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Judy Garland at Carnegie Hall |
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| Styles: |
Easy Listening - Nostalgia |
| Media: |
Audio CD |
| Release Date: |
5 March 2001 |
| Label: |
Emi |
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| UPC Catalogue No: |
724352787623 |
| Amazon Sales Ranking: |
11392 |
| Number of Discs: |
2 |
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Description |
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The late 1950s were tough on Judy Garland, but this live recording, cut on April 23, 1961, at Carnegie Hall, would (rightfully) bring the legendary icon back into the spotlight. Live would go on to win five Grammys, be Garland's bestselling record, and confirm that, yes, on certain levels, she still had it. Her vocals are as strong as ever on these tunes, and Garland has fun with an audience obviously enraptured by her charms. She's self-deprecating where necessary--on "You Go to My Head" she forgets the lyrics but keeps improvising. But mostly she just shines, especially on tunes she made famous, such as "Come Rain or Come Shine", "Stormy Weather", and "Over the Rainbow". This is easily one of pop music's greatest live recordings and a fine testament to Garland's recorded legacy. --Jason Verlinde |
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Tracks |
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Overture/The Trolley Song |
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Over the rainbow |
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Man that got away |
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When you're smiling (the whole world smiles with you) |
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Almost like being in love/This can't be love |
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Do it again |
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You go to my head |
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Alone together |
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Who cares (so long as you care for me) |
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Puttin' on the Ritz |
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How long has this been going on |
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Just you just me |
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Man that got away |
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San Francisco |
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That's entertainment |
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I can't give you anything but love |
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Come rain or come shine |
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You're nearer |
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Foggy day |
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If love were all |
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Zing went the strings of my heart |
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Stormy weather |
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You made me love you/For me and my gal/Trolley Song |
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Rock a bye your baby with a Dixie melody |
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Over the rainbow |
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Swanee |
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After you've gone |
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Chicago |
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Customer Reviews |
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Absolutely brilliant! Wanted to give it 10 stars! |
Rating: 5.0 |
This CD is brilliant. It is beautiful and funny. It shows what a brilliant person Judy Garland was. It shows how funny she was and how she didn’t even need to try to be humorous. It shows how much energy she put into her performances. It shows how she loved her audience and it definitely without a doubt shows how much they loved her. This CD starts with a really nice piece from the Orchestra directed by Mort Lindsey (who is fantastic by the way). Judy then goes on to sing all the nicest songs. From funny to sad she sings from her soul. She sings classics like The man that got away, Over the rainbow, San Francisco, Chicago, You made me love you, Zing! And a lot more and she also sings songs which I had never heard before but are still beautiful. Judy tells stories to the audience (about her hair falling down, how a pin stabbed into her behind and made her sing really high pitched, and how a reporter from the UK wrote quite a funny headline) This CD is classic. I bought my copy about two or three months ago and have listened to it about 100 times (seriously). I always put it on when I go to sleep because it is lovely to listen to. I only wish I had been part of the audience on that brilliant night. After listening to this I have searched for other live recordings and am definitely going to buy many more. This is a must have for all Garland fans. Classic! |
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excellent |
Rating: 5.0 |
As soon as I heard that first story about her in Paris and her hair melting I knew that the CD was going to be good. I reccomend it to every Judy fan! ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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An anti-depressant experience of huge proportions. |
Rating: 5.0 |
Bear with me as I get flowery and overdramatic about this album. When I bought it on vinyl back in the eighteenth century it seemed a terrifying amount of money to spend on a bit of plastic but it was worth every penny and still is now it's on CD at last. It's probably the most uplifting recording I have, hideously tasteless in parts and seeping copius amounts of over-the-top emotion guaranteed to make most reserved Brits cringe but at the same time quite wondrous and life affirming. It's an album of monumental mood swings, "Chicago" knocks you over energy and va-voom, "How Long Has This Been Going On" has you sobbing melodramatically into your coffee and then suddenly "If Love Were All", breaking your heart; the most exquisite ballad sung with uncharacteristic Garland understatement that gives it huge emotional impact. Her voice is by turns wobbly and strident but manages to heave and twang your heartstrings so disconcertingly that you have to do a little displacement coughing to hide it...It still makes me laugh out with happiness and the ironing goes by in a flash whilst in the company of such effervescence. Those afternoons I would put it on when my parents were out and sing along Very Loudly are amongst my fondest memories of adolescence - Judy and me against the world and determined to sing it into submission. Fabulous stuff. |
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......two hours of pow!! |
Rating: 5.0 |
There are not many live recordings of this age that can boast such a long re-issue history, but this one defies all belief. First brought out as a double album in 1961 and remaining weeks in the No.1. spot, reissued countless times thereafter on vinyl and finally making a single CD appearance in an abridged form at the end of the 1980's. This "abridged form" resulted in a deluge of complaint letters to Capitol from angry fans who(quite rightly) were outraged that the definitive Garland Live recording (For that is what it is) should be butchered in such a way. Subsequently, Capitol re-issued the CD as an extended cd set, restoring much of the evenings banter and storytelling by the talented Miss Garland. DCC Classics finally got their hands on the Master tapes and beautifully restored more of the concert.(The running order corrected and previously inserted "studio" tracks removed and original tracks replaced). This sold as a 24k Gold edition for "Audiophiles" and at a price.. And here we are again, 40 years on, fully restored and sounding as fresh and alive as she did on that magical evening of April 23 1961. Miss Garland shimmers and soars. The voice a little tight and dry at first, but boy! does she shake that off and take you on a musical journey that you will find hard to file away or forget. A one in a million........buy it! |
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