THE BEST OF LOVE AND KISSES

**ernesto** · January 20th, 2006, 04:01 PM

Anyone can help me in finding were I can buy the CD "Love and Kisses Alec Constandinos and the Syncophonic Orchestra 'Greatest Hits'". It contains the long versions of:

1) Romeo and Juliet act I and II
2) Romeo and Juliet act III, IV and V
3) I Found Love
4) How much, How Much I Love You
5) Accidental Lover

It is listed in "All Music" as released on Jul 1, 1991 on the Unidisc label.

**eddie** · January 20th, 2006, 06:50 PM

Good luck! There's an early Greatest hits on Unidisc by Skipworth and Turner that I'm dying to get my hands on. Over the last 10 years, I've never seen it for sale.

**BrunoRepublic** · January 20th, 2006, 11:53 PM

Don't bother wasting time or money on this CD.

The sound quality is terrible. The CD sounds like it was mastered from an old cassette.

"Accidental Lover" is not the full version but a 9-minute edit.

For what this CD goes for on eBay, you could buy the original LPs and a Shure M97 cartridge that will give you better sound.

**ol'skinflint** · September 4th, 2006, 08:34 PM

Originally Written by ernesto

Anyone can help me in finding were I can buy the CD "Love and Kisses Alec Constandinos and the Syncophonic Orchestra 'Greatest Hits'". It contains the long versions of:

1) Romeo and Juliet act I and II
2) Romeo and Juliet act III, IV and V
3) I Found Love
4) How much, How Much I Love You
5) Accidental Lover

It is listed in "All Music" as released on Jul 1, 1991 on the Unidisc label.

I have it. I'm not sure why another reader is saying the sound quality is bad....I listened to it before I bought it and I'm very happy with the quality, and it sure is good to hear these "suites" in their (mostly) unedited glory. As usual, the CD sound reveals things the vinyl versions didn't. I hear a BANJO being plucked on "How Much I love You." I have to admit I AM disappointed with the packaging, though. There's no musicians credits, no mention of the vocalists or the original albums (but there are nice pictures of the original album covers). It's really hard for me to believe this is an official Unidisc release because of the shoddy packaging, but I love the music so much I can overlook it. And I paid much less than the $48 Amazon was charging.