The subtitle here is "songs for the lovely lady," so if there are any lovely ladies out there, this is apparently aimed at you. George is nice enough to offer you a carnation on the cover, while attempting to stifle gas pains.
If you partake, be warned that although Sanders was a thespian of some repute, his singing skills were much less well developed. He mostly relies on his sonorous actor's baritone to make an effect. Pitch, however, is not his strength, and he is at times distinctly flat.
If you can stand the inaccuracies, this is not unpleasant to hear, and the lush arrangements by Don Costa and Nick Perito are very fine. The record was issued in early 1958, shortly before the advent of stereo, and I am not sure that it ever came out in a dual-channel version. This mono pressing has excellent sound and my copy is mint.
Sanders was apparently an amateur musician who often played the piano, and wanted very much to be known as a singer. This is not unusual among actors; many of them started out as singers or in musicals, and any number of others were trained musicians. I love the genre of singing actors, and this is not a bad example, all told.
Sanders did many ads back when. That's him below (although to me it looks more like Robert Montgomery) along with then wife Sari Gabor - Zsa Zsa to you. George and Zsa Zsa were apparently in the habit of smoking cheap cigars while riding horses.
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Link (Apple lossless format):
http://www.mediafire.com/?hoqxb1ki7s4sclk
Something tells me I must have this. Thank you, sir.
Creepy, you say. I must admit that you're speaking for me. I too have had some misgivings about Mr. Sanders. I don't know what drove Sanders to suicide more -- his marriages to two different Gabor sisters or the thought of someone (like myself) wanting to download his musical recording because of possible kitsch value.
Indeed a must have record. As far as I know the man played some mysterious roles. And for the singing. Luckily not a sing-spoken album. The man sings! It's not Sinatra but still very listenable.
Thnaks a lot Buster.
Creepy, Eh? You should check out one of his final films, "The Kremlin Letter", where he plays a drag queen. George Sanders in a dress and blond wig - now THAT is truly creepy!
Didn't he sing as Cosmo in Call Me Madam? Or did he have a vocal double?
Phillip-I believe he did.
Great stuff Buster, but I wish you'd go back to FLAC. Much more democratic (& supposedly better quality too)!
Incredible. I thank you for sharing.
He also sang in Esther Williams' "Jupiter's Darling", and ... ended up on the cutting floor ;-) The clip is on Youtube.
Nice choise of songs!
I again have problems with the files' format, on all my media players - a ticking noise on the right track (which I can thus easily eliminate). Apparently that's only with me ...
Thanks for posting!
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Thank you.
George Sanders definitely led an interesting life, if his film roles are any indication :)
Thank you for the Apple lossless, Buster!
hard to believe but link is still alive!! much belated thanks!
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