Various Artists - Tubular All Stars / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Summer! Heat! Swimming! Nature! Beach parties... and music!!!This edition mercilessly continues what was started in the predecessors, 'Banana Split' (BCD17513), 'Another Banana Split, Please' (BCD17601) and 'Good Old Summertime' (BCD17528) by Bear Family.On 31 tracks from 1952-1963, the Summer season of the year comes extremely alive, whether as a 'soundtrack' in the car or as a musical enhancement of the garden party!Of course we hear classics of famous artists, for example songs by Keely Smith, Dinah Washington, Conway Twitty, The Brothers Four or Hank Snow!On the other hand, we present plenty of recordings from the rarities box, some appear here for the first time on CD!Instrumentals by the Viscounts or by Tito Puente with a summery Latin flair can be heard as well as early surf sounds by Dave York & The Beachcombers or The Fleetwoods!The musical range is wide from pop to jazz, rhythm 'n' blues, doo-wop, country music and lots of rock 'n' roll, with Ricky Dean, Johnny O'Neill, Sammy Salvo, Paul Peek and many others!The 20-page color booklet includes notes by producer Marc Mittelacher on each song & many photos and illustrations, some of which are rare.What could be better than dreaming of summer?! Of the sun and the beach, the warm sand and the subsequent cooling bath in the sea. Or the warm summer nights under the blue moon in the nature smelling of blossoms. Would you enjoy a warm summer breeze? The themes surrounding the most beautiful season of the year are almost immeasurable. This is shown especially in the music on Bear Family's already fourth summer compilation! The perfect soundtrack, suitable for all summer activities!Put On A Happy Face demands the legendary crooner Tony Bennett right at the beginning and fitting for the summer. Bennett, like Eydie Gorme and Don Cherry, is on the roster of pop artists in this compilation. There are also classics by the

Scoot those boots to 62 great songs by 51 fabulous artists on this 3-CD set of country music! Album Tracks 1. Pass Me By 2. Hello Darlin' 3. Lonesome 7-7203 4. Last Date 5. Cold Hard Facts of Life 6. Filipino Baby 7. You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma 8. I'll Sail My Ship Alone 9. Send Me the Pillow You Dream on 10. Heaven's Just a Sin Away 11. Last Kiss 12. Chug-A-Lug 13. Am I That Easy to Forget 14. Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico 15. Stealin' Feelin' 16. There Goes My Everything 17. One Day at a Time 18. Boll Weevil 19. The End of the World 20. Wild Side of Life 21. It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels 1. Your Uncharted Mind 2. Saginaw, Michigan 3. Walkin' After Midnight 4. Take This Job and Shove It 5. Borrowed Angel 6. I'm a Lonesome Fugitive 7. Don't Cry Joni 8. Mansion on the Hill 9. Why Baby Why 10. I Wonder Who She Missed Me with Today 11. Hey Joe 12. In the Misty Moonlight 13. Don't Be Angry 14. Giddy Up Go 15. The Last Days of Love 16. Streets of Laredo 17. I Fall to Pieces 18. Drift Away 19. Bury Me Beneath the Willow 20. Is Zat You, Myrtle 21. Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp 1. King of the Road 2. Country Bumpkin 3. Don't Let Me Cross Over 4. Down on the Corner of Love 5. You've Never Been This Far Before 6. It'll Come Back 7. Down to the River to Pray 8. Hello Walls 9. Hello Walls #2 10. Honey Hungry 11. I Just Loved Her for the Last Time Again 12. Cross the Brazos at Waco 13. I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow 14. Crazy 15. Slipping Around 16. Many Happy Hangovers to You 17. Wolverton Mountain 18. Are You Teasing Me 19. Jimmy Brown, the Newsboy 20. I've Never Cheated on You

Album Tracks 1. Ilik 2. Reilik 3. Polyphony Gefasstes Weiss 4. Study in Five Parts for Piano 5. Idiot Sorrow 6. Mambo