'Fancy Meeting You Here' was originally released in 1958 as a 13-track LP. All the songs are sung in duet, and were arranged and conducted by Billy May.The album has the theme of travelling around the world, and it is a similar type of thing to Sinatra's album, 'Come Fly With Me' (which also had Billy May and his orchestra). The difference, of course, is that Sinatra sung alone, while this album is all in duet. The first 13 tracks on this album, feature Bing and Rosie together. Then, for this CD release, you get some extra duets. Tracks 14 and 15, are a couple of duets with Rosemary Clooney singing with Bob Hope. Then tracks 16-19 are taken from a Bing Crosby show, with Bing singing with Jo Stafford. The sound quality on this release is brilliant! It sounds more like it was recorded recently, instead of 1958. They have done a great job. The tracks with Jo Stafford, are not as good quality, but this is expected. The CD comes with some decent liner notes aswell. This is, in my opinion, not only Bing's best album (and Rosie's), but THE best album that has ever been recorded, by any artist. I love it, and fans of the two, will love it also. This is an album you should not be without. Highly recommended. |
