The Anthology

• Artist: The Ink Spots
• Rating:
• Release Date: June 16, 1998
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Vocal Music

Review

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. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Your Feet's Too Big	Fred Fisher, Ada Benson	The Ink Spots	(2:50)
I Wish You the Best of Everything	Bill Livingston	The Ink Spots	(3:15)
If I Didn't Care (Lyrics)	Jack Lawrence	The Ink Spots	(3:04)
Just for a Thrill	Lil Hardin Armstrong, Lil Armstrong, Don Raye	The Ink Spots	(2:47)
It's Funny to Everyone but Me	Jack Lawrence	The Ink Spots	(2:58)
Address Unknown	Carmen Lombardo, Dedette Lee Hill, Johnny Marks	The Ink Spots	(2:55)
My Prayer (Lyrics)	Georges Boulanger, Jimmy Kennedy	The Ink Spots	(3:15)
Memories of You	Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf	The Ink Spots	(2:59)
I'm Getting Sentimental over You	Ned Washington, George Bassman, Washington, Bassman	The Ink Spots	(2:46)
Bless You	John Lennon, Eddie Lane, Don R. Baker, The Corporation	The Ink Spots	(2:50)
When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano	Leon René	The Ink Spots	(2:57)
Whispering Grass (Don't Tell the Trees)	Doris Fisher, Fred Fisher	The Ink Spots	(2:42)
Maybe (Lyrics)	Percy Faith, Ray Evans, Jay Livingston	The Ink Spots	(3:04)
We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)	Sammy Mysels, Nelson Cogane, Dick Robertson	The Ink Spots	(3:20)
Java Jive	Milton Drake, Ben Oakland	The Ink Spots	(3:03)
I'll Never Smile Again	Ruth Lowe	The Ink Spots	(3:25)
Do I Worry?	Stanley Cowan, Bobby Worth	The Ink Spots	(2:40)
My Greatest Mistake	Jack O'Brien, Jack Fulton	The Ink Spots	(3:18)
Ring, Telephone, Ring	Peter Tinturin, Buck Ram	The Ink Spots	(3:09)
I Can't Stand Losing You	Kim Gannon	The Ink Spots	(3:15)
That's When Your Heartaches Begin	Fred Fisher, George Brown, William Raskin, Billy Hill	The Ink Spots	(3:22)
I Wish I Could Say the Same	Harry Stride, Nat Burton	The Ink Spots	(3:18)
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain	Sidney Clare, Lew Brown	The Ink Spots	(3:08)
We'll Meet Again	Ross Parker, Hughie Charles	The Ink Spots	(3:11)

CD 2

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Until the Real Thing Comes Along	L.E. Freeman, Saul Chaplin, Sammy Cahn, Alberta Nichols, Mann Holiner	The Ink Spots	(3:32)
I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire	Eddie Seiler, Eddie Durham, Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus	The Ink Spots	(3:03)
Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat	Otis Rene, Emerson Scott, Leon René	The Ink Spots	(3:17)
Don't Tell a Lie About Me, Dear (And I Won't Tell the Truth About You)	Frank Weldon, James Cavanaugh	The Ink Spots	(3:07)
Who Wouldn't Love You?	Bill Carey, Carl Fischer	The Ink Spots	(2:15)
Ev'ry Night About This Time	Ted Koehler	The Ink Spots	(3:17)
Street of Dreams	Victor Young, Sam M. Lewis	The Ink Spots	(2:58)
Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Lyrics)	Bob Russell, Duke Ellington	The Ink Spots	(3:01)
I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)	Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert	The Ink Spots	(2:52)
I'm Making Believe (Lyrics)	James V. Monaco, Mack Gordon	Ella Fitzgerald, The Ink Spots	(3:12)
I'm Beginning to See the Light (Lyrics)	Don George, Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington, Harry James	The Ink Spots, Ella Fitzgerald	(2:44)
The Sweetest Dream	Joseph Meyer, Al Jacobs	The Ink Spots	(2:44)
The Gypsy	Billy Reid	The Ink Spots	(2:46)
Prisoner of Love (Lyrics)	Russ Columbo, Clarence Gaskill, Leo Robin	The Ink Spots	(3:01)
I Cover the Waterfront	Edward Heyman, Johnny Green	The Ink Spots	(2:56)
I Get the Blues When It Rains	Big Bill Broonzy, Marcy Klauber, Harry Stoddard	The Ink Spots	(2:42)
To Each His Own (Lyrics)	Ray Evans, Jay Livingston	The Ink Spots	(3:12)
That's Where I Came In	Charles Tobias, Peter DeRose, Pete DeRose	The Ink Spots	(2:54)
Ask Anyone Who Knows	Sol Marcus	The Ink Spots	(2:52)
You Were Only Fooling (While I Was Falling in Love)	Larry Fotine, Billy Faber, Fred Meadows	The Ink Spots	(3:22)
You're Breaking My Heart	Pat Genaro, Sunny Skylar	The Ink Spots	(2:54)
Sometime	Ted Fio Rito, Gus Kahn	The Ink Spots	(3:23)
The Way It Used To Be	Al Rinker, Floyd Huddleston	The Ink Spots	(3:19)
If	Robert Hargreaves, Stanley Damerell, Tolchard Evans	The Ink Spots	(2:58)

Credits

Bill Proctor (Liner Notes), Steve Lasker (Digital Transfers), Bill Proctor (Compilation Producer), Junie Osaki (Design), Andy McKaie (Executive Producer), Bill Proctor (Photography), Vartan (Art Direction), Joseph F. Laredo (Editing), Frank Driggs (Photography), Ella Fitzgerald (Performer), Bill Proctor (Compilation), Steve Lasker (Restoration)

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