Les Paul & Mary Ford - Very Best Of Les Paul & Mary Ford
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Artist: Les Paul & Mary FordEdition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 1998-02-20
Music Label: Emd Int'l
Soundtracks:
- Sleep
- Lady Of Spain
- Lover
- The Man On The Flying Trapeze
- By The Light Of The Silvery Moon
- What Is This Thing Called Love
- Nola
- South
- Whispering
- Tiger Bag
- Running Wild
- The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
- Brazil
- Hip Billy Boogie
- Caravan
- Meet Mr Callaghan
- Little Rock Getaway
- Deep In The Blues
- St Louis Blues
- Walking And Whistling Blues
- I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
- Jazz Me Blues
- Mockin' Bird Hill
- The Carioca
- Goofus
- Josephine
- Bye Bye Blues
- Vaya Con Dios
- Jealous
- How High The Moon
Music reviews of Very Best Of Les Paul & Mary Ford
Music Review: Excellent
Rating: 5 Stars
I just received this in the mail; had ordered it
specifically for the tracks "Josephine" and "Little
Rock Getaway" which, among other titles, were in my
late dad's record collection. "Walkin' and Whistlin'
Blues" I had heard on an album about 20 years ago.
Talk about memories.
What's interesting about this collection, as other
reviewers have noted, is that it contains mostly
Les Paul instrumentals--not quite so much Mary Ford
(curiously, "Jealous" has been included, which was
not one of their hits, but was on the flip-side of
one of their better-known tracks--possibly "How High
The Moon", but I'm not sure). For those of you who
want more of Mary's vocals, I recommened that you bypass
this CD and get "The best of the Capitol masters--90th
birthday edition"(I have a previously-releaesd version
of this CD, which only contains the tracks from "Lover"
to "Hummingbird", plus some of the funniest liner notes
from Les himself that I've ever read! I don't know if
the liner notes were retained). I believe another reviewer
wrote about the sound quality. Personally, I believe
"Josephine" sounds EXACTLY as it did on my dad's 45.
Preserving artistic integrity is usually the goal when
reissuing analog-recorded music, and EMI/Capitol has
done a fabulous job here in my opinion. It's also noteworthy
that, with the exception of "The Kangaroo" and "Mandolino",
this CD contains all of Les's HIT instrumentals, plus other
good tunes, like his take on Duke Ellington's "Caravan", an
interesting version of "The Man On The Flying Trapeze", etc.
Many of his instrumentals were on flip-sides of the vocal
records with Mary. And how Les could play that guitar, not
to mention the overdubbing which STILL sounds state-of-the-
art to me! Thank you, Amazon.
P.S.: R.I.P., Les. And thank you for your contributions to recording
and the guitar!
Description of Very Best Of Les Paul & Mary Ford
Les Paul and Mary Ford were the most popular male/female duo of the 1950s, registering 16 US Top Ten hits between 1950 and 1954 and selling more than six million records in 1951 alone. Indeed, their hit making prowess was almost without equal as they racked up five Top Ten hits in nine months and another five in just seven months. This album therefore contains the smash hits How High The Moon and Vaya Con Dios, both of which reached the summit.Jazz CDs
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