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Artist: Carmen McRae Title: Book Of Ballads Label:   Poll Winners Country: Europe Date: 2015 Catalogue: 27340 Barcode: 8436542019125 Format: CD Album Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:    Price Guide: Valuation Page » Search eBay #AD  » Search Amazon #AD This site contains affiliate links for which we may be compensated.

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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
Book Of Ballads
01	Carmen McRae	By Myself	Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz	Rate
02	Carmen McRae	The Thrill Is Gone	Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson	Rate
03	Carmen McRae	How Long Has This Been Going On?	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Rate
04	Carmen McRae	Do You Know Why?	Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen	Rate
05	Carmen McRae	My Romance	Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart	Rate
06	Carmen McRae	Isn't It Romantic?	Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart	Rate
07	Carmen McRae	If Love Is Good To Me	Redd Evans, Fred Spielman	Rate
08	Carmen McRae	When I Fall In Love	Victor Young, Edward Heyman	Rate
09	Carmen McRae	Please Be Kind	Sammy Kahn, Saul Chaplin	Rate
10	Carmen McRae	He Was Too Good To Me	Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart	Rate
11	Carmen McRae	Angel Eyes	Earl K, Brent, Matt Dennis	Rate
12	Carmen McRae	Something I Dreamed Last Night	Sammy Fain, Herbert Magidson	Rate
Something To Swing About
13	Carmen McRae	Three Little Words	Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby	Rate
14	Carmen McRae	I Couldn't Care Less	Sammy Kahn, Jimmy Van Heusen	Rate
15	Carmen McRae	That's For Me	Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein	Rate
16	Carmen McRae	(How Little It Matters) How Little We Know	Carolyn Leigh, Philip Springer	Rate
17	Carmen McRae	You Leave Me Breathless	Ralph Freed, Frederick Hollander	Rate
18	Carmen McRae	It's Love	Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green	Rate
19	Carmen McRae	Love Is A Simple Thing	June Carroll, Arthur Siegel	Rate
20	Carmen McRae	Comes Love	Lew Brown, Sam H. Stept, Charles Tobias	Rate
21	Carmen McRae	A Sleepin' Bee	Harold Arlen, Truman Capote	Rate
22	Carmen McRae	I See Your Face Before Me	Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz	Rate
23	Carmen McRae	Alone Together	Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz	Rate
24	Carmen McRae	Falling In Love With Love	Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart	Rate
78s
25	Carmen McRae	Which Way Is Love?	James Shelton	Rate
26	Carmen McRae	Play For Keeps	Robert Allen	Rate
27	Carmen McRae	Talk To Me	Eddie Snyder, Rudy Vallée, Stanley Kahan	Rate

Notes

Book of Ballads: Orchestra conducted and arranged by Frank Hunter, with Don Abney pno, Joe Benjamin bs, Charlie Smith dr, New York, Dec. 1-2 1958
Something To Swing About: Orchestra conducted and arranged by Ernie Wilkins, with Art Farmer, Jimmy Maxwell, Richard Williams, Al Stewart, Lennie Johnson, Ernie Royal tp; Jimmy Cleveland, Billy Byers, Mickey Gravine tb; Paul Faulise b-tb; Vinnie Dean, Phil Woods, Porter Kilbert as; Zoot Sims, Budd Johnson ts; Sol Schlinger bar s; Dick Katz pno; Tommy Williams bs; Floyd Williams dr; New York Nov. 10-12 1959
78s, 25-26 as Book of Ballads, New York Jan. 5 1959 27 with unidentified orchestra, New York, June 29 1959

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Duke_J SUBS 26th Apr 2018		Review 27 tracks, all but one with sparkling big-band arrangements, and every one about that most vacuous of song topics, "Love", perfectly forgettable, even I Couldn't Care Less which had been crooned by Bing Crosby. The one exception is where she is accompanied by Don Abney on piano in a fine version of the unforgettable Angel Eyes. It is only a shame that the last line is cut short: this seems to have happened with two Carmen McRae compilations and I'd love to know if it was missing on the original Kapp LP. Somewhere the end of the tape with the words "while I disappear" and probably a piano coda, has dropped on the cutting-room floor. 3 people found this review helpful.   ✔︎ Helpful Review?

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