Peggy Lee - The Lost 40s & 50s Capitol Masters '2008

Artist	Peggy Lee Related artists
Album name	The Lost 40s & 50s Capitol Masters
Country
Date	2008
Genre	Vocal Jazz
Play time	01:49:38
Format / Bitrate	Stereo 1420 Kbps / 44.1 kHz MP3 320 Kbps
Media	CD
Size	386 mb (+3\%rec.)
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Despite extensive CD reissues of the recordings of Peggy Lee, there have
remained many tracks of hers that never got into the digital era. Indeed, given
that she came up at a time when the 78-rpm single was the major recorded format,
there are even Lee recordings that were never transferred to LP. This
109-minute, 39-track, two-CD set goes a long way toward unearthing Lees
obscurities, at least from the early part of her solo career. Running
chronologically, it begins with her first session for Capitol Records in January
1944, when she was functioning essentially as a band singer with a studio group
called the Capitol Jazzmen, and follows her for eight years until the February
1952 session that was her last for Capitol before she spent a five-year sojourn
with Decca Records. None of the tracks have been released previously on compact
disc; most come from singles, although 14 have never been released before. As
such, this constitutes a kind of alternate history of Peggy Lees early solo
years, but actually it is not all that different. True, the performances
themselves are unfamiliar, but the musical approaches are not: usually
accompanied by her husband, guitarist Dave Barbour, and either a small jazz band
or a string-filled orchestra, she either waxes romantic on ballads or playful on
uptempo numbers. The singer who had hit with the Latin rhythms and mock-Mexican
accent on the novelty MaÃ±ana tries for the same effect on such songs as Ay Ay
Chug a Chug and It Never Happen to Me. There are songs from contemporary
Broadway shows such as Cole Porters Out of This World (Climb Up the Mountain)
and Jule Stynes Two on the Aisle (So Far, So Good). Lee is joined by such
complementary partners as the Benny Goodman Sextet (Keep Me in Mind) and Mel
TormÃ© (Telling Me Yes, Telling Me No). There are obscure songs by famous
songwriters (George and Ira Gershwins Arent You Kind of Glad We Did?, Irving
Berlins The Freedom Train) and even some semi-standards (Music, Maestro, Please,
A Hundred Years from Today, both previously unreleased). Throughout, Lee sings
well; that these tracks were lost was no fault of hers. Of course, the album
will be of greatest interest to her fans, who probably will understand that
there has been some wear and tear on the early tracks, which contain some sonic
imperfections.

Tracks:

CD1 
01. Aint Goin No Place (with The Capitol Jazzmen) (3:03)
02. A Cottage for Sale (2:56)
03. Dont Be So Mean to Baby (alternate take) (2:54)
04. Arent You Kind of Glad We Did (3:01)
05. Ive Had My Moments (3:16)
06. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (alternate take) (3:01)
07. Trouble Is a Man (3:13)
08. Music Maestro Please (3:05)
09. Its Lovin Time (2:49)
10. Aintcha Ever Comin Back (2:45)
11. It Takes a Long Long Train with a Red Caboose (3:08)
12. The Freedom Train (with Benny Goodman) (3:14)
13. A Hundred Years from Today (3:20)
14. Keep Me in Mind (with Benny Goodman) (2:58)
15. Love (Your Spell Is Everywhere) (3:14)
16. Love Ye (3:00)
17. Whatll It Getcha? (3:00)
18. (I Wanna Go Where You Go) Then Ill Be Happy (2:44)
19. I Dont Know What to Do Without You Baby (2:46)
20. Neon Signs (2:30) 

CD2 
01. A Man Wrote a Song (3:20)
02. Sunshine Cake (2:29)
03. Run for the Round House Nellie (3:17)
04. Cannonball Express (2:23)
05. Dont Give Me a Ring on the Telephone (Until You Give Me a Ring on My Hand)
(1:37)
06. If I Could Steal You from Somebody Else (1:58)
07. Ay Ay Chug a Chug (3:16)
08. Something to Remember You By (2:52)
09. Climb Up the Mountain (2:45)
10. Pick Up Your Marbles (And Go Home) (2:37)
11. That Ol Devil (Wont Get Me) (2:33)
12. If You Turn Me Down (Dee-Own-Down-Down) (2:26)
13. Boulevard Cafe (2:45)
14. It Never Happen to Me (2:30)
15. So Far, So Good (3:02)
16. My Magic Heart (2:10)
17. Telling Me Yes, Telling Me No (with Mel Torme) (3:03)
18. Shame on You (2:36)
19. Goin on a Hayride (2:02)