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LES BAXTER

SPACE ESCAPADE + CARIBBEAN MOONLIGHT + 6 BONUS TRACKS (LTD)
Label SWINGPORT
Catalog 50760
Format CD
Discs 1
Category JAZZ/BLUES/COUNTRY
Street Date 2017-12-28
Description
・ LIMITED EDITION IN SPECIAL 3-PANEL DIGIPACK
・ 24-BIT DIGITALLY REMASTERED – STEREO/MONO
・ ORIGINAL RECORDINGS
・ 2-LPs ON 1-CD
This release presents two classic LES BAXTER albums from the early phase of his career: Space Escapade (Capitol ST968, 1958) and Caribbean Moonlight (Capitol T733, 1956). As a bonus, we have included a selection of six of Baxter’s hit singles that charted on the Billboard Top 10, including two of his best selling number one hits: “The Poor People of Paris” and “Unchained Melody”.

1-12: SPACE ESCAPADE:
The Stereo version: For the first time on CD
LES BAXTER, arranger, conductor & His Orchestra.
Recorded at Capitol Tower Studios, Vine Street, Hollywood, California, November 18, 22 & 25, 1957.
13-24: CARIBBEAN MOONLIGHT:
LES BAXTER, arranger, conductor & His Orchestra.
Recorded at Capitol Studios, Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, California, February 7, 15 & 21, 1956.
*BONUS TRACKS: LES BAXTER, arranger, conductor & His Orchestra and Chorus. Danny Welton (harmonica solo on track 28). Recorded at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, 1956 (Track 25), 1951 (Track 26), 1952 (Track 27), 1953 (Track 28), 1953 (Track 29), and 1955 (Track 30).
tracklisting
1. SHOOTING STAR (Les Baxter)
2. MOONSCAPE (Les Baxter)
3. MR. ROBOT (Les Baxter)
4. THE CITY (Les Baxter)
5. A DISTANT STAR (Les Baxter)
6. THE COMMUTER (Les Baxter)
7. WINDS OF SIRIUS (Les Baxter)
8. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOON (Les Baxter)
9. SOMEWHERE IN SPACE (A LOOK BACK AT EARTH) (Les Baxter)
10. EARTH LIGHT (Les Baxter)
11. THE LADY IS BLUE (Les Baxter)
12. SATURDAY NIGHT ON SATURN (Les Baxter)
13. TABOO (Margarita Lecuona-Bob Russell)
14. DEEP NIGHT (Charlie Henderson-Rudy Vallée)
15. THE BREEZE AND I (Al Stillman-Ernesto Lecuona)
16. NIGHTINGALE (Fred Wise-George Rosner-Xavier Cugat)
17. TEMPTATION (Arthur Freed-Nacio Herb Brown)
18. POINCIANA (SONG OF THE TREE) (Buddy Bernier-Nat Simon)
19. AY, AY, AY (Osmán Pérez Freire)
20. ADIÓS (Eddie Woods-Enric Madriguera)
21. CARNIVAL (Bob Russell-Harry Warren)
22. GREEN EYES (Adolfo Utrera-Nilo Menéndez-Eddie Rivera-Eddie Woods)
23. OUT OF THIS WORLD (Harold Arlen-Johnny Mercer)
24. SWAY (¿QUIÉN SERÁ?) (Norman Gimbel-Pablo Beltrán Ruiz-Luis Demetrio)
25. THE POOR PEOPLE OF PARIS (Marguerite Monnot-René Rouzaud) *
26. BECAUSE OF YOU (Arthur Hammerstein-Dudley Wilkinson) *
27. BLUE TANGO (Leroy Anderson-Mitchell Parish) *
28. RUBY (From the 1952 King Vidor’s movie Ruby Gentry) (Heinz Eric Roemheld) *
29. APRIL IN PORTUGAL (Raul Ferrão-José Galhardo-Jimmy Kennedy) *
30. UNCHAINED MELODY (Alex North-Hy Zaret) *
 

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