 | 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Roger Williams by Roger Williams
Buy new: $7.97 / Used from: $5.45 Off to a poor start. My favorite melody of all time is called Sailor(Your Home is the Sea), found only on Roger's vinyl LP:By Special Request Vol 2.(and the 45 I have). In troubled times, this record transforms the world into a beautiful place again.
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 | Paint Your Wagon (1969 Film) by Alan Jay Lerner
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $4.47 WANDERING STAR, vocal version by Lee Marvin! Number one song in England for weeks, never released in USA. The only good instrumental version I know is on a vinyl LP by the Hollywood Cinema Orchestra. As above, good luck finding it!
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 | Classical Music for People Who Hate Classical Music
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $3.94 Barcarolle's CANON IN D. Love the syncopation.
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 | The Homecoming by Hagood Hardy
Buy used from: $24.50 MY ELUSIVE DREAMS. Beautiful vibrophone version of the classic country song.
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 | The Best of Bobbie Gentry by Bobbie Gentry
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $2.44 MY ELUSIVE DREAMS. The best vocal version I know is the duet here with Bobby Gentry and Glen Campbell.
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 | 21 Romantic Classics
Buy used from: $0.13 LIEBESTRAUM
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| Classics Up to Date 3 by James Last
Buy used from: $7.11 LIEBESTRAUM. A rhythmic uptempo update with a chorale. VERY enjoyable.
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 | The Sound of Music (1965 Film Soundtrack) by Richard Rodgers
Buy new: $12.98 / Used from: $3.91 EIDELWEISS(vocal version). On vinyl, at least 3 good instrumental versions: Roger Williams on his Born Free LP, Esteban's(At Home with...), Richard Clayterman on I don't remember which.
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 | All of My Life: The Very Best of Roger Whittaker by Roger Whittaker
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $3.40 Roger puts his fantastic WHISTLING talent to work on ELIZABETHAN SERENADE. IF you prefer some other instrumental version, there are many available.
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 | The Magic Touch of Floyd Cramer by Floyd Cramer
Buy used from: $9.69 SHENANDOAH....TENNESSEE WALTZ....GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME
The pop Jimmie Rodgers(Honeycomb)does a superb vocal of SHENANDOAH only on his vinyl LP...TWILIGHT ON THE TRAIL.
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 | Piano Magic of Floyd Cramer by Floyd Cramer
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $3.74 DANNY BOY..and..MOULIN ROUGE(Where is Your Heart). Next to Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson, I have more music by Floyd Cramer than any other artist in my humungus library.
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 | Once Upon A Time In The West: The Original Soundtrack Recording
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $4.26 Haunting main theme. I want to have it played at least at one of my weddings(teehee) but I doubt I'll ever be able to pull THAT off!!!
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 | Vintage Instrumentals, Vol. 2 by Various Artists
Buy new: $19.98 / Used from: $18.98 MORE, the theme from the taboo film Mondo Cane, by Kai Winding.
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 | The Best of Nana Mouskouri 20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection by Nana Mouskouri
Buy new: $7.97 / Used from: $6.18 PLAISIR D'AMOUR. Though I'm a Nana fan, a terrific version is done by SAFFRON, former backup chorus for Roger Whitakker. I have the 45, but their debut album has nothing else noteworthy on it.
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 | Country Classics, Vol. 1 by Floyd Cramer
Buy new: $8.98 / Used from: $5.24 I CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE WITH YOU, the Elvis hit, seems to be based on the melody of PLAISIR D'AMOUR. Since we're putting a focus on melody, Cramer's instrumental has no distractions of vocal performance or lyrics.
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 | Blue Skies by Floyd Cramer
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $4.00 LET IT BE ME..and..GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME.
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 | Last Date/On the Rebound by Floyd Cramer
Buy used from: $100.00 TAMMY
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 | The Man From Snowy River: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $5.50 CLANCY's THEME. The most beautiful melody from a soundtrack that is glorious throughout. JESSICA's THEME also deserves to be on this list.
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 | The Most Relaxing Classical Album In the World Ever, Volume II by Gabriel Faure
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $8.30 THE NEW WORLD SYMPHONY.....The most famous PART of this symphony, but not all of it.
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 | The Distinctive Piano Style Of/The Magic Touch Of by Floyd Cramer
Buy new: $12.97 / Used from: $6.94 GOIN' HOME is Cramer's uptempo pop tune derived from the melody of the above NEW WORLD symphony. Fun.
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 | Classics Up to Date, Vol. 1
Buy used from: $34.80 GOIN' HOME. Another version of the updated classic NEW WORLD SYMPHONY.
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 | Baroque Favorites
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $37.40 Bach's JESU JOY OF MAN's DESIRING, performed on acoustic guitar by Canada's Liona Boyd, ex secret girlfriend of Canada's former(now deceased) Prime Minster Pierre
Trudeau.(A rumor that may not be Trudeau...chuckle).Actually it is.
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 | Joy: Best of Apollo 100 by Apollo 100
Buy new: $28.99 / Used from: $9.98 JOY....Rocking driving uptempo arrangement of Bach's JESU JOY OF MAN's DESIRING. Makes the spirit soar!
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 | Miniatures for Guitar
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $10.57 SPANISH ROMANCE, on acoustic guitar by Liona Boyd. Gained popular fame as the theme from the French film classic FORBIDDEN GAMES.
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 | Manhattan (1979 Film) by George Gershwin
Buy new: $8.98 / Used from: $2.79 George Gershwin's RHAPSODY IN BLUE from the soundtrack of Woody Allen's film.
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 | The Best of Walter Murphy: A Fifth of Beethoven by Walter Murphy
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $7.99 A big beat version of George Gershwin's RHAPSHODY IN BLUE.
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 | McCartney by Paul McCartney
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $5.76 Two versions of JUNK, the instrumental and SINGALONG JUNK.
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 | All Time Heart Touching Favorites, Vol. 2 by Roger Whittaker
Buy used from: $2.98 The best version of RED RIVER VALLEY that I've found.
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 | Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $4.56 CAN I SLEEP IN YOUR ARMS? Willie Nelson's innovative creation to the melody of RED RIVER VALLEY, enhanced by the musical arrangement and sensitive vocals by Willie (as almost always).
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 | The Beatles (The White Album) by The Beatles
Buy new: $24.99 / Used from: $7.99 I WILL
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 | Now That I've Found You: A Collection by Alison Krauss
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $1.79 Another good version of the McCartney song I WILL, with even more emphasis on the melody.
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 | The Great Country Collection by Johnny Cash
Buy used from: $69.61 THERE GOES MY EVERYTHING by Anne Murray, one of my fave 6 female singers. It's also available on her very early vinyl LP What About Me.
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 | Good Vibrations: 40th Anniversary Edition EP by The Beach Boys
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $2.73 GOD ONLY KNOWS, but for this one it's ONLY the original version by the Beach Boys, with that unique rotating harmony in the last section, which other versions don't include.
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 | Greatest Hits by Mitch Miller
Buy used from: $3.56 YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS. There's also a very good version with revised lyrics in a duet with Johnny Lee, but I can't seem to find it on Amazon, sorry.
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 | The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World...Ever! by Johann Sebastian Bach
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $3.02 AIR ON A G STRING.Again, the most recognizable PART of this classical work. But some of it is boring.
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 | A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Original Sound Track Recording Of The CBS Television Special by Vince Guaraldi Trio
Buy new: $10.49 / Used from: $2.49 FUR ELISE by Beethoven(and by Schroeder!!! alias jazz great Vince Guaraldi.)
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 | One World by John Tesh
Buy used from: $0.01 VALLEY OF DREAMS
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 | Best Of Frank Mills: Happy Music by Frank Mills
Buy used from: $9.73 I'm not sure THE POET AND I qualifies as 'Happy Music', but it sure is a pretty waltz melody.
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 | Super Hits by Floyd Cramer
Buy used from: $1.49 STOOD UP
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