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The Flamingos - Flamingo Serenade (1959) [Reissue 1991]

The Flamingos - Flamingo Serenade (1959) [Reissue 1991]

BAND/ARTIST: The Flamingos

  • Title: Flamingo Serenade
  • Year Of Release: 1959/1991
  • Label: Collectables [COL-CD-5424]
  • Genre: Doo Wop, Soul, Rhythm & Blues
  • Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+cue, log) / WAV (tracks)
  • Total Time: 34:06
  • Total Size: 79 mb / 178 mb / 345 mb
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I haven't searched my archives for the term "perfect pop song," but it's probably brutal, juice, brutal. And I'm just going through this Louis Armstrong box, so when I cast back for a pre-modern example, the best I have is "I Only Have Eyes For You". Could do worse, right? That thick cloud of background vocals, swathed in echo, occasionally sending a slow bolt of falsetto lightning to earth. Nate Newton, who was not long for the group, destroys the winking fog of previous versions in favor of a genuine blindness - "lovestruck" would be the operating term here. Anyway, this is just the most successful moldy-oldies interp on the record, but it's enough to get this record launched into space.

No matter how impeccable the lead delivery (and the two others tenors do a fantastic job), the Flamingos' secret is in the backing. "Where Or When," "But Not For Me" (SHOWSTOPPING switches between duets, solos, and the group concludes). There are a couple touches of exotica, too: "Love Walked In" begins with eerie whistling and slow clopping. And "The Breeze and I," the English-language cover of "Andalucia," is an all-time bloodhalt. It begins with a high lonesome wail, as lovely a voice as you'll find on wax. From there it's a mournful little commiseration, the tenor standing on a honeymooner's beach, listening for his bus, heart in his suitcase. Stunning. And while this ain't a perfect record, it's stocked with some perfect examples of the anodynic side of doo-wop, the staler song choices notwithstanding.

:: TRACKLIST ::

1 I Only Have Eyes For You
2 I'm In The Mood For Love
3 As Time Goes By
4 Where Or When
5 Yours
6 But Not For Me
7 Love Walked In
8 Music Maestro Please
9 Begin The Beguine
10 The Breeze And I
11 Time Was
12 Goodnight Sweetheart

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  • whiskers
  •  wrote in 20:28
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Many Thanks
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  • mufty77
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Many thanks for uploading WAVE tracks!