Recorded January 20, 1956
LP. Stash Records, 1985, USA. Performance inedite del grande cantante americano che coprono il perido tra il 1956 e il 1962, accompagnata da The Marty Paich Dek-Tette con arrangiamenti di Shorty Rogers.
Recorded Los Angeles, November, 1956
Reissue of 1956 LP.
Tracks 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 19, 20 are previously unissued.
Tracks 3, 7, and 10 to 20 are Stereo.
Recorded March, 1957, in Hollywood, California.
Tracks 12 to 22 are bonus tracks not on original LP
Tracks 1 to 11 from the album [r2935903] (CS 9335), released 8/15/66
Track 12 released 6/6/66 as single #4-43677: [r10087509]
Track 13 previously unreleased
Tracks 14, 15 released 3/14/66 as single #4-43550: [r5928287]
Track 16 released 6/7/67 as single #4-44180: [r7240539]
Tracks 17 to 19 previously unreleased
Tracks 20, 21 released 12/5/67 as single #4-44399: [r4000010]
Track 22 previously unreleased
Tracks 1-12 from the album [m531272] (CS9918, released 7/19/65).
Selections 13-24 are bonus track not on original LP:
tracks 13, 14 released 4/5/64 as single 4-43022;
tracks 15, 16 released 7/7/64 as single 4-43087;
track 17 released 6/6/66 as single 4-43677;
tracks 18 and 20 previously unreleased;
track 19 released 6/7/67 as single 4-44180;
track 21 released 12/24/66 as single 4-43872;
track 22, 23 released 11/23/64 as single 4-43167;
tracks 24 released 12/3/70 as single 4-45283.
4CD.
Tracks 1-4 to 1-14, 1-18, 2-5 to 2-19. 2-24, 3-6, 3-10, 3-11 recorded at Radio Recorders, Hollywood
Tracks 1-21 to 1-23, 3-7 to 3-9 recorded at Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood
Tracks 2-1 to 2-4, 2-20 to 2-23 recorded live at the Crescendo, Hollywood
Tracsk 3-13 to 3-15, 3-19 to 3-21, 4-2, 4-5, 4-6 recorded at United Recorders, Hollywood
Tracks 3-17, 3-18 recorded live at The Red Hill Inn, Pennsauken, NJ
Tracks 4-8, 4-9, 4-11 recorded at Columbia Studios, Hollywood
Track 4-12 basic track recorded at Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood. Horn overdubs recorded at Liberty Recorders, Los Angeles
Tracks 4-14, 4-15 recorded live in the, St. Regis Hotel, N.Y.C.
Track 4-17 recorded at Marty's, N.Y.C.
Track 4-18 produced for John Lewis Productions
Track 4-19 recorded live at Westlake Studios C. L.A.
Track 4-20 recorded live at Park Ten, N.Y.C.
This compilation ? & © 1996 Rhino Records, Inc.
High Fidelity
Microcosmic Sound
Track 1 recorded January 21, 1960 at Radio Recorders studio, Los Angeles; Original LP Issue: "Swings Shubert Alley" Verve MGV 2132.
Tracks 2, 8, 15 recorded August 5, 1960 at United Recorders studio, Los Angeles; Original LP issue "Swingin' On The Moon" Verve MGV 214.
Tracks 3, 10, 14 recorded June 27, 1958 at Radio Recorders studio, Los Angeles; Original LP issue "Tormé" Verve MGV 2105.
Track 4 recorded April 23, 1959 at Radio Recorders studio, Los Angeles; Original LP issue "Back In Town" Verve MGV 2120.
Track 5 recorded 1961 probably in London; Original LP issue "My Kind Of Music" Verve MGV 8440.
Tracks 6, 13 recorded February 4, 1960 at Radio Recorders studio, Los Angeles; Original LP Issue: "Swings Shubert Alley" Verve MGV 2132.
Track 7 recorded February 2, 1961 at Radio Recorders studio, Los Angeles; Original LP issue "I Dig The Duke / I Dig The Count" Verve V/V6-8491.
Track 9 recorded February 11, 1960 at Radio Recorders studio, Los Angeles; Original LP issue "Swings Shubert Alley" Verve MGV 2132
Track 11 recorded April 28 or 29, 1959 at Radio Recorders studio, Los Angeles; Original LP issue "Back In Town" Verve MGV 2120.
Track 12 recorded August 3, 1960 at Radio Recorders studio, Los Angeles; Original issue LP "Swingin' On The Moon" Verve MGV 214.
Track 16 recorded February 2, 1961 in London; Original LP issue "My Kind Of Music" Verve MGV 8440.
Trks. 3, 5, 8 & 10 previously unreleased.
Recorded 1/13/49 (trk. 10); 1/17/49 (trks. 3, 6, 15); 2/21/49 (trk. 4); 5/21/49 (trk. 7); 8/26/49 (trks. 1, 11); 12/19/49 (trk. 16); 4/3/50 (trks. 9, 12, 14); 8/11/50 (trk. 18); 8/31/50 (trk. 17); 6/26/51 (trk. 2); 10/4/51 (trks. 5, 8, 13)
Subtitled "HIS ORIGINAL CAPITOL RECORDINGS"
Copyright 1993
Printed in U.S.A.
Recorded live at the Crescendo Club, December 1954
Recorded November 1959. This is Mel Tormé's final recording with the Mel-Tones.
Art Pepper appears by arrangement with Contemporary Records, Inc.
Recorded live at Kan-i Hoken Hall, Tokyo, Japan, November 11, 1990.
Remixed at PER, Hayward CA.