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江玲在鑽石唱片推出的第2張專輯名為 Theme For A Dream 夢裡喜相逢﹐它也是筆者最喜歡的江玲唱片。

購買這張唱片比較早期﹐至今已忘記在那裡找到的了﹐不過是二手唱片來的﹐那時江玲的唱片還沒有被炒高價﹐價錢尚算便宜。購買的原因除了因為是江玲的唱片﹐也因為封套照﹐照片裡的她﹐不算美﹐但很有女人味﹐就像一看見便令人覺得要把她疼愛的可人兒﹐筆者一向堅持購買全新唱片的﹐但是很難會找到江玲的全新唱片﹐所以這應是筆者的第一張二手唱片吧。唱片同時分 Stereo版 (左圖) 及 Mono版 (右圖)﹐ 而筆者擁有的是 Stereo版。

歌曲風格放棄了 Off-Beat Cha Cha 的舞曲節奏﹐代之是抒情的 Ballad 歌曲﹐這次的編曲由菲律賓樂手 Vic Cristobal 操刀﹐他曾是姚敏的專職編樂助手﹐50年代末開始積極參與中西流行曲的編曲工作﹐電影“不了情”的編曲便是他的代表作之一﹐其後他又開始作曲﹐蓓蕾的“歡樂今宵”便是他的作品。他為專輯帶來很柔情的味道﹐也幫助江玲突顯其唱功。

專輯中雖然沒有說明﹐但是感覺 Theme For A Dream與 More Than I Can Say應是由 Fabulous Echoes伴奏及合聲的﹐其後他們才跟江玲正式合作出版專輯﹐此兩曲經常出現於寶麗金及環球的精選當中。When I Fall In Love及 Portrait Of My Love江玲演繹得來感情非常豐富﹐絕不比原唱 Nat King Cole及 Matt Monro遜色﹐而Vic也把Portrait Of My Love編得美妙極了﹐尤其那鋼琴伴奏﹐配上江玲的歌聲﹐令筆者著迷﹐它也成為自己最愛的江玲歌曲。至於 Lost In Dream﹑Wishing﹑Jilted及 The Stars Are Filled With Bliss皆是 Vic Cristobal專程為她所作的。中版的 Sway及 Return To Me 江玲當然演繹得駕輕就熟﹐但是No Other Love是一首非常難唱的歌曲﹐而 You’re My Everything更是屬於爵士歌曲﹐但是江玲仍然演繹得恰到好處又不過火。若閣下喜歡江玲﹐這會是一張必須搜集的專輯﹐也期望環球唱片會把此張專輯復刻。


Theme From a Dream (1961/Diamond) Track List:
01 Theme For A Dream
02 When I Fall In Love
03 Sway
04 Portrait Of My Love
05 The Stars Are Filled With Bliss
06 Lost In A Dream
07 More Than I Can Say
08 No Other Love
09 Wishing
10 Return To Me
11 You’re My Everything
12 Jilted


以下轉載唱片封套的介紹﹕

Kong Ling needs little or no introduction to the S.E. Asian public. Her first LP “Hong Kong Presents Off-Beat Cha Cha” was a resounding success. Kong Ling then decided to cut a new album consisting of her favourite tunes and four numbers specially composed for her by Vic Cristobal. These are “Lost In A Dream”, “Wishing”, “Jilted” and “The Stars Are Filled With Bliss”.

This LP effectively showcases her versatility. Kong Ling can be heard smoothly singing a ballad, exuberantly letting herself go to the rhythm of the cha cha or belting out a bluesy Julie London type number. There is no doubt that her six months stint with the Arthur Godfrey show has done her a tremendous amount of good, for she is now a polished performer. In fact, she has done well for herself in the United States tool Kong Ling has been recalled for a return engagement.

Kong Ling started singing in Singapore in 1954, and was in great demand when she returned to Hong Kong. She was the first singer to be featured in three separate night-clubs every evening. This earned for her nickname “Hong Kong’s Singing Sweetheart”.

One evening while Kong Ling was singing in one of the most popular Kowloon night-spots, Arthur Godfrey dropped in. He was visibly impressed and there and then decided to sign Kong Ling to appear on his television series. To Kong Ling this was a dream come true.

Kong Ling is single, twenty-six, charming and very eligible. Her bobbies include movies dancing, records and sports cars. She would like to became a “very good singer and a very good wife”.

We hope you will enjoy listening to Kong Ling as much as we enjoyed recording her.

VIC CRISTOBAL is one of the most talented arrangers to come our way. He is equally at home writing music for Oriental films, jazz numbers or ballads. As a musician Vic is also infinitely versatile, and plays the piano, French horn, trumpet, accordion, vibes, glockenspiel, violin and various percussion instruments. Vic has lost count of the number of recording sessions he as “sat in” on, and thinks the total must be well over a thousand!!

在東南亞各地「江玲」的名字﹐真是不需要來向大家介紹了﹐ 她首次灌音的長壽唱片﹐「OFF-BEAT CHA CHA」早已普遍受到眾人欣賞﹐而馳名遐遍﹐她跟著計劃去著手的另一歌集﹐其申有四首歌是由這樂隊的指揮「域傑斯杜波」﹐特別為她撰寫的﹐那是 Lost In Dream 「消失於夢中」, Wishing「祝禱」﹐Jilted「輕棄所歡」及 The Stars Are Filled With Bliss「群星爭輝」等。
本歌集裡﹐我們可以聽到江玲是一位多才多藝﹐又非常動聽的歌星﹐她的嗓子永遠配合旋律﹐而又洋溢著豐富的情感。兼且能唱出 Julie London 「茱莉倫敦」那抑鬱的聲調﹐無可否認的﹐ 江玲的成就﹐完全是在 Arthur Godgrey 「雅打哥菲」處苦心學習得來的﹐在那裡她受到嚴格的訓練和學習﹐因此她對於他的演唱是特別嚴謹與小心﹐所以當她在美國演出時﹐能受到當地人士熱烈歡迎和讚賞﹐要求她回去為他們再次演唱呢!
「江玲」的歌唱生涯開始於星加坡﹐那是一九五四年的時間﹐其後當她回到香港站時﹐來邀請她去幫忙的信件﹐有如雪片飛來﹐而目前她已是三間著名夜總會的紅歌星﹐雖然每夜奔走三處不同的地方﹐但是她仍能勝任愉快﹐那是芸芸歌星中最難能可貴的一位了﹐因此她的綽號就給人名為「香港甜心歌星」。
江玲的歌唱天才是偶然為人發掘出來的﹐ 當時鑽石唱片公司的主理人﹐偶然涉足於九龍某著名夜總會裡﹐聽到「江玲」一曲高歌後﹐認為歌喉是那樣的美妙﹐嗓子又那麼迷人﹐是一位難得之才﹐因此就進行和她商量﹐希望她能為他的唱片公司效勞﹐在江玲方面﹐這是她多年夢想難求﹐而成為實現的一天﹐這才奠定了她日後的事業基礎。
江玲年華廿六﹐明媚動人而又是天才橫溢的一位歌唱家﹐真是才貌相全的一位可人見﹐她的愛好是電影﹑跳舞和搜集唱片﹐平時更喜歡駕駛那心愛的跑車到處遨遊﹐她的志願是希望成為一位好歌星及一位好主婦。
希望各位會和我們有著同感﹐喜歡江玲小姐的歌唱﹐和欣賞她底天才嗓音﹐是否能與「荷里活」現下歌星級較一日之長短?
另外一位我們不能不向大家介紹一下的﹐就是歌集的策劃人﹐並且是領隊者 - 「域傑斯杜波」﹐一位純粹的天才音樂家﹑撰曲家﹐他的歌曲很適合大眾的需要與愛好﹐那是包括了東西方電影歌曲﹐爵士樂曲和簡短的歌謠﹐還有各種不同的流行歌曲等因此他的作品﹐可謂是多方面的﹐他玩的樂器包括有鋼琴﹑法國號﹑喇叭﹑手風琴﹑簫和小提琴及各種不同的敲擊樂器等。對於他已有的作品﹐他本人已忘記了它的數字﹐但可以斷言的﹐已超過一千多了。


Sway (Edited Short Version)﹕原是墨西哥歌曲﹐其後填上了英語詞﹐成為了Dean Martin (1954/Capitol) 的代表作﹔近年也有郭富城的粵語版“飛”(2005/Warner)。
(P. B. Ruiz / N. Gimbel)

(Pablo Beltrán / Ruiz Norman Gimbel)


The Stars Are Filled With Bliss (Edited Short Version)
(Unknown)



No Other Love (Edited Short Version)﹕原唱為 Jo Stafford (1950/Capitol)﹐改編自 Chopin's 的古典音樂Étude No. 3 in E, Op. 10。
(Bob Russell / Paul Weston)



Wishing (Edited Short Version)
(Unknown)



Return To Me (Edited Short Version)﹕原為意大利歌曲“Ritorna a Me”﹐英語版由 Dean Martin (1958/Capitol) 唱紅。
(Danny Di Minno / Carmen Lombardo)



Jilted (Edited Short Version)
(Unknown)




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