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Louis Prima
Let's Fly With Mary Poppins
Genres: Blues, Jazz, Pop, R&B, Soundtracks, Children's Music, Broadway & Vocalists

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. A Spoonful of Sugar
2. Freed the Birds
3. The Perfect Nanny
4. Chim Chim Cher-ee
5. Sister Suffragette
6. Stiamo Svegli (Stay Awake) (Italian Version)
7. Jolly Holiday
8. Stay Awake
9. Let's GoFly a Kite
10. Supercalifgragilisticexpialidocious
11. I Love to Laugh
12. Supercalifragilistic-Espiralidoso (Italian Version)

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CD Details

All Artists: Louis Prima
Title: Let's Fly With Mary Poppins
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Walt Disney Records
Release Date: 2/10/1998
Genres: Blues, Jazz, Pop, R&B, Soundtracks, Children's Music, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: Traditional Blues, Jump Blues, Swing Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Dixieland, Oldies, Vocal Pop, Disney, Classic Vocalists, Traditional Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 050086040674

Synopsis

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OK, this disc is not the most important Louis Prima album ever, it's not even one of the top five, but, considering the dearth of Prima material available on CD (Bear Family's pricey boxed archive and Capitol's compilation are notable exceptions), this reissue of Louis Prima's Let's Fly with Mary Poppins is a sight for sore ears. Originally released on Buena Vista Records in 1965, Let's Fly features Prima and wife Gia Maione performing Italian versions of "Supercalifragilistic..." and "Stay Awake," in addition to one of the better versions of "Chim Chim Cheree" ever done. As a side note, "Chim Chim Cheree" was apparently used as Prima's audition tape for his casting into The Jungle Book. Prima completists should grab this one; for everyone else, Capitol's Prima compilation is a much better primer. --Jason Verlinde

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CD Reviews

It's tough to get old

10/27/1998

(3 out of 5 stars)

"When I found this re-issue, I was ecstatic because of its rarity. However, in 1965 (the year the album was originally recorded) Louis was becoming a has-been, and though she tries, Gia Maione is no Keely Smith. The banter between the two seems forced, though "The Pefect Nanny" has some fun to it. The only recording that REALLY stands out are Prima's romps through "Chim Chim Cher-ee" and the English version of "Stay Awake" thanks to his excitement on the song, and the driving beat of drummer Jimmy Vincent and the horn section of the Witnesses made up of Sam Butera (Tenor Sax), Lou Sino (Trombone), and Morgan Thomas (trumpet/trombone/sax). If you're a Prima finatic, this CD is definitely for you. For those who dig the tunes with drive such as "Just A Gigolo" or "Jump, Jive, An' Wail," you're better off digging Capitol or Dot Records."

If you like Mary Poppins AND Louis Prima

The Rebel | Nueva Jersey | 12/03/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"It is necessary to love both disney movies and Louis Prima. He does a great job, but if you are not a Prima fan - don't get it. I am and I dig it and my kids do too."