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Gordon Jenkins:
The Complete Manhattan Tower |
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CD
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List Price: $16.98
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| Description |
For about 25 years of the 50 since its original LP release, this version of Manhattan Tower has been unavailable except on records from second-hand shops. It gives us great pleasure presenting in its entirety the complete version of Gordon Jenkins's masterpiece, the 1956 Manhattan Tower on CD.
The original suite of this musical narrative which served as a love story between the narrator Steven and Julie, and the parallel romance between Steven and Manhattan (comprised of "The Magical City," "The Party," "New York's My Home," and "Love In A Tower") was first released in 1946 on two 78 rpm platters where it slowly gained momentum and became a best seller. By 1956, with “microgroove” and “high fidelity” the buzzwords of the day, Manhattan Tower seemed a natural choice for an overhaul and re-recording on an LP. This new recording was expanded with the addition of side trips to a bar, a dance floor, Central Park and Greenwich Village. The glories of the expanded suite are apparent at first hearing, and could easily be appreciated by anyone who has journeyed to New York, and anyone who's ever been in love - or wants to be.
The suite is complemented on this new release by some rarer Gordon Jenkins recordings - Theme from Seven Dreams makes its digital debut here. It is accompanied by two more lovely instrumentals, Angel's Lullaby and Through The Night. Although the former "features" Gordon himself on the piano, the latter is more representative of his trademark, the "one-finger swing" at the piano.
Seven other tracks complete the disc - Young Ideas, How Do I Love You, You're Not Alone, Wish I Could Say The Same are pure 1950s pop with the Jenkins touch; others My Own, Tired of Waitin', Follow Me, Baby seem to look ahead to his 1958 Tropicana Holiday in their energy and creativity. |
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Track Listing
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Manhattan Tower
Magical City
Happiness Cocktail
I’m Learnin’ My Latin
Once Upon A Dream
Never Leave Me
This Close To The Dawn
Repeat After Me
Repeat After Me (Reprise)
The Magic Fire
Married I Can Always Get
The Statue Of Liberty
The Party
New York’s My Home
Closing
Bonus Tracks
Theme From “Seven Dreams”
My Own
Tired Of Waitin’
Young Ideas
Angel’s Lullaby
Through The Night
Follow Me, Baby
Wish I Could Say The Same
How Do I Love You?
You’re Not Alone |
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| Label |
SEPI - Sepia Recordings |
| Number |
1087 |
| Subsidiary Artists: |
Beverly Mahr & Elliott Lewis |
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