VA - Room Service Deluxe (2008)

This 2CD set is the ultimate soundtrack for the seriously hip!You can blame it on my dear mother, says Peter Urlich. My fascination with this era of music was born from her musical taste and the fact that as her youngest, I was often taken to adult parties that revolved around Bloody Marys and many of these very songs. They made the party guests happy and they seemed to resonate with me as well because I still dig them. The smoulder of Dusty, the charm of Dean and the sparkle of Mancini. Something to do with the sixties and its recipe to escape the harshness of reality via irresistibly catchy pop, wink-wink innuendo and cool cocktails. This album, like the other albums in the series, is really just about the songs, co-creator Simon Grigg continues.

Track List:

CD1:
1. Jose Feliciano - Light My Fire
2. Matt Monro - From Russia With Love
3. Julie London - Black Coffee
4. Andy Williams - Can't Get Used To Losing You
5. Cilla Black - Alfie
6. Young Holt Unlimited - Soulful Strut
7. Paul Jones - I've Been A Bad Bad Boy
8. Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man
9. Ramsey Lewis - A Hard Day's Night
10. Glen Campbell - By The Time I Get To Phoenix
11. The Hollies - He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother
12. Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer
13. Mel Torme - Comin' Home Baby
14. Sandie Shaw - Girl Don't Come
15. Dean Martin - Cha Cha Cha D'amour (Melodie D'amour)
16. Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
17. Henry Mancini - Baby Elephant Walk
18. Jackie Deshannon - What The World Needs Now Is Love
19. Burl Ives - A Little Bitty Tear
20. Mama Cass - Dream A Little Dream Of Me
21. Don Mclean - Vincent

CD2:
1. The London Studio Orchestra, (Laurie Johnson) - The Avengers
2. Donovan - Sunshine Superman
3. Harry Nilsson - Coconut
4. Ella Fitzgerald - Mack The Knife
5. Chris Montez - The More I See You
6. The Seekers - A World Of Our Own
7. Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay
8. Tom Jones - Help Yourself
9. Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson
10. Burt Bacharach - Trains And Boats And Planes
11. George Benson - This Masquerade
12. Bobby Hebb - Sunny
13. The Peddlers - Girlie
14. Dinah Washington, Belford Hendricks' Orchestra
15. The Sandpipers - Guantanamera
16. Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot - Bonnie And Clyde
17. Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour
18. Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - The Look Of Love
19. Bobby Darin - Beyond The Sea
20. Dionne Warwick - Message To Michael (Aka Message To Martha)
21. Trini Lopez - If I Had A Hammer (Live At Pj's 1963)
22. Melanie - Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma