the listener can hear just how Dick s voice developed from that of a big band vocalist to a major solo artist. Included are his biggest hits, Stella by starlight, Laura, Till the end of time, It had to be you with Helen Forrest etc and there are memories too of many of his film musicals including, Let the rest of the world go by (Irish Eyes are Smiling, 1944), It might as well be Spring (State Fair, 1945), The more I see you (Diamond Horseshoe, 1945), Mi Vida, (Carnival in Costa Rica, 1947) etc. Naturally, with any collection of this size there are going to be the obvious duplications (the chart hits) with other CDs but the inclusion of rarer material, radio performances, two lovely duets with Helen Forrest, Two sleepy people, People will say we re in love and some world transcriptions, which have previously only had a limited release, makes the 101 selections an absolute must for the collector and a wonderful set for the curious first time buyer. The collection has 12 songs with the Andrews Sisters or Patty Andrews, 9 tracks with Helen Forrest including 2 rare radio show duets, 6 Irving Berlin tracks with Carmen Cavallaro to highlight but a few of the songs. There are just so many top performances here that one is simply spoilt for choice. This is the first time that any label has put together such a comprehensive collection, which represents the best of his output from 1941 to 1952 a period during which Dick was a major recording star. With a running time of over 5 hours, sleeve notes by nostalgia expert Geoff Milne, fully annotated with recording dates, matrix numbers where known and orchestral backings this is a major collection. Also available: JASCD124 - In Hollywood JASMCD2525 - The Ballad Singer

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