Right Now! (Mel Tormé album)


Right Now! is a 1966 studio album by Mel Tormé. Columbia followed up Tormé's 1965 album of standards with "an obvious bid to sell records by putting Tormé's voice on pre-sold hits of the mid-'60s." "The Velvet Fog's" descent on contemporary middle-of-the-road top-40 melodies from Paul Simon and the Bacharach-David catalogue leads some to emphasize the commercialism of the project and file this period of Tormé's career in the lounge music section of records stores, as evidenced by his appearances on compilations like the Ultra Lounge series. However, music critic Will Friedwald makes a strong case that the work of Tormé and arranger Mort Garson elevated the project above "an album of straight "covers"."
In 1997, Right Now! was treated to a CD reissue, with previously unreleased bonus tracks and liners notes.

Track listing

  1. "Comin' Home Baby" – 3:21
  2. "Homeward Bound" – 2:33
  3. "My Little Red Book" – 2:40
  4. "Walk on By" – 2:56
  5. "If I Had a Hammer" – 3:05
  6. "Strangers in the Night" – 2:41
  7. "Better Use Your Head" – 2:52
  8. "Time" – 3:40
  9. "Secret Agent Man" – 2:35
  10. "Pretty Flamingo" – 2:27
  11. "Red Rubber Ball" – 2:36

    Bonus tracks 1997 Columbia records reissue

  12. "All That Jazz" – 2:10 - arranged & conducted by Mort Garson, rec. 18 Apr 1966, from the 1966 film A Man Called Adam, single #4-43677, rel. 6 Jun 1966
  13. "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" – 2:32 - arranged & conducted by Mort Garson, rec. 10 Jun 1966, previously unreleased
  14. "Dominique's Discotheque" - 2:56 - arranged & conducted by Shorty Rogers, rec. 28 Jan 1966, single #4-43550 rel. 14 Mar 1966
  15. "The Power of Love" - 2:29 - arranged & conducted by Shorty Rogers, rec. 28 Jan 1966, single #4-43550 rel. 14 Mar 1966
  16. "Lover's Roulette" - 2:34 - arranged & conducted by Ernie Freeman, rec 27 Apr 1967, single #4-44180, 7 Jun 1967
  17. "Ciao Baby" - 2:05 - arranged & conducted by Ernie Freeman, rec 27 Apr 1967, previously unreleased
  18. "Molly Marlene" - 2:14 - arranged & conducted by Ernie Freeman, rec 27 Apr 1967, previously unreleased
  19. "The King" - 1:58 - arranged & conducted by Ernie Freeman, rec 27 Apr 1967, previously unreleased
  20. "Lima Lady" - 2:24 - arranged & conducted by Arnold Goland, rec 17 Nov 1967, single #4-44399, 5 Dec 1967
  21. "Wait Until Dark" - 2:40 - arranged & conducted by Arnold Goland, rec 17 Nov 1967, single #4-44399, 5 Dec 1967
  22. "Only When I'm Lonely" - 2:57 - arranged & conducted by Arnold Goland, rec 17 Nov 1967, previously unreleased

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