Columbia CL 2501 (Album)
Soft and Sentimental
Issued 3th October 1955 - 33 rpm LP
Side 1:
September In The Rain
Issued before on Columbia C 298 (Album 'As You Desire Me', June 1952)
Matrix No. RHCO 10098 * Recorded 18th January 1952
Early Autumn
Issued before on Columbia 39838 (Single, September 1952)
Matrix No. RHCO 10202 * Recorded 24th June 1952
I’m Always Chasing Rainbows
Issued before on Columbia B-1583 (EP 'Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue', 1953)
Matrix No. RHCO 10354 * Recorded 10th November 1952
Side 2:
Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me
with the Norman Luboff Choir
Issued before on Columbia C 298 (Album 'As You Desire Me', June 1952)
Matrix No. RHCO 10048 * Recorded 10th December 1951
Smoking My Sad Cigarette
Issued before on Columbia 39951 (Single, 27th February 1953)
Matrix No. RHCO 10349 * Recorded 19th October 1952
Love Is Here To Stay
Issued before on Columbia B-1880 (EP 'Thank You For Calling', September 1954)
Matrix No. RHCO 10585 * Recorded 17th September 1953
NOTE
Columbia CL 2501 was one of the first albums in Columbia’s ‘House Party’ series, launched in 1955. The October 1, 1955 issue of Billboard magazine provides some information about this budget series:
‘On October 3 the company <Columbia Records> will begin shipment of a new pop 10-inch series, each disk holding
six tunes and selling at a new low list of $ 1.98. (…) Columbia’s new 10-inch line, to be known as the “House Party”
(CL 2500) series, will be the firm’s push promotion for October.’