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A bargain Bing offer!

Malcolm Macfarlane | Cheshire, UK | 07/23/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Another bargain offer from Jasmine who, thanks to Geoff Milne's sterling work, certainly do their best to keep Bing in the record shops. This double CD set has a subtitle. 'The top fifty of his many greatest hits'. These songs are chosen by the man who made the transfers from pressings to the master for these CDs - producer Geoff Milne, who also wrote the booklet notes which are dated January 2002. True, there is nothing new to CD and perhaps the songs chosen would not be your choice, a matter which Geoff Milne covers in his notes thus, 'How is it possible to select just fifty? Well, go ahead and try it, then argue amongst yourselves about whose selection is any better than the others - there really isn't an answer except to say that almost anything Bing sang was good and worthy of inclusion.' The year these songs became top sellers precedes the song title on the CD listings. The compilation is not in chronological order as the songs are arranged to give a well balanced programme. The reproduction quality is excellent, the booklet notes are informative and interesting. Playing time is over two and a half hours."

Track listing

David Newland | dayton, oh USA | 07/13/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Disc One

1. I'VE GOT A POCKETFUL OF DREAMS

2. PENNIES FROM HEAVEN

3. REMEMBER ME?

4. JUNE IN JANUARY

5. RED SAILS IN THE SUNSET

6. TOO MARVELLOUS FOR WORDS

7. THE MOON GOT IN MY EYES

8. YOU'RE GETTING TO BE A HABIT WITH ME

9. BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A DIME?

10. BOB WHITE (WHATCHA GONNA SWING TONIGHT?) w. Connie Boswell

11. ONLY FOREVER

12. PLEASE

13. SAN FERNANDO VALLEY

14. I CAN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU

15. SHADOW WALTZ

16. LITTLE DUTCH MILL

17. ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND w. Connie Boswell

18. I'M AN OLD COWHAND

19. THE LAST ROUND-UP

20. I WISHED ON THE MOON

21. GOODNIGHT, LOVELY LITTLE LADY

22. SWINGING ON A STAR

23. DON'T FENCE ME IN w. The Andrews Sisters

24. I'LL BE SEEING YOU

25. THANKS





Disc Two

1. WHITE CHRISTMAS

2. MOONLIGHT BECOMES YOU

3. I LOVE YOU

4. SUNDAY, MONDAY, OR ALWAYS

5. LOVE IN BLOOM

6. SOON

7. AT YOUR COMMAND

8. DINAH w. The Mills Brothers

9. IT'S EASY TO REMEMBER

10. TRADE WINDS

11. IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME

12. NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS

13. (THERE'LL BE A) HOT TIME IN THE TOWN OF BERLIN w. The Andrews Sisters

14. SWEET GEORGIA BROWN

15. OUT OF NOWHERE

16. JUST ONE MORE CHANCE

17. YOU MUST HAVE BEEN A BEAUTIFUL BABY

18. PISTOL PACKIN' MAMA w. The Andrews Sisters

19. DOLORES

20. AMOR, AMOR

21. WHAT'S NEW?

22. SWEET LEILANI

23. SIERRA SUE

24. BE CAREFUL, IT'S MY HEART

25. NOW IS THE HOUR"