CD Details
- Released: March 14, 2006
- Originally Released: 2004
- Label: Collectables Records
- Original Album#1: Epic Records BN 26036 (1963)
- Original Album#2: Epic Records BN 26069 (1963)
Description by OLDIES.com:
These two original albums from the Epic label, available here for the first time on CD, feature the Vic, Gene and Joe Ames performing a program of Italian songs on the first album -- and songs of "fun and nonsense" on the second.
Tracks:
- 1.Fontana Di Trevi
- 2.Corrin Corrina
- 3.Dammi Dammi Dammi
- 4.Fiamma D'Amor
- 5.Volare
- 6.Luna Malinconica
- 7.Ritorna A Me
- 8.Chi Sara
- 9.Natsu Rossi
- 10.Ciao Ciao Bambina
- 11.Tre Campane
- 12.Arrivederci Roma
- 13.In The Middle Of The House
- 14.I'll Lend You Everything I've Got Except My Wife
- 15.(If I Had My Life To Live Over) I'd Live Over A Grocery Store
- 16.Knees Up! Mother Brown
- 17.Take Your Fingers Out Of Your Mouth (I Want A Kiss From You)
- 18.When Banana Skins Are Falling (I'll Come Sliding Back To You)
- 19.Shut The Door (They're Coming In Through The Window)
- 20.Where Can I Find A Bookie? (The Daily Double Blues)
- 21.When It's Night Time In Italy It's Wednesday Over Here
- 22.That Old Red Undershirt My Daddy Wore
- 23.When Grandma Got Her Teeth In Upside Down
- 24.Two Ton Tessie
Product Description:
2 LPs on 1 CD: HELLO ITALY (1963)/KNEES UP, MOTHER BROWN (1963).
Translators: G.C. Testoni; A.B. Tea; Francesci Migliacci.
This two-fer from Collectables features a pair of out of print Ames Brothers LPs, Hello Italy and Knees Up, Mother Brown. Both albums were issued in 1963 on Epic, and together contain two-dozen tracks dominated by Italian songs such as "Volare," "Dammi Dammi Dammi," and "Ciao Ciao Bambina" along with parody songs like "When Banana Skins Are Falling (I'll Come Sliding Back to You)," "When Grandma Got Her Teeth in Upside Down," and "(If I Had My Life to Live Over) I'd Live Over a Grocery Store." While this is a strange combination, the albums sound great and work well as individual entities. ~ Al Campbell
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