The Mood Albums 1960-61 [CD]

Joni James - The Mood Albums 1960-61 [CD]

Joni James - The Mood Albums 1960-61 - Joni James was a hugely successful American recording artist of the 1950s and '60s, having 25 hits by 1960, and was one of the few singers who were able to maintain the momentum of her career through from the middle-of-the-road pop era of the early '50s through into the post-rock 'n' roll era of the later decade and beyond. She was one of the first artists to concentrate on the album market, successfully releasing at least four a year through the formative years of the stereo LP boom. So prolific was she that it is hard to put together a representative collection of her albums, so we have chosen to bring together four albums from a period at the start of the 1960s which have a common thread, using the "Mood" concept in their titles. This 48-track 2-CD collection therefore comprises all the tracks from her themed albums for MGM, "I'm In The Mood For Love", The Mood is Swinging", "The Mood Is Romance" and "The Mood Is Blue". Across the albums she works with the orchestras of Tony Acquaviva, Jack Marshall, Skip Martin and Jimmie Haskell - on the "I'm In The Mood For Love" album she works within the "Hundred Strings And Joni" framework which she had previously established. She was a stylish performer of sophisticated pop, heard in this collection with interpretations of Great American Songbook standards, and it's an enjoyably showcase for her distinctive approach.

 
Tracks

- Disc 1 -
1 Lovely Way to Spend An Evening
2 Let's Get Lost
3 I Can't Believe (That You're in Love With Me)
4 I'm in the Mood For Love
5 You're a Sweetheart
6 How Blue the Night
7 Exactly Like You
8 I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night
9 Don't Blame Me
10 I Can't Give You Anything But Love
11 I Walked in (With My Eyes Wide Open)
12 Where Are You?
13 This Could Be the Start of Something
14 Ain't Misbehavin'
15 Lot of Livin' to Do
16 Just in Time
17 Lady Is a Tramp
18 I Get a Kick Out of You
19 It's All Right With Me
20 When My Sugar Walks Down the Street (All the Little Birdies Go Tweet, Tweet, Tweet)
21 Something's Gotta Give
22 Day In, Day Out
23 Cheek to Cheek
24 I'm Shooting High
- Disc 2 -
1 Star Eyes
2 Between the Devil And the Deep Blue Sea
3 Time On My Hands (You in My Arms)
4 You Go to My Head
5 Music Stopped
6 I'm Beginning to See the Light
7 Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)
8 Dream, Dream, Dream
9 Wonder Why
10 Here Comes Heaven Again
11 I Remember You
12 I Hadn't Anyone Till You
13 End of Love Affair
14 Guilty
15 Lover Man
16 Saturday Night
17 Dont Worry `Bout Me
18 All of Me
19 Lonesome And Sorry
20 I Get Along Without You Very Well (Excspt Sometimes)
21 If I Had You
22 Stormy Weather
23 What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry
24 I'm Nobody's Baby