By this time (1966), Dean was a true superstar & this exclusive Collectors' Choice Music twofer reflects it. The first album takes musical highlights from the TV show Dean was hosting at the time, while 'The Silence... more »rs' is the soundtrack album to the first of several movies in which Dino starred as secret agent Matt Helm. Includes 'If I Had You', 'What Can I Say after I Say I'm Sorry', 'The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else', 'S'posin',' 'It's the Talk of the Town', 'Baby, Won't You Please Come Home', 'I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face', 'Just Friends', 'The Things We Did Last Summer', 'Home', 'The Glory of Love', 'Empty Saddles in the Old Corral', 'The Last Round-Up', 'Side by Side', 'South of the Border', 'Red Sails in the Sunset', 'If You Knew Susie', 'On the Sunny Side of the Street', and the instrumentals 'The Silencers', 'Lovey Kravezit', 'Anniversary Song' and 'Lord, You Made the Night Too Long'.« less
By this time (1966), Dean was a true superstar & this exclusive Collectors' Choice Music twofer reflects it. The first album takes musical highlights from the TV show Dean was hosting at the time, while 'The Silencers' is the soundtrack album to the first of several movies in which Dino starred as secret agent Matt Helm. Includes 'If I Had You', 'What Can I Say after I Say I'm Sorry', 'The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else', 'S'posin',' 'It's the Talk of the Town', 'Baby, Won't You Please Come Home', 'I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face', 'Just Friends', 'The Things We Did Last Summer', 'Home', 'The Glory of Love', 'Empty Saddles in the Old Corral', 'The Last Round-Up', 'Side by Side', 'South of the Border', 'Red Sails in the Sunset', 'If You Knew Susie', 'On the Sunny Side of the Street', and the instrumentals 'The Silencers', 'Lovey Kravezit', 'Anniversary Song' and 'Lord, You Made the Night Too Long'.
CD Reviews
DINO'S COMBINATION OF SMALL SCREEN AND LARGE SCREEN HITS
A. POLLOCK | PLYMOUTH, DEVON United Kingdom | 04/10/2002
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Taking its cues from small screen to large, this combination of two Dean Martin albums prove to be ideally matched for this combined Collectors' Choice release,and reflect the great popularity he achieved in both forms. The Dean Martin Show
was prime-time viewing in the `60's and this set of songs recorded in 1966, simply feature a few of his favourites, with the orchestra headed by the renown Les Brown who also undertook orchestral duties on the television shows. Dean, in fantastic
vocal form, provides the ballads like JUST FRIENDS, IT'S THE TALK OF THE TOWN and BABY WON'T YOU PLEASE COME HOME? with a romantic sheen, so much his trademark throughout his career. The more swinging numbers benefit from great arrangements with S'POSIN' a highlight, followed closely by THE ONE I LOVE BELONGS TO SOMEBODY ELSE. I particularly liked I'VE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO HER FACE which clearly expresses Dean's personable way with a good song and suitable arrangement. Altogether a triumphant combination of singer, good songs and suitable arrangements.THE SILENCERS, a spoof on the James Bond phenomenon, surprisingly found its own box-office success in the `60's with three sequels equalling the box-office takings, no doubt partly due to Dean's laconic personality, Hollywood gloss, and the
current need for fluffy entertainment. Dean made the ideal Matt Helm, who with tongue firmly in cheek, managed his secret agent adventures without missing out on his luck with the ladies. I don't recall much about the films or the featured songs,but DEAN MARTIN SINGS SONGS FROM "THE SILENCERS" includes eight old favourites ready- made for Dean by being performed in the contemporary orchestral backings and busy chorus so much an ingredient of Dean's recordings by the mid-60's. So THE GLORY OF LOVE, EMPTY SADDLES and THE LAST ROUND-UP plus others receive up-front and busy versions, together with four orchestral tracks which include an updated ANNIVERSARY SONG. With RED SAILS IN THE SUNSET and THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET also included in the vocal mix, I imagine this album was and is a favourite of Dean's fans."
ALMOST A TRIBUTE TO BING
alain robert | ST-HUBERT,QUÉBEC | 10/06/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"The DEAN MARTIN tv show is like DREAM WITH DEAN the singer at his intimate best, but with the added talent of arranger ERNIE FREEMAN, who creates beautiful musical settings with those ten songs.SONGS FROM THE SILENCERS is a filler album with 4 instrumentals that are enjoyable and 8 songs that figured in the movie.It was a clear case of the record producers coping with DEAN's great popularity in 1966.There are at least 4 songs on this overall collection that were recorded by BING CROSBY years before :SIDE BY SIDE,IF I HAD YOU,THE LAST ROUND UP and RED SAILS IN THE SUNSET.So,this is certainly worth getting if you are a MARTIN collector."
TV Show/ Silencers
aminstrel | DARTMOUTH, Nova Scotia Canada | 04/17/2003
(4 out of 5 stars)
"The first album, the Dean Martin TV Show is a collection of ten songs that are enjoyable and laid back. Sip on a beverage and enjoy. Unfortunately the second album is a mish mash of four unlistenable instrumentals and eight so so songs. Why would a Dean Martin album have four instrumentals ? This is my least favorite of the set."
A CD That Contains One Of Dean's Best Albums
George M. Zavaglia | Brockport, NY | 02/10/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Dean Martin sings 18 of the 22 songs on this compilation CD which pairs the albums "The Dean Martin TV Show" and "Dean Martin: Songs from The Silencers". When he recorded these in 1966, Martin was a top box office attraction as well as a sure Thursday night television draw.
The album title "The Dean Martin TV Show" attests to that, but understand that none of the songs on it are soundtrack cuts. They're studio recordings of popular standards meant to evoke the feel of a particular segment of the Martin show; that point in the weekly proceedings when he would make himself comfy on a couch and seductively croon for all he was worth.
Songs from The "Dean Martin TV Show" album comprise the first ten cuts on this CD, and they are a timeless collection of songs from start to finish. The arrangements are short, uncluttered and the background vocals are sparse. Dean's deliberate and subtle vocals shine and his longtime piano player Ken Lane adds his own nice musical touches throughout.
If you're unfamiliar with songs like "If I Had You", "It's The Talk of The Town" and "Baby Won't You Please Come Home" you'll soon find yourself playing them again and again.
Unfortunately the same can't be said for the sounds of the "Songs from the Silencers". The album was a merchandise tie-in to the film "The Silencers" in which Martin played spy Matt Helm. On the album, he sings the songs that are parodied throughout the movie. Four instrumentals from the film score round out the tunes.
There's nothing subtle or understated about the arrangements this time. They're loud and this time the background vocalists just seem to get in Martin's way. However, he does occasionally get out from under all the accompaniment . His rendition of "Red Sails In The Sunset" is beautiful and he seems to have a lot of fun singing "If You Knew Susie" as well as "The Glory Of Love."
Actually, "Dean Martin: Songs from The Silencers" is a better representation of how the typical Dean Martin song of the period sounded; plenty of brass, beat and chorus behind a usually relaxed vocal from Martin. The formula served him well over many albums. It's not that his cuts from the second album are that bad but rather that "The Dean Martin TV Show" album is such a fine showcase for him in its entirety. Buy the CD for all of these and get the rest along with them.
Track Listings (22) - Disc #1