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The Door Is Still Open/I'm The One Who Loves You:
Dean Martin, one of the finest and most soothing pure vocalists of all time, is back on the market as the entire "Reprise" collection finally makes its way onto compact disc. At age 22, I'm perhaps one of Dino's youngest fans but by no means one of his least enthusiastic. This disc which comprises the albums "And The Door Is Still Open To My Heart" and "Remember Me, I'm The One Who Loves You" has been remastered beautifully and is pure pleasure to listen to for its duration of just over an hour. These albums are two of Dino's very best at Reprise, perhaps even of his entire career. Dean sings each and every song in his own unmistakable style and makes you feel that you've never heard them before he crooned them (even "Red Roses for a Blue Lady", a song I have ALWAYS hated). Giovanni's review covers all the territory I would have covered if he didn't beat me to the punch : ) Fans and collectors out there...Buy This CD!

Takes Me Back:
I'm 42 years old and my mom was a die-hard Dino fan. Of all Dean's albums threse two were her favorite. We listened to them right through the Seventies. My brother found this CD in the music store and played it for me yesterday. Even though I hadn't listened to either album in many years I could still sing along with Dean right off the bat. It really took me back. My mom played these on an endless loop when we drove to Florida for our family vacation . . . . an avocado-green '73 Mercury Colony Park station wagon with faux wood-grain side-panels, cruising south, doing 80 on I-65 with Dino crooning on the eight track. That was livin'! Dean is enjoying a burst of popularity right now and deservedly so. The man had pipes and the coolest attitude of any pop singer. One of the only guys I'm not embarrassed to sing along with. This CD is a MUST for all Dino devotees. Not a weak track anywhere on either album. If you're new to Dino, this is the best place to start your collection. Go for it!

ANOTHER GREAT COLLECTION FROM DINO..:
and the good people at Collector's Choice Music. The loyal masses who have long suffered and waited for Dean's Reprise albums will wait no longer; they're all available now! Here are two of Dean's gold albums on one fine CD. Riding the wave of the hugely popular "Hit Sound" from arranger/conductor Ernie Freeman and producer Jimmy Bowen, Dean undertook these two albums with full force. The first, the "DOOR IS STILL OPEN" sides, find Dean making wonderful music on the title track, not to mention his take on a popular song of the day, "WE'LL SING IN THE SUNSHINE", which seems tailor made to fit his easy swingin' approach (the original was considerably more folksy, and thus, not quite as happy-go-lucky as Dean's) The "sing-a-long" motif behind the country-tinged "CLINGING VINE" is classic Dean; as is the tender yet driving ballad "ALWAYS TOGETHER". The "REMEMBER ME" sides are just as wonderful, especially Dean's take on the Roger Miller hit "KING OF THE ROAD". Also included here is Dean's TV Theme song, "WELCOME TO MY WORLD". More covers here with Dean's own indelible stamp on them: "BORN TO LOSE" (immortalized by Ray Charles) and even the Donny Osmond semi hit "THE BIRDS AND THE BEES" as only Dean could deliver! THIS, my friends is, as Dino would say, AMORE. Original liner notes and album artwork included from the people at Collector's Choice. There are 11 other such volumes like this...get'em all!

AGAIN,ONE LESSER,ONE GOOD:
THE DOOR IS STILL OPEN TO MY HEART is the lesser one with a few hits and a lot of fillers, and again a few songs from the country albums of 1963.The pleasant surprize is WE'LL SING IN THE SUNSHINE.REMEMBER ME is the good one ,in which DEAN has fun with some modern standards of the time.Also included are BUMMING AROUND,one of his national anthems,MY SHOES KEEP WALKING BACK TO YOU and WALK ON BY(both wonderful).DINO'S fans will love this LP.It is a perfect selection of songs for him.Wouldn't it have been nice if they had coupled all the good albums together and left the others with a stamp labeled LEFTOVERS-COLLECTORS ITEMS?

• Door Is Still Open to My Heart
• We'll Sing in the Sunshine
• I'm Gonna Change Everything
• Middle of the Night Is My Cryin' Time
• Every Minute, Every Hour
• Clinging Vine
• In The Misty Moonlight
• Always Together
• My Sugar's Gone
• You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You
• Take Me
• So Long, Baby
• Remember Me (I'm the One Who Loves You)
• King of the Road
• Welcome to My World
• My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You
• Born to Lose
• Birds and the Bees
• Walk on By
• Red Roses for a Blue Lady
• Take These Chains from My Heart
• Here Comes My Baby
• I Don't Think You Love Me Anymore
• Bumming Around