South America, Take It Away!

1. Cuban Love Song

2. Babalu

3. Begin the Beguine

4. Brazil

5. Time Was (Duerme)

6. Green Eyes

7. Jealousy

8. Jungle Drums

9. Night Must Fall

10. Para Vigo Me Voy

11. Perfidia

12. Yours

13. South America, Take It Away!

14. Breeze and I

15. Coconut Pudding Vendor

16. Lady in Red

17. Rumba-Cardi

18. Whatever Happened to You?

South America, Take It Away!,Xavier Cugat,Dynamic (Emp520),Big Band,Instrumental Pop,Latin,Latin Jazz,Mambo,Tropical

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Average customer rating: So much more than mindless muzak!! Xavier, I yi yi yi yi I like you very much !!! Classic Latin Magic Excellente! HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU, KID Great music from an era gone by....

South America, Take It Away: 24 Latin Hits Xavier Cugat Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cuba | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Mambo | Latin Music | Styles | Music Rhumba | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Lounge | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Brazilian & Latin Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music International Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Latin Music | Indie Music | Stores | Music Instrumental Pop & Lounge | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Golden Classics Bread, Love and Cha-Cha-Cha/Cugat Calvalcade Brazilian Bombshell: 25 Hits (1939-1947) Cugat's Favorite Rumbas / Mambo at the Waldorf Perfidia ASIN: B000001HK4 Release Date: 1997-04-22

Tracks:

1. The Lady In Red - Rumba
2. Jealousy-Tango
3. Little Star-Rumba
4. Here Comes The Conga-Conga
5. The Swallow
6. Lovely Sky-Conga
7. The Dove-Conga
8. Night Must Fall-Bolero Rumba
9. 'Tonight'-Bolero
10. Yours (Quiereme Mucho)-Bolero
11. La Cumparsita-Tango
12. Jungle Drums-Bolero
13. The Breeze And I
14. Frenzy-Rumba
15. Green Eyes-Rumba
16. I Yi Yi Yi Yi I Like You Very Much-Samba
17. Brazil-Samba
18. Tico Tico
19. Siboney
20. Baia-Slow Samba
21. Until Tomorrow
22. You Belong To My Heart
23. No Can Do-American Rumba
24. South America, Take It Away!-Rumba

Customer Reviews:

So much more than mindless muzak!! Xavier, I yi yi yi yi I like you very much !!!.......2007-05-07

Xavier Cugat and his Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra performed so wonderfully you could swear you were in heaven. This CD boasts a marvelous collection of their recordings made between 1935 and 1946; we get a fantastic assortment of rumbas, tangos, congas and more! Dinah Shore and Bing Crosby also lend their fantastic vocal abilities to several of the tracks on this disc.

The CD opens with the classic number "The Lady In Red;" the band makes great use of the percussion, horns and piano as it often did in Cugat's Orchestra. Don Reid & Chorus do a great job with the vocals, too. "The Lady In Red" is chock full of energy and whets your appetite for more. "Jalousie (Jealousy)" follows; this tango opens with a dramatic flourish by the horns and harp and "Jalousie (Jealousy)" generates a whopping amount of energy, too. You'll want to dance to this number for sure!

Other great numbers by Cugat and his Orchestra include the classic "Cielito Lindo" with a particularly upbeat, faster than usual beat and vocals by Chacha Aguilar and Carmen Castillo. Awesome! "La Paloma (The Dove)" also shines as the orchestra plays this so well. "Perfidia (Tonight)" scores another coup for Xavier Cugat and his Orchestra, too.

But there's more. This CD features Dinah Shore with some of her earliest recordings; she sings along with the orchestra as they play the bolero tune "Yours (Quiéreme Mucho);" "La Cumparsita;" "Jungle Drums" and "The Breeze And I." Great! Dinah's voice is in excellent form on these numbers.

Bing Crosby also lends his talent on several tracks including "Siboney" and the wonderful "Baía" which is a slow, romantic samba.

The CD ends with "South America, Take It Away;" I believe that Bing Crosby is featured on this track even though he is not credited as doing the vocals. The chorus does a great job, too. The song has a big band flavor that was so popular in the 1940s.

The liner notes give you an essay about Cugat and his Orchestra by Peter Dempsey; and the songs credits are there, too. The art work is very good.

The quality of the sound is very good considering the age of these recordings. These are the original mono recordings, so please keep in mind that there will be some surface noise but it won't detract from the quality of the sound too much.

Overall, I highly recommend this for fans of Latin music from the 1930s and 1940s; and Cugat fans will consider this CD to be a "must-have" for their collections. The music is romantic and it also provides us with hours upon hours of easy listening music enjoyment.

¡Olé!

Classic Latin Magic.......2005-09-21

Great selections, great sound; hard to believe these weren't original stereo recordings.

Buy!

Excellente!.......2002-07-02

Just got this today and it's exactly what I hoped for! The other reviewers were on the mark! The earlier Cugat orchestration and arrangements are so lovely and evocative. I'm a sucker for the sound of old recordings--these are from the 30's--they just had a warmth that is lost as recording equipment improved. But I still must get something with Besame Mucho . . .

HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU, KID.......2000-12-23

This compilation of Cugat recordings from 1935-1946 is one of the "sexiest" CD'S my collection. If you're a fan of many Hollywood films of that period these arrangements will send chills up your spine. Close your eyes and you're sitting at the Waldorf Bar in white tie with Bogie or George Raft; or you're an OSS agent sitting in a South American cabaret with Andrea King keeping one eye on Conrad Veidt and the other on Akim Tamiroff. The tunes are familiar and haunting. You may not remember the titles but you'll recognize the music of that genre.Several vocals by Bing Crosby and Dinah Shore add to your listening delight. The slow samba "BAIA" is an elixir with greater power than Viagra. The other rumbas, congas and tangos are superb; Cugat's distinctive rhythmic arrangements cast a hypnotic spell on the listener. Buy this album!

Great music from an era gone by...........2000-08-20

While on a Desi Arnez binge, I bought this CD not really knowing what to expect. I had read the book on Cugat by his ex-wife, and was curious as to his music. And what music it is. I've had this CD in my car's changer for two weeks now, and I'm listening to it more than the other five CD's combined. The music is superb, the perfect antidote to a long day at work. There's quite a variety of tunes, and the rhythm section has to be heard to be believed. And this is music that's a half century old! However, a warning to the guys: Listening to this CD may make you want to don tux-n-tails, order a Martini or Manhattan, and then let your feet fly across the dance floor with your Lady Love!

Average customer rating: Fine music, tone-deaf pricing from Vivendi At long last and timely to boot

This Is the Army / Call Me Mister / Winged Victory Irving Berlin , Harold Rome , and Moss Hart Manufacturer: Decca Broadway ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Mexican Hayride (1944 Original Broadway Cast) Inside U.S.A./The Band Wagon Those Were Our Songs: Music of World War II ASIN: B0000A9D1N Release Date: 2003-07-29

Tracks:

1. Overture - Irving Berlin
2. I'm Getting Tired So I Can Sleep - Irving Berlin
3. I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen - Irving Berlin
4. Ihe Army's Made A Man Out Of Me - Irving Berlin
5. The Army's Made A Man Out Of Me - Irving Berlin
6. What The Well Dressed Man In Harlem Will Wear - Irving Berlin
7. How Bout A Cheer For The Navy - Irving Berlin
8. American Eagles - Irving Berlin
9. Oh, How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning - Irving Berlin
10. Going Home Train - Harold Rome
11. Along With Me - Harold Rome
12. Little Surplus Me - Harold Rome
13. The Red Ball Express - Harold Rome
14. Military Life - Harold Rome
15. Yuletied, Park Avenue - Harold Rome
16. When We Meet Again - Harold Rome
17. The Face On The Dime - Harold Rome
18. South America, Take It Away - Harold Rome
19. Call Me Mister - Harold Rome
20. Winged Victory - Sgt. David Rose/ Winged Victory Chorus And Orchestra
21. My Dream Book Of Memories - Sgt. David Rose/ Winged Victory Chorus And Orchestra
22. The Whiffenpoof Song - Sgt. David Rose/ Winged Victory Chorus And Orchestra
23. The Army Air Corps - Sgt. David Rose/ Winged Victory Chorus And Orchestra

Customer Reviews:

Fine music, tone-deaf pricing from Vivendi.......2007-05-09

"This is the Army" is the first, and by far the greatest. When the word historic has lost all meaning this revue truly was -- perhaps the biggest show-biz charity fundraiser ever (for the Army Emergency Relief, which exists to this day), an incalculable morale booster on two fronts, a show whose too-small number of black players nonetheless helped break down the military's color barrier. It also sired the first major-label musical cast album; Decca rushed it into production at the end of July, 1942 to beat the AFM's notorious recording ban. That (and perhaps some reticence with an untested genre) may explain why the public only got four 10" 78s, shorter than they should have been. (Victor rushed its own studio recording into print as well, with mediocre arrangements and Fats Waller.) The following year Decca atoned for its mistake when it declared peace with the musician's union to record "Oklahoma!", making the cast album a permanent part of our musical lives. If we got only a fraction of what must have been it must have been tremendous. On the evidence this was Irving Berlin's finest score to date, and after the slog through multiple continents with a war hardened company he dug deep and wrote "Annie Get Your Gun." The tragedy is that no one tried to revive this show when enough of the boys were still alive, say in the eighties; perhaps Berlin, by then a hopeless recluse, turned it down. As touching and as stirring as these songs are it is preposterous that this score has remained all but buried since the last production in 1945. That this show is inextricably tied to a war is no excuse; the memory of a brave generation deserves better.

We go inevitably downhill from there, starting with the first track of "Call Me Mister", a postwar show with a lighter touch, and a lighter songwriter in several ways. Harold Rome could write a mean lyric, and he was good at the sort of situational humor that worked with topical shows, but despite his ambitions -- at the end of his career he foolishly adapted "Gone with the Wind" -- he just could not write the fine ballad that would have put him in the first rank. So where "This is the Army" can move the soul "Mister" just sits there, despite a haunting tribute to the "Face on the Dime." Its comic relief saves the day and it's pretty good as a recording too, as it's from 1946, and gives us a flavor of the old-time Broadway sound that makes these early albums so appealing. The four concluding sides of incidental music from Moss Hart's play "Winged Victory" are negligible. These are from David Rose, author of "Holiday for Strings" and patron saint of easy listening (until he wrote "The Stripper" and no doubt caused Red Skelton to swallow his kaddidlehopper). As might be expected from a man Spike Jones parodied he writes the most self-important music with the most showoffy grandiose charts, undercutting whatever patriotic feeling it had. His orchestral yelling even makes "The Army Air Corps" ("Off we go into the wild blue yonder") tiresome, a true negative achievement. It's easy to see why this has never been revived -- and never could be.

Despite its shortcomings of production (and in the last two works of inspiration), this is a fine and valuable recording. Which brings us to Vivendi. When the company revamped its cast-album catalog it decided to price these completely amortized albums at full-line-plus. It's especially galling here as all the selections from "This is the Army" and "Winged Victory" and at least one from "Call Me Mister" have enough surface noise and distortion to indicate they're likely from commercial pressings. Maybe Mr. Bronfman Junior needed the money for his ultimately failed investment; but such gouging underscores the contempt the record business has for its customers, whom it sees as saps whose pockets will empty endlessly when it grabs them face down by the ankles. The public is now richly returning the favor by tuning itself out to the majors and its endless parade of tunelessness. For all the gold-chained clan's howls of denial it isn't good for the record trade -- and in the end, by eviscerating the one stable source for new music, it isn't good for us.

At long last and timely to boot.......2003-09-01

Having scored a triumph during World War I with his "Yip Yip Yaphank," Irving Berlin was a natural to be asked to create a similar revue for World War II, and the all-male "This Is the Army" did very well. An original cast recording came out in 1942. The very next year, the Air Force got its chance with Moss Hart's "Winged Victory." Four of the songs appeared in boxed set of 78 rpm discs. When it was all over, the returning GI was saluted in yet another revue called "Call Me Mister." That original cast album appeared in 1946. Now you can hear them ALL on a single Decca CD (BOOOO831-02).

There is a soundtrack recording from the film "This Is the Army" that is extremely fuzzy, making this Decca release far preferable, all the more so because it does give us the original all-soldier cast that included Irving Berlin himself singing (more or less) his immortal "Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning." Other songs include "I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen," "How About a Cheer For the Navy," and "American Eagles."

The focus here is how men made the transition from civilian to military life, and most of the problems they faced are mentioned in the opening number, "This Is the Army, Mr. Jones." We must also note with some sadness that the real problems of joining an army are never explicit, but the purpose of the show was to reassure and not to look at the "dark side of the force."

"Winged Victory" originally contained only two discs holding four songs: "Winged Victory," "My Dream Book of Memories," "The Whiffenpoof Song," and "The Army Air Corps." That last one thrilled my generation whenever it was played over the radio and especially during the wartime films; and it has lost none of its potency over the years. (The line about going "down in flame" still chills.) This was also the first military revue that included women, a fact which makes it even more of an historical document.

In 1946, Harold Rome lent his talents to putting together a revue for those returning to civilian life. Early in the war, Dinah Shore was able to praise "A Boy in Khaki," but Vaughn Monroe later in the war sang about looking forward to wearing "Just a Blue Serge Suit." I have a particular fondness for this set, because I owned a copy as a boy, played it to death, and eventually lost track of it. I never knew there was a 1950 LP version which included "This Is the Army," and I spent years trying to find the company that held the copyright that would get it onto a tape or (later on) a CD. So 57 years after the album first was released, my prayer has been answered!

The first number, sung by Lawrence Winters (a great portrayer of Porgy, by the way), takes place aboard a "Going Home Train" and is replete with optimism. A sketch in which a group of men are waiting to be assigned work for the day included Winter's rendition of "The Red Ball Express" on which the Black GIs carried supplies to the troops. He is the only one denied work at the end of the scene. We had an even older enemy than the Nazis to face.

A young newcomer named Betty Garrett delighted audiences with "Little Surplus Me" and "Yuletide, Park Avenue" in which many of the New York shops are mentioned in Christmas carol style. But it was her rendition of "South America, Take It Away" that brought down the house and raised her to stardom.

You get the expected comic number, "Military Life," sung by Jules Munshin (remember him from the film "On the Town"?) and two other men, while Winters sings "A Face on a Dime," a song that needs some explaining to those who were born after the minting of the "Roosevelt Dime." "Along With Me" and the full version of "When We Meet Again" are the ballads, while the title song acts as a finale number.

The press release announces, "Decca Broadway Salutes the Troops With the CD Release of Three World War II Musical Revues." The current situation, I am sure, helped prompt the release of this set; but whatever the reason, I am absolutely delighted it is finally available. The songs are mostly excellent examples of their kind, the lyrics for the most part clever and powerful, the historical value great. I really suggest that History Departments take notice and get a copy. All the textbook accounts of the war never give the human side of things, and this CD will go a long way to letting the present young generation know how we faced all-too-familiar problems back then.

Average customer rating:

This Is the Army & Call Me Mister Manufacturer: Jasmine Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Face the Music (2007 Encores! Cast Recording) Curtains (2007 Original Broadway Cast) Spring Awakening (2006 Original Broadway Cast) ASIN: B00006J9M1 Release Date: 2002-11-19

Tracks:

1. Overture: This Is The Army, Mr. Jones/I Left My Heart At The Stage Door/Canteen/That Russian Winter/This Is The Army, Mr. Jones (Reprise) - All-Soldier Chorus
2. This Is The Army, Mr. Jones - Irving Berlin & Chorus
3. I'm Getting Tired So I Can Sleep - Private Stuart Churchill
4. I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen - Corporal Earl Oxford
5. Dialog With Staff Sergent Ezra Stone, Corporal Philip Truex & Private Julie Oshins - Staff Sergent Ezra Stone
6. The Army's Made A Man Out Of Me - Staff Sergent Ezra Stone
7. What The Well Dressed Man In Harlem Will Wear - Corporal James 'Stump' Cross
8. How About A Cheer For The Navy - All-Soldier Chorus
9. American Eagles/With My Head In The Clouds - Soldier Chorus
10. Oh, How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning - Irving Berlin
11. My British Buddy - Irving Berlin & Chorus
12. This Time - Cote Glee Club
13. Going Home Train - Lawrence Winters & Male Chorus
14. Along With Me - Danny Scholl
15. Little Surplus Me - Betty Garrett
16. The Red Ball Express - Male Quartet
17. Military Life - Harry Clark
18. Yuletide, Park Avenue - Betty Garrett
19. When We Meet Again - Paula Bane
20. The Face On The Dime - Lawrence Winters
21. South America, Take It Away - Betty Garrett
22. Call Me Mister - Bill Callaghan

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Sounds of the Circus - Vol. 24 Manufacturer: Whitmarsh Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mancini | Mancini, Henry | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000T2FHC Release Date: 2002-07-15

Tracks:

1. Gillette Look Sharp
2. El Matador
3. South America, Take It Away
4. Roses of Memory
5. Al-Fresco
6. Slick Slide
7. It's Today
8. Hippodrome
9. If I Had A Dream
10. Valencia
11. Espana Cani
12. Miss Frenchy Brown
13. Alpine Sunset
14. Old Berlin
15. Poor Butterfly
16. Song of the Vagabonds
17. They're Off
18. Gloria

Album Description

Authentic circus music from the Golden Age of the American Circus played by a band of 25 enthusiastic musicians.

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South America, Take It Away! Xavier Cugat Manufacturer: Dynamic ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Mambo | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Lounge | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Mambo | Latin Music | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Mambo | Latin Music | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B00020VZFW Release Date: 2004-04-27

Tracks:

1. Cuban Love Song
2. Babalu
3. Begin the Beguine
4. Brazil
5. Time Was (Duerme)
6. Green Eyes
7. Jealousy
8. Jungle Drums
9. Night Must Fall
10. Para Vigo Me Voy
11. Perfidia
12. Yours
13. South America, Take It Away!
14. Breeze and I
15. Coconut Pudding Vendor
16. Lady in Red
17. Rumba-Cardi
18. Whatever Happened to You?

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