CD Details
- Released: March 14, 2006
- Originally Released: 2000
- Label: Collectables Records
Description by OLDIES.com:
Ray Ellis worked as a producer, arranger and conductor who worked with many of the greats in his career. Ellis' work crossed over to every media including radio, television, and motion pictures. The twenty-four sophisticated tracks come from the vaults of Columbia Records and are available for the first time on compact disc.
Tracks:
- 1.You Are Never Far Away From Me
- 2.How About You
- 3.For All We Know
- 4.When I Fall In Love
- 5.36-26-36
- 6.Alone Together
- 7.Milk And Honey
- 8.P.S. I Love You
- 9.Love Is A Simple Thing
- 10.You're My Girl
- 11.Poor Butterfly
- 12.Trust In Me
- 13.Mountain Greenery
- 14.Long Ago (And Far Away)
- 15.The Wang Wang Blues
- 16.Moonlight Becomes You
- 17.I'll Be Seeing You
- 18.Shuffle Off To Buffalo
- 19.Anything Goes
- 20.Let's Get Away From It All
- 21.This Love Of Mine
- 22.No Such Luck
- 23.You're The Top
- 24.They Say It's Wonderful
Product Description:
2 LP's in 1 CD: ELLIS IN WONDERLAND/LET'S GET AWAY FROM IT ALL.
ELLIS IN WONDERLAND:
Personnel includes: Ray Ellis (arranger, conductor).
Recorded in 1957. Originally released on Columbia (CL 993).
LET'S GET AWAY FROM IT ALL:
Personnel includes: Ray Ellis (arranger, conductor); Gene Quill (saxophone); Lou McGarity (trombone).
Recorded in 1958. Originally released on Columbia (CL 8051).
This two-fer from Collectables features a pair of out of print Ray Ellis LPs: Ellis in Wonderland and Let's Get Away from It All, both originally issued on Columbia in the late '50s. Highlights among the 24 tracks include "Moonlight Becomes You," "When I Fall in Love," and "You're the Top," which provide a perfect combination of lite jazz and easy listening pop. ~ Al Campbell
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