Search - Tony Martin :: Go South Young Man / Dream a Little Dream

RARE 2LP 'S FROM THE FIFTIES ON THE ONE CD

bryan catmull | melbourne, victoria Australia | 10/11/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"firstly the Amazon listing as a 2disc cd is incorrect,

this cd is a combined 2 lp RCA living stereo releases from

1958 (go south young man) and a 1959 (dream a little dream),

the opening 11 tracks are from 1958, all with the soft latin

beat, really well sung, the following 12 tracks are from 1959

which are a mixed bag of known and lesser known songs, scored

in a conventional setting, on my initial listening of the cd,

I found the latin tracks very enjoyable, beautifully sung by

a Martin who was developing a deeper sounding richer

tone to his voice, the latter tracks were I must admit a little

disappointing, mainly due to the bland song selection, there

are and were many better songs out there that would have been

better for Martin to have sung, however as this is a rare release from RCA Victor thru their BMG budget label, of late

fifties recordings, one should not really complain to much, the

thing that really is frustrating, is that the lp release from

the mid fifties "A NIGHT AT THE COPACOBANA" had never been

released on cd, till english lable Flare released their version in 2008, and what a botched job thats turned out to be, it would make a great 2lp cd coupled with "AT THE DESERT INN" a 1960 recording which has never been

released on cd, as Tony Martin is now in his nineties, we may

have to wait till he departs this earth, before this happens

summing up, 4 stars mainly for the latin half,"