Dion

INCLUDES FREE MP3 ALBUM DOWNLOAD Plus 2 BONUS TRACKS

This quintessential LP edition includes Dion’s magnificent first solo album, Alone with Dion, originally released on the Laurie label in March 1961, and long unavailable on vinyl. This debut LP veers between portraying Dion as a sensitiveheart throb in the brilliantly sung “Lonely Teenager,” and as an all-around pop entertainer now grown up enough to sing standards in front of a big swing band, a la Bobby Darin (“North East End of the Corner”) or a string orchestra a la Johnny Mathis (“Fools Rush In”).

In addition to the original masterpiece, this WaxTime collector’s item contains 2 bonus tracksrecorded during that same period but not included on the album (they were only released as the two sides of a single in 1961): “Kissin’ Game” and “Heaven Help Me.”

PERSONNEL:

DION DIMUCCI, lead vocals and guitar, plus:

The Del-Satins: Stan Zizka, Leslie Cauchi and Bobby Failla (tenor vocals),
Fred Ferrara (baritone vocals),
Tom Ferrara (bass vocals). Unidentified backing vocals on side 1, track 1.
Orchestras conducted and arranged by Glen Stuart, Stan Applebaum, and Robert Mersey
[exact personnel is unknown, as well as who conducted and arranged each song.]

Recorded between 1960 and 1961 at Allegro Sound Studios and Bell Sound Studios, New York.

SIDE 1

01 LONELY TEENAGER
02 AFTER THE DANCE
03 P.S. I LOVE YOU
04 SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME
05 LITTLE MISS BLUE
06 HAVIN’ FUN
07 KISSIN’ GAME (*)

SIDE 2

01 CLOSE YOUR EYES
02 FOOLS RUSH IN
03 MY ONE AND ONLY LOVE
04 NORTH EAST END OF THE CORNER
05 ONE FOR MY BABY
06 THEN I’LL BE TIRED OF YOU
07 HEAVEN HELP ME (*)

(*) BONUS TRACKS