A Swingin’ Safari/(Its No)Sin/Born To Be With You/Alone/Glow Worm March/In The Chapel In The Moonlight/ Sunday In Madrid/Love Letters In The Sand/Blue Flame/A Fool Such As I/Throw Another Log On The Fire/When The Saints Go Marching In
A Swingin’ Safari was the final top ten album for bandleader Billy Vaughn as musical tastes began to change. The title track was a No. 13 hit single in the States. (US:10)
“Although the arrangements for Swingin' Safari are over the top, they do so in a real space age bachelor pad kind of way. These are arrangements that would not have been out of place on a Louis Prima session. Some of the hot picks are Blue Flame, Glow Worm March, and When The Saints Go Marching In."
“Swingin’ Safari has songs with strings, a little marching music and Woody Herman's great jazz classic Blue Flame which is given its due by the Billy Vaughn crew.”
“I remember first hearing this as a youngster in the early '60s. To me, it is reminiscent of a more laid-back, simpler, carefree, happier time. Wish I could go back.”
“A lot of people prefer Bert Kaempfert’s original version but I would choose the raw sound the usually smooth Billy Vaughn created in this cover, which the trumpeter is largely responsible for.”
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