1. Brazil - Les Paul, Barroso, Ary
2. Hip-Billy Boogie - Les Paul, Paul, Les
3. Caravan - Les Paul, Ellington, Duke
4. Sleep - Les Paul, Lebeig, Earl
5. Lady of Spain - Les Paul, Damerell, Stanley
6. Lover - Les Paul, Rodgers, Richard
7. The Man on the Flying Trapeze - Les Paul, Leybourne, George
8. By the Light of the Silvery Moon - Les Paul, Edwards, Gus
9. What Is This Thing Called Love? - Les Paul, Porter, Cole
10. Nola - Les Paul, Arndt, Felix
11. South - Les Paul, Moten, Bennie
12. Whispering - Les Paul, Schonberger
13. Tiger Rag - Les Paul, DaCosta, Harry
14. Running Wild - Les Paul, Grey
15. The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise - Les Paul, Seitz
16. Meet Mister Callaghan - Les Paul, Spear, Eric
17. Little Rock Getaway - Les Paul, Sullivan, L.
18. Deep in the Blues - Les Paul, Handy, W.C.
19. St. Louis Blues - Les Paul, Handy, W.C.
20. Walkin' and Whistlin' Blues - Les Paul, Paul, Les
21. I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles - Les Paul, Kellette, John W.
22. Jazz Me Blues - Les Paul, Delaney, Tom
23. Mockin' Bird Hill - Les Paul, Horton, Vaughn
24. Carioca - Les Paul, Youmans
25. Goofus - Les Paul, Harold, William
26. Josephine - Les Paul, Bivens, Burke
27. Bey Bye Blues - Les Paul, Hamm
28. Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You) - Les Paul, James, Inez
29. Jealous - Les Paul, Little
30. How High the Moon - Les Paul, Hamilton, Nancy
Album Description
1997 EMI reissue of 1990 Capitol compilation featuring 30 ofthe greatest tracks by American guitar hero & his singing partner, including 'Brazil', 'Hip Billy Boogie', 'Jealous', and 'How High The Moon'.
Album Details
Collection of songs by the then-husband & wife duo of guitar great Les Paul & country western singer Mary Ford. Features their biggest hits 'How High the Moon', 'Tiger Rag', 'Lover' & many, many others.
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Very Best Of Les Paul & Mary Ford
- Audio CD: 0 pages (1998-02-20)
- Publisher: Emd Int'l
- Label: Emd Int'l
- Format: Import
- Studio: Emd Int'l
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 10 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #72887
Avg. Customer Review:
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Horrible Quality!!!! 2007-08-01
Comment: This has to be the worse CD I've ever listened to. What a disgrace to use these very talented people to sell a reproduction of this poor quality by these history making musicians.... Sounds like a little child's toy guitar was use....It's Tinny and the speed is to fast.... Sounds like when you run a 33 1/3 at 45.... A Real Shame... Buy something else... Doesn't even deserve 1 star....
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Excellent 2007-03-25
Comment: I just received this in the mail; had ordered it
specifically for the tracks "Josephine" and "Little
Rock Getaway" which, among other titles, were in my
late dad's record collection. "Walkin' and Whistlin'
Blues" I had heard on an album about 20 years ago.
Talk about memories.
What's interesting about this collection, as other
reviewers have noted, is that it contains mostly
Les Paul instrumentals--not quite so much Mary Ford
(curiously, "Jealous" has been included, which was
not one of their hits, but was on the flip-side of
one of their better-known tracks--possibly "How High
The Moon", but I'm not sure). For those of you who
want more of Mary's vocals, I recommened that you bypass
this CD and get "The best of the Capitol masters--90th
birthday edition"(I have a previously-releaesd version
of this CD, which only contains the tracks from "Lover"
to "Hummingbird", plus some of the funniest liner notes
from Les himself that I've ever read! I don't know if
the liner notes were retained). I believe another reviewer
wrote about the sound quality. Personally, I believe
"Josephine" sounds EXACTLY as it did on my dad's 45.
Preserving artistic integrity is usually the goal when
reissuing analog-recorded music, and EMI/Capitol has
done a fabulous job here in my opinion. It's also noteworthy
that, with the exception of "The Kangaroo" and "Mandolino",
this CD contains all of Les's HIT instrumentals, plus other
good tunes, like his take on Duke Ellington's "Caravan", an
interesting version of "The Man On The Flying Trapeze", etc.
Many of his instrumentals were on flip-sides of the vocal
records with Mary. And how Les could play that guitar, not
to mention the overdubbing which STILL sounds state-of-the-
art to me! Thank you, Amazon.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
Customer Rating:
Summary: One of My favorites 2007-02-09
Comment: This is the Album for Les Paul And Mary Ford Fans.
Brilliant guitar solos and amazing harmony vocals.
Thirty songs each unique to the Les Paul and Mary Ford style.
One of my favorite albums.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Customer Rating:
Summary: Really takes me back! 2005-10-07
Comment: I loved their music as a kid and I still love it. True that a little more singing from Mary would be good, but almost all the best is there now. Considering how many songs they both did, you can't expect to have it all on one CD. And yes, Waiting For The Sunrise and How High The Moon are their 2 all-time greatest and still beautiful to listen to. The jazz guitar is amazing. Les WAS a jazz guitarist, so if you don't like listening to superb guitar work, then I guess you wouldn't like this recording. For those of us who "remember when", it's THEM, and no doubt of it.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
Customer Rating:
Summary: For those who admire jazz 2005-03-31
Comment: I bought this CD mainly because I have enjoyed the duet's "16 Most Requested Songs (1958-1961)", which is a superb CD. Sadly, this 30 song collection left me rather frustrated. True, there are 30 fantastic tracks on this CD covering the "golden" era of Les Paul and Mary Ford (1949-1955); yet it means the quality of the remastered tracks is unsteady and stylistically the music appeals to jazz listeners, rather than pop. Moreover, I was disappointed also because out of these 30 tracks only 9 contain Mary's vocal. Also the "booklet" doesn't include any information, just a track listing.
If you admire the jazz side of Les Paul, then you would enjoy it very much. But I'm going to look for something more pop-orientated and with more vocal contribution from Mary, maybe more of their Columbia period (1957-1963).
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