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Singles & Albums Collection 1946-58

McRae, Carmen (Artist) Format: Audio CD
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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1 Pass Me By
2 Autumn Nocturne
3 In Love in Vain
4 A Foggy Day
5 Wanting You
6 Go Slow
7 Charlie Is My Darling
8 Are You Happy?
9 Oh, My Darling!
10 "Ooh" (What'cha Doin' to Me)
11 If I'm Lucky
12 Keep Me in Mind
13 They All Laughed
14 Whatever Lola Wants
15 Am I the One to Blame
16 Get Set
17 You Don't Have to Tell Me
18 I Go for You
19 A Fine Romance
20 Love Is Here to Stay
21 This Will Make You Laugh
22 The Next Time It Happens
23 Come on, Come in
24 Come Down to Earth, Mr. Smith
25 I Guess I'll Dress Up for the Blues
26 Tonight He's Out to Break Another Heart

Disc: 2

1 Star Eyes
2 Never Loved Him Anyhow
3 You Don't Know Me
4 Skyliner
5 If You Should Leave Me
6 Namely You
7 I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket
8 The Party's Over
9 I'm a Dreamer, Aren't We All
10 It's Like Getting a Donkey to Gallop
11 How Many Stars Have to Shine ?
12 Baby It's Cold Outside
13 Happy to Make Your Acquaintance
14 As I Love You
15 Passing Fancy
16 So Nice to Be Wrong
17 Moonray
18 Invitation
19 Lo and Behold
20 I Love the Ground You Walk on
21 I'll Love You (Till I Die)
22 I Don't Know His Name
23 Old Devil Moon

Disc: 3

1 If I'm Lucky
2 Tip Toe Gently
3 You Made Me Care
4 Last Time for Love
5 Misery
6 Last Night When We Were Young
7 Speak Low (When You Speak, Love)
8 But Beautiful
9 If You'd Stay the Way I Dream About You
10 Midnight Sun
11 My Future Just Passed
12 Yesterdays
13 We'll Be Together Again
14 Good Morning, Heartache
15 I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You
16 Give Me the Simple Life
17 Sometimes I'm Happy
18 Something to Live for
19 I Can't Get Started
20 Yardbird Suite
21 Just One of Those Things
22 My One and Only Love
23 I'll Remember April
24 Supper Time
25 You Took Advantage of Me

Disc: 4

1 Blue Moon
2 My Foolish Heart
3 I Was Doing All Right
4 Summer Is Gone
5 Nowhere
6 Until the Real Thing Comes Along
7 Lush Life
8 Even If It Breaks My Heart
9 Laughing Boy
10 Lilacs in the Rain
11 All This Could Lead to Love
12 I Can't Escape You
13 Guess Who I Saw Today
14 My Funny Valentine
15 The Little Things That Mean So Much
16 I'm Thru with Love
17 Nice Work If You Can Get It
18 East of the Sun
19 Exactly Like You
20 All My Life
21 Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
22 Dream of Life
23 Perdido

Editorial Reviews

Carmen McRae was one of the finest and most highly-regarded jazz and sophisticated pop singers of the post-war era, renowned for her highly individual interpretation of the standards of the Great American Songbook. Born in Harlem of Jamaican parentage in 1920, she performed in New York's jazz clubs in the 1940s and made her first record until 1946. This great-value 97-track 4-CD set comprising her first release on Musicraft with Mercer Ellington, plus A&B sides of her singles on the Stardust and Decca labels through to 1958, including her releases with Sammy Davis Jr., and which include the titles from her "A Foggy Day" album for Stardust, plus all the titles from her albums "Carmen McRae" on Bethlehem, and "Torchy", "By Special Request", "Blue Moon" and "Afterglow" on Decca. It includes her chart entries from this era "Next Time It Happens" and "Skyliner". On these recordings, she is accompanied by orchestras arranged and conducted by Jack Pleis, Tadd Dameron, Vic Shoen and Ralph Burns, and star-studded jazz groups led by Mat Mathews and Tony Scott. It's a substantial and thoroughly absorbing overview of the first key decade and more of her career when she established herself as a highly distinctive and supremely talented vocal stylist across the jazz and pop spectrum.

Product details

  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.55 x 4.92 x 0.83 inches; 3.53 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Acrobat
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2021
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ May 26, 2021
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Acrobat
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B095JF1SRN
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 4
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 10 ratings

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The Batman
5.0 out of 5 stars The perfect present for a true music enthusiast!
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2023
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Carmen McRae is a Goddess of Song! Highly recommended when you want to hear the meaning of lyrics by the passion in the presentation.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Received it today.
Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2023
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Glad I finally have it and know I will enjoy it.
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Dan M.
4.0 out of 5 stars So close...
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2022
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Great collection of early recordings of Carmen McRae, almost 100 tunes that added to my collection of this wonderful songstress. On these discs there are almost 6 complete albums along with a few tunes from an album she collaborated with Sammy Davis, Jr. There are also 3 dozen songs which were only released as single records.

The sound quality for most of the album was decent. None seem to be ‘rechanneled’ or digitally ‘enhanced’. There are a couple of tracks were less than be desired though. ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’ has a ‘blip-burp’. At the end of ‘I Love the Ground You Walk On’ there is the beginning tip of another song. 2 of the tracks are not from the original albums. ‘Skyliner’ is a live recording from a 1957 concert at Newport, and ‘Sometimes I'm Happy’ is also from a live concert circa 1990. So, with that said, all of the tracks on this set are not correct.

I would have given this a 5 Star review, but with the above-mentioned reasons I will only give it 4 stars. Would I buy this set if I knew about this beforehand? Yes. The reason being that I was able to include about 50 early recordings, adding some of her first recordings to a pretty good my Carmen McRae library. The song being ‘Pass Me By’ when her stage name was Carmen Clarke as the singer with Mercer Ellington & His Orchestra in 1946 (something I would not have known of if I wouldn’t have purchased this set of discs).
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Thomas E. Martin
5.0 out of 5 stars She's singing in my living room!
Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2022
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Good quality sound!
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Robbie MacDuff
5.0 out of 5 stars Great sounding CD compilation
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 8, 2021
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Often overlooked, Carmen McRae was a superb singer. Scott Yanow (critic) says that she never matched the vocal magnificent of Ella and Sarah, but I don't agree. Her style, of course influenced by Billie, is subtle and dynamic at the same time. And she never did those horrible "rock" covers that Ella and Sarah indulged in. Okay the Atlantic albums (bar the "Live" one) touched on that, but not in the same gross way. Do you really like Ella singing I Heard It Through The Grapevine, which Jazz FM keeps playing? And Sarah doing The Beatles ... very questionable. So interesting that Billie was chastised for recording with strings, but Ella and Sarah could do nothing but. Listen to Carmen singing to Star Eyes and then listen to Carmen Lundy doing it ... so much empathy between the singers. Carmen was a pioneer, with her acerbic tone and behind the beat vocal. This is essential listening, even though some of the songs are in new century slightly odd ... but I still love Whatever Lola Wants! There is so much in the Carmen McRae catalogue and this is just the beginning of her career. But please note that it is very similar to the 2-CD compilation The Complete 1946 - 1955 on Harmonia Mundi from 2013. But this is more comprehensive.
So if you are interested check out the following, from my CD collection, which does not include stuff from vinyl
1. The Complete: 1946 – 1955 (Double
CD Comp. 2013) **
2. The Singles & Albums Collection, 1946 –
1958 (4-CD Comp. 2021)
3. First Sessions (1953 – 1955, Comp.
2008)
4. Eight Classic Albums:
(a) Carmen McRae (1954) [in LP
collection as “Easy To Love”]
(b) When You’re Away (1959)
(c) Torchy [see below] (1955)
(d) Blue Moon [see below] (1956)
(e) Carmen For Cool Ones (1957)
(f) Birds Of A Feather (1958)
(g) After Glow (1957)
(h) …Sings Love Man and other Billie Holiday Classics (1961)
[see below]
5. Sings Great American Songwriters
(Comp. 1993, tracks from 1955–1959)
6. Two Original LPs on CD
(a) Torchy (1955)
(b) Blue Moon (1956)
(CD re-issue 1999)
7. Blue Moon (1956, new re-issue 2000)
8. Boy Meets Girl (1957; reissued 1989)
9. Complete Recordings with Ray Bryant
1957 – 1958, Comp. 2008 [Tracks
13 – 18 comprise “Mad About The
Man” in LP collection]
10. Carmen McRae: A Collection Of Her
Finest Decca Recordings 1955 – 1958
(3-CD compilation 2013)
11. At Newport – “Live” (1957) [CD
re-issue 2000]
12. The Complete KAPP Recordings:
(a) Book Of Ballads (1958)
(b) When You’re Away (1959)
(c) Something To Swing About (1959)
13. The Very Thought Of You: The
Definitive Singles Collection (Comp.
2012)
14. Tonight Only! (1960) [with additional
tracks]
15. Take Five; “Live” At Basin Street
(1961)
16. The Real Ambassadors (1961/1962)
[n.b. includes 3 additional tracks from
“Live” At Basin Street – above]
17. Lover Man and other Billie Holiday
Classics (CD Reissue with 2
additional tracks, 1997/recorded 1961)
18. In London; Recorded “Live” At The
Flamingo Jazz Club (1962)
19. Milestones Of A Jazz Legend: 19
Original Abums on 10 CDs (2019):
(a) (You’d Be So) Easy To Love (1954)
[aka Carmen McRae]
(b) Torchy (1955)
(c) By Special Request (1955)
(d) Blue Moon (1956)
(e) After Glow (1957)
(f) Birds Of A Feather (1958)
(g) Boy Meets Girl (1957)
(h) Porgy And Bess (1958)
(i) Mad About The Man (1957)
(j) Carmen For Cool Ones (1957)
(k) Book Of Ballads (1958)
(l) Something To Swing About (1959)
(m) When You’re Away (1959)
(n) Sings Lover Man and other Billie
Holiday Classics (1961)
(o) From The Subterraneans – Original
Soundtrack Album (1960)
(p) Tonight Only! (1960)
(q) At The Flamingo Jazz Club (1962)
(r) Take Five (1961)
20. “Live” At Sugar Hill, San Francisco
(1962)
21. Take Five; “Live” At Basin Street
(1961)// “Live” At Sugar Hill, San
Francisco (1962) (CD reissue 2013
with 2 additional tracks) [both CDs
above]
22. Something Wonderful; Interpretations
of Great Moments on Broadway
(1963; reissued 2001 with 3 additional
tracks)
23. Jazz Casual (Television recordings
1962 and 1964; released 2001)
24. The 1964 Orchestra Recordings
(Comp. reissue of the 1964 albums
“Second To None” [some tracks in LP
collection as “Carmen’s Gold”] and
“Haven’t We Met” [as in LP
collection, but also some tracks
included in “Carmen’s Gold”] CD
reissue 2006)
25. (a) Woman Talk: Live at The Village
Gate (1965)
(D) Live & Wailing: Live at The Half
Note (1966)
[in LP collection as “Alive” (Double
Album)
26. The Art Of [{featuring tracks from
“Portrait of Carmen”, “The Sound Of
Silence”, “Just A Little Lovin’”, “The
Great American Songbook” and “Live
At Century Plaza” (see below for
details)}//For Once In My Life (1967),
CD reissue 2004]
27. The Sound Of Silence (1968)/Portrait
Of Carmen (1968) [CD reissue 2001]
28. “Live” At Century Plaza (Recorded
1968; released 1991)
29. Just A Little Lovin’ (1970) [CD
reissue 2004]
30. November Girl (Recorded November
1970, CD release 2004 with additional
track) [in albums collection as i grandi
del Jazz: Carmen McRae (1970)]
31. The Great American Songbook;
Recorded “Live” At Donte’s, 1972,
Japanese reissue 1991 with 8
previously unreleased tracks)
32. Velvet Soul (CD reissue 2001; in
album collection as):
(a) I gigantic del Jazz (1973)
(b) Europa Jazz (1974)
33. As Time Goes By: Alone, “Live” At
The Dug (Recorded November 21st
1973)
34. I Am Music (1975)
35. Can’t Hide Love (1976)
36. Blue Note “Live” At The Roxy (1976)
37. At The Great American Music Hall,
Vol. 1 (1976)
38. At The Great American Music Hall,
Vol. 2 (1976)
39. The Best Of …The Blue Note Years
(1975 – 1977, Comp. 1995)
40. At Ratso’s, Vol. 1 (“Live”, 1976,
CD release 2002)
41. At Ratso’s, Vol. 2 (“Live”, 1976,
CD release 2002)
42. Blue Note Meets The L.A.
Philharmonic (1977)
43. “Live” At Ronnie Scott’s (1977)
44. Carmen McRae & Friends (1979)
45. I’m Coming Home Again (Recorded
1978, released 1980, CD reissue 2008)
46. Two For The Road (1980)
47. “Live” At Bubba’s (1981, CD reissue
with additional track to LP 2001)
48. Heat Wave (1982)
49. Everything Happens To Me a.k.a.
New York State Of Mind; “Live” At
Montreux (Recorded 1982; released
1994 & then 2001)
50. For Lady Day, Vol. 1 (Recorded 31
December 1983, “Live”; released
1995)
51. For Lady Day, Vol. 2 (Recorded 31
December 1983, “Live”; released
1999)
52. You’re Lookin’ At Me; A Collection
Of Nat King Cole Songs (1984)
53. Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz
Radio Broadcast with guest Carmen
McRae (Recorded 1985; released
2002)
54. Fine And Mellow; The Concord
Years, 1980 – 1987 {from the albums:
(a) Two For The Road
(b) Heat Wave
(c) Your Lookin’ At Me
(d) Fine And Mellow; “Live At Birdland West”} [see LPs collection] (Double CD, Reissue 2000)
55. The Carmen McRae – Betty Carter
Duets (1987)
56. Dream Of Life, “Live” (Recorded
June 1989; released 1998)
57. Carmen Sings Monk (1990)
58. Carmen Sings Monk (2001 reissue
with 5 additional tracks)
59. “Live” At Umbria Jazz (recorded
1990; released 2001)
60. Sarah – Dedicated To You; A Tribute
To Sarah Vaughan (1991)
61. Sarah – Dedicated To You; A Tribute
To Sarah Vaughan (additional 4
tracks, previously un-issued) (1991,
then 2003)
62. The Collected (Compilation 1998;
RCA/Victor Years and 2 previously
unreleased “live” recordings, which
also feature on reissue of Carmen
Sings Monk, above)
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