60th Anniversary Reissue on SACD! Mastered from the Original Mono Tapes!
60th anniversary audiophile reissue of Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook, the legendary recording which launched Norman GranzÂ’s Verve Records label. This set was mastered from the original mono tapes by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound, authored for SACD by Gus Skinas at the Super Audio Center and is housed in a Stoughton old style tip-on mini LP jacket.
The year 1956 documented a great chapter in the history of jazz music: Norman Granz founded his third label, VERVE, managed to win Ella Fitzgerald (who has deserted DECCA) and initiated the Songbook Series which not only attracted a totally new listening public, but also established EllaÂ’s reputation as the First Lady of Song.
The Cole Porter Songbook marked the glorious beginning of a series which finally expanded to seven titles. The recording’s success was practically a foregone conclusion. Porter had written hundreds of wonderful songs from which Granz made an initial choice of 50 songs before Ella and the bandleader and arranger Buddy Bregman finally decided upon what was, for them, the crème de la crème. The result was a list of 32 songs, all of which make easy listening not only thanks to their melodic originality and harmonic genius but particularly to the wonderful amalgamation of the text - which Porter always wrote himself - and the music. Each and every one is a classic in its own right. Bregman’s arrangements never seek to disguise the fact that all these songs originated on Broadway, and Ella proves her greatness by finding something new in such old favorites as "Night and Day," "I Love Paris" and "I Get A Kick Out Of You." And as if that wasn’t enough, Bregman’s orchestra sounds absolutely splendid.
Disc 1 has both CD and SACD layers. The SACD layer contains the FULL album. There is no SACD layer on disc 2.
Features:
• Super Audio CD contains the entire 32 song album
• The SACD contains a CD layer with the first 16 songs, the bonus CD contains the last 16 songs, totaling 32
• Super Audio CD (Disc 1) & CD (Disc 2)
• SACD Mono SACD Layer (Disc 1)
• This Hybrid SACD contains a 'Red Book' CD Layer which is playable on most conventional CD Players!
• Stoughton old-style tip-on mini-LP sleeve
• Mastered from the Original Mono Tapes by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound!
• Authored by Gus Skinas at the Super Audio Center
Selections:
SACD: (Disc 1)
1. All Through The Night
2. Anything Goes
3. Miss Otis Regrets
4. Too Darn Hot
5. In The Still Of The Night
6. I Get A Kick Out Of You
7. Do I Love You?
8. Always True To You In My Fashion
9. Let's Do It
10. Just One Of Those Things
11. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
12. All Of You
13. Begin The Beguine
14. Get Out Of Town
15. I Am In Love
16. From This Moment On
17. I Love Paris
18. You Do Something To Me
19. Ridin' High
20. Easy To Love
21. It's All Right WIth Me
22. Why Can't You Behave
23. What Is This Thing Called Love
24. You're The Top
25. Love For Sale
26. It's Delovely
27. Night And Day
28. Ace In The Hole
29. So In Love
30. I've Got You Under My Skin
31. I Concentrate On You
32. Don't Fence Me In
CD 1: (Disc 1, 'Red Book' CD Layer)
1. All Through The Night
2. Anything Goes
3. Miss Otis Regrets
4. Too Darn Hot
5. In The Still Of The Night
6. I Get A Kick Out Of You
7. Do I Love You?
8. Always True To You In My Fashion
9. Let's Do It
10. Just One Of Those Things
11. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
12. All Of You
13. Begin The Beguine
14. Get Out Of Town
15. I Am In Love
16. From This Moment On
CD 2: (Disc 2)
1. I Love Paris
2. You Do Something To Me
3. Ridin' High
4. Easy To Love
5. It's All Right WIth Me
6. Why Can't You Behave
7. What Is This Thing Called Love
8. You're The Top
9. Love For Sale
10. It's Delovely
11. Night And Day
12. Ace In The Hole
13. So In Love
14. I've Got You Under My Skin
15. I Concentrate On You
16. Don't Fence Me In
60th anniversary audiophile reissue of Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook, the legendary recording which launched Norman GranzÂ’s Verve Records label. This set was mastered from the original mono tapes by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound, authored for SACD by Gus Skinas at the Super Audio Center and is housed in a Stoughton old style tip-on mini LP jacket.
The year 1956 documented a great chapter in the history of jazz music: Norman Granz founded his third label, VERVE, managed to win Ella Fitzgerald (who has deserted DECCA) and initiated the Songbook Series which not only attracted a totally new listening public, but also established EllaÂ’s reputation as the First Lady of Song.
The Cole Porter Songbook marked the glorious beginning of a series which finally expanded to seven titles. The recording’s success was practically a foregone conclusion. Porter had written hundreds of wonderful songs from which Granz made an initial choice of 50 songs before Ella and the bandleader and arranger Buddy Bregman finally decided upon what was, for them, the crème de la crème. The result was a list of 32 songs, all of which make easy listening not only thanks to their melodic originality and harmonic genius but particularly to the wonderful amalgamation of the text - which Porter always wrote himself - and the music. Each and every one is a classic in its own right. Bregman’s arrangements never seek to disguise the fact that all these songs originated on Broadway, and Ella proves her greatness by finding something new in such old favorites as "Night and Day," "I Love Paris" and "I Get A Kick Out Of You." And as if that wasn’t enough, Bregman’s orchestra sounds absolutely splendid.
Disc 1 has both CD and SACD layers. The SACD layer contains the FULL album. There is no SACD layer on disc 2.
Features:
• Super Audio CD contains the entire 32 song album
• The SACD contains a CD layer with the first 16 songs, the bonus CD contains the last 16 songs, totaling 32
• Super Audio CD (Disc 1) & CD (Disc 2)
• SACD Mono SACD Layer (Disc 1)
• This Hybrid SACD contains a 'Red Book' CD Layer which is playable on most conventional CD Players!
• Stoughton old-style tip-on mini-LP sleeve
• Mastered from the Original Mono Tapes by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound!
• Authored by Gus Skinas at the Super Audio Center
Selections:
SACD: (Disc 1)
1. All Through The Night
2. Anything Goes
3. Miss Otis Regrets
4. Too Darn Hot
5. In The Still Of The Night
6. I Get A Kick Out Of You
7. Do I Love You?
8. Always True To You In My Fashion
9. Let's Do It
10. Just One Of Those Things
11. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
12. All Of You
13. Begin The Beguine
14. Get Out Of Town
15. I Am In Love
16. From This Moment On
17. I Love Paris
18. You Do Something To Me
19. Ridin' High
20. Easy To Love
21. It's All Right WIth Me
22. Why Can't You Behave
23. What Is This Thing Called Love
24. You're The Top
25. Love For Sale
26. It's Delovely
27. Night And Day
28. Ace In The Hole
29. So In Love
30. I've Got You Under My Skin
31. I Concentrate On You
32. Don't Fence Me In
CD 1: (Disc 1, 'Red Book' CD Layer)
1. All Through The Night
2. Anything Goes
3. Miss Otis Regrets
4. Too Darn Hot
5. In The Still Of The Night
6. I Get A Kick Out Of You
7. Do I Love You?
8. Always True To You In My Fashion
9. Let's Do It
10. Just One Of Those Things
11. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
12. All Of You
13. Begin The Beguine
14. Get Out Of Town
15. I Am In Love
16. From This Moment On
CD 2: (Disc 2)
1. I Love Paris
2. You Do Something To Me
3. Ridin' High
4. Easy To Love
5. It's All Right WIth Me
6. Why Can't You Behave
7. What Is This Thing Called Love
8. You're The Top
9. Love For Sale
10. It's Delovely
11. Night And Day
12. Ace In The Hole
13. So In Love
14. I've Got You Under My Skin
15. I Concentrate On You
16. Don't Fence Me In
