Come Rain Or Shine

Nancy LaMott | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 12, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Midder Music
• ASIN: B000005AAT
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #38,769 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The American Songbook Shines., June 27, 2001

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Samuel Chell (Kenosha,, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Come Rain Or Shine (Audio CD)

This was the first Nancy Lamott album I purchased, after hearing her do "Moon River" live on the Charles Grodin show. A week later she was dead. Unfortunately, her recordings nearly suffered the same fate, apparently the result of legal problems surrounding her estate. I considered myself lucky to have latched on to them before they temporarily went out of circulation. They're back, but for how long? The combination of her luminous, crystal-clear voice, passionate yet intelligent interpretations, and Johnny Mercer's timeless musical poetry makes this album indispensable if not "urgent" for any serious collector of the art of American popular song. I would place it just slightly behind "My Foolish Heart" among the spare but priceless recordings she left behind.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful and moving, August 29, 2004

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L. Blatt (Maplewood, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Come Rain Or Shine (Audio CD)

American standards, intelligently delivered with well-thought-through arrangements. The highlight, for me, is one of the few recordings of both parts of "Hit the Road to Dreamland," as it was originally written for the movies. I wasn't familiar with the haunting "Whistling in the Dark" until I heard her sing it; it's wonderful. There isn't a bad cut on the CD. Her untimely death was a tragedy, but her voice and sense of style will live on in this must-have CD.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Breathtaking!, February 20, 1999

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This review is from: Come Rain Or Shine (Audio CD)

This was the first Nancy LaMott CD I bought, just on a whim. I got home and listened to the first track, "Moon River".......then I stopped the CD and heard that track again. And again. It was quite a while before I heard any more tracks, because that one just gripped me. That thrilling voice singing a song I thought I'd grown tired of. This recording inspired me to get all her other CDs and then to seek her out, in live performances in New York. Eventually I became friendly with her and ran her fan club. Nancy's untimely death was tragic, but sadder yet, sales of her CDs are being halted due to legal battles with the estate. I urge anyone who's discovered Nancy's CDs, her gifts to us all, to buy them all as long as they are still available.