Capitol Years [Import]

Peggy Lee | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 1, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Musicrama/Koch
• ASIN: B000003P66
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,393,817 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Manana

2. Golden Earrings

3. It's A Good Day

4. Don't Smoke In Bed

5. Why Don't You Do Right

6. Fever

7. The Folks Who Live On The Hill

8. Hallelujah I Love Him So

9. I'm A Woman

10. A Doodlin' Song

11. Big Spender

12. So What's New

13. The Shining Sea

14. Alright, Okay, You Win

15. Is That All There Is

16. I'm Gonna Go Fishin'

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Only One If You're Limiting It to Only One, August 21, 2006

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This British import is the best single-CD representation of Peggy Lee's artistry that I've come across. There's remarkable cohesion in terms of the recorded sound--quality of the voice, orchestral textures, ambience; there's a well thought-out mix of Peggy's essential "hits" along with her creative artistry as a songwriter and interpreter. Not only does it include the Ellington-Lee collaboration "I'm Gonna Go Fishin'," but it's virtually the only available collection with the sublime "The Shining Sea," the Johnny Mandell-Peggy Lee collaboration that, in my judgment, is Peggy's most shining moment. It's also available on the scarcer, high-priced "Blues Cross Country." Don't be deceived by Peggy's reprise of the song on the 1990 "Peggy Lee Songbook," recorded 25 years later and markedly inferior to the original version.

The inevitable downside is that this Capitol release has none of Peggy's fine work for Decca during the 1950s. Also, the inclusion of Peggy's own "Manana," a big hit for her and one she sang to the end, is probably necessary, but leading off the program with it in the age of political correctness is a more questionable call.