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Thoroughly Modern Bing

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Released
  
1968 (1968)

Genre
  
Vocal

Artist
  
Recorded
  
February 9, 12, 1968

Producer
  
Joe Abend

Release date
  
1968

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Thoroughly Modern Bing(1968)
  
Bing Crosby's Treasury - The Songs I Love(1968)

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Bingo Viejo, A Time to Be Jolly, Join Bing and Sing Along, Feels Good - Feels Right, Return to Paradise Islands

Thoroughly Modern Bing is a long-playing vinyl album recorded by Bing Crosby for Pickwick Records at Mastertone Recording Studio in Long Island City, New York. The orchestral tracks were conducted by "Bugs" Bower with a vocal group under the direction of Don Marshall. Crosby subsequently over-dubbed his vocals at two separate sessions in February 1968.

Contents

Another song, "Where the Rainbow Ends" was also recorded on February 12, 1968 but did not appear on the original vinyl album. It was included on a LaserLight CD in 1991. A song called "That's All I Want from You" (written by M. Rotha) was also recorded on the same day but has never surfaced.

The album was issued on CD in 1991 by LaserLight as "Bing Crosby - A Visit to the Movies (CD: 15 411) and by Pickwick Records in 1997 as "Bing Crosby at His Best" (1128-2). The song "(I Call You) Sunshine" was not included on the LaserLight CD.

Reception

The British publication "The Gramophone" commented: "Meanwhile there is overwhelming evidence that Mr. Crosby has lost none of his charm or skill in Thoroughly Modern Bing (Stateside SL10257). He works his lasting magic on “Talk to the Animals,” “Love Is Blue,” “Chim Chim Cheree,” and other modern songs of quality plus the oldie “Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead” with the same ease and warmth that was discernible in 1928. He even transforms a blatant flag-waver like “What’s More American” into something tolerable, and is the first singer to hold my attention throughout “Puff (The Magic Dragon)” without causing a single wince."

Songs

1Talk to the Animals3:07
2Love Is Blue (L'amour est bleu)2:36
3Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead2:16

References

Thoroughly Modern Bing Wikipedia


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