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Aces Back to Back | 
| Artists: Bobby Darin, Petula Clark
Label: Hyena
Category: Music
List Price: £22.99
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 57053
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 9324
UPC: 825005932428
EAN: 0825005932428
ASIN: B0002VGRX6
Release Date: October 18, 2004
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| Tracks:
| • | This Could Be The Start Of Something Big | | • | Can't Take My Eyes Off You | | • | Song Sun Blue | | • | All I Have To Do Is Dream | | • | Quarter To Mine | | • | Alone Again Naturally | | • | Beyond The Sea | | • | I'll Be Your Baby Tonight | | • | If I Were A Carpenter | | • | Simple Song Of Freedom | | • | Up A Lazy River | | • | Jive | | • | Rainin' | | • | Long Time Movin' | | • | Dream Lover | | • | Blue Skies | | • | Moon River | | • | All The Way | | • | Mack The Knife | | • | Curtain Falls |
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| Customer Reviews:
 darrin at his worst November 20, 2008
Simply put, save your money, the quality is terrible, the sound a mismatch of engineers trying to be clever and Darrin depressing as an ardent fan this left me chilled to the bone, car boot stock if there was ever one.
 Aces back to back here--a terrific CD, plus a charming collection of live video cuts. April 18, 2007
Anyone who loves Bobby Darin will treasure every moment of this two disc set--one DVD of video cuts, including some never before released black and white film, and one CD of twenty songs, including most of his biggest hits. The DVD reminds the viewer of just how young Bobby Darin was when he died. It is obvious that several of these video cuts--including "Song Sung Blue" and "All I Have to Do is Dream," done with Petula Clark--are from TV performances. Though most of the cuts look like Vegas, with lots of finger-popping, toe-tapping, and stage movement, the TV cuts are static--as Darin does not dare wander from close-up camera range.
The black and white footage, which was done three years later, after Darin's return from a self-imposed three-year absence from performing, includes two delightful stories told about Darin by George Burns, who first introduced him to Las Vegas, and also features Darin traveling en route to shows, with some casual shots of Sandra Dee and their young son. The sound quality of the music suffers a bit here, and Darin is often drowned by the orchestra as he rehearses, but the intimate charm of these cuts cannot be overestimated, and viewers will be thrilled to see Darin "live."
The CD contains many of his most famous songs, along with a few lesser known--"A Quarter to Nine," "Jive," "Rainin'," and "Long Time Movin'." The mixing is highly professional, Darin seems more mature performer, and his arrangements are imaginative, with a wide range of instruments from bongos to flute. Many arrangements are virtually identical to those now associated with Frank Sinatra on the same songs (including the finger-popping), though Darin's raw honesty and real emotion shine in ways one does not usually associate with Sinatra. Darin's "Alone Again, Naturally," is powerfully moving in ways I hadn't remembered.
Though some Darin fans may be a little disappointed by the lack of detail in the liner notes regarding when and where these recordings and video cuts were made, every Darin fan will rejoice in the one-two punch of this CD and DVD. Pure delight, a great tribute album. Mary Whipple
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