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Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 4: Bachelor Pad Royale | 
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| Artist: Various Artists
Label: Capitol
Category: Music
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Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 9211
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.6 x 0.5
MPN: 35177
UPC: 724383517725
EAN: 0724383517725
ASIN: B000002TZM
Release Date: February 20, 1996
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| Tracks:
| • | The Theme From Route 66 - Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra | | • | Caravan - The John Buzon Trio | | • | Sexe - Line Renaud | | • | Cool - Lou Busch & His Orchestra | | • | The Beast - Milt Buckner | | • | Theme From 'Our Man Flint' - Elliott Fisher | | • | Spring, Sprang, Sprung - Jack Fascinato | | • | Night Train - Alvino Rey | | • | Harlem Nocturne - Martin Denny | | • | The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams/Fever - Sam Butera | | • | Topsy - Joe Bucci Trio | | • | Like Young - Dave Pell | | • | Street Scene '58 - Lou Busch & His Orchestra | | • | Playboy's Theme - Cy Coleman | | • | A Shot In The Dark - Jimmie Haskell | | • | Shangri-La - Spike Jones New Band | | • | Black Coffee - Julie London | | • | Melancholy Serenade - King Curtis |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 15 more reviews...
 Perhaps not the best of the Ultra Lounge series but Volume Four is still COOL! September 28, 2007
From the start of Nelson Riddle's "Theme from Route 66" this album jumps out @ the listener, with this being easily one of the BEST TV themes ever produced, very catchy and very cool, more reminiscent of just a hip lounge piece and is perfect to introduce this package. John Buzon's "Caravan" is another fun spin on what is one of the several out there of this great tune, this one being played a bit like a rhumba! Line Renaud's "Sexe" is nothing special but it's very slick and is a little like something that would have come from the cavern clubs during the beat era. I can't say enough about Lou Busch's jazzy "Cool", adapted from the already jazz-cool Bernstein musical "West Side Story". This is just another good rendition offered, although here instrumental and really pushing jazz solos. Love it! Although "The Beast" may be one of the CDs lesser tunes, an organ jazz piece with a piano backing, it's still really pretty cool and wears on the listener after a few listenings. Theme from "Our Man Flint" is pretty space age bachelor/surf music and one of the more orchestrated pieces on the album. Although Fascinato's "Spring Sprang Sprung" is pretty simple, its simplicity is what makes it just great background music. Its pieces like this that help make these Ultra Lounge releases good for gatherings & parties. "Night Train" is already a driving tune, but in Alvino Rey's hands, it's even more entertaining. I love "Harlem Nocturne", to begin with, and have another cool version of it on one of the other Ultra Lounge(maybe "Rhapsodesia", not sure). The Denny arrangement, though, is very mellow and cool, with a bit of the exotica sound that he made famous. The rest are anywhere from good to a little better, with Jimmie Haskell's "A Shot in the Dark", adapted from the 2nd Clouseau 'pink panther' film, a dynamite addition, and Spike Jones' 'stripper' interpretation of the 'serious' "Shangri-La" possibly funny as an in-joke but also just plain cool. Basically, more than 2/3rds of this compilation is great, with the rest being decent to good. So...you decide. I like it!
 If you like lounge music... August 24, 2007
It is best to review all the songs and listen to them if unfamiliar with artist or title. I love and own many of the Ultra-Lounge series.
 Midnight Music for Cool Cats August 5, 2007
This album gets a lot of airplay when I want to sit around with mates and smoke cigars and drink a few scotches. Not sure why, but its just cool.
I'm from Down Under and this album is about as far as you could get from Australia during the 50s/60s period, and that may be it's appeal for me.
The album conjures images of 50s/60s american gumshoe private eye types, smokey bars, and late night alleys from an almost mythical Manhattan setting.
Perphaps one of the best in the Ultra-Lounge Collection (Although Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 1: Mondo Exotica is its rival for that position), and I heartily recommend this album for you late night introspective types out there!
Ted Nugent, please phone home June 25, 2007
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
Ultra-Lounge Bachelor Pad Royale gives us a great selection of steamy romantic hits from the late 1950s and early 1960s that still sound great today! The lush and creative musical arrangements hold your attention rather easily and the quality of the sound is excellent.
The CD track set kicks off with "The Theme From Route 66" performed by Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra. The sound is cool, savvy and the melody goes along at just the right pace. The strings and percussion enhance this classic number, too. Great! The next track has The John Buzon Trio performing "Caravan" using the organ as they so often did to embellish the beauty of the number. The percussion hits it all just right and "Caravan" boasts a romantic and relentlessly upbeat melody.
"Cool" by Lou Busch & His Orchestra gives us an awesome rendition of this song from West Side Story; and "The Beast" by Milt Buckner oozes class and a certain type of panache you rarely hear these days. Like John Buzon and his buddies; the arrangement for "The Beast" makes good use of the organ. The piano shines on this number, too.
Alvino Rey's rendition of "Night Train" slinks along with a steamy, naturally romantic style that will prove beyond doubt that this music still retains its high quality control to this very day. Martin Denny was doing a lot of exotica by the late 1950s, but his version of "Harlem Nocturne" is sublime! The chimes work well; and the piano together with the bass make this number an instant classic. Hooray!
Sam Butera and his buddies perform a medley of "The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams/Fever" that leaves you sweating from its hot, hot, hot delivery; and "Street Scene '58" makes great use of the sax to romanticize this tune.
Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end. The last two tracks on this CD are Julie London's "Black Coffee" and "Melancholy Serenade" by King Curtis. Julie sings "Black Coffee" without a single superfluous note; but you should know that although "Melancholy Serenade" gets the royal treatment from King Curtis, this is not the interpretation of this song that I have heard before. Instead of the dramatic and somewhat boisterous use of the horns; King Curtis's rendition places the organ squarely into the spotlight of the arrangement and the single horn tones down this angle drastically. Nevertheless, the arrangement works well.
The liner notes include an informative essay by R. J. Smith; and the song credits and recording dates are there for you, too. The artwork reflects good taste and there are even two drink recipes!
I highly recommend this CD for fans of "lounge music" and for people who want to remember a time when cool music for lovers actually was cool music for lovers.
Enjoy!
Cool! May 13, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Brought me back to the days of tuxedos, secret agents and private detectives. Cool, very cool.
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