At the Beginning

Stacy Sullivan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 10, 1997)
• Original Release Date: November 9, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Lml Music
• ASIN: B00003A9PB
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #321,475 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Nightengale Starts "At the Beginning", February 11, 2001

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Michael Shayne (Boca Raton, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: At the Beginning (Audio CD)

I love to take chances on singers who are previously unknown to me especially if the repertoire is different and eclectic from the many other singers who make up the bourgeoning Cabaret scene in the United States. I have also grown to trust Lee Lessack and his label LML for the singers who make up the artists on his label. This is why I took a chance on Stacy Sullivan: At the Beginning. I am glad that I did. I found another keeper for my vocalist collection. Stacy Sullivan choice of material ranges from Berlin and Gershwin to Amanda McBroom (A cabaret favorite) to Noel Coward to Michel Legrand to the old guard of Broadway new breed of Broadway composers in Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Aherns to several composers who are new to me and deserve a wider audience. For the record they are Heather Sullivan & Ron Alan Cohen; Jan Powell & Ken Stone; David Ackus; Stephen Hoffman & Mark Campbell.

The songs are arranged and orchestrated by the amazing John Boswell who works with many of the artists on the LML label. It is amazing how he finds different sounds for each of the artists and makes their songs different from one another. Boswell is a master at what he does and also plays a beautiful piano and does backup vocals as well on the recording.

Stacy takes familiar songs like "Someone to Watch Over Me" and "On Broadway" and does in a way I never heard before. The songs are usually down as big blow out ballads and thanks to Boswell's arrangements make the quiet introspective numbers.

This for me is the selling point of this CD. It is beautiful relaxing recording that after a long day at work it is the perfect CD to pop into your player. The whole album is a joy to listen to. I don't have just one favorite I loved hearing all thirteen tracks and you can't say that very often.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hits the spot, September 3, 2000

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Gregory R. Gorski (Whittier, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: At the Beginning (Audio CD)

I just loved this CD ... it was full of soul inspiring songs that I loved. Stacy sang the standards that I grew up with and her Once Upon a Time is my New favorite of that old standard. I hope that others find this CD of interst to them. This is a beautifully produced and sung album. I suggest this CD to anyone that wants to hear classy music from a classy lady.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Rewarding, August 16, 2000

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Ricky Hunter (New York City, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: At the Beginning (Audio CD)

This is a beautifully produced and sung album. Stacy Sullivan does a wonderful job on the material. Some of the slower songs were not as interesting (Don't Move a Muscle, Come the Wild, Wild Weather)on the first listen but may grow on me. Her interpretation of Irving Berlin's Always/Remember was incredibly beautiful and actually made me reappreciate a couple of songs with which I had grown a little bored. It always a pleasure to hear Ship in a Bottle and Once Upon a Time (two of my favourite songs) and even more of a delight to hear unfamiliar songs. It will be interesting to see if any of these new (to me) songs grow on me in the future.