I've always sort of liked the song "Wives and Lovers" from the Burt Bacharach Look Of Love box set as performed by Jack Jones. The lyrics are way out of date (almost chauvinistic), but I grew attached to Jones' voice on that recording.
A couple of weeks ago, I visited a local thrift shop and came across six LPs. Among them was a very nice copy of Jack Jones' Wives and Lovers LP, on the Kapp label: clean-looking vinyl (it needs a trip through the record vacuum regardless...but I'm waiting for a shipment of fluid), and the jacket was still in its shrink wrap. The music has turned out to be a pleasant surprise--arrangers include Ralph Carmichael and Marty Paich, and there was even a Henry Mancini song here that I recognized from his Mr. Lucky Goes Latin album (one of my favorites), set to lyrics as "Song About Love". Also on this LP are "Charade", "Fly Me To The Moon" and "Come Rain or Come Shine".
It's also a very nice sounding LP: rich and warm, and the surface is very quiet save for some "ticks" from dirt. A nice surprise! I'll definitely need to search out some more of his Kapp recordings on LP.
A couple of weeks ago, I visited a local thrift shop and came across six LPs. Among them was a very nice copy of Jack Jones' Wives and Lovers LP, on the Kapp label: clean-looking vinyl (it needs a trip through the record vacuum regardless...but I'm waiting for a shipment of fluid), and the jacket was still in its shrink wrap. The music has turned out to be a pleasant surprise--arrangers include Ralph Carmichael and Marty Paich, and there was even a Henry Mancini song here that I recognized from his Mr. Lucky Goes Latin album (one of my favorites), set to lyrics as "Song About Love". Also on this LP are "Charade", "Fly Me To The Moon" and "Come Rain or Come Shine".
It's also a very nice sounding LP: rich and warm, and the surface is very quiet save for some "ticks" from dirt. A nice surprise! I'll definitely need to search out some more of his Kapp recordings on LP.