Cat No:
SEPIA1194
Release Date: 09 July 2012
Label: Sepia
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5055122111948
Genres: Easy Listening Easy Listening
-
Description
On this 29 track album you will hear songs, some well- known and some rare gems, performed by Oscar-winning lyricist and founder of Capitol Records, Johnny Mercer, sung in his inimitable and genial style, recorded over four decades from the 1940s to the 1970s.
From the 1940s are five fun songs appearing on CD for the first time and from the 1950s are songs Mercer recorded with the Paul Smith Trio, and appearing in stereo for the first time. Also included are nine demo songs Mercer composed with Hoagy Carmichael for an aborted film project, "The Keystone Girl" to star Betty Hutton. These demos with Mercer performing and Carmichael accompanying on piano are appearing on CD for the first time and include the first ever recorded version of the Oscar-winning "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening". The final four tracks are demos from the Mercer/Andre Previn West End stage musical "The Good Companions" starring Judi Dench. One of the four tracks, "Little Lost Dream" got rejected from the final production and how wonderful to hear it being sung here by the lyricist with piano accompaniment by the composer Andre Previn.
-
Tracklisting
- 1. Blues In The Night
- 2. Love Is Just Around The Corner
- 3. Old Ninety-Seven
- 4. Spring, Spring, Spring
- 5. Them There Eyes
- 6. Somebody Bad Stole The Wedding Bell
- 7. St. Louis Blues
- 8. Accentuate The Positive
- 9. Java Jive
- 10. Hear Them Bells
- 11. The New Ashmolean
- 12. Take Me Back To Little Rock
- 13. The First Baseball Game
- 14. Lora-Belle Lee
- 15. My Gal Is Mine Once More
- 16. Jamboree Jones
- 17. In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening
- 18. Queenie, The Quick-Change Artist
- 19. I Guessed It Was You All The Time
- 20. Don’t Care For The Heck Of It
- 21. I’m All Tied Up
- 22. But They Better Not Wait Too Long
- 23. When I Get You In The Back Of My Cadillac
- 24. At The Party
- 25. Any Similarity Is Just Co-Incidental
- 26. Little Lost Dream
- 27. Slippin’ Around The Corner
- 28. The Pleasure Of Your Company
- 29. I’ll Tell The World
Disc 1
Side 1
-
-
The Happy Wanderer in Europe
Tutti Camarata
- Regular
- £7.99
- Sale
- £7.99
- Regular
-
Sold Out
- Unit Price
- per
Rarities from the Hollywood Studios 1933-1958
Bing Crosby
- Regular
- £10.99
- Sale
- £10.99
- Regular
-
Sold Out
- Unit Price
- per
Golden Days
Mario Lanza
- Regular
- £7.99
- Sale
- £7.99
- Regular
-
Sold Out
- Unit Price
- per
Winners! And Come Waltz with Me
Steve Lawrence
- Regular
- £7.99
- Sale
- £7.99
- Regular
-
Sold Out
- Unit Price
- per
The Paramount Years 1938-1952
Betty Hutton
- Regular
- £10.99
- Sale
- £10.99
- Regular
-
Sold Out
- Unit Price
- per
The Paramount Years 1936-1952
Dorothy Lamour
- Regular
- £10.99
- Sale
- £10.99
- Regular
-
Sold Out
- Unit Price
- per
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes OST & Rare Bonus Tracks
Marilyn Monroe & Jane Russell
- Regular
- £7.99
- Sale
- £7.99
- Regular
-
Sold Out
- Unit Price
- per
Once Upon A Mattress (Original London Cast)
Various Artists
- Regular
- £7.99
- Sale
- £7.99
- Regular
-
Sold Out
- Unit Price
- per
The Man From Georgia
Johnny Mercer
- Regular
- £10.99
- Sale
- £10.99
- Regular
-
Sold Out
- Unit Price
- per