Mills Brothers - Cocktail Hour:

Cocktail Hour:  (2 CD Set)

 By The Mills Brothers

Very Good Condition.

This is a wonderful two-disc collection of Mills Brothers tracks from the 1930s and 1940s, including a classic version of "Lazy River," a beautifully laid-back take on Hoagy Carmichael's "Georgia on My Mind," and an impressive run at a pair of Duke Ellington classics, "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" and "Caravan" (the Mills Brothers' amazing ability to vocally mimic the instruments of a jazz orchestra allowed them to do fascinating "instrumental" covers of jazz standards). Some fairly essential tracks are missing here, though, like 1952's "The Glow Worm," for one, so this compilation isn't perfect, but it's a lot of fun and it does make a well-sequenced introduction to this amazing and innovative vocal group.

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Paper Doll
2. I'll Be Around
3. Jeepers Creepers
4. Lazybones
5. Organ Grinder's Swing
6. Nagasaki
7. Smoke Rings
8. Basin Street Blues
9. Funiculi Funicula
10. Asleep In The Deep
11. Ay Ay Ay Ay (Cielito Lindo)
12. Lazy River
13. Till Then
14. You Always Hurt The One You Love

Disc: 2

1. Shine
2. You Tell Me Your Dream, I'll Tell You Mine
3. Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet
4. Rockin' Chair
5. F.D.R. Jones
6. Stardust
7. Caravan
8. Georgia On My Mind
9. It Don't Mean A Thing
10. The Flat Foot Floogie
11. When You Were Sweet Sixteen
12. Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)
13. Till We Meet Again
14. Manana