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Bing Crosby|Return To Paradise Islands (Deluxe Edition)

Return To Paradise Islands (Deluxe Edition)

Bing Crosby

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Although a parade of pop artists recorded Hawaiian material between the '20s and '50s, none of them are as associated with it as Bing Crosby -- who could have (and did) populate an entire hits collection with only his Hawaiian-themed songs. In the early '60s, Crosby was briefly signed to Reprise Records, the new home for the best vocalists in traditional pop, but his only solo-billed record was this one, from 1963. It's an overlooked gem, recorded with Nelson Riddle, who understood more than any other arranger of his era how to bring exotic sounds home to American shores without proceeding directly to overkill. Riddle employs strings slightly more than on his classic arrangements, but they're sweeping and lush -- completely in keeping with the material. Crosby sounds not merely comfortable, but fully relaxed in these songs. The opener, "Return to Paradise," a movie theme from a few years earlier, is the perfect place to start; not with some frothy hula dances, but a warm and reflective ballad wrapped in Riddle's strings, which ebb and flow in an obvious homage to ocean shores. The rest of the record balances a few wistful ballads like the first with light novelties that employ the lap-steel guitar and ukulele that's de rigeur for a Hawaiian LP.
© John Bush /TiVo

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1
Return To Paradise
00:03:19

Dimitri Tiomkin, Composer - Ned Washington, Author - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Buddy Cole, Producer

℗ 2010 Primary Wave Music IP Fund 3, LP & HLC Properties, Ltd.

2
The Hukilau Song
00:02:14

Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Buddy Cole, Producer - Jack Owens, ComposerLyricist

℗ 2010 Primary Wave Music IP Fund 3, LP & HLC Properties, Ltd.

3
The Old Plantation
00:03:46

Jackie DeShannon, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Buddy Cole, Producer - David Nape, ComposerLyricist - Mary J. Montano, ComposerLyricist

℗ 2010 Primary Wave Music IP Fund 3, LP & HLC Properties, Ltd.

4
Lovely Hula Hands
00:02:55

Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Buddy Cole, Producer - Edward Anderson, ComposerLyricist

℗ 2010 Primary Wave Music IP Fund 3, LP & HLC Properties, Ltd.

5
Love And Aloha
00:03:18

Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Buddy Cole, Producer - Johnny Blaisdell, ComposerLyricist

℗ 2010 Primary Wave Music IP Fund 3, LP & HLC Properties, Ltd.

6
Keep Your Eyes On The Hands
00:02:45

Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Buddy Cole, Producer - Tony Todaro, ComposerLyricist - Mary Johnston, ComposerLyricist

℗ 2010 Primary Wave Music IP Fund 3, LP & HLC Properties, Ltd.

7
Adventures In Paradise
00:03:16

Dorcas Cochran, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Lionel Newman, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Cole, Producer

℗ 2010 Primary Wave Music IP Fund 3, LP & HLC Properties, Ltd.

8
Frangipani Blossom
00:02:50

Jerry Livingston, ComposerLyricist - Ray Evans, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Buddy Cole, Producer

℗ 2010 Primary Wave Music IP Fund 3, LP & HLC Properties, Ltd.

9
Forevermore
00:03:23

CHARLES E. KING, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Buddy Cole, Producer - Milt Raskin, ComposerLyricist

℗ 2010 Primary Wave Music IP Fund 3, LP & HLC Properties, Ltd.

10
Farewell My Tane
00:03:58

August Goupil, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Johnny Noble, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Cole, Producer - Richard Gump, ComposerLyricist

℗ 2010 Primary Wave Music IP Fund 3, LP & HLC Properties, Ltd.

11
Beautiful Kahana
00:03:43

CHARLES E. KING, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Buddy Cole, Producer - Mary J. Montano, ComposerLyricist

℗ 2010 Primary Wave Music IP Fund 3, LP & HLC Properties, Ltd.

12
Home In Hawaii (King's Serenade)
00:03:07

CHARLES E. KING, ComposerLyricist - Paul Francis Webster, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Buddy Cole, Producer

℗ 2010 Primary Wave Music IP Fund 3, LP & HLC Properties, Ltd.

13
Return To Paradise (False Start And Studio Chatter)
00:00:59

Dimitri Tiomkin, Composer - Ned Washington, Author - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Buddy Cole, Producer

℗ 2010 Primary Wave Music IP Fund 3, LP & HLC Properties, Ltd.

14
My Little Grass Shack (In Kealakakua, Hawaii)
00:02:25

Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Johnny Noble, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Cole, Producer - Bill Cogswell, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Harrison, ComposerLyricist

℗ 2010 Primary Wave Music IP Fund 3, LP & HLC Properties, Ltd.

15
The Cockeyed Mayor Of Kaunakakai
00:02:15

Al Stillman, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - R. Alex Anderson, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Cole, Producer

℗ 2010 Primary Wave Music IP Fund 3, LP & HLC Properties, Ltd.

16
Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula
00:02:30

Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Joseph Young, ComposerLyricist - E. Ray Goetz, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Cole, Producer - Pete Wendling, ComposerLyricist

℗ 2010 Primary Wave Music IP Fund 3, LP & HLC Properties, Ltd.

17
Ukelele Lady
00:02:21

Gus Kahn, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Richard A. Whiting, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Cole, Producer

℗ 2010 Primary Wave Music IP Fund 3, LP & HLC Properties, Ltd.

18
King's Serenade
00:02:13

CHARLES E. KING, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Buddy Cole, Producer

℗ 2010 Primary Wave Music IP Fund 3, LP & HLC Properties, Ltd.

Album review

Although a parade of pop artists recorded Hawaiian material between the '20s and '50s, none of them are as associated with it as Bing Crosby -- who could have (and did) populate an entire hits collection with only his Hawaiian-themed songs. In the early '60s, Crosby was briefly signed to Reprise Records, the new home for the best vocalists in traditional pop, but his only solo-billed record was this one, from 1963. It's an overlooked gem, recorded with Nelson Riddle, who understood more than any other arranger of his era how to bring exotic sounds home to American shores without proceeding directly to overkill. Riddle employs strings slightly more than on his classic arrangements, but they're sweeping and lush -- completely in keeping with the material. Crosby sounds not merely comfortable, but fully relaxed in these songs. The opener, "Return to Paradise," a movie theme from a few years earlier, is the perfect place to start; not with some frothy hula dances, but a warm and reflective ballad wrapped in Riddle's strings, which ebb and flow in an obvious homage to ocean shores. The rest of the record balances a few wistful ballads like the first with light novelties that employ the lap-steel guitar and ukulele that's de rigeur for a Hawaiian LP.
© John Bush /TiVo

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