Perry Como Sings Songs of Faith & Inspiration

PERRY COMO; SINGS SONGS OF FAITH; & INSPIRATION; BUDDHA RECORDS © 2001; Produced by Rob Santos; Compiled & Sequenced by; George Townsend; A Still Small Voice; Music by Ben Weisman; and lyrics by Al Stillman; May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You; Words and Music by Meredith Willson; Scarlet Ribbons; Music by Evelyn Danzig; with lyrics by Jack Segal , 1949; Only One; Words and Music by Sunny Skylar, Tom Glazer,; and Andrew Ackers; I May Never Pass This Way Again; Words and Music by Murray Wizel; and Irving Melcher; Whither Thou Goest; Music and Lyrics Guy Singer, 1954; No Well On Earth; Music by Dave Mann; with lyrics by Bob Hilliard; All Through the Night; Traditional Old Welsh Air Arranged by Ray Charles; He's Got the Whole World In His Hands; Traditional gospel song adapted by Geoff Love; In The Garden; Words and Music by C. Austin Miles , 1912; Prayer For Peace; Music by Nick Acquaviva; with English Lyrics by Norman Gimbel; When You Come to the End of the Day; Music by Frank C. Westphal; with lyrics by Gus Kahn; Vaya Con Dios ( May God Be With You ); Words and Music by Larry Russell, Buddy Pepper; and Inez James, 1953; Twilight on the Trail; ~ from the 1936 Paramount film "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine"; Music by Louis Alter; with lyrics by Sidney D. Mitchell, 1936; I Know What God Is; Words and Music by Don Raye,; Ned Freeman and John G. Bowen; The Lord's Prayer; ~ recorded at the Manhattan Center in October, 1959; With Male Voices of the Robert Shaw Chorale & Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra; Text from the Bible, set by Albert Hay Malotte ( 1895-1964 ); Ave Maria ( Schubert ); ~ recorded at the Manhattan Center in October, 1959; With Male Voices of the Robert Shaw Chorale & Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra; Original Music by Franz Schubert; BUDDHA RECORDS © 2001; Produced by Rob Santos; Compiled & Sequenced by George Townsend; Product Manager: John Hudson; Production Coordinator: Jeremy Holiday; Mastered by Elliott Federman at SAJE Sound, NYC; Digital Transfers: Mike Hartry at BMG Studios, NYC; "Ave Maria" and "The Lord's Prayer" remixed by Dennis Ferrante at BMG Studios, NYC; Art Direction & Design: Smay Vision; Special thanks to Mike Omansky, Gary Newman,; Mike Jason, Alex Miller, Frank Ursoleo and Mandana Eidgah
: Perry Como ~ When You Come to the End of the Day; Produced by Joe Reisman; with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra & The Ray Charles Singers; Arrangements by Joe Reisman, Jack Andrews and Joe Lipman; Recorded in RCA Victor's Studio A, New York,; on April 30, May 1, June 18, 19, and 23, 1958; Recording Engineer: Bob Simpson; Notes:; This special BMG / Buddha CD compilation includes the whole of Perry's second full "Living Stereo" album recorded in 1958. These inspirational songs are among Perry Como's finest performances and a perfect matching of the man and his music. Perry commonly ended his weekly television show with an inspirational song and those featured within this album were regularly featured in this respect. This is the first complete re-release of these songs by BMG in real stereo since the time of their original issue in 1958. Earlier this year this same compilation was included within a budget two-fer album by the third-party label Collectables Records but the majority of re-releases from this album have been in either monaural or fake stereo. A superb collection beautifully performed by Perry with the Ray Charles Singers and Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra, these songs must be heard in real stereo to be fully appreciated. The highlight of this CD compilation, however, is the first REAL stereo release of Perry's "Ave Maria" and "The Lord's Prayer" both of which he recorded in October, 1959, with the Male Voices of the Robert Shaw Chorale, conducted by Mitchell Ayres. These recordings were produced by Charles Grean. Although originally released on a very limited distribution stereo single, all re-releases since that time have been either monaural or fake stereo. These recordings were located in the RCA Victor Archives this year, just prior to Perry's death, not having been off the shelves in more than forty years. They have both been re-mixed from the original three-track masters for inclusion here. The difference between these recordings in stereo when compared to the monaural or fake stereo versions is stunning. Also re-mixed from original three-track session tape to real stereo is "I Know What God Is" produced by Charles Grean and recorded by Perry in December of 1959. This song was first released as the flip side to Perry's hit single "Delaware" and commonly reissued in either monaural or "electronically reprocessed" stereo.