Keely Smith - Little Girl Blue, Little Girl New (Expanded Edition) '2017

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You can’t get any more popular in American entertainment than Keely Smith
was in the early ‘60s. Having blown the doors out in Las Vegas, winning a
Grammy, having hit after hit and lighting up television screens playing straight
“man” to husband Louis Prima, she’d navigated the tricky
waters of a professional and personal divorce, striking out on her own and
starting her own record label, Keely Records, in partnership with close friend
and mentor Frank Sinatra, under the auspices of his Reprise label. A
groundbreaking businesswoman, as well as recording artist, Keely recorded 5
classic albums for Reprise. Because she’d seen enough show business
shenanigans to last a lifetime, a generation before it became standard practice
to do so, she retained the rights to her masters. Those albums have NEVER come
out legitimately on CD anywhere in the world. Now, Real Gone Music, in concert
with Keely & her family, is very proud to announce that the label is going to
answer the pleas of pop fans worldwide and release ALL of Keely’s Reprise
albums on CD for the first time in deluxe packages featuring bonus tracks, rare
photos, and new liner notes. Little Girl Blue, Little Girl New was
Keely’s first release for her new label Reprise, and she celebrated her
newfound freedom in grand style by putting out a concept album jointly
supervised by Keely with Frank Sinatra. Reassembling the topnotch, high flying
creative team of their Capitol years, the entire package was fashioned as two
distinct records, from the song choices to the album artwork itself. It featured
two different front covers, one lachrymose, one cheery. The first side,
“Little Girl Blue,” offered such lovelorn fare as
“Here’s That Rainy Day,” “Willow Weep for Me, and the
title tune, while the second side, “Little Girl New,” was epitomized
by the spirit of its closing track, “Blue Skies.” Taken as a whole,
Little Girl Blue, Little Girl New is a uniquely powerful listening experience
and stands as one of the first concept albums ever recorded by a female artist.
We’ve added Keely’s first Reprise single (produced by Don Costa),
“When You Cry” and “Going Through the Motions,” (mixed
to stereo for the first time ever!) to the original stereo album for this
Expanded Edition, which is remastered by Mike Milchner at SonicVision from
original tape sources and also features fresh liner notes and rare photos. Oh,
and one more thing…the whole thing is arranged and conducted by the great
Nelson Riddle!

Tracklist:
01. Keely Smith - Little Girl Blue (3:55)
02. Keely Smith - Heres That Rainy Day (3:18)
03. Keely Smith - Gone With the Wind (3:11)
04. Keely Smith - Willow Weep for Me (3:49)
05. Keely Smith - Ill Never Be the Same (3:07)
06. Keely Smith - Guess Ill Hang My Tears Out to Dry (2:56)
07. Keely Smith - Im Gonna Live Till I Die (2:15)
08. Keely Smith - Its Good to Be Alive (2:37)
09. Keely Smith - A Lot of Livin to Do (2:14)
10. Keely Smith - Once in a Lifetime (2:42)
11. Keely Smith - New Sun in the Sky (1:41)
12. Keely Smith - Blue Skies (2:25)
13. Keely Smith - When You Cry (3:06)
14. Keely Smith - Going Through the Motions (2:58)

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