Dolores Gray Cassettes

trading card of Dolores Gray

I only own one Dolores Gray cassette, but I am certain that better-distributed titles such as It's Always Fair Weather are available on cassette as well. I usually prefer to buy LPs or CDs, but Warm Brandy was only available to me on casette at the time. I have since found a spot on the web that has it. I recommend getting it in some format with a bigger cover since a cassette does not do justice to the cheesy '50s cover. I was a bit disappointed with the cassette after I bought it as I expected the sultry suggestiveness that Miss Gray brings to her interpretations of musical numbers on the stage. Instead, it is the sort of album a '50s version of a mack daddy would have put on the turntable to get his dates in a more pliant mood. I'm not much of a fan of the Julie London school of lounge singing, but it might grow on me. I have a tendency to buy things with a set expectation. When I don't get what I expect, I put the disk aside, disappointed. However, if I put it on later in a more open frame of mind, I often find I like things I didn't at first.

Warm Brandy - Dolores Gray
Pathé Marconi/EMI (French 1984 reissue, originally recorded '50s?) -Originally issued on Capitol. Orchestra conducted by Sid Fellers.
  1. Shangri-La
  2. Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone)
  3. You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me
  4. Kiss Me
  5. How Long Has This Been Going On?
  6. Close Your Eyes
  7. You Go To My Head
  8. Do-Do-Do
  9. Speak Low
  10. Don't Blame Me
  11. Isn't It Romantic?
  12. You're My Thrill

The Sullivan Years: The Best of Broadway
Tee Vee Tunes TVT 9436-2 - 1992 - I've known about the existence of this for a while, but Doug May prompted me to get off my butt and list it. He says Dolores sings "You're the Top".

The Sullivan Years: The Best of Broadway II
Tee Vee Tunes TVT 9439-2 - 1993 - Dolores sings "Night and Day".

The Sullivan Years: An Evening with Rodgers and Hammerstein
Tee Vee Tunes TVT 9439-2 - 1993 - Dolores sings "It Might As Well Be Spring". I wouldn't be surprised if this is the same performance that's on the Blue Pear LP.
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