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Pure Bliss (CD): Pure Bliss (CD)
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R75 R70 Discovery Miles 700 Save R5 (7%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Gordon MacRae - Never Till Now (CD, Imported): Gordon MacRae Never Till Now (CD, Imported)
Gordon MacRae
R326 Discovery Miles 3 260 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Gordon Jenkins - The Complete Manhattan Tower (CD): Gordon Jenkins The Complete Manhattan Tower (CD)
Gordon Jenkins
R238 Discovery Miles 2 380 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Gordon Jenkins' Manhattan Tower is a musical milestone in several respects. It is a unique blend of elements, part pop orchestral, almost classical suite, and part radio-styled narrative, part musical, and part operetta. It began life in 1946 as a four-part suite on a 78 rpm set of Decca Records, featuring a small cast headed by actor Elliott Lewis. This modestly ambitious set took hold in the hearts of New Yorkers and earned Jenkins the Key to the City in 1950, presented to him after a semi-staged version of Manhattan Tower appeared on Talk of the Town, an early version of Ed Sullivan's televised weekly variety show. Manhattan Tower, with its implication of romance and its lush and tasteful evocation of a kind of idealized city life in New York, won Jenkins many friends, and its unusual dramatic and musical format may have influenced the rise of Industrial musicals, beginning in the early '50s. In 1956, executives at Capitol Records, who were building their own pancake stack-styled tower at the corner of Hollywood and Vine, invited Jenkins to expand on his original concept, and the result forms the heart of Sepia Records' The Complete Manhattan Tower. This time the romantic element in the story moved from implicit to explicit, with actress Beverly Mahr (Jenkins' own wife) added as a love interest, Julie, to Elliott Lewis' Steven. With the project moving from the 78 album format into the LP arena, Jenkins was able to more than double its content, though it is more "different from" than "better" in regard to the 1946 version. People who the couple encounters on their dates and travels together briefly step into the story and comment on their own dreams and desires. The Sepia CD is filled out with some miscellaneous tracks of Jenkins' productions from the '50s, odd tunes from singles recorded for RCA Victor's short-lived X imprint. Among the best of them are two delicious Jenkins piano solos, a superb Tabby Calvin vocal on "Tired of Waitin'," and a fun, wiseacre number called "Follow Me Baby" featuring a vocal by the Pitch Pipes. Not much of this material, and to some degree not even Manhattan Tower, wears very well -- it is by turns lush, sentimental, street smart and aggressively commercial, and stylistically it belongs to its time. But it's highly intelligent and well crafted '50s camp, and holds up a great deal better than say, Sunny Skylar's The Hidden Island with actor David Janssen recorded about a decade later, which is by turns hilariously awful and stomach churning by comparison. The Complete Manhattan Tower may be made out of cheese, but it's highly tasty cheese, and it's not hard at all to imagine listeners who enjoy a little easy listening, and a light-hearted, romantic story, to develop a taste for it. Fans of musical comedy will love the party scene in Manhattan Tower -- it's one of many small things that make this work so original and unusual. The sound of the Sepia Records issue, taken from original master tapes, is excellent. EMI/DRG released a condensed version of the album subtitled Highlights, paring down the selections to a digestible 12 tracks. ~ Uncle Dave Lewis

Gisele Mackenzie - Hard to Get (CD, Imported): Gisele Mackenzie Hard to Get (CD, Imported)
Gisele Mackenzie
R264 Discovery Miles 2 640 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Shamindra - Relax for Yoga (CD): Shamindra Relax for Yoga (CD)
Shamindra
R290 Discovery Miles 2 900 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Edith Piaf (CD): Edith Piaf Edith Piaf (CD)
Edith Piaf
R333 Discovery Miles 3 330 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Vaughn Monroe - The Main Event (CD, Imported): Vaughn Monroe The Main Event (CD, Imported)
Vaughn Monroe
R318 Discovery Miles 3 180 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
The Stingiest Man in Town (CD, Imported): Various Artists The Stingiest Man in Town (CD, Imported)
Various Artists
R263 Discovery Miles 2 630 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Chet Baker - Taste of Tequila, A/hats Off (CD): Chet Baker Taste of Tequila, A/hats Off (CD)
Chet Baker; Performed by The Mariachi Brass!
R297 Discovery Miles 2 970 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Margaret Whiting / Jimmy Wakely - Till We Meet Again (CD, Imported): Margaret Whiting, Jimmy Wakely Till We Meet Again (CD, Imported)
Margaret Whiting, Jimmy Wakely
R264 Discovery Miles 2 640 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Betty Hutton - The Blonde Bombshell in Hollywood (CD, Imported): Betty Hutton The Blonde Bombshell in Hollywood (CD, Imported)
Betty Hutton
R317 Discovery Miles 3 170 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Frank Morgan - Love, Lost & Found (CD): Frank Morgan Love, Lost & Found (CD)
Frank Morgan; Contributions by Michael Bishop; Produced by John Snyder
R200 Discovery Miles 2 000 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Hugo Winterhalter And His Orchestra - Through the Years (CD, Imported): Hugo Winterhalter And His Orchestra Through the Years (CD, Imported)
Hugo Winterhalter And His Orchestra
R326 Discovery Miles 3 260 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Carmen Cavallaro - Stairway to the Stars: More Cocktail Favourites (CD): Carmen Cavallaro Stairway to the Stars: More Cocktail Favourites (CD)
Carmen Cavallaro
R302 Discovery Miles 3 020 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
This Is Toni Arden (CD, Imported): Toni Arden This Is Toni Arden (CD, Imported)
Toni Arden
R244 Discovery Miles 2 440 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Geoff Milne - Cascading Strings (CD, Imported): Geoff Milne Cascading Strings (CD, Imported)
Geoff Milne; Performed by Mantovani And His Orchestra
R517 Discovery Miles 5 170 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
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By: Carl Topilow, Summit Brass
R300 Discovery Miles 3 000 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
By:The Carnival of Venus - Vizzutti / Tyzik / Allen Vizzutti - Carnival of Venus (CD): By:The Carnival of Venus - Vizzutti,... Carnival of Venus (CD)
By:The Carnival of Venus - Vizzutti, Tyzik / Allen Vizzutti
R300 Discovery Miles 3 000 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Mario Lanza: The Ultimate Collection (CD, Imported): Mario Lanza Mario Lanza: The Ultimate Collection (CD, Imported)
Mario Lanza 1
R112 Discovery Miles 1 120 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
All the Hits Plus More (CD): All the Hits Plus More (CD)
R181 Discovery Miles 1 810 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
The Ames Brothers - The They, They, They Are the Ones: Early Hits and More (CD): The Ames Brothers The They, They, They Are the Ones: Early Hits and More (CD)
The Ames Brothers
R317 Discovery Miles 3 170 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
John Fahey - Live in Tasmania (CD): John Fahey Live in Tasmania (CD)
John Fahey
R296 Discovery Miles 2 960 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Betty Hutton - Somebody Loves Me (CD, Imported): Betty Hutton Somebody Loves Me (CD, Imported)
Betty Hutton
R237 Discovery Miles 2 370 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Eddy Duchin - Talk of the Town (CD, Imported): Eddy Duchin Talk of the Town (CD, Imported)
Eddy Duchin
R317 Discovery Miles 3 170 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Dick Todd - Orchids for Remembrance (CD): Dick Todd Orchids for Remembrance (CD)
Dick Todd
R317 Discovery Miles 3 170 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
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