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''Songs I Wish I Had Sung the First Time Around'' was Bing Crosby's fourth album for Decca and his fifth LP, recorded and originally released in 1956 on vinyl as Decca DL 8352. This was a concept album of sorts as Bing covered some of his musical rivals' big hits, such as Al Jolson's "April Showers" and Nat King Cole's "Mona Lisa". The jazz historian Will Friedwald wrote that the album "was essentially Crosby's way of acknowledging that he wasn't the only male singer to create hits and standards." Crosby recorded the songs in April 1956 in Los Angeles, with orchestrations by arranger Jack Pleis. Longtime record producer Milt Gabler came up with the concept. All 12 tracks from ''Songs I Wish I Had Sung'' were released by Sepia Records on the 2011 CD ''Through the Years: Volume Nine (1955)''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.sepiarecords.com/sepia1185.html )〕 Bing Crosby Enterprises and Universal Music issued a deluxe, 22-track version of ''Songs I Wish I Had Sung'' in 2014.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.amazon.com/Songs-Wish-Sung-First-Around/dp/B00NOCK538 )〕 ==Reception== Billboard reviewed the album saying: "A fine, relaxed collection of a dozen old standards projected in the standard Crosby idiom. All of them are great songs which have been closely identified with – in fact, almost the personal property of great names in the business “April Showers,” “Blue Heaven,” “Thanks for the Memory,” “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” etc. Crosby gives them a personalized treatment for sure-fire deejay programming material." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Songs I Wish I Had Sung the First Time Around」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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