Robert Farnon & His Orchestra 

The Hits of Sinatra (Fontana, 1965, STEREO) & A Portrait of Johnny Mathis (Philips, 1965, STEREO)

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A PAYPAL-ONLY LISTING 

Brand new shrinkwrapped CD.

Vocalion CDLK 4455

Vocalion’s 2011 reissue of two of Robert Farnon’s 1960s albums, both of which feature Farnon’s glorious orchestral arrangements of songs associated with Frank Sinatra and Johnny Mathis. These albums were originally issued on the Fontana/Philips labels. Remastered from the original analogue stereo tapes. FIRST TIME ON CD.  

Track listing:

The Hits of Sinatra

1 Second Time Around (Van Heusen; Cahn)

2 All the Way (Van Heusen; Cahn)

3 Come Fly with Me (Van Heusen; Cahn)

4 A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening (McHugh; Adamson)

5 In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning (Mann; Hilliard)

6 Only the Lonely (Van Heusen; Cahn)

7 Young at Heart (Richards; Leigh)

8 Call Me Irresponsible (Van Heusen; Cahn)

9 (Love is) The Tender Trap (Van Heusen; Cahn)

10 All or Nothing at All (Altman; Lawrence)

11 Nancy (With the Laughing Face) (Van Heusen; Silvers)

12 My Kind of Town (Van Heusen; Cahn)

Recorded 29 March & 3 April 1965 at CTS Studios, Bayswater, London

Producer: Hal Mooney

A Portrait of Johnny Mathis 

13 Misty (Garner; Burke)

14 The Twelfth of Never (Livingston; Webster)

15 It’s Not for Me to Say (Allen; Stillman)

16 What Will My Mary Say? (Vance; Snyder)

17 When Sunny Gets Blue (Segal; Fisher)

18 Maria from ‘West Side Story’ (Bernstein; Sondheim)

19 Chances Are (Allen; Stillman)

20 A Certain Smile (Fain; Webster)

21 Gina (Vance; Carr)

22 Small World (Styne; Sondheim)

23 Wonderful, Wonderful (Edwards; Raleigh)

24 Someone (Kaempfert; Ilene)

Featured soloists:

Shake Keane (flugelhorn), Kenny Baker (trumpet), Don Lusher (trombone), Bob Burns (alto saxophone), Johnny Scott (flute), Dave Goldberg (guitar)

Recorded 16-17 December 1964 at CTS Studios, Bayswater, London