A Winter Romance

Infobox Album | Name = A Winter Romance
Type = Album
Artist = Dean Martin
Released = November 16, 1959
Recorded = Late July - Early August 1959, Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 N. Vine Street, Hollywood, California, United States of America
Genre = Vocal


Length = 33:34
Producer = Lee Gillette
Label = Capitol Records
Catalog ID = Capitol (S)T-1285
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:lfjx7i48g74r link]
Last album = "Sleep Warm"
(1959)
This album = "A Winter Romance"
(1959)
Next album = "This Time I'm Swingin'!"
(1960)

"A Winter Romance" is a holiday album recorded by Dean Martin between July and August, 1959 and released on November 16, 1959 (see 1959 in music). The backing orchestra was conducted by Gus Levene. It was Martin's first holiday themed album for Capitol Records. The original artwork featured a picture of Dean embracing a fetching young woman. At the same time, he is throwing a passing flirt at a second, attractive woman.

Track listing

LP

Capitol (S) [The optional 'S' indicates a stereo recording)] T-1285

ide A

#"A Winter Romance" (Sammy Cahn / Ken Lane) Time: – 2:57. Session 7875S; Master 32161; Take 10. Recorded August 4, 1959.
#"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (Jule Styne / Sammy Cahn) Time: – 1:55. Session 7882; Master 32194; Take 15. Recorded August 6, 1959.
#"The Things We Did Last Summer" (Jule Styne / Sammy Cahn) Time: – 3:37. Session 7851; Master 32147; Take 8. Recorded July 29, 1959.
#"I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm" (Irving Berlin) Time: – 2:43. Session 7875S; Master 32164; Take 8. Recorded August 4, 1959.
#"June in January" (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Time: – 2:46. Session 7875S; Master 32162; Take 6. Recorded August 4, 1959.
#"Canadian Sunset" (Eddie Heywood / Norman Gimbel) Time: – 3:18. Session 7851; Master 32150; Take 4. Recorded July 29, 1959.

ide B

#"Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard / Dick Smith) Time: – 1:51. Session 7851; Master 32148; Take 7. Recorded July 29, 1959.
#"Out in the Cold Again" (Rube Bloom / Ted Koehlen) Time: – 3:34. Session 7882; Master 32191; Take 12. Recorded August 6, 1959.
#"Baby, It's Cold Outside" (Frank Loesser) Time: – 2:23. Session 7882; Master 32192; Take 15. Recorded August 6, 1959.
#"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Johnny Marks) Time: – 2:15. Session 7882; Master 32193; Take 4. Recorded August 6, 1959.
#"White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) Time: – 2:28. Session 7851; Master 32149; Take 7. Recorded July 29, 1959.
#"It Won't Cool Off" (Sammy Cahn / Ken Lane) Time: – 2:27. Session 7875S; Master 32163; Take 7. Recorded August 4, 1959.

Compact Disc

1989 Capitol reissue added a thirteenth track to the original album.
#"The Christmas Blues" (David Holt / Sammy Cahn) Time: – 2:54. Session 3176; Master 11943-8; Take 8. Recorded October 5, 1953.

2005 Collectors' Choice Music reissue added four tracks to the twelve songs of the original album.
#"Meanderin'" (Cy Coben / Charles Randolph Grean / George Botsford) Time: – 2:58. Session 2309; Master 9022-7. Recorded September 15, 1951.
#"Sogni d'Oro" (Marilyn Keith / Lew Spence / Alan Bergman) Time: – 2:35. Session 7751; Master 31662-14. Recorded May 13, 1959.
#"Go Go Go Go" (Jerry Livingston / Mack David) Time: – 2:22 Session 2092; Master 7256-7. Recorded June 20, 1951.
#"Buttercup Of Golden Hair" (Mitchell Tableporter) Time: – 2:18 Session 7757; Master 31694-3. Recorded May 15, 1959.

Complete Musical Credits

*Dean Martin: Vocals
*Gus Levene: Leader
*Hy Lesnick: Contractor
*Joseph R. (Bobby) Gibbons: Guitar
*George Sylvester 'Red' Callender: Bass
*Louis 'Lou' Singer: Drums
*James Rowles: Piano (Sessions 7851 and 7882)
*Ray I. Sherman: Piano (Session 7875S)
*Edward Ross: Accordion (Session 7882)
*Kurt Reher: Cello
*Eleanor Aller Slatkin: Cello
*Kathryn Julye: Harp (Sessions 7875S and 7882)
*Donald Cole: Viola
*Alvin Dinkin: Viola (Session 7875S)
*Virginia Majewski: Viola
*David H. Sterkin: Viola (Session 7851)
*Israel Baker: Violin (Session 7882)
*Victor Bay: Violin
*John Peter DeVoogt: Violin
*Nathan Kaproff: Violin
*Joseph Livoti: Violin
*Daniel 'Dan' Lube: Violin
*Erno Neufeld: Violin
*Jerome 'Jerry' Reisler: Violin
*Ralph Schaeffer: Violin (Session 7875S)
*Felix Slatkin: Violin (Sessions 7851 and 7882)
*Gerald Vinci: Violin (Sessions 7851 and 7875S)
*Arnold Koblentz: Oboe (Sessions 7851 and 7875S)
*James Briggs: Saxophone (Session 7882)
*Mahlon Clark: Saxophone (Sessions 7875S and 7882)
*Arthur 'Skeets' Herfurt: Saxophone (Session 7875S)
*Edward Kuczborski 'Eddie' Kusby): Saxophone (Session 7875S)
*Harry Klee: Saxophone (Session 7882)
*Ronald Langinger: Saxophone (Session 7875S)
*Theodore M. 'Ted' Nash: Saxophone (Session 7851)
*Emanuel 'Mannie' Klein: Trumpet (Session 7875S)

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