Paul Muriat Love Is BlueOriginal Versions on Cd

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I'm looking for a decent CD version of Paul Mauriat's "Love Is Blue" on CD, one that is not no-noised or brickwalled. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I notice that a new slew of PM re-issues/comps, but I'm reluctant to shell out for crappy mastering, for reasons that should be obvious...
Thanks in advance.

Robert
The only copy of "Love Is Blue" I have is on this Rhino/Billboard CD. Bill Inglot mastered it, and it sounds fine to me.
Same here...the whole CD sounds great.
If you have a turntable the UK Philips 45 is a beauty, and very cheap.
Jae Senior Member

And ditto the above two posts.
That whole series of Billboard Top Pop Hits is terrific! I have all the '60s volumes.
I have it on the "Hard to Find Orchestral Instrumentals" comp, but don't have anything to compare it with.
Collector's Choice Music has recently reissued the Blooming Hits album:
itle: Blooming Hits
Artist: Paul Mauriat

We've been trying to license this album for years; it includes the ever-seductive 1968 hit 'Love Is Blue', which has to rank as one of THE great instrumental hits of the '60s, and in fact was the first instrumental to top the charts since the Tornados' 'Telstar' way back in 1962! The album also stayed on top of the charts for five weeks, and that we've finally been able to land it exclusively for our 'Collectors' Choice Music' label is almost as big a surprise as the hit must have been for French arranger Paul Mauriat himself, whose previous three albums for Philips had been greeted with indifference by the record-buying public. But he sure did bottle lightning here; the melody alone is irresistible, but Mauriat's deft use of harpsichord, horns, strings and an ever so slightly rocking beat creates sweet ear candy for pop music lovers of all ages and stripes (and the album cover has a certain 'je ne sais quoi', too)! Also includes beautifully-arranged and orchestrated versions of 'Somethin' Stupid; Penny Lane; This Is My Song; Seuls au Monde (Alone in the World); Inch Allah; There's a Kind of Hush (All over the World); Puppet on a String; Adieu a la Nait (Adieu to the Night)', and 'Mama'.
I acquired a bunch of Paul Mauriat albums from a radio station, among them BLOOMING HITS and MAURIAT MAGIC. Those two contained my two favorite Paul Mauriat recordings, "Love Is Blue" and "Love In Every Room".
When I decided to "upgrade" to CD, I decided to seek out a compilation that might feature both of these, and the one I found was THE BEST OF PAUL MAURIAT FRENCH POPS, a Japanese compilation on Philips/Universal from 2000.

I just did an a-b comparison with the old BLOOMING HITS LP and the CD sounds so much better. The old Philips LP had a lot of distortion that's not at all present on the CD. I played the CD on my CD recorder with a VU meter and it never went much above the -6db mark.

Harry
"Blooming Hits" has the 1968 original;Many "Greatest Hits" packages that Mauriat had in the 1990's was a remake recorded in the '80's. Michael Boyce
The version on the disc I referred to above is the original BLOOMING HITS version.
Harry
I've posted this before, but the Blooming Hits album cover used to scare me so bad when I was a little kid that I made my parents hide it so I wouldn't come across it when I was flipping through their records.
Btw, that Billboard Top Pop Hits 1968 disc is one of my all-time favorite CD's. Beautiful music that never fails to lift me up when I play it. Even "Honey"
My first (and still favorite) Paul Mauriat LP was the one containing "Love In Every Room," a song which still ranks high among my all-time favorites!
I love that cover! I can imagine a kid would find it scary.
I have the UK Philips version which has 2 additional tracks and sounds very good. 'Inch Allah' is my fave after 'Love Is 'Blue'.