🥂 50th CLASSICS SERIES, VOL. 19 - Lani Hall (CD 2517)

[Harry]

CLASSIC VOLUME 19 - Lani Hall (1987)
A&M CD 2517
Produced by: Herb Alpert, Lani Hall, Sergio Mendes, Allee Willis
Track Listing:

1. Send In The Clowns (2:21) – from SWEET BIRD
2. Hello It’s Me (3:34) – from HELLO ITS ME
3. Mister Blue (Misty Blue) (3:27) – from SWEET BIRD
4. Happy Woman (Happy Man) (2:34) – from HELLO ITS ME
5. I Don’t Want You To Go (4:42) – from BLUSH
6. Vincent (5:56) – from SUN DOWN LADY
7. We Could Be Flying (3:55) – from SUN DOWN LADY
8. Love Song (2:55) – from SUN DOWN LADY
9. Come What May (4:33) – from BLUSH
10. Early Mornin’ Strangers (3:38) – from SWEET BIRD
11. How Can I Tell You (2:57) – from SUN DOWN LADY
12. So Long (2:55) – from DOUBLE OR NOTHING
13. Midnight Lovers (3:28) – from COLLECTIBLES
14. To Know (4:19) – from DOUBLE OR NOTHING
15. The Moon Is All Alone (Like Me) (3:21) – from SWEET BIRD
16. Never Say Never Again (3:09) – from COLLECTIBLES

 

[Dave]

It's a fine set for Lani, and while well-filled out in content, it's only lacking depth (though the more adventurous tracks are what you buy the original albums for, if you can find them!)...


-- Dave

 

[Harry]

This was the first CD I ever found of Lani Hall's, and as it turned out, one of the few ever issued.

Though I've never seen one, this album was also issued on cassette. I was surprised to find a picture on eBay years ago:



I also recall stumbling onto the fact that this may have been released somewhere in the Far East as a different "CLASSICS" number - not 19.

Harry

 

[Mike Blakesley]

While we always stocked the Lani Hall titles in the store (back in the good old days when music would actually sell), Classics is the only one of hers that I actually ever sold. The rest, I either bought for myself or returned unsold to the distributor. Classics sat there for many weeks, until one day some guy was looking at it and asking about it, and I told him about Brasil '66 (which he'd never heard of) and he asked what "style" the music was. It so happened that I didn't have any Lani records in the store at the time so I couldn't give him a demo. I just told him that Lani was somewhat like Barbra Streisand, but a bit more on the pop-music side. So he bought the CD, then a few hours later brought it back saying he hated it, and asking if I would let him trade for something else. I decided at that point to add it to my own collection, and that's where it is today. His loss.

It's a decent collection, although I think two of the four tracks they picked from Sun Down Lady were weak ("How Can I Tell You" and "Vincent"). I would have selected "Ocean Song" and "Come Down In Time." I wished they'd included "Banquet" from Hello It's Me. Again...I think that's a stronger track than "Happy Woman (Happy Man)." Just personal taste, I guess.

 

[toeknee4bz]

It's a decent collection, although I think two of the four tracks they picked from Sun Down Lady were weak ("How Can I Tell You" and "Vincent"). I would have selected "Ocean Song" and "Come Down In Time." I wished they'd included "Banquet" from Hello It's Me. Again...I think that's a stronger track than "Happy Woman (Happy Man)." Just personal taste, I guess.

"How Can I Tell You" was ok, but I agree that "Banquet" from HELLO IT'S ME would've made a nice replacement for "Vincent". Don't remember "Ocean Song", but "Come Down In Time" would've also nicely replaced "Happy Woman (Happy Man)". A few other changes I would've made include:
+ "Where's Your Angel?" from BLUSH ( - "Early Mornin Strangers" from SWEET BIRD);
+ "Who's That Guy?" from ALBANY PARK ( - "To Know" from DOUBLE OR NOTHING)

 

[Harry]

A big Happy Birthday to Lani Hall!

November 6th is her birthday!

Harry

 

[Dave]

HBeeeeee, Laneeeeeee!!!!!!


-- Dave

 

[toeknee4bz]

A big Happy Birthday to Lani Hall!

November 6th is her birthday!

Harry

Yes, indeed, we all wish Lani a happy birthday!