Ray Conniff - The Happy Beat (1963) Vinyl LP • Moulin Rouge, Mack the Knife

Catalog Number:

CS-8749

Musical Styles:

1960s, Big Band & Swing, Cool Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Jazz Pop, Smooth Jazz, Traditional Jazz, Traditional/Vocal, Vocal, Vocal Jazz

Sleeve Grade:

Very Good Plus (VG+)

Record Grade:

Excellent (EX)

Condition Details:

Vinyl plays with occasional light-crackles (play-graded). Cover has a few creases near edges; light-scuffing, slight discoloration with darker discoloration spots, and surface impressions (front/back). Inner-sleeve is generic white. Spine is easy-to-read with mild-wear. Minor shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge and corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

1. Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu)
2. Gigi
3. Yellow Rose
4. Wheel Of Fortune
5. The Song From Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)
6. Mack The Knife (A Theme From "The Threepenny Opera"
7. I'll Walk Alone
8. Never On Sunday
9. Chanson D'Amour (Song Of Love)
10. Blueberry Hill
11. Cry
12. My Prayer

About The Record:

The Happy Beat, is a wonderful collectionsof favorites by Ray Conniff. Here's what Mr. Conniff himself has to say about his album: "Having just concluded a grass roots survey to determine why my albums are so popular with all record buying age groups, I suggest that we call the new album The Happy Beat for the following reasons: Our studies show that the Ray Conniff record buyers like the arrangements and the way the voices are used, but most of all they like the happy beat of the rhythm section. Housewives start their day to it, college students study and relax to it, bachelors do whatever bachelors do to it (with honorable intentions of course), married couples entertain to it, teenagers do their homework to it, people who attend our concerts tap their feet to it, and everyone likes to dance to it. Listen to a few bars of Volare and I'll Walk Alone and see if you don't agree that the only correct title for this album is The Happy Beat.