The Four Freshmen - The Complete Capitol Four Freshmen Fifties Sessions [9CD] (2000)

Tracklist

1.01. Baltimore Oriole
1.02. What Is This Thing Called Love
1.03. Laura
1.04. Dry Bones
1.05. Basin Street Blues
1.06. Then I'll Be Happy
1.07. Mr. B's Blues
1.08. Now You Know
1.09. (Ain't Seen) Nothing' Like You
1.10. Pick Up Your Tears (And Go Home)
1.11. It's A Blue World
1.12. Tuxedo Junction
1.13. Intermission Riff
1.14. Stormy Weather
1.15. The Day Isn't Long Enough
1.16. I'll Be Seeing You
1.17. Baltimore Oriole
1.18. Poinciana
2.01. It Happened Once Before
2.02. Holiday
2.03. Tenderly
2.04. Malaya
2.05. I'll Be Seeing You
2.06. I Knew You When
2.07. Seems Like Old Times
2.08. Over the Rainbow
2.09. Circus
2.10. Crazy Bones
2.11. Please Remember
2.12. Love Turns Winter To Spring
2.13. After You
2.14. Mood Indigo
2.15. We'll Be Together Again
2.16. My Heart Stood Still
2.17. The Nearness of You
2.18. Street of Dreams
2.19. If I Knew Then
2.20. Jo Ann
2.21. Malaya
3.01. There's No One But You
3.02. This Love of Mine
3.03. How Can I Tell Her
3.04. It Never Occurred to Me
3.05. Day by Day
3.06. Charmaine
3.07. In This Whole Wide World
3.08. That's the Way I Feel
3.09. You're So Far Above Me
3.10. He Who Loves and Runs Away
3.11. What's It Gonna Be
3.12. How Can I Begin To Tell You
3.13. Till
3.14. Nights Are Longer
3.15. Whistle Me Some Blues
3.16. This October
3.17. When I'm Happy
3.18. Sunday Blues
3.19. I Never Knew
3.20. It All Depends on You
3.21. Rain
3.22. Invitation
4.01. Angel Eyes
4.02. Love Is Just Around the Corner
4.03. Mam'selle
4.04. Speak Low
4.05. The Last Time I Saw Paris
4.06. Somebody Loves Me
4.07. You Stepped Out of a Dream
4.08. I Remember You
4.09. Love
4.10. Our Love Is Here to Stay
4.11. You Made Me Love You
4.12. Guilty
4.13. Easy Street
4.14. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
4.15. Laughing on the Outside
4.16. After You've Gone
4.17. Goodbye
4.18. There Will Never Be Another You
4.19. Got a Date with an Angel
4.20. Something in the Wind
4.21. Someone Like You
4.22. The Night We Called It a Day
4.23. Give Me the Simple Life
4.24. Goodnight Sweetheart
4.25. For All We Know
4.26. Graduation Day
4.27. Lonely Night in Paris
4.28. (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
5.01. Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
5.02. You've Got Me Cryin' Again
5.03. This Can't Be Love
5.04. The Very Thought of You
5.05. East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)
5.06. I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful)
5.07. There's No One But You
5.08. Sometimes I'm Happy
5.09. For All We Know
5.10. Lullaby in Rhythm
5.11. This Love of Mine
5.12. I Get Along Without You Very Well
5.13. Frenesi
5.14. If I Should Lose You
5.15. Granada
5.16. Yesterdays
5.17. Tangerine
5.18. What's New
5.19. Brazil
5.20. Chelsea Bridge
5.21. Mine
5.22. Star Eyes
5.23. The Breeze and I
5.24. Again
5.25. Julie Is Her Name
6.01. I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
6.02. There Is No Greater Love
6.03. Moonlight
6.04. It Could Happen to You
6.05. Out of Nowhere
6.06. In the Still of the Night
6.07. I'll Remember April
6.08. While You Are Gone
6.09. Warm
6.10. Time Was
6.11. You're All I See
6.12. I Heard You Cried Last Night (And So Did I)
6.13. Love Lost
6.14. Spring Is Here
6.15. I'm a Fool to Want You
6.16. I Should Care
6.17. I Could Have Told You
6.18. If I Ever Love Again
6.19. The Gal That Got Away
6.20. When Your Lover Has Gone
6.21. I Wish I Didn't Love You So
6.22. I Wish I Knew
6.23. I'll Never Smile Again
6.24. Little Girl Blue
7.01. Rain
7.02. The More I See You
7.03. This October
7.04. Don't Worry 'Bout Me
7.05. It's a Pity to Say Goodnight
7.06. Oh Lonely Winter
7.07. It All Depends on You
7.08. Nancy (With the Laughing Face)
7.09. I Never Knew
7.10. Invitation
7.11. I Understand
7.12. Come Rain or Come Shine
7.13. Stella by Starlight
7.14. (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66
7.15. I Had the Craziest Dream
7.16. I'm Glad There Is You
7.17. It Had to Be You
7.18. Laura
7.19. Candy
7.20. Lonely for My Love
7.21. Pennies from Heaven
7.22. Never Again
7.23. Sunday
7.24. Autumn Leaves
8.01. Please Be Kind
8.02. I Hadn't Anyone Till You
8.03. At Last
8.04. I Didn't Know About You
8.05. Polka Dots and Moonbeams
8.06. I'm Beginning to See the Light
8.07. Where Do I Go from Here
8.08. Long Ago and Far Away
8.09. I've Never Been in Love Before
8.10. Be Careful, It's My Heart
8.11. It's A New World
8.12. I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me
8.13. First Affair
8.14. The Freshman Year
8.15. Fools Rush In
8.16. I'm Getting Sentimental over You
8.17. It Happens Every Spring
8.18. Show Me the Way to Get Out of This World ('Cause That's Where Everything Is
8.19. Their Hearts Were Full of Spring
8.20. If I Knew Then
8.21. My Funny Valentine
8.22. It's Only a Paper Moon
8.23. But Beautiful
8.24. Dream

Who better than the connoisseurs at Mosaic records to properly document the legacy of pop vocal pioneers the Four Freshmen? Superior sound as well as booklets that are equally as informative as they are visually striking herald the label's long-standing commitment to quality. This nine-disc retrospective contains all 14 Four Freshmen long-players cut for Capitol records during the '50s, as well as the quartet's contributions to Stan Kenton's Popular Favorites and Road Show albums. The set commences with a five-song demo cut in New York City at the behest of Capitol in April of 1950. The remainder of discs one through three compile the singles and EPs that would eventually be reconfigured and re-released as Voices in Modern and Freshman Favorites, Vols. 1 & 2. Scattered chronologically throughout these three discs are five tracks issued only on 45, with another 17 that remained previously unissued altogether. Discs four through eight contain the concept albums that ultimately became one of the Four Freshmen's most distinctive trademarks. Each featured the quartet with an eclectic variety of musical soundscapes and accompaniments. Included are: ... And Five Trombones, ... And Five Trumpets (featuring four additional bonus tracks), ... And Five Saxes, Voices in Latin (with one additional bonus track), Voices in Love, Love Lost, ... And Five Guitars, Voices and Brass, First Affair, and The Freshman Year. The final disc showcases the Four Freshmen in two different performance environments. The first was originally issued as In Person and includes four bonus tracks. The second is the quartet's sizable contributions to Stan Kenton's Road Show album. A particular highlight is Kenton's orchestral accompaniment on "Day In, Day Out," "Angel Eyes," and "September Song." The latter is also a bonus track featuring vocalist June Christy, who shared the bill with Kenton and the Four Freshmen. The Complete Capitol Four Freshmen Fifties Sessions box set is limited to an edition of 3,500 copies and available mostly at independent CD dealers or online at www.mosaicrecords.com.

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