Henry Mancini

2 LPs ON 1 CD

Henry Mancini’s complete original best-selling album "The Music From Peter Gunn" (RCA Victor LPM-1956), which presents his popular score for Blake Edwards’ celebrated Peter Gunn TV series. The album features some of the most impressive West Coast jazzmen.

In addition to the aforementioned album, this CD includes Mancini’s first long play in its entirety, the 1957 "Driftwood and Dreams" (Liberty LRP-3049), later reissued as The Versatile Henry Mancini (Liberty LST-7121). It features Mancini’s outstanding music, plus the wonderful guitar of Laurindo Almeida and vocals by the soprano Loulie “Lulu” Jean Norman, who would later achieve fame with her singing on the theme for Star Trek. While the first LP consists solely of Mancini compositions, the second combines two of his songs with his arrangements of ten popular tunes of the day.

INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET

TRACKS:

01 PETER GUNN
02 SORTA BLUE
03 THE BROTHERS GO TO MOTHER’S
04 DREAMSVILLE
05 SESSION AT PETE’S PAD
06 SOFT SOUNDS
07 FALLOUT!
08 THE FLOATER
09 SLOW AND EASY
10 A PROFOUND GASS
11 BRIEF AND BREEZY
12 NOT FROM DIXIE
13 POINCIANA
14 BALI HAI
15 FLAMINGO
16 THE WHISPERING SEA
17 RETURN TO PARADISE
18 THE NAKED SEA
19 THE BREEZE AND I
20 DRIFTWOOD AND DREAMS
21 MOON OF MANAKOORA
22 SLEEPY LAGOON
23 EBB TIDE
24 OFF SHORE

Total Time: 75:47 min