"twenty-two classic arrangements of the '70s ~ Percy Faith"
J. Lovins | Missouri-USA | 07/05/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Now Percy Faith enters the '70s with "Held Over! Today's Great Movie Themes", originally released by Columbia Records in 1970 (CS 1019) featuring some of the favorites "film-score-buffs" cravings ~ let's begin with "AIRPORT LOVE THEME" (Alfred Newman), "ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS"(theme)(Georges Delerus), "BALLAD OF EASY RIDER" (Roger McGuinn), "COME SATURDAY MORNING" ("The Sterlie Cuckoo") (Dory Previn/Fred Karlin), "JEAN" ("The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie") (Rod Mckuen), "MIDNIGHT COWBOY" (John Barry), "PATTON THEME", (Jerry Goldsmith), "RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN' ON MY HEAD"("Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid"-film) (Hal David/Burt Bacharach), "THE TEME FROM "Z"(To Yelasto Pedi) (Mikis Theodorakis), "TRUE GRIT" (Donald Black/Elmer Bernstein), "WHAT ARE YOU DOING THE REST OF YOUR LIFE" ("The Happy Ending"-film) (Marilyn Bergman/Alan Bergman/Michel Legrand) ~ once again Maestro Faith delivers signature lush instrumentals blended with breathtaking arrangements ~ and delivers he does, crank up the stereo, you're in for an amazing ride!And now for the second half of the disc "Leaving On A Jet Plane", originally released on Columbia Records in 1970 (CS 9983) ~ featuring his brilliant orchestra and chorus with the hit tunes of the day ~ "BALLAD OF EASY RIDER" (Roger McGuinn), "COLOURS" (Donovan Leitch), "EARLY IN THE MORNING" (Mike Leander/edward Seago), "EVERYBODY'S TALKIN'" (Fred Neil), "LEAVING ON A JET PLANE" (John Denver), "LET GO(Canto de Ossanha)" (Baden Powell/Norman Gibel/Vincius DeMoraes), "RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN' ON MY HEAD" (Hal Daivd/Burt Bacharach), "SOMETHING" (George Harrison), "WANTING YOU" (Jack Fulton), "WEDDING BELL BLUES" (Laura Nyro), "YESTER-ME, YESTER-YOU, YESTERDAY" (Ronald Miller/Bryan Wells) ~ reminiscing back to the '70s with all vocal arrangements for a sixteen chorus group, which graced so many of Mr. Faith's recordings ~ not to mention his thirty five musicians that have been with him these many decades.Faith continued working right up until his death in 1976 at his Los Angeles residence ~ recorded on the following labels with the number of albums and their label (76 Columbia, 37 Collectables, 8 Sony, 5 Sony Special Product, 5 Taragon, 4 Ranwood, 2 Time Life) ~ check out Amazon.Com see if they are still available ~ cause your in for the musical experience of your life...gotta love it!Total Time: 68:20 on 22 Tracks ~ Collectables 7607 ~ (4/13/2004)"
Percy Faih Held Over/Leaving On A Jet Plane
Jeff Carter | Perry, Ga United States | 05/03/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"These albums by mastro Faith are very different and sound great on cd.Held Over is just instrumental and Leaving On A Jet Plane is all Vocal with Faith's mixed chrous.Faith used a light string contingment on Held Over and even lighter on Leaving On A Jet Plane.These albums are even more unique for another reason.They contain very different versions of the same songs.
Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head is instrumental on Held Over and done vocalley on Leaving On A Jet Plane.Easy Rider is instrumental on Raindrops but vocal on Leaving.Also Faith's version of Leaving On A Jet Plane is beautiful and got a lot of play on beautiful music stations in the 70's.I highley recommend this cd as well as the other new Faith cd's Music For Her,Those Were The Days/Romeo and Juliet,Swing Lo/A Look At Monoco and Country Bouquet/Disco.Collectibles next Faith cd will be a cd of Faith singles that has never been released from 1950 and 1951.No date yet but it should be posted soon."
Track Listings (22) - Disc #1