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Great Day Rare Recordings From Judy Garland Show

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Judy Garland fans will delight in this new CD of still more of her incomparable work. Judy performed countless songs flawlessly on her TV series. Although the TV series lasted only one season the fresh output of songs and music to this today underscores the singular talents of the great Judy Garland as well as the extraordinary television show she hosted.

The quality of the sound is good and there's quite a bit of variety in the songs presented here on this CD. The happy songs are of course here; you get great recordings of Judy singing "Lorna," "This Could Be The Start Of Something," and "Steppin' Out With My Baby." I especially love the passion with which Judy sings "Lorna," a tribute song to her daughter Lorna Luft. Lorna was thrilled with this surprise song on Judy's show that night; and it is every bit as magical today, too. In addition to the happy songs, there are also very soulful songs including the medley of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / The Whole World In His Hands." Personally, I am very fond of the way Judy sings so beautifully "Make Someone Happy."

The musical arrangements are very well done; and a real plus for Judy fans (and fans of the great vocalists in general) is that several of the songs here are on CD for the first time. The "World War I Medley" leads very nicely into the following " America the Beautiful," too. Awesome!

All in all, the fact that new Judy Garland CDs are STILL being produced decades after her passing is striking proof of her incomparable talent. There will never be another Judy Garland; and this CD is a great start in proving why. I also recommend this CD for fans of all the great vocalists. Enjoy! SMILES

Great songs, Great singing, Great sound. It's all there, including great packaging. "Poor Butterfly" alone is worth the purchase price, not to mention "America the Beautiful." Don't miss this one, if you're a Garland fan. and, if you're not, you will be!

These CDs, from Savoy Jazz, are terrific as they resurrect material from Judy's 1963/1964 TV series. Many of the offerings presented are songs that she never recorded in the studio and also didn't regularly perform in concert, so it's a good opportunity to pick up material not normally associated with Judy.

The sound quality is good...it's variable at times because the songs came from several different episodes. And, Judy's voice is sometimes better than other times.

But, let's not quibble with those details. It's terrific that Savoy is putting these out (the 4th compilation, due in August 2007, features a Carnegie Hall-like recording of her biggest hits...but all from the TV show and all done as if it's a single concert) and that this music is seeing the light of day from the TV series. She was a one-of-a-kind, once-in-a-lifetime performer and it's all good that they mine all of the sources so we can continue to enjoy Judy's work almost 40 years after her death.