Discography 1960 - 1969  

Key for album #'s: LK/SKL: Decca (UK); LL/PS London (USA); MS/SS: London (Samples); LXT Decca, Julius Katchen LP; PM/SP: London Kismet; SPA: Decca (Samples); XPS/APS: London; SLK: German Decca; R: London/RCA Music Club; FOS: Decca Compilation; BP: London. More information to follow. 

Year

Title(s), Issue # and Notes

Selections
1960/1959

American Scene (LK 4323/SKL 4073)(1959)

The American Scene (LL 3136/PS 182)(1960)

LL 3136/PS 182 subsequently re-titled "The Music of Stephen Foster and other songs of The American Scene"

My  Old Kentucky Home; Camptown Races; I Dream Of Jeanie; Old Folks At Home; Ring De Banjo; Beautiful Dreamer; Home On The Range; Grandfather's Clock; Yellow Rose of Texas; Just a Wearyin' for You; Turkey In The Straw; Goodnight Irene 

1960

Songs To Remember (LK 4339/SKL 4086)

Songs To Remember (LL 3149/PS 193)

*with Edward Rubach (Piano)

With These Hands; Faraway Places; A Very Precious Love; Jamaica Farewell; Tenderly; Blue Star*; Gigi; When I Fall In Love; No Other Love; Vaya Con Dios; Two Different Worlds; Tonight

1960

Mantovani Operetta Memories (LK 4347/SKL 4093)

Operetta Memories (LL 3181/PS 202)

LK 4347/SKL 4093 album insert notes: Waltz From The Merry Widow, Oh Maiden, My Maiden, Waltz From The Gipsy Princess; Waltz From The Gipsy Baron, Overture - Die Fledermaus; LL 3181/PS 202; The Gipsy Baron - Waltz (Your Eyes Shine In My Own); in a later re-issue of SKL 4093 The Gipsy Baron - Waltz is retitled Waltz From Music Of The Spheres

The Merry Widow - Waltz; My Hero; Play Gipsies, Dance Gipsies; O Maiden, My Maiden; The Gipsy Princess - Waltz; The Count of Luxembourg - Waltz; Serenade - Frasquita; Gipsy Love - Waltz; The Gipsy Baron - Waltz; Die Fledermaus - Overture

1960

Mantovani Plays Music From Exodus and Other Great Themes (LL 3231/PS 224)

No Decca equivalent; LL 3231/PS 224 subsequently re-titled "Great Theme Music."

Main Theme From Exodus; Karen; Theme From A Summer Place; The Green Leaves of Summer; Song Without End; 76 Trombones; Theme From The Sundowners; Irma La Douce; I Love Paris; Mr. Wonderful; The Carousel Waltz; The Sound of Music

1960

Mantovani Concert Spectacular (LK 4377/SKL 4118)

No London equivalent

 

Stars and Stripes Forever; Estrellita; Theme From A Summer Place; Granada; Forgotten Dreams; Thunder and Lightning Polka; Zapateado; Londonderry Air; By The Sleepy Lagoon; A Trumpeter's Lullaby; The Green Leaves of Summer; The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers

1961

Mantovani Broadway Encores (LK 4387/SKL 4129)

No London equivalent; LL 4396/SKL 4129 album cover Till Tomorrow

Do-Re-Mi; My Heart Is So Full Of You; I Love Paris; Ascot Gavotte; Till There Was You; The Carousel Waltz; You Are Beautiful; I  Feel Pretty; Mr. Wonderful; Til Tomorrow; Shall We Dance; 76 Trombones

1961

Italia Mia (LK 4396/SKL 4135)

Italia Mia (LL 3239/PS 232)

LL 3239/PS 232 = E Bersaglieri

Catari, Catari; Theme From Capriccio Italien Op 45; Italia Mia (My Italy); Vissi D'Arte - Love and Music; Mattinata; Variations On Carnival of Venice; Bersaglieri March; Come Back to Sorrento (Torna A Sorriento); Return To Me; Nussum Dorma (None Shall Sleep); Italian Fantasia Medley; Tarantella - O Sole Mio - A Frangesa - Santa Lucia-Maria, Mari !Funiculi Funicula

1961

Theme From Carnival of Venice and Other Great Broadway Hits (LL 3250/PS 242) 

No Decca equivalent; LL 3250/PS 242 album cover: Till Tommorow; LL 3250/PS 242 subsequently re-titled "Themes From Broadway"

Theme From Carnival; I Feel Pretty; You Are Beautiful; Shall We Dance; Till There Was You; I Know About Love; Do-Re-Mi/ Till Tomorrow; So In Love; Ascot Gavotte; If Ever I Would Leave You; My Heart is So Full Of You

1961

Songs of Praise (LK 4420/SKL 4152)

Songs of Praise (LL 3251/PS 245)

* With the Michael Sammes Chorus

LL 3251/PS 245 has a different track order: Rock Of Ages (with the Michael Sammes Chorus) replaces "All People That On Earth Do Dwell

A Mighty Fortress Is Our God; Whispering Hope*; Nearer My God, To Thee*; The Lord's My Shepherd (Crimond); Abide With Me; Onward Christian Soldiers*; The Holy City; Eternal Father, Strong To Save*; Beautiful Isle Of Somewhere; Jesu Lover of My Soul (Aberystwyth); Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring; Little Brown Church In The Vale; All People That On Earth Do Dwell (Old Hundreth)

1962

American Waltzes (LL 3260/PS 248)

*with female chorus

No Decca Equivalent

The Waltz You Saved For Me; Beautiful Ohio*; When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain; The Sidewalks Of New York; Marcheta*; The Wiffenpoof Song; Let Me Call You Sweetheart; Missouri Waltz*; Sweetheart of Sigma Chi; Meet Me In Saint Louis, Louis; Clementine*; Alice Blue Gown

1962

Great Films - Great Themes (LK/SKL 4500)

Moon River and Other Great Film Themes (LL 3261/PS249)

LL 3261/PS 249 has a different track order; LL 3261/PS 249: Barabas

Barrabbas; Fanny; Advise and Consent; Goodbye Again; Judgment at Nuremburg; The Apartment; Never on Sunday; The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse; Breakfast at Tiffany's (Moon River); Rocco and His Brothers (Nadia's Theme); Return to Peyton Place; The Big Country

1963

Classical Encores (LL 3269/PS 269)

"The Decca album was issued very briefly in UK in 1965 as SKL 4603 (although recorded in 1962) and never appeared in any of the company's catalogs, for what reason I cannot say. I'm looking at the covers of the London and Decca albums as I write - they differ in design in small ways, but the wordage on the reverse of the cover is the same, written by Robert Sherman." Colin MacKenzie. Thanks also to Mr. Kookchew Chung a Mantovani Fan from Korea.

 

Slavonic Dance No. 2; Etude No. 3; Tango in D; Barcarolle From Tales of Hoffmann; On Wings of Song; Hungarian Dance No. 5; Solveig's Song from Peer Gynt; Air on the G String; Cradle Song; None But The Lonely Heart/ Ave Maria; Largo from Xerxes.

1962

Stop The World -- I Want to Get Off, Oliver (LL 3270/PS 270) No Decca equivalent

Introduction -- I'd Do Anything -- Pick a Pocket or Two; Consider Yourself -- Where is Love -- ?--OOM-PAH--PAH -- Reviewing the Situation --Oliver -- Who Will Buy ?; As Long As He Needs Me; Introduction -- Lumbered; Someone Nice Like You; Meilincki Meilchick -- Once In A Lifetime --Gonna Build A  Mountain -- I Wanna Be Rich; What Kind of Fool Am I ?

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1962-1963 A Song For You (LK/SKL 4510) The World's Greatest Love Songs (LL 3280/ PS 280)

with Mario Del Monaca (vocal) and *Male Chorus

LL 3280/PS 280Parlami D'Amore Mariu (an alternative title to "Love's Last Word is Spoken) and Core N'Grato (an alternative title for Catari, Catari) 

Serenade From The Student Prince*; Musica Proibita; Love's Last Word Is Spoken; Te Voglio Tante Bene;Tonight* ; Catari, Catari; Be My Love; Girls Were Made to Love and Kiss*; Cara Mia; Lolita

1963

 

Latin Rendezvous (LK/SKL 4528)

Latin Rendezvous (LL 3295/PS 295)

LL 3295/PS 295 has a different track order: Granada; Estrelita, and Amapola replace Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps, a Garden In Granada, and La Golondrina

Malaguena; Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps; Be Mine Tonight; Cielito Lindo; La Paloma; Siboney; A Garden in Granada; Perfidia (Tonight); Andalucia (The Breeze and I); La Golondrina; Maria Elena; Espana

1963

A Song For Christmas (LK/SKL 4557)

Christmas Greetings From Mantovani and His Orchestra (LL 3338/PS 338)

*with Mike Sammes Singers (vocals). Reissued on DGS 8 in 1979 As "Christmas with Mantovani" No London equivalent.

Deck The Halls With Boughs of Holly*; Once In Royal David's City*; Jingle Bells; Toy Waltz; The Holly And The Ivy*; O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings; It Came Upon The Midnight Clear*; The Twelve Days of Christmas*; While Shepherds Watched; Christmas Bells; Mary's Boy Child*; I Saw Three Ships*

1963-1964

Mantovani Manhattan (LK/SKL 4561

Manhattan (LL 3328/PS 328

LL3328/PS 328 has a different track order

Give My Regards to Broadway; Autumn in New York; The Bowery; Harlem Nocturne; Slaughter on Tenth Avenue; Manhattan Serenade; Take the "A" Train; Manhattan Lullaby; West Side Story; Maria -- Somewhere; Belle of New York; Tenement Symphony. 

 1964

Kismet (LK 4578/PFS 4035)

Kismet (PM 55001/SP 44043)

1= Kenneth McKellar (vocals); 2=Robert Merrill, Adele Leigh (vocals);  3= Robert Merrill (vocal); 4= Adele Leigh and the Sammes Chorus (vocals); 5=Regina Resnik, Ian Wallace and the Sammes Chorus (vocals);  6= Adele Leigh and Kenneth McKellar (vocals): 7= Ian Wallace and the Sammes Chorus (vocals); 8= Ian Wallace, Regina Resnik, Robert Merrill, and the Sammes Chorus (vocals);  9= Kenneth McKellar  and the Sammes Chorus (vocals): 10=Regina Resnik, Robert Merrill, and the Sammes Chorus (vocals); 11= Robert Merrill, Adele Leigh, Ian Wallace, and Kenneth McKellar (vocals); 12= Kenneth McKellar and the Sammes Chorus (vocals); 13 = Kenneth McKellar and the Sammes Chorus; 14=  Robert Merrill, Kenneth McKellar, Adele Leigh (vocals).

Overture; Sands of Time1; Rhymes Have I2;Fate3; Baubles, Bangles, and Beads4; Not Since Nineveh5; Stranger in Paradise6; He's in Love7; Gesticulate8; Night of My Nights9; Was I Wazir?7; Rahadlakum10; And This Is My Beloved11; The Olive Tree3; Zubbediya12; Samaris Dance13; Finale, Act 214.

 1964

Folk Songs Around the World (LK/SKL 4611)

Folk Songs Around the World (LL 3360/PS 360)

Aura Lee; Skip To My Lou; The Streets of Loredo-Shenandoah; The Blue Tail Fly; Red River Valley; Oh! Susanna; Au Clair de La Lune-Frere Jacques; Du Du Leigst Mir Im Herzen introducing Lieber Augustin; Addio A Napoli; Rosa; Greensleeves introducing When Love Is Kind; Early One Morning; Annie Laurie; Wi A Hundred Pipers; All Through The Night; The Minstrel Boy; Two Guitars; Moon On The Ruined Castle; Hava Nagila 

 1964

The Incomparable Mantovani and his Orchestra (LK/SKL 4640)

The Incomparable Mantovani and his Orchestra (LL 3392/PS 392)

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now; As Time Goes By; Catch a Falling Star; Where Are You; I Left My Heart in San Francisco; I'll Be Seeing You; Yesterdays; Fly Me To The Moon; I'll Get By; September In The Rain; Long Ago; More

 1965-1967

 The Mantovani Sound (1967)(LK/SKL 4859)

The Mantovani Sound (1965)(LL 3419/PS 419)

Dear Heart; People; Charade; Fiddler On The Roof; Who Can I  Turn To; Hello Dolly; What Kind of Fool Am I?; As Long as He Needs Me; I Have Dreamed; The Sweetest Sounds; I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face; Climb Every Mountain

 1965

 Mantovani Olé (LK/SKL 4712)(LL 3422/PS 422)

Note: LK/SKL 4712 album cover: Spanish Gypsy Dance

El Relicario; Adios; Tico-Tico; Ay-Ay-Ay; Piccolo Bolero; Mexican Hat Dance; Jealousy/ Valencia; The Green Cockatoo; Spanish Gypsy Dance; Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps; Carmen Fantasy 

 1966

 Mantovani  Magic (LK/SKL 4749)(LL 3348/PS 448) 

Note: LK/SKL 4749, LL 3448/PS 448 album covers: Love Me With All Your Heart; The Most Beautiful Girl In The World; reissued in double album format as "Mantovani's magic touch" on DDS 1 with LK/SKL 4921 in 1970 - no London equivalent.

Misty; Red Roses For a Blue Lady; Chim Chim Cher-ee; Love Me With All Your Heart; Goodnight Sweetheart; Cara Mia; I Wish You Love; Lover; Stardust; Mona Lisa; Most Beautiful Girl In The World; Auf Weidershen Sweetheart;  

1966 

Mr. Music...Mantovani (LK/SKL 4811

Mr. Music...Mantovani (LL 3474/PS 474)

Smile; Ebb Tide; Softly As I Leave You; Spanish Flea; Theme From The Oscar; How Soon; Yesterday; Strangers In The Night; From Russia With Love; Love and Marriage; The Shadow Of Your Smile (Love Theme from the "Sandpiper"); Three O'Clock In the Morning  

 1967

 Mantovani's Golden Hits (LK/SKL 4818)

Mantovani's Golden Hits (LL3483/PS 483)

Note: LL3483/PS 483: Games That Lovers Play instead of True Love

Charmaine; Moon River; The Moulin Rouge Theme; Summertime in Venice; Diane; Exodus Main Theme; Greensleeves; True Love; La Vie En Rose; Around the World; Some Enchanted Evening; Swedish Rhapsody 

 1967

 Mantovani/Hollywood (LK/SKL 4887)

 Mantovani/Hollywood (LL 3316/PS 516)

Born Free; Lara's Theme; Goldfinger; Ben Hur; A Taste of Honey; This is My Song; You Only Live Twice; The Magnificent Seven/ Tara's Theme; Lawrence of Arabia; Zorba The Greek/ The Bible 

 1967-1968

 Old and New Fangled Tangos (LK/SKL 4893)

Mantovani Tango (PS 532)

PS 532: Red Petticoats instead of Music Box Tango; PS 532: Whatever Lola Wants and Orange Vendor; PS 532 album cover only: Blauer Himmel (Blue Sky) and Besame Mucho (Kiss Me)

Whatever Lola Wants (Lola Gets); Blue Tango; Tango Delle Rose; A New Fangled Tango; Music Box Tango; Adios Muchachos; Besame Mucho (Kiss Me); Hernando's Hideway; Blau Himmel (Blue Skies); Takes Two to Tango; The Rain in Spain; The Orange Vendor 

 1968

 The Mantovani Touch (LK/SKL 4921)

The Mantovani Touch (LL 3526/PS 526)

Note: LK/SKL 4921 album cover: On A Clear Day, The Days of Wine and Roses; reissued in double album format as "Mantovani's Magic Touch on DDS 1 with LK/SKL 4749 with no London Equivalent

 On A Clear Day You Can See Forever; Alfie; Release Me; A Man and a Woman; Almost There; What Now My Love; Edelweiss; A Day In The Life of a Fool; My Cup Runneth Over; Days of Wine and Roses; The Impossible Dream; Puppet On a String

 1968

The World of Mantovani (PA 1/SPA 1)

No London Equivalent 

*with the Michael Sammes Chorus

 Some Enchanted Evening; Hava Nagila; Cara Mia; Jealousy; Fiddler on the Roof; The Merry Widow Waltz; Onward Christian Soldiers*; More; The Big Country; Ebb Tide; Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps; Catari, Catari; Village Swallows; Can-Can from La Boutique Fantasque

 1968-1973

 Gypsy! (LK/SKL 4950) (1968)

Gypsy Soul (XPS 900) (1973)

The Heart of Budapest; Czardas; Golden Earrings; Theme from Villa Rides; Carmen: Gypsy Dance; Gypsy Carnival; The Singer Not The Song; Hejre Kati; Gypsy Flower Girl; Hora Staccato; Zapateado; Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 

1968-1969

 Mantovani ...Memories (LK/SKL 4977)(1969)

Mantovani...Memories (PS 542)(1968)

*With chorus

 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes; What a Wonderful World*; The Trolley Song; Sweet Leilani; Try to Remember; Sunrise, Sunset*; The Anniversary Waltz; In The Still of the Night; Once Upon a Time; Embraceable You; How are Things in Glocca Morra; You'll Never Walk Alone*

 1969

The Mantovani Scene (LK/SKL 4989)

 The Mantovani Scene  (PS 548)

 Delilah; Those Were The Days; By The Time I Get to Phoenix; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; Both Sides Now; A Man Without Love; Love is Blue; Honey; If I Were a Rich Man; Come September (I'll Remember); For Once In My Life; Les Bicyclettes De Belsize 

 1969

The World of Mantovani, Vol. 2 (SPA 36) 

No London Equivalent 

 Those Were the Days; Lara's Theme; Take the "A" Train; Beautiful Dreamer; Hernando's Hideway; The Legend of the Glass Mountain; Tonight; Secret Love; What Now My Love; April In Portugal; Air on the G String; Exodus Main Theme

 1969 

 The World of Mantovani, (PS 565)

No London Equivalent

Where is Love; Windmills Of Your Mind; My Way; Theme from Romeo and Juliet; My Cherie Amour; Theme from the Virginian; Where Did Our Summers Go; Theme from Elvira Madigan; I'm A Better Man; Aquarius; Quentin's Theme; Tonight

1969 

Verzaubter Klang aus Germany (SKL 16862-P)

 Issues only on German and Australian Decca. No US Decca or London equivalent. Also issued in 1975 on German Phase 4 Stereo (6.21483 AS)

Wenn Der Weisse Flieder Wieder Blüht; Ich Tanze Mit Dir In Den Himmel Hinein; Capri-Fischer; Du, Du, Du; Melodia; Der Frohliche Wanderer; Eine Schwarzwaldfahrt; Der Sommerwind; Mid Siebzehn Hat Man Noch Träume; Junge, Komm Bald Wieder; Heidschi Bumbeidschi; Auf Wiedersehn 

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