Release Date: 08 December 2023
Label: Jasmine Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 604988280029
Genres: Easy Listening  Easy Listening  
Release Date: 08 December 2023
Label: Jasmine Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 604988280029
Genres: Easy Listening  Easy Listening  
Description
During a thirty-year career as America's only professional zither-player, German-born Ruth Welcome recorded extensively for Capitol Records, cutting eighteen LPs. Her repertoire consisted primarily of standards and show tunes, played in a style that would come to be known as "Mood Music" or "Easy Listening" and her albums would enjoy a huge surge of popularity during the late 90s "Easy" revival, and among the "Space Age" and "Bachelor Pad" niche markets.
Long before signing for Capitol, in 1958, she'd contributed to an obscure, 10" LP, "Cafe Continental", in 1950.
This compilation comprises her seven tracks from "Cafe Continental", plus her first two Capitol albums, "Hi-Fi Zither" (1958, which would later be reissued as "Third Man Theme And Other Zither Hits") and "At A Sidewalk Cafe" (1959), the latter recorded with The Milt Shaw Trio.
This material is devilishly difficult to find elsewhere, on CD.
Tracklisting
Tommy Hunt
Kay Barry / Maureen Evans
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Johnnie Ray
Eddie Cochran
Various Artists
Billie Holiday
Charlie Applewhite
Kay Barry / Maureen Evans
Charlie Applewhite
Various Artists
Martha Raye
Various Artists
Various Artists
Charlie Applewhite
Sacha Distel