Release Me
Artist: Engelbert Humperdinck
Community Score: 10.00

This is his first album with that initial gold single -- "Release Me." The CD has 12 tracks including "There's a Kind of Hush," "This is My Song," "There Goes My Everything," and "Ten Guitars." This is early Humperdinck, but all the feeling is there. If you can find a copy of this, it is fun to have. Some of these songs appear on the... Read More

Judy - 32 JAZZ
Artist: Judy Garland

Producer Joel Dorn acquired rights to the audio and video recordings of the 1963-4 television series The Judy Garland Show, but then became more ambitious in creating this four-CD (plus half-hour VHS tape) box set. Apparently with the assistance of Garland fan Scott Schecter, Dorn acquired other Garland recordings, notably airchecks, and... Read More

The Ultimate Collection
Artist: George Gershwin

George Gershwin: The Ultimate Collection is a nice double-disc set that collects definitive performances of Gershwin standards from Rhapsody in Blue to Funny Face. It's a wildly eclectic collection, containing cuts from Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Audrey Hepburn, Sarah Vaughan, Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, and the Boston Pops... Read More

Going Hollywood, Vol. 1: 1930-1936
Artist: Bing Crosby

This two-CD, two-and-a-quarter-hour set presents songs from the first 13 feature films in which Bing Crosby appeared, starting with The King of Jazz, in which he was part of a trio that sang with Paul Whiteman's Orchestra, and following to his major box office success as a star with Paramount Pictures. During this period, Crosby made separate... Read More

Super Hits
Artist: Engelbert Humperdinck

Consumers should be wary of the budget-priced collection Super Hits; while it does include many of Humperdinck's best-known songs, the majority -- including "Release Me" and "After the Lovin'" -- are presented in live renditions which, while satisfactory, simply don't measure up to the original recordings. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide Read More

Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers at RKO
Artist: Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers

Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers is a stunning double-disc set featuring 35 tracks (including ten previously unreleased songs) culled from 11 musicals the pair made for RKO between 1933 and 1943, including The Gay Divorcee, Swing Time, Flying Down to Rio, Top Hat and The Sky's the Limit. The duo were at the height of their popularity and creativity... Read More

George and Ira Gershwin in Hollywood - RHINO
Artist: George Gershwin

Although George and Ira Gershwin were already well established as Broadway's hottest and finest writing team, they had to wait until the movies started talking to come westward to work their magic in films. This two-disc, 40-track deluxe anthology is largely produced through the auspices of Turner Classic Movies, which now owns the enormous MGM... Read More

To Ella with Love
Artist: Ann Hampton Callaway

Ann Hampton Callaway has a strong reputation as one of the top cabaret singers of the 1990's but, unlike most others in that idiom, she is also a talented jazz singer. Callaway, who has a beautiful voice with a wide range, always swings while giving strong emphasis to the lyrics she is interpreting. Her ambitious and successful Ella Fitzgerald... Read More

The Very Best of Engelbert Humperdinck
Artist: Engelbert Humperdinck
Community Score: 4.00

These are the original songs and they are some of the very best that Humperdinck has recorded -- 21 velvet-voiced gems. Includes his first three single gold records (original U.K. chart toppers) "Release Me," "There Goes My Everything," and "The Last Waltz." Other favorite Humperdinck songs like "Two Different Worlds," "Can't Take My Eyes Off... Read More

Romantic
Artist: Helmut Lotti