Get Easy Volume 1 (
Tempo 525 617) and Volume 2 (Tempo 525 618)From our friends a Tempo Records in Germany come these two rather interesting collections. Volume 1 contains "old school" masters such as Walter Wanderley, Henry Mancini, The Sandpipers, Martin Denny, and more. Volume 2 chooses to spot light the "new garde" with such favorites as Pizzicato Five, Combustible Edison, The Mike Flowers Pops and Corduroy. Purists will surely favor the first volume, but don't let prejudice keep you from the second. Vik did not think he would be very impressed either (what with such unlikely choices as Swing Out Sister and Laura Fygi), but it really does work. Starting with the base of Volume 1, the listener can easily appreciate how the new artists are not only continuing the tradition but adding to it.
Volume One Walter Wanderley "Telefone" -- Kai Winding "Hero" -- Chris Montez "The Face I Love" -- Henri Mancini "Moon River Cha Cha" -- Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 "Mais Que Nada" -- Astrud Gilberto "Windy" -- Hugo Montenegro "Lady In Cement" -- Roberto Menescal "Voce" -- Lalo Schifrin "The Man From T.R.U.S.H." -- Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra "Caught At Midnight" -- The Sandpipers "Never Can Say Goodbye" -- Ray Coniff "Music To Watch Girls By" -- Martin Denny "Congo Train" -- Martin Bottcher "Sonderdezernat Ki" -- Infried Hoffman "Thunderball" -- Bert Kaempfert "Bert's Bossa Nova" -- Burt Bacharach "Something Big" -- Luiz Henrique "Happy Birthday" -- Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass "Slick" -- Horst Jankowski "The Blues, The Beat And All That"
Volume Two Pizzicato Five "We Love Pizzicato Five/Twiggy Twiggy Vs James Bond" -- Devo "4th Dimension" -- Towa Tei featuring Bebel Gilberto "Batucada" -- The James Taylor Quartet "Theme From 'Starsky And Hutch' " -- Combustible Edison "Intermission" -- The Mike Flowers Pops "MacArthur Park" -- Swing Out Sister "Coney Island Man" -- United Future Organisation "United Future Airlines" -- Corduroy "Something In My Eye" -- Gotz Alsmann "It's True" -- Sergio Mendes "Mais Que Nada" -- Laura Fygi "Oh Telephone" -- The Independent Colors "Fly-Way" -- Andreas Dorau "Komm Wieder" -- Workshop "Belgravia"