Les Paul & Mary Ford - All-Time Greatest Hits | 
| Artist: Les Paul & Mary Ford
Label: EMI Special Products
Category: Music
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 32882
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 077775726220
EAN: 0077775726220
ASIN: B000002TF2
Release Date: November 1, 1995
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| Tracks:
| • | The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise - Les Paul, Lockhart, Eugene | | • | Tennessee Waltz - Les Paul, King, Pee Wee | | • | Mockin' Bird Hill - Les Paul, Horton, Vaughn | | • | I'm a Fool to Care - Les Paul, Daffan, Ted | | • | Bye Bye Blues - Les Paul, Bennett, David | | • | Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You) - Les Paul, James, Inez | | • | Meet Mister Callaghan - Les Paul, Spear, Eric | | • | I'm Sitting on Top of the World - Les Paul, Henderson, Ray | | • | Smoke Rings - Les Paul, Washington, Ned | | • | My Baby's Coming Home - Les Paul, Feller, Sherm | | • | In the Good Old Summertime - Les Paul, Evans, George [Sax] | | • | Whither Thou Goest - Les Paul, Singer, Guy |
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 Some Glaring Omissions! August 5, 2005
Sam Bethune (Lincoln, Nebraska USA)
40 out of 41 found this review helpful
I'm a huge fan of Les Paul and after reviewing the track list on this CD, I don't see how anyone in their right mind could call it an "all time greatest hits" collection.
While tracks such as "Mockin' Bird Hill", "The World is Waiting for the Sunrise", and "Vaya Con Dios" among the duo's best loved and best known songs, I find the omission of "How High the Moon", one the their biggest hits, to be unforgiveable. Equally astonishing is why "Dry My Tears", the theme song of Les & Mary's 50s radio show, and "Cryin'", arguably the best song Mary Ford has ever sung, were excluded. I would much rather have had those tracks included in the disc than the cover version of Patti Page's "Tennessee Waltz", and the ersatz "Meet Mr. Callaghan". It's also hard to understand why the only Les Paul solo instrumental track on this disc is "Bye Bye Blues". "Lover", the song that propelled Les into the spotlight, and "Nola", a song that enjoyed worldwide popularity, were inexplicably left out.
While this is a decent collection of the work of Les Paul and Mary Ford, it is definitely NOT their all time greatest hits. The record label ought to be sued for false advertising.
 What a great sound August 25, 1999
17 out of 32 found this review helpful
I am so happy that Les Paul and Mary Ford records are available. I love this one.
Refreshing! December 31, 2004
Mary McGrath (Culver City, CA.)
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
I've just discovered this pair, and I'm so sorry I haven't heard them until now. Being a jazz vocalist, I'm always looking for challenging material. I have a few CDs in this genre, but the styling, and caliber of the musicians puts my other CDs to shame. I suspect k.d. lang has borrowed styling from the likes of Mary Ford, as their voices seem to lilt in the same fashion. Les Paul's ability makes me wonder if there are more than two or three guitars playing simultaneously. Many of these cuts are very subtle in their exhibition of complicated material. For those so inclined to listen, it's an auditory adventure.
Greatest Hits? YESSSSSSSSSSSS April 16, 2007
V. A. Peek (Summerville, SC)
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
Perhaps at the time, these were considered their greatest hits. I've had my LP and CD for a very long time. I can't even remember. I love it. She was like an angel singing with herself. They seemed to adore one another on the TV show. She - so beautiful - and he - just beaming at her.
Maybe it's time to do another greatest hits and call it "More Greatest Hits". Other singers do it. And maybe all of us didn't agree with their first "greatest hit". Hey, you guys out there who do these kinds of things, what's taken so long?
 There Are Better Collections Around September 6, 2007
AvidOldiesCollector (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This collection, which came out in 1990, is typical of early CD releases: 12 selections and either minimal liner notes or none at all. In this instance, however, there is a single page of text on the reverse of the cover photo providing some interesting background.
A much better bet is "The Best Of The Capitol Masters" as it contains all the same selections save one, plus eight more. Here, however, you do get the wonderful and hard-to-find Mary Ford interpretation of Smoke Rings which made it to # 14 in the summer of 1952 b/w In The Good Old Summertime [# 15].
And the price is certainly right.
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