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Conductor-arranger Percy Faith made his greatest direct impact on popular music during the 1950's, and fully half of this 16 song collection represents the highlights of his output from that decade, from the spritely "Swedish Rhapsody" and "Moulin Rouge" through his instrumental of "A Summer Place." Highlights of this very nicely mastered compilation include "Delicado," which features Stan Freeman's rippling harpsichord, and the ethereal "Baubles, Bangles and Beads" . Faith and other makers of pop instrumental music were put on the defensive by rock 'n roll, to the point of fighting a rear guard action in the 1960's, but it had its virtues -- the articulation of the individual instrumental voices is rather bracing for the listener who can appreciate those attributes, and Faith does manage to capture the essence of the original material, no more so than in "A Summer Place." One of Max Steiner's final triumphs as a composer, the instrumental came to richer, more vibrant life in Faith's hands, so much so that the composer relinquished the baton to Faith at a recorded live performance in 1963. The 60's material here is more uneven -- "I Will Follow You," adapted from the Petula Clark/Peggy March hit, fares very nicely in the hands of Faith's string section, reeds, and winds. "The Girl From Ipanema" is nothing to write home about, however, and it's clear by the mid-1960's the conductor-arranger was selling tracks like "MacArthur Park" by emphasizing sides of the song that were markedly different from their chart hit renditions. The sound is superb and the annotation is excellent, although one wishes that more information about specific songs were included. ~ Bruce Eder Perobably the best of the many single-disc Percy Faith compilations, Sony's 16 MOST REQUESTED SONGS collects the original recordings-many of the other reissues have later stereo re-recordings, and some are even new recordings of Faith's original arrangements!-of a well-chosen selection of Faith's best work from throughout his career. From his exquisite '50s work like the Latin-tinged "Malaguena" and the film theme "The Song From Moulin Rouge," through his early '60s career high point "Theme From A Summer Place" to his somewhat less interesting late '60s and early '70s work (including a rather bizarre and entertaining take on Jimmy Webb's "MacArthur Park"), 16 MOST REQUESTED SONGS condenses the entire career of this easy listening master into just under an hour of beautiful instrumental music. 16 Most Requested Songs Music Percy Faith 16 Most Requested Songs Songs 16 Most Requested Songs Music Review Purchase 16 Most Requested Songs CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Mantovani Golden Hits CD (1967)
16 Most Requested Songs
$7.35
| | Percy Faith Christmas Is... CD (1966)
16 Most Requested Songs
$6.19
| | Very Best Of Bert Kaempfert CD (1995)
16 Most Requested Songs
$14.35 16 of greatest hits from the first producer of the Beatles, had over 40 albums on Decca & MCA in the '60s & '70s, inc. many tunes that he wrote; all tracks on this disc appear for the first time on CD
Producer: Milt Gabler. Reissue producer: Eliot Goshman. Recorded between 1960 and 1967. Includes liner notes by Steve Kolanjian. Digitally remastered by Eliot Goshman ...
| | Ray Conniff It Must Be Him/Honey CD (2002)
16 Most Requested Songs
$10.55 "2 LP's On 1 CD" B/W "Honey"
2 LPs on 1 CD: IT MUST BE HIM (1968)/HONEY (1968). Originally released on Columbia. Liner Note Author: Ray Conniff. Recording information: 03/22/1967-04/08/1968. Arranger: Ray Conniff. A good matchup of two similar and consecutive LP releases is offered on this discount-priced two-fer. It Must Be Him and Honey were Ray Conniff's first two albums of 1968, and they were among his more successful, each enjoying a long chart run and earning gold record ...
| | Percy Faith Born Free/The Windmills Of Your Mind CD (2002)
16 Most Requested Songs
$10.69 "2 LP's On 1 CD" B/W "Windmills Of Your Mind"
2 LPs on 1 CD: BORN FREE (1967)/THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND (1969). Originally released on Columbia. Liner Note Author: Mark Marymont. Recording information: 05/26/1965-03/05/1969. Arranger: Percy Faith. The two albums contained on this discount-priced two-fer each contain Percy Faith's arrangements of movie music of the 1960s. Born Free was originally titled The Academy Award Winner and Other Great Movie Themes when it appeared in the spring of 1967 because, ...
| | Norah Jones Come Away With Me CD (2002) SACD Hybrid
16 Most Requested Songs
$15.49 Personnel: Norah Jones (vocals, piano, Wurlitzer piano); Jesse Harris, Kevin Breit (acoustic & electric guitars); Tony Scherr (acoustic guitar, slide guitar); Adam Levy, Bill Frisell (electric guitar); Adam Rogers (guitar); Jenny Scheinman (violin); Sam Yahel (Hammond B-3 organ); Rob Burger (organ); ...
| | Sinead O'Connor Am I Not Your Girl? CD (1992)
16 Most Requested Songs
$12.79 Personnel includes: Sinead O'Connor (vocals); Ira Siegel (guitar); Elena Richard Sortomme, Marti Sweet, Gerald Tarack, Donna Tecco (violin); Lamar Alsop, Julien Barber, Jesse Levine ...
| | Greece-Instrumental Folk Music CD (1996) (Import) United Kingdom
16 Most Requested Songs
$14.55
| | Earth & Fire Ultimate Collection CDs (2006) (Import) Netherlands; 32bit Remastered
16 Most Requested Songs
$30.45
| | Singing In My Soul CD (2004)
16 Most Requested Songs
$10.49
| | Eric Caboor Tightrope Town CD (1993)
16 Most Requested Songs
$23.29
| | Evangelicals So Gone CD (2006)
16 Most Requested Songs
$12.49
| | Donna Carol Audience Of One CD (2007)
16 Most Requested Songs
$13.15
| | Brad Callow Studio EP CD (2008)
16 Most Requested Songs
$7.99
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