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- A1 East of the Sun 3:14
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- A2 Nice Work If You Can Get It 2:42
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- A3 Pinky 2:46
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- A4 The Nearness of You 3:26
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- A5 Come Rain or Come Shine 3:30
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- A6 Mean to Me 2:52
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- B1 It Might as Well Be Spring 3:17
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- B2 Can't Get Out of This Mood 2:52
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- B3 Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year 2:45
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- B4 Ooh, What-Cha Doin' to Me 2:00
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- B5 Goodnight My Love 3:34
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- B6 Ain't Misbehavin' 3:01
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- Total length: 35:59
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Sarah Vaughan in Hi-Fi [p] 33 rpm, Mono
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Sarah Vaughan in Hi-Fi Bonus Tracks, Remastered
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Sarah Vaughan in Hi-Fi Bonus Tracks
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Sarah Vaughan in Hi-Fi Bonus Tracks, Remastered
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Sarah Vaughan in Hi-Fi Bonus Tracks, CD Sized Album Replica
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Sarah Vaughan in Hi-Fi Bonus Tracks, Remastered, StreamingDigital File
8 Reviews
This CD incensed me. It is glaringly obvious that the earlier tracks have been dubbed from an analogue disc pressing. The prevalent surface noise is indicative of a non-pristine analog disc which may be an LP version, given that the original release in 1949 must have been on 78. This is inexcusable in my opinion. Surely the original tapes still exist? I even wonder if this is a bootleg but I purchased it from a reputable music chain and the artwork looks bonafide. Shame on you Sony Music. Avoid this re-issue unless you enjoy noisy analog disc sound. Even a modern LP pressing made from the original tapes would avoid this fault.
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88697569732 CD (2009)
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On the slower songs here such as "East of the Sun," Vaughn comes across as longing and gentle. On the the uptempo tracks Vaughn's amazing voice can take on a more sassy tone. Also on display here is her amazing talent at diving up and down on notes, making it sound so easy, like on "Mean to Me." The small group that recorded with Vaughn mostly stays in a subtle supporting role here, but Vaughn keeps things a little restrained herself, allowing small shifts in tone and on the beautiful "Can't Get Out of This Mood" or "Goodnight My Love" to speak volumes.
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Not the best of titles. It’s like putting In 3-D as part of a film title and no one would ever be so crass as to do that... Sarah Vaughan had been recording for Columbia in the late 1940s and early 1950s and they later put this album together from a number of sessions. The heart of the album is the eight songs recorded in early 1950, Vaughan being backed by an 8 piece band – whether the tracks were originally meant to be released as a 10” album, I don’t know, but it would have been excellent. To make it up to the length of a standard album four other songs were added, recorded with bigger bands and orchestras, coming from sessions in 1949, 1951 and 1953. There are moments when the tracks with the smaller band echo the EmArcy Sarah Vaughan album, recorded later but released earlier – which is strange because, except for pianist Jimmy Jones, there is no shared personnel. But this is a slighter work. Vaughan sings over the pleasantly swing rhythm section: she makes the set of pop songs hers, but she doesn’t do anything to surprise...just sings beautifully. Buddy Johnson on tenor, Benny Green on trombone step forward for pleasant interludes and on Come Rain Or Shine there is nice playing from a young trumpet player called Miles Davis – but there isn’t the same sense of understanding between Davis and Vaughan as there is between Clifford Brown and the singer on the EmArcy album. Jones was a regular collaborator with Vaughan and like other pianists who specialised in backing singers he tends to be a bit too tinkly for my tastes. The other four tracks are less interesting. And the wordless Pinky, with its arrangement by Percy Faith, is a bit horrible. Overall a likeable album, but not one that will make you rethink your response to jazz singing or the jazz response to the standard.
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Very young Sarah Vaughan backed with small combo,Miles Davis along her musicians - if this sounds too good to be true,give it a listen,it is so good.
She truly had beautiful voice and no wonder they nicknamed her "divine" as not only it was flexible and magical in colour but she used that voice like some guys would use their instruments,cleverly improvising along the way and added bonus-tracks shows every take was different.
Miles Davis and his guys are in great form and particulary Davis sounds good when inspired with such sensational singer.
Funny enough,this album was just 8 songs when first released and slowly with time it achieved such status that it continued to sell re-packaged with more and more extra bonus tracks added,somewhere along the way original 8 songs were burried along and now its been presented not only as 12 songs album but on Cd re-issue also has extra bonus material with different outtakes. Its just tehnical question,thought,music is as beautiful as ever.
I heard quite a lot of Vaughan so far and to me she sounds best when backed just with few musicians,in this case not only her young voice was pleasure to hear but she was relaxed and comfortable here without trying to upstage anybody (when she recorded with big bands she had tendency to fight for spotlight and than indulge in scatting that was skilled but not always necessary).
Classic vocal jazz album.
She truly had beautiful voice and no wonder they nicknamed her "divine" as not only it was flexible and magical in colour but she used that voice like some guys would use their instruments,cleverly improvising along the way and added bonus-tracks shows every take was different.
Miles Davis and his guys are in great form and particulary Davis sounds good when inspired with such sensational singer.
Funny enough,this album was just 8 songs when first released and slowly with time it achieved such status that it continued to sell re-packaged with more and more extra bonus tracks added,somewhere along the way original 8 songs were burried along and now its been presented not only as 12 songs album but on Cd re-issue also has extra bonus material with different outtakes. Its just tehnical question,thought,music is as beautiful as ever.
I heard quite a lot of Vaughan so far and to me she sounds best when backed just with few musicians,in this case not only her young voice was pleasure to hear but she was relaxed and comfortable here without trying to upstage anybody (when she recorded with big bands she had tendency to fight for spotlight and than indulge in scatting that was skilled but not always necessary).
Classic vocal jazz album.
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Amazingly good compilation of the young Sassy, consisting of recordings from her four years with Columbia Records (1949-1952). Nice understated arrangements with the accent placed on her more poppy side and the great lady her self sounding confident and at ease. A thrill.
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CK 65117 CD (1997)
(Frequent) ( ((Stops)) possible --
Rate that album game 365th version
black music // for a mostly white audience
maybe even dumbed down for radio & cultural sensibilites++
The music feels downright classy & sometimes even sexy in an implied sense// an upscale bar, a fancy restaurant & even upscale kitsch department store music..// a reason why the blood, sweat & tears of blues & funk can feel so much more enjoyable..// borrowing some Jazz musicianship to warm her lush vocals Sarah Vaughan shows she can carry a song, she has a great control & feel// if you can overlook the cookie cutter glaze & tired language then all the better but I can't.... [pause], breath, '' sigh'' - some rather steady agitation, I sweep my brow with a handkerchief with the lettering A.S.H. scrawled in a lower corner... pour myself another brandy, should be a vivid night with shifting dreams... no concern, it is for the better my love --
dipped in chocolate the taste is sweet, and now the pop acts cater to little imagination or class --
oh my how times have changed & not for the better mind you my musical stewards ++
just changed -- another nightmare brought of Capitalist expressionism --
as the Russians must have understood when
they undertook sweeping everything under the rug....
well , maybe sometimes erasing everything can be a solution for a while...
this is the type of music that is overly respected by buffs but becomes the interpretation of tired old Jazz - would kids put up with this type of b.s.
obviously not...
Chardonnay Steven's apartment:
"He is so romantic" she thinks to herself, paraded with flowers a wonderful evening of exquisite Italian & a beautiful broach sparkling with stones from bleeding hands...
Sarah Vaughan whispers in the background as he opens a little Champagne to get the night going ...
[Sex] I have lived through so many times she muses with herself as the stagelight fades to black leaving only a shadow on the stage...
will she be remembered
but by who??
Rate that album game 365th version
black music // for a mostly white audience
maybe even dumbed down for radio & cultural sensibilites++
The music feels downright classy & sometimes even sexy in an implied sense// an upscale bar, a fancy restaurant & even upscale kitsch department store music..// a reason why the blood, sweat & tears of blues & funk can feel so much more enjoyable..// borrowing some Jazz musicianship to warm her lush vocals Sarah Vaughan shows she can carry a song, she has a great control & feel// if you can overlook the cookie cutter glaze & tired language then all the better but I can't.... [pause], breath, '' sigh'' - some rather steady agitation, I sweep my brow with a handkerchief with the lettering A.S.H. scrawled in a lower corner... pour myself another brandy, should be a vivid night with shifting dreams... no concern, it is for the better my love --
dipped in chocolate the taste is sweet, and now the pop acts cater to little imagination or class --
oh my how times have changed & not for the better mind you my musical stewards ++
just changed -- another nightmare brought of Capitalist expressionism --
as the Russians must have understood when
they undertook sweeping everything under the rug....
well , maybe sometimes erasing everything can be a solution for a while...
this is the type of music that is overly respected by buffs but becomes the interpretation of tired old Jazz - would kids put up with this type of b.s.
obviously not...
Chardonnay Steven's apartment:
"He is so romantic" she thinks to herself, paraded with flowers a wonderful evening of exquisite Italian & a beautiful broach sparkling with stones from bleeding hands...
Sarah Vaughan whispers in the background as he opens a little Champagne to get the night going ...
[Sex] I have lived through so many times she muses with herself as the stagelight fades to black leaving only a shadow on the stage...
will she be remembered
but by who??
Published
CK 65117 CD (1997)
Excellent, early Sarah Vaughan. The latest release combines the original lp with bonus alternate takes and one 'new' track for 21 tracks. The majority of the set (8 originals and 7 alternates) is made up Vaughan fronting a small combo that features Miles Davis on trumpet, Benny Green on trombone and Budd Johnson on tenor sax. Miles Davis fans might want this for the 3 solos that they haven't heard, but that would be a poor reason to purchase this. Sarah Vaughan is one of the greats and this early work shows why.
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