Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Various Artists Dance Party [Reader's Digest 8 LP Boxset] [1976] Reader's Digest RDA 201-A

 



"Disco dances are shaking the country; traditional ballroom dances, out of favor for a while, are sedately regaining popularity.  It's time for an album of dance music.  And in order that you might more fully enjoy Reader's Digest Dance Party, we have included with it Let's Dance, a booklet prepared with the cooperation of Arthur Murray® Schools, containing basic steps for 22 favorite dances.  The combination may not transform you into a Fred Astaire or Ginger Rogers, but you will have fun - and that's the main purpose of dancing."  [Liner notes] 

The 16 page guide to dancing with diagrammed dance steps is not included with the scans.

Tracklist:
Record 1 Side 1: Dance Program No. 1
01 Everybody Loves Somebody - Shep Fields and His Orchestra
02 A Lover's Concerto - Freddy Martin and His Orchestra
03 Dominique - Freddy Martin and His Orchestra
04 Windy - Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
05 Paradise - Hill Bowen and His Orchestra
06 Time After Time - Harry James and His Orchestra
    
Record 1 Side 2: Latin Moods No. 1  
07 Tea For Two Cha-Cha - Diego Lopez-Diaz and His Orchestra
08 Perfidia - Juanito Fernandez and His Orchestra
09 Guaglioni - Pablo Mendez and His Orchestra
10 You Never Say Yes, You Never Say No (Linda Mujer) - Tonio Rivera and His Orchestra
11 Adiós Muchachos - Pedro Mesias and His Orchestra
12 Come To The Mardi Gras - Alberto Ruiz and His Orchestra
    
Record 2 Side 1: Dance Program No. 2  
01 You Made Me Love You - Les Brown and His Band of Renown
02 Georgy Girl - Bob Crosby and His Ochestra Featuring The Bob Cats
03 Goin' Out of My Head - Shep Fields and His Orchestra
04 Frenesí - Tito Lecuona and His Orchestra
05 Lover - Hill Bowen and His Orchestra
06 Lullaby of Birdland - Robert Mandell and His Orchestra
    
Record 2 Side 2: Discothèque Party No. 1  
07 Java - Bob Crosby and His Ochestra Featuring The Bob Cats
08 ABC - Arranged and Conducted By Keith Mansfield
09 Scorpio - Vic Flick Sound
10 Cracklin' Rosie - Sid Dale and His Orchestra
11 Winchester Cathedral - Marty Paich, His Orchestra and Chorus
12 Proud Mary - Perry Botkin, Jr. and His Orchestra
13 The Hustle - Richard Wayne and The Disco All Stars
    
Record 3 Side 1: Dance Time - The Swinging 40's  Les Brown and His Band of Renown
01 Let's Dance
02 Jersey Bounce
03 Moonglow
04 Woodchopper's Ball
05 Sentimental Journey
06 Strictly Instrumental
 
Record 3 Side 2: Fox Trot Varieties  
07 I Will Wait For You - Shep Fields and His Orchestra
08 For Once In My Life - Freddy Martin and His Orchestra
09 Pennies From Heaven - Robert Mandell and His Swing Band
10 I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm - Robert Mandell and His Swing Band
11 I Surrender, Dear - Johnny Gibbs and His Orchestra with Ken Barrie, Vocal
12 I Can't Stop Loving You - The Golden Saxophones with The Romantic Strings
    
Record 4 Side 1: Dance Program No. 3  
01 I'm Beginning To See The Light - Harry James and His Orchestra with Helen Forrest, Vocal
02 Music To Watch Girls By - Marty Paich and His Orchestra
03 All By Myself - Ron Pleydell and The Five Stars
04 The Girl That I Marry - Robert Farnon and His Orchestra
05 Time Was (Duerme) - Diego Lopez-Diaz and His Orchestra
06 So Rare - Les Brown and His Band of Renown
   
Record 4 Side 2: Latin Moods No. 2  
07 South of The Border (Down Mexico Way) - Diego Lopez-Diaz and His Orchestra
08 Cachita - Tonio Rivera and His Orchestra
09 Meditation (Meditacão) - Chamaco Dominguez, His Orchestra and Chorus
10 Tropical Merengue - Pablo Mendez and His Orchestra
11 Desafinado - Chamaco Dominguez, His Orchestra and Chorus
12 Banana Boat Song - Pablo Beltrán Ruiz and His Orchestra
    
Record 5 Side 1: Dinner Dancing Sweet and Swinging  
01 All of You - Robert Mandell and His Orchestra
02 Michelle - Shep Fields and His Orchestra
03 Easy To Love - Robert Mandell and His Orchestra
04 Medley: Ciribiribin / Danube Waves - Hill Bowen and His Orchestra
05 Do I Love You? - Robert Mandell and His Orchestra
06 The Shadow of Your Smile - Warren Covington, His Trombone and Orchestra
    
Record 5 Side 2: Discothèque Party No. 2  
07 It Don't Come Easy - Keith Mansfield and His Orchestra
08 California Dreamin' - Dick Grove and His Orchestra
09 Groovin' - Hank Levine and His Orchestra with The New Classic Singers
10 Baby I Need Your Loving - Billy May and His Orchestra
11 Tequila - The Hank Levine Singers and Orchestra
12 I Want To Hold Your Hand - Les Brown and His Band of Renown
   
Record 6 Side 1: Dance Program No. 4  
01 Tiny Bubbles - Shep Fields and His Orchestra
02 I'm In The Mood For Love - Johnny Gibbs and His Orchestra with Ken Barrie, Vocal
03 Watch What Happens - Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
04 Medley: Under Paris Skies / The Petite Waltz - Hill Bowen and His Orchestra
05 Around The World - Harry James and His Orchestra
06 I've Got The World On A String - Tonio Rivera and His Orchestra

Record 6 Side 2: Polkas, Waltzes and Fox Trots  
07 Beer Barrel Polka - Stanley Sokol and The Polkateers
08 Pennsylvania Polka - Stanley Sokol and The Polkateers
09 After The Ball - Pete King Chorus and Orchestra
10 The Band Played On - The Gaslight Band Conducted by Hank Levine
11 Honey - Shep Fields and His Orchestra
12 A Walk In The Black Forest - Freddy Martin and His Orchestra
    
Record 7 Side 1: Roaring 20's Dance Party  
01 Charleston - Bob Wilson and His Varsity Rhythm Boys
02 'Way Down Yonder In New Orleans - Bob Wilson and His Varsity Rhythm Boys
03 Medley: Margie / Louise - Bob Wilson and His Varsity Rhythm Boys
04 Yes! We Have No Bananas - Bob Wilson and His Varsity Rhythm Boys
05 Sleepy Time Gal - Bob Wilson and His Varsity Rhythm Boys
06 Nola - The Twin Pianos of Wayne and Geraldi
    
Record 7 Side 2: Group Specialties  
07 Alley Cat - The Twin Pianos of Wayne and Geraldi
08 Varsoviana - Stanley Sokol and The Polkateers
09 La Raspa - Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán
10 Sicilian Tarantella - Tony Palermo and His Orchestra
11 Hava Nagila - David Helman and His Orchestra
12 Irish Washerwoman - Mike O'Hara and His Orchestra
    
Record 8 Side 1: Sweet and Swinging Music of The 30's and 40's  
01 In The Mood - The Buddy Bregman Orchestra
02 Paper Doll - Johnny Gibbs and His Orchestra
03 Undecided - Hank Levine and His Orchestra
04 Moonlight Serenade - The Romantic Strings With Two Harps, Richard Vaughn, Conductor
05 Out of Nowhere - Joe Reisman and His Orchestra
06 The Dipsy Doodle - Hank Levine and His Orchestra
    
Record 8 Side 2: Goodnight, Sweetheart  
07 Three Little Words - Wally Stott and His Orchestra
08 If I Had My Way - Gary Hughes and His Orchestra with The Dreamers, Vocal
09 Charmaine - Johnny Gibbs, His Orchestra and Chorus
10 The Nearness of You - Richard Alden, His Piano and Orchestra
11 Medley: Three O'Clock In The Morning / The Loveliest Night of The Year - Hill Bowen and His Orchestra
12 Goodnight, Sweetheart - Wally Stott, His Orchestra and Chorus

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