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The Complete Decca Studio Master Takes 1935-1939
:Album Description:This set compiles for the very first time on CD the unique and complete collection of the recordings made for the Decca label (1935-1939), arranged in chronological order. Accompanied among others by the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, etc. 4 CD set. Discon. 2005.
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Live in Las Vegas
: 's Best of 2001:When Elvis Presley played Las Vegas between 1969 and '76, many rock & rollers screamed sellout. Today, every rock act plays Vegas. When Elvis came to town, it was the event. RCA--still uncovering unreleased stuff decades after the King's death--celebrates his Vegas legacy with two complete, previously unreleased shows from '69 and '70; a CD of previously released material from '70 (much of it taken from the classic Elvis Onstage, February 1970 album); and a fourth ...
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The Prestige Records Story
: :Along with Blue Note, Verve, and Riverside, Prestige was one of the most significant independent jazz labels of the '50s and '60s. It was especially important in the '50s, recording the decade's greatest figures--including Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, and John Coltrane--long before the major labels would beckon. This four-CD set traces the label from its founding by Bob Weinstock in 1949 until 1971 when it was sold to Fantasy. The first two CDs in the collection take ...
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Four Decades of Song
:Album Description:Budget-priced three disc box for Bassey the Belter also known as the Tigress of Tiger Bay. 54 tracks including, 'Goldfinger', 'Don't Rain On My Parade', 'In The Still Of The Night', 'Feelings', 'All Of Me', 'Days Of Wine And Roses' and many more. A great collection of standards and show tunes as only dame Shirley Bassey can do them. 1998 release. Three standard jewel cases housed together in a slipcase.
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The Divine Sarah Vaughan: The Columbia Years 1949-1953
: :These two CDs are not Sarah Vaughan's complete Columbia recordings from 1949 to 1953, when she recorded 60 songs for the label. Rather, this is a genuine 'best of' from the label. Weaker pop material is gone, and what remains is largely superior renderings of ballads with Vaughan's rich voice tastefully enhanced by good orchestration. There's a particularly successful session from 1949 with a big band that includes her pianist, Jimmy Jones, and trumpeters Billy Butterfield and Taft Jordan ...
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The Complete Gershwin Songbooks
: :These two CDs are not Sarah Vaughan's complete Columbia recordings from 1949 to 1953, when she recorded 60 songs for the label. Rather, this is a genuine 'best of' from the label. Weaker pop material is gone, and what remains is largely superior renderings of ballads with Vaughan's rich voice tastefully enhanced by good orchestration. There's a particularly successful session from 1949 with a big band that includes her pianist, Jimmy Jones, and trumpeters Billy Butterfield and Taft Jordan ...
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Verve Story 1944-1994
: :These two CDs are not Sarah Vaughan's complete Columbia recordings from 1949 to 1953, when she recorded 60 songs for the label. Rather, this is a genuine 'best of' from the label. Weaker pop material is gone, and what remains is largely superior renderings of ballads with Vaughan's rich voice tastefully enhanced by good orchestration. There's a particularly successful session from 1949 with a big band that includes her pianist, Jimmy Jones, and trumpeters Billy Butterfield and Taft Jordan ...
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Cool Cole
:Album Description:This magnificent celebration of Nat King Cole is comprised of 104 tracks over 4 CD's & a 48 page booklet which includes the full story, track information & rare photographs. 2001.
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That's the Way It Is
:Album Description:This magnificent celebration of Nat King Cole is comprised of 104 tracks over 4 CD's & a 48 page booklet which includes the full story, track information & rare photographs. 2001.
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Artist of the Century
:Album Description:Japanese collection of 'The Artist of the Century's' most memorable recordings with one bonus track, the classic 'Love Me Tender'. Additional tracks include ''Heartbreak Hotel', 'Hound Dog', 'It's Now Or Never', 'In The Ghetto' & 'Suspicious Minds'. 26 tracks in all. 2000 release. Standard jewelcas e. :Artist of the 20th century? Quite an assertion, and yet as a pop-culture phenomenon, who else? Among the dozens of quotes included in this career-spanning boxed retrospective is one from rock scribe ...
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