The Ray Conniff Singers - Speak To Me Of Love (1994)

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Artist: The Ray Conniff Singers
Title: Speak To Me Of Love
Year Of Release: 1994
Label: Columbia[CK 8950]
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Easy Listening
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 30:52
Total Size: 195 MB(+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist

1 Lover, Come Back To Me
2 Beyond The Sea
3 Don't Blame Me
4 Speak To Me Of Love
5 The Sweetest Sounds
6 This Nearly Was Mine
7 (When Your Heart's On Fire) Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
8 Love Has No Rules
9 You'll Never Walk Alone
10 Under Paris Skies
11 Slow Poke
12 Who's Sorry Now

personnel :

Alto Vocals – B.J. Baker, Doreen Tryden, Karen Wessler, Marge Stafford, Rica Moore, Vangie Carmichael
Bass Vocals – Bill Kanady, Bob Tebow, Dick Wessler, Jimmy Joyce, Ted Willis, Wayne Dunstan
Guitar – Al Hendrickson
Soprano Vocals – Betty Joyce, Jackie Allen, Loulie Jean Norman, Myra Stephens, Pat Collier (4), Sally Castle
Tenor Vocals – Bill Stephens (2), Bob Shepard, Dick Castle, Dick Cathcart, Jack Halloran, Jay Meyer, Verne Rowe

t's easy to see why Ray Conniff's albums were so appealing to listeners, particularly older ones: He took old-fashioned musical rudiments like traditional pop songs and a big vocal group and added a snappy, modern veneer that bridged the gap between the '60s and the era before rock & roll. Speak to Me of Love keeps the vocals high in the mix and maintains the happy beat even through dour material; "Who's Sorry Now," for example, is a song of revenge sung with a friendly smile. Pee Wee King's 1950 hit "Slow Poke" receives the kitschiest treatment of any song here, with altered lyrics and an amusing arrangement. Al Hendrickson's electric guitar is given more prominence than the instrument usually receives on Conniff's albums, adding to the level of energy and fun. Speak to Me of Love wasn't one of Conniff's highest-charting albums, but offers more than its share of pure enjoyment.~Greg Adams

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