Ray Conniff & Orch...Welcome To Europe.

Its always great to hear the original "Conniff" sound with the shuffle beat and all the Doo Dah Wahs of the wordless chorus in this L/P compilation under the guise of a welcome to Europe !! ..In his later recordings the shuffle beat and wordless chorus seemed to have disappeared !!.....thanks Bob for this reminder

1. Brazil

2. Memories Are made Of This

3. Iv'e Got You Under My Skin

4. Volare

5. They Can't Take That Away From me

6. Greenfields

1. Melodie D'amour

2. Days Of Wine And Roses

3. Spanish Eyes

4. Somewhere My Love

5. Mrs Robinson

6. Up Up And Away

       1. Brazil

The Happy Beat...Ray Conniff & Orchestra.

Vintage Conniff !! complete with the famous Shuffle Beat.....Ya can't beat the early Conniff sound !!

1. Volare

2. Gigi

3. Yellow Rose

4. Wheel Of Fortune

5. Song From Moulin Rouge

6. Mack The Knife

1. I Walk Alone

2. Never On A Sunday

3. Chanson d'amour

4. Blueberry Hill

5. Cry

6. My Prayer

       6. Mack The Knife

Ray Conniff...I Write The Songs.

Ray Conniff Orchestra and chorus moving with the times and giving some of his old hits a 60's/70's Disco feel...Not much of his shuffle sound left in this release !!...But its still first class !!

Thanks Bob !!

         3. The Hustle / I Only Have Eyes For You

Ray Conniff & His Orchestra

Here is the Re-post of the one I recorded earlier when my turntable and conections were having a "Wobble"...I hope this one is ok !!!

1. Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing

2. Thanks For The Memory

3. Easy To Love

4. Pacific Sunset

5. Cheek To Cheek

6. My Heart Stood Still

1. Please

2. Love Letters

3. Laura

4. Stella By Starlight

5. Yesterdays

6. It Might As Well Be Spring

          6. My Heart Stood Still

Ray Conniff & Orchestra.

From one great orchestra to another and we are still over the Channel !!....a compilation from the "Ray Conniff"  stable !!.....All the tracks are featured on other L/P's scattered around this "Blog" but its great to hear them once again...so all you "Conniff" enthusiasts have fun !!!

          7. I'll See You Again       

Ray Conniff & His Orchestra

Some early Conniff now complete with that lovely shuffle beat !!

The third entry in Ray Conniff's series of neo-swing easy listening albums, 'S Awful Nice followed 'S Wonderful! and 'S Marvelous into hit status, reaching the Top Ten and spending a year in the charts. As ever, Conniff's writing was danceable, with his wordless choir carrying the melodies, doubled by the horn and reed sections. The song selection remained blue chip, especially in the Jerome Kern standards "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes," "All The Things You Are" (dominated by Bernie Glow's trumpet) and "Lovely to Look At.".........('S Awful Nice Review by William Ruhlmann of ALLMUSIC)

1. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

2. Lullaby Of Birdland

3. June In January

4. I Cover The Waterfront

5. The Very Thought Of You

6. It Had To Be You

1. Paradise

2. April In Paris

3. That Old Feeling

4. Say It Isn't So

5. All The Things You Are

6. Lovely To Look At

          1. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

           

Ray Conniff Orchestra

 The Great Late "Ray Conniff" and his Orch doing what he does best with his "wordless" chorus !!

1. The Way You Look Tonight
2. I Hear A Rhapsody
3. They Can't Take That Away From Me
4. Moonlight Serenade
5. I Love You
6. I've Told Every Little Star

1. You Do Something To Me
2. As Time Goes By
3. In The Still Of The Night
4. Someone To Watch Over Me
5. Be My Love
6. Where Or When

 

       1. The Way You Look Tonight

Ray Conniff And Orchestra.

Another Conniff Gem.....this time with a touch of latin...as usual a great sound !!

1. Besame Mucho
2. Stranger In Paradise
3. Summertime
4. I've Got You Under My Skin
5. Too Young
6. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise

1. Just One Of Those Things
2. Deep Purple
3. Brazil
4. Night And Day
5. Temptation
6. Say It With Music

      

      3. Brazil

Ray Conniff & Orchestra...320 Kbps

Here's a "Conniff" that I haven't got supplied by Bob from across the channel !!

1. Happiness Is
2. Midnight Lace
3. Miss You
4. Popsy
5. Melodie D'Amour
6. You Stepped Out Of A Dream

1. Jamaica Farewell
2. Blue Moon
3. If I Knew Then
4. The Sheik Of Araby
5. All By Myself
6. Sweet Sue Just You

    2. Blue Moon