The Music of James Last: 100 Classic Favourites
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Release Date: 29/03/2010
As one of the world’s most successful bandleaders, this 5CD collection showcases the best of James Last’s big band arrangements of pop, stage & screen, love classics, international dance anthems and classical favourites.The German composer and arranger first took the charts by storm back in 1965 with his first LP ‘Non Stop Dancing’. This lively, optimistic and melodious music lined with a party atmosphere, was the first of it’s kind. His secret recipe for dance music made Last a hit overnight and continues to appeal to a broad international audience nearly forty years later.Over the course of his career, he has sold well over 100 million albums with over 190 album releases. In the United Kingdom he had 52 hit albums between 1967 and 1986, which made him second only to Elvis Presley.His composition "Games That Lovers Play" is recorded in 100 different version throughout the whole world by artists such as Connie Francis or Ray Conniff. Andrew Lloyd Webber calls Hansi's Version of "Don’t Cry for Me Argentina" the best arrangement of his song "that was ever written."The demand for James Last is still as strong as ever as he continues to tour the world well into his 70’s exploring new arrangements of current hits alongside the "classics".
Disc 1
1: Dancing Queen
2: Gimme Some Lovin'
3: Dance the Night Away
4: Money, Money, Money
5: Hey Baby
6: Do-wah-diddy
7: Leaving On a Jetplane
8: Let It Be
9: Stop! In the Name of Love
10: Time to Say Goodbye
11: Norwegian Wood
12: Jolene
13: Lying Eyes
14: Take Me Home Country Roads
15: Heart of Gold
16: Eleanor Rigby
17: Me and You and a Dog Named Boo
18: On the Road Again
19: Feels So Good
20: Fernando
Disc 2
1: Music of the Night
2: My Heart Will Go On
3: Moon River
4: Born Free
5: Der Einsame Hirte
6: Love Theme from 'The Godfather'
7: Theme from 'A Summer Place'
8: Maria
9: Theme from 'Love Story'
10: A Man and a Woman
11: The Seduction (Love Theme)
12: Lara's Theme
13: Arrivederci Roma
14: I Don't Know How to Love Him
15: Unchained Melody
16: Aquarius
17: Let the Sunshine In
18: Ballad of the Easy Rider
19: Singing in the Rain
20: Crockett's Theme
Disc 3
1: Nights in White Satin
2: Power of Love
3: Hey Jude
4: Close to You
5: Have I Told You Lately
6: Always On My Mind
7: Games That Lovers Play
8: Wedding Song (There Is Love)
9: Stand By Your Man
10: The Dock of the Bay
11: Tenderly (Try a Little Tenderness)
12: I Left My Heart in San Francisco
13: The Lady in Red
14: You're Still the One
15: Yesterday
16: A Whiter Shade of Pale
17: I Have to Say I Love You
18: Scarborough Fair
19: The Air That I Breathe
20: Fields of Gold
Disc 4
1: Bésame Mucho
2: La Bamba
3: Copacabana
4: La Cucaracha
5: Viva Espana
6: Bamboleo
7: La Paloma
8: Macarena
9: Valencia
10: Barcelona
11: Granada
12: Happy Music
13: El Condor Pasa
14: Petite Fleur
15: La Vie En Rose
16: Rosamunde
17: Rosen Aus Dem Süden
18: Tulpen Uit Amsterdam
19: Kalinka
20: Sunshine Reggae
Disc 5
1: Allegro
2: Le Quattro Stagioni: Der Fruhling
3: Habanera
4: Overture
5: Rondo Alla Turca (Turkischer Marsch)
6: Nabucco: Prisoners Chorus
7: Peer Gynt: In Der Halle Des Bergkonigs
8: Ballade Pour Adeline
9: Fur Elise
10: Mondschein Sonate
11: 2. Adagio
12: Elvira Madigan
13: Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo
14: Chanson Triste Op. 40, No. 2
15: Adagio
16: Going Home
17: Romeo and Julia
18: Barcarolle
19: Sabre Dance
20: Tritsch-tratsch-polka