Jazz AOTW Wes Montgomery - CLASSICS VOLUME 22 (CD-2520)

Wes Montgomery
CLASSICS VOLUME 22
A&M CD-2520

Released 1988

Format: CD/Cassette

Produced by Creed Taylor

Songs:

• 1. California Nights (Hamlisch, Liebling) - 2:28
  2. Windy (Friedman) - 2:18
  3. Switchin' (Montgomery) - 4:19
  4. I Say a Little Prayer for You (Bacharach, David) - 3:12
  5. Yesterday (Lennon, McCartney) - 3:24
  6. Pata Pata (Makeba, Ragovoy) - 4:13
  7. Wind Song (Alpert, Ceroli, Pisano, Webster) - 2:17
  8. Butterfly (Montgomery) - 3:29
  9. Georgia on My Mind (Carmichael, Gorrell) - 2:44
  10. Hello, Young Lovers (Hammerstein, Rodgers) - 2:16
  11. Fly Me to the Moon (Howard) - 2:50
  12. Road Song (Montgomery) - 3:50
  13. A Day in the Life (Lennon, McCartney) - 5:44
  14. Down Here on the Ground (Garnett, Schifrin) - 3:29
  15. When a Man Loves a Woman (Lewis, Wright) - 2:57
  16. Eleanor Rigby (Lennon, McCartney) - 3:05
  17. Where Have All the Flowers Gone? (Seeger) - 3:06
  18. Know It All (Quem Diz Que Sabe) (Donato, Valle) - 2:59
  19. My Favorite Things (Hammerstein, Rodgers) - 3:06
  20. Scarborough Fair/Canticle (Garfunkel, Simon) - 4:51

Project Coordinator: Barry Korkin
Digital Mastering: Arnie Acosta & Stewart Whitmore
Art Direction: Chuck Beeson & Richard Frankel
Liner Notes: Peter Keepnews



Capt. Bacardi

I have this one. When I started getting into the Wes Montgomery A&M albums, I managed to find all three of the studio albums. A post from, I believe it was LPJim, outlined the fact that a "GREATEST HITS" disc existed with the same track list as the CLASSICS 22 disc, and I wanted to grab one of these for the five non-album tracks that are included.

I remembered a record store that had one of those GREATEST HITS discs, but it was a mall store they wanted a small fortune for it - something like $18.99 or $19.99 and I kept resisting it. Later it disappeared and I resorted to finding one on eBay and snagged the purple CLASSICS 22 version.

I suppose that Wes' "My Favorite Things" could be considered in with other A&M Christmas selections (along with his "Greensleeves" from ROAD SONG). I know there's a group out there who resists "My Favorite Things" as a Christmas song, but I reason that that particular door was left open years ago.

Harry

The best thing on this collection is the 5 previously unreleased tracks:

Switchin'
Pata Pata
Butterfly
Hello Young Lovers
My Favorite Things

Both track listings are identical on those two sets? I wonder if the Greatest Hits (which BTW is part of the Backlot Series, not the original A&M release from the early 70s) sounds better than the purple Classics, or if they are digitally identical. I had the impression the Backlot Series were all new compilations.

A shame they don't put out a two-CD "Complete A&M Wes Montgomery" set, like Verve did last year with their Montgomery albums.

I don't own both, so I can't say if one sounds better than the other. I suspect they are digital clones, with then PolyGram taking the easy way out. I know the track listings are identical in the same order.



Harry

I found a copy of Classics...going to check out those five songs.

Looks like there's another title for this comp, too. A&M in Germany released it as an A&M GOLD SERIES title - probably Japan, too.

...which proves the track lineup was versatile the world over!