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The Ink Spots - The Anthology (1950)

Track listing:
CD1
  1. Your Feet's Too Big 2:50
  2. I Wish You The Best Of Everything 3:15
  3. If I Didn't Care 3:04
  4. Just For A Thrill 2:47
  5. It's Funny To Everyone But Me 2:58
  6. Address Unknown 2:55
  7. My Prayer 3:15
  8. Memories Of You 2:59
  9. I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You 2:46
  10. Bless You 2:51
  11. When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano 2:58
  12. Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees) 2:42
  13. Maybe 3:05
  14. We Three 3:21
  15. Java Jive 3:03
  16. I'll Never Smile Again 3:25
  17. Do I Worry? 2:40
  18. My Greatest Mistake 3:19
  19. Ring, Telephone, Ring 3:09
  20. I Can't Stand Losing You 3:15
  21. That's When Your Heartaches Begin 3:22
  22. I Wish I Could Say The Same 3:18
  23. I'd Climb The Highest Mountain 3:08
  24. We'll Meet Again 3:11
CD2
  1. (It Will Have To Do) Until The Real Thing Comes Along 3:32
  2. I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire 3:03
  3. Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat 3:17
  4. Don't Tell A Lie About Me, Dear (And I Won't Tell The Truth About You) 3:07
  5. Who Wouldn't Love You? 2:16
  6. Ev'ry Night About This Time 3:17
  7. Street Of Dreams 2:58
  8. Don't Get Around Much Anymore 3:02
  9. I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You) 2:52
  10. I'm Making Believe 3:12
  11. I'm Beginning To See The Light 2:45
  12. The Sweetest Dream 2:44
  13. The Gypsy 2:47
  14. Prisoner Of Love 3:01
  15. I Cover The Waterfront 2:57
  16. I Get The Blues When It Rains 2:42
  17. To Each His Own 3:12
  18. That's Where I Came In 2:52
  19. Ask Anyone Who Knows 3:22
  20. You Were Only Fooling (While I Was Falling In Love) 2:54
  21. You're Breaking My Heart 3:23
  22. Sometime 2:55
  23. The Way It Used To Be 3:19
  24. If 2:58

Notes

May 12, 1936 - Oct 23, 1950

Two discs and almost 50 tracks of the Ink Spots, all recorded within a relatively narrow 13-year window, could be enough to overwhelm anyone not intimately interested in close-harmony vocal music, especially such a humid, narcoleptic sound as the Ink Spots tended toward. For those unhindered by the prospects of two and a half hours of gentle crooning, though, The Anthology earns its title and then some, sprinkling the big hits already anthologized many times over -- "If I Didn't Care," "My Prayer," "We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)," "Java Jive," "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire," and "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" -- among a parade of obscure yet intriguing performances. Prime among the latter are the kinetic "Your Feet's Too Big," one of their first recordings, and "That's When Your Heartaches Begin," probably more famous now as an Elvis Presley cover than an Ink Spots original. As often happened during the 1940s and '50s, the Ink Spots also recorded dozens of songs in the standards repertory, and several of those ("Who Wouldn't Love You," "Prisoner of Love," "I Cover the Waterfront," "I Get the Blues When It Rains") make for the biggest surprises on this bountiful compilation.