CDs from around the world

CDs from around the world - a selection

Released in January 2016: A 2 CD set titled “THE MUSIC OF RAY CONNIFF”. It features 50 selections from ’S WONDERFUL (10), the complete MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS-album, the complete BROADWAY IN RHYTHM- album, CONCERT IN RHYTHM (5), ’S MARVELOUS (10), and “Midnight Lace, Part 1”, from HAPPINESS IS: Disc # 1:'s Wonderful / Memories Are Made Of This / Dancing In The Dark / I Get A Kick Out Of You / Love Letters In The Sand / Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' / September Song / Bali Ha'i / Three Coins In The Fountain / Rhapsody In Blue / In The Still Of The Night / The Surrey With The Fringe On Top / Hello, Young Lovers / Moonlight Serenade / Someone To Watch Over Me / Around The World / That Old Black Magic / The Way You Look Tonight / Theme From Romeo And Juliet / I'm An Old Cow Hand / I Hear A Rhapsody / On The Street Where You Live / You Do Something To Me / My Foolish Heart / Young Love Disc # 2: Midnight Lace, Part 1 / I'm Always Chasing Rainbows / Love Me Tender / Some Enchanted Evening / Tammy / Oklahoma! / Unchained Melody / I Could Have Danced All Night & I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face / Begin The Beguine / No Other Love / People Will Say We're In Love / They Can't Take That Away From Me / Sentimental Journey / As Time Goes By / Sometimes I'm Happy / I've Told Every Little Star / Younger Than Springtime / A Wonderful Guy / Where Or When / Moments To Remember / Getting To Know You & I Whistle A Happy Tune / Stardust / Theme From Grand Canyon Suite / Only You / Early Evening

“BIG BAND SWING WITH RAY CONNIFF” is the title of a CD released in the UK on December 11, 2015 (Germany: Dec. 18). It features all the tracks of Ray Conniff’s first album “’s Wonderful!”

SÓLO LOS MEJORES is the title of a CD released in Latin countries. As for the 15 tracks, click on the scan on the right. (Item added August 7, 2014)

60 ÉXITOS ORIGINALES is a very odd item. The title hints that the 3 CDs feature original recordings by Ray Conniff, but Ray never recorded such songs as “Adagio”, “Guantanamera”, and “Ciao Ciao, Bambina”. This set contains the complete Ray Conniff albums of “Laughter in the Rain”, “We’ve Only Just Begun” and “Speak to Me of Love”, but potential buyers should be warned that they might not get what they expected. The sound quality of all tracks is very poor. Click on the scans for details.

WINTER WONDERLAND is the title of a CD featuring Ray Conniff’s first Christmas album “Christmas with Conniff”. (Released in September 2014; item added August 3, 2014)

RAY CONNIFF / also titled LOVE IS WONDERFUL (cf. downloadable albums, 2 on 1) a 2 CD set released in Brazil in 2013 on Radar Records, featuring all the tracks from “Hollywood in Rhythm” and “Broadway in Rhythm”

RAY CONNIFF AND HIS ORCHESTRA, CHORUS AND SINGERS: GREATEST HITS (December 2013) Disc #1: ‘s Wonderful / The Continental / Smoke Gets in Your Eyes / Besame Mucho / Caravan / Music to Watch Girls by / Somethin’ Stupid / Strangers in the Night / Can’t Take My Eyes off You / I’ve Got You Under My Skin / Hello, Dolly / Cabaret / Mack the Knife / As Time Goes by / Volare / New York, New York / The Shadow of Your Smile / Somewhere, My Love / Love Story / A Man and a Woman / Love Is Blue / Speak Softly, Love / Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head / A Time for Us / I Will Wait for You / The Windmills of Your Mind / Unchained Melody / Moon River Disc #2: Moscow Nights / Moscow Windows / Melody / Greenfields / Love Me Tender / Only You / Yesterday / Summertime / Moonlight Serenade / The Way You Look Tonight / It’s Impossible / Cry / Love Me Tonight / Frost Festival / Invisible Tears / Blue Moon / Chanson d’Amour / Midnight Lace, Parts 1 & 2 (fast version) / Happiness Is / Sentimental Journey / Up, Up and Away / Memories Are Made of This / Goin’ out of My Head / I’m in the Mood for Love / It Had to Be You / Dankeschön / We’ve Only Just Begun / Sometimes I’m Happy Selections from ’s Wonderful!, ’s Continental, ’s Awful Nice, Say It With Music, You Make Me Feel So Young, It Must Be Him, This Is My Song, Turn Around Look At Me, World of Hits, The Happy Beat, ’s Marvelous, Somewhere My Love, Love Story, Jean, Memories Are Made of This, Ray Conniff in Moscow, The Singles Collection, Vol. 2, The Essential Ray Conniff (14 tracks), Happiness Is, and Say You Say Me

20 AUTÉNTICOS ÉXITOS ORIGINALES (entry added Dec. 3, 2013) (Sony Spain 8 88430 06722 6, released 2013) Green Eyes / Spanish Eyes / Lisbon Antigua / Smoke Gets in Your Eyes / Frenesi / The Impossible Dream / Ebb Tide / Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head / Three Coins in the Fountain / I Don't Know How to Love Him / Volare / Unchained Melody / As Time Goes By / Blue Moon / New York, New York / Love Letters in the Sand / Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious / The Young and the Restless / Feelings / Sweet Caroline

...and “Songs for Christmas”, which features the entire “Christmas with Conniff”-album.

“Classic Album Collection” (Chile 2010, SKU 513310) The Way You Look Tonight / Moonlight Serenade / Begin the Beguine / As Time Goes By / Smoke Gets in Your Eyes / I Hear a Rhapsody / That Old Black Magic / April in Paris / Walkin' the Bop / They Can't Take That Away from me / 's Wonderful / I Get a Kick Out of You / Theme from the "Perry Mason Show" / Sentimental Journey / The Very Thought of You / Dancing in the Dark / Swingin' the Bop / Stardust / I Love You / Speak Low

Found on the Internet on July 13, 2013: Three CDs from Chile: “Festival de Exitos” (Chile 2007, SKU 398952) Besame Mucho / Green Eyes / Volare / Mack the Knife / Moonlight Serenade / On the Street Where You Live / Chanson d'amour / Blue Moon / La Mer / As Time Goes By / Tico Tico / The Song from Moulin Rouge / Rhapsody in Blue / Only You / Moon River / Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing / Moscow Nights / Summertime / The Continental / My Prayer

April 23, 2013: “La Mejor Seleccion de las Grandes Orchestas”, appears to be a compilation CD from Spain. Its price ranges from € 3.97 in Spain to € 11.99 in Germany, £ 10.00 in the UK, and € 21.94 in France. You can listen to the compilation with announcements in Spanish by clicking here. The list of tracks is as follows: Chanson d’amour / Besame Mucho / Blue Moon (audio file on the internet not by Ray) / It Had to Be You / Dancing in the Dark / On the Street Where You Live / My Prayer / Somewhere My Love / Never on Sunday / ‘s Wonderful / Mack the Knife / Greenfields / Moon River (instrumental) / Summertime / Just Walking in the Rain (Johnnie Ray) / Only You / Volare / Moonlight Serenade / Yellow Rose / Moulin Rouge (total playing time: 52 min).

March 8, 2013: Officially released on CD March 6, 2013: “(The) Christmas Album”; previously available as a downloadable album. This disc features all twelve tracks from “Christmas with Conniff”. Note the spelling of Ray’s family name! Other albums, previously available as downloads, became also available on compact discs, such as “Christmas Greats”, “The Christmas Collection” and “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”.

Released on May 29, 2009: A 3 CD set titled "Classic Album Collection Plus" on the Golden Stars label (GSS 5632). It includes Ray's albums "'s Wonderful!", "'s Marvelous" (stereo), and "'s Awful Nice" (stereo) on discs 1 and 2. Disc 3 features the "Dance the Bop!" album plus bonus tracks. The four albums appear to have the same sound quality as the official CDs from Columbia and Collectables they were released on previously. The bonus tracks are as follows: BEANIE BOY BOOGIE (B.R. BOOGIE)*, SUPER CHIEF*, THREE WAY LOVE**†, CUDDLE UP A LITTLE CLOSER**†, THEME FROM "THE PERRY MASON SHOW"†, and MELODY FOR TWO GUITARS†. Notes: *pre-Columbia recordings for Brunswick, (January 15, 1953) / **Ray Conniff, vocal solo (recorded January 30, 1957). 45rpm singles were used as sources for these bonus tracks, not original masters. The Brunswick recordings sound surprisingly good. All bonus tracks are mono. †=fade-out endings.

CD #1: Besame Mucho / The Continental / Brazil / Frenesi / The White Cliffs of Dover / The Way You Look Tonight / Say It With Music / Spanish Eyes / Smoke Gets In Your Eyes** / The Poor People of Paris / South of the Border / Lisbon Antigua / Dancing in the Dark / The Young and the Restless (Nadia’s Theme) / This Is My Song / La Vie en Rose / African Safari / I Don’t Know How to Love Him / Volare / Malagueña (poor sound)

CD #2: Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing** / Green Eyes / Stranger in Paradise / Memories Are Made of This** / Only You / Ebb Tide / The Most Beautiful Girl / I’ve Got You Under My Skin / Sentimental Journey / Begin the Beguine / Somewhere My Love* / Blue Moon / Sing* / As Time Goes by** / Love Letters in the Sand / Thanks for the Memory / Unchained Melody / Yesterday / Happy Together / Sweet Caroline

CD #3: La Mer** / Tico Tico / Red Roses For a Blue Lady / Three Coins in the Fountain** / Paloma Blanca (poor sound) / Feelings / El Condor Pasa / Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head / Honey (I Miss You) / ‘s Wonderful (1956) / My Way (from "The Essential Ray Conniff") / Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious / Love at First Sight (mono) / The Impossible Dream / Memory* / A Taste of Honey / Warsaw Concerto / Don’t Cry For Me, Argentina* / Rhapsody in Blue / New York, New York*

DVD: The Continental / Brazil / Besame Mucho / Smoke Gets In Your Eyes / Frenesi / Somewhere My Love / No Mismo Verao (Pleno Verano) / Caballo Viejo / El Dia Que Me Quieras / El Africano / Amor / Ven Con el Alma Desnuda / Paloma Blanca / New York, New York Note: All video clips previously released on "Las Número Uno" (CD/DVD set) in Mexico in 2006 - in a different sequence, though.

Released in South Africa: Ray's first album "'s Wonderful" under the title "The Classic Years". For details click here.

Released on March 16, 2009: ’s Awful Nice. I was informed that an LP must have served as its source, therefore it is not recommended, although it is sold at a very low price.

UNICOS / SERIE DE COLECCIÓN (Latin America, release date: July 7, 2009; label: Gold Argent/Zoom) Brazil / Besame Mucho / Summertime / All the Things You Are / Smoke Gets in Your Eyes / As Time Goes By / Rhapsody in Blue / Blue Moon / ‘s Wonderful / Only You / Volare / Moulin Rouge Note: These tracks have been released many times on bootleg CDs in Spain, Mexico and other Latin countries, and this compilation CD looks very much like another “unofficial” release. The sound quality may not be perfect. A note on the US website of Amazon says, “This item has been discontinued by the manufacturer”.

THE SINGLES COLLECTION, VOL. 3: Three Way Love (Ray Conniff, vocal solo) / Ann's Theme / Steel Guitar Rock (different take) / Finesse / Theme From The Perry Mason Show / Let's Be Grown Up Too / Midnight Lace, Part II / Man From Mars / Wednesday's Child / Seventeen / Winds Of Change / A Banda / Je T'Aime (Love At First Sight) / With Every Beat Of My Heart (Ray Conniff, vocal solo) / The Free Electric Band / Half-Breed / All I Know / It's Only A Paper Moon / I Will Follow Him (Jackie Ward, vocal solo) / Your Book / On The Run / Love Theme From An X-Rated Movie / She Loves To Hear The Music / Jackie Blue / Never Gonna Fall In Love Again / If God Be For Us For further track details click here! Collectables COL-CD-7943 / Sony Music A 730569

Ray Conniff & Billy Butterfield Beyond The Blue Horizon / You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby / All The Things You Are / Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' / Time On My Hands / Something To Remember You By / What A Diff'rence A Day Made / South Of The Border / Can't We Be Friends / Rosalie / A Love Is Born / I Found A Million Dollar Baby / BONUS: Summertime (from Say It With Music) and Love Letters In The Sand (from Memories Are Made Of This) / Alexander's Ragtime Band / Louise / Heartaches / This Love Of Mine / When I Grow Too Old To Dream / You'll Never Know / Just Kiddin' Around / You Oughta Be In Pictures / Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey / Peg O' My Heart / But Not For Me / I See Your Face Before Me / BONUS: Sweet Sue, Just You (unedited version) Collectables COL-CD-7944 / Sony Music A 730567

Release date of “The Singles Collection, Vol. 3” and the Billy Butter-field-CD postponed from Nov. 24 to: December 15, 2009

First Super Audio CD (SACD) by Ray discovered on ebay! Distributed in Hong Kong, made in Germany by Sonopress. “April in Paris” features the entire “’s Awful Nice” album plus 10 tracks from “’s Marvelous” (missing: “As Time Goes By” and “Moonlight Serenade”). Tracks are as follows: 1. The Way You Look Tonight* / 2. I Hear A Rhapsody* / 3. They Can't Take That Away From Me* / 4. I Love You* / 5. I've Told Ev'ry Little Star* / 6. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes** / 7. Lullaby Of Birdland** / 8. June In January** / 9. I Cover The Waterfront** / 10. The Very Thought Of You** / 11. It Had To Be You** / 12. Paradise** / 13. April In Paris** / 14. That Old Feeling** / 15. Say It Isn't So** / 16. All The Things You Are** / 17. Lovely To Look At** / 18. You Do Something To Me* / 19. In The Still Of The Night* / 20. Someone To Watch Over Me* / 21. Be My Love* / 22. Where Or When* [* from ‘s Marvelous / ** from ‘s Awful Nice]

December 29, 2009: Available in Russia: “Ray Conniff Plays The Beatles” and “Ray Conniff Plays Carpenters” plus bonus tracks* (Label: RMG, No.: 204). * “Photograph”, from “The Way We Were” and “Only Yesterday”, from “Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song”. For enlargement, please click on the scans. Total playing time: 77:05.

Front cover:

Track list:

RAY CONNIFF ORQUESTA Y CORO, VOLUMEN 1: Mack The Knife / On The Street Where You Live / Never On Sunday / Chanson D'amour / Gigi / The Song From Moulin Rouge / As Time Goes By / In The Still Of The Night / Moonlight Serenade / Besame Mucho / Love Is A Many-Splendoured Thing / Smoke Gets In Your Eyes / Moon River / Moscow Nights / Blue Moon / Summertime

RAY CONNIFF ORQUESTA Y CORO, VOLUMEN 2: Tico Tico / The Continental / Green Eyes / La Mer / Where Or When / Blueberry Hill / Rhapsody In Blue / Volare / Memories Are Made Of This / My Prayer / Cry / Greenfields / Lisboa Antigua / Be My Love / Only You / ‘s Wonderful

The above compilation CDs have been released various times with different titles and covers throughout the world, mostly in Latin countries. The sound quality is very poor. Be warned!

A CD from Chile: MIS 30 MEJORES CANCIONES (official 2 CD set, compilation released in 2000) Click on the cover scan for details.

Also from Chile:

CD 1: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes / Stranger in Paradise / The Impossible Dream / On the Street Where You Live / I Only Have Eyes For You / The Continental / I Concentrate on You / Something to Remember You By / La Mer / Memories Are Made of This / Only You / Ebb Tide / The Way You Look Tonight / A Summer Place / New York, New York

CD 2: Three Coins in the Fountain / The Young and the Restless / Harbour Lights / Lisbon Antigua / Stompin’ at the Savoy / Sentimental Journey / Dancing in the Dark / Autumn Leaves & Just Walking in the Rain / Love is a Many-Splendored Thing / Red Roses for a Blue Lady / Brazil / In the Mood / As Time Goes By / One / It Had to Be You

June 17, 2011: Have you seen this compilation CD before? Doug found it on ebay and we thought you might like to learn about it. It is titled "RAY CONNIFF - The Ultimate Collection" and was released by Sony Music in 2002 (made in Philippines). The 20 tracks are as follows: Can't Take My Eyes Off You / Music To watch Girls Go By / Angel Of The Morning / Spanish Eyes / Love Is Blue / Beyond The Reef / To You Sweetheart Aloha / Blue Hawaii / Hawaiian Wedding Song / Mrs. Robinson / The Look Of Love / Gentle On My Mind / Climb Every Mountain / I Say A Little Prayer / For All We Know / Besame Mucho / Honey (I Miss You) / Dear Heart / Kiss Me Goodbye / Sounds Of Silence.

April 6, 2011: Sony Music has reissued the Mexican CD+DVD set titled “Las Numero Uno” on Columbia (DV9300160) with the cover photo on the left under the title “MIS FAVORITAS: RAY CONNIFF - GRANDES EXITOS”. As for details of “Las Numero Uno” click here.

May 9, 2011: Four of Ray’s early albums are included in this 2 CD set, which appears to be an “unofficial” release. They are as follows: “Concert in Rhythm, Vol. 1”, “Broadway in Rhythm”, “Concert in Rhythm, Vol. 2” and “Say It With Music”. The set is titled RAY CONNIFF SUS CONCIERTOS EN RITMO 1958-60.

March 8/16, 2011, April 17, 2011: The 3 CD set titled “Original Album Classics” features Ray Conniff’s albums ‘s Wonderful!, ‘s Marvelous and ‘s Awful Nice. Doug Mitchell wrote, “Overall, very well done! Based on the markings, I suspect that the set was created by Legacy for distribution outside the USA. They recreated the original "6 eye" red labels on the discs, replacing the "Columbia" header with "Original Album Classics" but showing both the Columbia and Legacy logos. The box states "Made in the EU" and mine had a sticker on the wrapper stating that the set was Made In England. The mini-Lp sleeves reproduce the mono covers almost perfectly. The back cover photo on 's Awful Nice looks like it came from an Lp with a bit of shelf wear. The back cover of 's Wonderful is from a later pressing and advertises albums such as It's The Talk Of The Town and Hi-Fi Companion (the first pressing advertised albums for other artists; some pressings had no ads at all). 's Marvelous includes the "listening in depth" ad which was on the original 1957 mono pressing. Now for the audio. 's Wonderful and 's Awful Nice are identical to the USA reissues. This is good news; I was afraid they might use the previous UK reissue of 's Awful Nice which had flaws. The sound level on 's Marvelous is a bit higher than on the previous USA reissue and there might be a bit more bass, hard to tell. The tracks are in the correct order but the first beat is still missing on "Where Or When." The marketing department did a nice job on the box; it has far more "shelf appeal" than earlier sets featuring these albums. All in all, I'm happy with the set and would gladly purchase more. My only real complaint is that there are no "extras" - recording dates, locations, producers and other credits that did not typically appear on Lp covers in those days. The box says that full album credits can be found at www.musicmadesimple.info. The site does have credits for a few of the earlier 5-CD sets but nothing for the new 3-CD sets yet.” Release dates vary, e.g. March 28 in the UK, April 8 in the US, and April 22 in Germany.

December 28, 2010 / January 2, 2011: The 4 CD set (”RECUPERA TUS CLÁSICOS”) shown below is available in Mexico. It features 3 original albums (”’s Continental”, “Memories Are Made of This”, “Bridge Over Troubled Water”) and a compilation, titled “Latino”. Tracks on the latter are as follows: Besame Mucho / Tico Tico / Green Eyes / Patricia, It's Patricia / Lisbon Antigua / Kiss Of Fire / Brazil / Volare / La Mer / Malagueña / Lady Of Spain. For enlargement, please click on the cover scan. As “Tico Tico”, “Green Eyes”, “Lisbon Antigua” and “La Mer” are from “’s Continental”, buyers of this set obtain these tracks twice. Doug Mitchell owns the set and wrote, “Thought you might like to see the Lp sleeves of that new 4CD set from Mexico. Far more care was put into the artwork than the sound! The "Lp sleeves" are like those on the other recent boxsets from Mexico. Not quite as nice as the Percy Faith reissues from Japan but nice to see some original artwork included. - The suitcase on the back cover of “'s Continental” was from the Mexican Lp. - Unlike the previous CD reissue, the track order of “Latino” is as it appeared on the original Mexican Lp. They included the back cover photo but not the liner notes. - “Memories” is from the USA Lp. The back cover of the Mexican Lp had no photo (or notes). - "Raindrops" included the b&w back cover photo of Ray and altered song sequence. The sound quality is not good. “Latino” is much different than the previous Mexican reissue.” Thanks a lot, Doug, for this information and warning. For scans of the single CDs, please use the links above. BE WARNED! THE SOUND QUALITY IS AWFUL! This 4 CD set will be marketed in Europe as well, e.g. from Amazon Germany from February 1, 2011. Achtung, Fans in Deutschland: Diese 4 CD-Box wird ab 1. Februar bei Amazon erhältlich sein. Wie oben beschrieben ist die Klangqualität ausgesprochen schlecht.

This page features a couple of CDs from around the world. This list is far from complete and is meant for the discriminating collectors only. An almost complete list of compilation CDs (created by Doug Mitchell) can be found here. Most “unofficial” releases (bootlegs) were omitted. Please also visit “Multiple CD sets” for more international CD releases.

October 28, 2012: This compilation CD is from Mexico. Click on the back cover on the right to see the track listing. Doug Mitchell wrote, “There is a new CD from Mexico titled ‘Las 20 Indispensables’ (Multimusic LM-7114). The sound on the Broadway/Hollywood tracks is stereo but poor quality. Like the Lp, the chorus is barely audible but the sound is a bit muffled. No mention of Sony on the packaging. There are no notes, either.”

December 14, 2012: “Christmas with Ray Conniff” is the title of a CD from Spain. It features the complete “Christmas with Conniff” album plus two tracks from “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” and one track from “Here We Come A-Caroling”.

December 14, 2012: “Dígaselo con Música” / “Completa Seleccion De Temas Inolvidables” (see cover on the right) is a 2-CD set from Spain. It features tracks from “The Happy Beat”, “Say It WIth Music”, “’s Awful Nice”, “’s Marvelous”, “’s Continental”, “Somewhere My Love”, “It Must Be Him”, “World of Hits”, “Happiness Is” etc. It was released in May 2012, and may be an “unofficial” CD set.

THE RAY CONNIFF HI-FI COMPANION was one of Ray Conniff’s first compilation albums in the early 60s. It was tremendously popular in the UK, where it was released on the Philips label. Its 24 tracks were taken from the early albums ‘s Marvelous, Hollywood in Rhythm, Broadway in Rhythm, Concert in Rhythm Vol. II, Young at Heart and ‘s Awful Nice. Due to popular demand, the 2 LP set was re-released on the CBS label with different cover artwork a couple of years later with only 23 tracks. Since 2011, “The Ray Conniff Hi-Fi Companion” has been available as an mp3 downloadable album from Amazon. On September 18, 2015 it will be released an compact disc in the UK (September 25 in Germany) with the original cover photo on the Cherry Red Records label. Click on the cover scan on the left to read how it is advertised. Tracks are as follows: You Do Something to Me / They Can’t Take That Away from Me / Hello Young Lovers / Where or When / All the Things You Are / People Will Say We’re in Love / On the Street Where You Live / Moonlight Serenade / They Way You Look Tonight / As Time Goes By / Smoke Gets in Your Eyes / Lullaby of Birdland / Cheek to Cheek / Thanks for the Memory / Easy to Love / Laura / It Might As Well Be Spring / Warsaw Concerto / I Could Have Danced All Night & I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face / Liebestraum / Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy / Young at Heart / In the Still of the Night / I’ll See You Again. You will see that this complikation features five extra tracks. They are as follows: “Volare” (from “The Happy Beat”), “Deep Purple”, “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” and “Night and Day” (from “Say It With Music”) and “My Reverie” (from “Concert in Rhythm”). (Item added August 6, 2015)

THE BEST OF RAY CONNIFF seems to be a CD with a couple of tracks NOT recorded by Ray Conniff. As for its tracks, click on the scan on the right. (Item added August 7, 2014)

* from 's Always Conniff / **instrumental version

LO ESENCIAL DE RAY CONNIFF (3 CDs, 1 DVD)

For those of you who do not understand the Spanish titles: MIS 30 MEJORES CANCIONES features these tracks:

(Item added December 18, 2017:) Sony Mexico released a 3-CD set in their TESOROS DE COLECCIÓN series in November. The 42 song set sells for about US $6 in Mexico: CD1: 1 Besame Mucho 2 Lisbon Antigua 3 The Way You Look Tonight 4 The White Cliffs of Dover 5 Say It with Music 6 Feelings 7 Frenesi 8 Love Me Tender 9 Someone 10 Patricia, It’s Patricia 11 Strange Music 12 Tammy 13 Moments To Remember 14 Don't Cry for Me Argentina CD2: 1 Brazil 2 Stranger in Paradise 3 The Poor People of Paris 4 Memories Are Made of This 5 Memory 6 Paloma Blanca 7 Around the World 8 I've Got You Under My Skin 9 Early In The Morning 10 Lullaby of Birdland 11 Three Coins in the Fountain 12 's Wonderful 13 All I Have To Do Is Dream 14 The Continental CD3: 1 Beyond the Sea 2 Tico-Tico 3 El Condor Pasa (If I Could) 4 Thanks for the Memory 5 Spanish Eyes 6 As Time Goes By 7 Red Roses For A Blue Lady 8 Something 9 Jamaica Farewell 10 The Whiffenpoof Song 11 Leaving On A Jet Plane 12 Sing 13 Kiss and Say Goodbye 14 September Song

PLEASE NOTE: This set contains recordings of “The Continental” and “September Song” that are not by Ray Conniff. Several tracks are lower sound quality or reversed channels. The credits on each song are mostly wrong. E.g. Jack Gold is listed as the producer for “Besame Mucho”, Mike Berniker for “The Way You Look Tonight”, etc. And the "released" years are all wrong (e.g. showing “The Way You Look Tonight” as being originally released in 1974).

LO CLÁSICO DE RAY CONNIFF 3 CD set, 60 tracks; Mexico 2018 (SKU: 7509979082206) CD #1: Bésame Mucho / Brazil / Tico Tico / Too Young / Temptation / The Way You Look Tonight / Tammy / Memories Are Made Of This / Green Eyes / That Old Feeling / As Time Goes By / Young At Heart / Love Story / I Only Have Eyes For You / Young Love / I'm In The Mood For Love / All The Things You Are / You'll Never Know / Softly As In A Morning Sunrise / What The World Needs Now Is Love CD #2: Stranger In Paradise / Say It With Music / Only You / Three Coins In Fountain / It's Been A Long, Long Time / The Song from Moulin Rouge / Love Is A Many Splendored Thing / I’ll Be Seeing You / You're The Cream Of My Coffee / April In Paris / Somewhere My Love / Sentimental Journey / Dancing In The Dark / Night And Day / My Foolish Heart / Summertime / 's Wonderful / Greenfields / These Foolish Things / Unchained Melody CD #3: La Mer (Beyond The Sea) / I've Got You Under My Skin / The Continental / Around The World / The Green Leaves Of Summer / It Had To Be You / Lovely To Look At / The Very Thought Of You / If I Loved You / Smoke Gets In Your Eyes / I Hear A Rhapsody / Love Me Tender / Lullaby Of Birland / Lisboa Antigua / No Other Love / Harbour Lights / Volare / Moonlight Serenade / Deep Purple / Say It Isn't So

Released on SA-CD (Super Audio Compact Disc): • “Laughter in the Rain” and “Love Will Keep Us Together” in November 2016 on Vocalion CDLK4602 • “Alone Again (Naturally)” and “Love Theme from ‘The Godfather’ (Speak Softly, Love)” in December 2017 on Vocalion CDLK4611 • “Theme from S.W.A.T. and Other TV Themes” and “Send in the Clowns” in December 2017 on Vocalion CDLK4615 • “The Happy Sound of Ray Conniff” and “Love Story” in January 2019 on Vocalion CDLK4624 • “Harmony“ and “The Way We Were“ in July 2019 on Vocalion CDLK4628

These are hybrid CDs, all tracks available in stereo and multi-channel. Proper hardware (SA-CD players / DVD/Blu-ray players which can handle the SA-CD format) for 4 channel reproduction is required. For stereo reproduction these CDs can be played on all conventional CD players. Yet to be released on SA-CD are the following albums by Ray Conniff: • Harmony • I Write the Songs • Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song, and • The Way We Were.

CDs from around the world - a selection

Released in South Africa: Ray's first album "'s Wonderful" under the title "The Classic Years". For details click here.

Released on March 16, 2009: ’s Awful Nice. I was informed that an LP must have served as its source, therefore it is not recommended, although it is sold at a very low price.

THE SINGLES COLLECTION, VOL. 3: Three Way Love (Ray Conniff, vocal solo) / Ann's Theme / Steel Guitar Rock (different take) / Finesse / Theme From The Perry Mason Show / Let's Be Grown Up Too / Midnight Lace, Part II / Man From Mars / Wednesday's Child / Seventeen / Winds Of Change / A Banda / Je T'Aime (Love At First Sight) / With Every Beat Of My Heart (Ray Conniff, vocal solo) / The Free Electric Band / Half- Breed / All I Know / It's Only A Paper Moon / I Will Follow Him (Jackie Ward, vocal solo) / Your Book / On The Run / Love Theme From An X-Rated Movie / She Loves To Hear The Music / Jackie Blue / Never Gonna Fall In Love Again / If God Be For Us For further track details click here! Collectables COL-CD-7943 / Sony Music A 730569

December 28, 2010 / January 2, 2011: The 4 CD set (”RECUPERA TUS CLÁSICOS”) shown below is available in Mexico. It features 3 original albums (”’s Continental”, “Memories Are Made of This”, “Bridge Over Troubled Water”) and a compilation, titled “Latino”. Tracks on the latter are as follows: Besame Mucho / Tico Tico / Green Eyes / Patricia, It's Patricia / Lisbon Antigua / Kiss Of Fire / Brazil / Volare / La Mer / Malagueña / Lady Of Spain. For enlargement, please click on the cover scan. As “Tico Tico”, “Green Eyes”, “Lisbon Antigua” and “La Mer” are from “’s Continental”, buyers of this set obtain these tracks twice. Doug Mitchell owns the set and wrote, “Thought you might like to see the Lp sleeves of that new 4CD set from Mexico. Far more care was put into the artwork than the sound! The "Lp sleeves" are like those on the other recent boxsets from Mexico. Not quite as nice as the Percy Faith reissues from Japan but nice to see some original artwork included. - The suitcase on the back cover of “'s Continental” was from the Mexican Lp. - Unlike the previous CD reissue, the track order of “Latino” is as it appeared on the original Mexican Lp. They included the back cover photo but not the liner notes. - “Memories” is from the USA Lp. The back cover of the Mexican Lp had no photo (or notes). - "Raindrops" included the b&w back cover photo of Ray and altered song sequence. The sound quality is not good. “Latino” is much different than the previous Mexican reissue.” Thanks a lot, Doug, for this information and warning. For scans of the single CDs, please use the links above. BE WARNED! THE SOUND QUALITY IS AWFUL! This 4 CD set will be marketed in Europe as well, e.g. from Amazon Germany from February 1, 2011. Achtung, Fans in Deutschland: Diese 4 CD- Box wird ab 1. Februar bei Amazon erhältlich sein. Wie oben beschrieben ist die Klangqualität ausgesprochen schlecht.

* from 's Always Conniff / **instrumental version

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LO ESENCIAL DE RAY CONNIFF (3 CDs, 1 DVD)

The above compilation CDs have been released various times with different titles and covers throughout the world, mostly in Latin countries. The sound quality is very poor. Be warned!

Released in January 2016: A 2 CD set titled “THE MUSIC OF RAY CONNIFF”. It features 50 selections from ’S WONDERFUL (10), the complete MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS-album, the complete BROADWAY IN RHYTHM-album, CONCERT IN RHYTHM (5), ’S MARVELOUS (10), and “Midnight Lace, Part 1”, from HAPPINESS IS: Disc # 1:'s Wonderful / Memories Are Made Of This / Dancing In The Dark / I Get A Kick Out Of You / Love Letters In The Sand / Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' / September Song / Bali Ha'i / Three Coins In The Fountain / Rhapsody In Blue / In The Still Of The Night / The Surrey With The Fringe On Top / Hello, Young Lovers / Moonlight Serenade / Someone To Watch Over Me / Around The World / That Old Black Magic / The Way You Look Tonight / Theme From Romeo And Juliet / I'm An Old Cow Hand / I Hear A Rhapsody / On The Street Where You Live / You Do Something To Me / My Foolish Heart / Young Love Disc # 2: Midnight Lace, Part 1 / I'm Always Chasing Rainbows / Love Me Tender / Some Enchanted Evening / Tammy / Oklahoma! / Unchained Melody / I Could Have Danced All Night & I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face / Begin The Beguine / No Other Love / People Will Say We're In Love / They Can't Take That Away From Me / Sentimental Journey / As Time Goes By / Sometimes I'm Happy / I've Told Every Little Star / Younger Than Springtime / A Wonderful Guy / Where Or When / Moments To Remember / Getting To Know You & I Whistle A Happy Tune / Stardust / Theme From Grand Canyon Suite / Only You / Early Evening

“BIG BAND SWING WITH RAY CONNIFF” is the title of a CD released in the UK on December 11, 2015 (Germany: Dec. 18). It features all the tracks of Ray Conniff’s first album “’s Wonderful!”

SÓLO LOS MEJORES is the title of a CD released in Latin countries. As for the 15 tracks, click on the scan on the right. (Item added August 7, 2014)

WINTER WONDERLAND is the title of a CD featuring Ray Conniff’s first Christmas album “Christmas with Conniff”. (Released in September 2014; item added August 3, 2014)

THE BEST OF RAY CONNIFF seems to be a CD with a couple of tracks NOT recorded by Ray Conniff. As for its tracks, click on the scan on the right. (Item added August 7, 2014)

“Festival de Exitos” (Chile 2007, SKU 398952) Besame Mucho / Green Eyes / Volare / Mack the Knife / Moonlight Serenade / On the Street Where You Live / Chanson d'amour / Blue Moon / La Mer / As Time Goes By / Tico Tico / The Song from Moulin Rouge / Rhapsody in Blue / Only You / Moon River / Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing / Moscow Nights / Summertime / The Continental / My Prayer

Found on the Internet on July 13, 2013: Three CDs from Chile:

...and “Songs for Christmas”, which features the entire “Christmas with Conniff”-album.

October 28, 2012: This compilation CD is from Mexico. Click on the back cover to see the track listing. Doug Mitchell wrote, “There is a new CD from Mexico titled ‘Las 20 Indispensables’ (Multimusic LM-7114). The sound on the Broadway/Hollywood tracks is stereo but poor quality. Like the Lp, the chorus is barely audible but the sound is a bit muffled. No mention of Sony on the packaging. There are no notes, either.”

A CD from Chile: MIS 30 MEJORES CANCIONES (official 2 CD set, compilation released in 2000) Click on the cover scan for details.

For those of you who do not understand the Spanish titles: MIS 30 MEJORES CANCIONES features these tracks:

Released on SA-CD (Super Audio Compact Disc): • “Laughter in the Rain” & “Love Will Keep Us Together” in Nov. 2016 on Vocalion CDLK4602 • “Alone Again (Naturally)” & “Love Theme from ‘The Godfather’” in Dec. 2017 on Vocalion CDLK4611 • “Theme from S.W.A.T.” &“Send in the Clowns” in Dec. 2017 on Vocalion CDLK4615 • “The Happy Sound of Ray Conniff” &“Love Story” in January 2019 on Vocalion CDLK4624 • “Harmony“ and “The Way We Were“ in July 2019 on Vocalion CDLK4628

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