A Swingin’ Safari: El Reissues Classics From James Last, Bert Kaempfert, Bernard Herrmann

Cherry Red’s El imprint has recently turned its attention to a trio of disparate composer-conductors.  Happy Sounds Forever reissues the 1963 album from James Last, the king of “happy music,” and adds selections from the catalogue of Bert Kaempfert (“Strangers in the Night”) to round out the disc.  On the other end of the spectrum, the label also has The Fantasy Film World of Bernard Herrmann, a collection dedicated to film score maestro and Alfred Hitchcock’s most notable musical collaborator. James Last, born Hans Last in 1929 Germany, began his career as…

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