Highly Enjoyable Compilation.

"Swingin' with Dino" is, a compilation of a number of recordings that can be found on other original albums, for sure, but still a nice little CD to have for the more "swinging" tracks. Recordings date from 1948-1966. Dean Martin is such an underrated singer.

Quite a few of these tracks have been taken from Dean Martin's 1960 album, "This Time I'm Swingin", amung a number of others. A few are singles, like his early recording of "Powder Your Face with Sunshine", the earlisest track here (1948). This is certainly the best look at the "swinging" side of Dino, and it mainly consists of his recordings for Capitol, although there are a few Reprise here, too. The CD couldn't end any better, but with Dino's amazing recording of "Oh Marie", which stars out a romantic, italian style song, and builts up, and ends in the english lyrics, where it really swings. Other highlights include his popular song "Aint That a Kick in the Head", and maybe the most swinging of all tracks, "On the Sunny Side of the Street". Certainly a worthwile compilation.

The sound quality is very, very good on this CD, throughout every track. Most are in stereo, while a few are mono recordings. The CD comes with fairly good liner notes also, explaining where the songs have came from, and some short, amusing quick stories too. Recommended.

The best of swing Dino!

There are amazingly few good Dean Martin greatest hits compilations. Hey guess what? They finally got one right! Not only is this a really good greatest hits collection, but it really swings! Wow! Get this one...you won't regret it!

this is the one

There are a lot of Dean Martin compilation CD's out there, but this is the one to get. Dean Martin had a great voice, unfortunately, he recorded a lot of crap over the years. Instead of weeding through all of his old albums, this one put together a bunch of Dino's swingingest tunes. You will definitely enjoy this CD.