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Release Date: 1996Label: Capitol Records
Subtitled "Martinis du jour with a French twist!"Eighteen vintage hi-fi fashion ensembles from our designer vaults styled with a continental flair. Haute Couture! C'est Magnifique! C'est Si Bon! Vive Le Difference! Vive La France! French Fry! French Toast! French Maid! Ooh-La-La, Ma Cherie. Bon Apetit! Violà!
(from back cover notes)
Track 1 recorded June 23, 1958 · From the album "The Big Horn"
Track 2 recorded September 20, 1960 · From the album "Great Instrumental Hits Styled By Jonah Jones"
Track 3 recorded June 25, 1959 · From a Capitol Records single
Track 4 (Under Paris Skies) recorded October 14, 1957 · From the album "Joe 'Fingers' Carr Goes Continental"
Track 4 (La La Collette) recorded August 3, 1956 · From a Capitol Records single
Track 5 recorded October 5, 1959 · From the album "Paris Swings"
Track 6 recorded April 8, 1965 · From the film and album "The Art Of Love"
Track 7 (Mon Amour, O Mon Amour) recorded June 8, 1956 · From the album "Confetti"
Track 7 (La Panse) recorded March 19, 1957 · From a Capitol Records single
Track 8 recorded January 29, 1960 · From the album "Can Can"
Track 9 recorded c. 1960 · From the album "Teen Scene"
Track 10 recorded March 1959 · From the album "They Said It Couldn't Be Done!"
Track 11 recorded October 9, 1959 (May) / January 3, 1956 (Baxter)
Track 12 recorded c. 1960 · From a Capitol Records single
Track 13 recorded c. 1959 · From the album "The Swinging '59"
Track 14 recorded August 6, 1956 · From a Capitol Records single
Track 15 recorded June 30, 1958 · From the album "The Big Horn"
Track 16 recorded c. 1959 (Cooper) / c. 1962 (Snyder)
Track 17 recorded c. 1960 · From the album "Afro Can-Can"
Track 18 recorded July 25, 1952 · From a Capitol Records single
Track 19 is an unlisted bonus track ; it later appeared on Various - Welcome Back To The Ultra-Lounge titled Lounge Talk.
Some tracks are chained by a female guided tour through Paris
Booklet included
℗© 1996 Capitol Records, Inc.
Marketed and distributed by EMI
Made in the EU