Plays Music From Broadway Production of House of Flowers / Adventure In The Sun

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CD Details

Released: March 14, 2006
Originally Released: 2003
Label: Collectables Records
Original Album #1: Columbia Records CL 640 (1955)
Original Album #2: Columbia Records CL 1010 (1957)

Description by OLDIES.com:

Percy Faith set the standard for colorful instrumentals - Harold Arlen (remember "Stormy Weather" or "Over The Rainbow?)" penned a beautiful score for Truman Capote's exotic Broadway play "House Of Flowers." Percy Faith brings humor and beauty to his orchestral treatment of these joyous tunes; in "Adventures In The Sun," Percy Faith, who came to us from the cold and snow of Canada, brings a sunny, up-tempo sound to a dozen stunning melodies, several of them his own compositions. (Bill Halvorsen)

Tracks:

1.House Of Flowers
2.I'm Gonna Leave Off Wearing My Shoes
3.Waitin'
4.Slide "Boy" Slide
5.Don't Like Goodbyes
6.Two Ladies In De Shade Of De Banana Tree
7.One Man Ain't Quite Enough
8.I Never Has Seen Snow
9.What Is A Friend For?
10.A Sleepin' Bee
11.Mardi Gras Waltz
12.Smellin'of Vanilla (Bamboo Cage)
13.Tropical Merengue
14.Bluebell
15.Carmellita
16.The Fiddling Bulfighter
17.Eleanora
18.Tambura (Merengue)
19.Hey Jose!
20.Bahama Lullaby
21.Bubbling Over (Gardebylaten)
22.Italiano!
23.Tropic Holiday
24.The Bandit (Theme from "O Cangaceiro")

Product Description:

Full title: Plays Music From The Broadway Production House Of Flowers/ Adventure In The Sun.

2 LPs on 1 CD: PLAYS MUSIC FROM THE BROADWAY PRODUCTION HOUSE OF FLOWERS (1955)/ADVENTURE IN THE SUN (1957).

Originally released on Columbia.

Recording information: 01/22/1953-03/18/1957.

This Collectables reissue combines two similar Percy Faith dates originally released on Columbia Records in the early '60s, House of Flowers and Adventure in the Sun. The big-band leader provides 24 elegant renditions of classic Broadway show tunes, including "House of Flowers," "What Is a Friend For?," "Tropical Merengue," "Carmellita," and "Tropic Holiday." Although not essential, this is a respectable two-fer that traditional pop fans should be aware of. ~ Al Campbell